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Se THE 


HOLY BIBLE 


CONTAINING THE 


OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 


Being the Version set forth 1611 A. D. 

Translated out of the Original Tongues 

and with the Former Translations Dili- 
gently Compared and Revised 





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TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE 


JAMES, 


BY THE GRACE OF GOD, 


KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, 
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. 


The Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace, 
through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. 


(Qieat and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which 
Almighty God, the Father of all mercies, bestowed upon us the pore 
of England, when first he sent Your Majestys Royal Person to rule and 
reign over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not 
well unto our Sion, that upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, 
Queen Elizabeth of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of 
darkness would so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been 
in doubt which way they were to walk; and that it should hardly be known, 
who was to direct the unsettled State; the appearance of Your Majesty, as 
of the Sun in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised 
mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort ; 
especially when we beheld the Government established in Your Highness, 
and Your hopeful Seed, by an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied 
with peace and tranquillity at home and abroad. 


But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts, than 
the blessed continuance of the preaching of God’s sacred Word among us; 
which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the 
earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent 
in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal 
happiness which is above in heaven. 


Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but_rather to take it up, and 
to continue it in that state, wherein the famous Predecessor of Your High- 
ness did leave it: nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolution of a 
Man in maintaining the truth of Christ, and propagating it far and near, is 
that which hath so bound and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesty's 
loyal and religious people unto You, that Your very name is precious among 
them: their eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their 
hearts, as that sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate Author 
of their true happiness. And this their contentment doth not diminish or 
decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe, that 

. the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go back- 
ward, butis more and more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest 
parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the Truth, (which hath given 
such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed,) and every day at 
home, by religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, 
by hearing the Word preached, by cherishing the Teachers thereof, by caring 
for the Church, as a most tender and loving nursing Father. 


_ There are infinite arguments of this right christian and religious affection 
in Your Majesty; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the 
vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this 
work, which now with ali humility we Hecesnb unto Your Majesty. For when 
Your Highness had once out of deep judgment apprehended how convenient 
it was, that out of the Original Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of 
the labours, both in our own, and other foreign Languages, of many worthy 
men who went before us, there should be one more exact Translation of the 
holy Scriptures into the English Tongue; Your Majesty did never desist to 
urge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the work might be 
hastened, and that the business might be expedited in so decent a mannet, 
as a matter of such importance might justly require. 


And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our labours, 
it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we have great hopes that 
the Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby; we hold it our duty 
to offer it to Your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but as to 


THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


the principal. Mover and Author of the work: humbly craving of Your 
most Sacred Majesty, that since pee of this quality have ever been sub- 
ject to the censures of illmeaning and discontented persons, it may receive 
approbation and patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your 
ighness is, whose allowance and acceptance of our labours shall more 
honour and encourage us, than all the calumniations and hard interpretations 
of other men shall dismay us. So that if, on the one side, we shall be tra- 
duced by Popish Persons at home or abroad, who therefore will malign us, 
because we are poor instruments to make God’s holy Truth to be yet more 
and more known unto the people, whom they desire still to keep in igno- 
rance and darkness; or if, on the other side, we shall be maligned by self- 
conceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing, 
but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil; we may 
rest secure, supported within by the truth and innocency of a good con- 
Science, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity, as before the 
Lord; and sustained without by the powerful protection of Your Majesty's 
grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honest and christian 
endeavours against bitter censures and uncharitable imputations. 


The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happ 
days, that, as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness wit 
many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the wonder 
of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the 
honour of that eacak GOD, and the good of bis Church, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord and only Saviour. 


THE NAMES OF 


THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS 


ARRANGED IN THEIR ORDER WITH PAGE AND NUMBER OF 


CHAPTERS 
THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 
PAGE CHAPS. PAGE CHAPS, PAGE CHAPS. 
GENESIS 50 | 2 Chronicles 548 36] Daniel LOOT 12 
Exodus. . . . . 72 40| Ezra... .594 10} Hosea . .1027 14 
Leviticus . . 128 27 | Nehemiah 608 13] Joel . .1036 3 
Numbers 169 36] Esther . . 627 10| Amos. |; | 11040 9 
Deuteronomy . . 227 34] Job .637 42] Obadiah. . 1047 1 
Joshua 276 24| Psalms" .671 150] Jonah .1049 4 
Judges 310 21] Proverbs 754 31) Micah eee LOD LEE Z. 
Ruth ae wee 343 4] Ecclesiastes 782 12)) Nahum’, 2°, 21057. 3 
1 Samuel 347 31| SongofSolomon 791 8| Habakkuk . .1050 3 
2 Samuel 390 24 | Isaiah . .796 66] Zephaniah . .1062 3 
i Kings 426 22} Jeremiah .860 52] Haggai ... .1065 2 
2 Kings" : 468 25} Lamentations 934 5] Zechariah . . .1067 14 
1 Chronicles 509 29] Ezekiel .940 48] Malachi . .1077 34 
THE BOCKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 

PAGE CHAPS. PAGE CHAPS, PAGE CHAPS. 
MATTHEW... 3 28] Ephesians . . 249 6|Tothe Hebrews 281 13 
Mark. . . 46 16] Philippians . 255 4] Epistle of James 294 5 
Luke 73 241 Colossians 200 4) le Peters= i We 2981825 
John . 119 21/}1 Thessalonians 264 5/] 2 Peter 303 3 
The Acts 153 28]2 Thessalonians 267 3/1 John 306 5 
Epistie to 1 Timothy. . . 269 6) 2 John 311 1 
Romans 198 16]2 Timothy. . . 274 4]3 John SH ah 
1 Corinthians 215 16] Titus . ZS O VAsUGOR amt ace ches S12 ed 
2 Corinthians 232 13] Philemon .. . 280 1) Revelation 313) (22 

Galatians .. . 244 6 


NAMES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT 


PAGE 
ACTS 153 Nels 
Amos. . ,10400.T. 
Chronicles (1). 509 O.T. 
Chronicles (2) . 5480.T. 
Colossians . 260N.T. 


Corinthians (1) 215 N.T. 
Corinthians (2) 232N.T. 


PAGE 

Obadiah .1047 O.T.. 
Peter (1) . . . 298N.T. 
Peter (2) . ... 303N.T. 
Philemon . . 280 N.T. 
Philippians 5 PAS N a he 
Proverbs . . . 7540.7. 
Psalms . ee O7 LOste. 
Revelation . . 313 N.T. 
Romans . 198N.T. 
Ruth. ....¢.. 343 O.T. 
Samuel (1) . 3470.T. 
Samuel (2) . 390 O.T. 
SongofSolomon 791 O.T. 
Thessalonians 

Le ZOOL NN .T: 
Thessalonians 

(2) seh Oe POZO TIN Lg 
Timothy (1) . . 269N.T. 
Timothy (2). . 274N.T. 
Titus (A SYS O28 INET 
Zechariah . . .10670.T. 
Zephaniah .1062 O.T. 


BOOKS 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 
PAGE 
Jeremiah . . . 8600.T. 
Job tes . 637 O.T. 
Joelss.) Area 1036 O.T. 
John . 119 N.T. 
John (1) 306 N.T. 
John (2) SLi New. 
John (3) 311N.T. 
Daniel . .1007 O.T. | Jonah 1049 O.T. 
Deuteronomy . 2270.T.} Joshua 2760.T. 
Ecclesiastes 782 0.T.| Jude 312 N.T. 
Ephesians 249 N.T.| Judges 310 O.T. 
Estheri 027. 0.1. Kings (1) 426 0.T 
Exodus. . . 720.T.| Kings (2) . 468 0.T. 
Ezekiel. . . . 9400.T.| Lamentations . 9340.T 
Ezra... . . 5940.1.]| Leviticus . 128 O.T. 
Galatians . 244N.T.| Luke. . 73 N.T. 
Genesis. . . 5 O.T.| Malachi 1077 O.T. 
Habakkuk . .10590.T.| Mark .... 46N.T. 
Haggai 10650.T.| Matthew ... 3N.T. 
Hebrews 281 N.T.| Micah . .1051 O.T. 
Hosea .10270.T.| Nahum. . 1057 O.T. 
Isaiah . 7960.T.;| Nehemiah. 608 O.T. 
james 294N.T.| Numbers . 169 O.T. 


EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS USED 


IN THE 


PRONUNCIATION OF SCRIPTURE PROPER 
NAMES 


The classified table of vowel and consonant sounds presented 
herewith will enable the Bible reader to pronounce with ease the 
most difficult proper names contained in the sacred volume. The 
acute accent (’) is used to denote the accented syllables; the 
unaccented syllables are separated by the hyphen (-). Compound 
proper names are indicated by an en dash (-). 


VOWEL SOUNDS 


LONG SHORT INTERMEDIATE 
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é ” sau e ” Bén’ja-min é ” . Te-ko’a 
fe Tad 1 ” Gil’e-ad 1 ” f-du-mé’4 
6 ” O’bed 6 ” Nédd 6 ” 6-zi’as 
a ” U’ri-el 52? YLaZ 
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BROAD OBTUSE OBTUSE 
4 as in Shar’on € as in Ab’nér @ asin Ur 
a ” Shé’ba i ” O/’phir u ” <Ab‘i-shur 
4 ” <Ar’ndn 6 ” A’chér u ” Shu’a 
2 99 Saul 

CONSONANT SOUNDS 

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4 


THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 


GENESIS 


CHAPTER 1 


1 The creation of heavenand earth. 14 
Sun, moon and stars are created. 
26 Man is made in the GRaVE of God. 
29 The appointment of food. 


N the beginning God created 
the heaven and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without 
form, and void; and 
was upon the face of the deep. 
And the Spirit of God moved 
upon the face of the waters. 

3 9 And God said, Let there be 
light: and there was light. 

4 And God saw the light, that it 
was good: and God divided the 
light from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, 
and the darkness he called Night. 
And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the first day. 

And God said, Let there be 
a firmament in the midst of the 
waters, and let it divide the 
waters from the waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, 
and divided the waters which 
were under the firmament from 
the waters which were above the 
firmament: andit wasso. . 

8 And God called the firmament 
Heaven. And the evening and 
He morning were the second day. 

»f And God said, Let the 
eg A under the heaven be 
gathered together unto one place, 
and let the dry land appear: and 
it was so. 

10 And God called the dry land 
Earth; and the gathering together 
of the waters called he Seas: and 
God saw that if was good. 

11 And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth grass, the herb yield- 
ing seed, and the fruit tree yield- 
ing fruit after his kind, whose 
seed is in itself, upon the earth: 
and it was so. 

12 And the earth brought forth 
grass, and herb yielding seed after 
his kind, and the tree yielding 
iruit, whose seed was in itself, 


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after his kind: and God saw 
that if was good. 

13 And the evening and the 
morning were the third day. 

4 4 And God said, Let there 
be lights in the firmament of the 
heaven to divide the day from 
the night; and let them be for 
signs, and for seasons, and for 
ays, and years: 

15 And let them be for lights in 
the firmament of the heaven to 
give light upon the earth: and it 
was So. 

16 And God made two great 
lights; the greater light to rule 
the day, and the lesser light to 
hes the night: he made the stars 
also. , 

17 And God set them in the fir- 
mament of the heaven to give 
light upon the earth. 

18 And to rule over the day and 
over the night, and to divide the 
light from the darkness: and God 
saw that if was good. 

19 And the evening and the 
morning were the fourth day 

20 And God said, Let the 
waters bring forth abundantly 
the moving creature that hath 
life, and fowl that may_fiy above 
the earthiin the open firmament 
of heaven. 

21 And God created great whales, 
and every living creature that 
moveth, which the waters brought 
forth abundantly, after their kind, 
and every winged fowl after his 
kind: and God saw that it was 
good. 

22 And God biessed them, say- 
ing, Be fruitful, and multiply, and 
fill the waters in the seas, and let 
fowl multiply in the earth. 

23 And the evening and the 
morning were the fifth day. 

24 § And God said, Let the 
earth bring forth the living crea- 
ture after his kind, cattle, and 
creeping thing, and beast of the 
earth after his kind: and it 


Was SO. 
5 


GENESIS, 2 


Sabbath instituted. The garden of Eden 


3 And God blessed the seventh 


25 And God made the beast of 
the earth after his kind, and 
cattle after their kind, and every 
thing that creepeth upon the earth 
after his kind: and God saw that 
af was good. j 

26 {And God said, Let us make 
man in our image, after our like- 
ness: and let them have domin- 
ion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over 
the cattle, and over all the earth, 
and over every creeping. thing 
that creepeth upon the earth. | 

27 So God created man in. his 
own image, in the image of God 
created he him; male and female 
created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and 
God said unto them, Be fruitful, 
and multiply, and replenish the 
earth, and subdue it: and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and 
over every living thing that mov- 
eth upon the earth. | 

29 { And God said, Behold, I 
have given you every herb bear- 
ing seed, which is upon the face 
of all the earth, and every tree, in 
the which is the fruit of a tree 
yielding seed; to you it shall be 
for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the 
earth, and to every fowl of the 
air, and to every thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth, wherein there 
is life, J have given every green 
herb for meat: and it was so. 

31 And God saw every thing 
that he had made, and, behold, i¢ 
was very good. And the evening 
ae the morning were the sixth 

ay. 


2 CHAPTER 2 
1 The first Sabbath. 8 The garden of 
Eden. 21 The making of woman. 


24 The institution of marriage. 

IAS the heavens and the 
earth were finished, and all 

the host of them. 

2 And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had 
made; and he rested on the 
seventh day from all his work 
which he had made. 





day and sanctified it: because 
that in it he had rested from all 
his work which God;created and 
made. i 

4 4 These are the generations 
of the heavens and of the earth 
when they were created, in the 
day that the LORD God made the 
earth and the heavens, 

5 And every plant of the field 
before it was in the earth, and 
every herb of the field before it 
grew: for the LORD God had 
not caused it to rain upon the 
earth, and there was nota man to 
till the ground. 

But there went up a mist 
from the earth, and watered the 
whole face of the ground. 

7 And the LORD God formed 
man of the dust of the ground, 
and breathed into his nostrils the 
breath of life; and man became a 
living soul. 

8 { And the LORD God planted 
a carden eastward in E’dén; and 
there he put the man whom he 
had formed. 

9 And out of the ground made 
the LORD God to grow every 
tree that is pleasant to the sight, 
and good for food; the tree of 
life also in the midst of the gar- 
den, and the tree of knowledge of 
good and evil. 

10 And a river went out of 
E’den to water the garden; and 
from thence it was parted, and 
became into four heads. : 

11 The name of the first is 
Pi’son: that is it which compass- 
eth the whole land of Hav’i-lah, 
where there is gold; 

12 And the gold of that land is 
good: there is bdellium and the 
onyx stone. 

13 And the name of the second 
river is Gi/hon: the same is it 
that compasseth the whole land 
of E-thi-6’pi-a. 

14 And the name of the third 
river is Hid’de-kél: that is it 
which oeth toward the east of 
As-syr’i-a. And the fourth river 


Je Eii-phra’tés. 





Eve is created. The fall 


' 15 And the LORD God took the 
man, and put him into the garden 
of £’dén to dress it and to keep it. 

16 And the LORD God com- 
manded the man, saying, Of 
every tree of the garden thou 
mayest freely eat: 

17 But of the tree of the knowl- 
edge of good and evil, thou shalt 
not eat of it: for in the day that 
thou eatest thereof thou shalt 

surely die. 
| 18 § And the LORD God said, 

It is not good that the man should 
be alone; I will make him an 
help meet for him. 

19 And out of the ground the 
LORD God formed every beast of 
the field, and every fowl of the 
air; and brought them unto 
Ad’am to see what he would call 
them: and whatsoever Ad’4m 
called every living creature, that 
was the name thereof. 

20 And Ad’am gave names to 
all cattle, and te the fowl of the 
air, and to every beast of the 
field; but for Ad’am there was 
not found an help meet for him. 

21 And the LORD God caused a 
deep sleep to fall upon Ad’am, 
and he slept: and he took one of 
his ribs, and closed up the flesh 
instead thereof; 

22 And the rib, which the LORD 
God had taken from man, made 
he a woman, and brought her 
unto the man. 

23 And Ad’am said, This is now 
bone of my bones, and flesh of 
my flesh: she shall be called 
Woman, because she was taken 
out of Man. 

24 Therefore shall a man leave 

is father and his mother, and 
shail cleave unto his wife: and 
they shall be one flesh. 

25 And they were both naked, 
the man and his wife, and were 
not ashamed. 

3 CHAPTER 3 
1 Eve deceived. 6 The fallofman. 14 
The curse. 22 Expulsion from the 
garden. 
No“ the serpent was more 
subtil than any beast of the 





GENESIS, 3 


field which the LORD God had 
made. And he said unto the 
woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye 
shall not eat of every tree of the 
garden? 

2 And the woman said unto the 
serpent, We may eat of the fruit 
of the trees of the garden: 

3 But of the fruit of the tree 
which is in the midst of the gar- 
den, God hath said, Ye shall not 
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, 
lest ye die. 

4 And the serpent said unto the 
woman, Ye shall not surely die: 

5 For God doth know that in 
the day ye eat thereof, then your 
eyes shall be opened, and ye shall 
beras gods, knowing good and 
evil. 

6 And when the woman saw 
that the tree was good for food, 
and that it was pleasant to the 
eyes, and a tree to be desired to 


| make one wise, she took of the 





7 


fruit thereof, and did eat, and 
gave also unto her husband with 
her; and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both 
were opened, and they knew that 
they werenaked; and they sewed 
fig leaves together, and made 
themselves aprons. 

8 And they heard the voice of 
the LORD God walking in the 
garden in the cool of the day: 
and Ad’am#and his wife hid 
themselves from the presence of 
the LORD God amongst the trees 
of the garden. 

9 And the LoRD God called 
unto Ad’am, and said unto him, 
Where art thou? 

10 And he said, I heard thy 
voice in the garden, and I was 
afraid, becauseI wasnaked; and 
I hid myself. 

11 And he said. Who told thee 
that thou wast naked? Hast thou 
eaten of the tree, whereof I com- 
manded thee that thou shouldest 
not eat? ; 

12 And the man said, The 
woman whom thou gavest to be 
with me, she gave me of the tree, 
and I did eat. 


GENESIS, 4 


13 And the LorD God said unto 
the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done? And the woman said, 
The serpent beguiled me, and I 
did eat. : 

14 And the LorD God said un- 
to the serpent, Because thou hast 
done this, thou art cursed ahove 
all cattle, and above every beast 
of the field; upon thy belly shalt 
thou go, and dust shalt thou eat 
all the days of thy life: | 

15 And I will put enmity be- 
tween thee and the woman, and 
between thy seed and her seed; 
it shall bruise thy head, and 
thou shalt bruise his heel. |. 

16 Unto the woman he said, I 
will greatly multiply thy sorrow 
and thy conception; in sorrow 
thou shalt bring forth children; 
and thy desire shail be to thy 
ees and he shall rule over 

ee. 

17 And unto Ad’am he said, 
Because thou hast hearkened un- 
to the voice of thy wife, and hast 
eaten of the tree, of which I com- 
manded thee, saying, Thou shalt 
not eat of it: cursed is the ground 
for thy sake; in sorrow shalt 
ie eat-of it all the days of thy 

ife; 

18 Thorns also and thistles 
shall it bring forth to thee; and 
thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return 
unto the ground; for out of it 
wast thou taken: for dust thou 
8 don and unto dust shalt thou 


ret 

20 nian Ad’am called his wife’s 
mame Eve; because she was the 
mother of all living. 

21 Unto Ad’am also and to his 
wife did the LoRD God make 
coats of skins, and clothed them. 

22 §_ And the LorD God said, 
Behold, the man is become as 
one of us, to know good and evil: 
and now, lest he put forth his 
hand, and take also of the tree of 
life, and eat, and live for ever: 

23 Therefore the LORD God 





sent him forth from the garden 8 








Expelled from Eden. Cain and Abel 


B’/dén, to till the ground from 
whence he was taken. 

24 So he drove out the man; 
and he placed at the east of the 
garden of &’dén Chér’u-bims, 
and a flaming sword which 
turned every way, to keep the 
way of the tree of life. 


CHAPTER 4 4 

1 Cainand Abel. 11 The curseof Cain. 

19 Lamech’sfamily. 25 Birthof Seth. 

ND Ad’am knew Eve his wife; 

and she conceived, and bare 

Cain, and said, I have gotten a 
man from the LORD. 

2 And she again bare his brother 

A’bél. And A’bél was a keeper 
of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of 
the ground. 

3 And in process of time it came 
to pass, that Cain brought of the 
fruit of the ground an offering 
unto the LORD. 

4 And A’bél, he also brought of 
the firstlings of his flock and of 
the fat thereof. And the LORD 
had respect unto A’bél and to his 
offering: 

5 But unto Cain and to his 
offering he had not respect. And 
Cain was very wroth, and his 
countenance fell. 

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, 
Why art thou wroth? and why is 
thy countenance fallen? 

If thou doest well, shalt thou 
not be accepted? and if thou 
doest not well, sin lieth at the 
door. And unto thee shall be his 
desire, and thou shalt rule over 


him. 

8 And Cain talked with’A’bél his 
brother: and it came to pass, 
when they were in the field, that 
Cain rose up against Abel his 
brother, and slew him. 

9 {And the LORD said unto 
Cain, Where is A’bél thy brother? 
And he said, I know not: Am I 
ay brother’s keeper? 

10 And he said, What hast thou 
done? the voice of. thy brother’s 
biood crieth unto me from the 
ground. 

11 And now aré thou cursed 


Cain cursed. The patriarchs 


from the earth, which hath opened 
her mouth to receive thy broth- 
er’s blood from thy hand; 

_12 When thou tillest the ground, 
it shall not henceforth yield unto 
thee her strength; a fugitive and 
a vagabond shalt thou be in the 


earth. 
13 And Cain said unto’ the LorD, 
My punishment 7s greater than I 


can bear. 

14 Behold, thou hast driven me 
out this day from the face of the 
earth; and from thy face shall I 
be hid; and I shall be a fugitive 
and a vagabond in the earth; and 
it shall come to pass, that every 
one that findeth me shall slay me. 

15 And the LORD said unto him, 
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, 
vengeance shall be taken on him 
sevenfold. And the LORD set a 
mark upon Cain, lest any finding 
him should kill him. 

16 {And Cain went out from 
the presence of the LORD, and 
dwelt in the land of Nod, on the 
east of E’dén. sa 

17 And Cain knew his wife; and 
she conceived, and bare E’noch: 
and he builded a city, and called 
the name of the city, after the 
name of his son, E’noch. 

i8 And unto E’néch was born 
Vrad: and rad begat Mé-hi’ja- 
el: and Mé-hi’ja-el begat Mé- 
thu’sa-el: and Mé-thu’sa-el be- 
gat La’/mech. 

19 {And La’mech took unto 
him two wives: the name of the 
one was A’dah, and the name of 
the other Zillah. 

20 And A’dah bare Ja’bal: he 
was the father of such as dwellin 
tents, and of such as have cattle. 

21 And his brother’s name was 
Ja’bal: he was the father of all 
such as handle the harp and 


organ. 

22 And Zil/lah, she also bare 
Tu’bal-cain, an instructer of 
every artificer in brass and iron: 








and the sister of Tu’bal—cain was 

Na’a-mah. . : 
23 And La’mech said unto _his 
wives, A’dah and Zil/iah, Hear 
9 





GENESIS, 5 


my voice: ye wives of La’mech, 
hearken unto my speech: for I 
have slain a man to my wound- 
ing, and a young man to my hurt. 

24 If Cain shall be avenged 
sevenfold, truly La’mech seventy 
and sevenfold. | 

25. {| And Ad’Am knew his wife 
again; and she hare a son, and 
called his name Séth: For God, 
said she, hath appointed me 
another seed instead of A’bél, 
whom Cain slew. 

26 And to Séth, to him also 
there was born a son; and he 
called his name E’nos: then 
began men _to call upon the 
name of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 5 5 


1 The genealogy and age of the patri- 
archs. 24 Translation of Enoch. 


HIS is the book of the gener- 

ations of Ad’am. In the day 

that God created man, in the 
likeness of God made he him; 

2 Male and female created he 
them; and blessed them, and 
called their name Ad’am, in the 
day when they were created. 

3 And Ad’am lived an hun- 
dred and thirty years, and begat 
a_son in his own likeness, after 
ne Ha es and called his name 


éth: 

4 And the days of Ad’am after 
he had begotten Séth were eight 
lundred years: and he begat 
sons and daughters: , 

5 And all the days that Ad’am 
lived were nine hundred and 
thirty years: and he died. 

6 { And Séth lived an hundred 
and five years, and begat E’nos: 

7 And Séth lived after he begat 
E’nos eight hundred and seven 
Fears, and begat sons and daugh- 

ers: 

8 And all the days of Séth were 
nine hundred and twelve years: 
andhedied. 

97 And £’nos lived ninety years, 
and begat Ca-i’nan: 

10 And #£/nos lived after he 
begat Ca-i’nan eight hundred and 


GENESIS, 6 


Long life. Birth of Noah 


fifteen years, and begat sons and | 28 {And La’mech lived an 


daughters: 

11 And all the days of E’nos 
were nine hundred and five years: 
aS he died. 

2 § And Ca-i’nan lived seventy 
Sede and begat Ma-ha’la-lé-el: 

13 And C4-i’nan lived after he 
begat Ma-ha’la-té-el eight hun- 
dred and forty years, and begat 
sons and daughters: 

14 And all the days of Ca-i’/nan 
were nine hundred and ten years: 
and he died. 

15 {And Ma-ha/‘ia-lé-el lived 
sixty and five years, and begat 
Ja’red: f 

16 And Ma-ha’la-lé-el lived 
after he begat Ja’red eight hun- 
dred and thirty years, and begat 
sons and daughters: 

17 And all the days of Ma-ha’la- 
1é-el were eight hundred ninety 
and five years: and he died. 

18 § And Ja’red lived an hun- 
dred sixty and two years, and he 
begat E’/noch: i 

19 And Ja’red lived after he 
begat E’noch eight hundred years, 
and begat sons and daughters: 

20 And all the days of Ja’red 
were nine hundred sixty and two 
years: and he died. 

21 q And £’noch lived sixty and 
ie years, and begat Mé-thu’se- 


OD And f£’noch walked with 
God after he begat Mé-thu’se-lah 
three hundred years, and begat 
sons and daughters: 

23 And ali the days of E’néch 
were three hundred sixty and five 
years 

24 ana E/noch walked with 
God: and he was not; for God 
took him. 

25 “And Mé-thu’se-lah lived 
an hundred eighty and seven 
years, and begat La’mech: 

26 And Mé-thu’se-lah lived after 
he begat La’mech seven hundred 


eighty and two years, and begat | 


sons and daughters: 
27 And all the days of Mé- 


hundred eighty and two years, 
and begat a son: 

29 And he called his name 
No’ah, saying, This same shall 
comfort us concerning our work 
and toil of our hands, because of 
the ground which the LORD 
hath cursed. 

30 And La’mech lived after he 
begat NO’ah five hundred ninety 
and five years, and begat sons 
and daughters: 

31 And all the days of La’mech 
were seven hundred seventy and 
seven years: and he died. 

32 And NO’ah was five hundred 
years old: and N6’ah begat Shém, 
Ham, and Ja’pheth. 


CHAPTER 6 6 


1 MRSS of man. 9 Generations 
Noah. 14 Noah instructed to 
build the ark. 


ND it came to pass, when 

men began to multiply on 

the face of the earth, and daugh- 
ters were born unto them, 

2 That the sons of God saw 
the daughters of men that they 
were fair; and they took them 
wives of all which they chose. 

3 And the LorRD said, My 
spirit shall not always strive with 
man, for that he also is flesh: 
yet his days shall be an hundred 
and twenty years. | 
4 There were giants in the 
earth in those days; and also 
after that, when the sons of God 
came in unto the daughters of 
men, and they bare children to 
them, the same became mighty 
men which were of old, men of 
renown. 

5 {And Gop saw that the 
wickedness of man was great in 
the earth and that every imagi- 
nation of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

6 And it repented the LoRD 
that he had made man on the 
earth, and it grieved him at his 


thn’se-lah were nine hundred heart 


sixty and nine years: and he died. 





7 And the LorD said, I will 


10 


Noah instructed to build the ark 


destroy man whom I have cre- 
ated from the face of the earth; 
both man, and beast, and the 
creeping thing, and the fowls of 
the air; for it repenteth me that 

I have made them. 

8 But N6’ah found grace in the 
-eyes of the LORD. 

9 1 These are the generations 
of No’ah: N6’ah was a just man 
and perfect in his generations, 
and N6’ah walked with God. 

10 And No’ah begat three sons, 
Shém, Ham, and Ja’pheth. 





11 The earth also was corrupt} th 


before God, and the earth was 
filled with violence. 

12 And God looked upon the 
earth, and, behold, it was cor- 
rupt; for all flesh had corrupted 
his way upon the earth. 

13 And God said unto N6’ah, 

The end of all flesh is come 
before me; for the earth is filled 
with violence through them; and, 
behold, I will destroy them with 
the earth. 
14 § Make thee an ark of gopher 
wood; rooms shalt thou make 
in the ark, and shalt pitch it with- 
in and without with pitch. 

15 And this is the fashion which 
thou shalt make it of: The length 
of the ark shall be three hundred 
cubits, the breadth of it fifty 
cubits, and the height of it thirty 
cubits. 

16 A window shalt thou make to 
the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou 
finish it above; and the door 
of the ark shalt thou set in the 
side thereof; with lower, sec- 
ond, and third stories shalt thou 
make it. 

17 And, behold, I, even I, do 


bring a flood of waters upon the} hi 


earth, to destroy all flesh, where- 
in is the breath of life, from under 
heaven; and every thing that is 
in the earth shall die. 

18 But with thee will I estab- 
lish my covenant; and thou shalt 
come into the ark, thou, and thy 


sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’| fl 


wives with thee. 
19 And of every living thing of 








GENESIS, 7 


all flesh, two of every sort shalt 
thou bring into the ark, to keep 
them alive with thee; they shail 
be male and female. 

20 Of fowls after their kind, 
and of cattle after their kind, of 
every creeping thing of the earth 
after his kind, two of every sort 
shall come unto thee, to keep 
them alive. 

21 And take thou unto thee of 
all food that is eaten, and thou 
shalt gather if to thee; and it 
shall be for food for thee, and for 


em. 

22 Thus did N6é’ah; according 
to all that God commanded 
him, so did he. 


CHAPTER 7 7 


1 Noah enters the ark. 17 The flood 
upon the earth. 
ND the LORD said unto N6’ah, 
Come thou and all thy 
house into the ark; for thee 
have I seen righteous before me 
in this generation. 

2 Of every clean beast thou 
shalt take to thee by sevens, the 
male and his female: and ci 
beasts that are not clean by two, 
the male and his female. 

3 Of fowls also of the air by 
sevens, the male and the female; 
to keep seed alive upon the face 
of all the earth. 

4 For yet seven days, and I will 
cause it to rain upon the earth 
forty days and forty nights; and 
every living substance that Ihave 
made will I destroy from off the 
face of the earth. 

5 And N6o’ah did according unto 
all that the LORD commanded 


m. 

6 And No’ah was six hundred 
years old when the flood of 
waters was upon the earth. 

7 {And No’ah went in, and 
his sons, and his wife, and his 


sons’ wives with him, into the 
ark, because of the waters of the 


ood. 
8 Of clean beasts, and of 
beasts that are not clean, and 


11 


GENESIS, 8 


of fowls, and of every thing that 
creepeth upon the earth, 

9 There went in two and two 
unto No’ah into the ark, the 
male and the female, as God had 
commanded N6’ah. 

10 And it came to pass after 
seven days, that the waters of 
the flood were upon the earth. 

11 4 In the six hundredth year 
of N6’ah’s life, in the second 
month, the seventeenth day of 
the month, the same day were all 
the fountains of the great deep 
broken up, and the windows of 
heaven were opened. 

12 And the rain was upon the 
earth forty days and forty nights. 
__13 In the selfsame day entered 

No’ah, and Shém, and Ham, and 
Ja’pheth, the sons of N6o’ah, and 
N6’ah’s wife, and the three wives 
of his sons with them, into the 


ark; 

14 They, and every beast after 
his kind, and all the cattle after 
their kind, and every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the 
earth after his kind, and every 
fowl after his kind, every bird of 
évery sort. 

15 And they went in unto N6’ah 
. into the ark, two and two of all 
nee wherein is the breath of 
i 


e. 
16 And they that went in, went 
in male and female of all flesh, as 
God had commanded him: an 
the LORD shut him in. 
' 17 And the flood was forty days 
upon the earth; and the waters 
increased, and bare up the ark, 
and it was lift up above the earth. 

18 And the waters prevailed, 
and were increased greatly upon 
the earth; and the ark went 
upon the face of the waters. 

19 And the waters prevailed ex- 
ceedingly upon the earth; and 
all the high hills, that were under 
the whole heaven, were covered. 

20 Fifteen cubits upward did 
the waters prevail; and the 
mountains were covered. 

21 And all fiesh died that 
taoved upon the earth, both of| 











The flood. The ark rests 


fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, 
and of every creeping thing that 
creepeth upon the earth, and 
every man: 

22 All in whose nostrils was 
the breath of life, of all that was 
in the dry land, died. 

23 And every living substance 
was destroyed which was upon 
the face of the ground, both man, 
and cattle, and the creeping 
things, and the fowl of the 
heaven; and they were destroyed 
from the earth: and Nd’ 
only remained alive, and they 
that were with him in the ark. 

24 And the waters prevailed 
upon the earth an hundred and 
fifty days, 


CHAPTER 8 & 


1 The waters asswage. 4 Theark rests. 
18 Noah goes forth. 21 God promises 
to curse the earth no more. 

ARP God remembered N6’ah, 

and every living thing, and 
all the cattle that was with him in 
the ark; and God made a wind 
to pass over the earth, and the 
waters asswaged; 

The fountains also of the 
deep and the windows of heaven 
were stopped, and the rain from 
heaven was restrained; 

3 And the waters returned from 
off the earth continually: and 


d| after the end of the hundred and 


fifty days the waters were abated. 

And the ark rested in the 
seventh month, on the seven- 
teenth day of the month, upon 
the mountains of Ar’a-rat. 

SAnd the waters decreased con- 
tinually until the tenth month: 
in the tenth month, on the first 
day of the month, were the tops 
of the mountains seen. 

6 {| And it came to pass at the 
end of forty days, that N6’ah 
opened the window of the ark 
which he had made: 

And he sent forth a raven, 
which went forth to and fro, 
until the waters were dried up 
from off the earth. 


12 


The dove and the olive leaf 


GENESIS, 9 


8 Also he sent forth a dove|after their kinds, went forth out 
from him, to see if the waters | of the ark. 
were abated from off the face of| 20 {And Nod’ah builded an 


the ground; , 

9 But the dove found no rest 
for the sole of her foot, and she 
returned unto hin into the ark, 
for the waters were on the face 
of the whole earth: then he put 
forth his hand, and took her, 
and pulled her in unto him into 


e ark. 

10 And he stayed yet other 
seven days; and again he sent 
forth the dove out of the ark; 

11 And the dove came in to 
him in the evening; and, lo, in 
her mouth was an olive leaf 
pluckt off: so N6’ah knew that 
the waters were abated from off 


e earth. 

12 And he stayed yet other 
seven days; and sent forth the 
dove; which returned not again 
unto him any more. , 

13 { And it came to pass in the 
six hundredth and first year, in 
the first month, the first day of the 
‘month, the waters were dried up 
from off the earth: and No’ah 
removed the covering of the ark, 
and looked, and, behold, the 
face of the ground was dry. 

14 And in the second month, on 
the seven and twentieth day of 
the month, was the earth dried. 

15 { And. God spake unto 
No’ah, saying, 

16 Go forth of the ark, thou, 
and thy wife, and thy sons, and 
thy sons’ wives with thee. 

17 Bring forth with thee every 
living thing that is with thee, of 
all flesh, both of fowl, and of 
cattle, and of every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the 
earth; that they may breed 
abundantly in the earth, and be 
fruitful, and multiply upon the 


earth. 

18 And Né’ah went forth, and 
bis sons, and his wife, an s 
sons’ wives with him: ‘ 

19 Every beast, every creeping 
thing, and every fowl, and what- 
Soever creepeth upon the earth, 


altar unto the LORD; and took 
of every clean beast, and of 
every clean fowl, and offered 
burnt offerings on the altar. 

21 And the LORD smelled a 
sweet savour; and the LORD 
said in his heart, I will not again 
curse the ground any more for 
man’s sake; for the imagina- 
tion of man’s heart is evil from 
his youth; neither will I again 
smite any more every thing liv- 
ing, as I have done. 

22 While the earth remaineth, 
seedtime and harvest, and cold 
and heat, and summer and win- 
ter, and day and night shall not 
cease. 


CHAPTER 9 9 


1 Noah blessed. & The covenant estab- 
shee 13 Therainbow. 25 Canaan 
cursed. 


ND God blessed N6’ah and 

his sons, and said unto 

them, Be fruitful, and multiply, 
and replenish the earth. 

2 And the fear of you and the 
dread of you shall be upon every 
beast of the earth, and upon 
every fowl of the air, upon all 
that moveth upon the earth, and 
upon all the fishes of the sea; 
into your hand are they delivered. 

3 Every moving thing that liv- 
eth shall be meat for you; even 
as the green herb have I given 
you all things. 

4 But flesh with the life thereof, 
which is the blood thereof, shail 
ye not eat. 

5 And surely your blood of your 
lives will I require; at the hand 
of every beast will I require it, 
and at the hand of man; at 
the hand of every man’s brother 
will I require the life of man. 

6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood. 
by man shall his blood be shed: 
for in the image of God made he 


man. 
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and 
13 





GENESIS, 10 


multiply; bring forth abun- 
dantly in the earth, and multiply 
therein. 

8 § And God spake unto N6’ah, 
and to his sons with him, saying, 

9 And I, behold, I establish my 
covenant with you, and with 
your seed after you; 

10 And with every living crea- 
ture that is with you, of the fowl, 
of the cattle, and of every beast 
of the earth with you; from all 
that go out of the ark, to every 
beast of the earth. 

11 And I will establish my cove- 
nant with you; neither shall all 
flesh be cut off any more by the 
waters of a flood; neither shall 
there any more be a flood to 
destroy the earth. ’ 

12 And God said, This is the 
token of the covenant which I 
make between me and you and 
every living creature that is with 
you, for perpetual generations: 

13 Ido set my bow in the cloud, 
and it shall be for a token of a 
covenant between me and the 


earinn< 

14 And it shall come to pass, 
when I bring a cloud over the 
earth, that the bow shall be seen 
in the cloud: 

15 And I will remember my 
covenant, which is between me 
and you and every living crea- 
ture of all flesh; and the waters 
shall no more become a flood to 
destroy all flesh. 

16 And the bow shall be in the 
cloud; and I will look upon it, 
that I may remember the ever- 
lasting covenant between God 
and every living creature of all 
fiesh that is upon the earth. 

17 And God said unto N6’ah, 
This is the token of the covenant, 








The rainbow. Canaan cursed 


No’ah: and of them was the 
whole earth overspread. 

20 And N6’ah began fo be an 
husbandman, and he planted a 
vineyard : 

21 And he drank of the wine, 
and was drunken; and he was 
uncovered within his tent. 

22 And Ham, the father of 
Ca’ndan, saw the nakedness of 
his father, and told his two 
brethren without. 

23 And Shém and Ja’pheth 
took a garment, and laid i¢ upon 
both their shoulders, and went 
backward,and covered the naked- 
ness of their father; and their 
faces were backward, and they 
saw not their father’s nakedness. 

24 And N6o’ah awoke from his 
wine, and knew what his younger 
son had done unto him 

25 And he said, Cursed be 
Ca’naan; a servant of servants 
shall he be unto his brethren. 

26 And he said, Blessed be the 
LORD God of Shém; and Ca’naan 
shall be his servant. 

27 God shall enlarge Ja’pheth, 
and he shall dwell in the tents 
of Shém; and Ca’naan shall be 
his servant. 

28 {| And NO’ah lived after the 
flood three hundred and fifty 
years 
29 And all the days of No’ah 





were nine hundred and fifty 
years: and he died. 
CHAPTER 10 10 


1 Generations of the sons of Noah. §$ 
Nimrod as the first monarch. 

OW these are the generations 

of the sons of N6d’ah, Shém, 

Ham, and Ja’pheth: and unto 

them were sons born after the 


which I have established between | floo 


ae Pad all flesh that is upon the 


ar Ms And the sons of N6’ah, 
that went forth of the ark, were 
Shém, and Ham, and Ja ‘pheth: 
and Ham is the father of 
Ca’naan. 

19 These are the three sons of 


d. 

2 The sons of Ja’pheth; Gé’- 
mér, and Ma’gog, and Mad/a-i, 
and Ja’van, and Tu’bal, and 
Mé’shech, and Ti’ras. 

3 And the sons of G6’mér; 
Ash’ke-naz, and Ri’phath, and 
To-gar’mah. 

4 And the sons of Javan; 





14 


Nimrod’s kingdom. Shem’s offspring 
E-li’shah, and T§ar’shish, Kit’- 


tim, and D6’da-nim. 

5 By these were the isles of the 
Gén’tiles divided in their lands; 
every one after his tongue, after 
their families, in their nations. 

6 {And the sons of Ham; 
Cish, and Miz’ra-im, and Phut, 
and Ca’naan. 

7 And the sons of Cush; Sé’ba, 
and Hav’i-lah, and Sab’tah, and 
Ra’a-mah, and Sab’te-chah: and 






GENESIS, 11 


after their families, after their 
tongues, in their countries, and 
in their nations. 

21 { Unto Shém_ also, the 
father of all the children of &’bér, 
the brother of Ja’pheth the elder, 
even to him were children born. 

22 The children of Shém; 

E’lam, and As’shur, and Ar- 
phax’ad, and Lud, and A’ram. 

23 And the children of A’ram; 
vz, and Hul, and Gé’thér, and 


the sons of Ra’a-mah; Shé’ba, | Mas 


and Dé’dan 

8 And Ctish begat Nim’réd: he 
began to be a mighty one in the 
earth 

9 He was a mighty hunter be- 
fore the LORD: wherefore it is 
said, Even as Nim’réd the mighty 
hunter before the LORD. 

10 And the beginning of his 
kingdom was Ba’bel, and E’réch, 
and Ac’cad, and Cai’neh, in the 
land of Shi’nar. 

11 Out of that land went 
forth As’shur, and builded Nin’e- 
veh, and the city Ré-hod’both, 
and Ca‘lah. 

12 And Ré’sen between Nin’e- 
veh and Ca’lah: the same is a 
great city. | 

13 And Miz’ra-im begat Lu’dim, 
and An’a-mim, and Lé’ha-bim, 
and Naph’tu-him, 

14 And Path-ru’sim, and Cas‘lu- 
him, (out of whom came Phi- 
lis’tim,) and Caph’to-rim. 

15 4 And Ca’nadan begat Si’dén 
his firstborn, and Héth, 

16 And the Jéb’u-site, and the 
Am/’6r-ite, and the Gir’ga-site, 

17 And the Hi’vite, and the 
Ark’ite, and the Sin‘ite, 

18 And the Ar’vad-ite, and the 
Zém’a-rite, and the Ha/math-ite: 
and afterward were the families 
of the Ca’/naan-ites spread abroad. 

19 And the border of the Ca’- 
ndan-ites was from Si’don, as 
thou comest to Gé’rdr, unto 
Ga’za; as thou goest, unto 
Séd’om, and Gd-mor’rah, and 
Ad’mah, and Ze-b6’im, even unto 
La’sha. 

20 These are the sons of Ham, 





24 And Ar-phax’ad begat Sa’- 
lah; and Sa/lah begat E’bér. 

25 And unto E’/bér were born 
two sons: the name of one was 
Pé‘lég; for in his days: was 
the earth divided; and his 
brother’s name was Jok’tan. 

26 And Jok’tan begat Al-m6’- 
dad, and Shé’leph, and Ha-zar- 
ma/veth, and Jé’rah, 

27 And Ha-dd’/ram, and U’zal, 
and Dik’iah, 

28 And O’bal, and A-bim’a-el, 
and Shé’ba, 

29 And O/’phir, and Hav’i-lah, 
and J6’bab: all these were the 
sons of Jok’tan. 

30 And their dwelling was from 
Mé’sha, as thou goest unto 
Sé’phar a mount of the east. 

31 These are the sons of Shém, 
after their families, after their 
tongues, in their lands, after 
their nations. 

32 These are the families of 
the sons of No’ah, after their 
generations, in their nations: 
and by these were the nations 
grided in the earth after the 

ood. 


CHAPTER il 11 
1 One language. 3 Babel. 5 Confusion 
of tongues. 10 Shem's offspring. 
ND the whole earth was of 
one language, and of one 
speech. 

2 And it came to pass, as they 
journeyed from the east, that 
they found a plain in the land of 
Shi/nadr; and they dwelt there. 

3 And they said one to another, 


'Go to, let us make brick, and 
15 


GENESIS, 11 


burn them 
they had brick for stone, and 
slime had they for morter. 

4 And they said, Go to, let us 
build us a city and a tower, 
whose top may reach unto 
heaven; and let us make us a 
name, lest we be scattered 
abroad upon the face of the whole 


earth. 

5 And the LORD came down to 
see the city and the tower. which 
the children of men builded. 

6 And the LORD said, Behold, 
the people is one, and they have 
all one language; and this they 
begin to do: and now nothing 
will be restrained from them, 
which they have imagined to do. 

Go to, let.us go down, and 
there confound their language, 
that they may not understand 
one another’s speech. 

8 So the LORD scattered them 
abroad from thence upon the 
face of all the earth: and they 
left off to build the city. 

9 Therefore is the name of it 
called Ba’bel; because the 
LORD did there confound the 
language of all the earth: and 
from thence did the LORD scatter 
them abroad upon the face of all 
the earth. ; 

10 {| These are the generations 
of Shem: Shém was an hundred 
years old, and begat Ar-phax’ad 
two years after the flood: 

11 And Shém lived after he 
begat Ar-phax’ad five hundred 
years, and begat sons and 
daughters. 4 ; 

12 And Ar-phax’ad lived five 
and thirty years, and begat 
Sa‘lah: 


13 And Ar-phax’ad lived after 
he begat Sa’lah four hundred and 
three years, and begat sons and 
daughters. t ; 

14 And Sa‘lah lived thirty 
years, and begat E’bér: 

1 Salah lived after he 
begat E’bér four hundred and 
three years, and begat sons and 
daughters.  —s_—y. 

16 And E’bér lived four and 


The tower of Babel. 
thoroughly. And /|thirty years, and begat Pé/lég: 


Abram leaves Ur 


17 And E’bér lived after he begat 
Pé/lég four hundred and thirty 
years, and begat sons and 
daughters. ‘ 

18 And Pé’lég lived thirty years, 
and begat Ré’u: | 

19 And Pé/lég lived after he 
begat Ré’u two hundred and nine 
years, and begat sons and 
daughters. 

20 And Ré’u lived two and 
thirty years, and bezat Sé’rug: 

21 And Ré’u lived after he begat 
Sé’rug two hundred and seven 
years, and begat sons and 
daughters. | 92) ‘ 

22 And Sé@/rug lived thirty 
years, and begat Na’hér: 

23 And Sé’rug lived after he 
begat Na’hér two hundred years, 
and begat sons and daughters. 

24 And Na’hor lived nine and 
twenty years, and begat Té’rah: 

25 And Na’hoér lived after he 
begat Té’rah an hundred and 
nineteen years, and begat sons 
and daughters. 

20 And Té’rah lived seventy 
years, and begat A’bram, Na’hé6r, 
and Ha’ran. 

27 Y Now these are the genera- 
tions of Té’rah: Té’rah begat 
A’bram, Na’hér, and Ha’ran; and 
Ha’ran begat Lot. 

28 And Ha’ran died before his 
father Té’rah in the land of his 
nativity, in Ur of the Chal’dees. 

29 And A’bram and Na’hér took 
them wives : the name of A’bram’s 
wife was Sa’rai; and the name 
of Na’hér’s wife, Mil’cah, the 
daughter of Ha’ran, the father of 
Mil’cah, and the father of is’cah. 

30 But Sa’rai was barren; she 
had no child. : 

31 And Té’rah took A’bram his 
son, and Lot the son of Ha’ran 
his son’s son, and SAé’rai his 
daughter in law, his son A’bram’s 
wife; and they went forth with 
them from Ur of the Chal’dees, 
to go into the land of Ca’naan; 
,and they came unto Ha’ran, and 
| dwelt there. 
| 32 And the days of Té’rah were 








16 


Call of Abram. Pharaoh’s plaques 


two hundred and five years: and 
Té’rah died in Ha’ran. 


12 CHAPTER 12 


1 The call of Abram. 4 Departure for 
Canaan. 10 Visitto Egypt. 14 Pha- 
raoh and the plagues. 


OW the LORD had said unto 
A’bram, Get thee out of thy 
country, and from thy kindred, 
and from thy father’s house, 
unto a land that I will shew thee: 
2 And I will make of thee a 
great nation, and I will bless thee, 
and make thy name great; and 
thou shalt be a blessing: 

3 And I will bless them that 
bless thee, and curse him that 
curseth thee: and in thee shall 
all families of the earth be blessed. 

4 So A’bram departed, as the 
LoRD had spoken unto him; and 
Lot went with him: and A’bram 
was seventy and five years old 
when he departed out of Ha’ran. 

5 And A’bram took Sa’rai his 
wife, and Lot his brother’s son, 
and all their substance that they 
had gathered, and the souls that 
they had gotten in Ha’ran; and 
they went forth to go into the 
land of Ca’nadan; and into the 
land of Ca’/naan they came. 

6 § And A’bram passed through 
the land unto the place of Si’chem, 
unto the plain of Md’reh. And 
the Ca’naan-ite was then in the 


and. 

7 And the LORD appeared unto 
A’bram, and said, Unto thy seed 
will I give this land: and there 
builded he an altar unto the 
LORD, who appeared unto him 

8 And he removed from thence 
unto a mountain on the east of 
Béth’-el, and pitched his tent, 
having Béth’—el on the west, an 
Ha‘’i on the east: and there he 
builded an altar unto the LORD, 
and called upon the name of the 
LORD. 3 

9 And A’bram journeyed, going 
on still toward the south. 

_10 { And there was a ‘famine 

in the land: and A’bram went 
Sov into E’gypt to sojourn 








GENESIS, 12, 13 
there; for the famine was 
grievous in the land. 

11 And it came to pass, when he 
was come near to enter into 
k’éypt, that he said unto Sa’rai 
his wife, Behold now, I know 
that thou art a fair woman to 
look upon: 

12 Therefore it shall come to 
pass, when the £-éyYp’tians shall 
see thee, that they shall say, 
This is his wife: and they will 
kill me, but they will save thee 
alive. 

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art 
my sister: that it may be well 
with me for thy sake; and my 
soul shall live because of thee. 

14 ¥ And it came to pass, that, 
when A’bram was come into 
Egypt, the E-gyp’tians beheld the 
woman that she was very fair. 

15 The princes also of Pha’raoh 
saw her, and commended her 
before Pha’raoh: and the woman 
was taken into Pha’raoh’s house. 

16 And he entreated A’bram 
well for her sake: and he had 
sheep, and oxen, and he asses, 
and menservants, and maidser- 
vants, and she asses, and camels. 

17 And the LORD plagued 
Pha’rash and his house with 
great plagues because of Sa’rai 
A’bram’s wife. 

18 And Pha’raoh called A’bram, 
and said, What is this that thou 
hast done unto me? why didst 
thou not tell me that she was thy 
wife? 

19 Why saidst thou, She 7s my 
sister? so I might have taken her 
to me to wife: now therefore 
cee thy wife, take her, and go 

yw 

20 And Pha’raoh commanded 
his men concerning him: and 
they sent him away, and his 
wife, and all that he had. 


CHAPTER 13 13 


1 Abram and Lot part. _12 Abram 
dwells in Canaan. 14 The promise 
renewed. 18 An altar built. 


ND A’bram went up out of 
E’/éypt, he, and his wife, 





2 17 


GENESIS, 14 


and all that he had, and Lot with 
him, into the south. 

2 And A’bram was very rich in 
cattle, in silver, and in gold. 

3 And he went on his journeys 
from the south even to Béth’-el, 
unto the place where his tent 
had been at the beginning, be- 
tween Béth’~el and Ha‘i; 

4 Unto the place of the altar, 
which he had made there at the 
first: and there A’bram called on 
the name of the LORD. 

5 4 And Lot also, which went 
with A’bram, had flocks, and 
herds, and tents. 

6 And the land was not able to 
bear them, that they might dwell 
together: for their substance was 
great, so that they could not 
dwell together. 

7 d there was a strife be- 
tween the herdmen of A’bram’s 
cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s 
cattle: and the Ca’naan-ite and 
the Pér’iz-zite dwelled then in 
the land. 

8 And A’bram said unto Lot, 
Let there be no strife, I pray 
thee, between me and thee, and 
between my herdmen and thy 
herdmen; for we be brethren. 

9 Is not the whole land before 
thee? separate thyself, I pray 
thee, from me: if thou wilt take 
the left hand, then I will go to the 
right; or if thou depart to the 
pent hand, then I wiil go to the 


0 And Lot lifted up his eyes, 
and beheld all the plain of 
Jor’dan, that it was well watered 
every where, before the LORD 


- destroyed Sd6d’om and Gé-moér’- 


rah, even as the garden of the 
LORD, like the land of E’g¥pt, as 
thou comest unto Zé6/ar. 

11 Then Lot chose him all the 
plain of Jér’dan; and Lot jour- 
neyed east: and they separated 
themselves the one from the 
other. 

12 A’bram dwelled in the land 
of Ca’naan, and Lot dwelled in 
the cities of the plain, and 





Abram and Lot part 


13 But the men of S6d’om 
were wicked and sinners before 
the LORD exceedingly. | 

4 4 And the LORD said unto 
A’bram, after that Lot was sepa- 
rated from him, Lift up now 
thine eyes, and look from the 
place where thou art northward, 
and southward, and eastward, 
and westward: 

15 For ali the land which thou 
seest, to thee wee I give it, and to 
thy seed for eve 

16 And I will Tinie thy seed as 
the dust of the earth: so that if 
a man can number the dust of 
the earth, hen shall thy seed also 
be numbered. 

17 Arise, walk through the land 
in the length of it and in the 
breadth of it; for I will give it 
unto thee. 4 

18 Then A’bram removed his 
tent, and came and dwelt in the 
piain of Mam’ré, which is in 
Hé’bron, and built there an altar 
unto the LORD. 





CHAPTER 14 


1 Baitle of the kings. 
14 Abram rescues Lot. 
gives tithes to Meichizedek. 


ND it came to pass in the 

.. days of Am/ra-phél king of 
Shinar, A’ri-och king of El/la- 
sar, Chéd-or-la’o-mér king of 
E£’/lam, and Ti’dal king of nations; 

2 That these_made war with 
Bé’ra king of Sod’om, and with 
Bir’sha king of God-moér’rah, 
Shi‘nab king of Ad’mah, and 
Shém-é’ber king of Ze-bd6i’im, 
and the king of Bé’la, which is 
ZO’ar. 

3 Ail these were joined together 
in the vale of Sid’dim, which is 
the sait sea. 

4 Twelve years they served 
Chéd-or-la’o-mér, and in the 
thirteenth year they rebelled. 

And in the fourteenth year 
came Chéd-or-la’o-mér, and the 
kings that were with him, and 
smote the Réph’a-ims in Ash’té- 


14 


12 Lot is captured. 
20 Abram 


pitched his tent toward Séd’om. | roth Kar-na’im, and the Zi’zims 
18 





Battle of the kings. Lot rescued 


in Ham, and the E’mims in 
Sha’veh Kir-i-a-tha’im, © 3 
6 And the Ho’rites in their 
mount Sé’ir, unto El-pa’ran, 
which is by the wilderness. 

And they returned, and came 
to En—mish’pat, which is Ka’desh, 
and smote all the country of the 
Am/a-lék-ites, and also the Am/’- 
or-ites, that dwelt in Haz’e-zon— 
ta’mar. f 

8 And there went out the king 
of Sdd’om, and the king of Géo- 
mor’rah, and the king of Ad’mah, 
and the king of Ze-bdi’im, and 
the king of Bé’la (the same is 
Zo’ar;) and they joined battle 
with them in the vale of Sid’dim; 

9 With Chéd-or-la’o-mér the 
king of E’lam, and with Ti’dal 
king of nations, and Am/’ra-phél 
king of Shi’ndr, and A’ri-och king 
of El’la-sar; four kings with five. 

10 And the vale of Sid’dim was 
full of slimepits; and the kings 
of Séd’om and Gé-mér’rah fled, 
and fell there; and they that 
remained fled to the mountain. 

11 And they took all the goods 
of Sod’om and Gé-mér’rah, and 
all their victuals, and went their 


way. 

12 And they took Lot, A’bram’s 
brother’s son, who dwelt in 
Sod’om, and his goods, and 
departed. 

13 4 And there came one that 
had escaped, and told A’bram the 
_Hé’brew; for he dwelt in the 
plain of Mam’ré the Am/ér-ite, 
brother of Esh’col, and brother of 
A’nér: and these were confeder- 
ate with A’bram. _ 

14 And when A’bram heard 
that his brother was taken cap- 
tive, he armed his trained ser- 
vants, born in his own house, 
three hundred and eighteen, and 
pursued them unto Dan. 

15,And he divided himself 
against them, he and his ser- 
vants, by night, and smote them, 
and pursued them unto Hd’bah, 
which is on the left hand of 

a-mas/cus. 

16 And he brought back all the 





GENESIS, 15 


goods, and also brought again 
arg eaten Lot, and his goods, 
an 


the women also, and the 


people. 

17 ¢ And the king of Séd’om 
went out to meet him after his 
return from the slaughter of 
Chéd-or-la’o-mér, and of the 
kings that were with him, at the 
valley of Sha’veh, which is the 
king’s dale. 

18 And Mél-chiz’e-dék king of 
Sa’‘lem brought forth bread and 
wine: and he was the priest of 
the most high God. 

19 And he blessed him, and 
said, Blessed be A’bram of the 
most high God, possessor of 
heaven and earth: 

20 And blessed be the most 
high God, which hath delivered 
thine enemies into thy hand. And 
he gave him tithes of all. 

21 And the king of Sdd’om said 
unto A’bram, Give me the per- 
sons, and take the goods to 
thysclf. 

22 And A’bram said to the king 
of Scd’om, I have lift up mine 
hand unto the LORD, the most 
high God, the possessor of 
heaven and earth, 

23 ThatI wili not teke from a 
thread even to a shoelatchet, and 
that I will not take any thing 
that is thine, lest thou shouldest 
say, I have made A’bram rich: 

24 Save only that which the 
young men have eaten, and the 
portion of the men_ which went 
with me, A’nér, Esh’cdl, and 
Mam’ré; let them take their 
portion. 


CHAPTER 15 15 


1 Abram’s vision. 4 Seed is promised. 
7 The covenant renewed. 12 A vision. 
FTER these things the word 

of the LORD came unto 
A’bram in a vision, saying, Fear 
not, A’bram: I am thy shield, 
and thy exceeding great reward. 
2 And A’bram said, Lord GOD, 
what wilt thou give me, seeing I 
go childless, and the steward of 


19 


GENESIS, 16 


my house is this E-li-é’zér of 
Da-mas’cus? 

3 And A’bram said, Behold, to 
- me thou hast given no seed: and, 
lo, one born in my house is mine 


heir. 

4 And, behold, the word of the 
LORD came unto him, saying, 
This shall not be thine heir; but 
he that shall come forth out. of 
rte own bowels shall be thine 

eir. 

5 And he brought him forth 
abroad, and said, Look now 
toward heaven, and tell the 
stars, if thou be able to number 
them: and he said unto him, So 
shall thy seed be. 

6 And he believed in the LORD; 
and he counted it to him for 
righteousness. 

And he said unto him; I am 
the LORD that brought thee out 
of Ur of the Chal’dees, to give 
thee this land to inherit it. 

8 And he said, Lord Gop, 
whereby shall I know that I 
shall inherit it? 

9 And he said unto him, Take 
me an heifer of three years old, 
and a she goat of three years old, 
and a ram of three years old, and 
a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 

10 And he took unto him all 
these, and divided them in the 
midst, and laid each piece one 
against another: but the birds 
divided he not. ; 

11 And when the fowls came 
down upon the carcases. 4’hram 
drove them away. 

12 And when the sun was going 
down, a deep sleep fell upon 
A’bram; and, lo, an horror of 
great darkness fell upon him. 

13 And he said unto A’bram, 
Know of a surety that thy seed 
shall be a stranger in a land that 
is not theirs, and shall serve 
them; and they shall afflict 
them four hundred years; 

14 And also that nation, whom 
they shall serve, will I judge: and 
afterward shall they come out 
with great substance. 








Seed is promised. Sarat and Hagar 





fathers in peace; thou shalt be 
buried in a good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation 
they shall come hither again: for 
the iniquity of the Am/6r-ites is 
not yet full. 

17 And it came to pass, that, 
when the sun went down, and it 
was dark, behold a smoking fur- 
nace, and a burning lamp that 
passed between those pieces. 

18 In the same day the LORD 
made a covenant with A’bram, 
saying, Unto thy seed have i 
given this land, from the river of 
E’égypt unto the great river, the 
river Eii-phra’tés: 

_19_ The Kén’ites, and the Kén’- 
iz-zites, and the Kad’mon-ites, 

20 And the Hit’tites, and the 
Pér’iz-zites, and the Réph’a-ims, 

21 And the Am’é6r-ites, and the 
Ca’naan-ites, and the Gir’ga- 
shites, and the Jéb’u-sites. 


CHAPTER 16 16 
1 Sarai deals hardly with Hagar. 7 An 


angel speaks to Hagar. 15 Ishmael 
is born. 
OW Sa’rai A’bram’s wife 


bare him no children: and 
she had an handmaid, an £-gy¥p’- 
tian, whose name was Ha’gar. 

2 And Sa’rai said unto A’bram, 
Behold now, the LORD hath 
restrained me from bearing: I 
pray thee, go in unto my maid; 
it may be that I may obtain 
children by her. And A’bram 
hearkened to the voice of Sa’rai. 

3 And Sa’rai A’bram/s wife took 
Ha’gar her maid the £-syp’tian, 
after A’bram had dwelt ten years 
in the land of Ca’naan, and gave 
her to her husband A’bram to be 
his wife. 

4 9 And he went in unto 
Ha’gar, and she conceived: and 
when she saw that she had con- 
ceived, her mistress was de- 
spised in her eyes. 

And Sa’rai said unto A’bram, 
My wrong be upon thee: I have 
given my maid into thy bosom; 
and when she saw that she had 


15 And thou shalt go to thy! conceived, I was despised in her 
20 





Hagar flees. 


Abram’s name changed 


GENESIS, 17 





the LORD judge between 


eyes: 
me and thee. 

6 But A’bram said unto Sa’rai, 
Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; 
do to her as it pleaseth thee. And 


when Sa’rai dealt hardly with 
her, she fled from her face. 

7 4 And the angel of the LORD 
found her by a fountain of water 
in the wilderness, by the foun- 
tain in the way to Shar. 

8 And he said, Ha’gar, Sa’rai? Ss 
maid, whence camest thou? and 
whither wilt thou go? And she 
said, I flee from the face of my 
mistress Sa’rai. 

9 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto her, Return to thy mis- 
tress, and submit thyself under 
her hands. 

10 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto her, I will multiply thy 
seed exceedingly, that it shall not 
be numbered for multitude. — 

11 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto her, Behold, thou art 
with child, and shalt bear a son, 
and shalt call his name Ish’ma- 
el; because the LORD. hath 
heard thy affliction. 

12 And he will be a wild man; 
his hand will be against every 
man, and every man’s hand 
against him; and he shall dwell 
in the presence of all his brethren. 

13 And she called the name of 
the LORD that spake unto her, 
Thou God seest me: for she 
said, Have I also here looked 
after him that seeth me? 

14 Wherefore the well was 
called Bé’er—la-hai’—roi;_ behold, 
ie between Ka’desh and Bé’red. 

5 4 And Ha’gar bare A’bram a 
ne, and A’bram called his son’s 
name, which Ha’gar bare, Ish’- 
ma-el. 

16 And A’bram was fourscore 
and six years old, when Ha’gar 
bare Iish’ma-el to A’bram. 


17 CHAPTER 17 
1 Renewal of the covenant. 5 Abram’s 
name changed. 10 Circumcision in- 
stituted. 15 Sarai’s name changed. 
ND when A’bram was ninety 


years old and nine, the 








LORD appeared to A’bram, and 
said unto him, I am the Almighty 
God; walk. before me, and be 
thou perfect. 

And I will make my cove- 
nant between me and thee, and 
will multiply thee exceedingly. 

3 And A’bram fell on his face: 
and God talked with him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my cove- 
nant is with thee, and thou shalt 
be a father of many nations. 

5 Neither shall thy name any 
more be called A’bram, but thy 
name shall be A’bra-ham; fora 
father of many nations have I 
made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceed- 
ing fruitful, and I will make 
nations of thee, and kings shall 
come out of thee 

And I will BERET my cove-~ 
nant between me and thee and 
thy seed after thee in their gener- 
ations for an everlasting cove- 
nant, to be a God unto thee, and 
to thy seed after thee. 

8 And I will give unto thee, and 
to thy seed after thee, the land 
wherein thou art a stranger, all 
the land of Ca’naan, for an ever- 
lasting possession; and I will 
be their God. 

9 ¢ And God said unto A’bra- 
ham, Thou shalt keep my cove- 
nant therefore, thou, and thy 
seed after thee in their genera- 
tions. : 

10 This is my covenant, which 
ye shall keep, between me and 
you and thy seed after thee; 
Every man child among you 
shall be circumcised. : 

11 And ye shall circumcise the 
flesh of your foreskin; and it 
shall be a token of the covenant 
betwixt me and you. 

12 And he that is eight days 
old shall be circumcised among 
you, every man child in your 
generations, he that is born in 
the house, or bought with money 
of any stranger, which is not of 
thy seed. 

13 He that is born in thy house, 
and he that is bought with thy 


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GENESIS, 18 


money, must needs be circum- 
cised: and my covenant shall be 
in your flesh for an everlasting 
covenant. j 

14 And the uncircumcised man 
child whose flesh of his foreskin 
is not circumcised, that soul 
shali be cut off from his people; 
be hath broken my covenant. 

15 § And God said unto A’bra- 
ham, As for Sa’rai thy wife, thou 
shait not cail her name Sa’rai, 
but Sa’rah shall her name be. 

16 And I will bless her, and 
give thee a son also of her: yea, 
I will bless her, and she shall be 
a mother of nations; kings of 
people shall be of her. 

17 Then A’bra-ham fell upon 
his face, and laughed, and said 
in his heart, Shall a child be born 
unto him that is an hundred 
years old? and shall Sa’rah, 
that is ninety years old, bear? 

18 And A’bra-ham said unto 
God, O that ish’ma-el might live 
before thee! 

19 And God said, Sa’rah thy 
wife shall bear thee a son indeed; 
and thou shalt call his name 
Vsaac: and I will establish my 
covenant with him for an ever- 
lasting covenant, and with his 
seed after him. | 

20 And as for ish’ma-el, I have 
heard thee: 
blessed him, and will make him 
fruitful, and will multiply him 
exceedingly; twelve princes shall 
he beget, and I will make him a 
great nation. 

21 But my covenant will I estab- 
lish with I’saac, which Sa’rah 
shall bear unto thee at this set 
time in the next year. 

22 And he left off talking with 
him, and God went up from 
A’bra-ham. 

23 § And A’bra-ham took fsh’- 
ma-el his son, and all that were 
born in his house, and all that 
were bought with his money, 
every male among the men of 
A’bra-ham’s house; and circum- 
cised the flesh of their foreskin 








Behold, I have 








Sarav’s name changed. Angels entertained 


in the selfsame day, as God had 
said unto him 

24 And i’bri-ham was ninety 
years old and nine, when he was 
circumcised in the flesh of his 
foreskin. _ 

25 And Iish’ma-el his son was 
thirteen years old, when he was 
circumcised in the flesh of his 
foreskin. 

26 In the selfsame day was 
A’bra-ham circumcised, and Iish’- 
ma-cl his son. ; 

27 And all the men of his 
house, born in the house, and 
bought with money of the stran- 
ger, were circumcised with him. 


CHAPTER 18 18 


1 Abraham entertains angels. 10 Sarah 
promised ad son. 23 Intercession= 
for Sodom. 

ND the LORD appeared unto 

him in the plains of Mam/’- 

ré: and he sat in the tent door in 
the heat of the day; 

2 And he lift up his eyes and 
looked, and, lo, three men stood 
by him: and when he saw them, 
he ran to meet them from the 
tent door, and bowed himself 
toward the ground. 

3 And said, My Lord, if now I 
have found favour in thy sight, 
pass not away, I pray thee, from 
thy servant: 

4 Let a little water, I pray you, 
be fetched, and wash your feet, 
aon rest yourselves under the 

5 And I will fetch a morsel of 
bread, and comfort ye your 
hearts; after that ye shall pass 
on: for therefore are ye come to 
your servant. And they said, So 
do, as thou hast said. 

6 And A’bra-ham hastened into 
the tent unto Sa’rah, and said, 
Make ready quickly three meas- 
ures of fine meal, knead if, and 
make cakes upon the hearth. 

7 And A’bra-ham ran unto the 
herd, and fetcht a calf tender and 
good, and gave it unto a young 
man; and he hasted to dress it. 

8 And he took butter, and milk, 





22 


Abraham intercedes for Sodom 


and the calf which he had dressed, 
and set if before them; and he 
stood by them under the tree, 
and they did eat. 

9 § And _they said unto him, 
Where is Sa/rah thy wife? An 
he said, Behold, in the tent. 

10 And he said, I will certainly 
return unto thee according to the 
time of life; and, lo, Sa’rah thy 
wife shall have a son. And 
Sa’rah heard if in the tent door, 
which was behind him. 

11 Now A’/bra-ham and Séa’rah 
were old and well stricken in age; 
and it ceased to be with Sa’/rah 
after the manner of women. 

12 Therefore Sa’rah laughed 
within herself, saying, After I 
am waxed old shall I have pleas- 
ure, my lord being old also? 

13 And the LORD said unto 
A’bra-ham, Wherefore did Sa’rah 
laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety 
bear a child, which am old? 

14 Is any thing too hard for 
the LORD? At the time appointed 
I will return unto thee, according 
to the time of life, and Sa’rah 
shall have a son. 

15 Then Sa’rah denied, saying, 
I laughed not; for she was 
afraid. And he said, Nay; but 
thou didst laugh. 

16 4 And the men rose up from 
' thence, and looked toward Sdéd’- 
om: and A’bra-ham went with 
them to bring them on the way. 

17 And the LORD said, Shall I 
hide from A’bra-ham that thing 
which I do; al 

18 Seeing that A’bra-ham shall 
surely become a great and mighty 
nation, and ali the nations of the 
earth shali be blessed in him? 

19 For I know him, that he 
will command his children and 
his household after him, and they 
shall keep the way of the LORD, 
to do justice and judgment; that 
the LORD may bring upon A’bra- 
ham that which he hath spoken 
of him. 

20 And the LORD said, Because 
the cry of Sod’om and Gé-mor’- 





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GENESIS, 18 


rah is great, and because their 
sin is very grievous; 

21 I will go down now, and 
see whether they have done alto- 
gether according to the cry of it, 


d| which is come unto me; and if 


not, I will know. 

nd the men turned their 
faces from thence, and went 
toward Sod’om: but A’bra-ham 
stood yet before the LORD. 

23 § And A’bra-ham drew near, 
and Ae Wilt thou also destroy | 
the righteous with the wicked? 

24 Peradventure there be fifty 
righteous within the city: wilt 
thou also destroy and not spare 
the place for the fifty righteous 
that are within? 

25 That be far from thee to do 
after this manner, to slay the 
righteous with the wicked: and 
that the righteous should be as 
the wicked, that be far from thee: 
Shall not the Judge of all the 
earth do right? 

26 And the LORD said, If I 
find in Sdd’om fifty righteous 
within the city, then I will spare 
all the place for their sakes. 

27 And A’bra-ham answered 
and said, Behold now, I have 
taken upon me to speak unto the 
LORD, which am buf dust and 
ashes: 

28 Peradventure there _ shall 
lack five of the fifty righteous: 
wilt thou destroy all the city for 
lack of five? And he said, If I 
find there forty and five, I will 
not destroy it. 

29 And he spake unto him yet 
again, and said, Peradventure 
there shall be forty found there. 
And he said, I will not do it for 
forty’s sake. ; 

30 And he said unto him, Oh 
let not the Lord be angry, and I 
will speak: Peradventure there 
shall thirty be found there. And 
he said, I will not do it, if I find 
thirty there. 


31 And he said, Behold now, I - 
‘have taken upon me to speak 


unto the Lord: Peradventure 
there shall be twenty found there. 


GENESIS, 19 


And he said, I will not destroy it 
for twenty’s sake. 

32 And he said, Oh let not the 
Lord be angry, and I will speak 
yet but this once: Peradventure 
ten shall be found there. And he 
said, I will not destroy it for 
ten’s sake. 

33 And the LORD went his way, 
as soon as he had left communing 
with A’bra-ham: and A’bra-ham 
Teturned unto his place. 


19 CHAPTER 19 
1 Lot enteriains angels. 18 Lot's 
escape to Zoar. 24 Cities of the 
plain destroyed. 37 Birth of Moab 

and Ammon. 

ND there came two angels to 
Sod’om at even; and Lot sat 
in the gate of Séd’om: and Lot 
seeing them rose up to meet them; 
and he bowed himself with his 

face toward the ground; 

2 And he said, Behold now, my 
lords, turn in, I pray you, into 
your servant’s house, and tarry 
all night, and wash your feet, and 
ye shall rise up early, and go on 
your ways. And they said, Nay; 
but we will abide in the street all 
night. 

3 And he pressed upon them 
greatly; and they turned in unto 
him, and entered into his house; 
and he made them a feast, and 
did bake unleavened bread, and 
they did eat. 

4 4 But before they lay down, 
the men of the city, even the men 
of Sdéd’om, compassed the house 
round, both old and young, all 
the people from every quarter: 

5 And they called unto Lot, 
and said unto him, Where are 
the men which came in to thee 
this night? bring them out unto 
us, that we may know them. 

6 And Lot went out at the door 
unto them, and shut the door 
after him, 

7 And said, I pray you, breth- 
ren, do not so wickedly. 

8 Behold now, I have two 
daughters which have not known 
man; let me, I pray you, bring 
them out unto you, and do ye to 








Lot’s escape to Zoar 


them as is good in your eyes: 
only unto these men do nothing; 
for therefore came they under 
the shadow of my roof. 

9 And they said, Stand back. 
And they said again, This one 
fellow came in to sojourn, and he 
will needs be a judge: now will 
we deal worse with thee, than 
with them. And they pressed 
sore upon the man, even Lot, and 
came near to break the door. | 

10 But the men put forth their 
hand, and pulled Lot into the 
House to them, and shut to the 

oor. 

11 And they smote the men that 
were at the door of the house 
with blindness, both small and 
great: so that they wearied them- 
selves to find the door. 

12 § And the men said unto 
Lot, Hast thou here any besides? 
son in law, and thy sons, and thy 
daughters, and whatsoever thou 
hast in the city, bring them out 
of this place: 

13 For we will destroy this 
place, because the cry of them is 
waxen great before the face of 
the LORD; and the LORD hath 
sent us to destroy it. 

14 And Lot went out, and spake 
unto his sons in law, which mar- 
ried his daughters, and said, 
Up, get you out of this place; 
for the LORD will destroy this 
city. But he seemed as one that 
mocked unto his sons in law. 

15 ¢ And when the morning 
arose, then the angels hastened 
Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, 
and thy two daughters, which 
are here; lest thou be consumed 
in the iniquity of the city. 

16 And while he lingered, the 
men laid hold upon his hand, and 
upon the hand of his wife, and 
upon the hand of his two daugh- 
ters: the LORD being merciful 
unto him: and they brought him 
Seats and set him without the 
city. 

17 4 And it came to pass, when 
they had brought them forth 
abroad, that he said, Escape for 





24 


‘and 


‘Cities of the plain destroyed 


thy life; look not behind thee, 
neither stay thou in all the plain; 
escape to the mountain, lest 
thou be consumed. 

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, 
not so, my Lord: 

19 Behold now, ‘thy servant 
hath found grace in thy sight, 
thou hast magnified thy 
mercy, which thou hast shewed 
unto me in saving my life; and 
I cannot escape to the mountain, 
lest some evil take me, and I die: 

20 Behold now, this city 1s near 
to flee unto, and it is a little one: 
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it 
not a little one?) and my soul 
shall live. 

21 And he said unto him, See, I 
have accepted thee concerning 
this thing also, that I will not 
overthrow this city, for the 
which thou hast spoken. 

22 Haste thee, escape thither; 
for I cannot do any thing till 
thou be come thither. Therefore 
the name of the city was called 
ZO/ar. 4 

23 4 The sun was risen upon 
the earth when Lot entered into 
ZO’ar. 

24 Then the LORD rained up- 
on Séd’om and upon Goé-mor’rah 
brimstone and fire from the LORD 
out of heaven; i 

25 And he overthrew those cit- 
ies, and all the plain, and all the 
inhabitants of the cities, and 
that which grew upon the ground. 





GENESIS, 20 


he overthrew the cities in the 
which Lot dwelt. 

30 ¢ And Lot went up out of 
Zo’ar, and dwelt in the moun- 
tain, and his two daughters with 
him; for he feared to dwell in 
Zo’ar: and he dwelt in a cave,, 
he and his two daughters. 

31 And the firstborn said unto 
the younger, Our father is old, 
and there is not a man in the 
earth to come in unto us after 
the manner of all the earth: 

32 Come, let us make our 
father drink wine, and we will lie 
with him, that we may preserve 
seed of our father. 

33 And they made their father 
drink wine that night: and the 
firstborn went in, and lay with 
her father; and he perceived not 
when she lay down, nor when she 
arose. 

34 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that the firstborn said 
unto the younger, Behold, I lay 
yesternight with my father: let 
us make him drink wine this 
night also; and go thou in, and 
lie with him, that we may pre- 
serve seed of our father. 

35 And they made their father 
drink wine that night also: and 
the younger arose, and lay with 
him: and he perceived not when 
she lay down, nor when she 
arose. ‘ 

36 Thus were both the daugh- 
ters of Lot with child by their 





26 4 But his wife looked back |f her 


from behind him, and she became 
a pillar of salt. 

27 § And A’bra-ham gat up 
early in the morning to the place 
where he stood before the LORD: 

28 And he looked toward Séd’- 
om and Goé-mor’rah, and toward 
all the land of the plain, and 
beheld, and, lo, the smoke of 
the country went up as the smoke 
of a furnace. 

29 ¥ And it came to pass, when 
God destroyed the cities of the 
plain, that God 
A’bra-ham, and sent Lot out of 
the midst of the overthrow, when 


remembered | 





ather. 

37 And the firstborn bare a son, 
and called his name Mo’ab: the 
same is the father of the M6’ab- 
ites unto this day. 

38 And the younger, she also 
bare a son, and called his name 
Bén-am’mi: the same is the 
father of the children of Am’mon 
unto this day. 


CHAPTER 20 20 


1 Abraham denies his wife. 2 Abime- 
lech takes her. 9 Abraham reproved. 
17 Abimelech healed. 

ND A’bra-ham journeyed from 
thence toward the south 


25 


GENESIS, 21 
country, and dwelled between 
Ka’desh and et and so- 


ETE aOe in Gé’r 

2 And Moshi said of Sa’rah 
his wife, She is my sister: an 
A-bim/e-léch king of Gé’rar sent, 
and took Sa’rah. 

3 But God came to A-bim’e- 
léch in a dream»by night, and 
said to him, Behold, thou ari but 
a dead man, for the woman 
which thou hast taken; for she 
is a man’s wife. 

4 But A-bim’e-léch had not come 
mear her: and he said, Lord, 
wilt thou slay also a righteous 
nation? : 

5 Said he not unto me, She zs 
my sister? and she, even she her- 
self said, He is my brother: in 
the integrity of my heart and 
innocency of my hands have I 
done this. 

6 And God said unto him in a 
dream, Yea, I know that thou 
didst this in the integrity of thy 
heart; for I also withheld thee 
from sinning against me: there- 
ose suffered I thee not to touch 


7 Now therefore restore the 
man his wife; for he is a prophet, 
and he shall pray for thee, and 
thou shalt live: and if thou 
restore her not, know thou that 
thou shalt surely die, thou, and 
all that are thine. 

8 Therefore A-bim’e-léch rose 
early in the morning, and called 
all his servants, and told all 
these things in their ears: and 
the men were sore afraid. 

9 Then A-bim/’e-léch called A’bra- 
ham, and said unto him, What 
hast thou done unto us? and 
what have J offended thee, that 
thou hast brought on me and on 
my kingdom a great sin? thou 
hast done deeds unto me that 
ought not to be done. 

10 And A-bim’e-léch said unto 
A’bra-ham, What sawest thou, 
that thou hast done this thing? 

11 And A’bra-ham said, Because 
I thought, Surely the fear of 
God is not in this place; and 





Abraham denies his wife 





a will slay me for my wife’s 


“2 ead yet indeed she is my 
sister; she is the daughter of my 


d|father, but not the daughter of 


ny mother; and she became my 
wife. 

13 And it came to pass, when 
God caused me to wander from 
my father’s house, that I said 
unto her, This zs thy kindness 
which thou shalt shew unto me; 
at every place whither we shall 
come, say of me, He is my 
brother. 

14 And A-bim’e-léch took sheep, 
and oxen, and menservants, and 
womenservants, and gave them 
unto A’bra-ham, and restored 
him $4’rah his wife. 

15 And A-bim’e-léch said; Be- 
hold, my land is before thee: 
dwell where it pleaseth thee. _ 

16 And unto Sa’rah he said, 
Behold, I have given thy brother 
a thousand pieces of silver: 
behold, he is to thee a covering 
of the eyes, unto all that are with 
thee, and with all other: thus she 
was reproved. 

7 7 SoA’bra-ham prayed unto 
God: and God healed A-bim’e- 
léch, and his wife, and his maid- 
servants; and they bare children. 

18 For the LORD had fast 
closed up all the wombs of the 
house of A-bim/’e-léch, because of 
Sa’rah A’bra-ham’s wife. 


CHAPTER 21 21 


1 Birth of Isaac. 9 Hagar is banished. 
22 The well of covenant at Beer-sheba. 


ND the LORD visited Sa’rah 

.» as he had said, and the LORD 
did unto Sa’rah as he had 
spoken. 

2 For Sa’rah conceived, and 
bare A’bra-ham a son in his old 
age, at the set time of which God 
had spoken to him. 

3 And A’bra-hdm called the 
name of his son that was born 
unto him, whom Sa’rah bare to 
him, I’saac. | 

4 And A’bra-ham circumcised 


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Hagar banished. A covenant 


his son Isaac being eight days 
old, as God had commanded him. 

5 And A’bra-ham was an hun- 
dred years old, when his son 
I’saac was born unto him. 

6 7 And Sa’rah said, God hath 
made me to laugh, so that all 
_that hear will laugh with me. 

7 And she said, Who would 
have said unto A’bra~ham, that 
Sa’rah should have given chil- 
dren suck? for I have born hima 
son in his old age. 

8 And the child grew, and was 
weaned: and A’bra-ham made a 
great feast the same day that 
I’saac was weaned. 


9 ¥ And Sa’rah saw the son of | g 


Ha’gar the £-gyp’tian, which she 
had born unto A’bra-ham, mock- 


ing. 

10 Wherefore she said unto 
A’bra-ham, Cast out this bond- 
woman and her son: for the son 
of this bondwoman shall not be 
heir with my son, even with 


saac. 

11 And the thing was very 
grievous in A’bra-ham’s sight 
because of his son. 

12 { And God said unto A’bra- 
ham, Let it not be grievous in thy 
sight because of the lad, and 
because of thy bondwoman; in 
all that Sa’rah hath said unto 
thee, hearken unto her voice, for 
in YWsaac shall thy seed be 
called. 

13 And also of the son of the 
bondwoman will I make a nation, 
because he is thy seed. 

14 And A’bra-ham rose up 
early in the morning, and took 
bread, and a bottle of water, and 
gave it unto Ha’gar, putting zt on 
her shoulder, and the child, an 
sent her away: and _ she de- 
parted, and wandered in the 
wilderness of Bé’er-shé’ba.__, 

15 And the water was spent in 
the bottle, and she cast the child 
under one of the shrubs. 

16 And she went, and sat her 
down over against him a good 
way off, as it were a bowshot: 
for she said, Let me not see the 





d|of water, 





GENESIS, 21 


death of the child. And she sat 
over against him, and lift up her 
voice, and wept. 

17 And God heard the voice of 
the lad; and the angel of God 
called to Ha’gar out_of heaven, 
and said unto her, What aileth 
thee, Ha’gar? fear not; for God 
hath heard the voice of the lad 
where he is. 

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and 
hold him in thine hand; for I 
will make him a great nation. 

19 And God opened her eyes, 
and she saw a weil of water; and 
she went, and filled the bottle 
with water, and gave the lad 
rink. 

20 And God was with the lad; 
and he grew, and dwelt in the 
wilderness, and becameanarcher. 

21 And he dwelt in the wilder- 
ness of Pa’ran: and his mother 
took him a wife out of the land 
of E’£ypt. 

22 ¢ And it came to pass at 
that time, that A-bim’e-léch and 
Phi’chol the chief captain of his 
host spake unto A’bra-ham, say- 
ing, God is with thee in all that 
thou doest: 

23 Now therefore swear unto 
me here by God that thou wilt 
not deal falsely with me, nor 
with my son, nor with my son’s 
son: but according to the kind- 
ness that I have done unto thee, 
thou shalt do unto me, and to the 
land wherein thou hast so- 
journed. i f ; 

24 And A’bra-ham said, I will 


swear. 

_25 And A’bra-ham reproved 
A-bim’e-léch because, of a well 
which A-bim’e-léch’s 
servants had violently taken 


away. 

26 And A-bim’e-léch said, I wot | 
not who hath done this thing: 
neither didst thou tell me, neither 
yet heard I of it, but to day. 

27 And A’bra-ham took sheep 
and oxen, and gave them unto 
A-bim’e-léch; and both of them 
made a covenant, 


27 


GENESIS, 22 


28 And A’/bra-ham set seven 
ewe lambs of the flock by them- 
selves. _ 

29 And A-bim’e-léch said unto 
A’bra-ham, What mean these 
seven ewe lambs which thou hast 
set by themselves? 

30 And he said, For these seven 
ewe lambs shalt thou take of my 
hand, that they may be a witness 
unto me, that I have digzged this 


well. 

31 Wherefore he called that 
place Bé’er—-shé’ba; because 
there they sware both of them. 

32 Thus they made a covenant 
at. Bé’er-shé’ba: then A-bim’e- 
léch rose up, and Phi’chol the 
chief captain of his host, and they 
returned into the land of the 
Phi-lis’tines. _ 

33 J And A’bra-ham planted a 
grove in Bé’er-shé’ba, and 
_ called there on the name of the 
Lorp, the everlasting God. 

34 And A’bra-ham sojourned in 
the Phi-lis’tines’ land many days. 


22 CHAPTER 22 


1 Abraham offers Isaac. 13 Aram sub- 
Stituted. 15 Abraham blessed. ° 20 
WNahor’s offspring. 

ND it came to pass after these 
things, that God did tempt 

A’bra-ham, and said unto him, 

A’bra-ham: and he said, Behold, 

hereIlam. . 

2 And he said, Take now thy 
son, thine only son I’saac, whom 
thou lovest, and get thee into the 
land of Mo-ri’ah; and offer him 
there for a burnt offering upon 
one of the mountains which [| 
will tell thee of.) | 

3 § And A’bra-ham rose up 
early in the morning, and sad- 
dled his ass, and took two of his 
young men with him, and I’saac 
his son, and clave the wood for 
the burnt offering, and rose up, 
and went unto the place of which 
God had told him. ities 

4 Then on the third day A’bra- 
ham lifted up his eyes, and saw 
the place afar off. é 

5 And A’bra-ham said unto his 


Abraham offers Isaac. 





His hand stayed 


young men, Abide ye here with 


the ass; and I and the lad will go 
yonder and worship, and come 
again to you. 

6 And A’bra-ham took the wood 
of the burnt offering, and laid if 
upon I’saac his son; and he took 
the fire in his hand, and a knife; 
and they went both of them 
together. 

7 And I’saac spake unto A’bra- 
ham his father, and said, My 
father: and he said, Here am I, 
my son. And he said, Behold 
the fire and the wood: but where 
is the lamb for a burnt offering? 

8 And A’bra-ham said, My son, 
God will provide himself a lamb 
for a burnt offering: so they 
went both of them together. 

9 And they came to the place 
which God had told him of; and 
A’bra-ham built an altar there, 
and laid the wood in order, and 
bound J’saac his son, and laid 
him on the altar upon the wood. 

10 And A’bra-ham = stretched 
forth his hand, and took the 
knife to slay his son. 

11 And the angel of the LorD 
called unto him out of heaven, 
and said, A’bra-ham, A’bra-ham : 
and he said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lay not thine 
hand upon the lad, neither do 
thou any thing unto him: for 
now I know that thou fearest 
God, seeing thou hast not with- 
held thy son, thine only son from 


me. 

13 And A’bra-ham lifted up his 
eyes, and looked, and behold 
behind him a ram caught in a 
thicket by his horns: and A’bra- 
ham went and took the ram, and 
offered him up for a burnt offer- 
ing in the stead of his son. 

14 And A’bra-ham called the 
name of that place Jé-hé’vah— 
ji’reh: as it is said fo this day, 
In the mount of the LORD it shall 
be seen. 

15 ¥ And the angel of the LORD 
called unto A’bra-ham out of 
heaven the second time, 

16 And said, By myself have I 


28 


Nahor’s offspring. Sarah’s death 


sworn, saith the LORD, for be- 
cause thou hast done this thing, 
and hast not withheld thy son, 
thine only son 

17 That in bisgeine I will bless 
thee, and in multiplying I will 
multiply thy seed as the stars 
of the heaven, and as the sand 
which is upon the sea shore; 
and thy seed shall possess the 
gate of his enemies 

18 And in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed; 
because thou hast obeyed my 
voice. 

19 So A’bra-ham returned unto 
his young men, and they rose up 








GENESIS, 23 


4 1am a stranger and a so- 
journer with you: give me a 
possession of a_ buryingplace 
with you, that I may bury my 
dead out of my sight. 

5 And the children of Héth an- 
swered A’bra-ham, saying unto 
him, 

6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a 
mighty prince among us: in the 
choice of our sepulchres bury thy 
dead; none of us shall withhold 
from thee his sepulchre, but that 
thou mayest bury thy dead. 

7 And A’bra-ham stood up, and 
bowed himself to the people of 
the eee even to the children of 


and went together to Bé’er—| Hé 


shé’ba; and A’bra-ham dwelt at 
Bé’er-shé’ba. 

20 { And it came to pass after 
these things, that it was toid 
A’bra-ham, saying, Behold, Mil’- 
cah, she hath also born children 
unto thy brother Na’hor; 

21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz 
his brother, and Ké-mt’el the 
father of A’ram, 

22 And Ché’sed, and Ha’z6, 
and Pil’dash, and Jid’laph, and 
Béth-u’el. 

23 And Béth-u’el begat Ré- 
bék’ah: these eight Mil’cah did 
bear to Na’hor, A’bra-ham’s 
brother. 

24 And his concubine, ‘whose 
name was Rew’mah, she bare also 
Té’bah, and Ga’ham, and Tha’- 
hash, and Ma’a-chah. 


23 CHAPTER 23 


1 Sarah’s death.” 3 Purchase of Mach- 
pelah. 19 Sarah’s burial. 
ND Saéa’/rah was an hundred 
and seven and twenty years 
old: these were the years of the 
life of Sa’rah. 

2 And Sa’rah died in Kir’jath— 
dr’ba; the same is Hé’bron in 
the land of Ca’naan: and A’bra- 
ham came to mourn for Sa’rah 
and to weep for her. 

3 J And A’bra-ham stood up 
from before his dead, and spake 





unto the sons of Héth, saying, 


8 And he communed with them, 
saying, If it be your mind that I 
should bury my dead out of my 
sight; hear me, and intreat_for 
ae to E’phron the son of Z6’- 

ar, 

9 That he may give me the cave 
of Mach-pé’lah, which he hath, 
which is in the end of his field: 
for as much money as itis worth 
he shall give it me for a posses- 
ion of a buryingplace amongst 


10 And £’phron dwelt among 
the children of Héth: and 
poe the Hit/tite answered 

A’bra-ham in the audience of the 
children of Héth, even of all that 
went in at the gate of his city, 
saying, 

il Nay, my lord, hear me: the 
field give I thee, and the cave 
that is therein, I give it thee; in 
the presence_of the sons of my 
people give I it thee: bury thy 
dead. 

12 And A’bra-ham bowed down 
himself before the people of the 
land. 

13 And he spake unto E£’phron 
in the audience of the people of 
the land, saying, But if thou wilt 
give it, I pray thee, hear me: 
will give thee money for the field ; 
take if of me, and I will bury my 
dead there. 

14 And £’phron answered A’bra- 
ham, saying unto him, 


29 


GENESIS, 24 


Abraham seeks a wife for Isaac 


15 My lord, hearken unto me:| 5 And the servant said unto 


the land is worth four hundred 
shekels of silver; what is that 
betwixt me and thee? bury there- 
fore thy dead. 

16 And A’bra-ham hearkened 
unto E’phron; and A’bra-him 
weighed to &’phron the silver, 
which he had..mamed in_ the 
audience of the sons of Héth, 
four hundred shekels of silver, 
current money with the merchant. 

17 4 And the field of &’phron, 
which was in Mach-pé’lah, which 
was before Mam’ré, the field, and 
the cave which was therein, and 
ail the trees that were in the field, 
that were in all the borders round 
about, were made sure 

18 Unto A’bra-ham for a pos- 
session in the presence of the 
children of Héth, before all that 
went in at the gate of his city. 

19 And after this, A’bra-ham 
buried Sa’rah his wife in the cave 
of the field of Mach-pé’lah before 
Mam’ré: the same is Hé’bron 
in the land of Ca’naan. 

20 And the field, and the cave 
that is therein, were made sure 
unto A’bra-~ham for a possession 
Pe ee aneplace by the sons of 

éth. 


24 CHAPTER 24 
1 Abraham seeks a wife for Isaac. 10 
Servant’s visit to the east. 50 Re- 


. bekah chosen. 62 Isaac meets her. 


ND A’bra-ham was old: and 

well stricken in age: and 

the LORD had blessed A’bra-him 
in all things. 

2 And A’bra-ham said unto his 
eldest servant of his house, that 
ruled over all that he had, Put, 
gpray thee, thy hand under my 


gh: 
3 And I will make thee swear 
by the LORD, the God of heaven, 


and the God of the earth, that |d 


thou shalt not take a wife unto 
my son of the daughters of the 
Ca/naan-ites, among whom I] 
dwell: 

4 But thou shalt go unto my 
country, and to my kindred, and 
take a wife unto my son I’saac. 


3 





him, Peradventure the woman 
will not be willing to follow me 
unto this land: must I needs 
bring thy son again unto the land 
from whence thou camest? 

6 And A’bra-ham said unto him, 
Beware thou that thou bring not 
my son thither again. 

7 ¥ The LORD God of heaven, 
which took me from my father’s 
house, and from the land of my 
kindred, and which spake unto 
me, and that sware unto me, 
saying, Unto thy seed will I give 
this land; he shall send his 
angel before thee, and thou shalt — 
take a wife unto my son from 
thence. 

8 And if the woman will not be 
willing to follow thee, then thou 
shalt be clear from this my oath: 
only bring not my son thither 
again. r 

9 And the servant put his hand 
under the thigh of A’bra-ham his 
master, and sware to him con- 
cerning that matter. 

10 4 And the servant took ten 
camels of the camels of his mas« 
ter, and departed; for all the 
goods of his master were in his 
hand: and he arose, and went to 
Més-o-p0-ta’mi-a, unto the city 
of Na’hér. ‘ 

11 And he made his camels to 
kneel down without the city by 
a well of water at the time of the 
evening, even the time that 
women go out to draw water. 

12 And he said, O Lorp God 
of my master A’bra-ham, I pray 
thee, send me good speed this 
day, and shew kindness unto my 
master A’bra-ham. 

13. Behold, I stand here by the 
well of water; and the daughters 
of the men of the city come out to 
raw water: 

14 And let it come to pass, that 
the damsel to whom I shall say, 
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, 
that I may drink; and she shall 
say, Drink, and I will give thy 
camels drink also: let the same 
be she that thou hast appointed 


0 





that, 


Abraham’s servant meets Rebekah at the well 


GENESIS, 24 





nd/|his head, and worshipped the 


thereby shall I know that thou | LORD. 


for thy servant I’saac; a i 


hast shewed kindness unto my 


behold, Ré-bék’ah came 
out, who was born to Béth-v’el, 
son of Mil’cah, the wife of 
Wa’hor, A’bra-ham’s brother, with 
her pitcher upon her shoulder. 
16 And the damsel was very 
fair to look upon, a virgin, 
neither had any man known her: 
and she went down to the well, 
and filled her pitcher, and came 


up. | 
17 And the servant ran to meet 


her, and said, Let me, I pray 
thee, drink a little water of thy 
pitcher. 


18 And she said, Drink, my 
lord: and she hasted, and let 
down her pitcher upon her hand, 
and gave him drink. 

19 And when she had done giv- 
ing him drink, she said, I will 
draw water for thy camels also, 
until they have done drinking. 

20 And she hasted, and emp- 
tied her pitcher into the trough, 
and ran again unto the well to 
draw water, and drew for all his 
camels. 

21 And the man wondering at 
her held his peace, to wit whether 
the LORD had made his journey 
prosperous or not. 

22 And it came to pass, as the 
camels had done drinking, that 
ae man took a golden earring of 

alf a shekel weight, and two 
er Aee for her hands of ten 
Shekels weight of gold; 

23 And said, Whose daughter 
art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is 
there room in thy father’s house 
for us to lodge in? 

24 And she said unto him, Iam 
the daughter of Béth-u’el the son 
of Mil’cah, which she bare unto 
Nahor. 

25 She said moreover unto him, 
We have both straw and proven- 
der enough, and room to lodge in. 

26 And the man bowed down 











27 And he said, Blessed be the 
LORD God of my master A’bra- 
ham, who hath not left destitute 
my master of his mercy and his 
truth: I being in the way, the 
LORD led me to the house of my 
master’s brethren. 

28 And the damsel ran, and 
told them of her mother’s house 
these things. 

29 4 And Ré-bék’ah had a 
brother, and his name was 
La’ban: and La’/ban ran out 
unto the man, unto the well. 

30 And it came to pass, when he 
saw the earring and bracelets 
upon his sister’s hands, and 
when he heard the words of 
Ré-bék’ah his sister, saying, 
Thus spake the man unto me; 
that he came unto the man; and, 
behold, he stood by the camels at 
the well. 

31 And he said, Come in, thou 
blessed of the LORD; wherefore 
standest thou without? for I have 
prepared the house, and room for 
the cameis. 

32 4 And the man came into 
the house: and he ungirded his 
camels, and gave straw and 
provender for the camels, and 
water to wash his feet, and the 
men’s feet that were with him. 

33 And there was set meat 
before him to eat: but he said, I 
will not eat, until I have told 
mine errand. he said, 
Speak on. 

34 And he said, I am A’bra- 
ham/’s servant. 

35 And the LORD hath blessed 
my master greatly; and he is 
become great: and he hath given 
him flocks, and herds, and silver, 
and gold, and menservants, and 
maidservants, and camels, and 
asses. 

36 And Sa’rah my master’s wife 
bare a son to my master when 
she was old: and unto him hath 
he given all that he hath. 

37 And my master made me 
swear, saying, Thou shalt not 


31 


GENESIS, 24 
take a wife to my son of the 
daughters of the Ca’naan-ites, 
in whose land I dwell: 

38 But thou shalt go unto my 
father’s house, and to my kin- 
dred, and take a wife unto my 
son. 

39 And I said unto my master, 
Peradventure the woman will 
not follow me. 

40 And he said unto me, The 
LORD, before whom I walk, will 
send his angel with thee, and 
prosper thy way; and thou shalt 
take a wife for my son of my 
kindred, and of my _ father’s 
house: 

41 Then shalt thou be clear 
from this my oath, when thou 
comest to my kindred; and if 
they give not thee one, thou shalt 
be clear from my oath. 

42 And I came this day unto 
the well, and said, O LORD God 
of my master A’bra-ham, if now 
thou do prosper my way which 


£0: 

43 Behold, I stand by the well 
of water; and it shall come to 
pass, that when the virgin com- 
eth forth to draw water, and I 
say to her, Give me, I pray thee, 
a little water of thy pitcher to 
drink; 

44 And she say to me, Both 
drink thou, and I will also draw 
for thy camels: let the same be 
the woman whom the LORD hath 
appointed out for my master’s 
son. 

45 And before I had done 
speaking in mine heart, behold, 
Ré-bék’ah came forth with her 
pitcher on her shoulder; and she 
went down unto the well, and 
drew water: and I said unto her, 
Let me drink, I pray thee. 

46 And she made haste, and 
let down her pitcher from her 
shoulder, and said, Drink, and I 
will give thy camels drink also: 
so I drank, and she made the 
camels drink also. k 

47 And I asked her, and said, 

ose daughter art thou? And 








The servant’s story. Rebdekah chosen 


vel, Na’hér’s son, whom Mil’cah 
bare unto him: and I put the 
earring upon her face, and the 
bracelets upon her hands. 

I bowed down my 
head, and worshipped the Lorn, 
and blessed the LORD God of my 
master A’bra-ham, which had 
led me in the right way to take 
my master’s brother’s daughter 
unto his son. 

49 And now if ye will deal 
kindly and truly with my master, 
tell me: and if not, tell me; that 
I may turn to the right hand, or 
to the left. 

50 Then La’ban and Béth-u’el 
answered and said, The thing 
proceedeth from the LORD: we 
cannot speak unto thee bad or 


good. 

51 Behold, Ré-bék’ah is before 
thee, take her, and go, and let her 
be thy master’s son’s wife, as the 
LORD hath spoken. 

52 And it came to pass, that, 
when A’bra-ham’s servant heard 
their words, he worshipped the 
LORD, bowing himself to the 
earth. 

53 And the servant brought 
forth jewels of silver, and 
jewels of gold, and raiment, and 
gave them to Ré-bék’ah: he gave 
also to her brother and to her 
mother precious things. 

54 And they did eat and drink, 
he and the men that were with 
him, and tarried all night; and 
they rose up in the morning, and 
he said, Send me away unto my 
master. 

55 And her brother and her 
mother said, Let the damsel 
abide with us a few days, at the 
least ten; after that she shall go. 

56 And he said unto them, 
Hinder me not, seeing the LORD 
hath prospered my way; send 
me away that I may go to my 
master. , 

57 And they said, We will call 
the damsel, and enquire at her 
mouth. 

58 And they called Ré-bék’ah. 


she said, The daughter of Béth- | and said unto her, Wilt thou go 
32 





Isaac meets Rebekah. Death of Abraham 


GENESIS, 25 


ith this man? And she said, I) Dé’dan were As-shu’rim, and 


will go. Lé-ti’shim, and Lé-tm’mim. 


59 And they sent away Ré- 
bék’ah their sister, and her 
nurse, and A’bra-ham’s servant, 
and his men. 

60 And they blessed Ré’bék’ah, 
and said unto her, Thou art our 

-sister, be thou the mother of 
thousands of millions, and let 
thy seed possess the gate of 
those which hate them. 

61 4 And Ré-bék’ah arose, and 
her damsels, and they rode upon 
the camels, and followed the 
man: and the servant took 
Ré-bék’ah, and went his way. 

62 And i’saac came from the 
way of the well La-hai’—roi; for 
he dwelt in the south country. 

63 And i’saac went out to 
meditate in the field at the even- 
tide: and he lifted up his eyes, 
and saw, pee behold, the camels 
were comin 

64 And Re-bék’ah lifted up her 
eyes, and when she saw I’saac, 
she lighted off the camel. 

65 For she had said unto the 
servant, What man is this that 
walketh in the field to meet_us? 
And the servant had said, It is 
my master: therefore sne took a 
veil, and covered herself. _ 

66 And the servant told Isaac 
all things that he had done. 

67 And I’saac brought her into 
his mother Sa’rah’s tent, and 
took Ré-bék’ah, and she became 
his wife; and he loved her; and 
I’saac was comforted after his 
mother’s death. 


25 CHAPTER 25 
1 Abraham's sons by Keturah. 7 Death 
of Abraham. 24 Birth of Esau and 
Jacob. 29 Sale of Esau’s birthright. 
HEN again A’/bra-ham took a 
wife, and her name was 
Ké-tt’rah. 
2 And she bare him Zim’ran, 
and Jok’shan, and Mé’dan, an 
Mid/i-an, and Ish’bak, and Shu’ 


ah. 
3 And Jék’shan begat Shé’ba, 
and Dé’dan. And the sons of 








4 And the sons of Mid’i-an; 
E’phah, and E’pkér, and Ha’noch, 
and A-bi’dah, and El’da-ah. All 
these were the children of Ké-ti’- 


a 


5 § And A’bra-ham gave all 
that he had unto I’saac. _ 

6 But unto the sons of the con- 
cubines, which A’bra-ham had, 
A’bra-ham gave gifts, and sent 
them away from i’saac his son, 
while he yet lived, eastward, 
unto the east country. 

And these are the days of the 
years of A’bra-ham’s life which 
he lived, an hundred threescore 
and fifteen years. 

8 Then A’bra-ham gave up the 
ghost, and died in a good old 
age, an old man, and full of 
years; and was gathered to his 
people. j 

9 And his sons I’saac and 
ish’ma-el buried him in the cave 
of Mach-pé’lah, in the field of 
E’phron the son of Zd’har the 
Hit’tite, which is before Mam’ré; 

10 The field which A’bra-ham 
purchased of the sons of Héth: 
there was A’bra-ham buried, and 
Sa’rah his wife. 

11 § And it came to pass after 
the death of A’bra-ham, that God 
blessed his son iI’saac; and 
Vsaac dwelt by the well La- 
hai’—roi. 

12 ¥¢ Now theseare the genera- 
tions of ish’ma-el, A’bra-ham’s 
son, whom Ha’gar the f£-gyp’tian, 
Sa’/rah’s handmaid, bare unto 
A’bra-ham: 

13 And these are the names of 
the sons of Ish’ma-el, by their 
names, according to their gener- 
ations: the firstborn of Iish’ma-el, 
Neé-ba’joth; and Ké’dar, 
Ad’bé-el, and Mib’sam, 

14 And Mish’ma, and Du’mah, 
and Mas’sa, si 

15 Ha’dar, and Té’ma, Jé’tur, 
Na’phish, and Ké 


and 


éd’e-mah: 

_16 These are the sons_ of 
Ish’ma-el, and these are their 
names, by their towns, and by 


3 33 


GENESIS, 26 


their castles; twelve princes 
according to their nations. 

17 And these are the years of 
the life of Ish’ma-el, an hundred 
and thirty and seven years: and 
he gave up the ghost and died; 
and was gathered unto his 
people. 

18 And they dwelt from Hav’i- 
lah unto Shfr, that is before 
E’gypt, as thou goest toward 
As-syr’i-a: and he died in the 
presence of all his brethren. 

19 q And these are the genera- 
tions of I’saac, A’bra-ham’s son: 
A’bra-ham begat I’saac: 

20 And i’saac was forty years 
old when he took Ré-bék’ah 
to wife, the daughter of Béth- 
wel the Syr’'i-an of Pa’dan— 
a’ram, the sister to La’ban the 
Syr’i-an. 

21 And I’saac intreated the 
LORD for his wife, because she 
was barren: and the LORD was 
intreated of him, and Ré-bék’ah 
his wife conceived. 

22 And the children struggled 

together within her; and she 
said, If it be so, why am I thus? 
And she went to enquire of the 
LORD. 
' 23 And the LORD said unto 
her, Two nations are in thy 
iwomb, and two manner of 
people shali be separated from 
thy bowels: and the one people 
shall be stronger than fhe other 
people; and the elder shall serve 
the younger. 

24 4 And when her days to be 
delivered were fulfilled, behold, 
there were twins in her womb. 

25 And the first came out red, 
all over like an hairy garment; 
and they called his name E’sau. 

26 And after that came his 
brother out, and his hand took 
hold on E’sau’s heel; and his 
name was called Ja’cob: and 
I’saac was threescore years old 
when she bare them. 

27 And the boys grew: and 
E’sau was a cunning hunter, a 
man of the field; and Ja’cob 





Esau sells his birthright 


was a plain man, dwelling in 
tents. ‘ 

28 And i’saac Joved E’sau, be- 
cause he did eat of his venison: 
but Ré-bék’ah loved Ja’cob. 

29 F¥ And Ja’cob sod pottage: 
and E’sau came from the field, 
and he was faint: | 

30 And &’sau said to Ja’cob, 
Feed me, I pray thee, with that 
same red pottage; for I am faint: 
therefore was his name called 
E’/dom. 

31 And Ja-cob said, Sell me 
this day thy birthright. 

32 And E’sau said, Behold, I 
am at the point to die: and what 
profit shall this birthright do to 
met 

33. And Ja’cob said, Swear to 
me this day; and he sware unto 
him: and he sold his birthright 
unto Ja’cob. 

34 Then Ja’cob gave £E’sau 
bread and pottage of lentiles; 
and he did eat and drink, and 
rose up, and went his way: thus 
E’sau despised his birthright. 


CHAPTER 26 26 


1 God’s promise to Isaac. 6 Dispute 
with Abimelech. 23 God appears to 
Isaac at Beer-sheba. 26 A covenant. 

ND there was a famine in 
_the land, beside the first 
famine that was in the days of 

A’bra-ham. And I’saac went 

unto A-bim’e-léch king of the 

Phi-lis’tines unto Gé’rdr. 

2 And the LORD appeared unto 
him, and said, Go not down into 
E’gypt; dwell in the land which 
I shall tell thee of: 

3 Sojourn in this land, and I 
will be with thee, and will bless 
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy 
seed, I will give all these coun- 
tries, and I will perform the 
oath which I sware unto A’bra- 
ham thy father; 

4 And I will make thy seed to 
multiply as the stars of heaven, 
and will give unto thy seed all 
these countries; and in thy 
seed shall all the nations of the 
earth be blessed; 


34 


Isaac’s dispute with Abimelech 





5 Because that ‘A’bra-ham obey- 
ed my voice, and kept my charge, 
my commandments, my statutes, 
pad my laws. 

6 § And I’saac dwelt in Gé’rdr. 

7 And the men of the place 
asked him of his wife; and he 
said, She is my sister: for he 
feared to say, She is my wife; 
lest, said he, the men of the place 
should kill me for Ré-bék’ah; 
because she was fair to look 
upon. 

8 And it came to pass, when he 
had been there a long time, that 
A-bim/’e-léch king of the Phi-lis’- 
tines looked out at a window, and 
saw, and, behold, I’saac was 
sporting with Ré-bék’ah his wife. 

9 And A-bim’e-léch called I’saac, 
and said, Behold, of a surety she 
is thy wife: and how saidst 
thou, She is my sister? And 
Isaac said unto him, Because I 
said, Lest I die for her. 

10 And A’bim/’e-léch said, What 
is this thou hast done unto us? 
one of the people might lightly 
have lien with thy wife, and 
thou shouldest have brought 
guiltiness upon us. 

11 And A’bim’e-léch charged all 
his people, saying, He that 
toucheth this man or his wife 
shall surely be put to death. 

12 Then Y’saac sowed in that 
land, and received in the same 
year an hundredfold: and the 
LORD blessed him. 

13 And the man waxed great, 
and went forward, and grew 
until he became very great: | 

14 For he had possession of 
flocks, and possession of herds, 
and great store of servants: and 
the Phi-lis’tines envied him. 

15 For all the wells which his 
father’s servants had digged in 
the days of A’bra-ham his father, 
the Phi-lis’tines had _ stopped 
them, and filled them with earth. 

16 And A-bim’e-léch said unto 
Vsaac, Go from us; for thou art 
much mightier than we. 

17 { And I’saao departed thence, 





“GENESIS, 26 


and pitched his tent in the valley 
of Gé’rar, and dwelt there. 

18 And i’saac digged again the 
wells of water, which they had. 
digged in the days of A’bra-ham 
his father; for the Phi-lis’tines 
had stopped them after the death. 
of A’bra-ham: and he called 
their names after the names by 
which his father had called them. 

19 And f’saac’s servants digged. 
in the vailey, and found there a 
well of springing water. 

20 And the herdmen of Gé’rir 
did strive with I’saac’s herd- 
men, saying, The water is ours: 
and he called the name of the 
well E’sék; because they strove 
with him. , 

21 And they digged another 
well, and strove for that also: and 
he called the name of it Sit’nah. 

22 And he removed from thence, 
and digged another well: and 
for that they strove not: and he 
called the name of it Ré-hd’both; 
and he said, For now the LORD 
hath made room for us, and we 
shall be fruitful in the land. 

23 And he went up from thence 
to Bé’er—-shé’ba. 

24 And the LORD appeared un- 
to him the same night, and said, 
I am the God of A’bra-ham thy 
father: fear not, for I am with 
thee, and will bless thee, and 
multiply thy seed for my servant 
A’bra-ham’s sake. 

25 And he builded an altar 
there, and called upon the name 
of the LORD, and pitched his 
tent there: and there Ii’saac’s 
servants digged a well. 

26 § Then A-bim’e-léch went 
to him from Gé’rar, and A-htz’- 
zath one of his friends, and 
Phi’chol the chief captain of his 
army. : 

27 And I’saac said unto them, 
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing 
ye hate me, and have sent me 
away from you? 

28 And they said, We saw cer- 
tainly that the LORD was with 
thee: and we said, Let there be 
now an oath betwixt us, even 





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GENESIS, 27 


betwixt us and thee, and let us 
make a covenant with thee; 

29 That thou wilt do us no 
hurt, as we have not touched 
thee, and as we have done unto 
thee nothing but good, and have 
sent thee away in peace: thou 
art now the blessed of the LORD. 

30 And he made them a feast, 
and they did eat and drink. 

31 And they rose up betimes in 
the morning, and sware one to 
another: and Y’saac sent them 
away, and they departed from 
him in peace. 

32 And it came to pass the same 
day, that I’saac’s servants came, 
and told him concerning the well 
which they had digged, and said 
unto him, We have found water. 

33 And he called it Shé’bah: 
therefore the name of the city is 
Bé’er-shé’ba unto this day. 

34 § And E’sau was _ forty 
years old when he took to wife 
Ja’dith the daughter of Bé-é’ri 
the Hit’tite, and Bash’e-math the 
daughter of E’l6n the Hit’tite: 

35 Which were a grief of mind 
unto I’saac and to Ré-bék’ah. 


27 CHAPTER 27 


1 Isaac sends for venison. 6 Jacob de- 
ceives Isaac. 23 He obtains the 
blessing. 41 Esau threatens Jacob. 

ND it came to pass, that when 
I’saac was old, and his 

eyes were dim, so that he could 
not see, he called E’sau his eldest 
son, and said unto him, My son: 
and he said unto him, Behold, 

here am I. 

2 And he said, Behold now, I 
am old, I know not the day of 
my death: 

3 Now therefore take, I pray 
thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and 
thy bow, and go out to the field, 
and take me some venison; 

4 And make me savoury meat, 
such as I love, and bring if to me, 
that I may eat; that my soul 
may bless thee before I die. 

And Ré-bék’ah heard when 

I’saac spake to E’sau his son. 

And E’sau went to the field to 











Isaac sends for venison 





hunt for venison, and to bring it. 

6 { And Ré-bék’ah spake unto 
Ja’cob her son, saying, Behold, I 
heard thy ‘father speak unto 
E’sau thy brother, saying, 

Bring me venison, and make 
me savoury meat, that I may eat, 
and bless thee before the LORD 
before my death. 

8 Now therefore, my son, obey 
my voice according to that which 
I command thee. 

9 Go now to the flock, and 
fetch me from thence two good 
kids of the goats; and I will 
make them savoury meat for 
thy father, such as he loveth: 

10 And thou shalt bring it to 
thy father, that he may eat, and 
that he may bless thee before 
his death. 

11 And Ja’cob said to Ré-bék’ah 
his mother, Behold, E’sau_ my 
brother is a hairy man, and I am 
a smooth man: 

12 My father peradventure will 
feel me, and I shall seem to him 
as a deceiver; and I shall bring 
a curse upon me, and not a 
blessing. 

13 And his mother said unto 
him, Upon me be thy curse, my 
son: only obey my voice, and go 
fetch me them. 

14 And he went, and fetched, 
and brought them to his mother: 
and his mother made savoury 
meat, such as his father loved. 

15 And Ré-bék’ah took goodly 
raiment of her eldest son E’sau, 
which were with her in the house, 
and put them upon Ja’cob her 
younger son: 

16 And she put the skins of the 
kids of the goats upon his hands, 
and upon the smooth of his neck: 

17 And she gave the savoury 
meat and the bread, which she 
had prepared, into the hand of 
her son Ja’cob. 

18 §¢ And he came unto his 
father, and said, My father: and 
he said, Here am I; who art 
thou, my son? 

19 And Ja’cob said unio his 
father, I am &’sau thy firstborn; 


36 


Jacob deceives his father 


J have done according as thou 


badest me: arise, I pray thee, 
sit and eat of my venison, that 
thy soul may bless me. 

20 And i’saac said unto his son, 
How is i¢ that thou hast found it 


so quickly, my son? And he 


said, Because the LORD thy God 
brought if to me. | 4 

21 And i’saac said unto Ja’cob, 
Come near, I pray thee, that I 
may feel thee, my son, whether 
thou be my very son E’sau or not. 

22 And Ja’cob went near unto 
J’saac his father; and he felt 
him, and said, The voice is 
Ja’cob’s voice, but the hands are 
the hands of E’sau. ; 

23 And he discerned him not, 
because his hands were hairy, as 
his brother E’sau’s hands: so he 
blessed him. 

24 And he said, Art thou. my 
very son E’sau? And he said, J 


am. 

25 And he said, Bring it near to 
me, and I will eat of my son’s 
venison, that my soul may bless 
thee. And he brought if near to 
him, and he did eat: and he 
brought him wine, and he drank. 

26 And his father I’saac said 
unto him, Come near now, and 
kiss me, my son.\ 

27 And he came near, and 
kissed him: and he smelled the 
smell of his raiment, and blessed 
him, and said, See, the smell of 
my son is as the smell of a field 
which the LORD hath blessed : 

28 Therefore God give thee of 
the dew of heaven, and the 
fatness of the earth, and plenty 
of corn and wine: 

29 Let people serve thee, and 
nations bow down to thee: be 
lord over thy brethren, and let 
thy mother’s sons bow down to 
thee: cursed be every one that 
curseth thee, and blessed be he 
that blesseth thee. 

30 § And it came to pass, as 
soon as l’saac had made an en 
of blessing Ja’cob, and Ja’cob 
was yet scarce gone out from the 
presence of I’saac his father, 


GENESIS, 27 


that E’sau his brother came in 
from his hunting. 

31 And he also had made 
Savoury meat, and brought it 
unto his father, and said unto 
his father, Let my father arise, 
and eat of his son’s venison, 
that thy soul may bless me. 

32 And Isaac his father said 
unto him, Who art thou? And he 
said, I am thy son, thy firstborn 
E’sau. ‘ 

33 And I’saac trembled very 
exceedingly, and said, Who? 
where is he that hath taken 
venison, and brought if me, and 
I have eaten of all before thou 
camest, and have blessed him? 
yea, and he shall be blessed. 

34 And when E’sau heard the 
words of his father, he cried with 
a great and exceeding bitter cry, 
and said unto his father, Bless 
me, even me also, O my father. 

35 And he said, Thy brother 
came with subtilty, and hath 
taken away thy’blessing. 

36 And he said, Is_ not he 
rightly named Ja’cob? for he 
hath supplanted me these two 
times: he took away my birth- 
right; and, behold, now he hath 
taken away my blessing. And he 
said, Hast thou not reserved a 
blessing for me? 

37 And I’saac answered and 
said unto E’sau, Behold, I have 
made him thy lord, and all his 
brethren have I given to him for 
servants; and with corn and 
wine have I sustained him: 
and what shall I do now unto 
thee, my son? 

38 And E’sau said unto his 
father, Hast thou but one biess- 
ing, my father? bless me, even me 
also, O my father. And &’sau 
lifted up his voice, and wept. 

39 And Isaac his father an- 
swered and said unto him, 
Behold, thy dwelling shall be 
the fatness of the earth, and of 


d|the dew of heaven from above; 


40 And by thy sword shalt thou 
live, and shalt serve thy brother; 
and it shall come to pass when 


37 


GENESIS, 28 


thou shalt have the dominion, 
that thou shalt break his yoke 
from off thy neck. 

41 § And &’sau hated Ja’cob 
because of the blessing where- 
with his father blessed him: and 
E’sau said in his heart, The days 
of mourning for my father are at 
hand; then will I slay my 
brother Ja’cob. 

42 And these words of &’sau 

er elder son were told to 
Ré-bék’ah: and she sent and 
called Ja’cob her younger son, 
and said unto him, Behold, thy 
brother E’sau, as touching thee, 
doth comfort himself, purposing 
to kill thee. 

43 Wow therefore, my son, obey 
my voice; and arise, flee thou to 
La’ban my brother to Ha’ran: 

44 And tarry with him a few 
days, until thy brother’s fury 
turn away; 

45 Until thy brother’s anger 
turn away from thee, and he 
forget that which thou hast done 


Jacob goes to Padan-aram. 


4 And give thee the blessing of 
A’bra-ham, to thee, and to thy 
seed with thee; that thou mayest 
inherit the land wherein thou 
art a stranger, which God gave 
unto A’bra-ham. 

5 And I’/saac sent away Ja’cob: 
and he went to Pa’dan—a’ram 
unto La’ban, son of Béth-u’el 
the Syr'i-an, the brother of 
Ré-bék’ah, Ja’cob’s and E’sau’s 
mother. 

6 § When &’sau saw that i’saac 
had blessed Ja’cob, and sent him 
away to Pa’dan—a’ram, to take 
him a wife from thence; and 
that as he blessed him he gave 
him a charge, saying, Thou shalt 
not take a wife of the daughters 
of Ca’naan;3 

7 And that Ja’cob obeyed his 
father and his mother, and was 
gone to Pa’dan—a’ram; 

8 And E’sau seeing that the 
daughters of Ca’ndan pleased 
not I’saac his father; 

9 Then went E’sau unto fsh’= 





to him: then I will send, and 
fetch thee from thence: why 
should I be deprived also of you 
both in one day? Ahi SAL 
46 And Ré-bék’ah said to l’saac, 
Iam weary of my life because of 
the daughters of Héth: if 
Ja’cob take a wife of the daugh- 
ters of Héth, such as these which 
are of the daughters of the land, 
what good shall my life do me? 


28 CHAPTER 28 


1 Jacob goes to Padan-aram. 10 Vision 
of a ladder. 20 JSacob’s vow. 
ND Isaac called Ja’cob, and 
blessed him, and charged 
him, and said unto him, Thou 
Shalt not take a wife of the 
daughters of Ca/naan. _ 

2 Arise, go to Pa’dan—a’ram, to 
the house of Béth-u’el thy 
mother’s father; and take thee a 
wife from thence of the daughters 
of La’ban thy mother’s brother. 

3 And God Almighty bless 
thee, and make thee fruitful, and 
multiply thee, that thou mayest 
be a multitude of people; ‘ 


ma-el, and took unto the wives 
Which he had Ma’ha-lath the 
daughter of ish’ma-elA’bra-ham’s 
son, the sister of Né-ba’joth, to 
be his wife. 

10 ¥ And Ja’cob went out from 
Bé’er-shé’ba, and went toward 
Ha’ran. 

11 And he lighted upon a cere 
tain place, and tarried there 
night, because the sun was set: 
and he took of the stones of that 
place, and put them for his pil- 
lows, and lay down in that place 
to sleep. 

12 And he dreamed. and behold 
a ladder set up on the earth, and 
the top of it reached to heaven: 
and behold the angels of God 
ascending and descending on it. 

13 And, behold, the Lorp 
stood above it, and said, I am 
the LORD God of A’bra-ham thy 
father, and the God of f’saac: 
the land whereon thou liest, to 
shee will I give it, and to thy 
seed; 

14 And thy seed shall be as 
the dust of the earth, and thou 
8 


Jacob meets Rachel at the well 


shalt spread abroad to the west, 
and to the east, and to the north, 
and to the south: and in thee and 
in thy seed shall all the families 
of the earth be blessed. 

15 And, behold, I am _ with 
thee, and will keep thee in all 
places whither thou goest, and 
will bring thee again unto this 
land; for I will not leave thee, 
until I have done that which I 
have spoken to thee of. 

16 ‘| And Ja’cob awaked out of 
his sleep, and he said. Surely the 
LORD is in this place; and I 
knew it not. 

17 And he was afraid, and said, 
How dreadful is this place! this 
is none other but the house of 
God, and this is the gate of 
heaven. 

18 And Ja’cob rose up early in 
the morning, and took the stone 
that he had put for his pillows, 
and set it up for a pillar, and 
poured oi! upon the top of it. 

19 And he cailed the name of 
that place Béth’-el: but the 
name of that city was called Luz 
at the first. 

20 And Ja’cob vowed a vow, 
saying, If God will be with me, 
and will keep me in this way that 
I go, and will give me bread to 
eat, and raiment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my 
father’s house in peace; then 
shall the LORD be my God: 

22 And this stone, which I have 
set for a ‘pillar, shall be God’s 
house: and of all that thou shalt 
give me I will surely give the 
tenth unto thee. 


29 CHAPTER 29 


1 Jacob meets Rachel. 15 Jacob serves 
Laban. 21 Marries Leah and Rachel. 
31 Leah’s children. 

HEN Ja’cob went on his 
journey, and came into the 
land of the people of the east. 

2 And he looked, and behold a 
well in the field, and, lo, there 
were three flocks of sheep lying 
by it; for out of that well they 
watered the flocks: and a great 


GENESIS, 29 


stone the well’s 
mouth. 

3 And thither were all the flocks 
gathered: and they rolled the 
stone from the well’s mouth, and 
watered the sheep, and put the 
stone again upon the well’s 
mouth in his place. 

4 And Ja’cob said unto them, 
My brethren, whence be ye? An 
they said, Of Ha’ran are we. 

5 And he said unto them, Know 
ye La’ban the son of Na’hor? 
And they said, We know him. 

6 And he said unto them, Js 
he well? And they said, He is 
well: and, behold, Ra’chel his 
daughter cometh with the sheep. 

7 And he said, Lo, it is yet 
high day, neither is it time that 
the cattle should be gathered 
together: water ye the sheep, 
and go and feed them. 

8 And they said, We cannot, 
until all the flocks be gathered 
together, and fill they roll the 
stone from the well’s mouth; 
then we water the sheep. 

9 ¢ And while he yet spake 
with them, Ra’chel came with 
her father’s sheep: for she kept 
them. 

10 And it came to pass, when 
Ja’cob saw Ra’chel the daughter 
of La’ban his mother’s brother, 
and the sheep of La’ban his 
mother’s brother, that Ja’cob 
went near, and rolled the stone 
from the well’s mouth, and 
watered the flock of La’ban his 
mother’s brother. 

11 And Ja’cob kissed Ra’chel, 
and lifted up his voice, and wept. 

12 And Ja’cob told Ra’chel that 
he was her father’s brother, and 
that he was Ré-bék’ah’s son: 
and she ran and told her father. 

13 And it came to pass, when 
La’ban heard the tidings of 
Ja’cob his sister’s son, that he 
ran to meet him, and embraced 
him, and kissed him, and 
brought him to his house. And 
he told La’ban all these things. 

14 And La’ban said to him, 
Surely thou art my bone and my 


wes upon 


39 


GENESIS, 30 


flesh. And he abode with him 
the space of a month. 

15 ¢ And Lda’ban said unto 
Ja’cob, Because thou art my 
brother, shouldest thou therefore 
serve me for nought? tell me, 
what shall thy wages be? 

16 And La’ban had two daugh- 
ters: the name of the elder was 
Lé’ah, and the name of the 
younger was Ra’chel. 

17 Lé’ah was tender eyed; but 
Ra’chel was beautiful and well 
favoured. 

18 And Ja’cob loved Ra’chel; 
and said, I will serve thee seven 
years for Ra’chel thy younger 
daughter. 

19 And La’ban said, /¢ is better 
that I give her to thee, than that I 
should give her to another man: 
abide with me. 

20 And Ja’cob served seven 
years for Ra/’chel; and they 
seemed unto him but a few days, 
for the love he had to her. 

21 ¢ And Ja’cob said unto 
La’ban, Give me my wife, for my 
days are fulfilled, that I may go 
in unto her. 

22 And La’ban gathered to- 
gether all the men of the place, 
and made a feast. 

23 And it came to pass in the 
evening, that he took Lé’ah his 
daughter, and brought her to 
him; and he went in unto her. 

24 And La’ban gave unto his 
daughter Lé’ah Zil’pah his maid 
for an handmaid. ; 

25 And it came to pass, that in 
the morning, behold, it was 
Lé’ah: and he said to La’ban, 
What is this thou hast done unto 
me? did not I serve with thee for 
Ra’chel? wherefore then hast 
thou beguiled me? 

26 And La’ban said, It must 
not be so done in our country, 
to give the younger before the 
firstborn. } 

27 Fulfil her week, and we will 
give thee this also for the service 
which thou shalt serve with me 
yet seven other years. 

28 And Ja’cob did so, and ful- 


Jacob marries Leah and Rachel 


filled her week: and he gave him 
Agee his daughter to wife 
also. 

29 And La’ban gave to Ra’chel 
his daughter Bil’/hah his hand- 
id to be her maid. 

30 And he went in also unto 
Ra’chel, and he loved also 
Ra’chel more than Lé’ah, and 
served with him yet seven other 
years. 

31 § And when the LorRD saw 
that Lé’ah was hated, he opened 
her womb: but Ra’chel was 
barren. 

32 And Lé’ah conceived, and 
bare a_son, and she called his 
name Reu’ben: for she said, 
Surely the LORD hath looked 
upon my affliction; now there- 
fore my husband will love me. 

33 And she conceived again, 
and bare a son; and said, Be- 
cause the LORD hath heard that 
I was hated, he hath therefore 
given me this son also: and she 
called his name Sim/e-on. 

34 And she conceived again, 
and bare a son; and said, Now 
this time will my husband be 
joined unto me, because I have 
born him three sons: therefore 
was his name called Lé’vi. 

35 And she conceived again, 
and bare a_son: and she said, 
Now will I praise the LORD: 
therefore she called his name 
Ji’dah; and left bearing. 


30 CHAPTER 30 
1 Rachel's envy. 5 Jacob’s children. 22 
Rachel has a son. 25 Jacob’s dealings 
with Laban. 37 Jacob's policy to en- 
rich himself. 
Aa when Ra’chel saw that 
she bare Ja’cob no children, 
Ra’chel envied her sister; and 
said unto Ja’cob, Give me 
children, or else I die. 

2 And Ja’cob’s anger was kin- 
dled against Ra’chel : and hesaid, 
Am I in God’s stead, who hath 
withheld from thee the fruit of 
the womb? 

3 And she said, Behold my 
maid Bil’hah, go in unto her; 
and she shall bear upon my 


40 


Jacob’s children 


knees, that I may also have 
children by her. 

4 And she gave him Bil’hah her 
handmaid to wife: and Ja’cob 
went in unto her. 

5 And Bil’/hah conceived, and 
bare Ja’cob a son. 

6 And Ra’chel said, God hath 
judged me, and hath also heard 
my voice, and hath given me a 
son: therefore called she his 


name Dan. 

7 And Bil’/hah Ra/’chel’s maid 
conceived again, and bare Ja’cob 
asecond son. 
+8 And Ra’chel said, With great 
wrestlings have I wrestled with 
my sister, and I have prevailed: 
See she called his name Naph’- 


ta-li. 

9 When Lé’ah saw that she had 
left bearing, she took Zil’pah her 
maid, and gave her Ja’cob to wife. 

10 And Zil’pah Lé’ah’s maid 
bare Ja’cob a son. 

11 And Lé’ah said, A troop 
Bespin: and she called his name 


ad. 

12 And Zil’pah Lé’ah’s maid 
bare Ja’cob a second son. 

13 And Lé’ah said, Happy am 
I, for the daughters will call me 
blessed: and she called his 
name Ash’ér. ‘ 

14 4 And Reu’ben went in the 
days of wheat harvest, and found 
mandrakes in the field, and 
brought them unto his mother 
Lé’ah. Then Ra’chel said to 
Lé’ah, Give me, I pray thee, of 
thy son’s mandrakes. é 

15 And she said unto her, Js if 
a small matter that thou hast 
taken my husband? and would- 
est thou take away my son’s 
mandrakes also? And Ra’chel 
said, Therefore he shall lie with 
thee to night for thy son’s man- 
drakes. 

16 And Ja’cob came out of the 
field in the evening, and Lé’ah 
went out to meet him, and said, 
Thou must come in unto me; for 
surely I have hired thee with my 
son’s mandrakes. And he lay 
with her that night. 


GENESIS, 306 


17 And God hearkened unto 
Lé’ah, and she conceived, and 
bare Ja’cob the fifth son. 

18 And Lé’ah said, God hath 
given me my hire, because I have 
given my maiden to my husband: 
and she called his name is’sa- 
char. 

19 And Lé’ah conceived again, 
and bare Ja’cob the sixth son. 

20 And Lé’ah said, God hath 
endued me with a good dowry; 
now will my hushand dwell with 
me, because I have born him six 
sons: and she called his name 
Zéb’/u-lin. 

21 And afterwards she bare a 
daughter, and called her name 
Di‘nah. 

22 ¢ And God remembered 
Ra’chel, and God hearkened to 
her, and opened her womb. 

23 And she conceived, and bare 
ason; and said, God hath taken 
away my reproach: 

24 And she called his name 
J6o’seph; and said, The LORD 
shall add to me another son. 

25 4 And it came to pass, when 
Ra’chel had born J6’seph, that 
Ja’cob said unto La’ban, Send 
me away, that I may go unto 
mine own place, and to my 
country. 

26 Give me my wives and my 
children, for whom have 
served thee, and let me go: for 
thou knowest my service which 
I have done thee. 

27 And La’ban said unto him, I 
pray thee, if I have found favour 
in thine eyes, tarry: for I have 
learned by experience that the 
ORD hath blessed me for thy 
sake. 

28 And he said, Appoint me 
thy wages, and I will give it. — 

29 And he said unto him, 
Thou knowest how I have 
served thee, and how thy cattle 
was withme. | ? 

30 For it was little which thou 
hadst before I came, and itis now 
increased unto a multitude; 
and the LORD hath blessed thee 
since my coming: and now 


41 


GENESIS, 31 


when shall I provide for mine 
own house also? 

31 And he said, What shall I 
give thee? And Ja’cob said, 
Thou shalt not give me any 
thing: if thou wilt do this thing 
for me, I will again feed and keep 
thy flock. 

32 I will pass through all thy 
flock to day,.removing from 
thence all the speckled and spot- 
ted cattle, and all the brown 
cattle among the sheep, and the 
spotted and speckled among the 
goats: and of such shall be my 


ire. 

33 So shall my righteousness 
answer for me in time to come, 
when it shall come for my hire 
before thy face: every one that 
is not speckled and _ spotted 
among the goats, and brown 
among the sheep, that shall be 
counted stolen with me. 

34 And La’ban said, Behold, I 
would it might be according to 
thy word. 

35 And he removed that day the 
he goats that were ringstraked 
and spotted, and all the she 
goats that were speckled and 
spotted, and every one that had 
some white in it, and all the 
brown among the sheep, and gave 
them into the hand of his sons. 

36 And he set three days’ jour- 
ney betwixt himself and Ja’cob: 
and Ja’cob fed the rest of 
La’ban’s flocks. : 

37 9 And Ja’cob took him rods 
of green poplar, and of the hazel 
and chesnut tree; and pilled 
white strakes in them, and made 
the white appear which was in 
the rods. 

38 And he set the rods which he 
had pilled before the flocks in the 
gutters in the watering troughs 
when the flocks came to drink, 
that they should conceive when 
they came to drink. ; 

39 And the flocks conceived 
before the rods, and brought 
forth cattle ringstraked, ‘speck- 
led, and spotted. | 

40 And Ja’cob did separate the 


Jacob’s prosperity 


lambs, and set the faces of the 
flocks toward the ringstraked, 
and all the brown in the flock 
of La’ban; and he put his own 
flocks by themselves, and put 
them not unto La’ban’s cattle. 

41 And it came to pass, when- 
soever the stronger cattle did 
conceive, that Ja’cob laid the 
rods before the eyes of the cattle 
in the gutters, that they might 
conceive among the rods. 

42 But when the cattle were 
feeble, he put them not in: so 
the feebler were La’ban’s, and 
the stronger Ja’cob’s. 

And the man _ increased 
exceedingly, and ad much 
cattle, and maidservants, and 
menservants, and camels, and 
asses. 


CHAPTER 31 
1 Jacod leaves Laban. 22 Laban pur- 
sues. 43 Their covenant. 

ND he heard the words of 

La’ban’s sons, saying, Ja’cob 

hath taken away all that was our 

father’s; and of that which was 

our father’s hath he gotten all! 
this glory. 

2 And Ja’cob beheld the coun- 
tenance of La’ban, and, behold, 
it was not toward him as before. 

And the LORD said unto 
Ja’cob, Return unto the land of 
thy fathers, and to thy kindred: 
and I will be with thee. 

4 And Ja’cob sent and called 
Ra’chel and Lé’ah to the field 
unto his flock, 

5 And said unto them, I see 
your father’s countenance, that 
it 1s not toward me as before; 
but the God of my father hath 
been with me. 

6 And ye know that with all 
my power I have served your 
father. 

7 And your father hath deceived 
me, and changed my wages ten 
times; but God suffered him 
not to hurt me. . 

8 If he said thus, The speckled 
shall be thy wages; then all the 
cattle bare speckled: and if he 


31 


42 





Jacob leaves Laban 


said thus, The ringstraked shall 
be thy hire; then bare all the 
cattle ringstraked. 

9 Thus God hath taken away 
the cattle of your father, and 
given them to me. 

10 And it came to pass at the 
time that the cattle conceived, 
that I lifted up mine eyes, and 
Saw in a dream, and, behold, the 
rams which leaped upon the 
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, 
and grisled. 

11 And the angel of God spake 
unto me in a dream, saying, 
eB cob: And I said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lift up now 
thine eyes, and see, all the rams 
which leap upon the cattle are 
ringstraked, speckled, and gris- 
led: for I have seen all that 
La’ban doeth unto thee. 

13 I am the God of Béth’-el, 
where thou ancintedst the pil- 
lar, and where thou vowedst a 
vow unto me: now arise, get 
thee out from this land, and 
return unto the land of thy 


ndred. 

14 And Réa’chel and Lé@’ah 
answered and said unto him, Js 
there yet any portion or inherit- 
ance for us in our father’s 
house? ; 

15 Are we not counted of him 
strangers? for he hath sold us, 
and hath quite devoured also our 
money. 

16 For all the riches which God 
hath taken from our father, that 
is ours, and our children’s: now 
then, whatsoever God hath said 
unto thee, do. 

17 4 Then Ja’cob rose up, and 
set his sons and his wives upon 
camels; ' 

18 And he carried away all his 
cattle, and all his goods which he 
had gotten, the cattle of his get- 
ting, which he had gotten in 
Pa’dan—a’ram, for to go to l’saac 
his father in the land of Ca’naan. 

19 And La’ban went to shear 
his sheep: and Ra’chel had 
stolen the images that were her 
father’s. 


- GENESIS, 31 


20 And Ja’cob stole away una- 
wares to La’ban the Syr’i-an, in 
that he told him not that he fied. 

21 So he fled with all that he 
had; and he rose up, and passed 
over the river, and set his face 
toward the mount Gil’e-ad. 

22 And it was told La’ban on 
the third day that Ja’cob was fled. 

23 And he took his brethren 
with him, and pursued after him 
seven days’ journey; and they 
overtook him in the mount 
Gil’e-ad. 

24 And God came to La’ban 
the Syr’i-an in a dream by night, 
and said unto him, Take heed 
that thou speak not to Ja’cob 
either good or bad. 

25 ¥ Then La’ban ~ overtook 
Ja’cob. Now Ja’cob had pitched 
his tent in the mount: and 
La’ban with his brethren pitched 
in the mount of Gil’e-ad. 

26 And La’ban said to Ja’cob, 
What hast thou done, that thou 
hast stolen away unawares to 
me, and carried away my 
daughters, as captives taken 
with the sword? 

27 Wherefore didst thou flee 
away secretly, and steal away 
from me; and didst not tell me, 
that I might have sent thee away 
with mirth, and with songs, with 
tabret, and with harp? 

28 And hast not suffered me 
to kiss my sons and my daugh- 
ters? thou hast now done fool- 
ishly in so doing. 

29 Itisin the power of my hand 
to do you hurt: but the God 
of your father spake unto me 
yesternight, saying, Take thou 
heed that thou speak not to 
Ja’cob either good or bad. 

30 And now, though thou would- 
est needs be gone, because thou 
sore longedst after thy father’s 
house, yet wherefore hast thou 
stolen my gods? 

31 And Ja’cob answered and 
said to La’ban, Because I was 
afraid: for I said, Peradventure 
thou wouldest take by force thy 
daughters from me. 


43 


GENESIS, 31 


32 With whomsoever thou find- 
est thy gods, let him not live: 
before our brethren discern thou 
what ts thine with me, and take 
it to thee. For Ja’cob knew not 
that Ra’chel had stolen them. 

33 And La’ban went into Ja’- 
cob’s tent, and into Lé’ah’s tent, 
and into the two maidservants’ 
tents; but he found them not. 
Then went he out of Lé’ah’s 
ie and entered into Ra’chel’s 

ent. 

34 Now Ra’chel had taken the 
images, and put them in the 
camel’s furniture, and sat upon 
them. And La’ban searched all 
the tent, but found them not. 

35 And she said to her father, 
Let it not displease my lord that 
I cannot rise up before thee; for 
the custom of women is upon 
me. And he searched, but found 
not the images. 

36 § And Ja’cob was wroth, 
and chode with La’ban: and 
Ja’cob answered and said to 
La’ban, What is my trespass? 
what is my sin, that thou hast 
so hotly pursued after me? 

37 Whereas thou hast searched 
all my stuff, what hast thou 
found of all thy household stuff? 
set 7f here before my brethren 
and thy brethren, that they may 
judge betwixt us both. 

This twenty years have I 
been with thee; thy ewes and 
thy she goats have not cast their 
young, and the rams of thy flock 
have I not eaten. 

39 That which was torn of 
beasts I brought not unto thee: [ 
bare the loss of it; of my hand 
didst thou require it, whether 
stolen by day, or stolen by night. 

40 Thus I was; in the day the 
drought consumed me, and the 
frost by night; and my sleep 
departed from mine eyes. 

41 Thus have I been twenty 
years in thy house; I served 
thee fourteen years for thy two 
daughters, and six years for thy 
cattle: and thou hast changed 
my wages ten times. 


Covenant between Jacob and Laban at Mizpah 


42 Except the God of my 
father, the God of A’bra-ham, and 
the fear of I’saac, had been with 
me, surely thou hadst sent me 
away now empty. God hath 
seen mine affliction and the 
labour of my hands, and re- 
buked thee yesternight. 

43 4 And La’ban answered and 
said unto Ja’cob, These daugh- 
ters are my daughters, and these 
children are my children, and 
these cattle are my cattle, and 
all that thou seest 7s mine: and 
what can I do this day unto 
these my daughters, or unto their 
children which they have born? 

44 Now therefore come thou, 
let us make a covenant, I and 
thou; and let it be for a witness 
between me and thee. 

45 And Ja’cob took a stone, 
and set it up for a pillar. 

46 And Ja’cob said unto his 
brethren, Gather stones; and 
they took stones, and made an 
heap: and they did eat there 
upon the heap. 

47 And La’ban called it Jé’gar— 
sa-ha-di’tha: but Ja’cob called 
it Gal’e-éd. 

48 And La’ban said, This heap 
is a witness between me and 
thee this day. Therefore was the 
name of it called Gal’e-éd; 

And Miz’pah; for he said, 
The LORD watch between me 
and thee, when we are absent one 
from another. 

50 If thou shalt afflict my 
daughters, or if thou shalt take 
other wives beside my daughters, 
no man is with us; see, God is 
witness betwixt me and thee. 

51 And La’ban said to Ja’cob, 
Behold this heap, and behold this 
pillar, which I have cast betwixt 
me and thee; 

52 This heap be witness, and 
this pillar be witness, that I will 
not pass over this heap to thee, 
and that thou shalt not pass over 
this heap and this pillar unto me, 
for harm. 

53 The God of A’bra-ham, and 


the God of Na’hér, the God of 
44 


Jacob fears Esau; prays to God 


their father, judge betwixt us. 
And Ja’cob sware by the fear of 
his father I’saac. : 
54 Then Ja’cob offered sacrifice 
upon the mount, and called his 
brethren to eat bread: and they 
did eat bread, and tarried all 
night in the mount. 
55 And early in the morning 
La’ban rose up, and kissed his 
sons and his daughters, and 
blessed them: and La’ban 
Aeatiae and returned unto his 
place. 


32 
1 Jacob's vision. 
ent to Hsau. 

angel. 
ND Ja’cob went on his way, 
and the angels of God met 


im. 

2 And when Ja’cob saw them, 
he said, This is G 
he called the name of that place 
M4-ha-na/im. 

3 And Ja’cob sent messengers 
before him to E’sau his brother 
unto the land of Sé/ir, the 
country of E’dom. 

4 And he commanded them, 
saying, Thus shall ye speak unto 
my lord £’sau; Thy servant Ja’- 
cob saith thus, I have sojourned 


CHAPTER 32 


13 He sends a 
24 Wrestles wit 


T2S- 


GENESIS, 32 


of my father A’bra-ham, and God 

of my father I’saac, the LORD 

which saidst unto me, Return 

unto thy country, and to thy 

eons and I will deal well with 
ee: 

10 I am not worthy of the 
least of all the mercies, and of 
all the truth, which thou hast 
shewed unto thy servant; for 
with my staff I passed over this 
Jor’dan; and now I am become 
two bands. 

11 Deliver me, I pray thee, 
from the hand of my brother, 
from the hand of E’sau: for I 
fear him, lest he will come and 


n|smite me, and the mother with 


the children. 

12 And thou saidst, I will surely 
do thee good, and make thy seed 
as the sand of the sea, which 
cannot be numbered for multi- 


od’s host: and | tude. 


13 q And he lodged there that 
same night; and took of that 
which came to his hand a present 
for E’sau his brother; 

14 Two hundred she goats, and 
twenty he goats, two hundred 
ewes, and twenty rams, 

15 Thirty milch camels with 
their colts, forty kine, and ten 
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten 


with La’ban, and stayed there| foals 


until now: 

5 And I have oxen, and asses, 
flocks, and menservants, and 
womenservants: and have 
sent to tell my lord, that I may 
and ores in thy sight. 

6 | And the messengers re- 
turned to Ja’cob, saying, We 
came to thy brother E’sau, and 
also he cometh to meet thee, and 
four hundred men with him. 

Then Ja’cob was. greatly 
afraid and distressed: and he 
divided the people that was with 
him, and the flocks, and herds, 
and the camels, into two bands; 

8 And said, If E’sau come to 
the one company, and smite it, 
then the other company which is 
left shall escape. 


9 § And Ja’cob said, O God 
4 


16 And he delivered them into 
the hand of his servants, every 
drove by themselves; and said 
unto his servants, Pass over be- 
fore me, and put a space betwixt 
drove and drove. 

17 Andhe commanded the fore- 
most, saying, hen E’/sau my 
brother meeteth thee, and asketh 
thee, saying, Whose arf thou? 
and whither goest thou? and 
whose are these before thee? 

18 Then thou shalt say, They 
be thy servant Ja’cob’s: itis a 
present sent unto my lord F’sau: 
and, behold, also he is behind us. 

19 And so commanded he the 
second, and the third, and all 
that followed the droves, saying, 
On this manner shall ye speak 


unto E£’sau, when ye find him. 
5 


GENESIS, 33 


20 And say ye moreover, Be- 
hold, thy servant Ja’cob is behind 
us. For he said, I will appease 
him with the present that goeth 
before me, and afterward I will 
see his face; peradventure he 
will accept of me. - 

21 So went the present over 
before him: and himself lodged 
that night in the company. | 

22 And he rose up that night, 
and took his two wives, and his 
two womenservants, and his 
eleven sons, and passed over the 
ford Jab’bok. 

23 And he took them, and sent 
them over the brook, and sent 
over that he had. 

24 § And Ja’cob was left alone; 
and there wrestled a man with 
him until the breaking of the day. 

And when he saw that he 
‘prevailed not against him, he 
touched the hollow of his thigh: 
and the hollow of Ja’cob’s thigh 
was out of joint, as he wrestled 
‘with him. 5 

26 And he said, Let me go, for 
the day breaketh. And he said, 
I will not let thee go, except thou 
bless me. 

_27 And he said unto him, What 
isthyname? Andhesaid, Ja’cob. 

28 And he said, Thy name shall 
be called no more Ja’cob, but 
Is’ra-el: for as a prince hast 
thou power with God and with 
‘men, and hast prevailed. | 

29 And Ja’cob asked him, and 
said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy 
name. And he said, Wherefore 
ts it that thou dost ask after my 
name? And he blessed him 
‘there. 

30 And Ja’cob called the name 
of the place Pé-ni’el: for I have 
seen God face to face, and my 
life is preserved. 

31 And as he passed over Pé- 
nu’el the sun rose upon him, and 
he halted upon his thigh. 

.92 Therefore the children of 
Is’ra-el eat not of the sinew 
which shrank, which is upon the 
hollow of the thigh, unto this 
day: because he touched the 


Jacob wrestles with an angel 


hollow of Ja’cob’s thigh in the 
sinew that shrank. 


CHAPTER 33 33 

1 Meeting of Jacob and Esau. 17 

Jacob settles at Succoth. 20 Erecis 
an altar. 

ND Ja’cob lifted up his eyes, 

and looked, and, behold, 
E’sau came, and with him four 
hundred men. And he divided 
the children unto Lé’ah, and unto 
Ra’chel, and unto the two hande- 
maids. 

2 And he put the handmaids 
and their children foremost, and 
Lé’ah and her children after, and 
Ra’chel and J6’seph hindermost, 

3 And he passed over before 
them, and bowed himseif to the 
ground seven times, until he came 
near to his brother. ‘ 

4 And &’sau ran to meet him, 
and embraced him, and fell on 
his neck, and kissed him: and 
they wept. _ 

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and 
saw the women and the children; 
and said, Who are those with 
thee? And he said, The children 
which God hath graciously given 
thy servant. 

6 Then the handmaidens came 
near, they and their children, and 
they bowed themselves. 

And Lé’ah also with her chil- 
dren came near, and bowed them- 
selves: and afier came Jé’seph 
near and Ra’chel, and they bowed 
themselves. 

8 And he said, What meanest 
thou by all this drove which I 
met? And he said, These are to 
find grace in the sight of my lord. 

9 AndE’sau said, I have enough, 
my brother; keep that thou hast 
unto thyself. 

10 And Ja’cob said, Nay, I pray 
thee, if now I have found grace in | 
thy sight, then receive my present 
atmy hand: for thereforeI have 
seen thy face, as though I had 
seen the face of God, and thou 
wast pleased with me. 

_ 11 Take, I pray thee, my bless- 
ing that is brought to thee; be- 


46 


Jacob journeys to Succoth and Shechem 


cause God hath dealt graciously 
with me, and because I have 
enough. And he urged him, and 
he took it. 

_12 And he said, Let us take our 
journey, and let us go, and I will 
go before thee. 

13 And he said unto him, My 
lord knoweth that the children 
are tender, and the flocks and 
herds with young are with me: 
and if men should overdrive them 
one day, all the flock will die. 

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass 
over before his servant: and I 
will lead on softly, according as 
the cattle that goeth before me 
and the children be able to en- 
dure, until I come unto my lord 
unto Sé/ir. 

15 And E’sau said, Let me now 
leave with thee some of the folk 
that are with me. And he said, 
What needeth it? let me find 
grace in the sight of my lord. 

16 § So E£’sau returned that day 
on his way unto Sé‘ir. 

17 Ja’cob journeyed to 
Siic’coth, and built him an 
house, and made booths for his 
cattle: therefore the name of the 
place is called Suc’coth. 

18 § And Ja’cob came to Sha’- 
lem, a city of Shé’chem, which 7s 
in the land of Ca’naan, when he 
came from Pa’dan-a’/ram; and 
pitched his tent before the city. 

19 And he boughta parcel of a 
field, where he had spread his 
tent, at the hand of the children 
of Ha’mor, Shé’chem’s father, 
for an hundred pieces of money. 

20 And he erected there an 
altar, and called it Eli-e-lo’hé- 
ts’ra-el. 


34 CHAPTER 34 


1 Shechem ravishes Dinah. 
chemites are circumcised. 
by Jacob’s sons. 


ND Di’nah the daughter of 
Lé@’ah, which she bare unto 
Ja’cob, went out to see the 
daughters of the land. 
2 And when Shé’chem the son 
of Ha’mor the Hi’vite, prince of 


24 She- 
25 Slain 


GENESIS, 34 


the country, saw her, he tcok 
ner and lay with her, and defiled 
er. 

3 And his soul clave unto Di’- 
nah the daughter of Ja’cob, and 
he loved the damsel, and spake 
kindiy unto the damsel. 

4 And Shé’chem spake unto 
his father Ha’mor, saying, Get 
me this damsel to wife. 

5 And Ja’cob heard that he hed 
defiled Di/nah his daughter: now 
his sons were with his cattle in 
the field: and Ja’cob held his 
peace until they were come. 

¢ And Ha’mor the father of 
Shé’chem went out unto Ja’cob 
to commune with him. 

7 And the sons of Ja’cob came 
out of the field when they heard 
it: and the men were grieved, 
and they were very wroth, be- 
cause he had wrought folly in 
Is’ra-el in lying with Ja’cob’s 
daughter: whichthing ought not 
to be done. 

8 And Ha’mor communed with 
them, saying, The soul of my son 
Shé’chem longethforyour daugh- 
ter: I pray you give her him to 
wife. k j 

9 And make ye marriages with 
us, and give your daughters unto 
us, and take our daughters unto 


you. 

10 And ye shall dwell with us: 
and the land shall be before you; 
dwell and trade ye therein, and 
get you possessions therein. 

11 And Shé’chem said unto her 
father and unto her brethren, Let 
me find grace in your eyes, and 
what ye shall say unto me I will 
give. 

12 Ask me never_so much 
dowry and gift, and I will give 
according as ye shall say unte 
me: but give me the damsel to 
wife. 

13 And the sons of Ja’cob an- 
swered Shé’chem and Ha’mor 
his father deceitfully, and_said, 
because he had defiled Di’nah. 
their sister: 

14 And they said unto them, 
We cannot do this thing, to give 


47 


GENESIS, 35 


our sister to one that is uncir- 
cumcised; for that were a re- 
proach unto us: | 

15 But in this will we consent 
unto you: If ye will be as we be, 
that every male of you be cir- 
cumcised; 

16 Then will we give our dauzh- 
ters unto you, and we will take 
your daughters to us, and we will 
dwell with you, and we wil! be- 
come one people. 

17 But if ye will not hearken 
unto us, to be circumcised; then 
will we take our daughter, and 
we will be gone. 

18 And their words pleased 
Ha’mor, and Shé’chem Ha’mor’s 


son. 

19 And the young man deferred 
not to do the thing, because he 
had delight in Ja’cob’s daughter: 
and he was more honourable 
than all the house of his father. 

20 4 And Ha’mor and She’- 
chem his son came unto the 
gate of their city, and communed 
with the men of their city, saying, 

21 These men are peaceable 
with us; therefore let them dwell 
in the land, and trade therein; for 
the land, behold, itis large enough 
for them; let us take their 
daughters to us for wives, and 
let us give them our daughters. 

22 Only herein will the men 
consent unto us for to dwell with 
us, to be one people, if every male 
among us be circumcised, as they 
are circumcised. 

23 Shall not their cattle and 
their substance and every beast 
of theirs be ours? only let us 
consent unto them, and they will 
dwell with us. 

24 And unto Ha’mor and unto 
She’chem his son hearkened all 
that went out of the gate of his 
city; and every male was cir- 
cumcised, all that went out of the 
gate of his city. 

25 4 And it came to pass on the 
third day, when they were sore, 
that two of the sons of_Ja’cob, 
Sim’e-on and Lé’vi, Di’nah’s 


brethren, took each man his! 


The Shechemites slain. Jacob goes to Beth-el 


sword, and came upon the city 
boldly, and slew all the males. 

26 And they slew Ha’mor and 
Shé’chem his son with the edge 
of the sword, and took Di’nah 
out of Shé’chem’s house, and 
went out. 

27 The sons of Ja’cob came 
upon the slain, and spoiled the 
city, because they had defiled 
their sister. 

28 They took their sheep, and 
their oxen, and their asses, and 
that which was in the city, and 
that which was in the field, 

29 And all their wealth, and all 
their little ones, and their wives 
took they captive, and spoiled 
even all that was in the house. 

30 And Ja’cob said to Sim’e-on 
and Lé’vi, Ye have troubled me 
to make me to stink among the 
inhabitants of the land, among 
the Ca’naan-ites and the Pér’iz- 
zites: and I being few in num- 
ber, they shall gather themselves 
together against me, and slay 
me; and I shall be destroyed, I 
and my house. 

31 And they said, Should he 
deal with our sister as with an 
harlot? 


CHAPTER 35 35 


1 Jacob moves to Beth-el. 6 Builds an 
altar. 16 Benjamin is born. 19 Ra- 
chel dies. 28 Death and burial of 
Isaac. 

ND God said unto Ja’cob, 

Arise, go up to Béth-el, 

and dwell there: and make there 

an altar unto God, that appeared 

unto thee when thou fleddest 

from the face of E’sau_ thy 
brother. 

2 Then Ja’cob said unto his 
household, and to all that were 
with him, Put away the strange 
gods that are among you, and be 
clean, and change your garments: 

3 And let us arise, and go up to 
Béth’-el; and I will make there 
an altat unto God, who an- 
swered me in the day of my dis- 
tress, and was with me in the 
way which I went. 


48 


Jacob’s name changed to Israel 


4 And they gave unto Ja’cob all 
the strange gods which were in 
their hand, and all their earrings 
which were in their ears; and 
Ja’cob hid them under the oak 
which was by Shé’chem. 

5 And they journeyed: and the 
terror of God was upon the cities 
that were round about them, and 
they did not pursue after the sons 
of Ja’cob 

6 9. So ‘Ja’cob came to Luz, 
which is in the land of Ca’naan, 
that is, Béth’—el, he and alli the 
people that were with him. 

7 And he built there an altar, 
and called the place El—béth’-el: 
because there God appeared 
unto him, when he fled from the 
face of his brother. 

8 But Déb’o-rah Ré-bék’ah’s 
nurse died, and she was buried 
beneath Béth’—el under an oak: 
and the name of it was called 
goons bach uth, 

9 | And God appeared unto 
Ja’cob again, when he came out 
of Pa’dan-a’/ram, and blessed 


im. 
10 And God said unto him, Thy 
name is Ja’cob: thy name shall 
not be called any more Ja’cob, 
but Is’ra-el shall be thy name: 
and he called his name 
Is’ra-el. ; : 

11 And God said unto him, I 
am God Aimighty: be fruitful 
and multiply; a nation and a 
company of nations shall be of 
thee, and kings shall come out of 
thy loins; 

12 And the land which I gave 
A’bra-ham and I’saac, to thee I 
will give it, and to thy seed after 
thee will I give the land. 

13 And God went up from him 
in the place where he talked with 


im. 
_14 And Ja’cob set up a pillar 
in the place where he talked with 
him, even a pillar of stone: and 
he poured a drink offering there- 
on, and he poured oil thereon. 

15 And Ja’cob called the name 
of the place where God spake 
with him, Béth’—el. 


GENESIS, 35 


16 § And they journeyed from 
Béth’-el; and there was but a 
little way to come to Eph’rath: 
and Ra’chel travailed, and she 
had hard labour. 

17 And it came to pass, when 
she was in hard labour, that the 
midwife said unto her, Fear not; 
thou shalt have this son also. 

18 And it came to pass, as her 
soul was in departing, (for she 
died) that she called his name 
Bén-0O’ni: but his father called 
him Bén’ja-min. 

19 And Ra’chel died and was 
buried in the way to Eph’rath, 
which is Béth’—lé-hém. 

20 And Ja’cob set a pillar upon 
her grave: that is the pillar of 
Ra’chel’s grave unto this day. 

21 ¢ And_ {Is’ra-el journeyed, 
and spread his tent beyond the 
tower of E’dar. 

22 And it came to pass, when 
Is’ra-el dwelt in that land, that 
Reu’ben went and lay with Bil’- 
hah his father’s concubine: and 
Is’ra-el heard it. Now the sons 
of Ja’cob were twelve: 

23 The sons of Lé’ah; Revy’- 
ben, Ja’cob’s firstborn, and Sim/’- 
e-on, and Lé’vi, and Ji’dah, and 
Is’sa-char, and Zéb’u-lun: 

24 The sons of Ra’chel; Jo’- 
seph, and Bén’ja-min 

25 And the sons of Bil’hah, 
Ra’chel’s handmaid; Dan, and 
Naph’ta-li: 

26 And the sons of Zil’pah, 
Lé’ah’s handmaid; Gad, and 
Ash’ér: these are the sons of 
Ja’cob, which were born to him 
in Pa’dan—a’/ram. 

27 q¢ And Ja’cob came_ unto 
l’saac his father unto Mam’ré, 
unto the city of Ar’bah, which its 
Hé’bron, where A’bra-ham and 
I’saac sojourned. 

28 And the days of I’saac were 
an hundred and _ fourscore 
years. 

29 And f’saac gave up the 
ghost, and died, and was gath- 
ered unto his people, being old 
and full of days: and his sons 
E’sau and Ja’cob buried him. 


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GENESIS, 36 
36 CHAPTER 36 


1 Wives and generations of Esau. 24 
Anah finds mules. 31 The dukes 
and kings of Edom. 

OW these are the generations 
of E’sau, who is E’dom. 

2 E’sau took his wives of the 
daughters of Ca’naan; A’dah the 
daughter of E’/lon the Hit’tite, and 
A-hol-i-ba’mah sthe daughter of 
A’nah the daughter of Zib’e-on 
the Hi’vite; ‘ 

3 And Bash’e-math Ish’ma-el’s 
daughter, sister of Né-ba’joth. | 

4 And A’dah bare to E’sau El’i- 
phaz; and Bdash’e-math bare 
Revel; _ 

5 And A-h6l-i-ba’mah bare Jé’- 
ush, and Ja-a’lam, and K6’rah: 
these are the sons of £’sau, which 
were born unto him-in the land 
of Ca’naan. Hae 

6 And £’sau took his wives, and 
his sons, and his daughters, and 
all the persons of his house, and 
his cattle, and all his beasts, and 
all his substance, which he had 
got in the land of Ca’naan; and 
went into the country from the 
face of his brother Ja’cob. 

For their riches were more 
than that they might dwell to- 
gether; and the land wherein 
they were strangers could not 
bear them because of their cattle. 

8 Thus dwelt E’sau in mount 
Sé@/ir: E’sau is E’dom. 

9 4 And these are the genera- 
tions of E’sau the father of the 
E’dom-ites in mount Sé‘ir: 

10 These are the names of 
E’sau’s sons; El’i-phaz the son 
of A’dah the wife of E’sau, Reu’el 
the son of Bash’e-math the wife 
of E’sau. f 

11 And the sons of El’i-phaz 
were Té’man, O’mar, Zé’phé, 
and Ga’tam, and Ké’naz. 

12 And Tim’na was concubine 


to El/i-phaz £’sau’s son; and she| 6 


bare to El’/i-phaz Am/’a-lék: these 
were the sons of A’dah E£’sau’s 
wife. 

13 And these are the sons of 
Reuv’el; WNa’hath, and Zé’rah, 
Sham/’/mah, and Miz’zah: these 


The generations of Esau 


were the sons of Bash’e-math 
E’sau’s wife. 

_14 4 And these were the sons of 
A-hol-i-ba’mah, the daughter of 
A’nah the daughter of Zib’e-on, 
E’sau’s wife: and she bare to 
E’sau Jé’/ush, and Ja-a’lam, and 
K0/rah. 

15 {| These were dukes of the 
sons of E’sau: the sons of El’/i- 
phaz the firstborn son of E’sau; 
duke Té’man, duke O0’mar, duke 
Zé’pho, duke Ké’naz, 

16 Duke KOo’rah, duke Ga’tam, 
and duke Am/’a-lék: these are 
the dukes that came of El’i-phaz 
in the land of E’dom; these were 
the sons of A’dah. 

17 § And these are the sons of 
Rev’el E’sau’s son; duke Na’- 
hath, duke Zé’rah, duke Sham’- 
mah, duke Miz’zah: these are 
the dukes that came of Reu’el in 
the land of E’dom; these are the 
sons of Bash’e-math E’sau’s wife. 
_18 9 And these are the sons of 
A-hol-i-ba’mah £/’sau’s_ wife; 
duke Jé’ish, duke Jda-a’lam, 
duke Ko’rah: these were the 
dukes that came of A-h6l-i-ba’- 
mah the daughter of A’nah, 
E’sau’s wife. 

19 These are the sons of &’sau, 
who is E’dom, and these are their 
dukes. 

20 § These are the sons of 
Séir the Hd’rite, who inhabited 
the land; Lé’tan, and Sho’bal, 
and Zib’e-on, and A’nah, 

21 And Di’shon, and £’zér, and 
Di’shan: these are the dukes of 
the Ho’rites, the children of Sé’ir 
in the land of E’dom. 

22 And the children of L6’tan 
were HO’ri and Hé’mam; and 
Lo’tan’s sister was Tim’na. 

23 And the children of Sho’bal 
were these; Al’van, and Man’a- 
hath, and E’bal, Shé’phé, and 


nam. 
24 And these are the children of 
Zib’e-on; both A’jah, and A’nah: 
this was that A’nah that found 
the mules in the wilderness, as 
ae es the asses of Zib’e-on his 
ather. 


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Generations of Esau. Joseph’s dreams 


25 And the children of A’nah 
were these; Di’shon, and A-hdl- 
i-ba’mah the daughter of A’nah. 

26 And these are the children of 
Di’shon; _Hém/’dan, and Esh’- 
ban, and ith’ran, and Ché’ran. 
The children of E’zér are 
>; Bil’han, and Za’a-van, 
and A’kan. 

28 The children of Di’shan are 
these; Uz, and A’ran. 

29 These are the dukes that 
came of the Ho’rites; duke L6’- 
tan, duke Sho’bal, duke Zib’e-on, 
duke A’nah, 

30 Duke Di’shon, duke £’zér, 
duke Di’shan: these are the 
dukes that came of H6’ri, among 
their dukes in the land of Sé‘ir. 

31 4 And these are the kings 
that reigned in the land of E’dom, 
before there reigned any king 
over the children of fs’ra-el. | 

32 And Bé’la the son of Bé’or 
reigned in k’dom: and the name 
of his city was Din’ha-bah. 

33 And Bé’la died, and J6’bab 
the son of Zé’rah of Boéz’rah 
reigned in his stead. 

34 And Jo’bab died, and Hi’- 
sham of the land of Tém/a-ni 
poenea in his stead. 

And Ht’sham died, and 
Hadad the son of Be’dad, who 
smote Mid’i-an in the field of 
M0O’ab, reigned in his stead: and 
the name of his city was A’vith. 

36 And Ha’dad died, and Sam/’- 
lah of Mas’re-kah reigned in his 
stead. 

37 And Sam/‘lah died, and Saul 
of Ré-h6’both by the river reigned 
in his stead. 

38 And Saul died, and Ba’al- 
ha’nan the son of Ach’bér reigned 

in his stead. 


39 And Ba’al—ha’nan the son|h 


of Ach’bér died, and Ha’dar 
reigned in his stead: and the 
name of his city was Pa’u; and 


his wife’s name was Mé-hét’a- | 


bél, the daughter of Ma’tred, the 
daughter of Méz’a-hab. 

40 And these are the names of 
the dukes that came of &’sau, 
according to their families, after 


GENESIS, 37 


their places, by their names; 
Ree Tim’ nah, duke Al’vah, duke 
é’theth 

41 Duke A-h6dl-i-ba’mah, duke 
E’lah, duke Pi’non, 

42 Duke Ké’naz, duke Té’man, 
duke Mib/zar, 

43 Duke Mie’di-el, duke l’ram: 
these be the dukes of E ‘dom, 
according to their habitations in 
the land of their possession: he 
a E’sau the father of the E’dom- 
ites. 


CHAPTER 37 37 


1 Joseph's dreams. 18 Conspiracy of 
his brethren. 26 He is sold to the 
Ishmeelites. 36 Sold into Egypt. 

ND Ja’cob dwelt in the land 
wherein his father was a 
stranger, in the land of Ca’naan. 

2 These are the generations of 
Ja’cob. Jo’seph, being seven- 
teen years old, was feeding the 
flock with his brethren; and the 
lad was with the sons of Bil’hah, 
and with the sons of Zil’pah, his 
father’s wives: and Jd’seph 
brought unto his father their evil 
report. | 

3 Now Is’ra-el loved J6’seph 
more than all his children, be- 
cause he was the son of his old 
age: and he made him a coat of 
many colours. 

4 And when his brethren saw 
that their father loved him more 
than all his brethren, they hated 
him, and could not speak peace- 
ably unto him. 

5 ¢ And Jo’seph dreamed a 
dream, and he told if his breth- 
ren: and they hated him yet the 


more. 

6 And he said unto them, Hear, 
I pray you, this dream which I 
ave dreamed: 

7 For, behold, we were binding 
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my 
sheaf arose, and also stood up- 
right; and, behold, your sheaves 
stood round about, and made 
obeisance to my sheaf. 

8 And his brethren said to him, 
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? 
or shalt thou indeed have do- 


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GENESIS, 37 


minion over us? And they hated 
him yet the more for his dreams, 
and for his words. 

9 4 And he dreamed yet an- 
other dream, and told it his 
prethren, and said, Behold, I 
have dreamed a dream more; 
and, behold, the sun and the 


moon and the eleven stars made|h 


obeisance to me. 

10 And he told it to his father, 
and to his brethren: and his 
father rebuked him, and said 
unto him, What is this dream 
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I 
and thy mother and thy breth- 
ren indeed come to bow down 
ourselves to thee to the earth? 

11 And his brethren envied 
him: but his father observed the 
saying. : 

12 4 And his brethren went to 
feed their father’s flock in Shé’- 
chem. 0% : 

13 And is’ra-el said unto Jo’- 
seph, Do not thy brethren feed 
the flock in Shé’chem? come, 
and I will send thee unto them. 
And he said to him, Here am I. 

14 And he said to him, Go, I 
pray thee, see whether it be well 
with thy brethren, and well with 
the flocks; and bring me word 
again. So he sent him out of 
the vale of Hé’bron, and he came 
to Shé’chem. ; 

15 q And a certain man found 
him, and, behold, he was wan- 
dering in the field: and the man 
asked him, saying, What seekest 
thou? } 

16 And he said, I seek my 
brethren: tell me, I pray thee, 
where they feed their flocks. 

17 And the man said, They are 
departed hence; for I heard 
them say, Let us go to D6’than. 
And Jo’seph went after his breth- 
ren, and found them in D6’than. 

18 And when they saw him afar 
off, even before he came near unto 
them, they conspired against 
him to slay him, 

19 And they said one to another, 
Behold, this dreamer cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and 


Joseph sold by his brethren 


let us slay him, and cast him into 
some pit, and we will say, Some 
evilbeasthathdevouredhim; and 
we shall see what will become of 
his dreams. ; 

21 And Rey’ben heard if, and 
he delivered him_out of their 
hands; and said, Let us not kill 


im. 

22 And Rev’ben said unto them, 
Shed no blood, but cast him into 
this pit that is in the wilderness, 
and lay no hand upon him; that 
he might rid him out of their 
hands, to deliver him to his father 


again. 

23 4 And it came to pass, when 
Jo’seph was come unto his breth- 
ren, that they stript J6’seph out of 
his coat, his coat of many colours 
that was on him; 

24 And they took him, and cast 
him into a pit: and the pit was 
empty, there was no water in it. 

25 And they sat down to eat 
bread: and they lifted up their 
eyes and looked, and, behold, a 
company of Ish’me-el-ites came 
from Gil’e-ad with their camels 
bearing spicery and balm and 
myrrh, going to carry if down to 
E’gynt. : 

26 And Ji’dah said unto his 
brethren, What profit is it if we 
slay our brother, and conceal his 
blood? 

27 Come, and let us sell him to 
the Iish’me-el-ites, and let not 
our hand be upon him; for he 7s 
our brother and our flesh. And 
his brethren were content. 

28 Then there passed by Mid‘i- 
an-ites merchantmen; and they 
drew and lifted up J6’seph out of 
the pit, and sold Jo’seph to the 
Ish’me-el-ites for twenty pieces 
of silver: and they brought Jo’- 
seph into E’sypt. 

29 ¥ And Rew’ben returned un- 
to the pits; and, behold, Jo’seph 
was not in the pit; and he rent 
his clothes. 

30 And he returned unto his 
brethren, and said, The child is 
not; and I, whither shall I go? 

31 And they took J6’seph’s 


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Jacob deceived by his sons 


coat, and killed a kid of the goats, 
and dipped the coat in the blood; 

32 And they sent the coat of 
many colours, and they brought 
it to their father; and said, This 
have we found: know now 
whether it be thy son’s coat or no. 
_33 And he knew it, and said, It 
is my son’s coat; an evil beast 
hath devoured him; J6’seph is 
without doubt rent in pieces. 

34 And Ja’cob rent his clothes, 
and put sackcloth upon his loins, 
and mourned for his son many 


days. 

35 And all his sons and all his 

daughters rose up to comfort 
him; but he refused to be com- 
forted; and he said, ForI will go 
down into the grave unto my son 
mourning. Thus his father wept 
for him. 
36 And the Mid’i-an-ites sold 
him into E’éypt unto Pot’/i-phar, 
an officer of Pha’radh’s, and 
captain of the guard. 


38 CHAPTER 38 
1 Sons Fr Judah. 13 Tamar deceives 
Judah. 27 She brings forth twins. 
ND it came to pass at that 
time, that Ja’dah went down 
from his brethren, and turned in 
to a certain A-dul’lam-ite, whose 
name was Hi’rah. 

2 And Ji’dah saw there a 
daughter of a certain Ca’naan-ite, 
whose name was Shu’ah: and 
he took her, and went in unto 


er. 

3 And she conceived, and barea 
son; and he called his name Er. 
4 And she conceived again, and 
bare a son; and she called his 
name O’/nan. : 

‘5 And she yet again conceived, 
and bare a son; and called his 
name Shé’lah: and he was at 
Ché’zib, when she bare him. 

6 And Ju’dah took a wife for 
fr pais REDO whose name was 


y TER Er, Ji’dah’s firstborn, 
‘was wicked in the sight of the 
LORD; andthe LORD slew him. 

8 And Ji’dah said unto O’nan, 


GENESIS, 38 


Go in unto thy brother’s wife, 
and marry her, and raise up seed 
to thy brother. 

9 And O’nan knew that the seed 
should not be his; and it came 
to pass, when he went in unto his 
brother’s wife, that he spilled if 
on the ground, lest that he should 
give seed to his brother. 

10 And the thing which he did 
displeased the LORD: where- 
fore he slew him also. 

11 Then said Ja’dah to Ta’mar 
his daughter in law, Remain a 
widow at thy father’s house, till 
Shé’lah my son be grown: for he 
said, Lest peradventure he die 
also, as his brethren did. And 
Ta’mar went and dwelt in her 
father’s house. 

12 q And in process of time the 
daughter of Shu’ah Ja’dah’s wife 
died; and Jai’dah was com- 
forted, and went up unto his 
sheepshearers to Tim/nath, he 
and his friend Hi’rah the A-dul’- 
lam-ite. 

13 And it was told Ta’mar, say- 
ing, Behold thy father in law 
goeth up to Tim/’nath to shear 
his sheep. 

14 And she put her widow’s 
garments off from her, and cov- 
ered her with a veil, and wrapped 
herself, and sat in an open 
place, which is by the way to 
Tim’nath; for she saw that 
Shé’/lah was grown, and she was 
not given unto him to wife. 

15 When Ja’dah saw her, he 
thought her fo be an harlot; be- 
cere she had covered her 

16 And he turned unto her by 
the way, and said, Go to, I pray 
thee, let me come in unto thee; 
(for he knew not that she was his 
daughter inlaw.) And she said, 
What wilt thou give me, that thou 
mayest come in unto me? 

17 And he said, I will send 
thee a kid from the flock. And 
she said, Wilt thou give mea 
plete till thou send if? 

8 And he said, What pledge 
shall I give thee? And she said, 


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GENESIS, 39 


Thy signet, and thy bracelets, 
and thy staff that is in thine hand. 
And he gave it her, and came in 
unto her, and she conceived by 


im. 

19 And she arose, and went 
away, and laid by her veil from 
her, and put on the garments of 
her widowhood, ‘ 

20 And Jua’dah sent the kid by 
the hand of his friend the A-dul’- 
lam-ite, to receive his pledge 
from the woman’s hand: but he 
found her not. 

21 Then he asked the men of 
that place, saying, Where is the 
harlot, that was openly by the 
way side? And they said, There 
was no harlot in this place. 

22 And he returned to Ji’dah. 
and said, I cannot find her; and 
also the men of the place said, 
that there was «0 harlot in this 
place. 

23 And Jt’dah said, Let her 
take it to her, lest we be shamed: 
behold, I sent this kid, and thou 
hast not found her. 

24 J And it came to pass about 
three months after, that it was 
told Ja’dah, saying, Ta’mar thy 
daughter in law hath played the 
harlot; and also, behold, she is 
with child by whoredom. And 
Jii’dah said, Bring her forth, and 
let her be burnt. 

25 When she was brought forth, 
she sent to her father in law, say- 
ing, By the man, whose these 
are, am I with child: and she 
said, Discern, I pray thee, whose 
are these, the signet, and brace- 
lets, and staff. 

26 And Ji’dah acknowledged 
them, and said, She hath been 
more righteous than I; because 
that I gave her not to Shé’lah 
my son. And he knew her again 
no more. | ' 

27 ¥ And it came to pass in the 
time of her travail, that, behold, 
twins were in her womb. 

28 And it came to pass, when 
she travailed, that the one put 
out his hand: and the midwife 
took and bound upon his hand a 


NS 


Joseph’s advancement in Egypt 


scarlet thread, saying, This came 
out first. 

29 And it came to pass, as he 
drew back his hand, that, behold, 
his brother came out: and she 
said, How hast thou broken 
forth? this breach be upon thee: 
therefore his name was called 
Pha’réz. 

30 And afterward came out his 
brother, that had the scarlet 
thread upon his hand: and his 
name was called Za’rah. 


CHAPTER 39 39 
1 Joseph's advancement. 7 He resists 
temptation. 20 Is cast inio prison. 

ANA Jo’seph was broughtdown 

to E’gypt;_ and Pot’i-phar, 

an officer of Pha’raoh, captain of 

the guard, an E-éyp’tian, bought 

him of the hands of the ish’me- 

el-ites, which had brought him 
down thither. 

2 And the LORD was with 
J6’seph, and he was a prosperous 
man; and he was in the house 
of his master the &-¢¥p’tian. 

3 And 
LORD was with him, and that 
the LORD made all that he did 
to prosper in his hand. 

And 
his sight, and he served him: and 
he made him overseer over his 
house, and all that he had he put 
into his hand. 

5 And it came to pass from the 
time that he had made him over- 
seer in his house, and over all 
that he had, that the Lorp 
blessed the £-éy¥p’tian’s. house 
for JO’seph’s sake; and the bless- 
ing of the LORD was upon ail 
that he had in the house, and in 
the field. 

6 And he left ail that he had in 
J6’seph’s hand; and he knew 
not ought he had, save the bread 
which he did eat. And J6’seph 


was a goodly person, and well 


favoured. 

7 4 And it came to pass after 
these things, that his master’s 
wife cast her eyes upon J6’seph; 
and she said, Lie with me. 


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his master saw that the | 


J6’seph found grace in 


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Joseph tempted and imprisoned 


8 But he refused, and said unto 
his master’s wife, Behold, my 
master wotteth not what is with 
me in the house, and he hath 
committed all that he hath to my 
hand; é vee 

9 There is none greater in this 
house than I; neither hath he 
kept back any thing from me but 
thee, because thou art his wife: 
how then can I do this great 
wickedness, and sin against 
God? 

10 And it came to pass, as she 
spake to J6’seph day by day, that 
he hearkened not unto her, to lie 
by her, or to be with her. 

11 And it came to pass about 
this time, that Jo’seph went into 
the house to do his business; and 
there was none of the men of the 
house there within. : 

12 And she caught him by his 
garment, saying, Lie with me: 
and he left his garment in her 
pene and fled, and got him 
out. 

13 And it came to pass, when 
she saw that he had left his gar- 
ment in her hand, and was fled 


orth, 

14 That she called unto the men 
of her house, and spake unto 
them, saying, See, he hath brought 
in an Hé’brew unto us to mock 
us; he came in unto me to lie 
with me, and I cried with a loud 
voice: 

_.15 And it came to pass, when 

he gerd that I lifted up my voice 
and cried, that he left his gar- 
ment with me, and fled, and got 
him out. 

16 And she laid up his garment 
by her, until his lord came home. 

And she spake unto him 
according to these words, saying, 
The Hé’brew servant, which thou 
hast brought unto us, came in 
unto me to mock me: 

18 And it came to pass, as I 
lifted up my voice and cried, that 
he left his garment with me, and 
fled out. 

19 And it came to pass, when 
his master heard the words of 


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GENESIS, 40 


his wife, which she spake unto 
him, saying, After this manner 
did thy servant to me; that his 
wrath was kindled. 

20 And Jo’seph’s master took 
him, and put him into the 
prison, a place where the king’s 
prisoners were bound: and he 
was there in the prison. 

21 | But the LORD was with 
Jo’seph, and shewed him mercy, 
and gave him favour in the sight 
of the keeper of the prison. | 

22 And the keeper of the prison 
committed to JO’seph’s hand all 
the prisoners that were in the 
prison; and whatsoever they did 
there, he was the doer of it. 

The keeper of the prison 
looked not to any thing that was 
under his hand; because the 
LORD was with him, and that 
which he did, the LORD made if 
to prosper. 


CHAPTER 40 40 


1 Pharaoh's butler and baker impris- 
oned. 5 Joseph interprets dreams. 
20 His word comes to pass. 

ND it came to pass after these 

things, that the butler of 
the king of E’eypt and his baker 
had offended their lord the king 
of E’gypt. 

2 And Pha/rash was wroth 
against two of his officers, against 
the chief of the butlers, and 
against the chief of the bakers. 

3 And he put them in ward in 
the house of the captain of the 
guard, into the prison, the place 
where J6’seph was bound. 

4 And the captain of the guard 
charged J6’seph with them, and 
he served them: and they con- 
SE a season in ward. 

5 ¢ And they dreamed a dream 
both of them, each man his dream 
in one night, each man according 
to the interpretation of his dream, 
the butler and the baker of the 
king of E’gypt which were bound 
in the prison. 

6 And J6é’seph came in unto 
them in the morning, and looked 


GENESIS, 41 


upon them, and, behold, they | 


were sad. 

7 And he asked Pha’ra6ch’s offi- 
cers that were with him in the 
ward of his lord’s house, saying, 
Wherefore look ye so sadly to 


ay 

8 And they said unto him, We 
have dreamed a dream, and there 
7s no interpreter of it. And J6’- 
seph said unto them, Do not in- 
terpretations belong to God? tell 
me them, I pray you. 

9 And the chief butler told his 
dream to Jé’seph, and said to 
him, In my dream, behold, a vine 
was before me; 

10 And in the vine were three 
branches: and it was as though 
it budded, and her blossoms shot 
forth; and the clusters thereof 
brought forth ripe grapes: 

And Pha’raoh’s cup was in 
my hand: and I took the grapes, 
and pressed them into Pha’raoh’s 
cup, and I gave the cup into Pha’- 
raodh’s hand. ’ 4 

12 And J6’seph said unto him, 
This is the interpretation of it: 
The three branches are three days: 

13 Yet within three days shall 
Pha’raoh lift up thine head, and 
restore thee unto thy place: and 
thou shalt deliver Pha’radh’s cup 
into his hand, after the former 
manner when thou wast his 
butler. 3 

14 But think on me when it 
shall be well with thee, and shew 
kindness, I pray thee, unto me, 
and make mention of me unto 
Pha’raoh, and bring me out of 
this house: 

15 Forindeed I was stolen away 
out of the land of the Hé’brews: 
and herealsohavel done nothing 
that they should put me into the 
dungeon. f 

16 When the chief baker saw 
that the interpretation was good, 
he said unto J6’seph, I also was 
in my dream, and, behold, J had 
three white baskets on my head: 

17 And in the uppermost basket 
there was of all manner of bake- 
meats for Pha’radh; and the 


Joseph interprets dreams 


birds did eat them out of the 
basket upon my head. 

18 And Jo’seph answered and 
said, This is the interpretation 
thereof: The three baskets are 
three days: 

19 Yet within three days shall 
Pha’raoh lift up thy head from 
off thee, and shall hang thee ona 
tree; and the birds shall eat thy 
flesh from off thee. 

20 4. And it came to pass the 
third day, which was Pha’rash’s 
birthday, that he made a feast 
unto all his servants: and he 
lifted up the head of the chief 
butler and of the chief baker 
among his servants. 

21 And he restored the chief 
butler unto his butlership again; 
and he gave the cup into Pha’- 
taodh’s hand: 

22 But he _hanged the chief 
baker: as J6’seph had inter- 
preted to them. 

23 Yet did not the chief butler 
peaemi ber Jo’seph, but forgat 

im. 


CHAPTER 41 


1 Pharaoch’s dreams. 
prets them. 
The famine. 

ND it came to pass at the end 

of two full years, that Pha’- 

raodh dreamed: and, behold, he 
stood by the river. 

2 And, behold, there came up 
out of the river seven well favour- 
ed kine and fatfieshed; and they 
fed in a meadow. 

3 And, behold, seven other kine 
came up after them out of the 
river, ill favoured and lean- 
fleshed; and stood by the other 
kine upon the brink of the river. 

4 And the ill favoured and lean- 
fleshed kine did eat up the seven 
well favoured and fat kine. So 
Pha’raoh awoke. . 

5 And he slept and dreamed the 
second time: and, behold, seven 
ears of corn came up upon one 
stalk, rank and good. q 

6 And, behold, seven thin ears 


41 


25 Joseph inter- 
37 Is made ruler. 54 


56 


Pharaoh's dreams. 


and blasted with the east wind 
sprung up after them. 

7 And the seven thin ears de- 
voured the seven rank and full 
ears. And Pha’raoh awoke, and, 
behold, if was a dream. 

And it came to pass in the 
morning that his spirit was 
troubled; and he sent and called 
for all the magicians of &’gypt, 
and all the wise men thereof: 
and Pha’rash told them his 
dream; but there was none that 
could interpret them unto Pha’- 
raoh. 

9 ¥ Then spake the chief butler 
unto Pha’raoh, saying, I do re- 
member my faults this day: | 

10 Pha’radh was wroth with 
his servants, and put me in ward 
in the captain of the guard’s 
house, both me and the chief 
baker: 

11 And we dreamed a dream 
in one night, I and he; we 
dreamed each man according to 
the interpretation of his dream. 

12 And there was there with 
us a young man, an Hé’brew, 
servant to the captain of the 
guard; and we told him, and he 
interpreted to us our dreams; to 
each man according to his dream 
he did interpret. 

13 And it came to pass, as he 
interpreted to us, so it was; me 
he restored unto mine office, and 
him he hanged. 

14 § Then Pha’raoh sent and 
called J6’seph, and they brought 
him hastily out of the dungeon: 
and he shaved himself, and 
changed his raiment, and came 
in unto Pha’raoh. ‘ 

15 And Pha’rach said unto Jo’- 
seph, I have dreamed a dream, 
and there is none that can inter- 
pret it: and I have heard say of 
thee, that thou canst understand 
a dream to interpret it. 

16 And J6’seph answered Pha’- 
raoh, saying, /¢t is not in me: 
God shall give Pha’radh an an- 
Sswer of peace. 

17 And Pha’radh said unto Jo’- 
seph, In my dream, behold, I 


Joseph sent for 


GENESIS, 41 


stood upon the bank of the 
river: 

13 And, behold, there came up 
out of the river seven kine, fat- 
fleshed and well favoured; and 
they fed in a meadow: 

19 And, behold, seven other 
kine came up after them, poor 
and very ill favoured and lean- 
fleshed, such as I never saw in 
all the land of E’gypt for badness: 

20 And the lean and the ill 
favoured kine did eat up the first 
seven fat kine: 

21 And when they had eaten 
them up, it could not be known 
that they had eaten them; but 
they were still ill favoured, as at 
the beginning. So I awoke. 

22 And I saw in my dream, and, 
behoid, seven ears came up in 
one stalk, full and good: f 

23 And, behold, seven ears, wi- 
thered, thin, and blasted with the 
east wind, sprung up after them: 

24 And the thin ears devoured 
the seven good ears: and I told 
this unto the magicians; but 
there was none that could declare 
it to me. 

25 { And J6’seph said unto 
Pha’raoh, The dream of Pha’- 
raoh is one: God hath shewed 
Pha’raoh what he is about to do. 

26 The seven good kine are 
seven years; and the seven good 
ears are seven years: the dream 
is one. 2 

27 And the seven thin and ill 
favoured kine that came up after 
them are seven years; and the 
seven empty ears blasted with the 
east wind shall be seven years of 
famine. 

28 This is the thing which I 
have spoken unto Pha’raoh: 
What God is about to do he shew- 
eth unto Pha’raoh. 

29 Behold, there come seven 
years of great plenty throughout 
all the land of E’é¥pt: 

30 And there shall arise after 
them seven years of famine; and 
all the plenty shall be forgotten 
in the land of £’gypt; and the 
famine shall consume the land; 


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GENESIS, 41 


31 And the plenty shall not be 
known in the land by reason of 
that famine following; for it 
shall be very grievous. 

32 And for that the dream was 
doubled unto Pha’raoh twice; tt 
is because the thing is estab- 
lished by God, and God will 
shortly bring it to pass. 

33 Now therefore let Pha’rash 
look out a man discreet and wise, 
and set him over the land of 
E’gypt. i 

34 Let Pha’raoh do this, and let 
him appoint officers over the 
land, and take up the fifth part of 
the land of E’gypt in the seven 
plenteous years. 

35 And let them gather all the 
food of those good years that 
come, and lay up corn under the 
hand of Pha’raodh, and let them 
keep food in the cities. 

36 And that food shall be for 
storeto the land against the seven 
years of famine, whicu shall be 
in the land of E’éypt; that the 
land perish not through the 


famine. i f 

37 q And the thing was good in 
the eyes of Pha’rach, and in the 
eyes of all his servants. ; 

38 And Pha’raoh said unto his 
servants, Can we find such a one 
as this is, a man in whom the 
Spirit of God is? : 

39 And Pha’rach said unto Jo’- 
seph, Forasmuch as God hath 
shewed thee all this, there is none 
so discreet and wise as thou art: 

40 Thou shalt be over my house, 
and according unto thy word 
shall all my people be ruled: only 
in the throne will I be greater 
than thou. : 

41 And Pha’raoh said unto J6’- 
seph, See, I have set thee over 
all the land of E’gypt. : 

42 And Pha’raéh took off his 
ring from his hand, and put it 
upon Jo’seph’s hand, and arrayed 
him in vestures of fine linen, and 
put a gold chain about his neck; 

43 And he made him to ride in 
the second chariot which he had; 
and they cried before him, Bow 


Joseph made ruler. Famine begins 


the knee: and he made him 
ruler over all the land of E’gypt. 

44 And Pha’raoh said unto Jo’- 
seph, I am Pha’raoh, and without 
thee shall no man lift up his hand 
or foot in all the land of E’gypt. 

45 And Pha’rach called Jo’- 
seph’s name Zaph’nath—pa-a- 
né’ah; and he gave him to wife 
As’e-nath the daughter of Pot’i- 
phé’rah priest of On. And Jo’- 
seph went out over all the land 
of Egypt. ; 

46 9 And Jé’seph was thirty 
years old when he stood before 
Pha’raoh king of E’éypt. And 
Jo’seph went out from the pres- 
ence of Pha’radh, and went 
throughout all the land of E’£ypt. 

47 And in the seven plenteous 
years the earth brought forth by 
handfuls. 

48 And he gathered up all the 
food of the seven years, which 
were in the land of £’éypt, and 
laid up the food in the cities: the 
food of the field, which was round 
about every city, laid he up in the 


same. 

49 And Jo’seph gathered corn 
as the sand of the sea, very 
much, until he left numbering; 
for if was without number. 

50 And unto J6’seph were born 
two sons before the years of 
famine came, which As’e-nath 
the daughter of Pot’i-phé’rah 
priest of On bare unto him. 

51 And Jod’seph called the name 
of the firstborn Ma-nas’seh: For 
God, said he, hath made me for- 
get all my toil, and all my father’s 
house. 

52 And the name of the second 
called he E’phra-im: For God 
hath caused me to be fruitful in’ 
the land of my affliction. 

53 ¢ And the seven years of 
plenteousness, that was in the 
land of &’£¥pt, were ended. 

54 And the seven years of 
dearth began to come, according 
as Jo’seph had said: and the 
dearth was in all lands; but in 
all the land of E’gypt there was 
bread. ; 


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Jacob sends to Egypt for corn 


55 And when all the land of 
E’/zypt was famished, the people 
cried to Pha’raoh for bread: and 
Pha’raoh said unto all the E-gyp’- 
tians, Go unto J6’seph; what he 
saith to you, do. 

56 And the famine was over all 
the face of the earth: And Jo’- 
seph opened all the storehouses, 
and sold unto the E-gyp’tians; 
and the famine waxed sore in the 
land of £’éypt. 4 

57 And ail countries came into 
E’gypt to J6’seph for to buy corn, 
because that the famine was so 
sore in all lands. 


42 CHAPTER 42 


1 Jacob’s sons sent to Egypt for corn.| q 


16 Imprisoned as spies. 18 Joseph’s 
treatment of them. 24 Simeon kept 
for a pledge. 
OW when Ja’cob saw that 
there was corn in E’éypt, 
Ja’cob said unto his sons, Why 
do ye look one upon another? 

2 And he said, Behold, I have 
heard that there is corn in B’gypt: 
get you down thither, and buy 
for us from thence; that we may 
live, and not die. 

3 4 And Jo’seph’s ten brethren 
went down to buy corn in E’gypt. 

4 But Bén’ja-min, Jdé’seph’s 
brother, Ja’cob sent not with his 
brethren; for he said, Lest per- 
adventure mischief befall him. 

5 And the sons of Is’ra-el came 
to buy corn’ among those that 
came: for the famine was in the 
land of Ca’/naan. 

6 And Jo’seph was the governor 
over the land, and he it was that 
sold to all the people of the land: 
and J6’seph’s brethren came, and 
bowed down themselves before 
him with their faces to the 
earth. : 

7 And Jé’seph saw his brethren, 
and he knew them, but made 
himself strange unto them, and 
spake roughly unto them; and 
he said unto them, Whence come 
ye? And they said, From the 
land of Ca’naan to buy food. 

_ 8 And Jé’seph knew his breth- 
ren, but they knew not him. 


GENESIS, 42 


9 And J6’seph remembered the 
dreams which he dreamed of 
them, and said unto them, Ye are 
spies; to see the nakedness of 
the land ye are come. 

10 And they said unto him, Nay, 
my lord, but to buy food are thy 
servants come. 

11 We are all one man’s sons; 
we are true men, thy servants 
are no spies. 

12 And he said unto them, Nay, 
but to see the nakedness of the 
land ye are come. 

13 And they said, Thy servants 
are twelve brethren, the sons of 
one man in the land of Ca’naan; 
and, behold, the youngest is this 
ay with our father, and one is 


not. 

14 And Jo’seph said unto them, 
That is it that I spake unto you, 
saying, Ye are spies: 

15 Hereby ye shall be proved: 
By the life of Pha’radh ye shall 
not go forth hence, except your 
youngest brother come hither. | 

16 Send one of you, and let him 
fetch your brother, and ye shall 
be kept in prison, that your words 
may be proved, whether there be 
any truth in you: or else by the 
life of Pha’radh surely ye are 
spies. 

17 And he put them all to- 
gether into ward three days. 

18 And J6’seph said unto them 
the third day, This do, and live; 
for I fear God: 

19 If ye be true men, let one of 
your brethren be bound in the 
house of your prison: goye, carry 
corn for the famine of your 
houses: 

20 But bring your youngest 
brother unto me; so shall your 
words be verified, and ye shall 
not die. And they did so. 

21 ¥ And they said one to an- 
other, We are verily guilty con- 
cerning our brother, in that we 
saw the anguish of his soul, when 
he besought us, and we would 
not hear; therefore is this dis- 
tress come upon us. 

22 And Rew’ben answered them, 


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GENESIS, 43 


saying, Spake I not unto you, 
saying, Do not sin against the 
child; and ye would not hear? 
therefore, behold, also his blood 
Is required. 

23 And they knew not that Jo’- 
Seph understood them; for he 
Spake unto them by an inter- 
preter. 

24 And he turned himself about 
from them, and wept; and re- 
turned to them again, and com- 
muned with them, and took from 
them Sim’e-on, and bound him 
before their eyes. 

25 4 Then J6’seph commanded 
to fill their sacks with corn, and 
to restore every man’s money into 
his sack, and to sive them pro- 
vision for the way: and thus 
did he unto them. 

26 And they laded their asses 
with the corn, and departed 
thence. 

27 And as one of them opened 
his sack to give his ass provender 
in the inn, he espied his money; 
for, behold, it was in his sack’s 
mouth. / } 

28 And hesaid unto his brethren, 
My money is restored; and, lo, it 
is even in my sack: and their 
heart failed them, and they were 
afraid, saying one to another, 
What zs this that God hath done 
unto us? 

29 ¥ And they came unto Ja’cob 
their father unto the land of Ca’- 
naan, and told him all that befell 
unto them; saying, 

30 The man, who its the lord of 
the land, spake roughly to us, 
and took us for spies of the 
country. : ; 

31 And we said unto him, We 
are true men; we are no 
spies: 

32 We be twelve brethren, sons 
of our father; one is not, and the 
youngest is this day with our 
father in the land of Ca’naan. 

33 And the man, the lord of the 
country, said unto us, Hereby 
shall I know that ye are true men; 
leave one of your brethren here 
with me, and take food for the 


Joseph's brethren return to Jacob 


famine of your households, and 
be gone: | 

34 And bring your youngest 
brother unto me: then shall I 
know that ye are no spies, but 
that ye are true men: so will I 
deliver you your brother, and ye 
shall traffick in the land. 

35 4 And it came to pass as they 
emptied their sacks, that, behold, 
every man’s bundie of money 
was in his sack: and when both 
they and their father saw the 
bundles of money, they were 
afraid. 

36 And Ja’cob their father said 
unto them, Me have ye bereaved 
of my children: J6’seph is not, 
and Sim’e-on is not, and ye will 
take Bén’ja-min away: all these 
things are against me. ; 

37 And Reu’ben spake unto his 
father, saying, Slay my two sons, 
if I bring him not to thee: deliver 
him into my hand, and I will 
bring him to thee again. 

38 And he said, My son shall 
not go down with you; for his 
brother is dead, and he is left 
alone: if mischief befall him by 
the way in the which ye go, then 
shall ye bring down my gray 


hairs with sorrow to the 
grave. 

CHAPTER 43 43 
1 Benjamin sent to Egypt. 31 Joseph 


feasts his brethren. 
ND the famine was sore in 
the land. 

2 And it came to pass, when 
they had eaten up the corn which 
they had brought out of E’gypt, 
their father said unto them, Go 
again, buy us a little food. 

3 And Ji’dah spake unto him, 
saying, The man did solemnly 
protest unto us, saying, Ye shall 
not see my, face, except your 
brother be with you. 

4. If thou wilt send our brother 
with us, we will go down and buy 
thee food: ; ‘ 

5 But if thou wilt not send him, 
we will not go down: for the man 
said unto us, Ye shall not see my . 


60 


Benjamin sent with brethren for corn 
face, except your brother be with 


you 

6 And Is’ra-el said, Wherefore 
dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell 
the man whether ye had yet a 

brother? : 

_ 7 And they said, The man asked 
_ us straitly of our state, and of our 
kindred, saying, Js your father yet 
alive? have ye another brother? 
and we told him according to the 
tenor of these words: could we 
certainly know that he would say, 
Bring your brother down? 

8 And Ji’dah said unto Is’ra-el 
his father, Send the lad with me, 
and we will arise and go; that 
we may live, and not die, both we, 
and thou, and also our little ones. 

9 I will be surety for him; of 
my hand shalt thou require him: 
if I bring him not unto thee, and 
set him before thee, then let me 
bear the blame for ever: 

10 For except we had lingered, 
surely now we had returned this 
second time. : ; 

11 And their father Is’ra-el said 
unto them, If it must be so now, 
do this; take of the best fruits in 
the land in your vessels, and 
carry down the man a present, a 
little balm, and a little honed? 
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and 
almonds: 

12 And take double money in 
your hand; and the money that 
was brought again in the mouth 
of your sacks, carry if again in 
your hand; peradventure it was 
an oversight: 

13 Take also your brother, and 
arise, go again unto the man: 

14 And God Almighty give you 
mercy before the man, that he 
may send away. your other bro- 
ther, and Bén’ja-min. If I be 
bereaved of my children, I am 
bereaved. 

15 4 And the men took that 
present, and they took double 
money in their hand, and Bén’- 
ja-min; and rose up, and went 
down to E’gypt, and stood before 
J0’seph. 

16 And when Jo’seph saw Bén’- 


GENESIS, 43 


ja-min with them, he said to the 
ruler of his house, Bring these 
men home, and slay, and make 
ready; for these men shall dine 
with me at noon. 

17 And the man did as Jé’seph 
bade; and the man brought the 
men into JO’seph’s house. 

18 And the men were afraid, be- 
cause they were brought into 
JO’seph’s house; and they said, 
Because of the money that was 
returned in our sacks at the first 
time are we brought in; that he 
may seek occasion against us, 
and fall upon us, and take us for 
bondmen, and our asses. 

19 And they came near to the 
steward of J6’seph’s house, and 
they communed with him at the 
door of the house, 

20 And said, O sir, we came 
indeed down at the first time to 
buy food: 

21 And it came to pass, when 
we came to the inn, that we 
opened our sacks, and, behold, 
every man’s money was in the 
mouth of his sack, our money in 
full weight: and we have brought 
it again in our hand. 

22 And other money have we 
brought down in our hands to 
buy food: we cannot tell who 
put our money in our sacks. 

23 And he said, Peace be to you, 
fear not: your God, and the God 
of your father, hath given you 
treasure in your sacks: I had 
your money. And he brought 
Sim/e-on out unto them. 

24 And the man brought the 
men into J6’seph’s house, and 
gave them water, and they 
washed their feet; and he gave 
their asses provender. 

25 And they made ready the 
present against Jo’seph came at 
noon: for they heard that they 
epculd ea cok bread there. 

26 ¥ And when J6’seph came 
home, they brought him the pres- 
ent which was in their hand into 
the house, and bowed them- 
selves to him to the earth. : 
27 And he asked them of their 


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GENESIS, 44 


welfare, and said, Js your 
father well, the old man of whom 
ye spake? Is he yet alive? 

28 And they answered, Thy 
servant our father is in good 
health, he is yet alive. And they 
bowed down their heads, and 
made obeisance. 

29 And he lifted up his eyes, 
and saw his brother Bén’ja-min, 
his mother’s son, and said, Js 
this your younger brother, of 
whom ye spake unto me? And 
‘he said, God be gracious unto 
_ thee, my son. 

30 And Jé’seph made haste; 
for his bowels did yearn upon 
his brother: and he sought where 
to weep; and he entered into his 
chamber, and wept there. 

31 And he washed his face, and 
went out, and refrained himself, 
and said, Set on bread. 


32 And they set on for him by| th 


himself, and for them by them- 
selves, and for the £-syp’tians, 
which did eat with him, by them- 
selves: because the E-g¥p’tians 
might not eat bread with the 
Hé’brews; for that is an abomi- 
nation unto the £-éyp’tians. 

33 And they sat before him, the 
firstborn according to his birth- 
right, and the youngest according 
to his youth: and the men mar- 
velled one at another. 

34 And he took and sent messes 
unto them from before him: but 
Bén’ja-min’s mess was_ five 
times so much as any of theirs. 
' And they drank, and were merry 
with him. 


44 CHAPTER 44 
1 he eae stays his brethren. 14 Ju- 
h's plea for Benjamin. 


ND he commanded the stew- 

ard of his house, saying, Fill 

the men’s sacks with food, as 

much as they can carry, and put 

every man’s money in his sack’s 
mouth. ) 

2 And put my cup, the silver 
cup, in the sack’s mouth of the 
youngest, and his corn money. 

6 


Joseph stays his brethren 


And he did according to the word 
that Jo’seph had spoken. 

3 As soon as the morning was 
light, the men were sent away, 
they and their asses. 

4 And when they were gone out 
of the city, and not yet far off, 
JO0’seph said unto his steward, 
Up, follow after the men; and 
when thou dost overtake them, 
say unto them, Wherefore have 
ye rewarded evil for good? 

5 Is not this it in which my lord 
drinketh, and whereby indeed he 
divineth? ye have done evil in so 


oing. 

6 ¥ And he overtook them, and 
he spake unto them these same 
words. } 

7 And they said unto him, 
Wherefore saith my lord these 
words? God forbid that thy serv- 
ants should do according to this 


ing: 

8 Behold, the money, which we 
found in our sacks’ mouths, we 
brought again unto thee out of 
the land of Ca’naan: how then 
should we steal out of thy lord’s 
house silver or gold? 

9 With whomsoever of thy serv- 
ants it be found, both let him 
die, and we also wil! be my lord’s 
bondmen. 

10 And he said, Now also let it 
be according unto your words: 
he with whom it is found shall be 
my servant; and ye shall be 
blameless. 

11 Then they speedily took 
down every man his sack to the 
ground, and opened every man 
his sack. 

12 And he searched, and began 
at the eldest, and left at the 
youngest: and the cup was 
found in Bén’ja-min’s sack. 

13 Then they rent their clothes, 
and laded every man his ass, and 
returned to the city. 

14 4 And Ji’dah and his bre- 
thren came to J6’seph’s house; 
for he was yet there: and they 
fell before him on the 


ground. 
15 And J6’seph said unto them, — 
2 


Judah’s plea for Benjamin 


What deed is this that ye have 
done? wot ye not that such a man 
_as I can certainly divine? 

16 And Ji’dah said, What shall 
_we say unto my lord? what shall 
we speak? or how shall we clear 

ourselves? God hath found out 
the iniquity of thy servants: be- 
hold, we are my iord’s servants, 
both we, and he also with whom 
the cup is found. 

17 And he said, God _ forbid 
that I should do so: but the man 
in whose hand the cup is found, 
he shall be my servant; and as 
for you, get you up in peace unto 
your father. 


18 9 Then Ja’dah came near | lif 


unto him, and said, Oh my lord, 
let thy servant, I pray thee, speak 
a word in my lord’s ears, and 
let not thine anger burn against 
thy servant: for thou art evenas 
Pha’raoh. f 

19 My lord asked his servants, 
saying, Have ye a father, or a 
brother? . 

20 And we said unto my lord, 
We have a father, an old man, 
and a child of his old age, a 
little one; and his brother is 
dead, and he alone is left of his 
mother, and his father loveth 


im. 

21 And thou saidst unto thy 
servants, Bring him down unto 
me, that I may set mine eyes 
upon him. 

' 22 And we said unto my lord, 
The iad cannot leave his father: 
for if he should leave his father, 
his father would die. 

23 And thou saidst unto thy 
servants, Except your youngest 
brother come down with you, ye 
shall see my face no more. 

24 Andit came to pass when we 
‘came up unto thy servant my 
father, we told him the words of 
my lord. ; 

25 And our father said, Go 
again, and buy us a little food. 

26 And we said, We cannot go 
down: if our youngest brother be 
with us, then will we go down: 
for we may not see the man’s 


GENESIS, 45 


face, except our youngest brother 
be with us. 

27 And thy servant my father 
said unto us, Ye know that my 
wife bare me two sons: 

28 And the one went out from 
me, and I said, Surely he is torn 
in pieces; and I saw him not 
since: 

29 And if ye take this also from 
me, and mischief befall him, ye 
shall bring down my gray hairs 
with sorrow to the grave. 

30 Now therefore when I come 
to thy servant my father, and the 
lad be not with us; seeing that 
his life is bound up in the lad’s 


ife; 

31 It shall come to pass, when 
he seeth that the lad zs not with 
us, that he will die: and thy 
servants shall bring down the 
gray hairs of thy servant our 
father with sorrow to the grave. 

32 For thy servant became 
surety for the lad unto my father, 
saying, If I bring him not unto 
thee, then I shall bear the blame 
to my father for ever. 

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
let thy servant abide instead of 
the lad a bondman to my lord; 
and let the lad go up with his 
brethren. 

34 For how shall I go up to my 
father, and the lad be not with 
me? lest peradventure I see the 
evil that shall come on my 
father. 


CHAPTER 45 45 


1 Joseph makes himself known. 9 
Sends for Jacob. 21 Provides for 
their journey. 

HEN Jo’seph could not re- 
frain himself before all them 
that stood by him; and he cried, 

Cause every man to go out from 

me. And there stood no man 

with him, while J6’seph made 
himself known unto his brethren. 

2 And he wept aloud: and the 
f-g¥p’tians and the house of 

Pha’raoh heard. ; 
3 And Jé’seph said unto his 

brethren, I am Jo’seph; doth my 


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GENESIS, 45 


father yet live? And his brethren 
could not answer him; for they 
were troubled at his presence. 

4 And J6’seph said unto his bre- 
thren, Come near to me, I pray 
you. And they came near. And 
he said, I am Jo’seph your broth- 
er, whom ye sold into E’g¥pt. 

5 Now therefore be not grieved, 
nor angry with yourselves, that ye 
sold me hither: for God did send 
me before you to preserve life. 

6 For these two years hath the 
famine been in the land: and yet 
there are five years, in the which 
there shall neither be earing nor 
harvest. 

7 And God sent me before you 
to preserve you a posterity in the 
earth, and to save your lives by a 
great deliverance. 

8 So now it was not you that sent 
me hither, but God: and he hath 
made me a father to Pha’raoh, 
and lord of all his house, and a 
ruler throughout all the land of 
E’gypt. 

9 Haste ye, and go up to my 
father, and say unto him, Thus 
saith thy son Jé6’seph, God hath 
made me lord of all &’g¥pt: come 
down unto me, tarry not: 

10 And thou shalt dwell in the 
land of G6’shen, and thou shalt 
be near unto me, thou, and thy 
children, and thy children’s chil- 
dren, and thy flocks, and thy 
herds, and all that thou hast: 

11 And there will I nourish thee; 
for yet there are five years of 
famine; lest thou, and thy house- 
hold, and all that thou hast, 
come to poverty. 

12 And, behold, your eyes see, 
and the eyes of my brother Bén’- 
ja-min, that if is my mouth that 
speaketh unto you. 

13 And ye shall tell my father of 
all my glory in E’gy¥pt, and of all 
that ye have seen; and ye shall 
haste and bring down my father 
hither. , 

14 And he fell upon his brother 
Bén’ja-min’s neck, and wept; 
Oe PE Rte wept upon his 
neck, 


Joseph reveals himself; sends for Jacob 


15 Moreover he kissed all his 
brethren, and wept upon them: 
and after that his brethren talked 
with him. 

16 4 And the fame thereof was 
heard in Pha’rach’s house, say- 
ing, JO’seph’s brethren are come: 
and it pleased Pha’radh well, 
and his servants. 

17 And Pha’/radéh said unto 
J6’seph, Say unto thy brethren, 
This do ye; lade your beasts, and 
go, get you unto the land of 
Ca’naan; 

18 And take your father and 
your households, and come unto 
me: and I will give you the good 
of the land of £’g¥pt, and ye shall 
eat the fat of the land. 

19 Now thou art commanded, 
this do ye; take you wagons 
out of the land of k’g¥pt for 
your little ones, and for your 
wives, and bring your father, and 
come. 

20 Also regard not your stuff; 
for the good of all the land of 
E’gypt is yours. f 

21 And the children of fs’ra-el 
did so: and J6’seph gave them 
wagons, according to the com- 
mandment of Pha’raoh, and gave 
them provision for the way. 

22 To all of them he gave each 
man changes of raiment; but to 
Bén’ja-min he gave three hun- 
dred pieces of silver, and five 
changes of raiment. 

23 And to his father he sent 
after this manner; ten asses 
laden with the good things of 
E’gypt, and ten she asses laden 
with corn and bread and meat for 
his father by the way. 

24 So he sent his brethren away, 
and they departed: and he said 
unto them, See that ye fall not 
out by the way. 

25 4 And they went up out of 
E’sypt, and came into the land of 
Ca’naan unto Ja’cob their father, 

26 And told him, saying, J6’- 
seph is yet alive, and he is gov- 
ernor over all the land of B’gypt. 
And Ja’cob’s heart fainted, for 
he believed them not. 


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Jacob removes to Egypt 


27 And they told him all the 
words of Jo’seph, which he had 
said unto them: and when he 
saw the wagons which Jo’seph 
had sent to carry him, the spirit 
of Ja’cob their father revived: | 
28 And_iIs’ra-el said, It is 
enough; J6’seph my son is yet 
Is I will go and see him before 
ie. 


| 46 CHAPTER 46 


1 Jacob moves to Egypt. 8 His family. 
29 voseph meets him. 
ND is’ra-el took his journey 
with all that he had, an 
came to Bé’er—shé’ba, and offer- 
ed sacrifices unto the God of his 
father I’saac. ‘ 

2 And God spake unto fs’ra-el 
in the visions of the night, and 
said, Ja’cob, Ja’cob. And he said, 
HereamI.  __ 

3 And he said, I am God, the 
God of thy father: fear not to go 
down into E’gy¥pt; for I will 
there make of thee a great 
nation: 

41 will go down with thee into 

F’gypt; and I will also surely 
bring thee up again: and Jo’- 
seph shall put his hand upon 
thine eyes. 

5 And Ja’cob rose up from 
Bé’er-shé’ba: and the sons of 
Is’ra-el carried Ja’cob their fath- 
er, and their little ones, and their 
Wives, in the wagons which 
Pha’raoh had sent to carry him. 

6 And they took their cattle, 
and their goods, which they had 
gotten in the land of Ca’naan, 
and came into E’sypt, Ja’cob, 
and all his seed with him: 

7 His sons, and his sons’ sons 


sons’ daughters, and all his seed 
brought he with him into Egypt. 
8 ¥ And these are the names of 
‘the children of Is’ra-el, which 
Came into £’zypt, Ja’cob and his 
“Sons: Reu’ben, Ja’cob’s first- 
born. 
_ 9 And the sons of Reu’ben; Ha’- 
‘noch, and Phal’la, and Héz’ron, 
‘and Car’mi. 





d|To’la, and Phi’vah, 


with him, his daughters, and his |h 


GENESIS, 46 


10 { And the sons of Sim/’e-on; 
Jé-mi’el,and Ja’min, and 0’had, 
and Ja’chin, and Zé’har, and 
Sha’ul the son of a Ca’ndan-it- 
ish woman. 

11 § And the sons of Lé’vi; 
Gér’shon, Ko’/hath, and Mé- | 
ra’rl. 

_12 4 And the sons of Jii’dah; 
Er, and O’nan, and Shé’lah, and 
Pha’réz, and Za’rah: but Er and 
O’nan died in the land of Ca4’- 
naan. And the sons of Pha’réz 
were Héz’ron and Ha’miul. 

13 4 And the sons of is’sa-char; 
and Job; 
and Shim/ron. 

14 q And the sons of Zéb’u-lin; 
Sé’red, and Elon, and Jah’lé-el. 

15 These be the sons of Lé’ah, 
which she bare unto Ja’cob in 
Pa’dan—a’ram, with his daughter 
Di’nah: all the souls of his sons 
and his daughters were thirty 
and three. 

16 § And the sons of Gad: 
Ziph’i-on, and Hag’gi, Shu’ni, 
and Ez’bon, E’ri, and Ar’d-di, 
and A-ré’li. i 

17 {| And the sons of Ash’ér; 
Jim’nah, and Ish’u-ah, and is’- 
u-1, and Bé-ri’ah, and Sé’rah 
their sister: and the sons of 
Bé-ri’ah; Hé’bér, and Mal’chi-el. 

18 These are the sons of Zil’- 
pah, whom La’ban gave to Lé’ah 


his daughter, and these she bare 


unto Ja’cob, even sixteen souls. 
19 The sons of Ra’chel Ja’cob’s 
wife; J6’seph, and Bén’ja-min. 
20 4 And unto Jd’seph in the 
land of E’éypt were born Ma- 
nas’seh and E’phra-im, which 
As’e-nath the daughter of Pét’i- 
phé’rah priest of On bare unto 


im. 
21 § And the sons of Bén’ja- 
min were Bé’lah, and Bé’chér, 
and Ash’bel, Gé’ra, and Na’a- 
man, E’hi, and Résh, Mip’pim, 
and Hup’pim, and Ard. 

22 These are the sons of Ra’- 
chel, which were born to Ja’cob: 
all the souls were fourteen. 7 

23 {And the sons of Dan; 
Hti’shim. 


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GENESIS, 47 


24 4 And the sons of Naph’ta- ; herd 


li; Jah’zé-el, and Gwt’ni, and 
Jé’zér, and Shil’/lem. 

25 These are the sons of Bil’- 
hah, which La’ban gave unto 
Ra’chel his daughter, and she 
bare these unto. Ja’cob: all the 
souls were seven. : 

26 All the souls that came with 
Ja’cob into Egypt, which came 
out of his loins, besides Ja’cob’s 
sons’ wives, all the souls were 
threescore and six; 

27 And the sons. of, Jo’seph, 
which were born him in E’gypt, 
were two souls: all the souls of 
the house of Ja’cob, which came 
into E’gypt, were threescore and 


ten. 

28 ¥ And he sent Ji’dah before 
him unto J6’seph, to direct his 
face unto Go’shen; and they 
came into the land of G0d’- 


shen. 

29 And Jo’seph made ready his 
chariot, and went up to meet Is’- 
ra-el his father, to G6’shen, and 
presented himself unto him; and 
he fell on his neck, and wept on 
his neck a good while. 

30 And is’ra-el said unto Jo’- 
seph, Now let me die, since I 
have seen thy face, because thou 
art yet alive. ; ; 

31 And Jo’seph said unto his 
brethren, and unto his father’s 
house, I will go up, and shew 
Pha’raoh, and say unto him, My 
brethren, and my father’s house, 
which were in the land of Ca’- 
naan, are come unto me; 

32 And the men are shepherds, 
for their trade hath been to feed 
cattle; and they have brought 
their flocks, and their herds, and 
all that they have. 

33 And it shall come to pass, 
when Pha’raoh shall call you, 
and shall say, What is your oc- 
cupation? 

34 That ye shall say, Thy serv- 
ants’ trade hath been about 
cattle from our youth even until 
now; both we, and also our fa- 
thers: that ye may dwell in the 
land of G6’shen; for every shep- 


Jacob presented to Pharaoh 


i is an abomination unto 
the E-gyp’tians. 


CHAPTER 47 47 
1 Jacob presented to Pharaoh. 11 He 
settles in Goshen. 28 Jacob’s age. 
4] PA Jo’seph came and told 
Pha’rath, and said, My fa- 
ther and my brethren, and their 
flocks, and their herds, and all 
that they have, are come out of 
the land of Ca’naan; and, behold, 
they are in the land of GOo’shen. 
And he took some of his 
brethren, even five men, and pre- 
sented them unto Pha’raoh. 

3 And Pha’rach said unto his 
brethren, What is your occu- 
pation? And they said unto 
Pha’raoh, Thy servants are 
shepherds, both we, and also our 
fathers. ; 

4 They said moreover unto 
Pha’raoh, For to sojourn in the 
land are we come; for thy serv- 
ants have no pasture for their 
flocks; for the famine zs sore in 
the land of Ca’naan: now there- 
fore, we pray thee, let thy serv- 
ants dwell in the land of Gd’- 
shen. 

5 And Pha’rath spake unto 
Jo’seph, saying, Thy father and 
thy brethren are come unto thee: 

6 The land of £’g¥pt is before 
thee; in the best of the land make 
thy father and brethren to dwell; 
in the land of Go’shen let them 
dwell: and if thou knowest any 
men of activity among them, then 
make them rulers over my cattle. 

7 And Jo’seph brought in Ja’cob 
his father, and set him before 
Pha’raoh: and Ja’cob blessed 
Pha’raoh. i 

8 And Pha’raodh said unto Ja’- 
cob, How old art thou? 

9 And Ja’cob said unto Pha’- 
raoh, The days of the years of 
my pilgrimage are an hundred 
and thirty years: few and evil 
have the days of the years of my 
life been, and have not attaine 
unto the days of the years of the 
life of my fathers in the days of 
their pilgrimage. 


66 


The famine sore in the land 


10 And Ja’cob blessed Pha’- 


raoh, and went out from before 
Pha’raoh. 

11 § And Jo’seph placed his 
father and his brethren, and gave 
them a possession in the land of 
E’gypt, in the best of the land, in 
he land of Ra-mé’sés, as Pha’- 
raoh had commanded. 

12 And J6’seph nourished his 
father, and his brethren, and all 
his father’s household, with 
a according to their fami- 


3 q And there was no bread in 
all the land; for the famine was 
very sore, so that the land of 
E’éypt and ail the land of Ca’- 
naan fainted by reason of the 
famine. 

14 And Jo’seph gathered up all 
the money that was found in the 
land of E’gypt, and in the land of 
Ca’naan, for the corn which they 
bought: and Jo’seph brought the 
money into Pha’rach’s house. | 

15 And when money failed in 
the land of E’gypt, and in the 
land of Ca’naan, all the £-g¥p’- 
‘tains came unto Jo’seph, and 
said, Give us bread: for why 
should we die in thy presence? 
for the money faileth. __ 

16 And Jo’seph said, Give your 
cattle; and I will give you for 
your cattle, if money fail. 

17 And they brought their cattle 
unto J6’seph: and Jo’seph gave 
them bread in exchange for 
horses, and for the flocks, and 
for the cattle of the herds, and for 
the asses: and he fed them with 
bread for all their cattle for that 


year. 

18 When that year was ended, 
they came unto him the second 
year, and said unto him, We will 
not hide it from my lord, how 
that our money is spent; my lord 
also hath our herds of cattle; 
there is not ought left in the sight 
of my lord, but our bodies, and 
our lands: 

19 Wherefore shall we die before 
thine eyes, both we and our land? 
buy us and our land for bread, 


GENESIS, 47 


and we and our land will be serv- 
ants unto Pha’raoh: and give us 
seed, that we may live, and not 
die, that the land be not desolate. 

20 And Jo’seph bought all the 
land of E’gypt for Pha’raoh; for 
the E-gyp’tians sold every man 
his field, because the famine pre- 
vailed over them: so the land be- 
came Pha/ra6ch’s. 

21 And as for the people, he re- 
moved them to cities from one 
end of the borders of E’gypt even 
to the other end thereof. 

22 Only the land of the priests 
bought he not; for the priests had 
a portion assigned them of Pha’- 
rach, and did eat their portion 
which Pha’radh gave them: 
wherefore they sold not their 
lands. 

23 Then J6’seph said unto the 
people, Behold, I have bought you 
this day and your land for Pha’- 
raoh: lo, here is seed for you, 
and ye shall sow theland. 

24 And it shall come to pass in 
the increase, that ye shall give 
the fifth part unto Pha’raoh, and 
four parts shall be your own, for 
seed of the field, and for your food, 
and for them of your households, 
and for food for your little ones. 

25 And they said, Thou hast 
saved our lives: let us find grace 
in the sight of my lord, and we 
will be Pha’racdh’s servants. 

26 And Jé’seph made it a law 
over the land of E’gypt unto this 
day, that Pha’radh should have 
the fifth part; except the land of 
the priests only, which became 
not Pha’rash’s. - 

27 4 And Is’ra-el dwelt in the 
land of E’gypt, in the country of 
GOd’shen; and they had posses- 
sions therein, and grew, and 
multiplied exceedingly. 

28 And Ja’cob lived in the land 
of E’gypt seventeen years: so the 
whole age of Ja’cob was an hun- 
dred forty and seven years. 

_29 And the time drew nigh that 
is‘ra-el must die: and he called 
his son J6’seph, and said unto 
him, If now I have found grace in 


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GENESIS, 48 


thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy 
hand under my thigh, and deal 
kindly and truly with me; bury 
me not, I pray thee, in E’gypt: 

30 But I willlie with my fathers, 
and thou shalt carry me out 
of E’/gypt, and bury me in their 
buryingplace. And he said, I 
will do as thou hast said. 

31 And he said, Swear unto me. 
And he sware unto him. And 
Is’ra-el bowed himself upon the 
bed’s head. 


48 CHAPTER 48 
1 Joseph visits Jacob. 9 Jacob's bless- 
ing. 21 He foretells a return to Ca- 

nNaane 

ND it came to pass after these 
things, that one told Jo’- 
seph, Behold, thy father is sick: 
and he took with him his two 
sons, Ma-nas’seh and E’phra-im. 
2 And one told Ja’cob, and said, 
Behold, thy son, J6’seph cometh 
unto thee: and is’ra-el strength- 
ened himself, and sat upon the 


ed. 

3 And Ja’cob said unto Jo’seph, 
God Almighty appeared unto me 
at Liz in the land of Ca’naan, 
and blessed me, 

4 And said unto me, Behold, I 
will make thee fruitful, and mul- 
tiply thee, and I will make of thee 
a multitude of people; and will 
give this land to thy seed after 
thee for an everlasting posses- 
sion. 

5 q And now thy two sons, 
£/phra-im and Ma-nas’seh, which 
were born unto thee in the land 
of E’/éypt before I came unto thee 
into E’éypt, are mine; as Reu’ben 
and Sim’e-on, they shall be 


mine. 

6 And thy issue, which thou be- 
gettest after them, shall be thine, 
and shall be called after the name 
of their brethren in their inherit- 
ance. 

7 And as for me, when I came 
from Pa’dan, Ra’chel died by me 
in the land of Ca’naan in the way, 
when yet there was but a little 
way to come unto Eph’rath: and 
I buried her there in the way of 


Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons 
oaks the same is Béth’-lé- | 


ém. | 

8 And Is’ra-el beheld J6’seph’s 
sons, and said, Who are these? 

9 And J6’seph said unto his fa- 
ther, They are my sons, whom 
God hath given me in this place. 
And he said, Bring them, I pray 
thee, unto me, and I will bless 
them. 

10 Now the eyes of is’ra-el 
were dim for age, so that he 
could not see. And he brought 
them near unto him; and he 
kissed them, and embraced 
them. i 

11 And fs’ra-el said unto Jé’- 
seph, I had not thought to see 
thy face: and, lo, God hath 
shewed me also thy seed. 

12 And J6’seph brought them 
out from between his knees, and 
he bowed himself with his face 
to the earth. | 
_13 And Jo’seph took them both, | 
E’phra-im in his right hand to- 
ward is’ra-el’s left hand, and | 
Ma-nas’seh in his left hand to- 
ward Is’ra-el’s right hand, and 
brought them near unto him. 

14 And is’ra-el stretched out | 
his right hand, and laid it upon 
E’phra-im’s head, who was the 
younger, and his left hand upon 
Ma-nas’seh’s head, guiding his 
hands wittingly; for Ma-nas’seh 
was the firstborn. 

15 { And_he blessed J6’seph, 
and said, God, before whom my 
fathers A’bra-ham and _ I’saac 
did walk, the God which fed me 
all my life long unto this day, 

16 The Angel which redeemed 
me from all evil, bless the lads; 
and let my name be named on 
them, and the name of my father 
A’bra-ham and I’saac; and let 
them grow into a multitude in 
the midst of the earth. 

17 And when Jo’seph saw that 
his father laid his right hand 
upon the head of E’phra-im, it 
displeased him: and he held up 
his father’s hand, to remove it 
from £&’phra-im’s head unto 
Ma-nas’seh’s head. 


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Jacob’s dying blessings 


18 And J6’seph said unto his 
father, Not so, my father: for 
this is the firstborn; put thy right 
hand upon his head. 

19 And his father refused, and 
said, I know it, my son, I know 
_ it: he also shall become a people, 
and he also shall be great: but 
truly his younger brother shall 
be greater than he, and his seed 
shall become a multitude of 
nations. 

20 And he blessed them_ that 
day, saying. In thee shall is’ra- 
el bless, saying, God make thee 
as E’phra-im and as Ma-nas’seh: 
and he set &’phra-im before Ma- 
nas’seh. 

21 And {s’ra-el said unto Jo’- 
seph, Behold, die: but God 
shall be with you, and bring you 
again unto the land of your fa- 
thers. 

22 Moreover I have given to 
thee one portion above thy breth- 
ren, which I took out of the hand 
of the Am’é6r-ite with my sword 
and with my bow. 


49 CHAPTER 49 

1 Jacob’s dying blessing. 29 Charge 
as to his burial. 33 His death. 
ND Ja’cob called unto his 

sons, and said, Gather 

yourselves together, that I may 

tell you that which shall befall 

you in the last days. 

2 Gather yourselves together, 
and hear, ye sons of Ja’cob; and 
Reece unto is’ra-el your fa- 

3 4 Reu’ben, thou art my first- 
born, my might, and the begin- 
ning of my strength, the excel- 
lency of dignity, and the excel- 
lency of power: 

4 Unstable as water, thou 
shalt not excel; because thou 
wentest up to thy father’s bed; 
then defiledst thou it: he went 
‘E to my couch. 

§ Sim’e-on and Lé’vi are 
Prethten: instruments of cruelty 
are in their habitations. 

-.6 O my soul, come not thou 
into their secret; unto their as- 


GENESIS, 49 


sembly, mine honour, be not thou 
united: for in their anger they 
slew a man, and in their selfwill 
they digged down a wall. , 

7 Cursed be their anger, for it 
was fierce; and their wrath, for 
it was cruel: I will divide them 
in Ja’cob, and scatter them in 
Is’ra-el. 

8 { Ju’dah, thou art he whom 
thy brethren shall praise: thy 
hand shall be in the neck of thine 
enemies; thy father’s children 
shall bow down before thee. 

9 Jii’dah is a lion’s whelp: from 
the prey, my son, thou art gone 
up: he stooped down, he 
couched as a lion, and as an old 
lion; who shall rouse him up? 

10 The sceptre shall not depart 
from Jua’dah, nor a lawgiver 
from between his feet, until 
Shil6h come; and unto him 
shall the gathering of the people 


e. 

11 Binding his foal unto the 
vine, and his ass’s colt unto the 
choice vine; he washed his gar- 
ments in wine and his clothes in 
the blood of grapes: 

12 His eyes shall be red with 
vee: and his teeth white with 


"13 q Zéb’u-lin shall dwell at 
the haven of the sea; and he 
shall be for an haven of ships; 
and his border shall be unto 
Zi’don.. : 

14 4 Is’sa-char 1s a strong ass 
couching down between two 
burdens: 

15 And he saw that rest was 
good, and the land that it was 
pleasant; and bowed his shoul- 
der to bear, and becamea servant 
unto tribute. 


16 {Dan shall judge his 
peoplps! as one of the tribes of 
Is’ra- 


17 Dan shall be a serpent by 
the way, an adder in the path, 
that biteth the horse heels, so 
that his rider shall fall backward. 

18 I have waited for thy salva- 
tion, O LORD 
19 ¥ Gad, i troop shall over- 


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GENESIS, 50 


come him: but he shall overcome 
at the last. ' 

20 § Out of Ash’ér his bread 
shall be fat, and he shall yield 
royal dainties. , 

21 4 Naph’ta-li as a hind let 
loose: he giveth goodly words. 

22 ¥ Jo’seph is a fruitful bough, 
even a fruitful bough by a well; 
whose branches run over the 
wall: 

23 The archers have sorely 
grieved him, and shot at him, 
and hated him: 

24 But his bow abode in 
strength, and the arms of his 
bands were made strong by the 
hands of the mighty God of 
Ja’cob; (from thence is the 
shepherd, the stone of Is’ra-el:) 

25 Even by the God of thy 
father, who shall help thee; and 
by the Almighty, who shall bless 
thee with blessings of heaven 
above, blessings of the deep that 
lieth under, blessings of the 
breasts, and of the womb: 

26 The blessings of thy father 
have prevailed above the bless- 
ings of my progenitors unto the 
utmost bound of the everlasting 
hills: they shall be on the head 
of Jd’seph, and on the crown of 
the head of him that was sep- 
arate from his brethren, 

27 { Bén’ja-min shall ravin as 
a wolf: in the morning he shall 
devour the prey, and at night he 
shall divide the spoil. 

28 ¥ All_these are the twelve 
tribes of Is’ra-el: and this is it 
that their father spake unto 
them, and blessed, them; every 
one according to his blessing he 
blessed them. 

29 And he charged them, and 
said unto them, I am to be 
gathered unto my people: bury 
me with my fathers in the cave 
that is in the field of E’phron the 
Hit’tite. ati 

30 In the cave that is in the field 
of Mach-pé’/lah, which is before 
Mam’ré, in the land of Ca’naan, 
which A’bra-ham bought with 
the field of E’phron the Hit’tite 


Death of Jacob 


for a possession of a burying- 
place. é 

31 There they buried A’bra- 
ham and Sda’rah his wife; there 
they buried I’saac and Ré-bék’ah 
his wife; and there I buried Lé’ah. 

32 The purchase of the field and 
of the cave that zs therein was 
from the children of Héth. 

33 And when Ja’cob had made 
an end of commanding his sons, 
he gathered up his feet into the 
bed, and yielded up the ghost, 
and was gathered unto his 
people. 


CHAPTER 50 50 


1 Burial of Jacob. 15 Joseph comforts 
pis reacts 22 Joseph’s age and 
eath. 


ND Jod’seph fell upon his 
father’s face, and wept 
upon him, and kissed him. f 

2 And Jo’seph commanded his 
servants the physicians to em- 
balm his father: and the physi- 
cians embalmed {s’ra-el. 

3 And forty days were fulfilled 
for him; for so are fulfilled the 
days of those which are em- 
balmed: and the £E-éyp’tians 
mourned for him threescore 
and ten days. 

4 And when the days of his 
mourning were past, Jd’seph 
spake unto the house of Pha’- 
raoh, saying, If now I have found 
grace in your eyes, speak, I pray 
you, in the ears of Pha’raoh, 
saying, 

5 My father made me swear, 
saying, Lo, I die: in my grave 
which I have digged for me in 
the land of Ca’naan, there shalt 
thou bury me. Now therefore 
let me go up, I pray thee, and 
bury my father, and I will come 
again. 

6 And Pha’/raéh said, Go up 
and bury thy father, according 
as he made thee swear. 

7 {And Jo’seph went up to 
bury his father: and with him 
went up all the servants of Pha’- 
raoh, the elders of his house, and 


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Joseph comforts his brethren 
ail pure elders of the land of 


F's 

8 her all the house of J6’seph, 
and his brethren, and his father’s 
house: only their little ones, and 
their flocks, and their herds, they 
left in the land of Go’shen. _. 

9 And there went up with him 
both chariots and horsemen: and 
it was a very great company. 

10 And they came to the thresh- 
ing-floor of A’tad, which is be- 
yond Jér’dan, and there they 
mourned with a great and very 
sore lamentation: and he made 
a mourning for his father seven 


ays. 

11 And when the inhabitants of 
the land, the Ca’naan-ites, saw 
the mourning in the floor of 

A’tad, they said, This isa griev- 
ous mourning to the E-gyp’tians: 
wherefore the name of it was 
called A’bel—miz’/ra-im, which is 
beyond Joér’dan. 


GENESIS, 50 


17 So shall ye say unto JO’seph, 
Forgive, 1 pray thee now, the 
trespass of thy brethren, and 
their sin; for they did unto thee 
evil: and now, we pray thee, for- 
ae the trespass of the servants 
of the God of thy father. And 


J6’seph wept when they spake 


unto him. 

18 And his brethren also went 
and fell down before his face; 

and they said, Behold, we be 
thy servants. 

19 And J6’seph said unto them, 
Fear not: for am I in the place 
of God? 

20 But as for you, ye thought 
evil against me; but God meant 
it unto good, to bring to pass, as 
it is this day, to save much 
people alive. 

21 Now therefore fear ye not: 
I will nourish you, and your 
little ones. And he comforted 
them, and spake kindly unto 


12 And his sons did unto him | them 


according as he commanded 
them: 

13 For his sons carried him 
into the land of Ca’naan, and 
buried him in the cave of the| | 
field of Mach-pé/lah, which A’- 
bra-ham bought with the field for 
a possession of a buryingplace of 
ELD the Hit’tite, before 

am 

14 ¢ And Jé’seph returned into 
E’éypt, he, and his brethren, and 
all that went up with him to 
bury his father, after he had 
buried his father. 

15 ¢ And when J6’seph’s breth- 
ren saw that their father was 
dead, they said, J6d’seph will 
peradventure hate us, and will 
certainly requite us all the evil 
which we did unto him 

16 And they sent a messenger 
unto J6’seph, saying, Thy father 
did command before he died, 
saying, 


22 | And J6’seph dwelt in 
E’gypt, he, and his father’s 
house: and J6é’seph lived an 
hundred and ten years. 

23 And Jo’seph saw E’phra- 
im’s children of the third gen- 
eration; the children also of 
Ma’chir the son of Ma-nas’seh 
were brought up upon J6’seph’s 


nees. 

24 And J6é’seph said unto his 
brethren, I die: and God will 
surely visit you, and bring you 
out of this land unto the land 
which he sware to A’bra-ham, 
to I’saac, and to Ja’cob. 

25 And J6’seph took anoath of 
the children of Is’ra-el, saying, 
God will surely visit you, and ye 
shall carry up my bones from 
hence. f ; 

26 So Jo’seph died, being an 
hundred and ten years old: an 
they embalmed him, and he was 
put in a coffin in E’éypt. 


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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 


. EXODUS 


51 CHAPTER 1 


1 Growth of Israel. 8 Oppressed by a 
new king. 22 Pharaoh’s cruel order. 


OW these are the names of 

the children of Is’ra-el, 
which came into E’gypt; every 
d his household came 
with Ja’cob. 

2 ey Peus Sim/e-on, Lé’vi, and 
Ju’dah, 

3 Is’sa-char, 
Bén’ja-min, 

4 Dan, and Naph’ta-li, Gad, 
and Ash’ér. 

5 And all the souls that came 
out of the loins of Ja’cob were 
seventy souls: for J6’seph was 
in b’éypt already. 

6 And Jo’seph died, and all his 
brethren, and all that genera- 


tion. 

7 § And the children of is’ra-el 
were fruitful, and_ increased 
abundantly, and multiplied, and 
waxed exceeding mighty; and the 
land was filled with them. 

8 Now there arose up a new 
king Mae E’gypt, which knew 
not J6’seph 

9 And he said unto his people, 
Behold, the people of the chil- 
dren of Is’‘ra-el are more and 
mightier than we: 

10 Come on, let us deal wisely 
with them; lest they multiply, 
and it come to pass, that, when 
there falleth out any war, they 
join also unto our enemies, and 
fight against us, and so get them 
up out of the land. 

11 Therefore they did set over 
them taskmasters to afflict them 
with their burdens. And they 
built for Pha’raoh treasure cities, 
Pi’thom and Ra-am’sés. __ 

12 But the more they afflicted 
them, the more they multiplied 
and grew. And they were grieved 


Zéeb’u-lin, and 


| because of the children of {fs’- 


ra-el. 

13 And the E-g¥p’tians made the 
children of Is’ra-el to serve with 
rigour: 

14 And they made their lives 
bitter with hard bondage, in 
morter, and in brick, and in all 
manner of service in the field: all 
their service, wherein they made 
them serve, was with rigour. 

15 § And the king of E’gypt 
spake to the Hé’brew midwives, 
of which the name of the one was 
Shiph’rah, and the name of the 
other Pu’ah: | 

16 And he said, When ye do the 
office of a midwife to the Hé’- 
brew women, and see them upon 
the stools; if it be a son, then ye 
shall kill him: but if it be a 
daughter, then she shall live. 

17 But the midwives feared 
God, and did not as the king of 
E’gypt commanded them, but 
saved the men children alive. 

18 And the king of E’g¥pt called 
for the midwives, and said 
them, Why have ye done this 
thing, and have saved the men 
children alive? 

19 And the midwives said unto 
Pha’raoh, Because the Hé’brew 
women are not as the E-gyp’tian 
women; for they are lively, and 
are delivered ere the midwives 
come in unto them 

20 Therefore God dealt well 
with the midwives: and the 
people multiplied, and waxed 
very mighty. 

21 And it came to pass, because 
the midwives feared God, that 
he made them houses. 

22 And Pha’raoh charged all his 
people, saying, Every son that 
is born ye shall cast into the 
river, and every daughter ye shall 
save alive. 


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unto | 


_ Birth of Moses. 


52 CHAPTER 2 
1 Birth of Moses. 5 How nurtured. 
15 Flight to Midian. 3 
ND there went a man of the 
house of Lé’vi, and took fo 
wife a daughter of Lé’vi. 

2 And the woman conceived, 
and bare a son: and when she 
saw him that he was a goodly 
child, she hid him three months. 

And when she could not long- 
er hide him, she took for him an 
ark of bulrushes, and daubed it 
with slime and with pitch, and 
put the child therein; and she 
laid i¢ in the flags by the river’s 
brink. 

4 And his sister stood afar off, 
fe wit what would be done to 


im. 

5 § And the daughter of Pha’- 
taodh came down to wash herself 
at the river; and her maidens 
walked along by theriver’s side; 
and when she saw the ark among 
the flags, she sent her maid to 
fetch it. 

6 And when she had opened i, 
she saw the child: and, behold, 
the babe wept. And she had 
compassion on him, and said, 
This is one of the Hé’brews’ 
children. 

7 Then said his sister to Pha’- 
taoh’s daughter, Shall I go and 
call to thee a nurse of the Hé’- 
brew women, that she may nurse 
the child for thee? 

8 And Pha’raoh’s daughter said 


to her, Go. And the maid went/d 


and called the child’s mother. 
9 And Pha’rach’s daughter said 
unto her, Take this child away, 
and nurse it for me, and I will 
give thee thy wages. And the 
woman took the child, and 
nursed it. 
10 And the child grew, and she 
brought him unto Pha’raoh’s 
daughter, and he became her son. 
And she called his name M6’ses: 
and she said, Becausel drew him 
out of the water. 
11 § And it came to pass in 
those days, when M6’ses was 
grown, that he went out unto 


His flight to Midian 


4 


EXODUS, 2 


| his brethren, and looked on their 
burdens: and he spied an £-£¥p’- 
tian smiting an Hé’brew, one of 
his brethren. 

12 And he looked this way and 
that way, and when he saw that 
there was no man, he slew the 
k-gyp’tian, and hid him in the 
sand. 

13 And when he went out the 
second day, behold, two men of 
the Hé’brews strove together: 
and he said to him that did the 
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou 
thy fellow? 

14 And he said, Who made thee 
a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as thou 
killedst the E-gyp’tian? And 
MOo’ses feared, and said, Surely 
this thing is known. 

15 Now when Pha’raoh heard 
this thing, he sought to slay 
Mo’ses. But MOo’ses fled from 
the face of Pha’raoh, and dwelt 
in the land of Mid’i-an: and he 
sat down by a well. Ce 

16 Now the priest of Midian 
had seven daughters: and they 
came and drew water, and filled 
the troughs to water their fa- 
ther’s flock. 

17 And the shepherds came and 
drove them away: but MOd’ses 
stood up and helped them, and 
watered their flock. 

18 And when they came to 
Rew’el their father, he said, How 
is it that ye are come so soon to 


ay? 

19 And they said, An &-gyp’- 
tian delivered us out of the hand 
of the shepherds, and also drew 
water enough for us, and water. 
ed the flock. 

20 And he said unto his daugh- 
ters, And where is he? why is 
it that ye have left the man? call 
him, that he may eat bread. 

21 And MO6’ses was content to 
dwell with the man: and he gave 
MO’ses Zip-pd’rah his daughter. 

22 And she bare him a son, and 
he called his name Gér’shém: 
for he said, I have been a strang- 
er in a strange land. 


EXODUS, 3 


23 4 And it came to pass in 
process of time, that the king of 
F’gypt died: and the children of 
is’ra-el sighed by reason of the 
Brndace and they cried, and 
their cry came up unto God by 
reason of the bondage. 


24 And God heard their groan- | Am’6 


ing, and God remembered his 
covenant with A’bra-ham, with 
I’saac, and with Ja’cob. 

25 And God looked upon the 
children of Is’ra-el, and God had 
respect unto them. 


53 CHAPTER 3 


1 Keeper of Jethro’s flock. 2 The burn- 
ing bush. 9 God commissions Moses. 


OW MoO’ses kept the flock of 

Jéth’rd his father in law, 
the priest of Mid’i-an: and he led 
the flock to the backside of the 
desert, and came to the moun- 
tain of God, even to HO’reb. 

2 And the angel of the LORD 
paocared unto him in a flame of 
fire out of the midst of a bush: 
and he looked, and, behold, the 
bush burned with fire, and the 
bush was not consumed. | 

3 And M6’ses said, I will now 
turn aside, and see this great 
sight, why the bush is not burnt. 

4 And when the LORD saw that 
he turned aside to see, God called 
unto him out of the midst of the 
bush, and said, M6’ses, MO’ses. 
And he said, Here am I. 

5 And he said, Draw not nigh 
hither: put off thy shoes from 
off thy feet, for the place where- 
on thou standest is holy ground. 

6 Moreover he said, I am the 
God of thy father, the God of 
A’bra-ham, the God of I’saac, 
and the God of Ja’cob. And 
MOd’ses hid his face; for he was 
afraid to look upon God. 

7 4 And the LORD said, I have 
surely seen the affliction of my 
people which are in E’gypt, and 
have heard their cry by reason of 
their taskmasters; for I know 
their sorrows; 

8 And Jam come down to de- 


The burning bush. God’s memorial name 


liver them out of the hand of the 
E-gyp’tians, and to bring them 
up out of that land unto a good 
land and a large, unto a land 
flowing with milk and honey; 
unto the place of the Ca’naan- 
ites, and the Hit’tites, and the 
or-ites, and the Pér’iz-zites, 
eng the Hi’vites, and the Jéb’u- 
sites. 

9 Now therefore, behold, the cry 
of the children of is’ra-el is come 
unto me: and I have also seen 
the oppression wherewith the 
E-gyp’tians oppress them. 

10 Come now therefore, and I 
will send thee unto Pha’/raoh, 
that thou mayest bring forth my 
people the children of Is’ra-el 
out of E’gypt. 

11 § And Mo’ses said unto God, 
Who am I, that I should go unto 
Pha’raoh, and that I should 
bring forth the children of is’ra- 
el out of E’éypt? i 

12 And he said, Certainly I will 
be with thee; and this shall bea 
token unto thee, that I have sent 
thee: When thou hast brought 
forth the people out of E’gypt, ye 
ona serve God upon this moun- 

ain. 

13 And M6’ses said unto God, 
Behold, when I come unto the 
children of fIs’ra-el, and shall 
say unto them, The God of your 
fathers hath sent me unto you; 
and they shall say to me, What 
is his name? what shall I say 
unto them? 


14 And God said unto M6’ses, I 


AM THAT I AM: and he said, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the 
children of is’ra-el, I AM hath 
sent me unto you. 

15 And God said moreover unto 
MO’ses, Thus shalt thou say unto 
the children of Is’ra-el, The 
LORD God of your fathers, the 
God of A’bra-ham, the God of 
I’saac, and the God of Ja’cob, 
hath sent me unto you: this is 
my name for ever, and this is 
my memorial unto all genera- 


tions. 
16 Go, and gather the elders of 


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God’s commission to Moses 


EXODUS, 4 


ee eae eae en Neale VOM ee eae es hd eed eee te 
Is‘ra-el_ together, and say unto|LORD hath not appeared unto 


them, The LORD 
fathers, the God of A’bra-ham, of 
I’saac, and of Ja’cob, appeared 
unto me, saying, I have surely 
visited you, and seen that which 
is done to you in Egypt: 

17 And I have said, I will bring 
you up out of the affliction of 
E’gypt unto the land of the Ca’- 
naan-ites, and the Hit’tites, and 
the Am/6r-ites, and the Pér’iz- 
zites, and the Hi’vites, and the 
Jéb/u-sites, unto a land flowing 
with milk and honey. 

18 And they shall hearken to thy 
voice: and thou shalt come, thou 
and the elders of is’ra-el, unto 
the king of E’gypt, and ye shall 
say unto him, The LORD God of 
the Hé’brews hath met with us: 
and now let us go, we beseech 
thee, three days’ journey into 
the wilderness, that we may 
sacrifice to the LORD our God. 

19 4 And I am sure that the 
king of E’g¥pt will not let you 
go, no, not by a mighty hand. 

20 And I will stretch out my 
hand, and smite E’é¥pt with all 
my wonders which I will do in 
the midst thereof: and after 
that he will let you go. 

21 And I will give this people 
favour in the sight of the £-gy¥p’- 
tians: and it shall come to pass, 
that, when ye go, ye shall not go 
empty: 

22 But every woman shall bor- 
row of her neighbour, and of her 
that sojourneth in her house, 
jewels of silver, and jewels of 
gold, and raiment: and ye shall 
put them upon your sons, and 
upon your daughters; and ye 
shall spoil the £-gyp’tians. 


54 CHAPTER 4 


1 Rod of Moses. 6 His leprous hand. 
14 Aaron’s appointment. 21 His 
message to Pharaoh. 


ND _ Mo’ses answered and 

said, But, behold, they will 
not believe me, nor hearken unto 
my voice: for they will say, The 


God of your/t 


ee. 
2 And the LORD said unto him, 
What is that in thine hand? And 
he said, A rod. 

3 And he said, Cast it on the 
ground. And he cast it on the 
ground, and it became a serpent; 
and MOo’ses fled from before it. 

4 And the LORD said unto M6’- 
ses, Put forth thine hand, and 
take it by the tail. And he put 
forth his hand, and caught it, 
and it became a rod in his hand: 

5 That they may believe that 
the LORD God of their fathers, 
the God of A’bra-ham, the God 
of I’saac, and the God of Ja’cob, 
hath appeared unto thee. 

6 § And the LORD said further- 
more unto him, Put now thine 
hand into thy bosom. And he put 
his hand into his bosom: and 
when he took it out, behold, his 
hand was leprous as snow. 

7 And he said, Put thine hand 
into thy bosom again. And he 
put his hand into his bosom 
again; and plucked it out of his 
bosom, and, behold, it was 
turned again as his other flesh. 

8 And it shall come to pass, if 
they will not believe thee, neither 
hearken to the voice of the first 
sign, that they will believe the 
voice of the latter sign. ; 

9 And it shall come to pass, if 
they will not believe also these 
two signs, neither hearken unto 
thy voice, that thou shalt take of 
the water of the river, and pour 
if upon the dry land: and the 
water which thou takest out of 
the river shall become blood up- 
on the dry land. . 

10 ¢ And Mo’ses said unto the 
LORD, O my Lord, I am not 
eloquent, neither heretofore, nor 
since thou hast spoken unto thy 
servant: but am slow of 
speech, and of a slow tongue. 

11 And the LORD said unto 
him, Who hath made man’s 
mouth? or who maketh the 
dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or 
the blind? have not I the LORD? 


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EXODUS, 5 


be with thy mouth, and teach 
thee what thou shalt say. 

3 And he said, O my Lord, 
send, I pray thee, by the hand 
of him whom thou wilt send. 

14 And the anger of the LORD 
was kindled against M6’ses, and 
he said, Js not Aar’on the Lé’vite 
thy brother? I know that he can 
speak well. And also, behold, he 
cometh forth to meet thee: and 
when he seeth thee, he will be 
glad in his heart. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto 
him, and put words in his mouth: 
and I will be with thy mouth, and 
with his mouth, and will teach 
you what ye shall do. 

16 And he shall be thy spokes- 
man unto the people: and he 
shall be, even he shall be to thee 
instead of a mouth, and thou 
shalt be to him instead of God. 

17 And thou shalt take this rod 
in thine hand, wherewith thou 
shalt do signs. 

18 4] And MO6’ses went and re- 
turned to Jéth’ré his father in 
law, and said unto him, Let me 
go, I pray thee, and return unto 
my brethren which are in E’gypt, 
and see whether they be yet alive. 

And Jéth’ré said to M6’ses; Go 
in peace. 

19 And the LORD said unto 
MOo’ses in Mid’i-an, Go, return 
into E’gypt: for all the men are 
dead which sought thy life. 

20 And Mo’ses took his wife 
and his sons, and set them upon 
an ass, and he returned to the 
land of E’gypt: and Md’ses took 
the rod of God in his hand. 

21 And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, When thou goest to re- 
turn into E’éypt, see that thou do 
all those wonders before Pha’- 
raoh, which I have put in thine 
hand: but I will harden his 
heart, that he shall not let the 
people go. 

22 And thou shalt say unto 
Pha’raoh, Thus saith the LORD, 
Is‘ra-el is my son, even my 
firstborn: 


Moses returns to Egypt; meets Aaron 
12 Now therefore go, and I will 


23 And I say unto thee, Let my 
son go, that he may serve me: 
and if thou refuse to let him go, 
behold, I will slay thy son, even 
thy firstborn. 

24 4 And it came to pass by the 
way in the inn, that the LORD 
met him, and sought to kill him. 

25 Then Zip-p6’rah took a4 
sharp stone, and cut off the fore- 
skin of her son, and cast it at 
his feet, and said, Surely a 
bloody husband art thou to me. 

26 So he let him go: then she 
said, A bloody husband thou 
art, because of the circumcision. 

27 §¥ And the LORD said to 
Aar’on, Go into the wilderness 
to meet M6o’ses. And he went, 
and met him in the mount of 
God, and kissed him. 

28 And MOo’ses told Aar’on all 
the words of the LORD who had 
sent him, and all the signs which 
he had commanded him. 

29 ¢ And Mo6’ses and Aar’on 
went and gathered together all 
the pets of the children of Is’- 
ra-el: 

30 And Aar’on spake all the 
words which the LORD had 
spoken unto M6’ses, and did the 
signs in the sight of the people. 

31 And the people believed: and 
when they heard that the LORD 
had visited the children of Is’- 
ra-el, and that he had looked 
upon their affliction, then they 
bowed their heads and wor- 
shipped. 


CHAPTER 5 55 


1 Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron. 
5 Israel's tasks increased. 20 Mur- 
murings against Moses and Aaron. 


ND afterward Mod’ses and 
Aar’on went in, and told 
Pha’raoh, Thus saith the LORD 
God of is’ra-el, Let my people go, 
that they may hold a feast unto 
me in the wilderness. 

2 And Pha’rash said, Who is | 
the LORD, that I should obey his | 
voice to let Iis’ra-el go? I know 
not the LORD, neither will I let | 
Is’ra-el go. 


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Moses before Pharaoh. Tasks increased 


EXODUS, 6 


3 And they said, The God of | both yesterday and to day, as 


the Hé’brews hath met with us: 
let us go, we pray thee, three 
days’ journey into the desert, 
and sacrifice unto the LORD our 
God; lest he fall upon us with 
pestilence, or with the sword. 

4 And the king of E’g¥pt said 
unto them, Wherefore do ye, 
MOo’ses and Aar’on, let the people 
from their works? get you unto 
your burdens. 

5 And Pha’rash said, Behold, 
the people of the land now are 
many, and ye make them rest 
from their burdens. 

6 And Pha’rao6h commanded the 
same day the taskmasters of the 
people, and their officers, saying, 

Ye shall no more give the 
people straw to make brick, as 
heretofore: let them go and 
gather straw for themselves. 

8 And the tale of the bricks, 


‘which they did make heretofore, | t 


‘ye shall lay upon them; ye shall 
not diminish ought thereof: for 
they be idle; therefore they cry, 
saying, Let us go and sacrifice to 
our God. : 
_ 9 Let there more work be laid 
upon the men, that they may 
labour therein; and let them not 
regard vain words. 

10 {]And the taskmasters of 
the people went out, and their 
Officers, and they spake to the 
People, saying, Thus saith Pha’- 
raoh, I will not give you straw. 

11 Go ye, get you straw where 
ye can find it: yet not ought of 
your work shall be diminished. 

12 So the people were scattered 
abroad throughout all the land of 
E’gypt to gather stubble instead 
of straw. 

13 And the taskmasters hasted 
them, saying, Fulfil your works, 
your daily tasks, as when there 
Was straw. 

14 And the officers of the chil- 
dren of {is’ra-el, which Pha’- 
taodh’s taskmasters had set over 
them, were beaten, and demand- 
ed, Wherefore have ye not ful- 
filled your task in making brick 


heretofore? 

15 4] Then the officers of the 
children of is’ra-el came and 
cried unto Pha’raoh, saying, 
Wherefore dealest thou thus with 
thy servants? 

16 There is no straw given unto 
thy servants, and they say to us, 
Make brick: and, behold, thy 
servants are beaten; but the 
fault is in thine own people. 

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ve 
are idle: therefore ye say, Let us 
go and do sacrifice to the LoRD. 

18 Go therefore now, and work: 
for there shall no straw be given 
you, yet shall ye deliver the tale 
of bricks. 

19 And the officers of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el did see that they 
were in evil case, after it was 
said, Ye shall not minish ought 
from your bricks of your daily 


ask. 

20 4 And they met M6’ses and 
Aar’on, who stood in the way, as 
they came forth from Pha’raoh: 

21 And they said unto them, 
The LORD look upon you, and 
judge; because ye have made 
our savour to be abhorred in the 
eyes of Pha’raoh, and in the 
eyes of his servants, to put a 
sword in their hand to slay us. 

22 And MOo’ses returned unto 
the LORD, and said, Lord, 
wherefore hast thou so evil en- 
treated this people? why is it 
that thou hast sent me? 

23 For since I came to Pha’raoh 
to speak in thy name, he hath 
done evil to this people: neither 
pote thou delivered thy people 
at all. 


CHAPTER 6 56 


1 The covenant renewed with Moses. 
14 Genealogies. 
HEN the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Now shalt thou see 
what I will do to Pha’raoh: for 
with a strong hand shall he let 
them go, and with a strong hand 
Bee he drive them out of his 
and. 


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EXODUS, 6 


2 And God spake unto MO’ses, 
and said unto him, I am the 
LORD: 

3 And I appeared unto A’bra- 
ham, unto I’/saac, and unto Ja’- 
cob, by the name of God AIl- 
mighty, but by my name JE- 
HO’/VAH was I not known to 


them. 

4 And I have also established 
my covenant with them, to give 
them the land of Ca’naan, the 
land of their pilgrimage, wherein 
they were strangers. 

5 And I have also heard the 
groaning of the children of Is’- 
ra-el, whom the E-£Yp’tians keep 
in bondage; and I have remem- 
bered my covenant. 

6 Wherefore say unto the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, I am the LORD, 
and I will bring you out from 
under the burdens of the £-gyp’- 
tians, and I will rid you out of 
their bondage, and I will redeem 
you with a stretched out arm, 
and with great judgments: 

7 And I will take you to me for 
a people, and I will be to youa 
God: and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD your God, which 
bringeth you out from under the 
burdens of the £-g¥p’tians. 

8 And I will bring you in unto 
the land, concerning the which I 
did swear to give it to A’bra- 
ham, to I’/saac, and to Ja’cob; 
and I will give it you for an heri- 
tage: I am the LORD. 

9 J And Mo’ses spake so unto 
the children of Is’ra-el: but they 
hearkened not unto Mo’ses for 
anguish of spirit, and for cruel 
bondage. 

10 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

11 Go in, speak unto Pha’raoh |r 
king of £’éypt, that he let the 
eancren of Is’ra-el go out of his 


2 And Mo’ses spake before the 
LORD, saying, Behold, the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el have not heark- 
ened unto me; how then shall 
Pha’rash hear me, who am o 
uncircumcised lips? 


f A-bi’ht, 


God’s covenant renewed with Moses 


13 And the LORD spake unto 
Mo’ses and unto Adar’on, and 
gave them a charge unto the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, and unto Pha’- 
raoh king of E’gypt, to bring the 
children of fs’ra-el out of the 
land of £’éypt. 

14 4 These be the heads of 
their fathers’ houses: The sons 
of Reu’ben the firstborn of Is’ra- 
el; Ha’noch, and Pal’/lu, Héz’- 
ron, and Car’mi: these be the 
families of Reu’ben. 

15 And the sons of Sim’e-on; 
Jé-mii’el, and Ja’min, and O’had, 
and Ja’ chin, and Zo’har, and 
Sha’ul the son of a Ca’/naan-it- 
ish woman: these are the fam- 
ilies of Sim/e-on. 

16 4 And these are the names 
of the sons of Lé’vi according to 
their generations; Gér’shon, and 
Ko’hath, and Mé-ra’ri: and the 
years of the life of Lé’vi were an 
hundred thirty and seven years. 

17 The sons of Gér’shon; Lib’- 
ni, and Shi’mi, according to their 
families. 

18 And the sons of Ko’hath; 
Am/ram, and iz’har, and Hé’- 
bron, and WUz’zi-el: and the 
years of the life of K6’hath were 
an hundred thirty and three 


years. 

19 And the sons of Mé-ra’ri; 
Ma’ha-li and Mi’shi: these are 
the families of Lé’vi according to 
their generations, 

20 And Am’/ram took him 
Jéch’e-béd his father’s sister to 
wife; and she bare him Aar’on 
and M6’ses: and the years of 
the life of Am’ram were an hun- 
dred and thirty and seven years. 

21 4 And the sons of iz’har; 
ASA and Né’pheg, and Zich’- 


92 And the sons of Uz’zi-el; 
Mish’a-el, and El’za-phan, and 
Zith’ri. 

23 And Aar’on took him £-lish’- 
e-ba, daughter of Am-min/a- 
dab, sister of Na-ash’on, to wife; 
and she bare him Na’dab, an 
b E-le-a’zar, and ith’a- 
mar. 


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Moses before Pharaoh. Rod and serpent 


24 And the sons of Ko'rah; 
As’sir, and El’ka4-nah, and’‘A-bi’a- 
saph: these are the families of 
the K6r’hites. 

25 And E-le-a’zar Aar’on’s son 
took him one of the daughters of 
Pu’ti-el to wife; and she bare 
him Phin’e-has: these are the 
heads of the fathers of the Lé’- 
vites according to their families. 

26 These are that Aar’on and 
MO’ses, to whom the LORD said, 
Bring out the children of Is’ra-el 
from the land of E’sypt according 
to their armies. 

27 These are they which spake 
to Pha’raoh king of £’&¥pt, to 
bring out the children of Is’ra-el 
from E’gypt: these are that 

Mo’ses and Aar’on. 

_ 28 4 And it came to pass on the 
_day when the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses in the land of E’gy¥pt, 

29 That the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, I am the LORD: 
speak thou unto Pha’raoh king 
of E’gypt all that I say unto thee. 

30 And M6’ses said before the 
LORD, Behold, I am of uncir- 
cumcised lips, and how shall 
Pha’rach hearken unto me? 


57 CHAPTER 7 
1 Moses before Pharaoh. 8 Rod and 
serpent. 19 First plague. 
ND the LORD said unto 
MOo’ses, See, I have made 
thee a god to Pha’raoh: and 
Aar’on thy brother shall be thy 
prophet. 

2 Thou shalt speak all that I 
command thee: and A4r’on thy 
brother shall speak unto Pha’- 
raoh, that he send the children of 
is’ra-el out of his land. 

3 And I will harden Pha’rach’s 
heart, and multiply my signs 
and sate wonders in the land of 
E’£y 
4 But Pha’raoh shall not heark- 
en unto you, that I may lay my 
hand upon £’égypt, and bring 
forth mine armies, and my 
people the children of Is’ra-el, 
out of the land of &’éypt by great 
judgments. 


EXODUS, 7 


5 And the £-gy¥p’tians shali 
know that I am the LORD, when 
I stretch forth mine hand upon 
E’gypt, and bring out the chil- 
dren of iIs’ra-el from among 
them. 

6 And MO’ses and Aar’on did as 
the LORD commanded them, so 
did they. 

7 And MO0’ses was fourscore 
years old, and Aar’on fourscore 
and three years old, when they 
spake unto Pha’raoh. 

8 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses and unto Aar’on, saying, 

9 When Pha’radh shall speak 
unto you, saying, Shew a 
miracle for you: then thou shalt 
say unto Aar’on, Take thy rod, 
and cast it before Pha’raoh, and 
it shall become a serpent. 

10 § And MOo’ses and Aar’on 
went in unto Pha’raoh, and they 
did so as the LORD had com- 
manded: and Aar’on cast down 
his rod before Pha’raoh, and be- 
fore his servants, and it became 
a serpent. 

11 Then Pha’rash also called 
the wise men and the sorcerers: 
now the magicians of £’éypt, they 
also did in like manner with 
their enchantments. 

12 For they cast down every 
man his rod, and they became 
serpents: but Aar’on’s rod swal- 
lowed up their rods. 

13 And he hardened Pha’raoh’s 
heart, that he hearkened not un- 
to them; as the LORD had said. 

14 { And the LORD said unto 


MOo’ses, Pha’radh’s heart is 
hardened, he refuseth to let the 
people go. 


15 Get thee Bats Pha’raoh in the 
morning; lo, he goeth out unto 
the water; and thou shalt stand 
by the river’s brink against he 
come; and the rod which was 
turned to a serpent shalt thou 
take in thine hand. 

16 And thou shalt say unto 
him, The LORD God of the Hé’- 
brews hath sent me unto thee, 
saying, Let my people go, that 
they may serve me in the wilder- 


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EXODUS, 8 


ness: and, behold, hitherto thou 
‘wouldest not hear. 

17 Thus saith the LORD, In this 

thou shalt know that I am the 
LORD: behold, I will smite with 
the rod that isin mine hand upon 
the waters which are in the 
river, and they shall be turned 
to blood. 
18 And the fish that is in the 
river shall die, and the river shall 
stink; and the E-gyp’tians shall 
loathe to drink of the water of 
the river. 

19 ¥ And the LORD spake unto 
Md’ses, Say unto Aar’on, Take 
thy rod, and stretch out thine 
hand upon the waters of E’sypt, 
upon their streams, upon their 
rivers, and upon their ponds, and 
upon all their pools of water, 
that they may become blood; 
and that there may be blood 
throughout all the land of E’égypt, 
both in vessels of wood, and in 
vessels of stone. . 

20 And Mod’ses and Aar’on did 
so, as the LORD commanded; 
and he lifted up the rod, and 
smote the waters that were in 
the river, in the sight of Pha’- 
raoh, and in the sight of his 
servants; and all the waters 
that were in the river were 
turned to blood. 

21 And the fish that was in the 
river died; and the river stank, 
and the &-£¥p’tians could not 
drink of the water of the river; 
and there was blood throughout 
all the land of E’éypt. Bet 

22 And the magicians of E’gypt 
did so with their enchantments: 
and Pha’raoh’s heart was hard- 
ened, neither did he hearken un- 
to them; as the LORD had said. 

3 And Pha’raodh turned and 
went into his house, neither did 
he set his heart to this also. 

24 And all the £-gyp’tians 
digged round about the river for 
water to drink; for they could 
not drink of the water of theriver. 

25 And seven days were ful- 
filled, after that the LORD had 
smitten the river. 


Water turned to blood. Plague of frogs 


CHAPTER 8 


1 Plagues of frogs, lice and flies. 

Pharaoh hardens his heart. 

ND the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, Go unto Pha’raoh, 

and say unto him, Thus saith the 

LORD, Let my people go, that 
they may serve me. 

2 And if thou refuse to let them 
go, behold, I will smite all thy 
borders with frogs: 

3 And the river shall bring forth 
frogs abundantly, which shall go 
up and come into thine house, 
and into thy bedchamber, and 
upon thy bed, and into the house 
of thy servants, and upon thy 
people, and into thine ovens, and 
into thy kneadingtroughs: 

4 And the frogs shall come up 
both on thee, and upon thy peo- 
He and upon all thy servants. 

5 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
MOd’ses, Say unto Aar’on, Stretch 
forth thine hand with thy rod’ 
over the streams, over the rivers, 
and over the ponds, and cause 
frogs to come up upon the land 
of E’gypt. 

6 And A@r’on stretched out his 
hand over the waters of Egypt; 
and the frogs came up, and 
covered the land of £’g¥pt. 

7 Andthemagicians didso with 
their enchantments, and brought 
Be frogs upon thelandof E’gypt. 

8 § Then Pha’raoh called for 
Md’ses and Aar’on, and said, 
Intreat the LORD, that he may 
take away the frogs from me, 
and from my people; and I will 
let the people go, that they may 
do sacrifice unto the LORD. 

9 And M6’ses said unto Pha’- 
raoh, Glory over me: when 
shall I intreat for thee, and for 
thy servants, and for thy people, 
to destroy the frogs from thee 
and thy houses, that they may 
remain in the river only? 

10 And he said, To morrow. 
And he said, Be it according to 
thy word: that thou mayest 
know that there is none like 
unto the LORD our God. 


58 
32 


80 


Plagues of lice and flies 


11 And the frogs shall depart 
from thee, and from thy houses, 
and from thy servants, and from 
thy people; they shall remain in 
the river only. 

12 And Mo’ses and Aar’on went 
out from Pha’radh: and MO0’ses 
cried unto the LORD because of 
the frogs which he had brought 
against Pha’raoh. ‘ 

13 And the LorD did according 
to the word of Mo’ses; and the 
frogs died out of the houses, out 
of the villages, and out of the 


elds. 

14 And they gathered them to- 
gether upon heaps: and the land 
stank. 

15 But when Pha’rath saw that 
there was respite, he hardened 
his heart, and hearkened not un- 
to them; as the LoRD had said. 

16 4 And the LoRD said unto 
Mo’ses, Say unto Aar’on, Stretch 
out thy rod, and smite the dust of 
the land, that’it may become lice 
throughout all the land of E’gypt. 

17 And they did so; for Aar’on 
stretched out his hand with his 
rod, and smote the dust of the 
earth, and it became lice in 
man, and in beast; all the dust of 
the land became lice throughout 
all the land of E’éypt. ; 

18 And the magicians did so 
with their enchantments to bring 
forth lice, but they could not: so 
there were lice upon man, and 
upon beast. : 

19 Then the magicians said un- 
to Pha’raoh, This is the finger 
of God: and Pha’raodh’s heart 
was hardened, and he hearkened 
not unto them; as the LORD had 


said. 

20 ¢ And the LorD said unto 
Mo’ses, Rise up early in the 
morning, and stand before Pha’- 
raoh; lo, he cometh forth to the 
water; and say unto him, Thus 
saith the LorpD, Let my people 
zo, that they may serve me. — 

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my 
people go, behold, I will send 
swarms of flies upon thee, and 
upon thy servants, and upon thy 


6 s 


EXODUS, 8 


people, and into thy houses: and 
the houses of the £&-gyp’tians 
shall be full of swarms of flies, 
and also the ground whereon 
they are. 
22 And I will sever in that day 
the land of G6’shen, in which my 
people dwell, that no swarms of 
flies shall be there; to the end 
thou mayest know that I am the 
LORD in the midst of the earth. 

23 And I will put a division be- 
tween my people and thy people: 
to morrow shall this sign be. 

24 And the LORD did so; and 
there came a grievous swarm of 
flies into the house of Pha’raoh, 
and into his servants’ houses, 
and into all the land of E’sypt: 
the land was corrupted by 
reason of the swarm of flies. 

25 4 And Pha’raoh called for 
Mo’ses and for Aar’on, and said, 
Go ye, sacrifice to your God in 
the land. 

26 And Mod’ses said, It is not 

meet so to do; for we shall sacri- 
fice the abomination of the 
E-gyp’tians to the LORD our 
God: lo, shall we sacrifice the 
abomination of the E-gyp’tians 
before their eyes, and will they 
not stone us? 
_27 We. will go. three days’ 
journey into the wilderness, and 
sacrifice to the LORD our God, 
as he shall command us. 

28 And Pha’raoh said, I will let 
you go, that ye may sacrifice to 
the LORD your God in the wil- 
derness; only ye shall not go 
very far away: intreat for me. 

29 And Md’ses said, Behold, 1 
go out from thee, and I will in- 
treat the LORD that the swarms 
of flies may ‘depart from Pha’- 
raoh, from his servants, and from 
his people, to morrow: but let 
not Pha’raoh deal deceitfully any 
more in not letting the people go 
to sacrifice to the LORD. 

30 And Md’ses went out from 
Pha’raoh, and intreated the 
LORD. 

31 And the Lorp did accord- 
ing to the word of Md’ses; and 


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EXODUS, 9 


he removed the swarms of flies 
from Pha’raoh, from his serv- 
ants, and from his people; there 
remained not one. 

32 And Pha’raoh hardened his 
heart at this time also, neither 
would he let the people go. 


59 CHAPTER 9 


1 Plagues of murrain, boils and hail. 
35 Pharaoh unrelenting. 


HEN the LORD said unto 
Md’ses, Go in unto Pha’- 
raoh, and tell him, Thus saith 
the LORD God of the Hé’brews, 
Let my people go, that they may 
serve me. 

2 For if thou refuse to let them 
go, and wilt hold them still, 

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD 
is upon thy cattle which is in the 
field, upon the horses, upon the 
asses, upon the camels, upon the 
oxen, and upon the sheep: there 
shall be a very grievous murrain. 

4 And the LORD shall sever be- 
tween the cattle of Is’ra-el and 
the cattle of E’sypt: and there 
shall nothing die of all that is the 
children’s of Is’ra-el. _ 

5 And the LORD appointed a set 
time, saying, To morrow the 
LORD shall do this thing in the 


land. 

6 And the LorD did that thing 
on the morrow, and all the cattle 
of B’gypt died: but of the cattle 
of the children of is’ra-el died 
not one. 

7 And Pha’raoh sent, and, be- 
hold, there was not one of the 
cattle of the Is’ra-el-ites dead. 
And the heart of Pha’radh was 
hardened, and he did not let the 
people go. ; 

8 § And the LorD said unto 
Mo’ses and unto Aar’on, Take to 
-you handfuls of ashes of the 
furnace, and let Mé’ses sprinkle 
it toward the heaven in the sight 
of Pha’raoh. 

9 And it shall become small 
dust in all the land of E’éypt, and 
shall be a boil breaking forth with 
blains upon man, and upon beast, 
throughout all the land of E’gypt. 


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Plagues of murrain and boils 


10 And they took ashes of the 
furnace, and stood before Pha’- — 
raoh; and M6’ses sprinkled it 
up toward heaven; and it be- 
came a boil breaking forth with 
blains upon man, and upon 
beast. 

11 And the magicians could not | 
stand before M6’ses because of 
the boils: for the boil was upon 
the magicians, and upon all the 
b£-gyp’tians. 

12 And the LORD hardened the 
heart of Pha’raoh, and he heark- 
ened not unto them; as the 
LORD had spoken unto MO’ses. 

13 § And the LORD said unto 
Md’ses, Rise up early in the 
morning, and stand before Pha’- 
raoh, and say unto him, Thus 
saith the LORD God of the Hé’- 
brews, Let my people go, that 
they may serve me. 

14 For I will at this time send all 
my plagues upon thine heart, and 
upon thy servants, and upon thy 
people; that thou mayest know 
that there is none like me in all 
the earth. 

15 For now I will stretch out 
my hand, that I may smite thee 
and thy people with pestilence; 
and thou shalt be cut off from 
the earth. 

16 And in very deed for this 
cause have I raised thee up, for 
to shew in thee my power; and 
that my name may be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself. 
against my people, that thou wilt 
not let them go? 

18 Behold, to morrow about 
this time I will cause it to rain a 
very grievous hail, such as hath 
not been in E’gypt since the foun- 
dation thereof even until now. 

19 Send therefore now, and 
gather thy cattle, and all that 
thou hast in the field; for upon 
every man and beast which shall 
be found in the field, and shall 
not be brought home, the hail 
shall come down upon them, and 
they shall die. | 
20 He that feared the word of 





Plague of thunder and hail EXODUS, 10 


the LORD among the servants of | was smitten: for the barley was 
Pha’raoh made his servants and|in the ear, and the flax was 
his cattle flee into the houses: | bolled. 

21 And he that_regarded not} 32 But the wheat and the rie 
the word of the LORD left his| were not smitten: for they were 
servants and his cattle in the field. | not grown up. : 

22 {| And the LORD said unto| 33 And Mo’ses went out of the 
Mo’ses, Stretch forth thine hand | city from Pha’raoh, and spread 
toward heaven, that there may | abroad his hands unto the LORD: 
be hail in all the land of £’é¥pt, | and the thunders and hail ceased, 
upon man, and upon beast, and | and the rain was not poured upon 
upon every herb of the field, | the earth. 
throughout the land of &’gypt. 34 And when Pha’rasth saw 

23 And MO’ses stretched forth | that the rain and the hail and the 
his rod toward heaven: and the | thunders were ceased, he sinned 
LORD sent thunder and hail,|yet more, and hardened his 
and the fire ran along upon the | heart, he and his servants. 
ground; and the LORD rained| 35 And the heart of Pha’rash 
hail upon the land of £’éypt. was hardened, neither would he 

So there was hail, and fire|let the children of is’ra-el £03 
mingled with the hail, very griev-|as the LORD had spoken by 
ous, such as there was none like | M6’ses. 
it in all the land of E’g¥pt since it 
became a nation. 

25 And the hail smote through- 
out all the land of &’é¥pt all that 
was in the field, both man and 
beast; and the hail smote every 
herb of the field, and brake every 
tree of the field. 

' 26 Only in the land of G6’shen, 
where the children of fis’ra-el 
were, was there no hail. 

27 § And Pha’/raoh sent, and 
Called for M6’ses and A4r’on, 
and said unto them, I. have 
sinned this time: the LORD is 
righteous, and I and my people 
are wicked. 

28 Intreat the LORD (for it is 
enough) that there be no more 
mighty thunderings and hail; 
and I will let you go, and ye shall 
stay no longer. ; 

29 And MO’ses said unto him, 
As soon as I am gone out of the 
city, I will spread abroad my 
hands unto the LORD; and the 
thunder shall cease, neither shall 
there be any more hail; that thou 
mayest know how that the 
earth is the LORD’S. 

30 But as for thee and thy serv- 
ants, I know that ye will not yet i 0 
fear the LORD God. which is escaped, which remain- 

31 And the flax and the barley! eth unto you from the hail, and 

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CHAPTER 10 60 


1 Plagues of locusts and darkness. 27 
Pharaoh’s heart still hardened. 
ND the LORD said unto M6’- 

ses, Go in unto Pha’raoh: 
for I have hardened his heart, 
and the heart of his servants, 
that I might shew these my 
signs before him: 

2 And that thou mayest tell in 
the ears of thy son, and of thy 
son’s son, what things I have 
wrought in E’gypt, and my signs 
which I have done among them: 
that ye may know how that I 
am the LORD. 

3 And MO’ses and Aar’on came 
in unto Pha’raoh, and said unto 
him, Thus saith the LorD God 
of the Hé’brews, How long wilt 
thou refuse to humble thyself 
before me? let my people go, 
that they may serve me. 

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my 
people go, behold, to morrow 
will I bring the locusts into thy 
coast: 

5 And they shall cover the face 
of the earth, that one cannot be 
able to see the earth: and they 
shall eat the residue of that 


EXODUS, 10 


shall eat every tree which grow- 
eth for you out of the field: 

6 And they shall fill thy houses, 
and the houses of all thy serv- 
ants, and the houses of all the 
£-g¥p’tians; which neither thy 
fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers 
have seen, since the day that 
they were upon the earth unto 
this day. And he turned himself, 
and went out from Pha’raoh. 

7 And Pha’raéh’s servants said 
unto him, How long shall this 
man be a snare unto us? let 
the men go, that they may serve 
the LorD their God: knowest 
thou not yet that E’Zypt is de- 
stroyed? 

8 And MO’ses and Aar’on were 
brought again unto Pha’raoh: 
and he said unto them, Go, 
serve the LORD your God: but 
who are they that shall go? 

9 And Mo’ses said, We will go 
with our young and with our old, 


with our sons and with our. 


daughters, with our flocks and 
with our herds will we go; for 
we must hold a feast unto the 
LORD.: 

10 And he said unto them, Let 
the LORD be so with you, as I 
will let you go, and your little 
ones: look toit; for evil is before 
you. 

11 Not so: go now ye that are 
men, and serve the LORD; for 
that ye did desire. And they were 
driven out from Pha’raoh’s pres- 


ence. 

12 4 And the LoRD said unto 
Mo’ses, Stretch out thine 
over the land of E’&ypt for the 
locusts, that they may come up 
upon the land of E’éypt, and eat 
every herb of the land, even all 
that the hail hath left. 

13 And M6’ses stretched forth 
his rod over the land of &’sypt, 
and the LORD brought an east 
wind upon the land ali that day, 
and ail that night; and when it 
was morning, the east wind 
brought the locusts. 

14 And the locusts went up 
over all the land of B’éypt, and 


Plaques of locusts and darkness 


rested in all the coasts of E’gypt: — 
very grievous were they; before 
them there were no such locusts 
as they, neither after them shall 
be such. 

15 For they covered the face of 
the whole earth, so that the land 
was darkened; and they did 
eat every herb of the land, and 
all the fruit of the trees which the 
hail had left: and there remained 
not any green thing in the trees, 
or in the herbs of the field, 
through all the land of E’/£ypt. 

16 § Then Pha’raoh called for 
Mo’ses and Aar’on in haste; and | 
he said, I have sinned against 
the LORD your God, and against 


you. 

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray 
thee, my sin only this once, and 
intreat the LORD your God, that 
he may take away from me this 
death only. 

18 And he went out from Pha’- 
raoh, and intreated the LORD. 

19 And the LORD turned a 
mighty strong west wind, which 
took away the locusts, and cast 
them into the Red sea; there 
remained not one locust in all 
the coasts of E’é¥pt. 

20 But the LorpD hardened 
Pha’radh’s heart, so that he 
would not let the children of 
Is’ra-el go. | 

21 4 And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Stretch out thine hand 
toward heaven, that there may be 
darkness over the land of E’sypt, 
even darkness which may be 


hand | felt 


elt. 

22 And Mo’ses stretched forth 
his hand toward heaven; an 

there was a thick darkness in 
all the land of B’gypt three days: 

23 They saw not one another, 
neither rose any from his place 
for three days: but all the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el had light in their 
dwellings. 

24 { And Pha’rach called unto 
MO’ses, and said, Go ye, serve 
the LORD; only let your fiocks 
and your herds be stayed: let 
your little ones also go with you. 


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Death of the firstborn threatened 


25 And MO’ses said, Thou must 
give us also sacrifices and burnt 
offerings, that we may sacrifice 
unto the LORD our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with 
us; there shall not an hoof be 
left behind; for thereof must we 
take to serve the LORD our God: 
and we know not with what we 
must serve the LORD, until we 
come thither. 

27 § But the LORD hardened 
Pha’radh’s heart, and he would 
not let them go. 

28 And Pha’ra6h said unto 
him, Get thee from me, take heed 
to thyself, see my face no more; 
for in that day thou seest my face 
thou shalt die. 

29 And Mo’ses said, Thou hast 
spoken well, I will see thy face 
again no more. 


61 CHAPTER 11 
1 Israel to borrow jewels. 4 Death of 
the firstborn threatened. 
FAND the LORD said unto Mé’- 
ses, Yet will I bring one 
plague more upon Pha’raoh, and 
upon E’gypt; afterwards he will 
let you go hence: when he shall 
let you go, he shall surely thrust 
you out hence altogether. 

2 Speak now in the ears of the 
people, and let every man bor- 
row of his neighbour, and_ every 
woman of her neighbour, jewels 
of silver, and jewels of gold. 

And the LORD gave the 
people favour in the sight of the 
E-gyp’tians. Moreover the man 

f0’ses_ was very great in the 

land of £’gypt, in the sight of 
Pha’raoh’s servants, and in the 
sight of the people. j 

4 And MO’ses said, Thus saith 
the LORD, About midnight will 
I go out into the midst of £/é¥pt: 

5 And ail the firstborn in the 
land of Egypt shall die, from the 
firstborn of Pha’raoh that sitteth 
upon his throne, even unto the 
firstborn of the maidservant that 
is behind the mill; and all the 
firstborn of beasts. 

6 And there shall be a great 

8 


EXODUS, 11, 12 


cry throughout all the land of 
E’gypt, such as there was none 
like it, nor shall be like it any 
more. ‘ 

7 But against any of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el shall not a dog 
move his tongue, against man or 
beast: that ye may know how 
that the LORD doth put a differ- 
ence between the &-gyp’tians and 
Is’ra-el. \ 

8 And all these thy servants 
shall come down unto me, and 
bow down themselves unto me, 
saying, Get thee out, and all the 
people that follow thee: and 
after that I will go out. And he 
went out from Pha’radh in a 
great anger. 

9 And the LORD said unto Mé’- 
ses, Pha’raoh shall not hearken 
unto you; that my wonders may 
be multiplied in the land of 
Egypt. ! 

10 And M6’ses and Aar’on did 
all these wonders before Pha’- 
radh: and the LORD hardened 
Pha’rach’s heart, so that he 
would not let the children of 
Is’ra-el go out of his iand. 


CHAPTER 12 62 


1 New year changed. 3 Passover 
instituted. 29 Firstborn slain. . 


JANN the LORD spake unto 
MOo’ses and AAr’on in the 
land of E’gypt, saying, 

2 This month shall be unto 
you the beginning of months: it 
shall be the first month of the 
year to you. 

3 4 Speak ye unto all the con- 
gregation of Is’ra-el, saying, In 
the tenth day of this month they 
shall take to them every man a 
lamb, according to the house of 
their fathers, a lamb for an 
house: 

4 And if the household be too 
little for the lamb, let him and 
his neighbour next unto his 
house take it according to the 
number of the souls; every man 
according to his eating shall 
make your count for the lamb. 

5 Your lamb shall be without 
5 


EXODUS, 12 


Institution of the passover 


blemish, a male of the first year: 


ye shall take if out from the 
sheep, or from the goats: 
6 And ye shall keep it up until 


the fourteenth day of the same 


month: and the whole assembly 
of the congregation of Is’ra-el 
shall kill it in the evening. 

And they shall take of the 
blood, and strike it on the two 
side posts and on the upper door 
post of the houses, wherein they 
shall eat it. 

8 And they shall eat the flesh in 
that night, roast with fire, and 
unleavened bread; and with 
bitter herbs they shall eat it. 

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden 
at all with water, but roast with 
fire; his head with his legs, and 
with the purtenance thereof. 

10 And ye shall let nothing of it 
remain until the morning; and 
that which remaineth of it until 
the morning ye shall burn with 


fire 

il 4 And thus shall ye eat it; 
with your loins girded, your 
shoes on your feet, and your 
staff in your hand; and ye shall 
eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S 
passover. 

12 For I will pass through the 
land of £’é¥pt this night, and 
will smite all the firstborn in the 
land of E’gypt, both man and 
beast; and against all the gods 
' of E’gypt I will execute judg- 
ment: I am the LORD 

13 And the blood shall be to 
you for a token upon the houses 
where ye are: and when I see 
the blood, I will pass over you, 
and the plague shall not be upon 
you to destroy. you, when 
smite the land of E’gypt. 

14 And this day shall be unto 
you for a memorial; and ye shall 
keep it a feast to the LORD 
throughout your generations; ye 
shall keep it a feast by an ordi- 
nance for ever. 

15 Seven days shall ye eat 
unleavened bread; even the first 
day ye shall put away leaven out 
of your houses: for whosoever 


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I| bason; 


eateth leavened bread from the 
first day until the seventh day, 
that soul shall be cut off from 
Is’ra-el. 

16 And in the first day there 
shall be an holy convocation, 
and in the seventh day there shall 
be an holy convocation to you; 
no manner of work shall be done 
in them, save that which every 
man must eat, that only may be 
done of you. | 

17 And ye shall observe the 
feast of unleavened bread; for 
in this selfsame day have I 
brought your armies out of the 
land of E’gypt: therefore shall 
ye observe this day in your gen- 
erations byan ordinance for ever. 

18 § In the first month, on the 
fourteenth day of the month at 
even, ye shall eat unleavened 
bread, until the one and twenti- 
eth day of the month at even. | 

19 Seven days shall there be 
no leaven found in your houses: 
for whosoever eateth that which 
is leavened, even that soul 
shall be cut off from the congre- | 
gation of Is’ra-el, whether he be 

a stranger, or born in the land. 

“20 Ye shall eat nothing leaven- 
ed; in all your habitations shall 
ye eat unleavened bread. | 

21 § Then M6’ses called for all 
the elders of is’ra-el, and said 
unto them, Draw out and take 
you_a lamb according to your 
families, and kill the passover. | 

22 And ye shall take a bunch of 
hyssop, and dip if in the blood 
that is in the bason, and strike 
the lintel and the two side posts 
with the blood that is in the 
and none of you shall 
go out at the door of his house 
until the morning. 

23 For the LORD wiil pass 
through to smite the E-g¥p’tians; 
and when he seeth the blood 
upon the lintel, and on the two 
side posts, the LORD will pass. 
over the door, and will not suffer 
the destroyer to come in unto 
your houses to smite you. 

24 And ye shall observe this 











Firstborn slain. 


thing for an ordinance to thee 
and to thy sons for ever. 

25 And it shall come to pass, 
when ye be come to the land 
which the LORD will give you, 
according as he hath promised, 
that ye shall keep this service. 
26 And it shall come to pass, 
when your children shall say un- 
to you, What mean ye by this 
‘service? ' 
27 That ye shall say, It zs the 
‘sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, 
who passed over the houses of 
‘the children of Is’ra-el in E’éypt, 
when he smote the E-gyp’tians, 
and delivered our houses. And 
the people bowed the head and 
worshipped. p 
28 And the children of Is’ra-el 
went away, and did as the LORD 
had commanded MOo’ses and 
Aar’on, so did they. 

29 ¥ And it came to pass, that 
at midnight the LORD smote all 
the firstborn in the land of 
E’eypt, from the firstborn of Pha’- 
taoh ‘that sat on his throne unto 
the firstborn of the captive that 
was in the dungeon; and all the 
firstborn of cattle. : 

30 And Pha’raoh rose up in the 
night, he, and all his servants, 
and all the &-gyp’tians; and 
there was a great cry in E’gYpt: 
for there was not a house where 
there was not one dead. 

31 § And he called for M6’ses 
and Aar’on by night, and said, 
Rise up, and get you forth from 
among my people, both ye and 
the children of is’ra-el; and go, 
serve the LORD, as ye have said. 

32 Also take your flocks and 
your herds, as ye have said, and 
be gone; and bless me also. 

33 And the E-gyp’tians were 
urgent upon the people, that they 
might send them out of the land 
in haste; for they said, We be 
all dead men. Y 

34 And the people took their 
dough before it was leavened, 
their kneadingtroughs being 
bound up in their clothes upon 
their shoulders. 


Israelites thrust out 


EXODUS, 12 


35 And the children of is’ra-el 
did according to the word of 
Mo’ ses; and they borrowed of 


the E-gyp’tians jewels of silver, 


and jewels of gold, and raiment: 

36 And the LORD gave the 
people favour in the sight of the 
E-gyp’tians, so that they lent un- 
to them such things as they 
required. And they spoiled the 
E-gyp’tians. 

37 § And the children of Is’ra- 
el journeyed from Ra-mé’sés to 
Stc’coth, about six hundred 
thousand on foot that were men, 
beside children. 

38 And a mixed multitude 
went up also with them; and 
flocks, and herds, even very 
much cattle. 

39 And they baked unleavened 
cakes of the dough which they 
brought forth out of E’£ypt, for it 
was not leavened; because they 
were thrust out of E’gy¥pt, and 
could not tarry, neither had they 
prepared for themselves any 
victual. 

40 ¥¢ Now the sojourning of the 
children of Is’ra-el, who dwelt 
in Egypt, was four hundred and 
thirty years. 

41 And it came to pass at the 
end of the four hundred and 
thirty years, even the selfsame 
day it came to pass, that all the 
hosts of the LORD went out from 
the land of E’gy¥pt. 

42 It is a night to be much ob- 
served unto the LORD for bring- 
ing them out from the land of 
E’gypt: this is that night of the 
LORD to be observed of all the 
children of Is’ra-el in their gen- 
erations. 

43 q And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses and Aar’on, This is the 
ordinance of the passover: There 
shall no stranger eat thereof: 

44 But every man’s servant that 
is bought for money, when thou 
hast circumcised him, then shall 
he eat thereof. ; 

45 A foreigner and an hired 
servant shall not eat thereof. 

46 In one house shall it be 


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EXODUS, 13 


eaten; thou shalt not carry 
forth ought of the flesh abroad 
out of the house; neither shall 
ye break a bone: thereof. 

47 Ail the congregation of is’- 
ra-el shall keep it. 

48 And when a stranger shall 
sojourn with thee, and will keep 
the passover to the LORD, let all 
his males be circumcised, and 
then let him come near and keep 
it; and he shall be as one that is 
borni inthe land: forno uncircum- 
cised person shall eat thereof. 

49 One law shall be to him 
that is homeborn, and unto the 
Selah that sojourneth among 


730 Thus did all the children of 
Is’ra-el; as the LORD command- 
ed Mo’ses and Aar’on, so did 


ey. 

51 And it came to pass the self- 
same day, that the LORD did 
bring the children of Is’ra-el out 
of the land of E’gypt by their 
armies. 


63 CHAPTER 13 


1 Keeping of the passover. 17 The 
exodus begun. 21 The piliar of 
cloud and also of fire. 

ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Sanctify unto me all the first- 
born, whatsoever openeth the 
womb among the children of 
{s’ra-el, both of man and of 
beast: it is mine. 

3 4 And M6’ses said unto the 
people, Remember this day, in 
which ye came out from E’gypt, 
out of the house of bondage; for 
by strength of hand the LORD 
brought you out from this place: 
there shall no leavened bread be 
eaten. i 

4 This day came ye out in the 
month A’bib. 

5 q And it shall be when the 
LORD shall bring thee into the 
land of the Ca’ndan-ites, and the 
Hit’tites, and the Am/6r-ites, and 
the Hi’vites, and the Jéb’u-sites, 
which he sware unto thy fathers 
to give thee, a land flowing with 


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Keeping of passover. 


Firstborn sanctified 


milk and honey, that thou shalt 
keep this service in this month. 

6 Seven days thou shalt eat 
unleavened bread, and in the 
seventh day shall be a feast to 
the LORD. 

7 Unleavened bread shali be 
eaten seven days; and there shall 
no leavened bread be seen with 
thee, neither shall there be leaven 
seen with thee in all thy quarters. 

8 4 And thou shalt shew thy 
son in that day, saying, This is 
done because of that which the 
LORD did unto me when I came 
forth out of E’gypt. 

9 And it shall befor a sign un- 
to thee upon thine hand, and fora 
memorial between thine eyes, 
that the LORD’S law may be in 
thy mouth: for with a strong 
hand hath the LORD brought thee 
out of E’gypt. 

10 Thou shalt therefore keep 
this ordinance in his season from 
year to year. 

Hag hd it shall be when the 
LORD shall bring thee into the 
land of the Ca’naan-ites, as he 
sware unto thee and to thy fa- 
thers, and shall give it thee, 

12 That thou shalt set apart 
unto the LORD all that openeth 
the matrix, and every firstling 
that cometh of a beast which thou. 
hast; the males shall be the 
LORD’S. 

13 And every firstling of an ass’ 
thou shalt redeem with a lamb; 
and if thou wilt not redeem it,’ 
then thou shalt break his neck: 
and all the firstborn of man 
among thy children shalt thou 
redeem. 

14 4 And it shall be when thy 
son asketh thee in time to come, 
saying, What ts this? that thou 
shalt say unto him, By strength 
of hand the LORD brought us out 
from E’éypt, from the house of 
bondage: 

15 And it came to pass, wher 









born in the land of £’g¥pt, bot 
the firstborn of man, and the first- 








Israelites terrified at the Red Sea 


born of beast: therefore I sacri- 
fice to the LORD all that openeth 


the matrix, being males; but all 
pe firstborn of my children I re- 
eem. 


| 1o And it shall be for a token 
/upon thine hand, and for front- 


lets between thine eyes: for by 
strength ofhandtheLoRrD brought 
us forth out of £’é¥pt. 

17 ¥ And it came to pass, when 
Pha’rach had let the people go, 
that God led them not through 


the way of the land of the Phi- 


lis’tines, although that was near; 
for God said, Lest peradventure 


the people repent when they see 


war, and they return to E’sypt: 
18 But God led the people about, 


through the way of the wilderness 


of the Red sea: and the children 


of Is’ra-el went up harnessed out 


of the land of £’gy¥pt. 

19 And Mo’ses took the bones of 
Jo’seph with him: for he had 
straitly sworn the children of 
Is’ra-el, saying, God will surely 
visit you; and ye shall carry up 
my bones away hence with you. 

20 {| And they took their journey 
from Stic’coth, and encamped in 
E’tham, in the edge of the wil- 
derness. 

21 And the LORD went before 
them by day in a pillar of a cloud, 
toleadthemthe way; and by night 
in a pillar of fire, to give them 
light; to go by day and night: 

22 He took-not away the pillar 
of the cloud by day, nor the pillar 
of fire by night, from before the 
people. 


64 CHAPTER 14 
1 Instructions to the Israelites. 21 
Passage of the Red sea. 26 Pha- 


raoh’s army drowned. 


wAND the LORD spake unto 
MO6’ses, saying, _ 

2 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, that they turn and en- 
Camp before Pi’—ha-hi’roth, be- 
tween Mig’dol and the sea, over 
against Ba’al—zé’phon: before it 
shall ye encamp by the sea. 


3 For Pha’raoh will say of the! th 





EXODUS, 14 


children of is’ra-el, They are en- 
tangled in the land, the wilder- 
ness hath shut them in. 

4 And I will harden Pha’rach’s 
heart, that he shall follow after 
them; and I will be honoured 
upon Pha’raoh, and upon all his 
host; that the £-gyp’tians may 
know thatI am the Lorp. And 
they did so. 

_5 § And it was told the king of 
k’gypt that the people fled: and 
the heart of Pha’raoh and of his 
servants was turned against the 
people, and they said, Why have 
we done this, that we have let 
Is’ra-el go from serving us? 
And he made ready his char- 
iot, and took his people with him: 

7 And he took six hundred cho- 
sen chariots, and all the chariots 
of E’gypt, and captains over every 
one of them. 

8 And the LorD hardened the 
heart of Pha’raoh king of F’g¥pt, 
and he pursued after the children 
of Is’ra-el: and the children of 
Is’ra-el went out with an high 
hand. ; 

9 But the £-g¥p’tians pursued 
after them, all the horses and 
chariots of Pha’raoh, and his 
horsemen, and his army, and 
overtook them encamping by the 
sea, beside Pi’/—ha-hi’roth, before 
Ba’al—zé’phon. 

10 § And when Pha’rath drew 
nigh, the children of Is’ra-el lift- 
ed up their eyes, and, behold, the 
E-£yp’tians marched after them: 
and they were sore afraid: and 
the children of Is’ra-el cried out 
unto the LORD. | 

11 And they said unto M6’ses, 
Because there were no graves in 
E’gypt, hast thou taken us away 
to die in the wilderness? where- 
fore hast thou dealt thus with us, 
to carry us forth out of £’éypt? 

12 /s not this the word that we 
did tell thee in £’z¥pt, saying, Let 
us alone, that we may serve the 
E-gyp’-tians? For it had been 
better for us to serve the £-£¥p’~ 
tians, than that we should die in 
e wilderness. 


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EXODUS, 15 


13 § And Mo’ses said unto the 
people, Fear ye not, stand still, 
and see the salvation of the LORD, 
which he will shew to you to day: 
for the £-gyp’tians whom ye have 
seen to day, ye shall see them 
again no more for ever. 

14 The LORD shall fight for you, 
and ye shall hold your peace. 

15 § And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Wherefore criest thou 
unto me? speak unto the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, that they go for- 


ward: 

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and 
stretch out thine hand over the 
sea, and divide it: and the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el shall go on dry 
ground through the midst of the 


sea. - 

17 And I, behold, I will harden 
the hearts of the E-gyp’tians, and 
they shall follow them: and I will 
get me honour upon Pha’raoh, 
and upon all his host, upon his 
chariots, and upon his horsemen. 

18 And the £&-gyp’tians shall 
know that I am the LORD, when 
I have gotten me honour upon 
Pha’raoh, upon his chariots, and 
upon his horsemen. 

19 4 And the angel of God, 
which went before the camp of 
ts’ra-el, removed and went be- 
hind them; and the pillar of the 
cloud went from before their face, 
and stood behind them: 

20 And it came between the 
camp of the £-gyp’tians and the 
camp of fs’ra-el; and it was a 
cloud and darkness fo them, but 
it gave light by night to these: so 
that the one came not near the 
other all the night. 

21 And Md’ses stretched out his 
hand over the sea; and the LORD 
caused the sea to go back by a 
strong east wind all that night, 
and made the sea dry land, and 
the waters were divided. | 

22 And the children of Is’ra-el 
went into the midst of the sea 
upon the dry ground: and the 
waters weve a wall unto them on 
their right hand, and on their left. 

23 4 And the E-gyp’tians pur- 


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Red Sea crossed. Egyptians drowned 


sued, and went in after them to 
the midst of the sea, even all 
Pha’raoh’s horses, his chariots, 
and his horsemen. 

24 And it came to pass, that in 
the morning watch the LORD 
looked unto the host of the E-gyp’- 
tians through the pillar of fire and 
of the cloud, and troubled the 
host of the E-gyp’tians, 

25 And took off their chariot 
wheels, that they drave them 
heavily: so that the £-gyp’tians 
said, Let us flee from the face of 
Is’ra-el; for the LORD fighteth 
for them against the E-gyp’tians. 

26 4 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Stretch out thine hand 
over the sea, that the waters may 
come again upon the E-gyp’tians, 
upon their chariots, and upon 
their horsemen. | 

27 And Mo’ses stretched forth 
his hand over the sea, and the sea 
returned to his strength when 
the morning appeared; and the 
£-g¥p’tians fled against it; and 
the LORD overthrew the £-£¥p’-) 
tians in the midst of the sea. 

And the waters returned, 
and covered the chariots, and the 
horsemen, and all the host of 
Pha’raoh that came into the sea 
after them; there remained noi 
so much as one of them. 

29 But the children of Is’ra-e 
walked upon dry land in the 
midst of the sea; and the waters 
were a wall unto them on theii 
right hand, and on their left. 

30 Thus the LORD saved Is’: 
ra-el that day out of the hand o 
the E-gyp’tians; and Is’ra-el saw 
the £-gyp’tians dead upon thi 
sea shore. 















LORD, and his servant M6’ses. 


CHAPTER 15 6! 


1 Moses’ song. 23 Waters of Marat 
27 Wells of Elim. 


HEN sang Mo’ses and th 
children of Is’ra-el this son. 





Songs of Moses and Miriam 


unto the LORD, and spake, say- 
ing, I will sing unto the LorD, 
for he hath triumphed gloriously: 
‘the horse and his rider hath he 
thrown into the sea. 
2 The LORD is my strength and 
song, and he is become my salva- 
tion: he is my God, and I will 
prepare him an habitation; my 
father’s God, and I will exalt him. 

3 The LorD is a man of war: 
the LORD is his name. 

4 Pha’raoh’s chariots and his 
host hath he cast into the sea: 
his chosen captains also are 
drowned in the Red sea. 

The depths have covered 
them: they sank into the bottom 
as a stone. 

6 Thy right hand, O LorRD, is 
become glorious in power: thy 
right hand, O LORD, hath dashed 
in pieces the enemy. 

7 And in the greatness of thine 
excellency thou hast overthrown 
them that rose up against thee: 
thou sentest forth thy wrath, 
which consumed them as 
stubble. 
8 And with the blast of thy 
nostrils the waters were gathered 
together, the floods stood up- 
right as an heap, and the depths 
were congealed in the heart of 
the sea. 

9 The enemy said, Iwill pursue, 
I will overtake, I will divide the 
‘spoil; my lust. shali be satisfied 
upon them; I will draw my 
sword, my hand shall destroy 


em. 
10 Thou didst blow with thy 
wind, the sea covered them: they 
sank as lead in the mighty waters. 
1 Who is like unto thee, O 
LORD, among the gods? who is 
like thee, glorious in holiness, 
fearful in praises, doing wonders? 
12 Thou stretchedst out thy 
eeht hand, the earth swallowed 


13 Thou in thy mercy hast led 
forth the people which thou hast 
redeemed: thou hast guided 
them in thy strength unto thy 
holy habitation. 


EXODUS, 15 


14 The people shali hear, and 
be afraid: sorrow shall take 
Helene: on the inhabitants of Pal- 
es- 

15 Then the dukes of &’dom 
shall be amazed; the mighty 
men of M0’ab, trembling shall 
take hold upon them; all the in- 
habitants of Ca’naan shall melt 
away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fall 
upon them; by the greatness of 
thine arm they shall be as still 
as a stone; till thy people pass 
over, O LORD, till the people pass 
over, which thou hast purchased. 

17 Thou shalt bring them in, 
and plant them in the mountain 
of thine inheritance, in the place, 
O LORD, which thou hast made 
for thee to dwell in, in the Sanc- 
tuary, O LORD, which thy hands 
have established. \ 

18 The LorD shall reign for 
ever and ever. 

19 For the horse of Pha’radh 
went in with his chariots and 
with his horsemen into the sea, 
and the LORD brought again the 
waters of the sea upon them; but 
the children of is’ra-el went on 
dry land in the midst of the sea. 

20 § And Mir’i-am the prophet- 
ess, the sister of Aar’on, took a 
timbrel in her hand; and all the 
women went out after her with 
timbrels and with dances. 

21 And Mir’i-am answered 
them, Sing ye to the LORD, for 
he hath triumphed gloriously; 
the horse and his rider hath he 
thrown into the sea. 

22 So MOo’ses brought Is’ra-el 
from the Red sea, and they went 
out into the wilderness of Shir; 
and they went three days in the 
wilderness, and found no water. 

23 § And when they came to 
Ma’rah, they could not drink of 
the waters of Ma’rah, for they 
were bitter: therefore the name 
of it was called Ma’ra 

24 And the people ereenaiee 
against MOo’ses, saying, What 
shall we drink? |. 

5 And he cried unto the 


91 


EXODUS, 16 


LORD; 
him a tree, which when he had 
cast into the waters, the waters 
were made sweet: there he 
made for them a statute and an 
ordinance, and there he proved 


em, 

26 And said, If thou wilt dili- 
gently hearken to the voice of the 
LORD thy God, and wilt do that 
which is right in his sight, and 
wilt give ear to his command- 
ments, and keep all his statutes, 
I will put none of these diseases 
upon thee, which I have brought 
upon the £-gyp’tians: for I am 
the LORD that healeth thee. 

27 4 And they came to E’lim, 
where were twelve wells of 
water, and threescore and ten 
palm trees: and they encamped 
there by the waters. 


66 CHAPTER 16 
1 Wilderness of Sin. 11 Sending of 
todo and manna. 32 An omer 
ep 
ND they took their journey 
from E’/lim, and all the con- 
gregation of the children of Is’- 
ra-el came unto the wilderness of 
Sin, which zs between E’lim and 
Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the 
second month after their depart- 
ing out of the land of E’gypt. 

2 And the whole congregation 
of the children of Is’ra-el mur- 
mured against MO’ses and Aar’- 
on in the wilderness: ? 

3 And the children of Is’ra-el 
said unto them, Would to God we 
had died by the hand of the LORD 
in the land of E’gypt, when we 
sat by the flesh pots, and when 
we did eat bread to the full; for 
ye have brought us forth into this 
wilderness, to kill this whole 
assembly with hunger. 

4 { Then said the LORD unto 
MO’ses, Behold, I will rain bread 
from heaven for you; and the 
people shall go out and gather a 
certain rate every day, that I may 
prove them, whether they will 
walk in my law, or no. 

5 And it shall come to pass, 


and the LORD shewed | 


Murmurings of the Israelites 


that on the sixth day they shall 
prepare that which they bring in; 
and it shall be twice as much as 
they ae daily. 

Mo’ses and Aar’on said 
unto ‘all the children of Is’ra-el, 
At even, then ye shall know that 
the LORD hath brought you out 
from the land of £’é}pt: 

7 And in the morning, then ye 
shall see the glory of the LORD; 
for that he heareth your murmur- 
ings against the LORD: and what 
arewe,thatyemurmuragainstus? 

And M6’ses said, This shall 
be, when the LORD shall give you | 
in the evening flesh to eat, and in 
the morning bread to the full; for 
that the LORD heareth your mur-| 
murings which ye murmur 
against him: and what are we? 
your murmurings are not against 
He but against the LORD. 

9 ¢ And M6’ses spake unto 
Aar’on, Say unto all the congre- 
gation of the children of Is’ra-el, 
Come near before the LORD: for 
he hath heard your murmurings. 

10 And it came to pass, as Aar’- 
on spake unto the whole congre- 
gation of the children of Is’ra-el, 
that they looked toward the wil- 
derness, and, behold, the glory of 
the LORD appeared in the cloud. 

11 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

12 I have heard the murmur- 
ings of the children of Is’ra-el: 
speak unto them, saying, At even 
ye shall eat flesh, and in the 
morning ye shall be filled with 
bread; and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD your God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at 
even the quails came up, and 
covered the camp: and in the 
morning the dew lay round 
about the host. 

14 And when the dew that lay 
was gone up, behold, upon the 
face of the wilderness there laya 
small round thing, as small as 
the hoar frost on the ground. 

_15 And when the children of 
Is’ra-el saw it, they said one to 
another, It is manna: for they 


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The sending of manna 


wist not what it was. And Mo’- 
ses said unto them, This is the 
bread which the LORD hath given 
you to eat. 
16 4 This is the thing which 
the LORD hath commanded, 
Gather of it every man according 
to his eating, an omer for every 
man, according to the number of 
your persons; take ye every man 
for them which are in his tents. 

17 And the children of Is’ra-el 
did so, and gathered, some more, 
some less. i 

18 And when they did mete if 
with an omer, he that gathered 
much had nothing over, and he 
that gathered little had no lack; 
they gathered every man accord- 
ing to his eating. 

19 And MO6’ses said, Let no man 
leave of it till the morning. 

20 Notwithstanding they heark- 
ened not unto Md’ses; but some 
of them left of it until the morn- 
ing, and it bred worms, and 
stank: and M6’ses was wroth 
with them. 

21 And they gathered it every 
morning, every man according to 
his eating: and when the sun 
waxed hot, it melted. 

22 4 And it came to pass, that 
on the sixth day they gathered 
twice as much bread, two omers 
for one man: and all the rulers 
of the congregation came and 
told M6’ses. 

23 And he said unto them, This 
is that which the LORD hath 
said, To morrow is the rest of 
the holy sabbath unto the LORD: 
bake that which ye wil! bake fo 
day, and seethe that ye will 
seethe; and that which remain- 
eth over lay up. for you to be kept 
until the mornin 
24 And they iaid it up till the 
morning, as MO’ses bade: and it 
did not stink, neither was there 
any worm there 
25 And Mé’ses ‘said, Eat that to 
day; for to day is a sabbath unto 
the LORD: to day ye shall not 
find it in the field. : 
26 Six days ye shall gather it; 


EXODUS, 17 


but on the seventh day, which is 
ee a a in it there shall be 


"27 “@ And it came to pass, that 
there went out some of the people 
on the seventh day for to gather, 
and they found none. 

28 And the LORD said unto 
MOo’ses, How long refuse ye to 
keep my commandments and my 
laws? 

29 See, for that the LORD hath 
given you the sabbath, therefore 
he giveth you on the sixth day 
the bread of two days; abide ye 
every man in his place, let no man 
go out of his place on the seventh 


ay.. } 

30 So the people rested on the 
seventh day. 

31 And the house of Is’ra-el 
called the name thereof Manna: 
and it was like coriander seed 
white; and the taste of it was 
like wafers made with honey. 

2 4 And M6’ses said, This is 
the thing which the LORD com- 
mandeth, Fill an omer of it to be 
kept for your generations; that 
they may see the bread where- 
with I have fed you in the wilder- 
ness, when I brought you forth 
from the land of E’gypt. 

33 AndM6’sessaid unto Aar’on, 
Take a pot, and put an omer full 
of manna therein, and lay it up 
before the LORD, to be kept for 
your generations. 

34 As the LORD commanded 
Md’ses, so Aar’on laid it up be- 
fore the Testimony, to be Kept. 

35 And the children of is’ra-el 
did eat manna forty years, until 
they ¢ame to a land inhabited; 
they did eat manna, until they 
came unto the borders of the land 
of Ca’/naan. 

36 Now an omer is the tenth 
part of an ephah. 


CHAPTER 17 67 

1 Rock of Horeb smitien. 8 Battle with 
Amalek. 15 Moses’ altar. 

ye all the congregation of 

the children of {fs’ra-el 

journeyed from the wilderness of 


93 


EXODUS, 18 


Sin, after their journeys, accord- 
ing to the commandment of the 
LORD, and pitched in Réph’‘i- 
dim: and there was no water for 
the people to drink. 

2 Wherefore the people did 
chide with M6’ses, and said, Give 
us water that we may drink. And 
MOd’ses said unto them, Why 
chide ye with me? wherefore do 
ye tempt the LORD? | 

3 And the people thirsted there 
for water; and the people mur- 
mured against MOo’ses, and said, 
Wherefore is this that thou hast 
brought us up out of E’égypt, to 
kill us and our children and our 
. cattle with thirst? 

4 And MOd’ses cried unto the 
LORD, saying, What shall I do 
unto this people? they be almost 
ready to stone me. 

5 And the LORD said unto MO’- 
ses, Go on before the people, and 
take with thee of the elders of 
Is‘ra-el; and thy rod, wherewith 
thou smotest ened river, take in 
thine hand, and g 

6 Behold, I will stand before 
thee there upon the rock in H6’- 
reb; and thou shalt smite the 
rock, and there shall come water 
out of it, that the people may 
drink. And MO’ses did so in the 
sight of the elders of Is’ra-el. 

7 And he called the name of the 
place Mas’sah, and Meér’i-bah, 
because of the chiding of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, and because they 
tempted the LORD, saying, Is the 
LORD among us, or not? 

8 § Then came Am/a-lék, and 
fought with Is’ra-el in Réph’i- 


dim 

9 And Mé’ses said unto Jésh’- 
u-a, Choose us out men, and go 
out, fight with Am’a-lék: to mor- 
row I will stand on the top of the 
hill with the rod of God in mine 


and. 

10 So Joésh’u-a did as M6d’ses 
had said to him, and fought with 
Am/a-lék: and M6’ses, Aar’on, 
and Hair went up to the top of the 


lil. 
11 And it came to pass, when 


Moses smites the rock for water 


MOo’ses held up his hand, that 
Is’ra-el prevailed: and when he 
let down his hand, Am’a-lék pre- 
vailed. 

12 But Mo’ses’ hands were 
heavy; and they took a stone, 
and put it under him, and he sat 
thereon; and Aar’on and Har 
stayed up his hands, the one on 
the one side, and the other on the 
other side; and his hands were 
steady until the going down of 
the sun. 

13 And Jdésh’u-a4 discomfited 
Am/a-lék and his people with the 
edge of the sword. 

14 And the LORD said unto 
Md’ses, Write this for a memorial 
in a book, and rehearse if¢ in the 
ears of Josh’u-a: for I will ut- 
terly put out the remembrance of 
Am/a-lék from under heaven. 

15 And Mo’ses built an altar, 
and calied the name of it Jé-hd’- 
vah-nis’si: 

16 For he said, Because the 
LORD hath sworn that the LORD 
will have war with Am’a-lék from 
generation to generation. 


CHAPTER 18 68 


1 Visit of Jethro. 183 He counsels 
Moses and deparis. 


HEN Jéth’r6, the priest of 

Mid’i-an, MO’ses’ father in 

law, heard of all that God had 

done for Mo’ses, and for Is’ra-el 

his people, and_that the LORD 

had brought iIs’ra-el out of 
E’syopt; 

2 Then Jéth’rd, M6’ses’ father 
in law, took Zip-pd’rah, Md’ses’ 
wife, after he had sent her back, 

And her two sons; of which 
the name of the one was Gér’- 
shom; for he said, I have been an 
alien in-a strange ‘land: 

4 And the name of the other 
was E-li-é’zér; for the God of 
my father, said he, was mine 
help, and delivered me from the 
sword of Pha’raoh: 

5 And Jéth’rd, M6’ses’ father in 
law, came with his sons and his 
wife unto M6’ses into the wilder- 


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Jethro visits Moses and counsels him 


mess, where he encamped at the 
mount of God: 

6 And he said unto M6’ses, I thy 
father in law Jéth’rd am come 
unto thee, and thy wife, and her 
two sons with her. 

7 4 And M6’ses went out to 
-qmeet his father in law, and did 
obeisance, and kissed him; and 
they asked each other of their 
pecttare and they came into the 

ent. 

8 And Md’ses told his father in 
law all that the LORD had done 
unto Pha’raoh and to the E-gyp’- 
tians for Is’ra-el’s sake, and all 
the travail that had come upon 
them by the way, and how the 
LORD delivered them. 

9 And Jéth’r6 rejoiced for all 
the goodness which the LORD 
had done to Is’ra-el, whom he 
had delivered out of the hand of 
the E-gyp’tians. 

10 And Jéth’r6 said, Blessed be 
the LORD, who hath delivered 
you out of the hand of the E-gyp’- 
tians, and out of the hand of 
Pha’rash, who hath delivered 
the people from under the hand 
of the E-gyp’tians. 

_11 Now I know that the LORD 
is greater than all gods: for in 
the thing wherein they dealt 
proudly he was above them. 

12 And Jéth’r6, Md’ses’ father 
in law, took a burnt offering and 
sacrifices for God: and Aar’on 
came, and all the elders of Is’ra- 
el, to eat bread with M6’ses’ fa- 
ther in law before God. 

13 4 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that MO’ses sat to judge 
the people: and the people stood 
by M6’ses from the morning unto 
the evening. j 

14 And when M6’ses’ father in 
law saw all that he did to the 
people, he said, What ts this thing 
that thou doest to the people? why 
sittest thou thyself alone, and all 
the people stand by thee from 
morning unto even? | ‘ 

15 And Mo’ses said unto his 
father in law, Because the people 
come unto me to enquire of God: 


EXODUS, 18 


16 When they have a matter, 
they come unto me; and I judge 
between one and another, and I 
do make them know the statutes 
of God, and his laws. 

17 And Mo’ses’ father in law 
said unto him, The thing that 
thou doest is not good. 

18 Thou wilt surely wear away, 
both thou, and this people that is 
with thee: for this thing 1s too 
heavy for thee; thou art not able 
to perform it thyself alone. 

19 Hearken now unto my voice, 
I will give thee counsel, and God 
shall be with thee: Be thou for 
the people to God-ward, that 
thou mayest bring the causes 
unto God: 

20 And thou shalt teach them 
ordinances and laws, and shalt 
shew them the way wherein 
they must walk, and the work 
that they must do. 

21 Moreover thou shalt provide 
out of all the people able men, 
such as fear God, men of truth, 
hating covetousness; and place 
such over them, fo be rulers of 
thousands, and rulers of hun- 
dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers 
of tens. : 

22 And let them judge the peo- 
ple at all seasons: and it shall 
be, that every great matter they 
shall bring unto thee, but every 
small matter they shall judge: so 
shall it be easier for thyself, and 
Bey shall bear the burden with 

ee. 

23 If thou shalt do this thing, 
and God command thee so, then 
thou shalt be able to endure, and 
all this people shall also go to 
their place in peace. 

24 So MOd’ses hearkened to the 
voice of his father in law, and did 
all that he had said. 

25 And Mo’ses chose able men 
out of allis’ra-el, and made them 
heads over the people, rulers of 
thousands, rulers of hundreds, 
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 

26 And they judged the people 
at all seasons: the hard causes 
they brought unto Md’ses, but 


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EXODUS, 19 


every small matter they judged 
themselves. 

27 4 And Mo’ses let his father 
in law depart; and he went his 
way into his own land. 


69 CHAPTER 19 


1 Encampment at Sinai. 3 Moses on 
the mount. 19 God answers Moses 
from the mount. 

N the third month, when the 
children of Is’ra-el were gone 
forth out of the land of £’é¥pt, the 
same day came they info the wil- 

derness of Si’nai. . 
2 For they were departed from 

Réph’i-dim, and were come fo 

the desert of Si’nai, and had 

pitched in the wilderness; and 
there Is’ra-el camped before the 
mount. 

3 And M6o’ses went up unto 
God, and the LORD called unto 
him out of the mountain, saying, 
Thus shalt thou say to the house 
of Ja’cob, and tell the children of 
Is’ra-el; 

4 Ye have seen what I did unto 
the &-gyp’tians, and how I bare 
you on eagles’ wings, and brought 
you unto myself. | ; 

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey 
my voice indeed, and keep my 
covenant, then ye shall be a pe- 
culiar treasure unto me above all 
people: forall the earth is mine: 

6 And ye shall be unto me a 
kingdom of priests, and an holy 
nation. These are the words 
which thou shalt speak unto the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

7 4 And M6’ses came and called 
for the elders of the people, and 
laid before their faces all these 
words which the LORD com- 
manded him. 

8 And all the people answered 
together, and said, All that the 
LORD hath spoken we will do. 
And MO’ses returned the words 
of the people unto the LORD. 

9 And the LORD said unto Mo’- 
ses, Lo, I come unto thee in a 
thick cloud, that the people may 
hear when I speak with thee, and 
believe thee for ever. And M0’ 


Israel at Sinat. 


Moses on the mouni 


ses told the words of the people 
unto the LORD. 

10 4 And the LORD said unto 
MOo’ses, Go unto the people, and 
sanctify them to day and to mor- 
row, and let them wash their 


third day: for the third day the 
LORD will come down in the, 
sight of all the people upon mount 
Si/nai. 

12 And thou shalt set bounds| 
unto the people round about, say-. 
ing, Take heed to yourselves, 
that ye go not up into the mount, 
or touch the border of it: who-, 
soever toucheth the mount shall, 
be surely put to death: | 

13 There shall not an hand 
touch it, but he shall surely be 
stoned, or shot through; whether} 
it be beast or man, it shall not 
live: when the trumpet sound- 
eth long, they shall come up to. 
the mount. 

14.4 And M6’ses went down 
from the mount unto the people, : 
and sanctified the people; and 
they washed their clothes. | 

15 And he said unto the people, 
Be ready against the third day: 
come not at your wives. 

16 4j And it came to pass on the 
third day in the morning, that 
there were thunders and light- 
nings, and a thick cloud upon 
the mount, and the voice of the 
trumpet exceeding loud; so that 
all the people that was in the 
camp trembled. 

17 And M6o’ses brought forth 
the people out of the camp to 
meet with God; and they stood 
at the nether part of the mount. 

18 And mount Si’nai was alto- 
gether on a smoke, because the 
LORD descended upon it in fire: 
and the smoke thereof ascended 
as the smoke of a furnace, and 
the whole mount quaked greatly. 

19 And when the voice of the 
trumpet sounded long, and 
waxed louder and louder, M6’ ses 
spake, and God answered 
by a voice. 





06 


The commandments given 


20 And the LORD came down 
upon mount Si’/nAai, on the top of 
the mount: and the LORD called 
Mo’ses wf to the top of the 
mount; and M6’ses went up. 

' 21 And the LORD said unto 
-Mo’ses, Go down, charge the 
people, lest they break through 
‘unto the LORD to gaze, and 
‘taany of them perish. 

22 And let the priests also, 
which come near to the LORD, 
sanctify themselves, lest the 
LORD break forth upon them. 

23 And MO6’ses said unto the 
LORD, The people cannot come 
up to mount Si/nai: for thou 
chargedst us, saying, Set bounds 
about the mount, and sanctify 


at. 

24 And the LORD said unto 
him, Away, get thee down, and 
thou shalt come up, thou, and 
Aar’on with thee: but let not 
the priests and the people break 
through to come up unto the 
LORD, lest he break forth upon 
them. 

25 So Md’ses went down unot 
the people, and spake unto them. 


70 CHAPTER 20 


1 The commandments given. 22 Idola- 
try forbidden. 24 The aliar. 


ND God spake all these 
words, saying, 

21 am the LORD thy God, 
which have brought thee out of 
the land of E’gypt, out of the 
house of bondage. 

3 Thou shalt have no other 
gods before me. 

4 Thou shalt not make unto 
thee any graven image, or any 
likeness of any thing that ts in 
heaven above, or that is in the 
earth beneath, or that is in the 

water under the earth: 

5 Thou shalt not bow down 
thyself to them, nor serve them: 
for I the LORD thy God ama 
jealous God, visiting the iniq- 
uity of the fathers upon the chil- 
dren unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate me; 


EXODUS, 20 


6 And shewing mercy unto 
thousands of them that love me, 
and keep my commandments. 

7 Thou ‘shalt not take the 
name of the LORD thy God in 
vain; for the LORD will not 
hold him guiltless that taketh his 
name in vain. 

8 Remember the sabbath day, 
to keep it holy. 

9 Six days shalt thou labour, 
and do all thy work: 

10 But the seventh day is the 
sabbath of the LORD thy God: 
in it thou shalt not do any work, 
thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, thy manservant, nor 
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, 
nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates: 

11 For in six days the LORD 
made heaven and earth, the sea, 
and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day: where- 
fore the LORD blessed the sab- 
bath day, and hallowed it. 

12 § Honour thy father and 
thy mother: that thy days may 
be long upon the land which the 
LORD thy God giveth thee. 

13 Thou shalt not kill. 

14 Thou shalt not commit 
adultery. 

15 Thou shalt not steal. 

16 Thou shalt not bear false 
witness against thy neighbour. 

17 Thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour’s house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbour’s wife, 
nor his manservant, nor his 
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his 
ass, nor any thing that is thy 
neighbour’s. 

18 § And all the people saw 
the thunderings, and the light- 
nings, and the noise of the trum- 
pet, and the mountain smoking: 
and when the people saw it, they 
removed, and stood afar off. 

19 And they said unto MO’ses, 
Speak thou with us, and we will 
hear: but let not God speak 
with us, lest we die. 

20 And Mo’ses said unto the 
people, Fear not: for God is 
come to prove you, and that his 


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EXODUS, 21 


fear may be before your faces, 
that ye sin not. 

21 And the people stood afar 
off, and Mo’ses drew near unto 
Ai thick darkness where God 


2 “q And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Thus thou shalt say unto 
the children of Is’ra-el, Ye have 
seen that I have talked with you 
from heaven. 

23 Ye shall not make with me 
gods of silver, neither shall ye 
make unto you gods of gold. 

24 § An altar of earth thou 
’ shalt make unto me, and shalt 
sacrifice thereon thy burnt offer- 
ings, and thy peace offerings, 
thy sheep, and thine oxen: in 
all places where I record my 
name I will come unto thee, and 
I will bless thee. 

nd if thou wilt make me 
an altar of stone, thou shalt not 
build it of hewn stone: for if 
thou lift up thy tool upon it, 
thou hast polluted it. 

26 Neither shalt thou go up by 
steps unto mine altar, that thy 
nakedness be not discovered 
thereon. 


71 CHAPTER 21 


1 Setting forth the judgments. 17 Laws 
for cursers of parents. 28 Law for 
& an ox that gores. 
OW these are the judgments 
which thou shalt set before 
them. 

2 If thou buy an Hé’brew 
servant, six years he shall serve: 
and in the seventh he shall go 
out free for nothing. | 

3 If he came in by himself, he 
shall go out by himself: if he 
were married, then his wife shall 
go out with him. f 

4 If his master have given him 
a wife, and she have born him 
sons or daughters; the wife and 
her children shall be her mas- 
ter’s, and he shall go out by 


if the servant shall 
plainly say, I love my master, 
my wife, and my children; i 
will not go out free: 


Setting forth the judgments 


6 Then his master shall bring 
him unto the judges; he shall 
also bring him to the door, or 
unto the door post; and his 
master shall bore his 
through with an aul; 
shail serve him for ever. 

And if a man sell his 
daughter to be a maidservant, 
she shall not go out as the men- 
servants do. 


strange nation he shall have no 
power, seeing he hath dealt de- 
ceitfully with her. 

9 And if he have betrothed her 
unto his son, he shall deal with 
pee after the manner of daugh- 
er 

10 If he take him another wife: 
her food, her raiment, and her 
duty of marriage, shall he not 
diminish. 

11 And if he do not these three 
unto her, then shall she go out 
free without money. 

12 § He that smiteth aman, so 
that he die, shall be surely put 
to death. 

13 And if a man lie not in 
wait, but God deliver him into 
his hand: then I will appoint 
thee a place whither he shall flee. 

14 But if a man come pre- 
sumptuously upon his neigh- 
bour, to slay him with guile; 
thou shalt take him from mine’ 
Eee ae he may die. 

5 9 And he that smiteth his 
lathe, or his mother, shall be 
surely put to death. 

16 ¢ And he that stealeth a’ 
man, and selleth him, or if he 
be found in his hand, he shall 
surely be put to death. 

17 4 And fhe that curseth his 
father, or his mother, shall sure- 
ly be put to death. 

18 § And if men strive to- 
gether, and one smite another 
with a stone, or with his fist, 
ae he die not, but keepeth his 

e : 


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the woman’s 


‘be punished: 


servant’s tooth, or 


Further setting forth of judgments 


19 If he rise again, and walk 
abroad upon his staff, then shall 
he that smote him be quit: only 
he shall pay for the loss of his 


time, and shall cause him to he 


thoroughly healed. 

20 4 And if a man smite his 
servant, or his maid, with a rod, 
and he die under his hand; he 
shall be surely punished. 


21 Notwithstanding, if he con- 


linue a day or two, he shall not 
for he is his 
money. 


22 ¥ If men strive, and hurt a 


‘woman with child, so that her 
fruit depart from her, and yet no 


mischief follow: he shall be 
surely punished, according as 
husband will lay 
apon him; and he shall pay as 
the judges determine. 

23 And if any mischief follow, 
then thou shalt give life for life, 
24 Eve for eye, tooth for tooth, 
jand for hand, foot for foot, 

25 Burning for burning, wound 
‘or penne: stripe for stripe. 

26 § And if a man smite the 


bye of his servant, or the eye of | 
‘is maid, that it perish; he shall 


let him go free for his eye’s 


27 And if he smite out his man- 
his maid- 
servant’s tooth; he shall let him 
z0 free for his tooth’s sake. 

28 § If an ox gore a man ora 
woman, that they die: then the 
a shall be surely stoned, and his 

esh shall not be eaten; but the 
ywner of the ox shall be quit. 

29 But if the ox were wont to 
dush with his horn in time past, 


and it hath been testified to his|t 


owner, and he hath not kept 
him in, but that he hath killed a 
man or a woman; the ox shall 
be stoned, and his owner also 
Shall be put to death. 

30 If there be laid on him a 
sum of money, then he. shall 
Bive for the ransom of his life 
whatsoever is laid upon him. 
31 Whether he have gored a 
son, or have gored a daughter, 


EXODUS, 22 


according to this judgment shall 
it be done unto him. 

32 If the ox shall push a man- 
servant or a maidservant; he 

shall give unto their master 
thirty shekels of silver, and the 
ox shall be stoned. 

33 4 And if a man shall open 
a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, 
and not cover it, and an ox or an 
ass fall therein; j 

34 The owner of the pit shall 
make it good, and give money 
unto the owner of them; and 
the dead beast shall be his. 

35 4 And if one man’s ox hurt 
another’s, that he die; then they 
shall sell the live ox, and divide 
the money of it; and the dead 
ox also they shall divide. 

36 Or if it be known that the 
ox hatheused to push in time 
past, and his owner hath not 
kept him in; he shall surely pay 
ox for ox; and the dead shall be 
his own. 


CHAPTER 22 72 


1 Further setting forth of the judgments. 
20 Law for idolatry. 25 Law of 
USUTY. 

F a man shall steal an ox, ora 

sheep, and kill it, or sell its 
he shall restore five oxen for an 
ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 

2 4 If a thief be found breaking 
up, and be smitten that he die, 
there shall no blood be shed 
for him. : 

3 If the sun be risen upon him, 
there shall be blood shed for 
him; for he should make full 
restitution; if he have nothing, 
then he shall be sold for his 


heft. 

4 If the theft be certainly 
found in his hand alive, whether 
it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he 
shall restore double. 

5 4 If a man shall cause a field 
or vineyard to be eaten, and shall 
put in his beast, and shall feed 
in another man’s field; of the 
best of his own field, and of the 
best of his own vineyard, shali 
he make restitution. 


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EXODUS, 22° 


6 4 If fire break out, and catch 
in thorns, so that the stacks of 
corn, or the standing corn, or the 
field, be consumed therewith; 
he that kindled the fire shall 
surely make restitution. 

7 4 If a man shall deliver unto 
his neighbour money or stuff to 
keep, and it be stolen out of the 
man’s house; if the thief be 
found, let him pay double. 

8 If the thief be not found, 
then the master of the house 
shall be brought unto the judges, 
to see whether he have put his 
hand unto his neighbour’s goods. 

9 For all manner of trespass, 
whether it be for ox, for ass, for 
sheep, for raiment, or for any 
manner of lost thing, which an- 
other challengeth to be his, the 
cause of both parties shall come 
before the judges; and whom 
the judges shall condemn, he 
shail pay double unto his neigh- 
bour. 

10 If a man deliver unto his 
neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a 
sheep, or any beast, to keep; 
and it die, or be hurt, or driven 
away, no man seeing it: 

11.Then shall an oath of the 
LORD be between them both, 
that he hath not put his hand 
unto his neighbour’s goods; and 
the owner of it shall accept 
thereof, and he shall not make it 
good. 

12 And if it be stolen from 
him, he shall make restitution 
unto the owner thereof. 

13 If it be torn in pieces, then 
let him bring it for witness, and 
he shall not make good that 
which was torn. 

14 Y And if a man borrow 
ought of his neighbour, and it be 
hurt, or die, the owner thereof 
being not with it, he shall surely 
make it good. 


15 But if the owner thereof be| me 


with it, he shall not make it good: 
if it be an hired thing, it came 
for his hire. | ’ 

6 | And if a man entice a 


maid that is not betrothed, and | 


Concerning idolatry, oppression and usury 


lie with her, he shall surely en= 
dow her to be his wife. 

17 If her father utterly refusal 
to give her unto him, he s 
pay money according to the 
dowry of virgins. 

18 4 Thou shalt not suffer a) 
pe to live. 

9 4 Whosoever lieth with a 
bance shall surely be put to death. 
20 4 He that sacrificeth unto 
any god, save unto the LORD! 
only, he shall be utterly de- 
stroyed. 

21 4 Thou shalt neither vex a 
stranger, nor oppress him: for, 
ye were strangers in the land of 
E’éypt. 

22 4 Ye shall not afflict any 
widow, or fatherless child. 

23 If thou afflict them in any 
wise, and they cry at all unto 
me, I will surely hear their crys| 

24 And my wrath shall wax 
hot, and I will kill you with the 
sword; and your wives shall be 
widows, and your children fa-| 
therless. 

25 {If thou lend money to 
any of my people that is poor by’ 
thee, thou shalt not be to him as 
an. usurer, neither shalt thou lay 
upon him usury. 1 
26 If thou at all take thy 
neighbour’s raiment to pledge,) 
thou shalt deliver it unto him by, 
that the sun goeth down: 

27 For that is his covéring| 
only, it is his raiment for his 
skin: wherein shall he sleep?! 
and it shall come to pass, when 
he crieth unto me, that I will 
hear; for I am gracious. 

28 4 Thou shalt not revile the 
gods, nor curse the ruler of thy 
people. 

29 4 Thou shalt not delay fo) 
offer the first of thy ripe fruits, 
and of thy liquors: the firstborn 


of thy sons shalt thou give unto! 





30 Likewise shalt thou do with 
thine oxen, and with thy sheep: 
seven days it shall be with his 
dam; on the eighth day thou 
shalt give it me. , 





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‘unto me: 





Three annual feasts ordained 


31 4 And ye shall be holy men 
neither shall ye eat 
any flesh that is torn of beasts 


in the field; ye shall cast it to 


the dogs. 


73 CHAPTER 23 
1 Judgments concluded. 14 Three 
» feasts. 20 Promise of an Angel. 
HOU shalt not raise a false 
report: put not thine hand 


-with the wicked to be an un- 


vhateth thee lying under 


righteous witness. 

2 4 Thou shalt not follow a 
multitude to do evil; neither 
shalt thou speak in a cause to 
decline after many to wrest 
judgment: 

3 4 Neither shalt thou counte- 
nance a poor man in his cause. 

4 4 If thou meet thine enemy’s 
ox or his ass going astray, thou 
shalt surely bring it back to him 
again. 

5 If thou seé the ass of him that 
his bur- 


den, and wouldest forbear to 


‘help him, thou shalt surely help 


with him. 
6 Thou shalt not wrest the 


‘judgment of thy poor in his 


cause. 

4 Keep thee far from a false 
matter; and the innocent and 
righteous slay thou not: for I 
will not justify the wicked. 

8 9 And thou shalt take no 
gift: for the gift blindeth the 
wise, and perverteth the words of 
the righteous. 

9 ¥ Also thou shait not op- 
press a stranger: for ye know 
the heart of a stranger, seeing ye 


‘were strangers in the land of 
1 E’eypt. 


10 And six years thou shalt 


sow thy land, and shalt gather in 
\ the fruits thereof: 


11 But the seventh year thou 


«shalt let it rest and lie still; that 
‘the poor of thy people may eat: 


and what they leave the beasts of 
the field shall eat. In like manner 
thou shalt deal with thy vine- 


\ yard, and with thy oliveyard. 


| 


12 Six days thou shalt do thy 


EXODUS, 23 


work, and on the seventh day 
thou shalt rest: that thine ox 
and thine ass may rest, and the 
son of thy handmaid, and the 
stranger, may be refreshed. 

13 And in all things that I have 
said unto you be circumspect: 
and make no mention of the 
name of other gods, neither let it 
be heard out of thy mouth. 

14 ¢ Three times thou shalt 
keep a feast unto me in the year. 

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of 
unleavened bread: (thou shalt 
eat unleavened bread seven days, 
as I commanded thee, in the 
time appointed of the month 
A’bib; for in it thou camest out 
from E’gypt: and none shall 
appear before me empty:) 

16 And the feast of harvest, 
the firstfruits of thy labours, 
which thou hast sown in the 
field: and the feast of ingather- 
ing, which is in the end of the 
year, when thou hast gathered in 
thy labours out of the field. 

17 Three times in the year all 
thy males shall appear before the 
Lord GOD. 

18 Thou shalt not offer the 
blood of my sacrifice with leav- 
ened bread; neither shall the fat 
of my sacrifice remain until the 
morning. 

19 The first of the firstfruits of 
thy land thou shalt bring into 
the house of the LORD thy God. 
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
his mother’s milk. 

20 4 Behold, I send an Angel 
before thee, to keep thee in the 
way, and to bring thee into the 
place which I have prepared. 

21 Beware of him, and obey his 
voice, provoke him not; for he 
will not pardon your transgres- 
sions: for my name is in him. 

22 Butif thou shalt indeed obey 
his voice, and do all that I speak; 
then I will be an enemy unto 
thine enemies, and an adversary 
unto thine adversaries. 

23 For mine Angel shall go be- 
fore thee, and bring thee in unto 
the Am/6r-ites, and the Hit’tites, 


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EXODUS, 24 


and the Pér’iz-zites, and the 
Ca/naan-ites, the Hi’vites, and 
the Jéb’u-sites: and I will cut 
them off. 

24 Thou shalt. not bow down 
to their gods, nor serve them, 
nor do after their works: but 
thou shalt utterly overthrow 
them, and quite break down their 
images. 

25 And ye_ shall serve the 
LORD your God, and he shall 
bless thy bread, and thy water; 
and I will take sickness away 
from the midst of thee. 

26 ¥ There shall nothing cast 
their young, nor be barren, in thy 
land: the number of thy days I 
will fulfil. 

27 I will send my fear before 
thee, and will destroy all the 
people to whom thou shalt come, 
and I will make all thine enemies 
turn their backs unto thee. 

28 And I will send hornets be- 
fore thee, which shall drive out 
the Hi’vite, the Ca’naan-ite, and 
the Hit’tite, from before thee. 

29 I will not drive them out 
from before thee in one year; 
lest the land become desolate, 
and the beast of the field multiply 
against thee. ) 

30 By little and little I will 
drive them out from before thee, 
until thou be increased, and in- 
herit the land. 

31 And I will set thy bounds 
from the Red sea even unto the 
sea of the Phi-lis’tines, and from 
the desert unto the river: for I 
will deliver the inhabitants of the 
land into your hand: and thou 
shalt drive them out before thee. 

32 Thoushaltmake no covenant 
with them, nor with their gods. 

33 They shall not dwell in thy 
land, lest they make thee sin 
against me: for if thou serve 
their gods, it will surely be a 
snare unto thee. 


74 CHAPTER 24 


1 Moses builds an altar. 9 Ascends 
the mount. 18 Forty days and nights 
in the mount. 


Moses builds an altar 


ND he said unto MO’ses, 
Come up unto the LorD, 
thou, and Aar’on, Na’dab, and 
A-bi/hi, and seventy, of the 
elders of is’ra-el; and worship 
ye afar off. 

2 And Mo’ses alone shall come 
near the LORD: but they shall 
not come nigh; neither shall the 
people go up with him. 

3 4 And Mo’ses came and told 
the people all the words of the 
LORD, and all the judgments: 
and all the people answered with 
one voice, and said, All the words 
which the LORD hath said will 
we do. 

4 And M6’ses wrote all the 
words of the LORD, and rose up 
early in the morning, and builded 
an altar under the hill, and 
twelve pillars, according to the 
twelve tribes of is’ra-el. 

5 And he sent young men of the 
children of Is’ra-el, which offered 
burnt offerings, and sacrificed 
peace offerings of oxen unto the 
LORD. 

6 And Mo’ses took half of the 
blood, and put if in basons: and 
half of the blood he sprinkled on 
the altar. 

7 And he took the book of the 
covenant, and read in the audi- 
ence of the people: and they said, 
All that the LORD hath said will 
we do, and be obedient. 

8 And M6’ses took the blood, 
and sprinkled it on the people, 
and said, Behold the blood of 
the covenant, which the LORD 
hath made with you concerning 
all these words. 

9 § Then went up Mo’ses, and 
Aar’on, Na’dab, and A-bi’ht, and 
seventy of the elders of fs’ra-el: 
_10 And they saw the God of 
Is’ra-el: and there was under 
his feet as it were a paved work 
of a sapphire stone, and as it 
were the body of heaven in his 
clearness. 

11 And upon the nobles of the 
children of fs’ra-el he laid not 
his hand: also they saw God, 
and did eat and drink. 


102 


The tabernacle and its furniture 


12 § And the LorD said unto 
Mo’ses, Come up to me into the 
mount, and be there: and I will 
give thee tables of stone, and a 
law, and commandments which 
have written; that thou mayest 
teach them. f 

13 And M6’ses rose up, and his 
minister Joésh’u-a: and Md’ses 
went up into the mount of God. 

14 And he said unto the elders, 
Tarry ye here for us, until we 
come again unto you: and, be- 
hold, Aar’on and Har are with 
‘vou: if any man have any mat- 
ters to do, let him come untothem. 

15 And MOo’ses went up into the 
mount, and a cloud covered the 


mount. 

16 And the glory of the LORD 
abode upon mount Sinai, and 
the cloud covered it six days: 
and the seventh day he called un- 
to Mo’ses out of the midst of the 


cloud. 

17 And the sight of the glory of 
the LORD was like devouring 
fire on the top of the mount in the 
eyes of the children of Is’ra-el. 

18 And Mé’ses went into the 
midst of the cloud, and gat him 
up into the mount: and MO6’ses 
was in the mount forty days and 
forty nights. 


75 CHAPTER 25 

4 The tabernacle and its furniture. 
he table. 31 The candlestick. 

ND the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, saying, 

_2 Speak unto the children of 

{s’ra-el, that they bring me an 

offering: of every man _ that 

giveth it willingly with his heart 

ye shall take my offering. 

3 And this is the offering which 
ye shall take of them; gold, and 
silver, and brass, 

4 And blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 

5 And rams’ skins dyed red, 
and badgers’ skins, and shittim 
wood, ‘ 

6 Oil for the light, spices for 
anointing oil, and for sweet in- 
cense, 


23 


EXODUS, 25 


7 Onyx stones, and stones to be 
set in the ephod, and in the 
breastplate. 

8 And let them make me a 
sanctuary; that I may dwell 
among them. 

9 According to all that I shew 
thee, after the pattern of the 
tabernacle, and the pattern of all . 
the instruments thereof, even so 
shall ye make 7. 

10 9 And they shall make an 
ark of shittim wood: two cubits 
and a half shall be the length 
thereof, and a cubit and a half 
the breadth thereof, and a cubit 
and a half the height thereof. 

11 And thou shalt overlay it 
with pure gold, within and with- 
out shalt thou overlay it, and 
shalt make upon it a crown of 
gold round about. 

12 And thou shalt cast four 
rings of gold for it, and put them 
in the four corners thereof; and 
two rings shall be in the one side 
of it, and two rings in the other 
side of it. 

13 And thou shalt make staves 
of shittim wood, and overlay 
them with gold. 

14 And thou shalt put the 
staves into the rings by the sides 
of the ark, that the ark may be 
borne with them. 

15 The staves shall be in the 
rings of the ark: they shall not 
be taken from it. 

16 And thou shalt put into the 
ark the testimony which I shall 
give thee. 

17 And thou shalt make a 
mercy seat of pure gold: two 
cubits and a half shall be the 
length thereof, and a cubit and a 
half the breadth thereof. 

18 And thou shalt make two 
cherubims of gold, of beaten 
work shalt thou make them, in 
the two ends of the mercy seat. 

19 And make one cherub on the 
one end, and the other cherub on 
the other end: even of the 
mercy seat shall ye make the 
cherubims on the two ends 
thereof. 


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EXODUS, 26 


20 And the cherubims shall 
stretch forth their wings on high, 
covering the mercy seat with 
their wings, and their faces shall 
look one to another; toward the 
mercy seat shall the faces of the 
cherubims be. 

21 And thou shalt put the 
mercy seat above upon the ark; 
and in the ark thou shalt put the 
testimony that I shall give thee. 

22 And there I will meet with 
thee, and I will commune with 
thee from above the mercy seat, 
from between the two cherubims 
which are upon the ark of the 
testimony, of all things which I 
will give thee in commandment 
unto the children of Is’ra-el. 

23 § Thou shalt also make a 
table of shittim wood: two cu- 
bits shall be the length thereof, 
and a cubit the breadth thereof, 
and a cubit and a half the height 
thereof. 

24 And thou shalt overlay it 
with pure gold, and make thereto 
a crown of gold round about. 

25 And thou shalt make unto 
it a border of an hand breadth 
round about, and thou shalt 
make a golden crown to the 
border thereof round about. 

26 And thou shalt make for it 
four rings of gold, and put the 
rings in the four corners that are 
on the four feet thereof. 

27 Over against the border 
shall the rings be for places of 
the staves to bear the table. 

28 And thou shalt make the 
staves of shittim wood, and over- 
lay them with gold, that the 
table may be borne with them. 

29 And thou shalt make the 
dishes thereof, and spoons there- 
of, and covers thereof, and bowls 
thereof, to cover withal: of pure 
gold shalt thou make them. 

30 And thou shalt set upon the 
table shewbread before me 


alway. 

31 4 And thou shalt make a 
candlestick of pure gold: 
beaten work shall the candle- 
stick be made: 


of 


his shaft, and!/b 


his branches, his bowls, his 
knops, and his flowers, shall be 
of the same. 

32 And six branches shalt 
come out of the sides of it; three 
branches of the candlestick out 
of the one side, and three branch- 
es of the candlestick out of the 
other side: 

33 Three bowls made like unto 
almonds, with a knop and a 
flower in one branch; and three 
bowls made like almonds in the 
other branch, with a knop and a 
flower: so in the six branches 
that come out of the candle- 
stick, 

34 And in the candlestick shall 
be four bowls made like unto 
almonds, with their knops and 
their flowers. 

35 And there shail be a knop 
under two branches of the same, 
and a knop under two branches 
of the same, and a knop under 
two branches of the same, 
according to the six branches 
that proceed out of the candle- 
stick. 

36 Their knops and _ their 
branches shall be of the same: 
all of it shall be one beaten work 
of pure gold. 

37 And thou shalt make the 
seven lamps thereof: and they 
shall light the lamps thereof, 
that they may give light over 
against it. 

38 And the tongs thereof, and 
the snuffdishes thereof, shall be 
of pure gold. 

39 Of a talent of pure gold 
shall he. make it, with all these 
vessels. 

40 And look that thou make 
them after their pattern, which 
was shewed thee in the mount. 


CHAPTER 26 76 
1 The tabernacle curtains. 14 Cover- 
ang. 15 Boards. 31 Veil for the 


ark 
TV OCREOVER thou shalt make 
the tabernacle with ten 
curtains of fine twined linen, and 
lue, and purple, and scarlet: 


104 


The table and the golden candlestick 


. 


| The curtains and the boards 


with cherubims of cunning 
| work shalt thou make them. 

2 The length of one curtain 
_ shall be eight and twenty cubits, 
and the breadth of one curtain 
four cubits: and every one of the 
_ curtains shall have one measure. 
| The five curtains shall be 
coupled together one to another; 
and other five curtains shall be 

coupled one to another. 

4 And thou shalt make loops 
of blue upon the edge of the one 
curtain from the selvedge in the 
coupling; and likewise shalt 
thou make in the uttermost edge 
of another curtain, in the cou- 
pling of the second. 

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make 
in the one curtain, and fifty loops 
shalt thou make in the edge of 
the curtain that is in the coupling 
of the second; that the loops 
may take hold one of another. 

6 And thou shait make fifty. 
taches of gold, and couple the 
curtains together with the taches: 
oo it shall be one tabernacle. 

7 § And thou shalt make cur- 
tains of goats’ hair to be a cover- 
ing upon the tabernacle: eleven 
curtains shalt thou make. t 

8 The length of one curtain 
Shall be thirty cubits, and the 
breadth of one curtain four cu- 
bits: and the eleven curtains 
Shall be all of one measure. 

9 And thou shalt couple five 
curtains by themselves, and six 
curtains by themselves, and 
shalt double the sixth curtain in 
the forefront of the tabernacle. 

10 And thou shalt make fifty 
loops, on the edge of the one 
curtain that is outmost in the 
coupling, and fifty loops in the 
edge of the curtain which 
coupleth the second. 

11 And thou shalt make fifty 
taches of brass, and put the 
taches into the loops, and couple 
the tent together, that it may be 
one. 

12 And the remnant that re- 
maineth of the curtains of the 
tent, the half curtain that re- 


EXODUS, 26 


maineth, shall hang over the 
backside of the tabernacle. 

13 And a cubit on the one side, 
and a cubit on the other side of 
that which remaineth in the 
length of the curtains of the tent, 
it shall hang over the sides of the 
tabernacle on this side and on 
that side, to cover it. 

14 And thou shalt make a 
covering for the tent of rams’ 
skins dyed red, and a covering 
above of badgers’ skins. 

15 ¢ And thou shalt make 
boards for the tabernacle of 
shittim wood standing up. 

16 Ten cubits shail be the 
length of a board, and a cubit 
and a half shall be the breadth of 
one board. 

17 Two tenons shail there be 
in one board, set in order one 
against another: thus shalt thou 
make for ail the boards of the 
tabernacle. 

18 And thou shalt make the 
boards for the tabernacle, twenty 
boards on the south side south- 


ward. 

19 And thou shait make forty 
sockets of silver under the twen- 
ty boards; two sockets under 
one board for his two tenons, and 
two sockets under another board 
for his two tenons. 

20 And for the second side of 
the tabernacle on the north side 
there shall be twenty boards: 

21 And their forty sockets of 
silver; two sockets under one 
board, and two sockets under 
another board. 

22 And for the sides of the 
tabernacle westward thou shalt 
make six boards. | 

23 And two boards shalt thou 
make for the corners of the 
tabernacle in the two sides. 

24 And they shall be coupled 
together beneath, and they shall 
be coupled together above the 
head of it unto one ring: thus 
shall it be for them both; they 
shall be for the two corners. 

25 And they shall be eight 
boards, and their sockets of 


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EXODUS, 27 


silver, sixteen sockets; two 
sockets under one board, and two 
sockets under another board. 

26 4 And thou.shalt make bars 
of shittim wood; five for the 
boards of the one side of the 
tabernacle, 

27 And five bars for the boards 
of the other side of the taber- 
nacle, and five bars for the boards 
of the side of the tabernacle, for 
the two sides westward. 

28 And the middle bar in the 
midst of the boards shall reach 
from end to end. 

29 And thou shalt overlay the 
boards with gold, and make their 
rings of gold for places for the 
bars: and thou shalt overlay the 
bars with gold. 

30 And thou shalt rear up the 
tabernacle according to the fash- 
ion thereof which was shewed 
thee in the mount. 

31 ¢ And thou shalt make a 
veil of blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen of 
cunning work: with cherubims 
shall it be made: 

32 And thou shalt hang it upon 
four pillars of shittim wood over- 
laid with gold: their hooks shall 
be of gold, upon the four sockets 
of silver. 

33 { And thou shalt hang up 
the veil under the taches, that 
thou mayest bring in thither 
within the veil the ark of the 
testimony: and the veil shall 


divide unto you between the] b 


holy place and the most holy. 

34 And thou shalt put the 
mercy seat upon the ark of the 
testimony in the most holy place. 

35 And thou shalt set the table 
without the veil, and the candle- 
stick over against the table on 
the side of the tabernacle toward 
the south: and thou shalt put 
the table on the north side. 

36 And thou shalt make an 
hanging for the door of the tent, 
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine twined linen, wrought 
with needlework. 

37 And thou shalt make for the 


The veil and the altar 


hanging five pillars of shittim 
wood, and overlay them with 
gold, and their hooks shall be of 
gold: and thou shalt cast five 
sockets of brass for them. 


CHAPTER 27 77 
1 Furniture of the tabernacle. 9 The 
court. 18 Its measure. 20 Oil for 


the lamp. 


ND thou shalt make an altar 

of shittim wood, five cubits 

long, and five cubits broad; the 

altar shall be foursquare: and- 

the height thereof shall be three 
cubits. 

2 And thou shalt make the 
horns of it upon the four corners 
thereof: his horns shall be of 
the same: and thou shalt over- 
lay it with brass. t 

3 And thou shalt make his pans 
to receive his ashes, and his 
shovels, and his basons, and his 
fleshhooks, and his firepans: 
all the vessels thereof thou shalt 
make of brass. 

4 And thou shalt make for it a 
grate of network of brass; and 
upon the net shalt thou make 
four brasen rings in the four 
corners thereof. 

And thou shalt put it under 
the compass of the altar beneath, 
that the net may be even to the 
midst of the altar. 

6 And thou shalt make staves 
for the altar, staves of shittim 
wood, and overlay them with 


rass. 
7 And the staves shall be put 
into the rings, and the staves 
shall be upon the two sides of 
the altar, to bear it. 

8 Hollow with boards shalt 
thou make it: as it was shewed 
thee in the mount, so shail they 
make it. 

9 § And thou shalt make the 
court of the tabernacle: for the 
south side southward there shall 
be hangings for the court of fine 
twined linen of an hundred cubits 


long for one side: 


10 And the twenty pillars there- 
of and their twenty sockets shail 


106 


The priesthood established 


be of brass; the hooks of the 
pei and their fillets shall be of 
ver 

‘11 And likewise for the north 
side in length there shall be 
hangings of an hundred cubits 
long, and his twenty pillars and 
their twenty sockets of brass; 
the hooks of the pillars and their 
fillets of silver. 

12 ¥ And for the breadth of the 
court on the west side shail be 
hangings of fifty cubits: their 
pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 

13 And the breadth of the court 
on the east side eastward shall 
be fifty cubits. i 

14 The hangings of one side 
of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: 
their pillars three, and their 
sockets three. 

15 And on the other side shail 
be hangings fifteen cubits: their 
ale three, and their sockets 


16 “a And for the gate of the 
court shall be an hanging of 
twenty cubits, of blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen, wrought with 
needlework: and their pillars 
shall be four, and their sockets 


our. 

17 All the pillars round about 
the court shall be filleted with 
silver; their hooks shall be of 
silver, and their sockets of brass. 

18 4 The length of the court 
shall be an hundred cubits, and 
the breadth fifty every where, 
and the height five cubits of fine 
twined linen, and their sockets 
of brass. 

19 Ail the vessels of the taber- 
nacle in all the service thereof, 
‘and all the pins thereof, and all 
ay pe of the court, shall be 


0 “q Ane thou shalt command 
the children of is’ra-el, that they 
bring thee pure oil olive beaten 
for the light, to cause the lamp 
to burn always 

21 In the tabesiacls of the con- 
gregation without the veil, which 
is before the testimony, “Aaron 


EXODUS, 28 


and his sons shall order it from 
evening to morning before the 
LORD: it shail be a statute for 
ever unto their generations on 
the behalf of the children of 
Is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 28 78 
1 The priesthood established. 15 The 
breastplate of twelve precious stones. 

31 The sacred vestments. 

ND take thou unto thee 
Aar’on thy brother, and his 
sons with him, from among the 
children of Is’ra-el, that he may 
minister unto me in the priest’s 
office, even Aar’on, Na’dab and 
A-bi’ht, E-le-a’zar and Ith’a-mdar, 
Aar’on’s sons. 

2 And thou shalt make holy 
garments for Aar’on thy brother 
for glory and for beauty. 

3 And thou shalt speak unto 
all that are wise hearted, whom 
I have filled with the spirit of 
wisdom, that they may make 
Aar’on’s garments to consecrate 
him, that he may minister unto 
me in the priest’s office. 

4 And these are the garments 
which they shall make; a breast- 
plate, and an ephod, and a robe, 
and a broidered coat, a mitre, 
and a girdle: and they shall 
make holy garments for Aar’on 
thy brother, and his sons, that he 
may minister unto me in the 
priest’s office. 

5 And they shall take gold, and 
Haat and purple, and scarlet, and 

e 

64 And they shall make the 
ephod of gold, of blue, and of 
purple, of scarlet, and fine 
twined linen, with cunning work. 

7 It shall have the two shoul- 
derpieces thereof joined at the 
two edges thereof; and so it 
shall be joined together. 

8 And the curious girdle of the 

ephod, which is upon it, shall be 
of the same, according to the 
work thereof; even of gold, o} 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine twined linen. 

9 And thou shalt take two onyx 


107 


EXODUS, 28 


stones, and grave on them the 
names of the children of Is’ra-el: 

10 Six of their names on one 
stone, and the other six names 
of the rest on the other stone, 
according to their birth. 

11 With the work of an engrav- 
er in stone, like the engravings of 
a signet, shalt thou engrave the 
two stones with the names of 
the children of Is’ra-el: thou 
shalt make them to be set in 
ouches of gold. 

12 And thou shalt put the two 
stones upon the shoulders of the 
ephod for stones of memcrial un- 
to the children of Is’ra-el: and 
Aar’on shall bear their names 
before the LORD upon his two 
shoulders for a memorial. 

13 ¥ And thou shalt make 
ouches of gold; | 

i4 And two chains of pure gold 
at the ends; of wreathen work 
shalt thou make them, and fasten 
the wreathen chains to the 


ouches. 

15 4 And thou shalt make the 
breastplate of judgment with 
cunning work; after the work of 
the ephod thou shalt make it; of 
gold, of blue, and of purple, and 
of scarlet, and of. fine twined 
linen, shait thou make it. ; 

16 Foursquare it shall be being 
doubled; a span shall be the 
length thereof, and a span shall 
be the breadth thereof. 

17 And thou shalt set in it set- 
tings of stones, even four rows of 
stones: the first row shall be a 
sardius, a topaz, and a Car- 
buncle: this shall be the first row. 

18 And the second row shall be 
an emerald, a sapphire, and a 
diamona. 

19 And the third row a ligure, 
an agate, and an amethyst. 

20 And the fourth row a beryl, 
and an onyx, and a jasper: they 
shall be set in gold in their in- 
closings. 

21 And the stones shall be with 
the names of the children of fs’- 
ra-el, twelve, according to their 
names, like the engravings of a 


The breastplate 


signet; every one with his name 
shall they be according to the 
twelve tribes. 

22 4 And thou shalt make upon 
the breastplate chains at the ends 
of wreathen work of pure gold. 

23 And thou shalt make upon 
the breastplate two rings of gold, 
and shalt put the two rings on 
the two ends of the breastplate. | 

24 And thou shalt put the two 
wreathen chains of gold in the 
two rings which are on the ends 
of the breastplate. 

25 And the other two ends of | 
the two wreathen chains thou) 
shalt fasten in the two ouches, 
and put them on the shoulder-' 
pieces of the ephod before it. 

26 § And thou shalt make two 
rings of gold, and thou shalt put 
them upon the two ends of the 
breastplate in the border thereof, 
which is in the side of the ephod 
inward. ; 

27 And two other rings of gold 
thou shalt make, and shalt put 
them on the two sides of the 
ephod underneath, toward the 
forepart thereof, over against the 
other coupling thereof, above the 
curious girdle of the ephod. 

28 And they shall bind the 
breastplate by the rings thereof 
unto the rings of the ephod with 
a lace of blue, that it may be 
above the curious girdle of the 
ephod, and that the breastplate 
be not loosed from the ephod. 

29 And Aar’on shall bear the 
names of the children of Is’ra-el 
in the breastplate of judgment 
upon his heart, when he goeth in 
unto the holy place, for a memo- 
rial before the LORD continually. 

30 4 And thou shalt putin the 
breastplate of judgment the U’rim 
and the Thim’mim; and they 
shall be upon Aar’on’s heart, 
when he goeth in before the 
LORD: and Aar’on shali bear 
the judgment of the children of 
Is’ra-el upon his heart before the 
LORD continually. 

31 4 And thou shalt make the 
robe of the ephod all of blue. 


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| The sacred vestments 


"32 And there shall be an hole in 
the top of it, in the midst thereof: 
‘it shall have a binding of woven 
work round about the hole of it, 
‘as it were the hole of an haber- 
geon, that it be not rent. 

33 G And beneath upon the 
‘hem of it thou shalt make pome- 

granates of blue, and of purple, 
and of scarlet, round about the 

‘hem thereof; and bells of gold 
-petween them round about: 

34 A golden bell and a pome- 
' granate, a golden bell and a pome- 
-granate, upon the hem of the robe 

round about. 

35 And it shall be upon Aar’on 
to minister: and his sound shall 
be heard when he goeth in unto 
the holy place before the LORD, 
and when he cometh out, that he 

‘die not. 

36 § And thou shalt make a 

plate of pure gold, and grave upon 
‘it, like the engravings of a signet, 

HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 

37 And thou shalt put it on a 

‘blue lace, that it may be upon the 

mitre; upon the forefront of the 

‘mitre it shall be. 
38 And it shall be upon Aar’on’s 
forehead, that Aar’on may bear 
the iniquity of the holy things, 
which the children of Is’ra-el 
shall hallow in all their holy gifts; 
‘and it shall be always upon his 

forehead; that they may be ac- 
‘cepted before the LORD. ) 
39 F And thou shalt embroider 
‘the coat of fine linen, and thou 
«shalt make the mitre of fine linen, 
-and thou shalt make the girdle of 
/ needlework. 

40 4 And for Adr’on’s_ sons 
thou shalt make coats, and thou 
«shalt make for them girdles, and 
‘bonnets. shalt thou make for 
| them, for glory and for beauty. 
41 And thou shalt put them 
‘upon Aar’on thy brother, and his 
“sons with him; and shalt anoint 
‘them, and consecrate them, and 
‘sanctify them, that they may 


minister unto me in the priest’s 





office. 
| 42 And thou shalt make them 


EXODUS, 29 


linen breeches to cover their 
nakedness; from the loins even 
unto the thighs they shall reach: 

43 And they shall be upon Aar’- 
on, and upon his sons, when they 
come in unto the tabernacle of 
the congregation, or when they 
come near unto the altar to min- 
ister in the holy place: that they 
bear not iniquity, and die: ié 
shall be a statute for ever unto 
him and his seed after him. 


CHAPTER 29 79 

1 Consecration of priests. 36 Various 

offerings. 45 God’s promise to be 
among the Israelites. 


ND this is the thing that thou 

shalt do unto them to hal- 

low them,.to minister unto me in 

the priest’s office: Take one 

young bullock, and two rams 
without blemish, 

2 And unleavened bread, and 
cakes unleavened tempered with 
oil, and wafers unleavened 
anointed with oil: of wheaten 
flour shalt thou make them. 

3 And thou shalt put them into 
one basket, and bring them in the 
basket, with the bullock and the 
two rams. 

4 And Aar’on and his sons thou 
shalt bring unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 
and shalt wash them with water. 

5 And thou shalt take the gar- 
ments, and put upon Aar’on the 
coat, and the robe of the ephod, 
and the ephod, and the breast- 
plate, and gird him with the curi- 
ous girdle of the ephod: ; 

6 And thou shalt put the mitre 
upon his head, and put the holy 
crown upon the mitre. 

7 Then shalt thou take the 
anointing oil, and pour 7f upon 
his head, and anoint him. 

8 And thou shalt bring his sons; 
and put coats upon them. 2 

9 And thou shalt gird them with 
girdles, Aar’on and his sons, an 
put the bonnets on them: and 
the priest’s office shall be theirs 
for a perpetual statute: and thou 
shalt consecrate Aar’on and his 
sons. 


109 


EXODUS, 29 


10 And thou shalt cause a bull- 
ock to be brought before the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation: and 
Aar’on and his sons shall put 
their hands upon the head of the 
bullock. 

11 And thou shalt kill the bull- 
oOck before the LORD, by the door 
of the tabernacle of the congrega- 


tion. 

12 And thou shalt take of the 
blood of the bullock, and put i¢ 
upon the horns of the altar with 
thy finger, and pour all the blood 
beside the bottom of the altar. 

13 And thou shalt take all the 
fat that covereth the inwards, 
and the caul that is above the 
liver, and the two kidneys, and 
the fat that is upon them, and 
burn them upon the altar. 

14 But the flesh of the bullock, 
and his skin, and his dung, shalt 
thou burn with fire without the 
camp: it is a sin offering. 

15 § Thou shalt also take one 
tam; and Aar’on and his sons 
shall put their hands upon the 
head of the ram. 

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, 
and thou shalt take his blood, 
and sprinkle i¢ round about upon 
the altar. 

17 And thou shalt cut the ram 
in pieces, and wash the inwards 
of him, and his legs, and put 
them unto his pieces, and unto 
his head. 

18 And thou shalt burn the 
whole ram upon the altar: itis a 
burnt offering unto the LORD: it 
7s a sweet savour, an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD. 

19 § And thou shalt take the 
other ram; and Aar’on and his 
sons shall put their hands upon 
the head of the ram. 

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, 
and take of his blood, and put if 
upon the tip of the right ear of 
Aar’on, and upon the tip of the 
right ear of his sons, and upon 
the thumb of their right hand, 
and upon the great toe of their 
right foot, and sprinkle the blood 
upon the altar round about. 


Consecration of the priest 


21 And thou shalt take of th 
blood that zs upon the altar, an 
of the anointing oil, and sprinkl 
it upon Aar’on, and upon his gar 
ments, and upon his sons, anc 
upon the garments of his son: 
with him: and he shall be hal. 
lowed, and his garments, and hi: 
sons, and his sons’ garment: 
with him. 

22 Also thou shalt take of the 
ram the fat and the rump, anc 
the fat that covereth the inwards 
and the caul above the liver, anc 
the two kidneys, and the fat tha 
is upon them,and the right shoul- 
der; for it is a ram of consecra- 
tion: 

23 And one loaf of bread, and 
one cake of oiled bread, and one 
wafer out of the basket of the un- 
leavened bread that is before the 
LORD: 

24 And thou shalt put all in the 
hands of Aar’on, and in the 
hands of his sons and shalt 
wave them for a wave offering 
before the LORD. 

25 And thou shalt receive them 
of their hands, and burn them 
upon the altar for a burnt offer- 
ing, for a sweet savour before the 
LORD: it is an offering made by 
fire unto the LORD. 

26 And thou shalt take the 
breast of the ram of Aar’on’s con- 
secration, and wave it for a wave 
offering before the LORD: and 
it shall be thy part. 

27 And thou shalt sanctify the 
breast of the wave offering, and 
the shoulder of the heave offer- 
ing, which is waved, and which 
is heaved up, of the ram of the 
consecration, even of that which 
is for Aar’on, and of that which 
is for his sons: 

28 And it shall be Aar’on’s and 
his sons’ by a statute for ever 
from the children of fs’ra-el: for 
it is an heave offering: and it 
shall be an heave offering from 
the children of is’ra-el of the sac- 
rifice of their peace offerings, 
even their heave offering unto 
the LORD. 


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The altar of incense 


EXODUS, 30 


| madi snc a TS 
0 { And the holy garments of | oil; and the fourth part of an hin 


Aar’on shall be his sons’ after 
him, to be anointed therein, and 
to be consecrated in them. | 

30 And that son that is priest 
in his stead shall put them on 
seven days, when he cometh into 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion to minister in the holy place. 

31 { And thou shalt take the 
ram of the consecration, and 
seethe his flesh in the holy place. 

32 And Aar’on and his sons 
shall eat the flesh of the ram, and 
the bread that is in the basket, 
by the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

33 And they shall eat those 
things wherewith the atonement 
was made, to consecrate and to 
sanctify them: but a stranger 
shall not eat thereof, because 
they are holy. 

34 And if ought of the flesh of 
the consecrations, or of the bread, 
remain unto the morning, then 
thou shalt burn the remainder 
with fire: it shall not be eaten, 
because it is holy. 

35 And thus shalt thou do unto 
Aar’on, and to his sons, accord- 
ing to all things which I have 
commanded thee: seven days 
shalt thou consecrate them. 

36 And thou shalt offer every 
day a bullock for a sin offering 
for atonement: and thou shalt 
cleanse the altar, when thou hast 
made an atonement for it, and 
thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 

37 Seven days thou shalt make 
an atonement for the altar, and 
sanctify it; and it shall be an 
altar most holy: whatsoever 
toucheth the altar shall be holy. 

38 9 Now this is that which 
thou shalt offer upon the altar; 
two lambs of the first year day 
by day continually. 

390 The one lamb thou shalt 
offer in the morning; and the 
other lamb thou shalt offer at 
even: 

40 And with the one lamb a 
tenth deal of flour mingled with 
the fourth part of an hin of beaten 


of wine for a drink offering. 

41 And the other lamb thou 
shalt offer at even, and shalt do 
thereto according to the meat 
offering of the morning, and ac- 
cording to the drink offering 


thereof, for a sweet savour, an . 


offering made by fire unto the 
LORD. | 

42 This shall be a continual 
burnt offering throughout your 
generations at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation 
before the LORD: where I will 
meet you, to speak there unto 


thee. 

43 And there I will meet with 
the children of Is’ra-el, and the 
tabernacle shall be sanctified by 
my glory. p 

44 And I will sanctify the taber~ 
nacle of the congregation, and 
the altar: I will sanctify also 
both Aar’on and his sons, to min- 
ister to me in the priest’s office. 

45 § And I will dwell among 
the children of Is’ra-el, and will 
be their God. 

46 And they shall know that I 
am the LORD their God, that 
brought them forth out of the 
land of £’gypt, that I may dwell 
among them: I am the LORD 


their God. 
CHAPTER 30 80 
1 The altar. 11 Ransom money. 17 
The laver. 22 The incense. 


yee thou shalt make an altar 
to burn incense upon: of 
shittim wood shalt thou make it. 

2 A cubit shall be the length 
thereof, and a cubit the breadth 
thereof; foursquare shall it be: 
and two cubits shall be the 
height thereof: the horns thereof 
shall be of the same. 

3 And thou shalt overlay it with 
pure gold, the top thereof, and 
the sides thereof round about, 
and the horns thereof; and thou 
shalt make unto it a crown of 
gold round about. 

4 And two golden rings shalt 
thou make to it under the crown 


Lit 


EXODUS, 30 


of it, by the two corners thereof, 
upon the two sides of it shalt 
thou make if; and they shall be 
for places for the staves to bear 
it withal. ‘ 

5 And thou shalt make the 
staves of shittim wood, and over- 
jay them with gold. 

6 And thou shalt put it before 
the veil that is by the ark of the 
testimony, before the mercy seat 
that is over the testimony, where 
I will meet with thee. 

7 And Aar’on shall burn there- 
on sweet incense every morn- 
ing: when he dresseth the lamps, 
he shall burn incense upon it. 

8 And when Adéar’on lighteth 
the lamps at even, he shall burn 
incense upon it, a perpetual in- 
cense before the LORD through- 
out your generations. 

9 Ye shall offer no strange in- 
cense thereon, nor burnt sacri- 
fice, nor meat offering; neither 
shall ye pour drink offering there- 


on. 

10 And A@r’on shall make an 
atonement upon the horns of it 
once in a year with the blood of 
the sin offering of atonements: 
once in the year shall he make 
atonement upon it throughout 
your generations: it is most holy 
unto the LORD. 

11 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

12 When thou takest the sum 
of the children of {s’ra-el after 
their number, then shall they 
give every man a ransom for his 
soul unto the LORD, when thou 
numberest them; that there be 
no plague among them, when 
thou numberest them. 

13 This they shall give, every 
one that passeth among them 
that are numbered, half a shekel 
after the shekel of the sanctuary: 
(a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an 
half shekel shall be the offering 
of the LORD. 

14 Every one that passeth among 
them that are numbered, from 
twenty years old and above, shall 
give an offering unto the LORD. 


The laver and the incens 


15 The rich shall not give 
more, and the poor shall not give 
less than half a shekel, when thez 
give an offering unto the LORD. 
to make an atonement for your 
souls. 

16 And thou shalt take the 
atonement money of the children 
of Is’ra-el, and shalt appoint it 
for the service of the tabernacle 
of the congregation; that it may 
be a memorial unto the children 
of Is’ra-el before the LORD, to 
make an atonement for your 


souls. | 
17 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO6’ses, saying, . | 
18 Thou shalt also make a’ 
laver of brass, and his foot also 
of brass, to wash withal: and 
thou shalt put it between the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation and 
the altar, and thou shalt put 
water therein. | 
19 For Aar’on and his sons 
shall wash their hands and their 
feet thereat: 
20 When they go into the taber-' 
nacle of the congregation, they’ 
shall wash with water, that they: 
die not; or when they come near 
to the altar to minister, to burn’ 
offering made by fire unto the 
LORD: 
21 So they shail wash their 
hands and their feet, that they 
die not: and it shall be a statute: 
for ever to them, even to him and 
to ‘his. seed throughout their 
generations. 
22 4] Moreover the LORD spake 
unto MO’ses, saying, | 
23 Take thou also unto thee 
principal spices, of pure myrrh 
five hundred shekels, and of 
sweet cinnamon half so much, 
even two hundred and fifty shek- 
els, and of sweet calamus two 
hundred and fifty shekels, 
24 And of cassia five hundred 
Shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary, and of oil olive an 


in: 
25 And thou shalt make it an 
oil of holy ointment, an ointment 
compound after the art of the 





112 


The anointing oil and holy perfume 


apothecary: it shall be an holy 
anointing oil. 

26 And thou shalt anoint the 
tabernacle of the congregation 
therewith, and the ark of the 
testimony, : 

27 And the table and all his ves- 
sels, and the candlestick and his 
vessels, and the altar of incense, 

28 And the altar of burnt offer- 
ing with all his vessels, and the 
laver and his foot. { 

29 And thou shalt sanctify 
them, that they may be most 
holy: whatsoever toucheth them 
shall be holy. 

30 And thou shalt anoint Aar’on 
and his sons, and consecrate 
them, that they may minister un- 
to me in the priest’s office. 

31 And thou shalt speak unto 

the children of Is’ra-el, saying, 
This shall be an holy anointing 
oil unto me throughout your 
generations. 
32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not 
be poured, neither shall ye make 
any other like it, after the com- 
position of it: it is holy, and it 
shall be holy unto you. 

33 Whosoever compoundeth any 
like it, or whosoever putteth any 
of it upon a stranger, shall even 
be cut off from his people. 

34 4 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Take unto thee sweet 
Spices, stacte, and onycha, and 
galbanum; fthese sweet spices 
With pure frankincense: of each 
shall there be a like weight: 

35 And thou shalt make it a 
perfume, a confection after the 
art of the apothecary, tempered 
together, pure and holy: 

36 And thou shalt beat some of 
it very small, and put of it before 
the testimony in the tabernacle 
of the congregation, where I will 
meet with thee: it shall be unto 
you most holy. 

37 And as for the perfume 
which thou shalt make, ye shall 
not make to yourselves according 
tothe composition thereof: it shall 
be unto thee holy for the LORD. 

38 Whosoever shall make like 


EXODUS, 31 


unto that. to smell thereto, shall 
even be cut off from his people. 


CHAPTER 31 81 
1 Tabernacle workmen. 12 The sab- 
bath a sign. 18 Two tables of stone. 

ND the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, saying, 

Z See, I have called by name 
Bé-zal’e-el the son of U’ri, the son 
of Har, of the tribe of Jia’dah: 

3 And I have filled him with 
the spirit of God, in wisdom, and 
in understanding, and in knowl- 
edge, and in all manner of work- 
manship, 

4 To devise cunning works, to 
work in gold, and in silver, and 
in brass, 

5 And in cutting of stones, to 
set them, and in carving of tim- 
ber, to work in all manner of 
workmanship. 

6 And I, behold, I have given 
with him “A-hd'li- ab, the son of 
A-his’a-mach, of the tribe of Dan: 
and in the hearts of all that are 
wise hearted I have put wisdom, 
that they may make all that I 
have commanded thee; 

7 The tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and the ark of the tes- 
timony, and the mercy seat that 
is thereupon, and all the furni- 
ture of the tabernacle, 

8 And the table and his furni- 
ture, and the pure candlestick 
with all his furniture, and the 
altar of incense, 

9 And the altar of burnt offering 
with all his furniture, and the 
laver and his foot, 

10 And the cloths of service, 
and the holy garments for Aar’on 
the priest, and the garments of 
his sons, to minister in the 
priest’s office, 

11 And the anointing oil, and 
sweet incense for the holy place: 
according to all that I have com- 
manded thee shall they do. 

12 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

13 Speak thou also unto_the 
children of Is’ra-el, saying, Ver- 
ily my sabbaths ye shall keep: 


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EXODUS, 32 


for it is a sign between me and 
you throughout your generations; 
that ye may know that I am the 
LORD that doth sanctify you. 

14 Ye shall .keep the sabbath 
therefore; for it is holy unto you: 
every one that defileth it shall 
surely be put to death: for who- 
soever doeth any work therein, 
that soul shall be cut off from 
among his people. 

15 Six days may work be done; 
but in the seventh is the sabbath 
of rest, holy to the LORD: who- 
soever doeth any work in the 
sabbath day, he shall surely be 
put to death. 
16 Wherefore the children of 
is’ra-el shall keep the sabbath, to 
observe the sabbath throughout 
their generations, for a perpetual 
covenant. 

17 It is a sign between me and 
the children of Is’ra-el for ever: 
for in six days the LORD made 
heaven and earth, and on the 
seventh day he rested, and was 
refreshed. 

18 9 And he gave unto M6’ses, 
when he had made an end of 
communing with him upon mount 
Si/nai, two tables cf testimony, 
tables of stone, written with the 
finger of God. 


82 CHAPTER 32 
1 The molten calf. 19 Moses breaks 
the tables. 25 The idolaters slain. 
ND when the people saw that 
M6’ses delayed to come 
down out of the mount, the people 
gathered themselves together un- 
to Aar’on, and said unto him,Up, 
make us gods, which shall go be- 
fore us; for as for this MO’ses, 
the man that brought us up out of 
the land of E’gypt, we wot not 
what is become of him. 

2 And Aar’on said unto them, 
Break off the golden earrings, 
which are in the ears of your 
wives, of your sons, and of your 
eae and bring them unto 


3 And all the people brake off 
the golden earrings which were 













The molten cal} 


in their ears, and brought then 
unto Aar’on. 

4 And he received them at thei: 
hand, and fashioned it with <¢ 
graving tool, after he had a 
it a molten calf: Gee they said: 
These be thy gods, O Is’ra-el 
which brought thee up out of the 
land of E’gypt. 

5 And when Aar’on saw it, Ey 
built an altar before it; and Aar’- 
on made proclamation, and said 
To morrow is a feast to the 


morrow, and offere 
ings, and brought peace offer: 
ings; and the people sat down 
to eat and to drink, and rose ur 
ee play. 
7 4 And the LORD said unt¢ 
Mo’ses, Go, get thee down; foi 
thy people, which thou brought: 
est out of the land of E’gypt 
have corrupted themselves: 

8 Theyhaveturnedasidequickls 
out of the way which I com; 
manded them: they have made 
them a molten calf, and have 
worshipped it, and have sacri: 
ficed thereunto, and said, These 
be thy gods, O Is’ra-el, whick 
have brought thee up out of the 
land of Egypt. 

9 And the LorD said unte 
Mo’ses, I have seen this people 
and, behold, it is a stiffneckec 
people: | 

10 Now therefore let me alone 
that my wrath may wax ho’ 
against them, and that I may 
consume them: andI will make 
re thee a great nation. 

1 And M6’ses besought the 
aes his God, and said, LORD 
why doth thy wrath wax hoi 
against thy people, which thot 
hast brought forth out of the lanc 
of E’gypt with great power, anc 
with a mighty hand? 

12 Wherefore should the £-&¥p’- 
tians speak, and say, For mischie! 
did he bring them out, to slay 
them in the mountains, and tc 
consume them from the face oi 
the earth? Turn from thy fierce 





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ath, and repent of this evil 
against thy people. 

13 RememberA’bra-ham, I’saac, 
‘and Is’ra-el, thyservants,to whom 
thou swarest by thine own self, 
‘and saidst unto them, I will 
multiply your seed as the stars 

of heaven, and all this land that I 
ave spoken of will I give unto 
your seed, and they shall inherit 
it for ever. 

14 And the LORD repented of 
the evil which he thought to do 

to his people. 

15 § And M6’ses turned, and 

Bent down from the mount, and 
the two tables of the testimony 
were in his hand: the tables were 
written on both their sides; on 
the one side and on the other 
were they written. 
'16 And the tables were the 
work of God, and the writing was 
the writing of God, graven upon 
the tables. 

17 And when Josh’u-a heard 
the noise of the people as they 
shouted, he said unto Md’ses, 
Thereisanoiseof war inthe camp. 

18 And he said, Jt is not the 
voice of them that shout for mas- 
tery, neither is if the voice of 
them that cry for being over- 
come: but the noise of them that 
sing do I hear. 

19 ¥ And it came to pass, as 
Soon as he came nigh unto the 
camp, that he saw the calf, and 
the dancing: and M6’ses’ anger 
waxed hot, and he cast the tables 
out of his hands, and brake them 
beneath the mount. 

20 And he took the calf which 
they had made, and burnt it in 
the fire, and ground it to powder, 
and strawed if upon the water, 
and made the children of fs’ra-el 
drink of it. ; 

21 And M6’ses said unto Aar’- 
on, What did this people unto 
thee, that thou hast brought so 
great a sin upon them? 

22 And A4ar’on said, Let not the 
anger of my lord wax hot: thou 
knowest the people, that they are 
set on mischief. 


| f oses’ anger at the people’s idolatry 


EXODUS, 32 


23 For they said unto me, Make 
us gods, which shall go before us: 
for as for this Md’ses, the man 
that brought us up out of the land 
of E’gypt, we wot not what is be- 
come of him 

24 And I mid unto them, Who- 
soever hath any gold, let them 
break it off. So they gave it me: 
then I cast it into the fire, and 
poet came out this calf. 

5 ¥¢ And when M6’ses saw that 
ine people were naked; (for 
Aar’on had made them naked 
unto their shame among their 
enemies :) 

26 Then M6/ses stood in the 
gate of the camp, and said, Who 
is on the LORD’S side? let him 
come untome. And all the sons 
of Lé’vi gathered themselves to- 
gether unto him. 

27 And he said unto them, Thus 
saith the LORD God of fs’ra-el, 
Put every man his sword by his 
side, and go in and out from gate 
to gate throughout the camp, and 
slay every man his brother, and 
every man his companion, and 
every man his neighbour. 

28 And the children of Lé’vi did 
according to the word of MO’ses: 
and there fell of the people that 
day about three thousand men. 

29 For M6’ses had said, Con- 
secrate yourselves to day to the 
LORD, even every man upon his 
son, and upon his brother; that 
he may bestow upon you a bless- 
ing this day. 

30 ¥ And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that M6’ses said unto 
the people, Ye have sinned a 
great sin: and now I will go up 
unto the LORD; peradventure I 
shall make an atonement for 
your sin. 

31 And Mo’ses returned unto 
the LORD, and said, Oh, this 
people have sinned a great sin, 
ee have made them gods of 
gold. 

32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive 
their sin—; and if not, blot me, 

pray thee, out of thy book 
which thou hast written. 


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33 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Whosoever hath sinned 
against me, him will I blot out of 
my book. 

34 Therefore now go, lead the 
people unto the place of which I 
have spoken unto thee: behold, 
mine Angel shall go before thee: 
nevertheless in the day when I 
visit I will visit their sin upon 


them. 

35 And the LORD plagued the 
people, because they made the 
calf, which Aar’on made. 


83 CHAPTER 33 
1 The tabernacle moved. 9 God talks 
_ with Moses. 12 Moses prays for 
God’s presence. 
ND the LORD said unto M6’- 
ses, Depart, and go up 
hence, thou and the people which 
thou hast brought up out of the 
land of E’gypt, unto the land 
which I sware unto A’bra-ham, 
to I’saac, and to Ja’cob, saying, 
Unto thy seed will I give it: 

2 And I will send an angel be- 
fore thee; and I will drive out the 
Ca’/naan-ite, the Am/6r-ite, and 
the Hit’tite, and the Pér’iz-zite, 
the Hi’vite, and the Jéb’u-site: 

3 Unto a land flowing with milk 
and honey: for I will not go up in 
the midst of thee; for thou art a 
stiffnecked people: lest I con- 
sume thee in the way. 

4 4 And when the people heard 
these evil tidings, they mourned: 
and no man did put on him his 
ornaments. 

5 For the LORD had said unto 
MO’ses, Say unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, Ye are a stiffnecked 
people: I will come up into the 
midst of thee in a moment, and 
consume thee: therefore now 
put off thy ornaments from thee, 
ue I may know what to do unto 

ee. 

6 And the children of Is’ra-el 
stripped themselves of their orna- 
ments by the mount HO’reb. 

7 And MOo’ses took the taber- 
nacle, and pitched it without the 
camp, afar off from the camp, and 


The tabernacle movec 


called it the Tabernacle of thi 
congregation. nd it came t 
pass, that every one which sough’ 
the LORD went out unto the tab: 
ernacle of the congregation, whick 
was without the camp. 

8 And it came to pass, wher 
MOo’ses went out unto the taber. 
nacle, that all the people rose up 
and stood every man at his ten’ 
door, and looked after M6’ses 
until he was gone into the taber- 
nacle. 

9 And it came to pass, as M6’ses 
entered into the tabernacle, the 
cloudy pillar descended, ané¢ 
stood at the door of the taber- 
saa feet, the LORD talked with 


0’se 

10 nea all the people saw the 
cloudy pillar stand af the taber- 
nacle door: and all the people 
rose up and worshipped, every 
man in his tent door. 

1 And the LORD spake untc 
MOo’ses face to face, as a man 
speaketh unto his friend. And 
he turned again into the camp: 
but his servant Josh’u-a, the son 
of Nun, a young man, departed 
not out of the tabernacle. 

12 4 And M6’ses said unto the 
LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, 
Bring up this people: and thou 
hast not let me know whom 
thou wilt send with me. Yet 
thou hast said, I know thee by 
name, and thou hast also found 
grace in my sight. 

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
if 1 have found grace in thy 
sight, shew me now thy way, 
that I may know thee, that I 
may find grace in thy sight: and 
consider that this nation is thy 
people. ’ 

14 And he said, My presence 
shall go with thee, and I will 
give thee rest. 

15 And he said unto him, If 
thy presence go not with me, 
carry us not up hence. 

16 For wherein shall it be 
known here that I and thy 
people have found grace in thy 
sight? is it not in that thou 


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\ 


The tables of the law renewed 


goest with us? so shall we be 
separated, I and thy people, from 
all the people that are upon the 
face of the earth. ; 

17 And the LORD said unto 
MOd’ses, I will do this thing also 
that thou hast spoken: for thou 
hast found grace in my sight, 
and I know thee by name. 

18 And he said, I beseech thee, 
shew me thy glory. 

19 And he said, I will make 
all my goodness pass before thee, 
and I will proclaim the name of 
the LORD before thee; and will 
be gracious to whom I will be 
gracious, and will shew mercy 
on whom I will shew mercy. 

20 And he said, Thou canst not 
see my face: for there shall no 
man see me, and live. 

21 And the LORD said, Behold, 
there is a place by me, and thou 
shalt stand upon a rock: 

22 And it shall come to pass, 
while my glory passeth by, that 
I will put thee in a clift of the 
rock, and will cover thee with 
my hand while I pass by: 

23 And I will take away mine 
hand, and thou shalt see my 
back parts: but my face shall 
not be seen. 


84 CHAPTER 34 


1 The tables renewed. 10 God’s cove- 
nant. 28 Moses brings the tadles 
down from the mount after forty days. 


ND the LORD said unto M6’- 

ses, Hew thee two tables 

of stone like unto the first: and 

I will write upon these tables 

the words that were in the first 
tables, which thou brakest. 

2 And be ready in the morning, 


and come up in the morning unto | I 


mount Si’nai, and present thyself 
there to me in the top of the 
mount. 

3 And no man shail come up 
with thee, neither let any man 
be seen throughout ail the 
mount; neither let the flocks nor 
Bers feed before that mount. 

4 4 And he hewed two tables 
of stone like unto the first: and 


EXODUS, 34 


MO’ses rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and went up unto mount 
Si’nai, as the LORD had com- 
manded him, and took in his 
hand the two tables of stone. 

5 And the LORD descended in 
the cloud, and stood with him 
there, and proclaimed the name 
of the LORD. 

6 And the LORD passed by be- 
fore him, and proclaimed, The 
LORD, The LORD God, merciful 
and gracious, longsuffering, and 
abundant in goodness and 
truth, | 

7 Keeping mercy for thou- 
sands, forgiving iniquity and 
transgression and sin, and that 
will by no means clear the 
guilty; visiting the iniquity of 
the fathers upon the children, 
and upon the children’s children, 
unto the third and to the fourth 
generation. 

8 And MO’ses made haste, and 
bowed his head toward the 
earth, and worshipped. 

9 And he said, If now I have 
found grace in thy sight, 
Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, 
go among us; for it is 5 stiff- 
necked people; and pardon our 
iniquity and our sin, and take us 
for thine inheritance. 

10 Y And he said, Behold, I 
make a covenant: before all thy 
people I will do marvels, such 
as have not been done in all the 
earth, nor in any nation: and 
all the people among which thou 
art shall see the work of the 
LORD: for it is a terrible thing 
that I will do with thee. 

11 Observe thou that which I 
command thee this day: behold, 
drive out before thee the 
Am/6r-ite, and the Ca’naan-ite, 
and the Hit’tite, and the Pér’iz- 
zite, and the Hi’vite, and the 
Jéb’u-site. 

12 Take heed to thyself, lest 
thou make a covenant with the 
inhabitants of the land whither 
thou goest, lest it be for a snare 
in the midst of thee: i 

13 But ye shall destroy their 


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EXODUS, 34 


altars, break their images, and 


cut down their groves: 

14 For thou shalt worship no 
other god: for the LORD, whose 
name is Jealous, is a jealous 


od: 

15 Lest thou make a covenant 
with the inhabitants of the land, 
and they go a whoring after 
their gods, and do sacrifice unto 
their gods, and one call thee, 
and thou eat of his sacrifice; | 

16 And thou take of their 
daughters unto thy sons, and 
their daughters go a whoring 
after their gods, and make thy 
sons go a whoring after their 


gods. _ 

17 Thou shalt make thee no 
molten gods. 

18 The feast of unleavened 
bread shalt thou keep. Seven 
days thou shalt eat unleavened 
bread, as I commanded thee, in 
the time of the month A’bib: for 
in the month A’bib thou camest 
out from E’gypt. 


19 Ail that openeth the matrix | h 


is mine; and every firstling 
among thy cattle, whether ox or 
sheep, that is male. 

20 But the firstling of an ass 
thou shalt redeem with a lamb: 
and if thou redeem Aim not, then 
shalt thou break his neck. All 
the firstborn of thy sons thou 
shalt redeem. And none shall 
appear before me empty. 

21 4 Six days thou shalt work, 
but on the seventh day thou shalt 
rest: in earing time and in har- 
vest thou shalt rest. 

22 ¢ And thou shalt observe 
the feast of weeks, of the first- 
fruits of wheat harvest, and the 
ah of ingathering at the year’s 


33° 4 Thrice in the year shall 
all your menchildren appear be- 
fore the LORD God, the God of 
Iis’ra-el. 

24 For I will cast out the 
nations before thee, and enlarge 
thy borders: neither shall any 
man desire thy land, when thou 
shalt go up to appear before the 


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Moses descends from the mount; his face shines 


LORD thy God thrice in the 


year. 

795 Thou shalt not offer the 
blood of my sacrifice with leaven; 
neither shall the sacrifice of the 
feast of the passover be left unto 
the morning. 

26 The first of the firstfruits of 
thy land thou shalt bring unto 
the house of the LORD thy God. 
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
his mother’s milk 

27 And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Write thou these words: 
for after the tenor of these words 
I have made a covenant with 
thee and with Is’ra-el. 

28 And he was there with the 
LORD forty days and _ forty 
nights; he did neither eat bread, | 
nor drink water. And he wrote 
upon the tables the words of the’ 
covenant, the ten commandments. 


talked with him. 

30 And when Aar’on and all! 
the children of Is’ra-el saw M6/- 
ses, behold, the skin of his face 
shone; and,they were afraid to 
come nigh him. 

31 And Mo6’ses called unto 
them; and Adar’on and all the 
rulers of the congregation re- 
turned unto him: and M6’ses 
talked with them. 

32 And afterward all the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el came nigh: and 
he gave them in commandment 
all that the LORD had spoken 
with him in mount Si’nai. 

33 And fill Mo’ses had done 
speaking with them, he put a 
veil on his face. 

34 But when M6’ses went in 
before the LORD to speak with 
him, he took the veil off, until he 
came out. And he came out, 
and spake unto the children of 
Is’ra-el that which he was com- 
manded. 





Gifts for the tabernacle 


_ 35 And the children of is’ra-el | 


saw the face of Md’ses, that the 
skin of M0’ses’ face shone: and 
MoO’ses put the veil upon his face 
again, until he went in to speak 
with him. 


85 CHAPTER 35 
1 Keeping the sabbath. 4 Tabernacle 
offerings. 30 Workmen ready. 
ND Mo’ses gathered all the 
| _ congregation of the children 
of is’ra-el together, and said 
unto them, These are the words 
which the LORD hath command- 
ed, that ye should do them. 

2 Six days shall work be done, 
but on the seventh day there shall 
be to you an holy day, a sabbath 
of rest to the LORD: whosoever 
doeth work therein shall be put 
to death. 

3 Ye shall kindle no fire 
throughout your habitations up- 
on the sabbath day. 

4 4 And Mo’ses spake unto all 

the congregation of the children 
of Is’ra-el, saying, This is the 
thing which the LORD com- 
manded, saying, 
Take ye from among you an 
offering unto the LORD: who- 
Soever is of a willing heart, let 
him bring it, an offering of the 
LORD; gold, and silver, and 
brass, 

6 And blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ 

air, 

7 And rams’ skins dyed red, 
and badgers’ skins, and shittim 
wood, ; 

8 And oil for the light, and 
spices for anointing oil, and for 
the sweet incense, 

9 And onyx stones, and stones 
to be set for the ephod, and for 
the breastplate. \ 

10 And every wise hearted 
among you shall come, and 
make all that the LORD hath 
commanded; ‘ 

11 The tabernacle, his tent, 
and his covering, his taches, and 
his boards, his bars, his pillars, 
and his sockets,” 


EXODUS, 35 


12 The ark, and the staves 
thereof, with the mercy seat, and 
the veil of the covering, 

13 The table, and his staves, 
and all his vessels, and the 
shewbread, 

14 The candlestick also for the 
light, and his furniture, and his 
lamps, with the oil for the light, 

15 And the incense altar, and 
his staves, and the anointing 
oil, and the sweet incense, and 
the hanging for the door at the 
entering in of the tabernacle, 

16 The altar of burnt offering, 
with his brasen grate, his staves, 
and all his vessels, the laver and 
his foot, : 

17 The hangings of thecourt,his 
pillars, and their sockets, and the 
hanging for the door of the court, 

18 The pins of the tabernacle, 
and the pins of the court, and 
their cords, 

19 The cloths of service, to do 
service in the holy place, the holy 
garments for Aar’on the priest, 
and the garments of his sons, to 
minister in the priest’s office. 

20 4 And all the congregation 
of the children of Is’ra-el de- 
parted from the presence of Md’- 


ses. 

21 And they came, every one 
whose heart stirred him up, and 
every one whom his spirit made 
willing, and they brought the 
LORD’S offering to the work of 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and for all his service, and 
for the holy garments. 

22 And they came, both men 
and women, as many as were 
willing hearted, and brought 
bracelets, and earrings, and 
rings, and tablets, all jewels of 
gold: and every man that offered 
offered an offering of gold unto 
the LORD. 

23 And every man, with whom 
was found blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ 
hair, and red skins of rams, and 
badgers’ skins, brought them. 

24 Every one that did offer an 
offering of silver and brass 


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EXODUS, 36 


brought the LORD’s offering: 
and every man, with whom was 
found shittim wood for any 
work of the service, brought it. 


25 And all the Women that were |: 


wise hearted did spin with their 
hands, and brought that which 
they had spun, both of blue, and 
of purple, and of scarlet, and of 
fine linen. 

26 And all the women whose 
heart stirred them up in wisdom 
spun goats’ hair. ; 

27 And the rulers’ brought 
onyx stones, and stones to be 
set, for the ephod, and for the 
breastplate; | : 

28 And spice, and oil for the 
light, and for the anointing oil, 
and for the sweet incense. 

29 The children of is’ra-el 
brought a willing offering unto 
the LORD, every man and 
woman, whose heart made them 
willing to bring for all manner of 
work, which the LORD had com- 
mended to be made by the hand 
of MO’ses. 

30 ¥ And M6’ses said unto the 
children of is’ra-el, See, the 
’ LORD hath called by name Bé- 
zal’e-el the son of Wie the son of 
Hiir, of the tribe of Jia’dah; 

1 And he hath filled him with 
ee spirit of God, in wisdom, in 
understanding, and in knowl- 
edge, and in all manner of work- 
manship; ‘ j 

32 And to devise curious works, 
to work in gold, and in silver, 
and in brass, 

33 And in the cutting of stones, 
to set them, and in carving of 
wood, to make any manner of 
cunning work. 

34 And he hath put in his heart 
that he may teach, both he, and 
A-ho‘li-ab, the son of A-his’a- 
mach, of the tribe of Dan. 

35 Them hath he filled with 
wisdom of heart, to work all 
manner of work, of the engraver, 
and of the cunning workman, 
and of the embroiderer, in blue, 
and in purple, in scarlet, and in 


fine linen, and of the weaver, | 


The workmen receive the gifts 


even of them that do any work, 
and (ae those that devise cunning 
work. 


CHAPTER 36 


1 Workmen receive the Oe 8 The 

work goes on. 35 The veil. 

HEN wrought Bé-zal’e-el 

and A-ho’li-ab, and every 
wise hearted man, in whom the 
LORD put wisdom and under- 
standing to know how to work 
all manner of work for the service 
of the sanctuary, according to 
all that the LORD had com- 
manded. 

2 And Mo’ses called Bé-zal’e-el 
and A-h6’li-ab, and every wise 
hearted man, in whose heart the 
LORD had put wisdom, even 
every one whose heart stirred him 
up to come unto the work to do it: 

3 And they received of M6’ses 
all the offering, which the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el had brought for 
the work of the service of the 
sanctuary, to make it withal. 
And they brought yet unto him 
free offerings every morning. 

4 And all the wise men, that 
wrought all the work of the sanc- 
tuary, came every man from his 
work which they made; 

5 § And they_spake unto Mé6’- 
ses, saying, The people bring 
much more than enough for the 
service of the work, which the 
LORD commanded to make. 

6 And M6’ses gave command- 
ment, and they caused it to be 
proclaimed throughout the camp, 
saying, Let -neither man nor 
woman make any more work 
for the offering of the sanctuary. 
So the people were restrained 
from bringing. 

7 For the stuff they had was 
sufficient for all the work to 
make ie and too much. 

8 § And every wise hearted 
man among them that wrought 
the work of the tabernacle made 
ten curtains of fine twined linen, 
and blue, and purple, and scar- 
let: with cherubims of cunning 
work made he them. 


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The work of the tabernacle 


9 The length of one curtain was 
twenty and eight cubits, and the 
breadth of one curtain four cu- 
bits: the curtains were allof one 
size. 

10 And he coupled the five 
| curtains one unto another: and 
the other five curtains he coupled 
one unto another. 

11 And he made loops of blue 

on the edge of one curtain from 
the selvedge in the coupling: 
‘likewise he made in the utter- 
‘most side of another curtain, in 
| the coupling of the second. 
12 Fifty loops made he in one 
curtain, and fifty loops made he 
“in the edge of the curtain which 
was in the coupling of the sec- 
ond: the loops held one curtain 
to another. 

13 And he made fifty taches of 
‘gold, and coupled the curtains 
‘one unto another with the taches: 

So it became one tabernacle. 
14 9 And he made curtains of 
goats’ hair for the tent over the 
tabernacle: eleven curtains he 
made them. i 

15 The length of one curtain 
was thirty cubits, and four cu- 
bits was the breadth of one cur- 
‘tain: the eleven curtains were 
of one size. 

16 And he coupled five curtains 
by themselves, and six curtains 
by themselves. 

17 And he made fifty loops up- 
on the uttermost edge of the 
curtain in the coupling, and fifty 
loopsmade heupon theedgeof the 
curtain whichcoupleththesecond. 

18 And he made fifty taches of 
brass to couple the tent together, 
that it might be one. 

19 And he made a covering for 
the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, 
and a covering of badgers’ skins 
above that. 

20 4. And he made boards for 
the tabernacle of shittim wood, 
standing up. 

21 The length of a board was 
ten cubits, and the breadth of a 
board one cubit and a half. — 

22 One board had two tenons, 


EXODUS, 36 


equally distant one from another: 
thus did he make for all the 
boards of the tabernacle. 

23 And he made boards for the 
tabernacle; twenty boards for 
the south side southward: 

24 And forty sockets of silver 
he made under the twenty 
boards; two sockets under one 
board for his two tenons, and 
two sockets under another board 
for his two tenons. 

25 And for the other side of the 
tabernacle, which is toward the 
north corner, he made twenty 
boards, , 

26 And their forty sockets of 
silver; two sockets under one 
board, and two sockets under 
another board. 

27 And for the sides of the 
tabernacle westward he made 
six boards. 

28 And two boards made he for 
the corners of the tabernacle in 
the two sides. 

29 And they were coupled be- 
neath, and coupled together at 
the head thereof, to one ring: 
thus he did to both of them in 
both the corners. 

30 And there were eight boards: 
and their sockets were sixteen 
sockets of silver, under every 
board two sockets. 

31 4 And he made bars of 
shittim wood; five for the 
boards of the one side of the 
tabernacle, 

32 And five bars for the boards 
of the other side of the taber- 
nacle, and five bars for the 
boards of the tabernacle for the 
sides westward. 

33 And he made the middle bar 
to shoot through the boards 
from the one end to the other. 

34 And he overlaid the boards 
with gold, and made their rings 
of gold to be places for the bars, 
and overlaid the bars with gold. 

35 ¢ And he made a veil of 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen: with cheru- 
bims made he it of cunning 
work. 


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EXODUS, 37 


36 And he made thereunto four 
pillars of shittim wood, and over- 
laid them with gold: their hooks 
were of gold; and he cast for 
them four sockets of silver. | 

37 § And he made an hanging 
for the tabernacle door of blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen, of needlework; | 

38 And the five pillars of it 
with their hooks: and he over- 
laid their chapiters and their 
fillets with gold: but their five 
sockets were of brass. 


87 CHAPTER 37 
1 Furniture of the tabernacle. 17 The 
candlestick. 20 Oil and incense. 

ND_ Bé-zal’e-el made the 

ark of shittim wood: two 
cubits and a half was the length 
of it, and a cubit and a half the 
breadth of it, and a cubit and a 
half the height of it: 

2 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold within and without, and 
made a crown of gold to it round 
about. i 

3 And he cast for it four rings 
of gold, to be set by the four 
corners of it; even two rings 
upon the one side of it, and two 
rings upon the other side of it. 

4 And he made staves of 
shittim wood, and overlaid them 
with gold. . 

5 And he put the staves into 
the rings by the sides of the ark, 
to bear the ark. 

6 {And he made the mercy 
seat of pure gold: two cubits 
and a half was the length three- 
of, and one cubit and a half the 
breadth thereof. 

And he made two cherubims 
of gold, beaten out of one piece 
made he them, on the two ends 
of the mercy seat: 

8 One cherub on the end on 
this side, and another cherub on 
the ofher end on that side: out 
of the mercy seat made he the 
cherubims on the two ends 
thereof. 


Furniture of the tabernacle 


covered with their wings over the 
mercy seat, with their faces one 
to another; even to the mercy 
seatward were the faces of the 
cherubims. 

10 4] And he made the table of 
shittim wood: two cubits was 
the length thereof, and a cubit 
the breadth thereof, and a cubit 
and a half the height thereof: 

11 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold, and made thereunto a 
crown of gold round about. 

12 Also he made thereunto a 
border of an handbreadth round 
about; and made a crown of 
gold for the border thereof round 
about. 

13 And he cast for it four rings 
of gold, and put the rings upon 
the four corners that were in 
the four feet thereof. 

14 Over against the border 
were the rings, the places for the 
staves to bear the table. 

15 And he made the staves of 
shittim wood, and overlaid them 
with gold to bear the table. 

16 And he made the vessels 
which were upon the table, his 
dishes, and his spoons, and his 
bowls, and his covers to cover 
withal, of pure gold. 

17 4 And he made the candle- 
stick of pure gold: of beaten 
work made he the candlestick; 
his shaft, and his branch, his 
bowls, his knops, and his flow- 
ers, were of the same: 

18 And six branches going out 
of the sides thereof; three 
branches of the candlestick out 
of the one side thereof, and three 
branches of the candlestick out 
of the other side thereof: 

19 Three bowls made after the 
fashion of almonds in one 
branch, a knop and a flower: 
and three bowls made like 
almonds in another branch, a 
knop and a flower: so through- 
out the six branches going out 
of the candlestick, 

20 And in the candlestick were 


9 And the cherubims spread | four bowls made like almonds, 
out their wings on high, and|his knops, and his flowers: 
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Furniture of the tabernacle 


21 And a knop under two 
branches of the same, and a knop 
under two branches of the same, 
and a knop under two branches 
of the same, according to the 
six branches going out of it. 

22 Their knops and _ their 
branches were of the same: ail 
of it was one beaten work of 
pure gold. 

23 And he made_ his seven 
lamps, and his snuffers, and his 
snuffdishes, of pure gold. 

24 Of a talent of pure gold 
made he it, and all the vessels 
thereof. 

25 § And he made the incense 

altar of shittim wood: the length 
of it was a cubit, and the breadth 
of it a cubit; i¢ was foursquare; 
and two cubits was the height of 
it; the horns thereof were of the 
same. 
26 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold, both the top of it, and the 
sides thereof round about, and 
the horns of it: also he made 
unto it a crown of gold round 
about. 

27 And he made two rings of 
gold for it under the crown there- 
of, by the two corners of it, upon 
the two sides thereof, to be 
places for the staves to bear it 
withal. 

28 And he made the staves of 
shittim wood, and overlaid them 
with gold. 

29 § And he made the holy 
anointing oil, and the pure in- 
cense of sweet spices, according 
to the work of the apothecary. 


88 CHAPTER 38 

1 Furniture of the tabernacle. 
of the offerings. 

ND he made the altar of 

burnt offering of shittim 

wood: five cubits was the length 


21 Sum 


thereof, and five cubits. the 
breadth thereof; if was four- 
Square; and three cubits the 


height thereof. 
2 And he made the horns there- 


of on the four corners of it; the! 


EXODUS, 38 


horns thereof were of the same: 
and he overlaid it with brass. 

3 And he made all the vessels 
of the altar, the pots, and the 
shovels, and the basons, and the 
fleshhooks, and the firepans: all 
the vessels thereof made he of 
brass. 

4 And he made for the altar a 
brasen grate of network under 
the compass thereof beneath un- 
to the midst of it. 

5 And he cast four rings for the 
four ends of the grate of brass, 
to be places for the staves. 

6 And he made the staves of 
shittim wood, and overlaid them 
with brass. 

7 And he put the staves into 
the rings on the sides of the altar, 
to bear it withal; he made the 
altar hollow with boards. 

8 q And he made the laver of 
brass, and the foot of it of brass, 
of the lookingglasses of the 
women assembling, which as-~ 
sembled aft the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

9 ¢ And he made the court: 
on the south side southward the 
hangings of the court were of 
fine twined linen, an hundred 
cubits: 

10 Their pillars were twenty, 
and their brasen sockets twenty; 
the hooks of the pillars and their 
fillets were of silver. 

11 And for the north side the 
hangings were an hundred cu- 
bits, their pillars were twenty, 
and their sockets of brass twen- 
ty; the hooks of the pillars and 
their fillets of silver. 

12 And for the west side were 
hangings of fifty cubits, their 
pillars ten, and their sockets ten: 
the hooks of the pillars and their 
fillets of silver. 

13 And for the east side east- 
ward fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of the one side 
of the gate were fifteen cubits; 
their pillars three, and their 
sockets three. 

15 And for the other side of the 
court gate, on this hand and that 


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hand, were hangings of fifteen 
cubits; their pillars three, and 
their sockets three. 

16 All the hangings of the court 
round about were of fine twined 
linen. c 
17 And the sockets for the pil- 
lars were of brass; the hooks of 
the pillars and their fillets of 
silver; and the overlaying of 
their chapiters of silver; and all 
the pillars of the court were 
filleted with silver. . 

18 And the hanging for the gate 
of the court was needlework, of 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen: and twenty 
cubits was the length, and the 
height in the breadth was five 
cubits, answerable to the hang- 
ings of the court. 

19 And their pillars were four, 
and their sockets of brass four; 
their hooks of silver, and the 
overlaying of their chapiters and 
their fillets of silver. 

20 And all the pins of the taber- 
nacle, and of the court round 
about, were of brass. 

21 4 This is the sum of the 

tabernacle, even of the taber- 
nacle of testimony, as it was 
counted, according to the com- 
mandment of Mo’ses, for the 
service of the Lé’vites, by the 
hand of ith’a-mar, son to Aar’on 
the priest. 
22 And Bé-zal’e-el the son of 
U’ri, the son of Har, of the tribe 
of Ji’dah, made all that the 
LORD commanded Mo’ses. 

23 And with him was A-hd’li- 
ab, son of A-his’a-mach, of the 
tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a 
cunning workman, and an em- 
broiderer in blue, and in purple, 
and in scarlet, and fine linen. 

24 All the gold that was occu- 
pied for the work in all the work 
of the holy place, even the gold 
of the offering, was twenty and 
nine talents, and seven hundred 
and thirty shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary. 

25 And the silver of them that 
were numbered of the congrega- 


The sum of the offerings 


tion was an hundred talents, and 
a thousand seven hundred and 
threescore and fifteen shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary: 
26 A bekah for every man, 


that is, half a shekel, after the 


shekel of the sanctuary, for every 
one that went to be numbered, 
from twenty years old and up- 
ward, for six hundred thousand 
and three thousand and five hun- 
dred and fifty men. 


27 And of the hundred talents. 


of silver were cast the sockets 
of the sanctuary, and the sockets 
of the veil; 


for a socket. 

28 And of the thousand seven 
hundred seventy and five shekels 
he made hooks for the pillars, 
and overlaid their chapiters, and 
filleted them. 

29 And the brass of the offering 
was seventy talents, and two 
thousand and four hundred 
shekels. 

30 And therewith he made the 
sockets to the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, and 
the brasen altar, and the brasen 
grate for it, and all the vessels 
of the altar, 

31 And the sockets of the court 
round about, and the sockets of 
the court gate, and all the pins of 
the tabernacle, and all the pins 
of the court round about. 


CHAPTER 39 


1 The priestly vestments. 
views and approves. 


ND of the blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, they made 


29 
32 Moses 


cloths of service, to do service — 


in the holy place, and made the 
holy garments for Adar’on; as 
the LORD commanded M@6’ses. 

2 And he made the ephod of 
gold, blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

3 And they did beat the gold 
into thin plates, and cut i¢ into 
wires, to work if in the blue, and 
in the purple, and in the scarlet, 


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an hundred sockets 
of the hundred talents, a talent 








The breastplate 


and in the fine linen, with cun- 
ning work. 

4 They made _ shoulderpieces 
for it, to couple it together: by 
the two edges was it coupled to- 


gether. ; k 

5 And the curious girdle of his 
ephod, that was upon it, was of 
the same, according to the work 
thereof; of gold, blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen; as the LORD com- 
manded M0O’ses. 

6 { And they wrought onyx 
stones inclosed in ouches of gold, 
graven, as signets are graven, 
with the names of the children 
of Iis’ra-el. 

7 And he put them on the 
shoulders of the ephod, that 
they should be stones for a 
memorial to the children of 
ts’ra-el; as the LORD command- 
ed MO’ses. 

8 And he made the breast- 
plate of cunning work, like the 
work of the ephod; of gold, blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

0 It was foursquare; they made 
the breastplate double: a span 
was the length thereof, and a 
span the breadth thereof, being 
doubled. Bah). 

10 And they set in it four rows 
of stones: the first row was a 
‘sardius, a topaz, and a car- 
buncle: this was the first row. 

11 And the second row, 
emerald, a sapphire, and a 
diamond. 4 

12 And the third row, a ligure, 
an agate, and an amethyst. 

13 And the fourth row, a 
beryl, an onyx, and a jas- 
per: they were inclosed in 
ouches of gold in their inclosings. 

14 And the stones were ac- 
cording to the names of the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, twelve, accord- 
ing to their names, like the en- 
gravings of a signet, every one 
with his name, according to the 
twelve tribes. 

15 And they made upon the 
breastplate chains at the ends, 


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EXODUS, 39 


of ae work of pure 
gold. 

16 And they made two ouches 
of gold, and two gold rings; and 
put the two rings in the two ends 
of the breastplate. 

17 And they put the two 
wreathen chains of gold in the 
two rings on the ends of the 
breastplate. 

18 And the two ends of the 
two wreathen chains they fas- 
tened in the two ouches, and put 
them on the shoulderpieces of 
the ephod, before it.: ¢ 

19 And they made two rings of 
gold, and put them on the two 
ends of the breastplate, upon 
the border of it, which was on 
the side of the ephod in- 


ward. 

20 And they made two other 
golden rings, and put them on 
the two sides of the ephod under- 
neath, toward the forepart of it, 
over against the other coupling 
thereof, above the curious girdle 
of the ephod. 

21 And they did bind the 
breastplate by his rings unto the 
rings of the ephod with a lace of 
blue, that it might be above the 
curious girdle of the ephod, and 
that the breastplate might not be 
loosed from the ephod; as the 
LORD commanded MO’ses. 

22 | And he made the robe of 
the ephod of woven work, all of 


ue. 

23 And there was an hole in 
the midst of the robe, as the hole 
of an habergeon, with a band 
round about the hole, that it 
should not rend. 

24 And they made upon the 
hems of the robe pomegranates 
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and twined linen. 

25 And they made bells of 
pure gold, and put the bells be- 
tween the pomegranates upon the 
hem of the robe, round about be- 
tween the pomegranates; 

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a 
bell and a pomegranate, round 
about the hem: of the robe to 


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EXODUS, 40 


minister in: as the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses. 

27 4 And they made coats of 
fine linen of woven work for 
Aar’on, and for his sons, 

28 And a mitre of fine linen, 
and goodly bonnets of fine linen, 
and linen breeches of fine 
twined linen, ; 

29 And a girdle of fine twined 
linen, and blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, of needlework; as the 
LORD commanded MO’ses. 

30 J And they made the plate 
of the holy crown of pure gold, 
and wrote upon it a writing, like 
to the engravings of a signet, 
HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 

31 And they tied unto it a lace 
of blue, to fasten 7¢ on high upon 
the mitre; as the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses. 

2 4 Thus was all the work of 
the tabernacle of the tent of the 
congregation, finished: and the 
children of Is’ra-el did accord- 
ing to all that the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses, so did they. 

33 4 And they brought the 
tabernacle unto M6’ses, the tent, 
and ali his furniture, his taches, 
his boards, his bars, and his 
pillars, and his sockets, 

34 And the covering of rams’ 
skins dyed red, and the covering 
of badgers’ skins, and the veil of 
the covering, 

35 The ark of the testimony, 
and the staves thereof, and the 
mercy seat, 

36 The table, and all the vessels 
thereof, and the shewbread, | 

37 The pure candlestick, with 
the lamps thereof, even with the 
lamps to be set in order, and all 
the vessels thereof, and the oil 
for light, 

38 And the golden altar, and the 
anointing oil, and the sweet in- 
cense, and the hanging for the 
tabernacle door, 

39 The brasen altar, and his 
grate of brass, his staves, and all 
his vessels, the laver and his 


oot, 
40 The hangings of the court, 


Tabernacle approved by Moses 


ae pillars, and his sockets, and 


hanging for the court gate, 
fhe cords, and his pins, and all 
the vessels of the service of the 
tabernacle, for the tent of the 
congregation, 

41 The cloths of service to do 
service in the holy place, and the 
holy garments for Aar’on the 
priest, and his sons’ garments, to 
minister in the priest’s office. 

42 According to all that the 
LORD commanded M6’ses, so 
the children of is’ra-el made 
all the work. 

43 And MOd’ses did look upon 
ali the work, and, behold, they 
had done it as the LORD had 
commanded, even so had they 
done it: and M6’ses blessed 
them. 


CHAPTER 40 90 


1 Rearing of the tabernacle. 13 Sancti- 
fication of Aaron and his sons. 34 
The covering cloud. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 On the first day of the first 
month shalt thou set up the 
tabernacle of the tent of the con= 
gregation. 

3 And thou shalt put therein 
the ark of the testimony, and 
cover the ark with the veil. 

4 And thou shalt bring in the 
table, and set in order the 
things that are to be set in order 
upon it; and thou shalt bring in 
the candlestick, and light the 
lamps thereof. 

5 And thou shalt set the altar 
of gold for the incense before the 
ark of the testimony, and put the 
hanging of the door to the taber- 
nacle. 

6 And thou shalt set the altar 
of the burnt offering before the 
door of the tabernacle of the 
tent of the congregation. 

7 And thou shalt set the laver 
between the tent of the congrega- 
tion and the altar, and shalt put 
water therein. | 

8 And thou shalt set up the 
court round about, and hang up 
the hanging at the court gate. 


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Tabernacle reared. Aaron sanctified 


9 And thou shalt take the 
anointing oil, and anoint the 
tabernacle, and all that is there- 
in, and shalt hallow it, and ali 
the vessels thereof: and it shall 
be holy. 

10 And thou shalt anoint the 
altar of the burnt offering, an 
all his vessels, and sanctify the 
altar: and it shall be an altar 
most holy. 

11 And thou shalt anoint the 
laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 

12 And thou shalt bring Aar’on 
and his sons unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 
and wash them with water. 

13 And thou shait put upon 
A4r’on the holy garments, and 
anoint him, and sanctify him; 
that he may minister unto me in 
the priest’s office. 

14 And thou shalt bring his 
sons, and clothe them with 
coats: 

15 And thou shalt anoint them, 
as thou didst anoint their father, 
that they may minister unto me 
in the priest’s office: for their 
anointing shall surely be an 
everlasting priesthood through- 
out their generations. 

16 Thus did M6’ses: according 
to all that the LORD commanded 
him, so did he. 

17 4 And it came to pass in the 
first month in the second year, 

on the first day of the month, 
that the tabernacle was reared 


up. 

18 And Md’ses reared up the 
tabernacle, and fastened his 
sockets, and set up the boards 
thereof, and put in the bars there- 
of, and reared up his pillars. 

19 And he spread abroad the 
tent over the tabernacle, and put 
the covering of the tent above up- 
on it; as the LORD commanded 
MO6’ses. 

20 § And he took and put the 
testimony into the ark, and set 
the staves on the ark, and put the 
mercy seat above upon the ark: 

21 And he brought the ark into 
the tabernacle, and set up the 


EXODUS, 40 


SPAN as haa be le REL TES 
veil of the covering, and covered 


the ark of the testimony; as the 
LORD commanded M0O’ses. 

22 4 And he put the table in 
the tent of the congregation, up- 
on the side of the tabernacle 
northward, without the veil. 

23 And he set the bread in order 
upon it before the LORD; as the 
LORD had commanded MO’ses. 

24 ¢ And he put the candle- 
stick in the tent of the congrega- 
tion, over against the table, on 
the side of the tabernacle south- 


wara. 

25 And he lighted the lamps 
before the LORD; as the LORD 
commanded MO’ses. 

26 ¢ And he put the golden 
altar in the tent of the congrega- 
tion before the veil: 

27 And he burnt sweet incense 
thereon; as the LORD command- 
ed MO’ses. 

28 9 And he set up the hang- 
ing at the door of the tabernacle. 

29 And he put the altar of 
burnt offering by the door of the 
tabernacle of the tent of the con- 
gregation, and offered upon it . 
the burnt offering and the meat 
offering; as the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses. 

30 4 And he set the laver be- 
tween the tent of the congrega- 
tion and the altar, and put water 
there, to wash withal. 

31 And MO’ses and Aar’on and 
his sons washed their hands and 
their feet thereat: 

32 When they went into the 
tent of the congregation, and 
when they came near unto the 
altar, they washed; as the 
LORD commanded M0’ses. . 

33 And he reared up the court 
round about the tabernacle an 
the altar, and set up the hanging 
of the court gate. So MOd’ses 
finished the work. 

34 4 Then a cloud covered the 
tent of the congregation, and the 
glory of the LorRD filled the 
tabernacle. 

35 And Méd’ses was not able to 
enter into the tent of the congre- 


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LEVITICUS, 1 


gation, because the cloud abode| taken up, 


thereon, and the glory of the 
LORD filled the tabernacle. 

36 And when the cloud was 
taken up from over the_taber- 
nacle, the children of is’ra-el 
went onward in all their 
journeys: 

37 But if the cloud were not 


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then they journeyec 
not till the day that it was taker 


up. 
38 For the cloud of the Lorr 
was upon the tabernacle by day 
and fire was on it by night, ir 
the sight of all the house ot 
Is’ra-el, throughout all thei: 
journeys. 


THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 


LEVITICUS 


91 CHAPTER 1 
1 The law of burnt offerings. 10 Flocks. 
14 Fowls. 


ND the LorD called unto 
Mo’ses, and spake unto 
him out of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, saying, 
_2 Speak unto the children of 
_is’ra-el, and say unto them, If 
any man of you bring an offering 
unto the LORD, ye shall bring 
your offering of the cattle, even 
of the herd, and of the flock. 

3 If his offering be a burnt 
. sacrifice of the herd, let him offer 
a male without blemish: he 
shall offer it of his own volun- 
tary will at the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation before 
the LORD. 

4 And he shall put his hand 
upon the head of the burnt offer- 
ing; and it shall be accepted for 
him to make atonement for him. 

5 And he shall kill the bullock 
before the LORD: and _ the 
priests, Aar’on’s sons, shall bring 
the blood, and sprinkle the blood 
round about upon the altar that 
is by the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

6 And he shall flay the burnt 
offering, and cut it into his 
pieces. 

7 And the sons of Aar’on the 
priest shall put fire upon the altar, 
and lay the wood in order upon 
the fire: 

8 And the priests, Adar’on’s 
sons, shall lay the parts, the 
head, and the fat, in order upon 


fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the LORD. 

10 4 And if his. offering be of 
the flocks, namely, of the sheep, 
or of the goats, for a burnt 
sacrifice; he shall bring it a male 
without blemish. | 

11 And he shall killit on the’ 
side of the altar northward be- 
fore the LORD: and the priests, 
Aar’on’s sons, shall sprinkle his 
blood round about upon the altar. 

12 And he shall cut it into his 
pieces, with his head and his fat: 
and the priest shall lay them in 
order on the wood that is on the 
fire which is upon the altar: 

13 But he shall wash the in- 
wards and the legs with water: 
and the priest shall bring it all, 
and burn it upon the altar: it is 
a burnt sacrifice, an offering 
made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the LORD. 

14 § And if the burnt sacrifice 
for his offering to the Lorp be 
of fowls, then he shall bring his 
offering of turtledoves, or of 
young pigeons. 

15 And the priest shall bring 
it unto the altar, and wring off 
his head, and burn it on the altar; 
and the blood thereof shall be 
yaune out at the side of the 
altar: 


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16 And he shall pluck away 
; “his crop with his feathers, and 
cast it beside the altar on the 
east part, by the place of the 


ashes: 

17 And he shall cleave it with 
_ the wings thereof, but shall not 
divide it asunder: and _ the 
priest shall burn it upon the 
altar, upon the wood that is upon 
the fire: it 7s a burnt sacrifice, 
an offering made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the LORD. 


92 CHAPTER 2 
' 1 The law of eae offering. 13 Salt of 
fe he offering. 


ND wish any will offer a 
‘ meat offering unto the 
Lorp, his offering shall be of 
fine flour; and he shall pour oil 
upon it, and put frankincense 
_ thereon: 
_ 2 And he shall bring it to 
_Aar’on’s sons the priests: and 
he shall take thereout his hand- 
ful of the flour thereof, and of 
. the oil thereof, with all the frank- 
incense thereof; and the priest 
shall burn the memorial of it 
upon the altar, fo be an offering 
made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the LORD: 
- 3 And the remnant of the meat 
offering shall be Aar’on’s and 
‘his sons’: it is a thing most 
holy of the offerings of the LORD 
made by fire. 
4 9 And if thou bring an obla- 
tion of a meat offering baken in 
the oven, if shall be unleavened 
cakes of fine flour mingled with 
oil, or unleavened wafers anoint- 
| ay with oil. 
5 q And if thy oblation be a 
meat offering baken in a pan, it 
' shall be of fine flour unleavened, 
mingled with oil, = =o | 
_ 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, 
_and pour oil thereon: it is a meat 
_ offering. 
7 Fs ad if thy oblation be a 
meat offering baken in the fry- 
-ingpan, it shall be made of fine 
mecut with oil. 
8 And thou shalt bring the meat 


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offering that is made of ihere 
things unto the LORD: and when 
it ispresented unto the priest, he 
shall bring it unto the altar. 

And the priest shall take 
from the meat offering a memo- 
rial thereof, and shall burn it upon 
the altar: if is an offering made 
by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the LORD. 

10 And that which is left of the 
meat offering shall be Aar’on’s 
and his sons’: if is a thing most 
holy of the offerings of the LORD 
made by 

11 No teat offering, which ye 
shall bring unto the LORD, shall 
be made with leaven: for ye 
shall burn no leaven, nor any 
honey, in any offering of the 
LORD made by fire 

12 4 As for the blation of the 
firstfruits, ye shali offer them 
unto the LORD: but they shall 
not be burnt on the altar for a 
sweet savour. 

13 And every oblation of thy 
meat offering shalt thou season 
with salt; neither shalt thou 
suffer the salt of the covenant of 
thy God to be lacking from thy 
meat offering: with all thine 
offerings thou shalt offer salt. 

14 And if thou offer a meat 
offering of thy firstfruits unto 
the LORD, thou shalt offer for 
the meat offering of thy first- 
fruits green ears of corn dried by 
the fire, even corn beaten out of 
full ears. : 

15 And thou shalt put oil upon 
it, and lay frankincense thereon: 
it is a meat offering. 

16 And the priest shall burn 
the memorial of it, part of the 
beaten corn thereof, and part of 
the oil thereof, with all the frank- 
incense thereof: it is an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD. 


CHAPTER 3 93 

1 The law of peace offerings. 7 A lamb. 
ND if his oblation be a 
sacrifice of peace offering, 

if he offer it of the herd; whether 
it be a male or female, he shall 


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offer it without blemish before 


the LORD. 

2 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of his offering, 
and kill it at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation: 
and Aar’on’s sons the priests 
shall sprinkle the blood upon the 
altar round about. 

3 And he shall offer of the 
sacrifice of the peace offering an 
offering made by fire unto the 
LORD; the fat that covereth 
the inwards, and all the fat that 
zs upon the inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the 
fat that is on them, which is by 
the flanks, and the caul above 
the liver, with the kidneys, it 
shall he take away. 

5 And Aé@ar’on’s. sons_ shall 
burn it on the altar upon the 
burnt sacrifice, which is upon the 
wood that zs on the fire: i¢ is an 
offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the LORD. 

6 4 And if his offering for a 
sacrifice of peace offering unto 
the LORD be of the flock; male 
or female, he shall offer it with- 
out blemish. 

7 If he offer a lamb for his 
offering, then shall he offer it, 
before the LORD. ) 

8 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of his offering, and 
kill it before the tabernacle of 
the congregation: and Aar’on’s 
sons shall sprinkle the blood 
thereof sound about upon the 
altar. ; 

9 And he shall offer of the sacri- 
fice of the peace offering an 
offering made by fire unto the 
LORD; the fat thereof, and the 
whole rump, it shall he take off 
hard by the backbone; and the 
fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the 
inwards, ; 

10 And the two kidneys, and 
the fat that is upon them, which 
is by the flanks, and the caul 
above the liver, with the kidneys, 
it shall he take away. ; 

11 And the priest shall burn it 


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upon the altar: it is the food of 
the offering made by fire unto 
the LORD. 

12 { And if his offering be a 
goat, then he shall offer it before 
the LORD. 

13 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of it, and kill it 
before the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation: and the sons of 
Aar’on shall sprinkle the blood 
thereof upon the altar round 


about. 

14 And he shall offer thereof his 
offering, even an offering made 
by fire unto the LORD; the fat 
that covereth the inwards, and 
all the fat that is upon the in- 
wards, 

15 And the two kidneys, and 
the fat that is upon them, which 
is by the flanks, and the caul 
above the liver, with the kidneys, 
it shall he take away. 

16 And the priest shall burn 
them upon the altar: it is the 
food of the offering made by fire 
for a sweet savour: all the fat 
is the LORD’S. 

17 It shall be a_ perpetual 
statute for your generations 
throughout all your dwellings, 
that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 


CHAPTER 4 04 

1 The law of sin offerings. 13 Made 
for the congregation. 

AY the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, __ 

.2 Speak unto the children of 

Is’ra-el, saying, If a soul shall 

sin through ignorance against 

any of the commandments of the 

LORD concerning things which 

ought not to be done, and shall 
do against any of them: 

3 If the priest that is anointed 
do sin according to the sin of the 
people; then let him bring for his 
sin, which he hath sinned, a 
young bullock without blemish 
unto the LORD for a sin offering. 

4 And he shall bring the bullock 
unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation before the 
LORD; and shall lay his hand 


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upon the bullock’s head, and kill 
the bullock before the LORD. 

5 And the priest that is anointed 
shall take of the bullock’s blood, 
and bring it to the tabernacle of 
the congregation 

6 And the priest shall dip his 
finger in the blood, and sprinkle 
of the blood seven times before 
the LORD, before the veil of the 
sanctuary. 

7 And the priest shali put some 

of the blood upon the horns of 
the altar of sweet incense before 
the LORD, which is in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation; and 
shall pour all the blood of the 
bullock at the bottom of the altar 
of the burnt offering, which is at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

8 And he shall take off from it 
all the fat of the bullock for the 
sin offering; the fat that covereth 
the inwards, and all the fat that 
is upon the inwards, 

9 And the two kidneys, and the 

fat that is upon them, which is by 

the flanks, and the caul above the 
liver, with the kidneys, it shall 
he take away, 

10 As it was taken off from the 
bullock of the sacrifice of peace 
offerings: and the priest shall 
burn them upon the altar of the 
burnt offering. 

11 And the skin of the bullock, 
and all his flesh, with his head, 
and with his legs, and his in- 
wards, and his dung 

12 Even the whole unote shall 
he carry forth without the camp 
unto a clean place, where the 
ashes are poured out, and burn 
him on the wood with fire: where 
pre ashes are poured out shall he 
be burnt. 

13 And if the whole congre- 
gation of Is’ra-el sin through ig- 
norance, and the thing be hid 
from the eyes of the assembly, 
and they have done somewhat 
against any of the command- 

‘ments of the LORD concerning 
things which should not be done, 
and are guilty; 


LEVITICUS, 4 


14 When the sin, which they 
have sinned against it, is known, 
then the congregation shall offer 
a young bullock for the sin, and 
bring him before the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

15 And the elders of the congre- 
gation shall lay their hands upon 
the head of the bullock before the 
LORD: and the bullock shall be 
killed before the LORD. 

16 And the priest that is 
anointed shall bring of the bull- 
ock’s blood to the tabernacle of 
the congregation 

17 And the priest shall dip his 
finger in some of the blood, and 
sprinkle if seven times before the 
LORD, even before the veil. 

18 And he shall put some of the 
blood upon the horns of the altar 
which is before the LORD, that is 
in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and shall pour out all the 
blood at the bottom of the altar 
of the burnt offering, which is at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

19 And he shall take all his fat 
from him,.and burn if upon the 


altar. 

20 And he shall do with the 
bullock as he did with the bullock 
for a sin offering. so shall he do 
with this: and the priest shall 
make an. atonement for them, 
and it shall be forgiven them. 

21 And he shall carry forth the 
bullock without the camp, and 
burn him as he burned the first 
bullock: it is a sin offering for 
the congregation. 

22 When a ruler hath sinned, 
and done somewhat through ig- 
norance against any of the com- 
mandments of the LORD his God 
concerning things which should 
not be done, and is guilty; 

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath 
sinned, come to his knowledge; 
he shall bring his offering, a kid 
of the goats, a male without 
blemish: 

24 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of the goat, and 
kill it in the place where they kill 


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the burnt offering before the 
LORD: it is a Sin offering. 

25 And the priest shall take of 
the blood of the sin offering with 
his finger, and.put if upon the 


The law of the trespass offering 


the blood of the sin offering with 
his finger, and put it upon the 
horns of the altar of burnt offer- 
ing, and shall pour out all the 
blood thereof at the bottom of the 


horns of the altar of burnt offer- | altar 


ing, and shall pour out his blood 
ae the ae of the altar of burnt 
offeri 

26 hd he shall burn all his fat 
upon the altar, as the fat of the 
sacrifice of peace offerings: and 
the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for him as concerning his 
sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 

27 G And if any one of the 
common people sin through ig- 
norance while he doeth some- 
what against any of the com- 
mandments of the LORD con- 
cerning things which ought not 
to be done, and be guilty; 

28 Or if his sin, which he hath 
sinned, come to his knowledge: 
then he shali bring his offering, a 
kid of the goats, a female wathe 
out blemish, for his sin which he 
hath sinned. 

29 And he shall lay his hand 

upon the head of the sin offering, 
and slay the sin offering in the 
place of the burnt offering. 
- 30 And the priest shali take of 
the blood thereof with his finger, 
and put it upon the horns of the 
altar of burnt offering, and shall 
pour out all the blood thereof at 
the bottom of the altar. 

31 And he shall take away all 


the fat thereof, as the fatis taken| 4 O 


away from off the sacrifice of 
peace offerings; and the priest 
shall burn if upon the altar for a 
sweet savour unto the LORD; 
and the priest shall make an 
atonement for him, and it shall 
_be forgiven him. 

32 And if he bring a lamb fora 
sin offering, he shall bring it a 
female without blemish. 

33 And he shall lay his hand 
upon the head of the sin offering, 
and slay it for a sin offering in 
the place where they kill the 
burnt offering. 

34 And the. priest shall take of 


35 s And he shall take away all 
the fat thereof, as the fat of the 
lamb is taken away from the sac- 
rifice of the peace offerings; and 
the priest shali burn them upon 
the aitar, according to the offer- 
ings made by fire unto the LORD: 
and the priest shali make an 
atonement for his sin that he 
hath committed, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 


CHAPTER 5 
1 Law of peas. offerings. 
lege. 17 Ignorance. 

ND if a soul sin, and hear the 

voice of swearing, and is a 
witness, whether he hath seen or 
known of if; if he do not utter ié, 
ee he shall bear his iniquity. 

2 Or if a soul touch any un- 
clean thing, whether it be a car- 
case of an unclean beast, or acar- 
case of unclean cattle, or the car- 
case of unclean creeping things, 
and if it be hidden from him; he 
also shall be unclean, and guilty. 

3 Or if he touch the unclean- 

ness of man, whatsoever unclean- 
ness if be that a man shall be de- 
filed withal, and it be hid from 
him; when he knoweth of it, 
then he shall be guilty. 
r if a soul swear, pronounc- 
ing with his lips to do evil, or to 
do good, whatsoever it be that a 
man shail pronounce with an 
oath, and it be hid from him; 
when he knoweth of if, then he 
shall be guilty in one of these. 

5 And it shall be, when he shall 
be guilty in one of these things, 
that he shall confess that he 
hath sinned in that thing: 

6 And he shall bring his tres- 
pass offering unto the LORD for 
his sin which he hath sinned, a 
female from the flock, a lamb ora 
kid of the goats, for a sin offer- 
ing; and the priest shall make an 


95 
14 Sacri- 


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Offerings for sins of ignorance 
atonement for him concerning 


his sin. | 

7 And if he be not able to bring 
aiamb, then he shall bring for his 
trespass, which he hath commit- 
ted, two turtledoves, or two 
young pigeons, unto the LORD; 
‘one for a sin offering, and the 
other for a burnt offering. 

8 And he shall bring them unto 
the priest, who shall offer that 
which is for the sin offering first, 
and wring off his head from his 
neck, but shall not divide it 
asunder 
9 Aa ne shall sprinkle of the 
blood of the sin offering upon the 
side of the altar; and the rest of 
the blood shall be wrung out at 
the bottom of the altar: it is a 
‘sin offering. 

10 And he ‘shall offer the second 
for a burnt offering, according to 
the manner: and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him 
for his sin which he hath sinned, 

and it shall be forgiven him. 

11 | But if he be not able to 
bring two turtledoves, or two 
young pigeons, then he that sinned 
shall bring for his offering the 
tenth part of an ephah of fine 
flour for a sin offering; he shall 
put no oil upon it, neither shall he 
‘put any frankincense thereon: 
for it is a sin offering. 

12 Then shall he bring it to the 
priest, and the priest shall take 
his handful of it, even a memo- 
rial thereof, and burn if on the 
altar, according to the offerings 
made by fire unto the LORD: itis 
a sin offering. 

13 And the priest shall make an 
atonement for him as touching 
his sin that he hath sinned in one 
of these, and it shall be forgiven 
him: and the remnant shall be 
the priest’s, as a meat offering. 

14 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

15 If a soul commit a trespass, 
and sin through ignorance, in the 
holy things of the LORD; then 
he shall bring for his trespass 
unto the LORD a ram without 


LEVITICUS, 6 


blemish out of the flocks, with 
thy estimation by shekels of sil- 
ver, after the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary, for a trespass offering: 

16 And he shall make amends 
for the harm that he hath done in 
the holy thing, and shall add the 
fifth part thereto, and give it unto 
the priest: and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him with 
the ram of the trespass offering, 
and it shall be forgiven him. 

17 4 And if a soul sin, and com- 
mit any of these things which are 
forbidden to be done by the 
commandments of the LORD; 
though he wist if not, yet is he 
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 

18 And he shall bring a ram 
without blemish out of the flock, 
with thy estimation, for a tres- 
pass offering, unto the priest: 
and the priest shall make an 
atonement for him concerning 
his ignorance wherein he erred 
and wist if not, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

19 Itisa trespass offering: he 
hath certainly trespassed against 
the LORD. 


CHAPTER 6 06 
1 Law for sins done wittingly. 24 Laws 
xe of sin offerings. 
ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 If a soul sin, and commit a 
trespass against the LORD, and 
lie unto his neighbour in that 
which was delivered him to 
keep, or in fellowship, or in a 
thing taken away by violence, or 
hath deceived his neighbour; 

3 Or have found that which 
was lost, and lieth concerning it, 
and sweareth falsely; in any of 
all these that a man doeth, sin- 
ning therein: 

4 Then it shall be, because he 
hath sinned, and is guilty, that he 
shall restore that which he took 
violently away, or the thing which 
he hath deceitfully gotten, or that 
which was delivered him to keep, 
or the lost thing which he found, 

5 Or all that about which he 


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hath sworn falsely; he shall even 
restore it in the principal, and 
shall add the fifth part more there- 
to, and give it unto him to whom 
it appertaineth, in the day of his 
trespass offering. _ 

6 And he shall bring his tres- 
pass offering unto the LORD, a 
tam without blemish out of the 
flock, with thy estimation, for a 
trespass offering, unto the priest: 

And the priest shall make an 
atonement for him before the 
LORD: and it shall be forgiven 
him for any thing of all that he 
hath done in trespassing therein. 

8 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

9 Command A4r’on and his 
Sons, saying, This is the law of 
the burnt offering: It is the burnt 
offering, because of the burning 
upon the altar ail night unto the 
morning, and the fire of the altar 
shall be burning in it. 

10 And the priest shall put on 
his linen garment, and his linen 
breeches shall he put upon his 
flesh, and take up the ashes which 
the fire hath consumed with the 
burnt offering on the altar, and he 
shall put them beside the altar. 

11 And he shall put off his gar- 
ments, and put on other gar- 
ments, and carry forth the ashes 
without the camp unto a clean 
place. 

12 And the fire upon the altar 
shall be burning init; it shall not 
be put out: and the priest shall 
burn wood on it every morning, 
and lay the burnt offering in order 
upon it; and he shall burn there- 
on the fat of the peace offerings. 

13 The fire shall ever be burn- 
ing upon the altar; it shall never 


£0 out. eae 

14 4 And this is the law of the 
meat offering: the sons of Aar’on 
shall offer it before the LORD, 
before the altar. 

15 And he shall take of it his 
handful, of the flour of the meat 
offering, and of the oil thereof, 


and all the frankincense which is | hol 


upon the meat offering, and shall 


| 
| 


The law of the burnt offering 


burn it upon the altar for a sweet 
savour, even the memorial of it, 
unto the LORD. 

16 And the remainder thereof 
shall Aar’on and his sons eat: 
with unleavened bread shall it 
be eaten in the holy place; in the 
court of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation they shall eat it. 

17 It shall not be baken with 
leaven, I have given it unto 
them for their portion of my of- 
ferings made by fire; it is most 
holy, as is the sin offering, and as 
the trespass offering. 

18 All the males among the 
children of Aar’on shall eat of it. 
It shail be a statute for ever in 
your generations concerning the 
offerings of the LORD made by 
fire: every one that toucheth 
them shall be holy. 

19 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, ‘ 

20 This is the offering of Aar’on 
and of his sons, which they shall 
offer unto the LORD in the day 
when he is anointed; the tenth 
part of an ephah of fine flour for 
a meat offering perpetual, half of 
it in the morning, and half thereof 
at night. 

21 In a pan it shall be made 
with oil; and when it is baken, 
thou shalt bring it in: and the 
baken pieces of the meat offering 
shalt thou offer for a sweet sa- 
vour unto the LORD. 

22 And the priest of his sons 
that is anointed in his stead shail 
offer it: if is a statute for ever 
unto the LORD; it shall be 
wholly burnt. 

23 For every meat offering for 
the priest shall be wholly burnt: 
it shall not be eaten. 

24 ¥ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, : 

25 Speak unto Aar’on and to his 
sons, saying, This is the law of 
the sin offering: In the place 
where the burnt offering is killed 
shall the sin offering be killed 
before the LORD: it is most 





0 y. 
26 The priest that offereth it 


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for sin shall eat it: in the holy 
place shall it be eaten, in the court 
of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

27 Whatsoever shall touch the 
fiesh thereof shall be holy: and 
when there is sprinkled of the 
blood thereof upon any garment, 
thou shalt wash that whereon it 
was sprinkled in the holy place. 
' 28 Butthe earthen vessel where- 
in it is sodden shall be broken: 
and if it be sodden in a brazen 
pot, it shall be both scoured, and 
rinsed in water. 

29 All the males among. the 
‘priests shall eat thereof: it is 
most holy. | 

30 And no sin offering, whereof 
any of the blood is brought into 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion to reconcile withal in the 
holy place, shall be eaten: it shall 
be burnt in the fire. 


(97 CHAPTER 7 
1 Laws of the various offerings. 12 
eset ro had 28 The priests’ por- 
ee oe this is the law of 
the trespass offering: it is 
most holy. ! 
2 In the place where they kill 
the burnt offering shail they kill 
the trespass offering: and the 
blood thereof shall he sprinkle 
round about upon the altar. 
3 And he shall offer of it all the 
fat thereof; the rump, and the 
fat that covereth the inwards, 
4 And the two kidneys, and the 
fat that is on them, which is by 
the flanks, and the caul that is 
above the liver, with the kidneys, 
it shall he take away: 
5 And the priest shall burn them 
upon the altar for an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD: itis 
a trespass offering. 
6 § Every male among the 
priests shall eat thereof: it shall 
be eaten in the holy place: it is 
most holy. Jenne : 
7 As the sin offering is, so is 

the trespass offering: there is 
one law for them: the priest that 


LEVITICUS, 7 


maketh atonementtherewith shall 
have it. 

8 And the priest that offereth 

any man’s burnt offering, even 
the priest shall have to himself 
the skin of the burnt offering 
which he hath offered. 
_9 And all the meat offering that 
is baken in the oven, and all that 
is dressed in the fryingpan, and 
in the pan, shall be the priest’s 
that offereth it. 

10 And every meat offering, 
mingled with oil, and dry, shall 
all the sons of Aar’on have, one 
as much as another. 

11 And this is the law of the 
sacrifice of peace offerings, which 
he shall offer unto the LORD. 

12 If he offer it for a thanksgiv- 
ing, then he shall offer with the 
sacrifice of thanksgiving unleav- 
ened cakes mingled with oil, and 
unleavened wafersanointed with 
oil, and cakes mingled with oil, 
of fine flour, fried. 

13 Besides the cakes, he shail 
offer for his offering leavened 
bread with the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving of his peace offerings. 

14 And of it he shall offer one 
out of the whole oblation for an 
heave offering unto the LORD, 
and it shall be the priest’s that 
sprinkleth the bleod of the peace 
offerings. 

15 And the flesh of the sacri- 
fice of his peace offerings for 
thanksgiving shall be eaten the 
same day that it is offered; he 
shall not leave any.of it until the 
morning. 

16 But if the sacrifice of his 
offering be a vow, or a voluntary 
offering, it shall be eaten the 
same day that he offereth his 
sacrifice: and on the morrow 
also the remainder of it shall be 
eaten: 

17 But the remainder of the 
fiesh of, the sacrifice on the third 
day shall be burnt with fire. 

18 And if any of the flesh of the 
sacrifice of his peace offerings he 
eaten at all on the third day, it 
shall: not be accepted, neither 


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shall it be imputed unto him that 
offereth it: it shall be an abom- 
ination, and the soul that eateth 
of it shall bear his iniquity. 

19 And the flesh that toucheth 
any unclean thing shall not be 
eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: 
and as for the flesh, ali that be 
tlean shall eat thereof. 

20 But the soul that eateth of 
the flesh of the sacrifice of peace 
offerings, that pertain unto the 
LORD, having his uncleanness 
upon him, even that soul shall 
be cut off from his people. 

21 Moreover the soul that shall 
touch any unclean thing, as the 
uncleanness of man, or any un- 
clean beast, or any abominable 
unclean thing, and eat of the flesh 
of the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
which pertain unto the Lorp, 
even that soul shall be cut off 
from his people. 

22 “| And the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, saying, ; 
_23 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, saying, Ye shall eat no 
manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, 
or of goat. 

24 And the fat of the beast that 
dieth of itself, and the fat of that 
which is torn with beasts, may be 
used in any other use: but ye 
shall in no wise eat of it. 

25 For whosoever eateth the fat 
of the beast, of which men offer 
an offering made by fire unto the 
LORD, even the soul that eateth 
it shall be cut off from his people. 

26 Moreover ye shail eat no 
manner of blood, whether it be of 
fowl or of beast, in any of your 
dwellings. ‘ 

27 Whatsoever soul if be that 
eateth any manner of blood, even 
that soul shall be cut off from his 
people. 

28 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 3 
.29 Speak unto the children of 
is’ra-el, saying, He that offereth 
the sacrifice of his peace offerings 
unto the LORD shall bring his ob- 
lation unto the LORD of the sac- 
rifice of his peace offerings. 


The portion of the priests 


30 His own hands shall bring 
the offerings of the LORD made 
by fire, the fat with the breast, it 
shall he bring, that the breast 
may be waved for a wave offering 
before the LORD. | 

31 And the priest shall burn 
the fat upon the altar: but the 
breast shall be Aar’on’s and his 
sons’. . 

32 And the right shoulder shall 
ye give unto the priest for an 
heave offering of the sacrifices of 
your peace offerings. | 

33 He among the sons of Aar’e 
on, that offereth the blood of the 
peace offerings and the fat, shall 
nave the right shoulder for his: 


part. 

34 For the wave breast and the 
heave shoulder have I taken of 
the children of Is’ra-el from off 
the sacrifices of their peace offer= 
ings, and have given them unto. 
Aar’on the priest and unto his 
sons by a statute for ever from 
among the children of Is’ra-el. _ 

35 4] This is the portion of the 
anointing of Aar’on, and of the 
anointing of his sons, out of the 
offerings of the LORD made by | 
fire, in the day when he presented 
them to minister unto the LORD 
in the priest’s office; 

36 Which the LORD command- 
ed to be given them of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, in the day that 
he anointed them, by a statute 
for ever throughout their gener- 
ations. 

37 This is the law of the burnt 
offering, of the meat offering, 
and of the sin offering, and of 
the trespass offering, and of the 
consecrations, and of the sacri- 
fice of the peace offerings; 

38 Which the LORD command- 
ed M6’ses in mount Si’ndi, in the 
day that he commanded the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el to offer their ob- 
lations unto the LORD, in the 


wilderness of Si’ndi. 
CHAPTER 8 98 


1 Consecration of Aaron and his sons. 
14 Their offerings. 81 Place of 
consecration. 





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Consecration of Aaron and his sons 


ND the LorD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Take Ad@ar’on and his sons 
with him, and the garments, and 
the anointing oil, and a bullock 
for the sin offering, and two 
rams, and a basket of unleavened 
bread; 

3 And gather thou all the con- 
gregation together unto the door 
of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

4 And Md’ses did as the LORD 
commanded him; and the assem- 
bly was gathered together unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

5 And Mo’ses said unto the con- 
gregation, This is the thing which 
the LORD commanded to be 
done. 

6 And M6’ses brought Aar’on 
and his sons, and washed them 
with water. 

7 And he put upon him the 
coat, and girded him with the 
girdle, and clothed him with the 
robe, and put the ephod upon 
him, and he girded him with the 
curious girdle of the ephod, and 
bound if unto him therewith. 

8 And he put the breastplate 
upon him: also he put in the 
breastplate the U’rim and the 
Thum/mim. 

9 And he put the mitre upon 
his head; also upon the mitre, 
even upon his forefront, did he 
put the golden plate, the holy 
crown; as the LORD commanded 
MO’ses. : 

10 And M@’ses took the anoint- 
ing oil, and anointed the taber- 
nacle and all that was therein, 
and sanctified them. 

11 And he sprinkled thereof 
upon the altar seven times, and 
anointed the altar and all his 
vessels, both the laver and his 
foot, to sanctify them. 

12 And he poured of the anoint- 
ing oil upon Aar’on’s head, and 
anointed him, to sanctify him. 

13 And M6’ses brought Aar’on’s 
sons, and put coats upon them, 
and girded them with girdles, 


LEVITICUS, 8 


and put bonnets upon them; as 
the LORD commanded M6’ses. 

14 And he brought the bullock 
for the sin offering: and Aar’on 
and his sons laid their hands 
upon the head of the bullock for 
the sin offering. |. 

15 And he slew it; and Md’seg 
took the blood, and put if upon 
the horns of the altar round 
about with his finger, and puri- 
fied the altar, and poured the 
blood at the bottom of the altar, 
and sanctified it, to make recon- 
ciliation upon it. 

16 And he took all the fat that 
was upon the inwards, and the 
caul above the liver, and the two 
kidneys, and their fat, and MO’ses 
burned it upon the altar. : 

17 But the bullock, and his hide, 
his flesh, and his dung, he burnt 
with fire without the camp; as 
the LORD commanded M6’ses. 

18 § And he brought the ram 
for the burnt offering: and Aar’on 
and his sons laid their hands 
upon the head of the ram. | 

19 And he killed it; and M6’ses 
sprinkled the blood upon the altar 
round about. 

20 And he cut the ram into 
pieces; and MO6’ses burnt the 
head, and the pieces, and the fat. 

21 And he washed the inwards 
and the legs in water; and Mo’- 
ses burnt the whole ram upon the 
altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for 
a sweet savour, and an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD; as 
the LORD commanded MO’ses. 

22 4 And he brought the other 
ram, the ram of consecration: 
and Aar’on and his sons laid 
their hands upon the head of the 


ram. 

23 And he slew it; and MO6’ses 
took of the blood of it, and put if 
upon the tip of Aar’on’s right ear, 
and upon the thumb of his right 
hand, and upon the great toe of 
his right foot. 

24 And he brought Ad@r’on’s 
sons, and MO’ses put of the blood 
upon the tip of their right ear, and 
upon the thumbs of their right 


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LEVITICUS, 9 


hands, and upon the great toes of 
their right feet: and M6d’ses 
sprinkled the blood upon the 
altar round about. 

25 And he took the fat, and the 
rump, and all the fat that was 
upon the inwards, and the caul 
above the liver, and the two kid- 
neys, and their fat, and the right 
shoulder: 

26 And out of the basket of un- 
leavened bread, that was before 
the LORD, he took one unleavened 
cake, and a cake of oiled bread, 
and one wafer, and put them on 
fhe fat, and upon the right shoul- 

er: 

27 And he put all upon Aar’on’s 
hands, and upon his sons’ hands, 
and waved them for a wave offer- 
ing before the LORD. 

28 And M6o’ses took them from 
off their hands, and burnt them 
on the altar upon the burnt offer- 
ing: they were consecrations for 
a sweet savour: it is an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD. 

29 And M6’ses took the breast, 
and waved it for a wave offering 
before the LORD: for of the ram 
of consecration it was M6’ses’ 
part; as the LORD commanded 
MO’ses. 

30 And Mod’ses took of the 
anointing oil, and of the blood 
which was upon the altar, and 
sprinkled it upon Adar’on and 
upon his garments, and upon his 
sons, and upon his sons’ gar- 
ments with him; and sanctified 
Aar’on, and his garments, and 
his sons, and his sons’ garments 
with him. ; 

31 4 And MO’ses said unto 
Aar’on and to his sons, Boil the 
flesh at the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation: and there 
eat it with the bread that is in the 
basket of consecrations, as I 
commanded, saying, Aar’on and 
his sons shall eat it. 

32 And that which remaineth 
of the flesh and of the bread shall 
ye burn with fire. 

33 And ye shall not go out of 
the door of the tabernacle of the 


Aaron’s first offerings 


congregation in seven days, until 
the days of your consecration be 
at an end: for seven days shall 
he consecrate you. 

34 Ashe hath done this day, so 
the LORD hath commanded to 
do, to make an atonement for 


you. 

35 Therefore shall ye abide at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation day and night seven 
days, and keep the charge of the 
LORD, that ye die not: for so I 
am commanded. 

36 So Aar’on and his sons did 
all things which the LORD com- 
manded by the hand of M6’ses. 


CHAPTER 9 99 


1 First offerings of Aaron. 23 The 
people blessed. 24 Fire comes upon 
the altar. 

ND it came to pass on the 

eighth day, that MO’ses call- 

ed Aar’on and his sons, and the 
elders of is’ra-el: 

2 And he said unto Aar’on, 
Take thee a young calf for a sin 
offering, and a ram for a burnt 
offering, without blemish, and 
offer them before the LORD. | 

3 And unto the children of Is’- 
ra-el thou_shalt speak, saying, 
Take ye a kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: and a calf and a 
lamb, both of the first year, with- 
out blemish, for a burnt offering; 

4 Also a bullock and a ram for 
peace offerings, to sacrifice before 
the LORD; and a meat offering 
mingled with oil: for to day the 
LORD will appear unto you. 

5 ¢ And they brought that 
which Mo’ses commanded be- 
fore the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation: and all the congregation 
drew near and stood before the 
LORD. ; 

6 And MO’ses said, This is the 
thing which the LORD command- 
ed that ye should do: and the 
glory of the LORD shall appear 
unto you. J 

7 And MO’ses said unto Aar’on, 
Go unto the altar, and offer thy 
sin offering, and thy burnt offer- 


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Burning of Nadab and Abthu 


ing, and make an atonement for 
thyself, and for the people: and 
offer the offering of the people, 
and make an atonement for them; 
as the LORD commanded. 

8 § Aar’on therefore went unto 
the altar, and slew the calf of the 
sin offering, which was for him- 


self. 

9 And the sons of, Aar’on 
brought the blood unto him: and 
he dipped his finger in the blood, 
and put it upon the horns of the 
altar, and poured out the blood 
at the bottom of the altar: 

10 But the fat, and the kidneys, 
and the caul above the liver of the 
sin offering, he burnt upon the 
altar; as the LORD commanded 
MO’ses. 

_11 And the flesh and the hide 
be burnt with fire without the 


camp. 

12 And he slew the burnt offer- 
ing; and Aar’on’s sons presented 
unto him the blood, which he 
sprinkled round about upon the 


tar. 

13 And they presented the burnt 
offering unto him, with the pieces 
thereof, and the head: and he 
burnt them upon the altar. 

14 And he did wash the inwards 
and the legs, and burnt them up- 
on the burnt offering on the altar. 

15 4 And he brought the peo- 
ple’s offering, and took the goat, 
which was the sin offering for the 
people, and slew it, and offered it 
for sin, as the first. 

16 And he brought the burnt 
offering, and offered it according 
to the manner. 

17 And he brought the meat 
offering, and took an handful 
thereof, and burnt if upon the 
altar, beside the burnt sacrifice 
of the morning. 

18 He slew also the bullock and 
the ram for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, which was for the peo- 

ple: and Aar’on’s sons presented 

unto him the blood, which he 
sprinkled upon the altar round 
about, 

19 And the fat of the bullock 


LEVITICUS, 10 


and of the ram, the rump, and 
that which covereth the inwards, 
and the kidneys, and the caul 
above the liver: 

20 And they put the fat upon 
the breasts, and he burnt the fat 
upon the altar: 

21 And the breasts and the right 
shoulder Aar’on waved for a 
wave offering before the LORD; 
as MO’ses commanded. 

22 And Aar’on lifted up his hand 
toward the people, and blessed 
them, and came down from offer- 
ing of the sin offering, and the 
burnt offering, and peace offer- 


ings. 

23 And M6’ses and Aar’on went 
into the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and came out, and blessed 
the people: and the glory of 
the LORD appeared unto all the 
people. 

24 And there came a fire out 
from before the LORD, and con- 
sumed upon the altar the burnt 
offering and the fat: which when 
all the people saw, they shouted, 
and fell on their faces. 


CHAPTER 10 
1 Burning of Nadab and Abihu. 
Eating of holy things. 

ND Na’dab and A-bi’ht, the 

sons of Aar’on, took either 

of them his censer, and put fire 

therein, and put incense thereon, 

and offered strange fire before 

the LORD, which he commanded 
them not. 

2 And there went out fire from 
the LORD, and devoured them, 
and they died before the LORD. 

3 Then MO6’ses said unto _Aar’- 
on, This is it that the LORD 
spake, saying, I will be sanctified 
in them that come nigh me, and 
before all the people I will be 
glorified. And Aar’on held his 
peace. _ 

4 And Mo’ses called Mish’a-el 
and El’za-phan, the sons of Uz’- 
zi-el the uncle ‘of Adar’on, and 
said unto them, Come near, car- 
ry your brethren from before the 
sanctuary out of the camp. 


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LEVITICUS, 11 


Eating of holy things 


5 So they went near, and car-| wave breast shall they bring with 


ried them in their coats out of the 
camp; as MO’ses had said. 

6 And MO’ses said unto Aar’on, 
and unto E-le=-a’zar and unto 
ith’a-mar, his sons, Uncover not 
your heads, neither rend your 
clothes; lest ye die, and lest 
wrath come upon all the people: 
but let your brethren, the whole 
house of fIs’ra-el, bewail the 
burning which the LORD hath 
kindled. 

7 And ye shall not go out from 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, lest ye die: for 
the anointing oil of the LORD is 
upon you. And they did accord- 
ing to the word of M6’ses. 

8 § And the LORD spake unto 
Aar’on, saying, 

9 Do not drink wine nor strong 
drink, thou, nor thy sons with 
thee, when ye go into the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, lest ye 
die: it shall be a statute for ever 
throughout your generations: 

10 And that ye may put differ- 
ence between holy and unholy, 
and between unclean and clean; 

11 And that ye may teach the 
children of Is’ra-el all the stat- 
utes which the LORD hath spoken 
unto them by the hand of M6’ses. 

12 4 And M6o’ses spake unto 
Aar’on, and unto E-le-a’zar and 
unto ith’a-mir, his sons that 
were left, Take the meat offering 
that remaineth of the offerings of 
the LORD made by fire, and eat it 
without leaven beside the altar: 
for it is most holy 

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy 
place, because it is thy due, and 
thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of 
the LORD made by fire: for so I 
am commanded. 

14 And the wave breast and 
heave shoulder shail ye eat in a 
clean place; thou, and thy sons, 
and thy daughters with thee: for 
they be thy due, and thy sons’ 
due, which are given out of the 
sacrifices of peace oierings of the 
children of Is’ra-el. 


the offerings made by fire of the 
fat, to wave it for a wave offering 
before the LORD; and it shall be 
thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by 
a statute for ever; as the LORD 
hath commanded. ete 

16 § And Mb6’ses__ diligently 
sought the goat of the sin offer- 
ing, and, behold, it was burnt: 
and he was angry with &-le-a’zar 
and Ith’a-md4r the sons of Aar’on 
which were left alive, saying, 

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten 
the sin offering in the holy place, 
seeing it is most holy, and God 
hath given it you to bear the in- 

iquity of the congregation, to 
make atonement for them before 
the LORD? 

18 Behold, the blood of it was 
not brought in within the holy 
place: ye should indeed have 
eaten it in the holy place, as I 
commanded. | 

19 And Aar’on said unto M6’ses, 
Behold, this day havethey offered 
their sin offering and their burnt 
offering before the LORD; and 
such things have befallen me: 
and if I had eaten the sin offering 
to day, should it have been ac- 
cepted in the sight of the LORD? 

20 And when MO6’ses heard thai, 
he was content. 


CHAPTER i1 


Of clean and unclean meats. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses and to Aar’on, say= 
ing unto them 

2 Speak unto the children of 
Iis’ra-el, saying, These are the 
beasts which ye shail eat among 
all the beasts that are on the 
earth. 

3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, 
and is clovenfooted, and cheweth 
the cud, among the beasts, that 
shall ye eat. 

4 Nevertheless these shall ye 
not eat of them that chew the 
cud, or of them that divide the 





101 


hoof: as the camel, because he 


cheweth the cud, but divideth not 


15 The heave shoulder and the the hoof; he is unclean unto you, 
140 





— not the hoof; 


.cheweth the 
not the hoof; 


Concerning clean and unclean meats 


5 And the coney, because he 
cheweth the cud, but divideth 
he is unclean unto 
you. 

6 And. the hare, because he 
cud, but divideth 
he is unclean unto 


you. 

7 And the swine, though he 
divide the hoof, and be cloven- 
footed, yet he cheweth not the 
cud; he is unclean to you. 

8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, 


and their carcase shall ye not 


that are in the waters: 


Beech, they are unclean to you. 
9g These shall ye eat of all 
whatso- 
ever hath fins and scales in the 
waters, in the seas, and in the 
rivers, them shall ye eat. 
10 And all that have not fins 
and scales in the seas, and in the 


rivers, of all that move in the 


waters, and of any living thing 
which is in the waters, they shail 
be an abomination unto you: 

11 They shall be even an abom- 
ination unto you; ye shall not eat 


of their flesh, but ye shall have 


their carcases in abomination. 
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor 


scales in the waters, that shall be 
an abomination unto you. 


13 § And these are they which 
ye shall have in abomination 


among the fowls; they shall not 
be eaten, they are an abomina- 


tion: the eagle, ang the ossi- 
frage, and the osp 

14 And the Suites ed the kite 
after his kind; 

15 Every raven after his kind; 

16 And the owl, and the night 
hawk, and the cuckow, and the 


hawk after his kind, 


17 And the little owl, and the 


- cormorant, and the great owl, 


18 And the swan, and the peli- 
can, and the gier eagle, 

19 And the stork, the heron 
after her kind, and the lapwing, 
and the bat. 

20 All fowls that creep, going 
upon all four, shall be an abom- 
ination unto you. 

21 Yet these may ye eat of every 


LEVITICUS, 11 


flying creeping thing that goeth 
upon all four, which have legs 
above their feet, to leap withal 
upon the earth; 

22 Even these of them ye may 
eat; the locust after his kind, 
and the bald locust after his kind, 
and the beetle after his kind, 
ang the grasshopper after his 


23 But all other flying creeping 
things, which have four feet, 
shail be an abomination unto you. 

24 And for these ye shall be 
unclean: whosoever toucheth 
the carcase of them shall be un- 
clean until the even. 

25 And whosoever beareth ought 
of the carcase of them shall 
wash his clothes, and be unclean 
until the even. 

26 The carcases of every beast 
which divideth the hoof, and is 
not clovenfooted, nor cheweth 
the cud, are unclean unto you: 
every one that toucheth them 
shall be unclean. 

27 And whatsoever goeth upon 
his paws, among all manner of 
beasts that go on ail four, those 
are unclean unto you: whoso 
toucheth their carcase shall be 
unclean until the even. 

28 And he that beareth the car- 
case of them shall wash his 
clothes, and be unclean until the 
even: they are unclean unto you. 

29 4 These also shall be un- 
clean unto you among the creep- 
ing things that creep upon the 


earth; the weasel, and the 
mouse, and the tortoise after 
his kind, 


30 And the ferret, and the 
chameleon, and the lizard, and 
the snail, and the mole. 

31 These are unclean to you 
among all that creep: whosoever 
doth touch them, when they be 
dead, shall be unclean until the 
even. 

32 And upon whatsoever apis of 
them, when they are dead, 
fall, it shall be unclean; ase 
it be any vessel of wood, or rai- 
ment, or skin, or sack, whatso- 


141 


LEVITICUS, 12 


ever vessel it be, wherein any 
work is done, it must be put into 
water, and it shall be unclean 
until the even; so it shall be 
cleansed. - 

33 And every earthen vessel, 
whereinto any of them falleth, 
whatsoever is in it shall be un- 
clean; and ye shall break it. 

34 Of all meat which may be 
eaten, that on which such water 
cometh shall be unclean: and all 
drink that may be drunk in every 
such vessel shall be unclean. 

35 And every thing whereupon 
any part of their carcase falleth 
shall be unclean; whether it be 
oven, or ranges for pots, they 
shall be broken down: for they 
are unclean, and shall be unclean 
unto you. 

36 Nevertheless a fountain or 
Pit, wherein there is plenty of 
water, shall be clean: but that 
which toucheth their carcase 
shall be unclean. 

37 And if any part of their car- 
case fall upon any sowing seed 
which is to be sown, it shall be 
clean. 

38 But if any water be put upon 
the seed, and any part of their 
carcase fall thereon, it shall be 
unclean unto you. ~ j 

39 And if any beast, of which 
ye may eat, die; he that toucheth 
the carcase thereof shall be un- 
clean until the even. 

40 And he that eateth of the 
carcase of it shall wash his 
clothes, and be unclean until the 
even: he also that beareth the 
carcase of it shall wash his 
clothes, and be unclean until the 
even. 

41 And every creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth shall 
be an abomination; it shall not 
be eaten. 

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the 
belly, and whatsoever goeth upon 
all four, or whatsoever hath 
more feet among all creeping 
things that creep upon the earth, 
them ye shall not eat; 
are an abomination, 


for they | d 


Concerning clean and unclean meats 


43 Ye shall not make your- 
selves abominable with any 
creeping thing that creepeth, 
neither shall ye make yourselves 
unclean with them, that ye 
should be defiled thereby. 

44 For I am the LORD your 
God: ye shall therefore sanctify 
yourselves, and ye shall be holy; 
for I am holy: neither shall ye 
defile yourselves with any man- 
ner of creeping thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth. 

45 For I am the LORD that 
bringeth you up out of the land of 
E’gypt, to be your God: ye shall 
therefore be holy, for I am holy. 

46 This ts the law of the beasts, 
and of the fowl, and of every liv- 
ing creature that moveth in the 
waters, and of every creature that 
creepeth upon the earth: 

47 To make a difference be- 
tween the unclean and the clean, 
and between the beast that may 
be eaten and the beast that may 
not be eaten. 


CHAPTER 12 102 


1 Of the purification of women. 6 Their 
offerings. 


AND. the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

.2 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, Saying, If a woman have 
conceived seed, and born a man 
child: then she shall be unclean 
seven days; according to the 
days of the separation for her 
infirmity shall she be unclean. 

3 And in the eighth day the 
flesh of his foreskin shall be 
circumcised. 
_4 And she shall then continue 
in the blood of her purifying three 
and thirty days; she shall touch 
no hallowed thing, nor come into 
the sanctuary, until the days of 
her purifying be fulfilled. 

5 But if she bear a maid child, 
then she shall be unclean two 
weeks, as in her separation: and 
she shall continue in the blood of 
her purifying threescore and six 


ays. 
6 And when the days of her 


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purifying are fulfilled, for a son, 
or for a daughter, she shall bring 
a lamb of the first year for a 
burnt offering, and a young pi- 
geon, or a turtledove, for a sin 
offering, unto the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, unto 
the priest: 

7 Who shall offer it before the 
LORD, and make an atonement 
for her; and she shall be cleansed 
from the issue of her blood. This 
is the law for her that hath borna 
male or a female. 

8 And if she be not able to 
bring a lamb, then she shall bring 
two turtles, or two young Pl- 
geons; the one for the burnt offer- 
ing, and the other for a sin offer- 
ing: and the priest shall make 
an atonement for her, and she 
shall be clean. 


103 CHAPTER 13 
Signs and treatment of leprosy. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses and Aar’on, saying, 

2 When a man shall have in the 
skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, 
or bright spot, and it be in the 
skin of his flesh like the plague of 
leprosy; then he shall be brought 
unto Aar’on the priest, or unto 
one of his sons the priests: 

3 And the priest shall look on 
the plague in the skin of the flesh: 
and when the hair in the plague 
is turned white, and the plague in 
sight be deeper than the skin of 
his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: 
and the priest shall look on him, 
and pronounce him unclean. 

4 If the bright spot be white in 
the skin of his flesh, and in sight 
be not deeper than the skin, and 
the hair thereof be not turned 
white; then the priest shall shut 
up him that hath the plague seven 


days: 

5 And the priest shall look on 
him the seventh day: and, be- 
hold, if the plague in his sight be 
ata stay, and the plague spread 
not in the skin; then the priest 
shall shut him up seven days 
more: 


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6 And the priest shall look on 
him again the seventh day: and, 
behold, if the plague be some- 
what dark, and the plague spread 
not in the skin, the priest shall 
pronounce him clean: itis buta 
scab: and he shall wash his 
clothes, and be clean. 

7 But if the scab spread much 
abroad in the skin, after that he 
hath been seen of the priest for 
his cleansing, he shall be seen of 
the priest again: 

8 And if the priest see that, be- 
hold, the scab spreadeth in the 
skin, then the priest shall pro- 
nounce him unclean: it is a 
leprosy. 

9 4 When the plague of leprosy 
is in a mex, then he shall be 
brought unto the priest; y 

10 And the priest shall see him: 
and, behold, if the rising be white 
in the skin, and it have turned 
the hair white, and there be 
quick raw flesh in the rising; 

11 It is an old leprosy in the 
skin of his flesh, and the priest 
shall pronounce him unclean, and 
shall not shut him up: for he is 
unclean. 

12 And if a leprosy break out 
abroad in the skin, and the lep- 
rosy cover all the skin of him that 
hath the plague from his head 
even to his foot, wheresoever the 
priest looketh; 

13 Then the priest shall con- 
sider: and, behold, if the leprosy 
have covered all his flesh, he 
shall pronounce him clean that 
hath the plague: itis all turned 
white: he is clean. 

14 But when raw flesh appear- 
eth in him, he shall be unclean. 

15 And the priest shall see the 
raw flesh, and pronounce him to 
be unclean: for the raw flesh 
is unclean: it is a leprosy. 

16 Or if the raw flesh turn 
again, and be changed unto 
white, he shall come unto the 
priest; t 

17 And the priest shall see him: 
and, behold, if the plague be 
turned into white; then the 


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priest shall pronounce him clean 
that nae the plague: he is clean. 

18 4, The flesh also, in which, 
even in the skin thereof, was a 
boil, and is healed, 

19 And in the place of the boil 
there be a white rising, or a bright 
spot, white, and somewhat red- 
dish, and it be shewed to the 
priest; 

20 And if, when the priest seeth 
it, behold, it be in sight lower 
than the skin, and the hair there- 
of be turned white; the priest 
shall pronounce him unclean: it 
is a plague of leprosy broken out 
of the boil. 

21 But if the priest look on it, 
and, behold, there be no white 
hairs therein, and if it be not 
lower than the skin, but be some- 
what dark; then the priest shall 
shut him up seven days: 

22 And if it spread much abroad 
in the skin, then the priest shall 
pronounce him unclean: it is a 
plague 

23 But if the bright spot stay in 
his place, and spread not, it is a 
burning boil; ang the priest shall 
pronounce him clean. 

24 4 Or if there be any flesh, in 
the skin whereof there is a hot 
burning, and the quick flesh that 
burneth have a white bright spot, 
somewhat reddish, or white; 

25 Then the priest shall look 
upon it: and, behold, if the hair 
in the bright spot be turned 
white, and it be in sight deeper 
than the skin; it is a leprosy 
broken out of the burning: 
wherefore the priest shall pro- 
nounce him unclean: it is the 
plague of leprosy. 

26 But if the priest look on it, 
and, behold, there be no white 
hair in the bright spot, and it be 
no lower than the other skin, but 
be somewhat dark; then the 
priest shall shut him up seven 


days: 

27 And the priest shall look 
upon him the seventh day: and 
if it be spread much abroad in the 
skin, then the priest shall pro- 


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Signs and treatment of leprosy 
nounce him unclean: it is the 
plague of leprosy. | | 

28 And if the bright spot stay 
in his place, and spread not in the 
skin, but it be somewhat dark; 
it is a rising of the burning, and 
the priest shall pronounce him 
clean: for it is an inflammation 
of the burning. 

29 4 If aman or woman have a 
plague upon the head or the 
beard; 

30 Then the priest shall see the 
plague: an ehold, if it be in 
sight deeper than the skin; and 
there be in it a yellow thin hair; 
then the priest shall pronounce 
him unclean: it is a dry scall, 
even a leprosy upon the head or 
beard. : 

31 And if the priest look on the 
plague of the scall, and, behold, 
it be not in sight deeper than the 
skin, and that there is no black 
hair in it; then the priest shall 
shut up. him that hath the plague 
of the scall seven days: 

32 And in the seventh day the 
priest shall look on the plague: 
and, behold, if the scall spread 
not, and there be in it no yellow 
hair, and the scall be not in sight 
deeper than the skin; 

33 He shall be shaven, but the 
scall shall he not shave; and the 
priest shall shut up him that hath 
the scall seven days more: 

34 And in the seventh day the 
priest shall look on the scall: 
and, behold, if the scall be not 
spread in the skin, nor be in sight 
deeper than the skin; then the 
priest shall pronounce him clean: 
and he shall wash his clothes, 
and be clean. 

35 But if the scall spread much 
in the skin after his cleansing; 

36 Then the priest shall look on 
him: and, behold, if the scall be 
spread in the skin, the priest 
shall not seek for yellow hair; he 
is unclean 

37 But if the scall be in his sight 
at a stay, and that there is blac 
hair grown up therein; the scall 
is healed, he is clean: and the 


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_ Signs and treatment of leprosy 
_ priest shall him 
clean. 


38 {If a man also or a woman 
have in the skin of their flesh 
bright spots, even white bright 
spots; 

39 Then the priest shall look: 

and, behold, if the bright spots in 
_ the skin of their flesh be darkish 
_white; it is a freckled spot that 
_ groweth in the skin; he is clean. 
40 And the man whose hair is 
‘fallen off his head, he is bald; 
vet is he clean. 
_ 41 And he that hath his hair 
fallen off from the part of his 
head toward his face, he is fore- 
head bald: yet is he clean. 

42 And if there be in the bald 
head, or bald forehead, a white 
reddish sore; it is a leprosy 
sprung up in his bald head, or 
his bald forehead. 

43 Then the priest shall look 
upon it: and, behold, 7f the rising 
of the sore be white reddish in 
his bald head, or in his bald fore- 

head, as the leprosy appeareth in 
the skin of the flesh; f 
_ 44 He is a leprous man, he ts 
unclean: the priest shall pro- 
-nounce him utterly unclean; his 
plague is in his head. 

45 And the leper in whom the 
‘plague is, his clothes shall be 
rent, and his head bare, and he 
shall put a covering upon his 
upper lip, and shall cry, Un- 
clean, unclean. 4 

46 All the days wherein the 
plague shall be in him he shall 
be defiled; he is unclean: he 
shall dwell alone; without the 
camp shall his habitation be. 

_ 47 4 The garment also that the 
plague of leprosy is in, whether 
it be a woollen garment, or a linen 

garment; 

48 Whether it be in the warp, 
or woof; of linen, or of woollen; 
whether in a skin, or in any thing 
made of skin; 

49 And if the plague be green- 
ish or reddish in the garment, or 
in the skin, either in the warp, or 
‘in the woof, or in any thing o 

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pronounce 


LEVITICUS, 13 


skin; it is a plague of leprosy; 
and shall be shewed unto the 
priest: 

50 And the priest shall look 
upon the plague, and shut up if 
that hath the plague seven days: 

1 And he shall look on the 
plague on the seventh day: if the 
plague be spread in the garment, 
either in the warp, or in the woof, 
or in askin, or in any work that 
is made of skin; the plague 
is a fretting leprosy; it is un- 
clean. 

52 He shall therefore burn that 
garment, whether warp or woof, 
in woollen or in linen, or any 
thing of skin, wherein the plague 
is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it 
shall be burnt in the fire. 

53 And if the priest shall look, 
and, behold, the plague be not 
spread in the garment, either in 
the warp or in the woof, or in any 
thing of skin; 

54 Then the priest shall com- 
mand that they wash the thing 
wherein the plague is, and he 
shall shut it up seven days more: 

55 And the priest shall look on 
the plague, after that itis washed: 
and, behold, if the plague have 
not changed his colour, and the 
plague be not spread; it is un- 
clean; thou shalt burn it in the 
fire; it is fret inward, whether 
it be bare within or without. 

56 And if the priest look, and, 
behold, the plague be somewhat 
dark after the washing of it; then 
he shall rend it out of the gar- 
ment, or out of the skin, or out of 
the warp, or out of the woof: 

57 And if it appear still in the 
garment, either in the warp, or in 
the woof, or in any thing of skin; 
it is a spreading plague: thou 
shalt burn that wherein the 
plague is with fire. 

And the garment, either 
warp, or woof, or whatsoever 
thing of skin if be, which thou 
shalt wash, if the plague be de- 
parted from them, then it shall 
be washed the second time, and 


f | shall be clean. 
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59 This is the law of the plague 
of leprosy in a garment of woollen 
or linen, either in the warp, or 
woof, or any thing of skins, to 
pronounce it clean, or to pro- 
nounce it unclean. | 


104 CHAPTER 14 
1 Law of cleansing lepers. 
of leprosy. 
Aa the LORD spake unto 
M6’ses, saying, 

2 This shall be the law of the 
leper in the day of his cleansing: 
We shall be brought unto the 
priest: d 
3 And the priest shall go forth 
out of the camp; and the priest 
shall look, and, behold, 2 the 
plague of leprosy be healed in the 
leper; i 

4 Then shall the priest com- 
mand to take for him that is to 
be cleansed two birds alive and 
clean, and cedar wood, and 
scarlet, and hyssop: 

5 And the priest shall com- 
mand that one of the birds be 
killed in an earthen vessel over 
running water: i 

6 As for the living bird, he shall 
take it, and the cedar. wood, and 
the scarlet, and the hyssop, an 
shall dip them and the living bird 
in the blood of the bird that was 
killed over the running water: 

7 And he shall sprinkle upon 
him that is to be cleansed from 


33 Signs 


the leprosy seven times, andjh 


shall pronounce him clean, and 
shall let the living bird loose into 
the open field. . 

8 And he that is to be cleansed 
shall wash his clothes, and 
shave off all his hair, and wash 
himself in water, that he may be 
clean: and after that he shail 
come into the camp, and shall 
tarry abroad out of his tent seven 


ays. 

9 But it shall be on the seventh 
day, that he shall shave all his 
hair of his head and his beard 
and his eyebrows, even ali his 
hair he shall shave off: and he 
shall wash his clothes, also he 


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shall wash his flesh in water, and 
he shall be clean. 

10 And on the eighth day he 
shall take two he lambs without 
blemish, and one ewe lamb of 
the first year without blemish, 
and three tenth deals of fine flour 
for a_meat offering, mingled 
with oil, and one log of oil. 

11 And the priest that maketh 
him clean shall present the man 
that is to be made clean, and 
those things, before the LORD, at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation: 

12 And the priest shall take one 
he lamb, and offer him for a tres- 
pass offering, and the log of oil, 
and wave them for a wave offer- 
ing before the LORD: 

13 And he shall slay the lamb 
in the place where he shall kill 
the sin offering and the burnt) 
offering, in the holy place: for 
as the sin offering is the priest’s, 
so is the trespass offering: it zs 
most holy: ; 

14 And the priest shall take 
some of the blood of the tres- 
pass offering, and the priest shail 
put if upon the tip of the right 
ear of him that is to be cleansed, 
and upon the thumb of his right 
hand, and upon the great toe of 
his right foot: 

15 And the priest shall take 
some of the log of oil, and pour if 
into the palm of his own left 


and: 
16 And the priest shall dip his 
right finger in the oil that is in his 
left hand, and shall sprinkle of 
the oil with his finger seven times 
before the LORD: 
17 And of the rest of the oil that 
is in his hand shall the priest put 
upon the tip of the right ear of 
him that is to be cleansed, and 
upon the thumb of his right hand, 
and upon the great toe of his right 
foot, upon the blood of the tres- 
pass offering: 
18 And the remnant of the oil 
that is in the priest’s hand he 
shall pour upon the head of him 
that is to be cleansed: and the 





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a 
ry 
7 
, 


- Signs of léprosy in a house 


priest shall make an atonement 
for him before the LORD. 

19 And the priest shall offer the 

sin offering, and make an atone- 


_ ment for him that is to be cleansed 


from his uncleanness; and after- 
_ward he shall kill the burnt offer- 


mang: — 
__ 20 And the priest shall offer the 


i 


_ burnt offering and the meat offer- 


_ ing upon the altar: and the priest 
_ Shall make an atonement for him, 


take one lamb 


_and he shall be clean. 

_ 21 And if he be poor, and can- 
not get so much; then he shall 
for a trespass 


_ offering to be waved, to make an 
_ atonement for him, and one tenth 
_ deal of fine flour mingled with 


4 a sy a meat offering, and a log 
of oil; 
_ 22 And two turtledoves, or two 
young pigeons, such as he is able 
to get; and the one shall be a sin 
offering, and the other a burnt 
Offering. 
__23 And he shall bring them on 
_the eighth day for his cleansing 
_ unto the priest, unto the door of 
_the tahernacle of the congrega- 
' tion, before the LORD. 
_ 24 And the priest shall take the 
_lJamb of the trespass offering, and 
' the log of oil, and the priest shall 
wave them for a wave offering 
_ before the LORD: 
' 25 And he shall kill the lamb of 
the trespass offering, and the 
‘Priest shall take some of the 
blood of the trespass offering, 
_and put if upon the tip of the right 
ear of him that is to be cleansed, 
and upon the thumb of his right 
hand, and upon the great toe of 
his right foot: 
26 And the priest shall pour of 
the ail into the palm of his own 
left hand: ; 
_ 27 And the priest shall sprinkle 
with his right finger some of the 
oil that 7s in the left hand seven 
times before the LORD: 

28 And the priest shall put of 
the oil that is in his hand upon 
‘the tip of the right ear of him 
that is to be cleansed, and upon 


a 
a 
ia 


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LEVITICUS, 14 


the thumb of his right hand, and 
upon the great toe of his right 
foot, upon the place of the blood 
of the trespass offering: 

_29 And the rest of the oil that is 
in the priest’s hand he shall put 
upon the head of him that is to be 
cleansed, to make an atonement 
for him before the LorpD. 

30 And he shall offer the one of 
the turtledoves, or of the young 
pigeons, such as he can get; 

31 Even such as he is able to 
get, the one for a sin offering, and 
the other for a_ burnt offering, 
with the meat offering: and the 
priest shall make an atonement 
for him that is to be cleansed 
before the LORD. 

32 This is the law of him in 
whom is the plague of leprosy, 
whose hand is not able to get 
that which pertaineth to his 
cleansing. 

33 ¥ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses and unto Aar’on, saying, 

34 When ye be come into the 
land of Ca’ndan, which I give to 
you for a possession, and I put 
the plague of leprosy in a house 
of the land of your possession: 

35 And he that owneth the 
house shall come and tell the 
priest, saying, It seemeth to me 
there is as it were a plague in 
the house: f 

36 Then the priest shall com- 
mand that they empty the house, 
before the priest go into it to see 
the plague, that all that is in 
the house be not made unclean: 
and afterward the priest shall go 
in to¥see the house: 

37 And he shall look on the 
plague, and, behold, if the plague 
be in the walls of the house with 
hollow strakes, greenish or red- 
dish, which in sight are lower 
than the wall; _ 

38 Then the priest shall zo out 
of the house to the door of the 
house, and shut up the house 
seven days: 

39 And the priest shall come 
again the seventh day, and shall 
look: and, behold, if the plague 


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LEVITICUS, 15 


be spread in the walls of the 
house; : 

40 Then the priest shall com- 
mand that they take away the 
stones in whiclt the plague is, 
and they shall cast them into an 
unclean place without the city: 

41 And he shall cause the house 
to be scraped within round about, 
and they shall pour out the dust 
that they scrape off without the 
city into an unclean place: 

42 And they shall take other 
stones, and put them in the place 


and he shall 
take other morter, and shall 
plaister the house. 

43 And if the plague come 
again, and break out in the 
house, after that he hath taken 
away the stones, and after he 
hath scraped the house, and 
after it is plaistered; 

44 Then the priest shall come 
and look, and, behold, if the 
plague be spread in the house, it 
is a fretting leprosy in the 
house: it is unclean. 

45 And he shall break down the 
house, the stones of it, and the 
timber thereof, and all the morter 


of the house; and he shall carry | - 


them forth out of the city into 
an unclean place. : 

46 Moreover he that goeth into 
the house all the while that it is 
shut up shali be unclean until 
the even. q 

47 And he that lieth in the 
house shall wash his clothes; 
and he that eateth in the house 
shall wash his clothes. 

48 And if the priest shall come 
in, and look upon if, and, behold, 
the plague hath not spread in 
the, house, after the house was 
plaistered: then the priest shall 
pronounce the house clean, be- 
cause the plague is healed. 

49 And he shall take to cleanse 
the house two birds, and cedar 
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 

80 And he shail kill the one of 
the birds in an earthen vessel 
over running water: 

531 And he shall take the cedar 





Cleansing leprous houses 


wood, and the hyssop, and the 
scarlet, and the living bird, and 
dip them in the blood of the slain 
bird, and in the running water, 
and sprinkle the house seven 
times; 

52 And he shall cleanse the 
house with the blood of the bird, 
and with the running water, and 
with the living bird, and with 
the cedar wood, and with the 
hyssop, and with the scarlet: 

53 But he shall let go the living 
bird out of the city into the open 
fields, and make an atonement 
for the house: and it shall be 


clean. : 

54 This is the law for all man- 
ner of plague of leprosy, an 
scall, 

55 And for the leprosy of a 
garment, and of a house, 

56 And for a rising, and fora 
scab, and for a bright spot: 

57 To teach when if is un- 
clean, and when if is clean: this 
is the law of leprosy. 


CHAPTER 15 105 
Unclean issues and their cleansing. 


ND the LoRD spake unto 
Md’ses and to Aar’on, say- 


ing, 
2 Speak unto the children of 
is’ra-el, and say unto them, 
When any man hath a running 
issue out of his flesh, because of 
his issue he is unclean. 
3 And this shall be his unclean- 
ness in his issue: whether his 
fiesh run with his issue. or his 
flesh be stopped from his issue, 
it is his uncleanness. 

4 Every bed, whereon he lieth 
that hath the issue, is unclean: 
and every thing, whereon he 
sitteth, shall be unclean. 

5 And whosoever toucheth his 
bed shall wash, his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

6 And he that sitteth on any 
thing whereon he sat that hath 
the issue shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, and 
be unclean until the even. 


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Unclean issues and their cleansing 





7 And he that toucheth the 
flesh of him that hath the issue 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

8 And if he that hath the issue 
spit upon him that is clean; 
then he shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

9 And what saddle soever he 
rideth upon that hath the issue 
shall be unclean. 

10 And whosoever toucheth 

any thing that was under him 

shall be unclean until the even: 

_and he that beareth any of those 
things shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, and 
be unclean until the even. 

11 And whomsoever he touch- 
eth that hath the issue, and hath 

‘not rinsed his hands in water, 
he shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

12 And the vessel of earth, 
that he toucheth which hath the 

issue, shall be broken: and every 

vessel of wood shall be rinsed in 
water. 

_13 And when he that hath an 

issue is cleansed of his issue; 

then he shall number to himself 
seven days for his cleansing, 
and wash his clothes, and bathe 
his flesh in running water, and 

Shall be clean. ? 

14 And on the eighth day he 
shall take to him two turtle- 
doves, or two young pigeons, 
and come before the LORD unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and give them un- 
to the priest: 

15 And the priest shall offer 

them, the one for a sin offering, 

‘and the other for a burnt offering; 

and the priest shall make an 

atonement for him before the 

LORD for his issue. 

16 And if any man’s seed of 
Copulation go out from him, 
then he shall wash all his flesh 
in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 


LEVITICUS, 15 


17 And every garment, and 
every skin, whereon is the seed 
of copulation, shall be washed 
with water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

18 The woman also with whom 
man shall lie with seed of cop- 
ulation, they shall both bathe 
themselves in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

19 4 And if a woman have an 
issue, and her issue in her flesh 
be blood, she shall be put apart 
seven days: and whosoever 
toucheth her shall be unclean 
until the even. 

20 And every thing that she 
lieth upon in her separation shall 
be unclean: every thing also 
that she sitteth upon shall be 
unclean. 

21 And whosoever toucheth 
her bed shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, and 
be unclean until the even. 

22 And whosoever toucheth 
any thing that she sat upon shall 
wash his clothes, and_ bathe 
himself in water, and be une 
clean until the even. 

23 And if it be on her bed, on 
on any thing whereon she sitteth 
when he toucheth it, he shall be 
unclean until the even. 

24 And if any man lie with her 
at all, and her flowers be upon 
him, he shall be unclean seven 
days; and all the bed whereon 
he lieth shall be unclean. 

25 And if a woman have an 
issue of her blood many days out 
of the time of her separation, or 
if it run beyond the time of her 
separation; all the days of the 
issue of her uncleanness shall be 
as the days of her separation: 
she shall be unclean. : 

26 Every bed whereon she lieth 
all the days of her issue shall be 
unto her as the bed of her separa- 
tion: and whatsoever she sitteth 
upon shall be unclean, as the 
uncleanness of her separation. 

And whosoever toucheth 
those things shall be unclean, 
and shall wash his clothes, and 


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bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

28 But if she be cleansed of her 
issue, then she shall number to 
herself seven days, and after 
that she shall be clean. 

29 And on the eighth day she 
shall take unto her two turtles, 
or two young pigeons, and bring 
them unto the priest, to the door 
of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

30 And the priest shall offer 
the one for a sin offering, and 
the other for a burnt offering; 
and the priest shall make an 
atonement for her before the 
LorpD for the issue of her un- 
cleanness. 

31 Thus shall ye separate the 
children of is’ra-el from their 
uncleanness that they die not in 
their uncleanness, when they 
defile my tabernacle that is 
among them 

32 This ts the law of him that 
hath an issue, and of him whose 
seed goeth from him, and is 
defiled therewith; 

33 And of her that is sick of her 
flowers, and of him that hath 
an issue, of the man, and of the 
woman, and of him that lieth 
with her that is unclean. 


106 CHAPTER 16 


1 Priestly vestments and offerings. 20 
The scapegoat. 29 Feast of expia- 
tions. 

JN the LORD spake unto 

MOo’ses after the death of 
the two sons of Aar’on, when 
they offered before the LORD, 
and died; 

2 And the LORD said unto M6o’- 
ses, Speak unto A4ar’on thy 
brother, that he come not at all 
times into the holy place within 
the veil before the mercy seat, 
which is upon the ark; that he 
die not: for I will appear in the 
cloud upon the mercy seat. 

3 Thus shall Aar’on come into 
the holy place; with a young 
bullock for a sin offering, and a 
ram for a burnt offering. 


Priestly vestments and offerings 


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4 He shall put on the holy | 


linen coat, and he shall have the 
linen breeches upon his flesh, 
and shall be girded with a linen 
girdle, and with the linen mitre 
shall he be attired: these are 
holy garments; therefore shall 
he wash his flesh in water, and 
so put them on. 

5 And he shall take of the con- 
gregation of the children of 
Is’ra-el two. kids of the goats for 
a sin offering, and one ram for 
a burnt offering. 

6 And Aar’on shall offer his 
bullock of the sin offering, which 
is for himself, and make an 
atonement for himself, and for 
his house. 

7 And he shall take the two 
goats, and present them before 
the LORD at the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation. 

8 And A@ar’on shall cast lots 
upon the two goats; one lot for 
the LORD, and the other lot for 
the scapegoat. 

9 And A&r’on shall bring the 
goat upon which the LORD’S lot 
fell, and offer him for a sin 
offering. 

10 But the goat, on which the 
lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall 
be presented alive before the 
LORD, to make an atonement 
with him, and to let him go fora 
scapegoat into the wilderness. 

11 And Aar’on shall bring the 
bullock of the sin offering, which 
is for himself, and shall make an 
atonement for himself, and for 
his house, and shall kill the bul- 
lock of the sin offering which is 
for himself: 

12 And he shall take a censer 
full of burning coals of fire from 
off the altar before the LORD, 


and his hands full of sweet in- 


cense beaten small, and bring it 
within the veil: 

13 And he shall put the in- 
cense upon the fire before the 
LORD, that the cloud of the in- 
cense may cover the mercy seat 
that is upon the testimony, that 
he die not: 


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The scapegoat 


14 And he shall take of the 
blood of the bullock, and sprinkle 
it with his finger upon the mercy 
seat eastward; and before the 
mercy seat shall he sprinkle of 
ne blood with his finger seven 

imes. 
_ 15 4 Then shall he kill the goat 

of the sin offering, that is for the 
peorle, and bring his blood with- 
‘in the veil, and do with that 
blood as he did with the blood 
of the bullock, and sprinkle it 
upon the mercy seat, and before 
the mercy seat: 

16 And he _ shall 
atonement for the holy place, be- 
cause of the uncleanness of the 
children of is’ra-el, and because 
of their transgressions in all 


their sins: and so shall he do for. 
_ the tabernacle of the congrega- 


tion, ‘that remaineth among 
them in the midst of their un- 
cleanness. 

17 And there shall be no man 
in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation when he goeth in to make 
an atonement in the holy place, 
until he come out, and have 
made an atonement for himself, 
and for his household, and for all 
the congregation of Is’ra-el. 

18 And he shall go out unto the 
altar that is before the Lorp, 
and make an atonement for it; 
and shall take of the blood of the 


bullock, and of the blood of the! d 


goat, and put if upon the horns 
of the altar round about. 


19 And he shall sprinkle of the | h 


blood upon it with his finger 
seven times, and cleanse it, and 
hallow it from the uncleanness 
of the children of is’ra-el. 

20 {And when he hath made 
an end of reconciling the holy 
blace, and the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and the altar, he 
shall bring the live goat: 

21 And AAar’on shall lay both 
his hands upon the head of the 
live goat, and confess over him 
all the iniquities of the children 
of Is’ra-el, and all their trans- 
gressions in alli their sins, put- 


make an: 


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ting them upon the head of the 
goat, and shall send him away 
by the hand of a fit man into the 
wilderness: 

22 And the goat shall bear 
upon him all their iniquities unto 
a land not inhabited: and he 
shall let go the goat in the wil- 
derness. 

23 And Aar’on shall come into 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and shall put off the linen 
garments, which he put on when 
he went into the holy place, and 
shall leave them there: 

24 And he shall wash his flesh 
with water in the holy place, and 
put on his garments, and come 
forth, and offer his burnt offer- 
ing, and the burnt offering of the 
people, and make an atonement 
for himself, and for the people. 

25 And the fat of the sin offer- 
ing shall he burn upon the altar. 

26 And he that let go the goat 
for the scapegoat shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe his flesh in 
water, and afterward come into 
the camp. 

27 And the bullock for the sin 
offering, and the goat for the 
sin offering, whose blood was 
brought in to make atonement 
in the holy place, shall one carry 
forth without the camp; and 
they shall burn in the fire their 
skins, and their flesh, and their 


ung. 
28 And he that burneth them 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
is flesh in water, and afterward 
he shall come into the camp. 

29 4 And this shall be a statute 
for ever unto you: that in the 
seventh month, on the tenth day 
of the month, ye shall afflict your 
souls, and do no work at all, 
whether it be one of your own 
country, or a stranger that so- 


journeth among you: 


30 For on that day shall the 
priest make an atonement for 
you, to cleanse you, that ye 
may be clean from all your sins 
before the LORD. 

31 It shall be a sabbath of rest 


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unto you, and ye shall afflict 
your souls, by a statute for ever. 

32 And the priest, whom he 
shall anoint, and whom he shall 
consecrate to minister in the 
priest’s office in his father’s 
stead, shall make the atonement, 
and shall put on the linen clothes, 
even the holy garments: 

33 And he shall make an atone- 
ment for the holy sanctuary, and 
he shall make an atonement for 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and for the altar, and he 
shall make an atonement for the 
priests, and for all the people of 
the congregation. 

34 And this shall be an ever- 
lasting statute unto you, to make 
an atonement for the children of 
{s’ra-el for all their sins once 
ayear. And he did as the LORD 
commanded MO’ses. 


107 CHAPTER 17 
1 The speiakiing of blood. 10 Eating 
of blood forbidden. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Speak unto Aar’on, and unto 
his sons, and unto all the chil- 
dren of_Is’ra-el, and say unto 
them; This is the thing which 
the LORD hath commanded, 
saying, 

3 What man soever there be of 
the house of is’ra-el, that killeth 
an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the 
camp, or that killeth it out of 
the camp, 

4 And bringeth it not unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, to offer an offering 
unto the LORD before the taber- 
nacle of the LORD; blood shall 
be imputed unto that man; he 
hath shed blood; and that man 
Shall be cut off from among his 
peop 

5 To the end that the children 
of Is’ra-el may bring their sacri- 
fices, which they offer in the 
open field, even that they may 
bring them unto the LORD, unto 
the door of the tabernacle of. the 
congregation, unto the priest, 








Eating of blood forbidden 
and offer them for peace offer- 


ings unto the LORD. 


6 And the priest shall sprinkle — 


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the blood upon the altar of the - 
LORD at the door of the taber- — 


nacle of the congregation, and | 
burn the fat for a sweet savour 
unto the LORD 

7 And they shall no more offer 
their sacrifices unto devils, after 
whom they have gone a whor- 
ing. This shall be a statute for 
ever unto them throughout their 
generations. 

8 § And thou shalt say unto 
them, Whatsoever man there be 
of the house of Is’ra-el, or of the 
strangers which sojourn among 
you, that offereth a burnt offer- 
ing or sacrifice, 

9 And bringeth it not unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, to offer it unto the 
LORD; even that man shall be 
cut off from among his people. 

0 { And whatsoever, man 
there be of the house of Is’ra-el, 
or of the strangers that sojourn 
among you, that eateth any man- 
ner of blood; I will even set my 
face against ‘that soul that eateth 
blood, and will cut him off from 
among his people. 

11 For the life of the flesh is 
in the blood: and I have given it 
to you upon the altar to make 
an atonement for your souls: for 
it is the blood that maketh an 
atonement for the soul. 

12 Therefore I said_unto the 
children of is’ra-el, No soul of 
you shall eat blood, neither shail 
any stranger that sojourneth 
among you eat blood. 

13 And whatsoever man there 
be of the children of fs’ra-el, or 
of the strangers that sojourn 
among you, which hunteth and 
catcheth any beast or fowl that 
may be eaten; he shall even 
pour out the blood thereof, and 
cover it with dust. 

14 For it is the life of all 
flesh; the blood of it is for the 
life thereof: therefore I said 
unto the children of is’ra-el, Ye 


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shall eat the blood of no manner 
of flesh: for the life of all flesh 
is the blood thereof: whosoever 
eateth it shall be cut off. 

15 And every soul that eateth 
_ that which died of itself, or that 
which was torn with beasts, 
whether it be one of your own 
country, or a stranger, he shall 
both wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even: then shall he be 
clean. 

16 But if he wash them not, 
nor bathe his flesh; then he 
shall bear his iniquity. 


108 CHAPTER 18 
Unlawful marriages and lusts. 
AND the LORD spake unto 

MO6’ses, saying, | 
_.2 Speak unto the children of 

Is’ra-el, and say unto them, I 
-am the LORD your God. 

3 After the doings of the land 
of E’gypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall 
ye not do: and after the doings 
of the land of Ca’naan, whither 

bring you, shall ye not do: 
neither shall ye walk in their 
ordinances. 

4 Ye shall do my judgments, 


and keep mine ordinances, to 


walk therein: I am the LORD 
your God. 

5S Ye shall therefore keep my 
statutes, and my judgments: 
which if a man do, he shall live 
in them: I am the LoRD. 

6 4] None of you shall approach 
to any that is near of kin to 
him, to uncover their naked- 
ness: I am the LORD. 

7 The nakedness of thy father, 
or the nakedness of thy mother, 
shalt thou not uncover: she is 
thy mother; thou shalt not un- 
cover her nakedness. 

8 The nakedness of thy fa- 
ther’s wife shalt thou not un- 
cover: it is thy father’s naked- 
ness. 

9 The nakedness of thy sister, 
the daughter of thy father, or 
daughter of thy mother, whether 


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abroad, even their nakedness 
thou shalt not uncover. 

10 The nakedness of thy son’s 
daughter, or of thy daughter’s 
daughter, even their nakedness 
thou shalt not uncover: for 
theirs is thine own nakedness. 

11 The nakedness of thy fa- 
ther’s wife’s daughter, begotten 
of thy father, she is thy sister, 
thou shalt not uncover her 
nakedness. 

12 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy father’s sister: 
she is thy father’s near kins- 
woman. 

13 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy mother’s sister: 
for she is thy mother’s near 
kinswoman. 

14 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy father’s bro- 
ther, thou shalt not approach to 
his wife: she is thine aunt. 

15 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy daughter in 
law: she is thy son’s wife; thou. 
shalt not uncover her nakedness. 

16 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy brother’s wife: 
it is thy brother’s nakedness. 

17 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of a woman and her 
daughter, neither shalt thou 
take her son’s daughter, or her 
daughter’s daughter, to uncover 
her nakedness; for they are her 
near kinswomen: it is wicked- 
ness. 

18 Neither shalt thou take a 
wife to her sister, to vex her, to 
uncover her nakedness, beside 
the other in her life time. 

19 Also thou shalt not ap- 
proach unto a woman to uncover 
her nakedness, as long as she is 
put apart for her uncleanness. 

20 Moreover thou shalt not lie 
carnally with thy neighbour’s 
wife, to defile thyself with her. 

21 And thou shalt not let any 
of thy seed pass through the 
Jire to Mo/lech, neither shalt 
thou profane the name of thy 
God: I am the LORD. 


she be born at home, or born! 22 Thou shalt not lie with 
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mankind, as with womankind: 
it is abomination. 

23 Neither shalt thou lie with 
any beast to defile thyself there- 
with: neither shall any woman 
stand before a beast to lie down 
thereto: it is confusion. i 

24 Defile not ye yourselves in 
any of these things: for in al 
these the nations are defiled 
which I cast out before you: 

25 And the land is defiled: 
therefore I do visit the iniquity 
thereof upon it, and the land it- 
self vomiteth out her inhabitants. 

26 Ye shall therefore keep my 
statutes and my judgments, and 
shall not commit any of these 
abominations; neither any of 
your own nation, nor any stran- 
ger that sojourneth among you: 

27 (For all these abominations 
have the men of the land done, 
which were before you, and the 
land is defiled;) 

28 That the land spue not you 
out also, when ye defile it, as it 
spued out the nations that were 
before you. ; 

29 For whosoever shall commit 
any of these abominations, even 
the souls that commit them shall 
be cut off from among their 
people. 

30 Therefore shall ye keep 
mine ordinance, that ye commit 
not any one of these abominable 
customs, which were committed 
before you, and that ye defile not 
yourselves therein: I am the 
LORD your God. 


109 CHAPTER 19 
Sundry laws repeated. 


ND the LoRD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Speak unto all the congrega- 
tion of the children of is’ra-el, 
and say unto them, Ye shall be 
holy: for I the LORD your God 
am holy. 

3 4 Ye shall fear every man his 
mother, and his father, and keep 
my sabbaths: 
your God. , 

4 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor 





I am the LORD!b 





Sundry laws repeated 


make to yourselves molten gods: 
I am the LORD your God. 


5 9 And if ye offer a sacrifice 
of peace offerings unto the LORD, 


ye shall offer it at your own will. 


6 It shall be eaten the same 


day ye offer it, and on the mor- 


row: and if ought remain until 


1| the third day, it shall be burnt 


in the fire. 

7 And if it be eaten at all on the 
third day, it is abominable; it 
shall not be accepted. 

8 Therefore. every one that 
eateth it shall bear his iniquity, 
because he hath profaned the 
hallowed thing of the LORD: and 
that soul shall be cut off from 
among his people. 

9 4 And when ye reap the 
harvest of your land, thou shalt 
not wholly reap the corners of 
thy field, neither shalt thou 
gather the gleanings of thy 
harvest. 

10 And thou shalt not glean 
thy vineyard, neither shalt thou 
gather every grape of thy vine- 
yard; thou shalt leave them for 
the poor and stranger: I am the 
LORD your God. ; 

11 § Ye shall not steal, neither 
deal falsely, neither lie one to 
another. 

12 q¢ And ye shall not swear 
by my name falsely, neither shalt 
thou profane the name of thy 
God: I am the LORD. 

13 ¢ Thou shalt not defraud 
thy neighbour, neither rob him: 
the wages of him that is hired 
shall not abide with thee all 
night until the morning. 

14 4 Thou shalt not curse the 
deaf, nor put a stumbling block 
before the blind, but shalt fear 
thy God: I am the LORD. 

15 { Ye shall do.no unright- 
eousness in judgment: thou 
shalt not respect the person of 
the poor, nor honour the person 
of the mighty: buf in righteous- 
ness shalt thou judge thy neigh- 


our. 
16 § Thou shalt not go up and 
down as a talebearer among thy 


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- Sundry laws repeated 


people: neither shalt thou stand 
against the blood of thy neigh- 
_bour: I am the LORD. 
17.4 Thou shalt not hate thy 
brother in thine heart: thou 
shalt in any wise rebuke th 


neighbour, and not suffer sin 


upon 


- 18 4 Thou shalt not avenge, 
nor bear any grudge against the 
children of thy people, but thou 
_ Shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
self: I am the LORD. 
19 ¥ Ye shall keep my statutes. 
Thou shalt not let thy cattle 
gender with a diverse kind: 
thou shalt not sow thy field with 
mingled seed: neither shall a 
garment mingled of linen and 
woollen come upon thee, 
_ 20 §| And whosoever lieth car- 
nally with a woman, that is a 
bondmaid, betrothed to an hus- 
band, and not at all redeemed, 
nor freedom given her; she 
shall be scourged; they shall not 
be put to death, because she was 
not free. ; 

21 And he shall bring his tres- 
pass offering unto the LORD, 
unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, even a ram 
for a trespass offering. 

22 And the priest shail make 
an atonement for him with the 
ram of the trespass offering be- 
fore the LORD for his sin which 


LEVITICUS, 20 


thing with the blood: neither 
shall ye use enchantment, nor 
observe times. ; 

27 Ye shall not round the 
corners of your heads, neither 
shalt thou mar the corners of thy 
beard. 

28 Ye shall not make any cut- 
tings in your flesh for the dead, 
nor print any marks upon you: 
I am the LorD. 

29 § Do not prostitute thy 
daughter, to cause her to be a 
whore; lest the land fall to 
whoredom, and the land become 
full of wickedness. 

30 | Ye shall keep my sab- 
baths, and reverence my sance- 
tuary: I am the LORD. 

31 4 Regard not them that 
have familiar spirits. neither 
seek after wizards, to be defiled 
by them: I am the LORD your 
God. 

32 4 Thou shalt rise up before 
the hoary head, and honour the 
face of the old man, and fear thy 
God: Iam the LorpD. J 

33 4 And if a stranger sojourn 
with thee in your land, ye shall 
not vex him. 

34 But the stranger that dwell- 
eth with you shall be unto you as 
one born among you, and thou 
shalt love him as thyself; for ye 
were strangers in the land of 
E’gypt: I am the LORD your 


he hath done: and the sin which | God 


hehath done shall be forgivenhim. 

23 4 And when ye shall come 
into the land, and shall have 
planted all manner of trees for 
food, then ye shall count the 
fruit thereof as uncircumcised: 
three years shall it be as un- 
circumcised unto you: it shall 
not be eaten of. 

24 But in the fourth year all 
the fruit thereof shall be holy 
to praise the LORD withal. 

25 And in the fifth year shall ye 
€at of the fruit thereof, that it 
may yield unto you the increase 
preter : I am the LORD your 


od. 
26 9 Ye shall not eat any 


oO e 
35 ¢ Ye shall do no unright- 
eousness in judgment, in mete- 
yard, in weight, or in measure. 
36 Just balances, just weights, 
a just ephah, and a just hin, 
shail ye have: _I am the LORD 
your God, which brought you 
out of the land of E’£y¥pt. 
37 Therefore shall ye observe 
all my statutes, and all my judg- 
ments, and do them: I am the 


LORD. 
CHAPTER 20 110 
1 Divers laws and ordinances. 7 Sanc- 
tification. 10 Adultery. 22 Obe- 


dience required with holiness. . 
ND the LorD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 


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2 Again, thou shalt say to the 
children of Is’ra-el, Whoso- 
ever he be of the children of 
Is’ra-el, or of the strangers that 
sojourn in Is’ra-el, that giveth 
any of his seed unto Mod’lech; 
he shall surely be put to death: 
the people of the land shall stone 
him with stones. 

And I will set my face 
against that man, and will cut 
him off from among his people; 
because he hath given of his seed 
unto MOd/lech, to defile my sanc- 
tuary, and to profane my holy 


name. 

4 And if the people of the land 
do any way hide their eyes from 
the man, when he giveth of his 
seed unto Mo’lech, and kill him 


not: 

5 Then I will set my face 
against that man, and against 
his family, and will cut him off, 
and all that go a whoring after 
him, to commit whoredom with 
MOd‘lech, from among their 
people. 

6 § And the soul that turneth 
after such as have familiar 
spirits, and after wizards, to go 
a whoring after them, I will even 
set my face against that soul, 
and will cut him off from among 
his people. 

7 § Sanctify yourselves there- 
fore, and be ye holy: for I am 
the LORD your God. 

8 And ye shall keep my stat- 
utes, and do them: I am the 
LORD which sanctify you. 

9 4 For every one that curseth 
his father or his mother shall be 
surely put to death: he hath 
cursed his father or his mother; 
his blood shall be upon him. 

10 § And the man that com- 
mitteth adultery with another 
man’s wife, even he that com- 
mitteth adultery with his neigh- 
bour’s wife, the adulterer and 
the adulteress shall surely be put 
to death. ; } 

11 And the man that lieth with 
his father’s wife hath uncovered 
his father’s nakedness: both of 


Divers laws and ordinances 


them shall surely be put to 
death; their blood shall be upon 
them. 

12 And if a man lie with his 
daughter in law, both of them 
shall surely be put to death: 
they have wrought confusion; 
their blood shall be upon them. 

13 If a man also lie with man- 
kind, as he lieth with a woman, 
both of them have committed an 
abomination: they shall surely 
be put to death; their blood 
shall be upon them. | 

14 And if a man take a wife 
and her mother, it is wickedness: | 
they shall be burnt with fire, both 
he and they: that there be no 
wickedness among you. 

15 And if a man lie with a 
beast, he shall surely be put to 
death: and yeshall slay the beast. 

16 And if a woman approach 
unto any beast, and lie down 
thereto, thou shalt kill the 
woman, and the beast: they 
shall surely be put to death; their 
blood shall be upon them. 

17 And if a man shall take his 
sister, his father’s daughter, or 
his mother’s daughter, and see 
her nakedness, and she see his 
nakedness; it is a wicked thing; 
and they shall be cut off in the 
sight of their people: he hath 
uncovered his sister’s naked- 
ness; he shall bear his iniquity. 

18 And if a man shall lie with 
a woman having her sickness, 
and shall uncover her naked- 
ness; he hath discovered her 
fountain, and she hath un- 
covered the fountain of her 
blood: and both of them shall 
be cut off from among their 
people. 

19 And thou shalt not uncover 
the nakedness of thy mother’s 
sister, nor of thy father’s sister: 
for he uncovereth his near kin: 
they shall bear their iniquity. 

20 And if a man shall lie with 
his uncle’s wife, he hath un- 
covered his uncle’s nakedness? 
they shall bear their sin; they 
shall die childless. 


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21 And if a man shall take his 
_ brother’s wife, it is an unclean 
thing: he hath uncovered his 
brother’s nakedness; they shall 
_ be childless. 

22 4 Ye shall therefore keep 
all my statutes, and all my 
judgments, and do them: that 
the land, whither I bring you to 
dwell therein, spue you not out. 

23 And ye shall not walk in the 
manners of the nation, which I 
cast out before you: for they 
committed all these things, and 
therefore I abhorred them. 

24 But I have said unto you, 
Ye shall inherit their land, and 
I will give it unto you to possess 
it, a land that floweth with milk 
and honey: I am the LORD your 


God, which have separated you | hol 


from other people. 

25 Ye shali therefore put dif- 
ference between clean beasts and 
unclean, and between unclean 
fowls and clean: and ye shall 
not make your souls abominable 
by beast, or by fowl, or by any 
manner of living thing that 
creepeth on the ground, which 
I have separated from you as 
unclean. 

26 And ye shall be holy unto 
me: for I the LORD am holy, 
and have severed you from 
other people, that ye should be 
mine. 

27 § A man also or woman 
that hath a familiar spirit, or 
that is a wizard, shali surely be 
put to death: they shall stone 
them with stones: their blood 
Shall be upon them. 


ill CHAPTER 21 
1 Laws of priesthood. 13 Marriages. 
17 Bilemishes. 
ND the LORD said unto 
4 Mo’ses, Speak unto the 
priests the sons of Aar’on, and 
say unto them, There shall 
mone be defiled for the dead 
among his people: 
2 But for his kin, that is near 
unto him, that is, for his mother, 
and for his father, and for his 


LEVITICUS, 21 


son, and for his daughter, and 
for his brother, 

3 And for his sister a virgin, 
that is nigh unto him, which 
hath had no husband; for her 
may he be defiled. 

4 But he shall not defile him- 
self, being a chief man among 
his people, to profane himself. 

5 They shall not make bald- 
ness upon their head, neither 
shall they shave off the corner 
of their beard, nor make any 
cuttings in their flesh. 

6 They shall be holy unto their 
God, and_not profane the name 
of their God: for the offerings 
of the LORD made by fire, and 
the bread of their God, they do 
offer: therefore they shall be 


oly. 

7 They shall not take a wife 
that is a whore, or profane; 
neither shall they take a woman 
put away fron: her husband: 
for he is holy unto his God. 

8 Thou shalt sanctify him 
therefore; for he offereth the 
bread of thy God: he shall be 
holy unto thee: for I the Lorp, 
which sanctify you, am holy. 

9 4 And the daughter of any 
priest, if she profane herself by 
playing the whore, she profaneth 
her father: she shall be burnt 
with fire. 

10 And he that is the high 
priest among his brethren, upon 
whose head the anointing oil was 
poured, and that is consecrated 
to put on the garments, shall 
not uncover his head, nor rend 
his clothes; 

11 Neither shall he go in to 
any dead body, nor defile himself 
for his father, or for his mother; 

12 Neither shall he go out of 
the sanctuary, nor profane the 
sanctuary of his God; for the 
crown of the anointing oil of his 
God is upon him: I am the 
LORD. bg: 

13 And he shall take a wife in 
her virginity. : 

widow, or a _ divorced 
woman, or profane, or an harlot, 


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these shall he not take: but he 
shall take a virgin of his own 
people to wife. 

15 Neither shall he profane his 
seed among his people: for I 
the LORD do sanctify him. 

16 4 And the LORD spake unto 
M0’ses, saying, 

17 Speak unto Aar’on, saying, 
Whosoever he be of thy seed in 
their generations that hath on 
blemish, let him not approach 
to offer the bread of his God. 

18 For whatsoever man he be 
that hath a biemish, he shall not 
approach: a blind man, or a 
Jame, or he that hath a flat nose, 
or any thing superfluous, 

19 Or a man that is broken- 
footed, or brokenhanded, 

20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, 
or that hath a blemish in his 
eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or 
hath his stones broken; 

21 No man that hath a blemish 
of the seed of Adar’on the priest 
shall come nigh to offer the offer- 
ings of the LORD made by fire: 
he hath a blemish; he shall not 
come nigh to offer the bread of 


is God. 

22 He shall eat the bread of his 
God, both of the most holy, and 
of the holy. 

23 Only he shall not go in unto 
the veil, nor come nigh unto the 
altar, because he hath a blemish; 
that he profane not my sanctu- 
aries: for [the LORD do sanctify 
them. h 

24 And Mo’ses told it unto 
Aar’on, and to his sons, and unto 
all the children of Is’ra-el. 


112 CHAPTER 22 
1 Laws concerning priests and offer- 
ings. 26 Age of sacrifice. 29 Law 
of eating sacrifice. 
ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Speak unto Aar’on and to his 
sons, that they separate them- 
selves from the holy things of 
the children of is’ra-el, and that 
they profane not my holy name 
in those things which they hal- 
low unto me: I am the LORD. 


Laws concerning priests and offerings 


3 Say unto them, Whosoever 
he be of all your seed among 
your generations, that goeth un- 
to the holy things, which the 
children of Is’ra-el hallow unto 
the LORD, having his unclean- 
ness upon him, that soul shall 
be cut off from my presence: I 
am the LORD. | 

4 What man soever of the seed 
of Aar’on is a leper, or hath a 
running issue; he shall not eat | 
of the holy things, until he be 
clean. And whoso toucheth any 
thing that is unclean by the 
dead, or a man whose seed goeth 
from him; 

5 Or whosoever toucheth any 
creeping thing, whereby he may 
be made unclean, or a man of 
whom he may take uncleanness, 
whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 

6 The soul which hath touched 
any such shall be unclean until 
even, and shall not eat of the 
holy things, unless he wash his 
flesh with water. 

7 And when the sun is down, 
he shall be clean, and shall after- 
ward eat of the holy things; be- 
cause it is his food. 

8 That which dieth of itself, 
or is torn with beasts, he shall 
not eat to defile himself there- 
with: I am the LORD. 

9 They shall therefore keep 
mine ordinance, lest they bear 
sin for it, and die therefore, if 
they profane it: I the LORD do 
sanctify them. 

10 There shall no stranger eat 
of the holy thing: a sojourner of 
the priest, or an hired servant, | 
shali not eat of the holy thing. 

11 But if the priest buy any 
soul with his money, he shall eat 
of it, and he that is born in his 
house: they shall eat of his meat. 

12 If the priest’s daughter also 
be married unto a stranger, she 
may not eat of an offering of the 
holy things. 

13 But if the priest’s daughter 
be a widow or divorced, and have 
no child, and is returned unto 
her father’s house, as in her 


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‘youth, 


Concerning the Lord’s feasts 


she shall eat of her 
father’s meat: but there shall no 
stranger eat thereof. 

14 4 And if a man eat of the 


holy thing unwittingly, then he 


shall put the fifth part thereof 


unto it, and shall give it unto the 
‘priest with the holy thing. 

15 And they shall not profane 
the holy things of the children of 


house of is’ra-el, 


eat their holy things: 


is’ra-el, which they offer unto 


the LORD; 


16 Or suffer them to bear the 


iniquity of trespass, when they 
t for I the 
LORD do sanctify them. 


“17 4 And the Lor spake unto 


MO’ses, saying, 

18 Speak unto Aar’on, and to 
his sons, and unto all the chil- 
dren of {fs’ra-el, and say unto 
them, Whatsoever he be of the 
r or of the 
strangers in Is’ra-el, that will 
offer his oblation for all his vows, 
and for all his freewill offerings, 
which they will offer unto the 
LORD for a burnt offering; 

19 Ye shall offer at your own 
will a male without blemish, of 
the beeves, of the sheep, or of 


the goats. 


’ 


20 But whatsoever - hath a 
blemish, that shall ye not offer: 
for it shall not be acceptable for 


you. 

21 And whosoever offereth a 
Sacrifice of peace offerings unto 
the LORD to accomplish his vow, 
or a freewill offering in beeves or 
sheep, it shall be perfect to be 
accepted; there shall be no 
biemish therein. ; 

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, 
er having a wen, or scurvy, or 
scabbed, ye shall not offer these 
unto the LORD, nor make an 
offering by fire of them upon the 
altar unto the LORD. 

23 Either a bullock or a lamb 
that hath any thing superfluous 
or lacking in his parts, that may- 


est thou offer for a freewill offer- 


ing; but for a vow it shali not 
be accepted. 
24 Ye shall not offer unto the 


LEVITICUS, 23 


LORD that which is bruised, of 
crushed, or broken, or cut; 
neither shall ye make any offer- 
ing thereof in your land. 

25 Neither from a stranger’s 
hand shall ye offer the bread of 
your God of any of these; be- 
cause their corruption is in 
them, and blemishes be in them: 
they shall not be accepted for you. 

26 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, 
or a goat, is brought forth, then 
it shall be seven days under the 
dam; and from the eighth day 
and thenceforth it shall be 
accepted for an offering made by 
fire unto the LORD. 

28 And whether ié be cow or 
ewe, ye shall not kill it and her 
young both in one day. 

29 And when ye will offer a 
sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the 
LORD, offer it at your own will. 

30 On the same day it shall be 
eaten up; ye shall leave none of 
it until the morrow: I am the 
LORD. 

31 Therefore shail ye keep my 
commandments, and do them: 
I am the LORD. 

32 Weither shall ye profane my 
holy name; but I will be hal- 
lowed among the children of 
Ys’ra-el: I am the LORD which 
haliow you, 

33 That brought you out of the 
land of E’gypt, to be your God: 
I am the LORD. 


CHAPTER 23 113 
1 Concerning the Lord's feasts. 15 The 
Pentecost. 26 The day of atonement. 
ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, _. 
_2 Speak unto the children of 
Iis’ra-el, and say unto them, Con- 
cerning the feasts of the LORD, 
which ye shall proclaim to be 
holy convocations, even these are 
my feasts. 

3 Six days shall work be done: 
but the seventh day is the sab- 
bath of rest, an holy convocation; 
ye shall do no work therein: it 


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is the sabbath of the LORD in all 
your dwellings. 

4 4 These are the feasts of the 
LORD, even holy convocations, 
which ye shall proclaim in their 
seasons. 

5 In the fourteenth day of the 
first month at even is the LORD’S 
passover. 

6 And on the fifteenth day of 
the same month is the feast of 
unleavened bread unto the 
LORD: seven days ye must eat 
unleavened bread. 

7 In the first day ye shall have 
an holy convocation: ye shall do 
no servile work therein. 

8 But ye shall offer an offering 
made by fire unto the LORD 
seven days: in the seventh day 
is an holy convocation: ye shall 
oe no servile work therein. 

9 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying 

10 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye be come into the land 
which I give unto you, and shall 
reap the harvest thereof, then ye 
shall bring a sheaf of the first- 
fruits of your harvest unto the 
priest: 

11 And he shall wave the sheaf 
before the LORD, to be accepted 
for you: on the morrow after the 
sabbath the priest shall wave it. 

12 And ye shall offer that day 
when ye wave the sheaf an he 
lamb without blemish of the first 
year for a burnt offering unto the 
LORD. 

13. And the meat offering there- 
of shall be two tenth deals of 
fine flour mingled with oil, an 
offering made by fire unto the 
LORD for a sweet savour: and 
the drink offering thereof shall be 
of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 

14 And ye shall eat neither 
bread, nor parched corn, nor 
green ears, until the selfsame 
day that ye have brought an 
offering unto your God: if shall 
be a statute for ever throughout 
all your 


your generations in 


dwellings. 


ts of passover and pentecost 


And ye shall count unto 
cia rom the morrow after the 
sabbath, from the day that ye 
brought the sheaf of the wave 
offering; seven sabbaths shall 
be complete: 

16 Even unto the morrow after 
the seventh sabbath shall ye 
number fifty days; and ye shall 
offer a new meat offering unto 
the LORD. 

17 Ye shall bring out of your 
habitations two wave loaves of 
two tenth deals: they shall be of 
fine flour; they shall be baken 
with leaven; they are the first= 
fruits unto the LORD. 

18 And ye shall offer with the 
bread seven lambs without blem- 
ish of the first year, and one 
young bullock, and two rams: 
they shall be for a burnt offering 
unto the LORD, with their meat 
offering, and their drink offer- 
ings, even an offering made by 
fire, of sweet savour unto the 
LORD. 

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one 
kid of the goats for a sin offering, 
and two lambs of the first year 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 

20 And the priest shall wave 
them with the bread of the first- 
fruits for a wave offering before 
the LORD, with the two lambs: 
they shall be holy to the LorD 
for the priest. 

1 And ye shall proclaim on 
the selfsame day, that it may be 
an holy convocation unto you: 
ye shall do no servile work there- 
in: it shall be a statute for ever 
in all your dwellings throughout 
your generations. 

22 4§ And when ye reap the 
harvest of your land, thou shalt 
not make clean riddance of the 
corners of thy field when thou 
reapest, neither shalt thou gath- 
er any gleaning of thy harvest: 
thou shalt leave them unto the 
poor, and to the stranger: I am 
the LORD your God. 

23 {| And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, } 

24 Speak unto the children of 


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Feasts of atonement and tabernacles 


month, in the first day of the 


month, shall ye have a sabbath, 
memorial of blowing of trump- 
ets, an holy convocation, 

25 Ye shall do no servile work 
therein: but ye shall offer an 
‘offering made by fire unto the 


LORD. 

26 7 And the LORD spake unto 
‘Mo’ses, saying, 
27 Also on the tenth day of this 
‘seventh month there shall be a 
day of atonement: it shall be an 
Jholy convocation unto you; and 
ye shall afflict your souls, and 
‘offer an offering made by fire 
‘unto the LORD. 

28 And ye shall do no work in 
\that same day: for it is a day of 
‘atonement, to make an atone- 
‘ment for you before the LORD 
‘your God. ; 
29 For whatsoever soul it be 
‘that shall not be afflicted in that 
‘same day, he shall be cut off 
from among his people. ; 

| 30 And whatsoever soul, it be 
‘that doeth any work in that same 
‘day, the same soul will I destroy 
‘from among his people. 

31 Ye shall do no manner of 
‘work: it shall be a statute for 
‘ever throughout your genera- 
‘tions in all your dwellings. 

32 It shall be unto you a sab- 
bath of rest, and ye shall afflict 
‘your souls: in the ninth day of 
‘the month at even, from even 
unto even, shall ye celebrate 
‘your sabbath. 

33 9 And the LORD spake unto 
‘Mo’ses, saying, ; 

34 Speak unto the children of 
fs’ra-el, saying, The fifteenth 
‘day of this seventh month shall 
‘be the feast of tabernacles for 
“geven days unto the LORD. 

35 On the first day shall be an 
‘holy convocation: ye shall do no 
“servile work therein. 

36 Seven days ye shall offer an 
offering made by fire unto the 
LORD: on the eighth day shall 
be an holy convocation unto you; 
and ye shall offer an offering 

11 





a 
fs‘ra-el, saying, In the seventh 


LEVITICUS, 24 


made by fire unto the LORD: it 
is a solemn assembly; and ye 
shall do no servile work therein. 

37 These are the feasts of the 
LORD, which ye shall proclaim 
to be holy convocations, to offer 
an offering made by fire unto the 
LORD, a burnt offering, and a 
meat offering, a sacrifice, and 
drink offerings, every thing upon 
his day: 

38 Beside the sabbaths of the 
LORD, and beside your gifts, an 
beside all your vows, and beside 
all your freewill offerings, which 
ye give unto the LORD, 

39 Also in the fifteenth day of 
the seventh month, when ye have 
gathered in the fruit of the land, 
ye shall keep a feast unto the 
LORD seven days: on the first 
day shall be a sabbath, and on 
the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 

40 And ye shall take you on 
the first day the boughs of good- 
ly trees, branches of palm trees, 
and the boughs of thick trees, 
and willows of the brook; and 
ye shall rejoice before the LORD 
your God seven days. 

41 And ye shall keep it a feast 
unto the LORD seven days in 
the year. It shall be a statute 
for ever in your generations: ye 
shall celebrate it in the seventh 


month. 

42 Ye shall dwell in_ booths 
seven days; all that are is’ra-els 
ites born shall dwell in booths: 

43 That your generations may 
know that I made the children 
of is’ra-el to dwell in booths, 
when I brought them out of the 
land of E’éypt: I am the LORD 
your God. 

44 And M6’ses declared unto 
the children of Is’ra-el the feasts 
of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 24 114 

i The oil and shewbread. 23 Concern- 
ing blasphemy. 

ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Command the children of 

{s’ra-el, that they bring unto 

thee pure oil olive beaten for the 


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LEVITICUS, 25 


continually. ; 

3 Without the veil of the testi- 
mony, in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, shall Aar’on order 
it from the evening unto the 
morning before the LORD con- 
tinually: it shall be a statute for 
ever in your generations. 

4 He shall order the lamps upon 
the pure candlestick before the 
LORD continually. 

5 § And thou shalt take fine 
flour, and bake twelve cakes 
thereof: two tenth deals shall be 
in one cake. : 

6 And thou shalt set them in 
two rows, six on a row, upon 
the pure table before the LorD. 

7 And thou shalt put pure frank- 
incense upon each row, that it 
may be on the bread for a memo- 
rial, even an offering made by fire 
unto the LORD. 

8 Every sabbath he shall set it 
in order before the LORD contin- 
ually, being taken from the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el by an everlasting 
covenant. 

9 And it shall be Aar’on’s and 
his sons’; and they shall eat it 
in the holy place: for it is most 
holy unto him of the offerings of 
the LORD made by fire by a ver- 
petual statute. i 

10 § And the son of an Is’ra-el- 
it-ish woman, whose father was 
an E-gyp’tian, went out among 
the children of Is’ra-el: and this 
son of the is’ra-el-it-ish woman 
and a man of {s’ra-el strove to- 
gether in the camp; 

11 And the Is’ra-el-it-ish wom- 
an’s son blasphemed the name of 
the LORD and cursed. And 
they brought him unto Md’ses: 
(and his mother’s name was 
Shél’o-mith, the daughter of 
Dib’ri, of the tribe of Dan:) 

12 And they put him in ward, 
that the mind of the LORD might 
be shewed them. 

13 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 


The shewbread. The sabbatical yea 
light, to cause the lamps to burn | let all that heard him lay thei 


hands upon his head, and let al 
the congregation stone him. 

15 And thou shalt speak untc 
the children of is’ra-el, saying 
Whosoever curseth his God shal 
bear his sin. 

16 And he that blasphemeth 
the name of the LORD, he shall 
surely be put to death, and all the 
congregation shall certainly stone 
him: as well the stranger, as he 






17 ¢ And he that killeth any 
man shall surely be put to death. 
18 And he that killeth a beast 
shall make it good; beast for 
beast. 
19 And if a man cause a blem- 
ish in his neighbour; as he hath 
done, so shall it be done to him; 
20 Breach for breach, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath 
caused a blemish in a man, so’ 
shall it be done to him again. 

21 And he that killeth a beast, 
he shall restore it: and he that 
killeth a man, he shall be put to 
death. 

22 Ye shall have one manner 
of law, as well for the stranger,’ 
as for one of your own country: 
for I am the LORD your God. 

23 4 And Mo’ses spake to the 
children of Is’ra-el, that they 
should bring forth him that had 
cursed out of the camp, and 
stone him with stones. And the. 
children of Is’ra-el did as the: 
LORD commanded MO’ses. 


115. 


CHAPTER 25 
1 The seventh year sabbath. 8 Year| 
of jubile. 35 Redeeming the poor. : 


47 Servants redeemed. 


AAD the LORD spake unto 
. MO’ses in mount Si/nai, 
saying, Re | 
2 Speak unto the children of fs’- 
ra-el, and say unto them, When 
ye come into the land which 
I give you, then shall the land 


14 Bring forth him that hath| keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 


cursed without the camp; and 


3 Six years thou shalt sow thy 


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| i, 


The year of jubile 


Be ae Uae Ee, 
field, and six years thou shalt 


prune thy vineyard, and gather 
in the fruit thereof; 

4 But in the seventh year shall 
be a sabbath of rest unto the land, 
a sabbath for the LORD: thou 
shalt neither sow thy field, nor 
prune thy vineyard. 

5 That which groweth of its 
own accord of thy harvest thou 
shalt not reap, neither gather the 
grapes of thy vine undressed: 
for it is a year of rest unto the 


and. 

6 And the sabbath of the land 
shall be meat for you; for thee, 
and for thy servant, and for thy 
maid, and for thy hired servant, 
and for thy stranger that sojourn- 
eth with thee, 

7 And for thy cattle, and for the 
beast that are in thy land, shall 
all the increase thereof be meat. 

8 4 And thou shalt number 
seven sabbaths of years unto 
thee, seven times seven years; 
and the space of the seven sab- 
baths of years shall be unto thee 
forty and nine years. 
9 Then shalt thou cause the 
trumpet of the jubile to sound on 
the tenth day of the. seventh 
month, in the day of atonement 
shall ye make the trumpet sound 
throughout all your land. 

10 And ye shall hallow the fif- 
tieth year, and proclaim liberty 
throughout all the land unto all 
the inhabitants thereof: it shall 
be a jubile unto you; and ye 
shall return every man unto his 
possession, and ye shall return 
every man unto his family. | 

11 A jubile shall that fiftieth 
year be unto you: ye shall not 
sow, neither reap that which 
groweth of itself in it, nor gather 
the grates in it of thy vine un- 
dressed. eee 

12 For itis the jubile; it shall 
be holy unto you: ye shall eat 
the increase thereof out of the 


eld. 

13 In the year of this jubile ye 
shall return every man unto his 
possession. 


_— 


LEVITICUS, 25 


14 And if thou sell ought unto 


thy neighbour, or buyest ought of 
thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall 
not oppress one another: 

15 According to the number of 
years after the jubile thou shalt 
buy of thy neighbour, and accord- 
ing unto the number of years of 
the fruits he shall sell unto 
thee: 

16 According to the multitude 
of years thou shalt increase the 
price thereof, and according to 
the fewness of years thou shalt 
diminish the price of it: for ac- 
cording to the number of the 
years of the fruits doth he sell 
unto thee. 

17 Ye shall not therefore op- 
press one another; but thou shalt 
fear thy God: for I am the LORD 
your God. 

18 4 Wherefore ye shall do my 
statutes, and keep my judgments, 
and do them; and ye shall dwell 
in the land in safety. 

19 And the land shall yield her 
fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, 
and dwell therein in safety. 

20 And if ye shali say, What 
shall we eat the seventh year? 
behold we shall not sow, nor 
gather in our increase: 

21 Then I will command my 
blessing upon you in the sixth 
year, and it shall bring forth fruit 
for three years. 

22 And ye shall sow the eighth 
year, and eat yet of old fruit 
until the ninth year; until her 
fruits come in ye shall eat of the 
old stove. 

23 | The land shall not be sold 
for ever: for the land is mine; 
for ye are strangers and sojourn- 
ers with me. 

24 And in all the land of your 
possession ye shall grant a re- 
demption for the land. 

25 9 If thy brother be waxen 
poor, and hath sold away some 
of his possession, and if any of 
his kin come to redeem it, then 
shall he redeem that which his 
brother sold. 

26 And if the man have none 


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LEVITICUS, 25 


to redeem it, and himself be able 


to redeem it; 


27 Then let him count the years 
of the sale thereof, and restore 
the overplus. unto the man to 
that he may 


- whom he sold it; t 
return unto his possession. 


28 But if he be not able to re- 
store it to him, then that which is 
sold shall remain in the hand of 
him that hath bought it until the 
year of jubile: and in the jubile 
it shall go out, and he shall re- 


turn unto his possession. 


29 And if a man sell a dwelling 
house in a walled city, then he 


may redeem it within a whole 
year after itis sold; within a full 
year may he redeem it. 

30 And if it be not redeemed 
within the space of a full year, 
then the house that 7s in the walled 
city shall be established for ever 
to him that bought it throughout 


his generations: it shall not go|h 


out in the jubile. 

31 But the houses of the villages 
which have no wall round about 
them shall be counted as the 
fields of the country: they may 
be redeemed, and they shall go 
out in the jubile. 

32 Notwithstanding the cities 
of the Lé’vites, and the houses of 
the cities of their possession, may 
the Lé’vites redeem at any 
time. 

33 And if a man purchase of 
the Lé’vites, then the house that 
was sold, and the city of his pos- 
session, Shall go out in the year of 
jubile: for the houses of the 
cities of the Lé’vites are their 
possession among the children 
of Is’ra-el. 


34 But the field of the suburbs] 4 


of their cities may not be sold; 
for it is their perpetual possession. 

35 ¢Y And if thy brother be 
waxen poor, and fallen in decay 
with thee; then thou shalt re- 
lieve him: yea, though he be a 
stranger, or a sojourner; that he 
may live with thee. 

36 Take thou no usury of him, 
or increase: but fear thy God: 














Redeeming the pe 
oe thy brother may live wi 
t 


ee. 

37 Thou shalt not give him t 
money upon usury, nor lend hi 
thy victuals for increase. I 

38 I am the LORD your Go 
which brought you forth out , 
the land of £’gYpt, to give yout 
land of Ca’nadan, and to be yo, 
God. 

39 | And if thy brother fh 
dwelleth by thee be waxen poc 
and be sold unto thee; thou sh: 
not compel him to serve as’ 
bondservant: 

40 But as an hired servant, a7 
as a sojourner, he shall i 


but shalt fe: 


44 Both thy bondmen, and tt 
bondmaids, which thou sha 
have, shall be of the heathen th; 
are round about you; of the 
shall ye buy bondmen and bonc 
maids. 

45 Moreover of the children ;¢ 
the strangers that do sojour 
among you, of them shall ye bu: 
and of their families that are wit 
you, which they begat in you 
land: and they shall be you 
possession. 


47 J And if a sojourner o 
stranger wax rich by thee, ani 
thy brother that dwelleth by hit 


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in. 
if 


Blessings for obedience 


LEVITICUS, 26 


wax poor, and sell himself unto| 2 4 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, 


the stranger or sojourner by thee, 
or to the stock of the stranger’s 


amily: 

48 After that he is sold he may 
pe redeemed again; one of his 
brethren may redeem him: + 
'49 Either his uncle, or his 
uncle’s son, may redeem him, or 
any that is nigh of kin unto him 
of his family may redeem him; 
or if he be able, he may redeem 
himself. 

_50 And he shall reckon with 
him that bought him from the 
year that he was soid to him unto 
the year of jubile: and the price 
of his sale shall be according unto 
the number of years, according 
to the time of an hired servant 
‘shall it be with him. 

51 If there be yet many years 
behind, according unto them he 
shall give again the price of his 
redemption out of the money that 
he was bought for. 

52 And if there remain but few 
years unto the year of jubile, then 
he shall count with him, and ac- 
cording unto his years shall he 
give him again the price of his 
redemption. late 

53 And as a yearly hired servant 
‘shall he be with him: and the 
‘other shall not rule with rigour 
over him in thy sight. 

54 And if he be not redeemed 

in these years, then he shall go 
‘out in the year of jubile, both he, 
and his children with him. 
55 For unto me the children of 
‘ts’ra-el are servants; they are 
‘my servants whom I brought 
forth out of the land of E’éypt: I 
am the LORD your God. 


116 CHAPTER 26 
(1 Idolatry. 3 Keeping the command- 
ments. 14 Penalties for disobedience. 
WE shall make you no idols 
nor graven image, neither 
‘rear you up a standing image, 
neither shall ye set up any image 
of stone in your land, to pow 
' down unto it: for Iam the LORD 
your God. 


and reverence my sanctuary: I 
am the LORD. 

3 If ye walk in my statutes, 
and keep my commandments, 
and do them; 

4 Then I will give you rain in 
due season, and the land shall 
yield her increase, and the trees 
of the field shall yield their 
fruit. 

5 And your threshing shall 
reach unto the vintage, and the 
vintage shall reach unto the sow- 
ing time: and ye shall eat your 
bread to the full, and dwell in 
your land safely. 

6 And I will give peace in the 
land, and ye shall lie down, and 
none shall make you afraid: and 
I will rid evil beasts out of the 
land, neither shall the sword go 
through your land. 

7 And ye shall chase your ene- 
mies, and they shall fall before 
you by the sword. 

8 And five of you shall chase an 
hundred, and an hundred of you 
shall put ten thousand to flight: 
and your enemies shall fall before 
you by the sword. 

9 For I will have respect unto 
you, and make you fruitful, and 
multiply you, and establish my 
covenant with you. 

10 And ye shall eat old store, 
and bring forth the old because of 
the new. 

11 And I will set my tabernacle 
among you: and my soul shall 
not abhor you. 

12 AndI will walk among you, 
and will be your God, and ye 
shall be my people. 

13 I am the LORD your God, 
which brought you forth out of 
the land of £’éypt, that ye should 
not be their bondmen; and 
have broken the bands of your 
yoke, and made you go upright. 

14 4 But if ye will not hearken 
unto me, and will not do all these 
commandments; ‘ 

15 And if ye shall despise my 
statutes, or if your soul abhor my 
judgments, so that ye will not do 


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LEVITICUS, 26 


all my commandments, but that 
ye break my covenant: 

16 I also will do this unto you; 
I will even appoint over you ter- 
ror, consumption, and the burn- 
ing ague, that shall consume the 
eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: 
and ye shall sow your seed in 
vain, for your enemies shall eatit. 

17 And I will set my face 
against you, and ye shall be 
slain before your enemies: they 
that hate you shall reign over 
you; and ye shall flee when 
none pursueth you. 

18 And if ye will not yet for all 
this hearken unto me, then I will 
Punish you seven times more 
for your sins. Y 

19 And I will break the pride 
of your power; and I will make 
your heaven as iron, and your 
earth as brass: 

20 And your strength shall be 
spent in vain: for your land 
shall not yield her increase, 
neither shall the trees of the land 
yield their fruits, 

21 4 And if ye walk contrary 
unto me, and will not hearken 
unto me; I will bring seven times 
more plagues upon you according 


Penalties for disobedient 


en shall bake your bread in on 
oven, and they shall deliver yo; 
your bread again by weight: an: 
ye shall eat, and not be satisfied 

27 And if ye will not for all thi 
hearken unto me, but walk con 
trary unto me; 






















times for your sins. 

29 And ye shall eat the fles] 
of your sons, and the flesh o 
your daughters shall ye eat. _ 

30 And I will destroy your higt 
places, and cut down your im: 
ages, and cast your carcases 
upon the carcases of your idols 
and my soul shall abhor you. 

31 And I will make your cities 
waste, and bring your sanctu- 
aries unto desolation, and I wil) 
not smell the savour of your 
sweet odours. 


to your Sins. 
22 I will also send wild beasts 
among you, which shall rob you 


of your children, and destroy 


your cattle, and make you few in 
number; and your high ways 
shall be desolate. 

23 And if ye will not be re- 
formed by me by these things, 
but will walk contrary unto me; 

24 Then will I also walk con- 
trary unto you, and will punish 
you yet seven times for your 


sins. 

25 And I will bring a sword 
upon you, that shall avenge the 
quarrel of my covenant: and 
when ye are gathered together 
within your cities, I will send 
the pestilence among you; and 
ye shali be delivered into the 
hand of the enemy. 


the staff of your bread, ten wom- 


ye shall have 
26 And when I have broken|b 










shall the land enjoy: 
her sabbaths, as long as it lieth 
desolate, and ye be in your ene- 
mies’ land; ‘even then shall the 
land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.: 
35 As long as it lieth desolate it 
shall rest; because it did not rest 
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt 
upon it. | 
36 And upon them that are left 
alive of you I will send a faint-: 
ness into their hearts in the lands. 
of their enemies; and the sound 
of a shaken leaf shall chase 
them; and they shall flee, as 
fleeing from a sword: and they 
shall fali when none pursueth. 
37 And they shall fall one upon 
another, as it were before a 
sword, when none pursueth: and 
no power to stand 
efore your enemies. 
38 And ye shall perish among 


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f vows and their redemption 


je heathen, and the land of your 
nemies shall eat you up. 

39 And they that are left of you 
hall pine away in their iniquity 
1 your enemies’ lands; and also 
1 the iniquities of their fathers 
hall they pine away with them. 
40 If they shall confess their 
iquity, and the iniquity of their 
athers, with their trespass which 
hey trespassed against me, and 
hat also they have walked con- 
rary unto me; 

41 And that I also have walked 
ontrary unto them, and have 
rought them into the land of 
heir enemies; if then their un- 
ircumcised hearts be humbled, 
ind they then accept of the pun- 
shment of their iniquity: 

42 Then will I remember my 
‘covenant with Ja’cob, and also 
ny covenant with I’saac, and 
ilso my covenant with A’bra-ham 
will I remember; and I will re- 
member the land. 

43 The land also shall be left of 
them, and shall enjoy her sab- 
jaths, while she lieth desolate 
without them: and they shall 
accept of the punishment of their 
iniquity: because, even because 
they despised my judgments, and 
because their soul abhorred my 
Statutes. 

44 And yet for all that, when 
they be in the land of their ene- 
mies, I will not cast them away, 
neither will I abhor them, to de- 
stroy them utterly, and to break 
my covenant with them: for I 
am the LORD their God. 

45 But I will for their sakes 
remember the covenant of their 
ancestors, whom I brought forth 
out of the land of &’éypt_in the 
sight of the heathen, that I might 
be their God: I am the LORD. 

46 These are the statutes and 
judgments and laws, which the 
LORD made between him and the 


children of Is’ra-el in mount Si’- 


nai by the hand of MO’ses. 
117 CHAPTER 27 


1 Of vows and their redemption. 
Tithes may not be changed. 












Is’ra-el, 
When a man shall make a singu- 
lar vow, the persons shall be for 
the LORD by thy estimation. 





32 


LEVITICUS, 27 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of 

and say unto them, 


3 And thy estimation shall be 


of the male from twenty years 
old even unto sixty years old, 
even thy estimation shall be fifty 
shekels of 
shekel of the sanctuary. 


silver, after the 


4 And if it be a female, then thy 


estimation shall be thirty shekels. 


5 And if it be from five years old 


even unto twenty years old, then 
thy estimation shall be of the 
male twenty shekels, and for the 
female ten shekels. 


6 And if it be from a month old 


even unto five years old, then thy 
estimation shall be of the male 
five shekels of silver, and for the 
female thy estimation shall be 
three shekels of silver. 


7 And if it be from sixty years 


old and above; if it be a male, 
then thy estimation shall he fif- 
teen shekels, and for the female 


ten shekels. 
8 But if he be poorer than thy 
estimation, then he shall present 


himself before the priest, and the 
priest shall value him; according 


to his ability that vowed shall the 
priest value him. 

9 And if it be a beast, whereof 
men bring an offering unto the 
LORD, all that any man giveth of 
such unto the LORD shall be holy. 

10 He shall not alter it, nor 
change it, a good for a bad, or a 
bad for a good: and if he shall at 
all change beast for beast, then it 
aud the exchange thereof shall be 

oly. 

11 And if it be any unclean 
beast, of which they do not offer 
a sacrifice unto the LORD, then 
he shall present the beast before 
the priest: i 

12 And the priest shall value it, 
whether it be good or bad: as 
thou valuest it, who art the priest, 
so shall it be. 


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LEVITICUS, 27 


13 But if he will at all redeem 24 
it, then he shall add a fifth part | field 
thereof unto thy estimation. 

14 4 And when a man shall 
sanctify his house to be holy 
unto the LORD, then the priest 
Shall estimate it, whether it be 
good or bad: as the priest shall 
estimate it, so shall it stand. 

15 And if he that sanctified it 
will redeem his house, then he 
shall add the fifth part of the 
money of thy estimation unto it, 
and it shall be his. \ 

16 And if a man shall sanctify 
unto the LORD some part of a 
field of his possession, then thy 
estimation shall be according to 
the seed thereof: an homer of 
barley seed shall be valued at 
fifty shekels of silver. 

17 If he sanctify his field from 
the year of jubile, according to 
thy estimation it shall stand. 

18 But if he sanctify his field |b 
after the jubile, then the priest 
shall reckon unto him the money 
according to the years that re- 
main, even unto the year of the 
jubile, and it shall be abated from 
thy estimation. 

19 And if he that sanctified the 
field will in any wise redeem it, 
then he shall add the fifth part of 
the money of thy estimation unto 
it, and it shall be assured to him. 

20 And if he will not redeem the 
field, or if he have sold the field to 
another man, it shall not be re- 
deemed any more. ; 

21 But the field, when it goeth 
out in the jubile, shall be holy 


Of vows and their redemptic 


In the year of the jubile ¢] 
Shall return unto him , 























shall add a fifth part of it thereto’ 
or if it be not redeemed, then i 
shall be sold according to thy 
estimation. | 


30 And all the tithe of the land, 
whether of the seed of the land, 
or of the fruit of the tree, is the 
LORD’S: it is holy unto the 
LORD. : 

31 And if a man will at all re- 
deem ought of his tithes, he shall 
add thereto the fifth part thereof. 

32 And concerning the tithe of 
the herd, or of the flock, even of 


unto the LORD, asa field devoted; 
the possession thereof shall be 
the priest’s. 

22 And if a man sanctify unto 
the LORD a field which he hath 
bought, which is not of the fields 
of his possession: 

23 Then the priest shall reckon 
unto him the worth of thy estima- 
tion, even unto the year of the 
jubile: and he shall give thine 
estimation in that day, as a holy 
thing unto the Lorp. 


whatsoever passeth under the 
rod, the tenth shall be holy unto 
the LORD. 

33 He shall not search whether 
it be good or bad, neither shall he 
change it: and if he change it at 
all, then both it and the change 
thereof shall be holy; it shall not 
be redeemed. 

34 These are the command- 
ments, which the LoRD com- 
manded Mo’ses for the children 
of Is’ra-el in mount Si’ndi. 


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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 


NUMBERS 


118 CHAPTER 1 
1 The numbering. 5 Princes and 
number of each tribe. 47 The 


Levites exempt. 


AND the LORD spake unto 
: MOo’ses in the wilderness 
of Si’ndi, in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, on the first day of 
the second month, in the second 
year after they were come out of 
the land of E’gypt, saying, 

2 Take ye the sum of ail the 
congregation of the children of 
Is’ra-el, after their families, by 
the house of their fathers, with 
the number of their names, every 
male by their polls; 

3 From twenty years old and 
upward, all that are able to go 
forth to war in is’ra-el: thou and 
Aar’on shall number them by 
their armies. 

4 And with you there shall bea 
man of every tribe; every one 
head of the house of his fa- 


ers. 

5 4 And these are the names of 
the men that shall stand with 
you: of the tribe of Reu’ben; 
&-li’/zur the son of Shéd’e-ur. 

6 Of Sim’e-on; Shé-li’mi-el 
the son of Zi-ri-shad’da-i. 

7 Of Ja’dah; N&h’shdn the 
son of Am-min’a-dab. 

8 Of is’sa-char; Né-than’e-el 
the son of Zi’ar. | 

9 Of Zéb’u-ltn; &-li’ab the son 
of Hé’lon. 

10 Of the children of Jé’seph: 
of E’phra-im; -lish’a-ma the 
son of Am-mi’/htid: of Ma-nas’- 
seh; Gd-mda'li-el the son of Pé- 
dah/’zur. a 

11 Of Bén’ja-min; Ab’i-dan the 
son of Gid-e-0/ni. 

12 Of Dan; A-hi-é’zér the son 
of Am-mi-shad’da-i. | 

13 Of Ash’ér; Pa’gi-el the son 
of Oc’ran. 


14 Of Gad; E-li’a-saph the son 
of Det’el. 

15 Of Naph’ta-li; A-hi’ra the 
son of E’nan. 

16 These were the renowned 
of the congregation, princes of 
the tribes of their fathers, heads 
of thousands in is’ra-el. 

17 { And M6’ses and Aar’on 
took these men which are ex- 
pressed by their names: 

18 And they assembled all the 
congregation together on the first 
day of the second month, and 
they declared their pedigrees 
after their families, by the house 
of their fathers, according to the 
number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, by 
their polls. 

19 As the LORD commanded 

Mo’ses, so he numbered them in 
the wilderness of Si’ndi. 
20 And the children of Reu’ben, 
is’ra-el’s eldest son, by their 
generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the 
names, by their polls, every male 
from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go 
forth to war; 

21 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Reu’- 
ben, were forty and six thousand 
and five hundred. 

22 4 Of the children of Sim’e- 
on, by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, those that were numbered 
of them, according to the num- 
ber of the names, by their polls, 
every male from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to 
go forth to war; 

23 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Sim’- 
e-on, were fifty.and nine thou- 
sand and three hundred. ‘ 

24 4 Of the children of Gad, 


169 


NUMBERS, 1 


by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number 
of the names, from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were 
abie to go forth to war; 

25 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Gad, 
were forty and five thousand six 
hundred and fifty. 

26 {| Of the children of Ja’dah, 
by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number 
of the names, from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war; 

27 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Ja’- 
dah, were threescore and four- 
teen thousand and six hundred. 

28 § Of the children of is’sa- 
char, by their generations, after 
their families, by the house of 
their fathers, according to the 
number of the names, from twen- 
ty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war; 

29 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of is’- 
sa-char, were fifty and four thou- 
sand and four hundred. 2 

30 § Of the children of Zéb’u- 
lin, by their generations, after 
their families, by the house of 
their fathers, according to the 
number of the names, from twen- 
ty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war: 

31 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Zéb’- 
u-ltin, were fifty and seven thou- 
sand and four hundred. 

32 J Of the children of J6’- 
seph, namely, of the children of 
E’phra-im, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house 
of their fathers, according to the 
number of the names, from twen- 
ty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war; 

33 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of 
E’phra-im, were forty thousand 
and five hundred. : 

34 4 Of the children of Ma- 


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Number of each trit 





of them, even of the tribe of Bén’: 
ja-min, were thirty and five thou- 
sand and four hundred. 

38 § Of the children of Dan 
by their generations, after theis 
families, by the house of thei 
fathers, according to the numbei 
of the names, from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war: 

39 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Dan, 
were threescore and two thou- 
sand and seven hundred. 

40 § Of the children of Ash’ér, 
by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the numbet 
of the names, from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war; 

41 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of Ash’- 
ér, were forty and one thousand 
and five hundred. ) 

42 4 Of the children of Naph’- 
ta-li, throughout their genera- 
tions, after their families, by the 
house of their fathers, according 
to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war; 

43 Those that were numbered 
of them, even of the tribe of 
Naph’ta-li, were fifty and three 
thousand and four hundred. 

44 These are those that were 
numbered, which M6’ses and 















Yaptains of the tribes 


‘\4r’on numbered, and the princes 
if is’ra-el, being twelve men: 
vach one was for the house of his 
athers. 
45 So were all those that were 
1umbered of the children of Is’- 
’a-el, by the house of their fa- 
hers, from twenty years old and 
spward, all that were able to go 
orth to war in Is’ra-el; 
46 Even all they that were num- 
yered were six hundred thou- 
sand and three thousand and five 
qundred and fifty. 

47° But the Lé’vites after the 
tribe of their fathers were not 
‘aumbered among them. 

“48 For the LoRD had spoken 
gnto MO0’ses, saying, 

49 Only thou shalt not number 
the tribe of Lé’vi, neither take the 
sum of them among the children 
of Is’ra-el: 

50 But thou shalt appoint the 
Lé’vites over the tabernacle of 
testimony, and over all the ves- 
els thereof, and over all things 
that belong to it: they shall bear 
the tabernacle, and all the vessels 
thereof; and they shall minister 
unto it, and shall encamp round 
about the tabernacle. 

51 And when the tabernacle 
setteth forward, the Lé’vites shall 
take it down: and when the tab- 
ernacle is to be pitched, the Lé’- 
vites shall set it up: and the 
stranger that cometh nigh shall 
be put to death. 
| 52 And the children of Is’ra-el 
shall pitch their tents, every man 
by his own camp, and every man 
by his own standard, throughout 
‘their hosts. 

53 But the Lé’vites shall pitch 
round about the tabernacle of 
testimony, that there be no 
wrath upon the congregation of 
the children of {fs’ra-el: and the 
'Lé’vites shall keep the charge of 
the tabernacle of testimony. 

54 And the children of Is’ra-el 
did according to all that the 
BORD commanded MO’ses, so did 

ey. 


-and E-li/ab 


NUMBERS, 2 


CHAPTER 2 119 
1 Captains of tribes. 10 Order of the 


camps. 
ND the LORD spake unto 
. Mo’ses and unto Aar’on, 
saying; 

_2 Every man of the children of 
Is’ra-el shall pitch by his own 
standard, with the ensign of their 
father’s house: far off about the 
tabernacle of the congregation 
shall they pitch. 

3 And on the east side toward 
the rising of the sun shall they 
of the standard of the camp of 
Ja’dah pitch throughout their 
armies: and N&h’shon the son 
of Am-min’a-dab shall be captain 
of the children of Ja’dah. 

4 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were 
threescore and fourteen thousand 
and six hundred. 

5 And those that do pitch next 
unto him shall _be the tribe of 
is’sa-char and Né-than’e-el the 
son of Zi’ar shall be captain of 
the children of Is’sa-char. 

6 And his host, and those that 
were numbered thereof, weve 
fifty and four thousand and four 
hundred. 

7 Then the tribe of Zéb’u-lun: 
the son of Hé’lon 
shall be captain of the children 
of Zéb/u-ltin. 

8 And his host, and those that 
were numbered thereof, were 
fifty and seven thousand and four 
hundred. 

9 All that were numbered in the 
camp of Ja’dah were an hundred 
thousand and fourscore thousand 
and six thousand and four hun- 
dred, throughout their armies. 
These shall first set forth. 

10 § On the south side shail be 
the standard of the camp of 
Reu’ben according to their ar- 
mies: and the captain of the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben shall be £-li’/zur 
the son of Shéd’e-ur. 

11 And his host, and those that 
were numbered thereof, were 
forty and six thousand and five 


| hundred. 


171 


NUMBERS, 2 Order of the camz 


12 And those which pitch by | thirty and five thousand and fom 
him shall be the tribe of Sim’e-| hundred. 

on: and the captain of the chil-| 24 All that were numbered c¢ 
dren of Sim’e-on shall be Shé-| the camp of £’phra-im were a 
lu’mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad’-| hundred thousand and eigh 
da-i. thousand and an hundred 

13 And his host, and those that | throughout their armies. _ An 
‘were numbered of them, were|they shall go forward in th 
fifty and nine thousand and three | third rank. | 
hundred. 25_§| The standard of the cam; 

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and | of Dan shall be on the north sid) 
the captain of the sons of Gad| by their armies: and the Captaiy 
Shall be E-li’a-sdph the son of | of the children of Dan shall bi 

evel. A-hi-6’zér the son of Am-mi. 

15 And his host, and those that | shad’da-i. . 
were numbered of them, were 
forty and five thousand and six 
hundred and fifty. 

16 All that were numbered in 
the camp of Reu’ben were an 
hundred thousand and fifty and 
one thousand and four hundred 
and fifty, throughout their ar- 
mies. And they shall set forthin 
the second rank. 

17 4 Then the tabernacle of the 
congregation shall set forward 
with the camp of the Lé’vites in 
the midst of the camp: as they 
encamp, so shall they set for- 
ward, every man in his place by 
their standards. ; 

18 4 On the west side shall be 
the standard of the camp of 
E’phra-im according to their 
armies: and the captain of the 
sons of E’phra-im shall be £-lish’- 
a-ma the son of Am-mi’htd. 

19 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were 
forty thousand and five hundred. 

20 And by him shail be the tribe 
of Ma-nas’seh: and the captain 
of the children of Ma-nds’seh 
shall be Ga-ma’li-el the son of 
Pé-dah/’zur. 

21 And his host, and those that 
Were numbered of them, were 
thirty and two thousand and two 
hundred. i 

22 Then the tribe of Bén’ja- 
min: and the captain of the sons 
of Bén’ja-min shall be Ab’i-dan 
the son of Gid-e-6’ni. E 

23 And his host, and those that | 34 And the children of is’ra-el 
were numbered of them, were! did according to all that the 

172 





















20 And his host, and those tha, 
were numbered of them, were 
threescore and two thousand anc 
seven hundred. : 

27 And those that encamp by 
him shall be the tribe of Ash’ér, 
and the captain of the children oj 
Ash’ér shall be Pa’éi-el the sor 
of Oc’ran. - : 

28 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were 
forty and one thousand and five 
hundred. | 

29 ¥ Then the tribe of Naph’- 
ta-li: and the captain of the chii- 
dren of Naph’ta-li shall be A-hi’- 
ra the son of E’nan. 

30 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were 
fifty and three thousand and four 
hundred. | 

31 All they that were numbered 
in the camp of Dan were an hun- 
dred thousand and fifty and seven 
thousand and six hundred. They 
shail go hindmost with their 
standards. 

32 9 These are those which 
were numbered of the children of 
Is’ra-el by the house of their 
fathers: all those that were 
numbered of the camps through- 
out their hosts were six hundred 
thousand and three thousand and 
five hundred and fifty. ~ 

33 But the Lé’vites were not 
numbered among the children of 
Is’ra-el; as the LORD command- 
ed MO’ses. 


he Levitical families 


‘ORD commanded MO6’ses: so 
aey pitched by their standards, 
ad so they set forward, every 
ne after their families, accord- 
ag to the house of their fathers. 


| 

20 CHAPTER 3 

“The Levitical families. 21 Their 
number and charges. 40 Freedom 


|. of the firstborn. 


THESE also are the genera- 
Z tions of Aadr’on_and Mo’ses 
the day that the LORD spake 
vith M6’ses in mount Si’nai. 

2 And these are the names of 
he sons of Aar’on; Na’dab the 
irstborn, and A-bi’hu, E-le-a’zar, 
ind ith’a-mdr. 

3 These are the names of the 
jons of Aar’on, the priests which 
were anointed, whom he conse- 
ated to minister in the priest’s 


yitice. 
\4 And Na’dab and A-bi’/ht died 
jefore the LORD, when they of- 
ered strange fire before the 
JORD, in the wilderness of Si’- 
aai, and they had no children: 

md -le-a’zar and_ ith’a-mar 
ministered in the priest’s office 
in the sight of Aar’on their father. 

5 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
Mo’ses, saying, | 
6 Bring the tribe of Lé’vi near, 
and present them before Aar’on 
the priest, that they may minister 
unto him. : 
7 And they shall keep his 
charge, and the charge of the 
whole congregation before the 
tabernacle of the congregation, to 
do the service of the tabernacle. 
_8 And they shail keep all the 
instruments of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and the charge 
of the children of is’ra-el, to do 
the service of the tabernacle. 

9 And thou shalt give the Le’- 
vites unto Aar’on and to his 
sons: they are wholly given unto 
him out of the children of Is’ra-el. 
10 And thou shalt appoint 
‘Aar’on and his sons, and they 
shall wait on their priest’s office: 
and the stranger that cometh 
‘nigh shall be put to death. 











NUMBERS, 3 


11 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

12 And I, behold, I have taken 
the Lé’vites from. among the 
children of Is’ra-el instead of all 
the firstborn that openeth the 
matrix among the children of Is’=- 
ra-el: therefore the Lé’vites 
shall be mine; 

13 Because all the firstborn are 
mine; for on the day that I> 
smote all the firstborn in the land 
of E’gypt I hallowed unto me all 
the firstborn in is’ra-el, both 
man and beast: mine shall they 
be: Iam the LORD. 

14 4 And the LORD spake unto 
Mo’ses in, the wilderness of 
Sinai, saying, 

15 Number the children of Lé’vi 
after the house of their fathers, 
by their families: every male 
from a month old and upward 
shait thou number them. 

16 And M6’ses numbered them 
according to the word of the 
LORD, as he was commanded. 

17 And these were the sons of 
Lé’vi by their names; Gér’shon, 
and Ko’hath, and Mé-ra’r1. 

18 And these are the names of 
the sons of Gér’shon by their 
families; Lib’ni, and Shim/e-1i. 

19 And the sons of K6o’hath by 
their. families; Am/’ram, , and 
iz’e-har, Hé’bron, and U2’zi-el. 

20 And the sons of Mé-ra’ri by 
their families; Mah’li, and Mu’- 
shi. These are the families of 
the Lé’vites according to the 
house of their fathers. ; 

21 Of Gér’shdn was the family 
of the Lib’nites, and the family 
of the Shim‘ites; these are the 
families of the Gér’shon-ites. 

22 Those that were numbered 
of them, according to the num- 
ber of all the males, from a 
month old and upward, even 
those that were numbered of 
them were seven thousand and 
five hundred. | i 

23 The families of the Gér’- 
shon-ites shall pitch behind the 
tabernacle westward. 

24 And the chief of the house 


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NUMBERS, 3 


of the father of the Gér’shon- 
ites shall be E-li’a-saph the son 
of La’el. 

25 And the charge of the sons 
of Gér’shén in the tabernacle of 
the congregation shall be the 
tabernacle, and the tent, the 
covering thereof, and the hang- 
ing for the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, 

26 And the hangings of the 
court, and the curtain for the 
door of the court, which is by 
the tabernacle, and by the altar 
round about, and the cords of 
it for all the service thereof, 

27 4 And of Kod’hath was the 
family of the Am/ram-ites,and the 
family of the Iz’e-har-ites, and 
the family of the Hé’bron-ites, 
and the family of the Uz’zi-el- 
ites: these are the families of 
the K6’hath-ites. 

28 In the number of all the 
males, from a month old and up- 
ward, were eight thousand and 
six hundred, keeping the charge | b 
of the sanctuary. 

29 The families of the sons of 
Ko’hath shall pitch on the side 
of the tabernacle southward. 

30 And the chief of the house 
of the father of the families of 
the Ko’hath-ites shall be £-liz’a- 
phan the son of tz’zi-el. 

31 And their charge shall be 
the ark, and the table, and the 
candlestick, and the altars, and 
the vessels of the sanctuary 
wherewith they minister, and 
the hanging, and all the service 
thereof. 

32 And &-le-a’zar the son of 
Aar’on the priest shall be chief 
over the chief of the Lé’vites, and 


Number and charges of the Levit 




















servet, 

thereto, : 
37 And the pillars of the cour 
round about, and their sockets 
and their pins, and their cords. 
38 § But those that encam; 
before the tabernacle toward thi 
east, even before the tabernacli 
of the congregation eastward 
shall be Mo’ses, and Aar’on anc 
his sons, keeping the charge 0. 
the sanctuary for the charge o 
the children of is’ra-el;_ and thi 


— 


39 All that were numbered o} 
the Lé’vites, which MO6’ses anc 
Aar’on numbered at the com. 
mandment of the LORD, through- 
out their families, all the males 
from a month old 


1 thou shalt take the 
Lé’vites for me (I am the LORD) 
instead of all the firstborn among 
the children of is’ra-el; ‘and the 
cattle of the Lé’vites instead of 


have the oversight of them that 
keep the charge of the sanctuary. 
33 é6-ra’ri_was the fam- 
ily of the Mah’lites, and the 
family of the Mi’shites: these 
are the families of Mé-ra’ri. 

34 And those that were num- 


bered of them, according to the b 


number of all the males, from a 
month old and upward, were six 
thousand and two hundred. 


month 


all the firstlings among the cattle 
of the children of is’ra-el, 

And M6’ses numbered, as 
the LORD commandeé him, all 
the firstborn among the children 
of Is’ra-el, 

43 And all the firstborn males 
y the number of names, from a 
old and upward, of these 
that were numbered of them, 
were twenty and two thousand. 


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two hundred and _ threescore 
and thirteen. 

44 J And the LORD spake unto 
‘Mo’ ses, Saying, 

45 Take the Lé’vites instead of 
‘ali the firstborn among the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, and the cattle of 
the Lé’vites instead of their cattle; 
ind the Lé’vites shail be mine: 
Tam the LORD. 

46 And for those that are to be 
redeemed of the two hundred 
‘and threescore and thirteen of 
the firstborn of the children of 
Js‘ra-el, which are more than 
the Lé’vites; 

47 Thou shalt even take five 
‘shekels apiece by the poll, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary shalt 
thou take them: (the shekel is 
twenty gerahs:) 

48 And thou shalt give the 
money, wherewith the odd num- 
ber of them is to be redeemed, 
unto Aar’on and to his sons. 

49 And Mo’ses took the re- 
‘demption money of them that 


were redeemed by the Lé’vites: 
50 Of the firstborn of the chil- 
dren of iIs’ra-el took he the 
money; a thousand three hun- 
‘dred ana: threescore and _ five 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary: 

51 And M6’ses gave the money 
of them that were redeemed 
unto Adar’on and to his sons, 
according to the word of the 
LORD, as the LORD commanded 
MO6’ses. 


121 CHAPTER 4 
41 On moving the tabernacle. 
of the Levites. 
WD the LorD spake unto 
~M6’ses and unto Adéar’on, 
saying, 
2 Take the sum of the sons of 
K6’hath from among the sons of 
Lé’vi, after their families, by the 
house of their fathers, 

3 From thirty years old and 
upward even until fifty years old, 
all that enter into the host, to do 
the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 


17 Service 





‘were over and above them that | 


NUMBERS, 4 


4 This shall be the service of 
the sons of Ko’/hath in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 
about the most holy things: 

5 4 And when the camp setteth 
forward, Aar’on shali come, and 
his sons, and they shall take 
down the covering veil, and 
cover the ark of testimony 
with it: 

6 And shall put thereon the 
covering of badgers’ skins, and 
Shall spread over it a cloth 
wholly of blue, and shall put in 
the staves thereof. 

7 And upon the table of shew- 
bread they shall spread a cloth 
of blue, and put thereon the 
dishes, and the spoons, and the 
bowls, and covers to cover with- 
al: and the continual bread 
shall be thereon: 

8 And they shall spread upon 
them a cloth of scarlet, and 
cover the same with a covering 
of badgers’ skins, and shall put 
in the staves thereof. 

9 And they shall take a cloth of 
blue, and cover the candlestick 
of the light, and his lamps, and 
his tongs, and his snufidishes, 
and all the oil vessels thereof, 
wherewith they minister unto it: 

10 And they shall put it and 
all the vessels thereof within a 
covering of badgers’ skins, and 
ae put if upon a bar. 

11 And upon the golden altar 
they shall spread a cloth of blue. 
and cover it with a covering of 
badgers’ skins, and shall put to 
the staves thereof: 

12 And they shall take all the 
instruments of ministry, where- 
with they minister in the sanc- 
tuary, and put them in a cloth of 
blue, and cover them with a 
covering of badgers’ skins, and 
shall put them on a bar: 

13 And they shali take away 
the ashes from the altar, and 
spread a purple cloth thereon: 

14 And they shall put upon it 
ali the vessels thereof, where- 
with they minister about it, even 
the censers, the fleshhooks, and 
the shovels, and the basons, all 


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NUMBERS, 4 


the vessels of the altar; and 
they shall spread upon it a 
covering of badgers’ skins, and 
put to the staves of it. t 

15 And when A4ar’on and his 
sons have made an end of cover- 
ing the sanctuary, and all the 
vessels of the sanctuary, as the 
camp is to set forward; after 
that, the sons of Ko’hath shall 
come to bear it: but they shall 
not touch any holy thing, lest 
they die. These things are the 
burden of the sons of K6’hath in 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion. 

16 4 And to the office of E-le- 
a’zar the son of Aar’on the priest 
bertaineth the oil for the light, 
and the sweet incense, and the 
daily meat offering, i 
anointing oil, and the oversight 
of all the tabernacle, and of all 
that therein is, in the sanctuary, 
and in the vessels thereof. 

17 ¥ And the LORD spake unto 
M6’ses and unto Aar’on, saying, 

18 Cut ye not off the tribe of 
the families of the K6’hath-ites 
from among the Lé’vites: 

19 But thus do unto them, 
that they may live, and not die, 
when they approach unto the 
most holy things: Aar’on and 
his sons shall go in, and appoint 
them every one to his service 
and to his burden: 

20 But they shall not go in to 
see when the holy things are 
covered, lest they die. 

21 ¥ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

22 Take also the sum of the 
sons of Gér’sh6n, throughout the 
houses of their fathers, by their 
families; 

23 From thirty years old and 
upward until fifty years old shalt 
thou number them; all that 
enter in to perform the service, 
to do the work in the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

24 This is the service of the 


families of the Gér’shon-ites, to | b 


serve, and for burdens: 
25 And they shall bear the 


17 


and the|d 


Service of the Levite 


curtains of the tabernacle, ani 
the tabernacle of the congrega 
tion, his covering, and the cover 
ing of the badgers’ skins that i 
above upon it, and the hangin; 
for the door of the tabernacle o 
the congregation, | 

26 And the hangings of thi 
court, and the hanging for thi 
door of the gate of the court 
which is by the tabernacle anc 
by the altar round about, anc 
their cords, and all the instru. 
ments of their service, and al 
that is made for them: so shal 
they serve. ‘ 

27 At the appointment 0! 
Aar’on and his sons shall be al 
the service of the sons of the 
Gér’shon-ites, in all their bur- 
ens, and in all their service; 
and ye shall appoint unto them 
in charge all their burdens. 

28 This is the service of the 
families of the sons of Gér’shén 
in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation: and their charge shail be 
under the hand of ith’a-mér the 
son of Aar’on the priest. 

29 4 As for the sons of Mé-ri’- 
ri, thou shalt number them after 
their families, by the house of 
their fathers; 

30 From thirty years old and 
upward even unto fifty years old 
Shalt thou number them, every 
one that entereth into the ser- 
vice, to do the work of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

31 And this is the charge of 
their burden, according to all 
their service in the tabernacle of 
the congregation; the boards of 
the tabernacle, and the bars 
thereof, and the pillars thereof, 
and sockets thereof, 

32 And the pillars of the court 
round about, and their sockets, 
and their pins, and their cords, 
with all their instruments, and 
with all their service: and by 
name ye shall reckon the instru- 
ments of the charge of their 
urden. 


33 This is the service of the 


families of the sons of Mé-ra’ri, 
6 





Service of the Levites 


- according to all their service, in 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, under the hand of Ith’a- 
'm&ar the son of Aéar’on the 
_ priest. 

_ 34 § And Mo’ses and Aar’on 
and the chief of the congregation 
‘numbered the sons of the K6’- 
_hath-ites after their families, and 
after the house of their fathers. 
| 35 From thirty years old and 
upward even unto fifty years old, 
every one that entereth into the 
service, for the work in the 
‘tabernacle of the congregation: 

__36 And those that were num- 
-bered of them by their families 
were two thousand seven hun- 
dred and fifty. 

37 These were they that were 
numbered of the families of the 
Ko’hath-ites, all that might do 
Service in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, which M6’ses and 
Aar’on did number according to 
the commandment of the LORD 
by the hand of Md’ses. 

38 And those that were num- 
bered of the sons of Gér’shon, 
throughout their families, and 
by the house of their fathers, 

39 From thirty years old and 
upward even unto fifty years old, 
every one that entereth into the 
service, for the work in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 

40 Even those that were num- 
bered of them, throughout their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, were two thousand and 
six hundred and thirty. 

41 These are they that were 
numbered of the families of the 
sons of Gér’shon, of all that 
might do service in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, whom 
MOo’ses and Aar’on did number 
according to the commandment 
of the LORD. 

42 * And those that were num- 
bered of the families of the sons 
of Mé-ra’ri, throughout their 
families, by the house of their 
fathers, 

43 From thirty years old and 
upward even unto fifty years old, 
every one that entereth into the 

42 


NUMBERS, 5 


service, for the work in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, 

44 Even those that were num- 
bered of them after their families, 
were three thousand and two 
hundred. 

45 These be those that were 
numbered of the families of the 
sons of Mé-ra’ri, whom M6’ses 
and Aar’on numbered according 
to the word of the LORD by the 
hand of M6’ses. 

46 All those that were num- 
bered of the Lé’vites, whom 
MO’ses and Aar’on and the chief 
of Is’ra-el numbered, after their 
families. and after the house of 
their fathers, | 

47 From thirty years old and 
upward even unto fifty years old, 
every one that came to do the 
service of the ministry, and the 
service of the burden in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 

48 Even those that were num- 
bered of them, were eight thou- 
sand and five hundred and four- 
score. 

49 According to the command- 
ment of the LORD they were 
numbered by the hand of Mo’ses, 
every one according to his 
service, and according to his 
burden: thus were they num- 
bered of him, as the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses. 


CHAPTER 5 


1 Cleansing the camps. 5 Recompens- 
ing trespasses. 11 Trial of jealousy. 


AbD the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

_2 Command the children of 
Is’ra-el, that they put out of the 
camp every leper, and every one 
that hath an issue, and whoso- 
ever is defiled by the dead: 

3 Both male and female shall 
ye put out, without the camp 
shall ye put them; that they 
defile not their camps, in the 
midst whereof I dwell. | 

4 And the children of fs’ra-el 
did so, and put them out without 
the camp: as the LorD spake 
unto M6’ses, so did the children 
of Is’ra-el, 


122 


177 


NUMBERS, 5 


5 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 
_6 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, When a man or woman 
shall commit any sin that men 
commit, to do a trespass against 


Trial of jealousy 


thereon; for it is an offering of 
jealousy, an offering of memorial, 
bringing iniquity to remem- 
brance. 

16 And the priest shall bring 
her ce, and set her before the 


the LORD, and that person be| LO 


guilty; 

7 Then they shall confess their 
sin which they have done: and 
he shall recompense his trespass 
with the principal thereof, and 
add unto it the fifth part thereof, 
and give if unto him against 
whom he hath trespassed. 

8 But if the man have no kins- 
man to recompense the trespass 
unto, let the trespass be recom- 
pensed unto the LORD, even to 
the priest; beside the ram of the 
atonement, whereby an atone- 
ment shall be made for him. 

9 And every offering of all the 
holy things of the children of 
ts’ra-el, which they bring unto 
the priest, shall be his. 

10 And every man’s hallowed 
things shall be his: whatsoever 
any a giveth the priest, it shall 


be 

11 T And ie LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, sayin 

12 Speak ato the children of 
fs’ra-el, and say unto them, If 
any man’s wife go aside, and 
commit a trespass against 
him, 

13 And a man lie with her 
carnally, and it be hid from the 
eyes of her husband, and be kept 
close, and she be defiled, and 
there be no witness against her, 
neither she be taken with the 
manner; 

14 And the spirit of jealousy 
come upon him, and he be jealous 


of his wife, and she be defiled: | And 


or if the spirit of jealousy come 
upon him, and he be jealous of 
his wife, and she be not defiled: 

15 Then shall the man bring 
his wife unto the priest, and he 
shall bring her offering for her, 
the tenth part of an ephah of 
barley meal; he shail pour no oil 
upon it, nor put frankincense 


7 ned the priest shall take 
holy water in an earthen vessel; ' 
and of the dust that is in the 
floor of the tabernacle the priest 
shall take, and put if into the 
water: 

18 And the priest shall set the 
woman before the LORD, and 
uncover the woman’s head, and 
put the offering of memorial in 
her hands, which is the jealousy 
offering: and the priest shall 
have in his hand the bitter water 
that causeth the curse: | 

19 And the priest shall charge 
her by an oath, and say unto the 
woman, If no man have lain 
with thee, and if thou hast not 
gone aside to uncleanness with 
another instead of thy husband, 
be thou free from this bitter 
water that causeth the curse: 

20 But if thou hast gone aside 
to another instead of thy hus- 
band, and if thou be defiled, and 
some man have lain with thee 
beside thine husband: 

21 Then the priest shall charge 
the woman with an oath of 
cursing, and the priest shall say 
unto the woman, The LORD 
make thee a curse and an oath 
among thy people, when the 
LORD doth make thy thigh to 
rot, and thy belly to swell; 

22 And this water that causeth 
the curse shall go into thy 
bowels, to make fhy belly to 
swell, and thy thigh to rot: 
the woman shall say, A- 
mén’, a-mén’. | 
23 And the priest shall write 
these curses in a book, and he 
shall blot them out with the 
bitter water: 

24 And he shall cause the 
woman to drink the bitter water 
that causeth the curse: and the 
water that causeth the curse 





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The law of the Nazarites 


' shall enter into her, and become 
- bitter. 

25 Then the priest shall take 
‘the jealousy offering out of the 
-Wwoman’s hand, and shall wave 
| the offering before the LORD, and 
: (pier it upon the altar: 

26 And the priest shall take 
an handful of the offering, even 
‘the memorial thereof, and burn 
it upon the altar, and afterward 
shall cause the woman to drink 
‘the water. 
_.27 And when he hath made 
‘her to drink the water, then it 
shall come to pass, that, if she be 
defiled, and have done trespass 
‘against her husband, that the 
water that causeth the curse 
shall enter into her, and become 
bitter, and her belly shall swell, 
and her thigh shall rot: and the 
woman shall be a curse among 
her people. 
28 And if the woman be not 
‘defiled, but be clean; then she 
shall be free, and shall con- 
ceive seed. 2 

29 This is the law of jealousies, 
when a wife goeth aside fo an- 
other instead of her husband, 
‘and is defiled; 
|.30 Or when the spirit of 
jealousy cometh upon him, and 
he be jealous over his wife, and 
“shall set the woman before the 
‘LORD, and the priest shall 
‘execute upon her all this law. 
| Then shall the man. be 
‘guiltless from iniquity, and this 
‘woman shall bear her iniquity. 


123 CHAPTER 6 
1 Law of the Nazarites. 22 Form of 

blessing the people. 
ND the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of 
is’‘ra-el, and say unto them, 
hen either man or woman shall 
‘separate themselves to vow a 
‘vow of a Naz’a-rite, to separate 
‘themselves unto the LORD: 

3 He shall separate himself 
from wine and strong drink, and 
‘shall drink no vinegar of wine, 


NUMBERS, 6 


or vinegar of strong drink, 
neither shall he drink any liquor 
of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, 
or dried. 

4 All the days of his separa- 
tion shall he eat nothing that is 
made of the vine tree, from the 
kernels even to the husk. 

5 All the days of the vow of his 
separation there shall no razor 
come upon his head: until the 
days be fulfilled, in the which he 
separateth himself unto the 
LORD, he shall be holy, and shall 
let the locks of the hair of his 
head grow 

6 All the days that he sep- 
arateth himself unto the LORD 
he shall come at no dead body. 

7 He shall not make himseif 
unclean for his father, or for his 
mother, for his brother, or for 
his sister, when they die: be- 
cause the consecration of his 
God is upon his head. 

8 All the days of his separa- 
bi he is holy unto the LORD. 

9 And if any man die very 
miidenls by him, and he hath 
defiled the Read of his consecra- 
tion; then he shall shave his 
head in the day of his cleansing, 
on the seventh day shall he 
shave it. 

10 And on the eighth day he 
shall bring two turtles, or two 
young pigeons, to the priest, to 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation: 

11 And the priest shall offer 
the one for a sin offering, and 
the other for a burnt offering, 
and make an atonement for hi 
for that he sinned by the dead 
and shall hallow his head that 
same day. 

12 And he shall consecrate un- 
to the LORD the days of his 
separation, and shall bring a 
lamb of the first year for a tres- 
pass offering: but the days that 
were before shall be lost, be- 
cause his separation was defiled. 

13. 4 And this is the law of the 
WNaz’a-rite, when the days of 
his separation are fulfilled: he 


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NUMBERS, 7 


shall be brought unto the door 
of ‘teat tabernacle of the congre- 
gatio 

14 And he shall offer his offer- 
ing unto the LORD, one he lamb 
of the first year without blemish 
for a burnt offering, and one 
ewe lamb of the first year with- 
out blemish for a_ sin offering, 
and one ram without blemish 
for peace offerings, 

15 And a basket of unleavened 
bread, cakes of fine flour 
mingled with oil, and wafers of 
unleavened bread anointed with 
oil, and their meat offering, and 
their drink offerings. 

16 And the priest shall bring 
them before the LORD, and shall 
offer his sin offering, and his 
burnt offering: 

17 And he shall offer the ram 
for a sacrifice of peace offerings 
unto the LORD, with the basket 
of unleavened bread: the priest 
shall offer also his meat offer- 
ing, and his drink offering. 

18 And the Naz’a-rite shall 
shave the head of his separation 
at the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and shall take 
the hair of the head of his sep- 
aration, and put if in the fire 
which is under the sacrifice of 
the peace offerings. 

19 And the priest shall take 
the sodden shoulder of the ram, 
and one unleavened cake out of 
the basket, and one unleavened 
wafer, and shall put them 
upon the hands of the Naz’a-rite, 
after the hair of his separation 
is shaven: 

20 And the priest shall wave 
them for a wave offering before 
the LORD: this is holy for the 
priest, with the wave breast and 
heave shoulder: and after that 
the WNaz’/a-rite may drink 


wine. 
21 This is the law of the Naz’- 


a-rite who hath vowed, and of 


his offering unto the LORD for 
his separation, beside that that 
his hand shall get: according to 
the vow which he vowed, so he 


Form of blessing the people 


must do after the law of his) 
separation. 

22 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

23 Speak unto Aar’on and unto 
his sons, saying, On this wise. 
ye shall bless the children of 
Is’ra-el, saying unto them, 

24 The LorD bless thee, and 
keep thee: 

25 The LORD make his face, 
shine upon thee, and be gracious | 
unto thee: 

26 The LorpD lift up _ his! 
countenance upon thee, and 
give thee peace. 

27 And they shall put my’ 
name upon the children of’ 
is’ra-el; and I will bless them. | 


CHAPTER 7 124) 


1 Offerings of the princes at the dedica-' 
pare of the altar. 89 God speaks to 
OS€S. 


ND it came to pass on the’ 
day that Md’ses had fully’ 
set up the tabernacle, and had 
anointed it, and sanctified it, 
and all the instruments thereof, 
both the altar and all the vessels’ 
thereof, and had anointed them, 
and sanctified them; 

2 That the princes of is’ra-el,’ 
heads of the house of their 
fathers, who were the princes of 
the tribes, and were over them 
that were numbered, offered: | 

3 And they brought their offer- 
ing before the LORD, six covered 
wagons, and twelve oxen; a 
wagon for two of the princes, 
and for each one an ox: and 
they brought them before the 
tabernacle. 

4 And the LORD spake unto | 
MO’ses, saying, 

5 Take it of them, that they 
may be to do the service of the’ 
tabernacle of the congregation; | 
and thou shalt give them unto 
the Lé’vites, to every man’ 
according to his service. 

6 And Md’ses took the wagons 
sed the oxen, and gave them unto 
the Lé’vites. | 











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“Offerings of princes at dedication Of altar - NUMBERS, 7 


| 7 Two wagons and four oxen|of the sanctuary; both of them 


he gave unto the sons of Gér’- 
-shon, according to their service: 
- 8 And four wagons and eight 
oxen he gave unto the sons of 
\Mé-ra’ri, according unto their 
Service, under the hand of 
| Ith’a-mdr the son of Aar’on the 
priest. 

9 But unto the sons of Ké’hath 
he gave none: because the ser- 
‘vice of the sanctuary belonging 
unto them was that they should 
bear upon their shoulders. 

10 {And the princes offered 
for dedicating of the altar in the 
day that it was anointed, even 
the princes offered their offer- 
ing before the altar. 

11 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, They shall offer their 
offering, each prince on his day, 
for the dedicating of the altar. 

12 4 And he that offered his 
offering the first day was Nah’- 
shon the son of Am-min’a-dab, 
of the tribe of Ji’dah: 

13 And his offering was one 
silver charger, the weight there- 
of was an hundred and thirty 
Shekels, one silver bowl of 
seventy shekels, after the shekel 
of the sanctuary; both of them 
were full of fine flour mingled 
with oil for a meat offering: 

14 One spoon of ten shekels 
of gold, full of incense: 

15 One young bullock, one ram, 

‘one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

16 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

17 And fora sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of Ndh’shon the son of Am- 
min’a-dab. 

18 4 On the second day Né- 
than’e-el the son of Zi’ar, 
Prince of Is’sa-char, did offer: 

19 He offered for his offering 
one silver charger, the weight 
Whereof was an hundred and 
thirty shekels, one silver bow! of 
Seventy shekels, after the shekel 


full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering: 

20 One spoon of gold of ten 
Shekels, full of incense: 

21 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

22 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

23 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of Neé-than’e-el the son of 
Ziu’ar. 

24 § On the third day £-li’ab 
the son of Hé/lon, prince of the 
children of Zéb’u-lin, did offer: 

25 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 
an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary; both of them full of 
fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat offering: 

26 One golden spoon of ten 
Shekels, full of incense: 

27 One young bullock, one 
ram, one lamb of the first year, 
for a burnt offering: 

28 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

29 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of E-li’ab the son of Hé’lon. _ 

30 § On the fourth day E-li’zur 
the son of Shéd’e-ur, prince of 
the children of Reu’ben, did 
offer: f 

31 His offering was one silver 
charger of the weight of an hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one 
silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; 
both of them full of fine flour 
mingled with oil for a meat offer- 
ing: 

32 One golden spoon of ten 
Shekeis, full of incense: 

33 One young bullock, one 
ram, one lamb of the first year, 
for a burnt offering: 


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34 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

35 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of £-li’zur the son of Shed/’e-ur. 

36 { On the fifth day Shé-li’- 
mi-el the son of Zt-ri-shad’da-i, 
prince of the children of Sim/’e- 
on, did offer: ; 

37 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 
an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary; both of them full of 
fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat offering: 

38 One golden spoon of ten 
shekels, full of incense: 

39 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

{40 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

41 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of Shé-li’mi-el the son of Zi-ri- 
shad’da-i. - 
| 42 9 On the sixth day E-li’a- 
saph the son of Deti’el, prince of 
the children of Gad, offered: 

43 His offering was one silver 
charger of the weight of an hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, a silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary; both 
of them full of fine flour mingled 
with oil for a meat offering: 

44 One golden spoon of ten 
Shekels, full of incense: 

45 One young bullock, one 
ram, one lamb of the first year, 
for a burnt offering: 

46 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: ; 

47 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of &-li’a-saph the son of Dei’el. 

48 § On the seventh day 
f-lish’a-ma the son of Am-mi’- 


Offerings of princes at dedication of altar 
hud, prince of the children of 


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] 
| 


E’phra-im, offered: 

49 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 
an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary; both of them fuli of 
fine flour mingled with oil fora 
meat offering: 

50 One golden spoon of ten 
Shekels, full of incense: | 

51 One young bullock, one 
ram, one lamb of the first year, 
for a burnt offering: 

52 One kid of the goats for a. 
sin offering: | 

53 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of &-lish’a-ma the son of Am- 
mi/hiud. 

54 § On the eighth day offered 
Ga-ma'li-el the son of Pé-dah’- 
zur, prince of the children of 
Ma-nas’seh: | | 

55 His offering was one silver 
charger of the weight of an hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one 
silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; 
both of them full of fine flour 
mingled with oil for a meat 
offering: 

56 One golden spoon of ten 
shekels, full of incense: 

57 One young bullock, one 
ram, one lamb of the first year, 
for a burnt offering: 

58 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

59 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of Ga-ma/li-el the son of Pé- 
dah’zur. ; : 

60 7 On the ninth day Ab’i- 
dan the son of Gid-e-0/ni, prince 
of the children of Bén’ja-min, 
offered: ; ‘ 

61 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 
an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy 





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| Offerings of princes at dedication of altar 


_shekels, after the shekel of the 

sanctuary; both of them full of 

fine flour mingled with oil for a 

meat offering: 

- 62 One golden spoon of ten 

_ shekels, full of incense: 

- 63 One young bullock, one 

ram, one lamb of the first year, 

_ for a burnt offering: 

_ 64 One kid of the goats for a 

sin offering: 

_ 65 And for a sacrifice of peace 

| offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 

first year: this was the offering 

| of Ab’/i-dan the son of Gid-e-6/ni. 

66 4 On the tenth day A-hi- 
€’zér the son of Am-mi-shad’- 
| da-i, prince of the children of 

Dan, offered: } 

67 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 

an hundred and thirty shekels, 

one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the 

Sanctuary; both of them full of 
fine flour mingled with oil for a 

meat offering: 

68 One golden spoon of ten 
| Shekels, full of incense: 
| 69 One young bullock, one 
‘tam, one lamb of the first year, 
‘for a burnt offering: 

70 One kid of the goats for a 
‘sin offering: 

71 And for a sacrifice of peace 
‘offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
(first year: this was the offering 
‘of A-hi-é’zér the son of Am-mi- 
'shad/’da-i. 
|.72 4 On the eleventh day Pa’- 
‘gi-el the son of Oc’ran, prince of 
the children of Ash’ér, offered: 
| 73 His offering was one silver 
(charger, the weight whereof was 
‘an hundred and thirty shekels, 
‘one silver bowl of seventy 
‘shekels, after the shekel of the 
‘sanctuary; both of them full of 

fine flour mingled with oil for a 
“meat offering: 

74 One golden spoon of ten 
\Shekels, full of incense: 

75 One young bullock, one ram, 





NUMBERS, 7 


one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

76 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

77 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of Pa’gi-el the son of Oc’ran. 
_78 § On the twelfth day 
A-hi’ra the son of E’nan, prince 
of the children of Naph’ta-li, 
offered: 

79 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was 
an hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary; both of them full of 
fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat offering: 

80 One golden spoon of ten 
Shekels, full of incense: 

81 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

82 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering: 

83 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
five he goats, five lambs of the 
first year: this was the offering 
of A-hi’ra the son of E’nan. 

84 This was the dedication of 
the altar, in the day when it was 
anointed, by the princes of 
Is’ra-el: twelve chargers of sil- 
ver, twelve silver bowls, twelve 
spoons of gold: 

85 Each charger of _ silver 
weighing an hundred and thirty 
Shekels, each bowl seventy: ail 
the silver vessels weighed two 
thousand and four hundred 
Shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary: 

86 The golden spoons were 
twelve, full of incense, weighing 
ten shekels apiece, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary: all the 
gold of the spoons was an hun- 
dred and twenty shekels. 

87 All the oxen for the burnt 
offering were twelve bullocks, 
the rams twelve, the lambs of the 
first year twelve, with their 


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meat offering: and the kids of 
the goats for sin offering twelve. 

88 And all the oxen for the 
sacrifice of the. peace offerings 
were twenty and four bullocks, 
the rams sixty, the he goats 
sixty, the lambs of the first year 
sixty. This was the dedication 
of the altar, after that it was 
anointed. 

89 And when MO’ses was gone 
into the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation to speak with him, then 
he heard the voice of one speak- 
ing unto him from off the mercy 
seat that was upon the ark of 
testimony, from between the 
two cherubims: and he spake 
unto him. 


125 CHAPTER 8 


1 Lighting of the lamps. 5 Separation 
of the Levites. 23 Term of their 
Services. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, Saying, 

2 Speak unto Aar’on, and say 
unto him, When thou lightest 
the lamps, the seven lamps shall 
give light over against the 
candlestick. 

3 And Af@r’on did so; _ he 
lighted the lamps thereof over 
against the candlestick, as the 
LORD commanded MO’ses. 

4 And this work of the candle- 
stick was of beaten gold, unto 
the shaft thereof, unto the 
flowers thereof, was beaten 
work: according unto the pat- 
tern which the LORD had shewed 
MO’ses, so he made the candle- 
stick. 

5 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

6 Take the Lé’vites from among 
the children of Is’ra-el, and 
cleanse them. 

7 And thus shalt thou do unto 
them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle 
water of purifying upon them, 
and let them shave all their 
flesh, and let them wash their 
clothes, and so make them- 
selves clean. 


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8 Then let them take a young 
bullock with his meat offering, 
even fine flour mingled with oii, 
and another young bullock shalt 
thou take for a sin offering. 

9 And thou shalt bring the 
Lé’vites before the tabernacle of 
the congregation: and thou 
shalt gather the whole assembly 
of the children of Is’ra-el to- 
gether: 

10 And thou shalt bring the 
Lé’vites before the LORD: and 
the children of Is’ra-el shail 
puttheir hands upon the Lé’vites: 

11 And Aar’on shall offer the 
Lé’vites before the LORD for an 
offering of the children of 
Is’ra-el, that they may execute 
the service of the LORD. 

12 And the Lé’vites shall lay 
their hands upon the heads of the 
bullocks: and thou shalt offer 
the one for a sin offering, and the 
other for a burnt offering, unto 
the LORD, to make an atonement 
for the Lé’vites. 

13 And thou shalt set the Lé’- 
vites before Aar’on, and before 
his sons, and offer them for an 
offering unto the LORD. 

14 Thus shalt thou separate the 
Lé’vites from among the children» 
of {s’ra-el: and the Lé’vites shall ' 
be mine. 

15 And after that shall the Lé’- 
vites go in to do the service of the 
tabernacle of the congregation: 
and thou shalt cleanse them, and | 
offer them for an offering. 

16 For they are wholly given’ 
unto me from among the children’ 
of Is’ra-el; instead of such as 
open every womb, even instead’ 
of the firstborn of all the children| 
of Is’ra-el, have I taken them 
u 





for myself. 

18 And I have taken the Lé’- 
vites for all the firstborn of the 
children of Is’ra-el. 


“Concerning the passover 


19 And I have given the Lé’-| 
vites as a gift to Aar’on and to 
_ his sons from among the children 
of Is’ra-el, to do_the service of 
the children of Is’ra-el in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 
and to make an atonement for 
the children of fs’ra-el: that 
there be no plague among the 
children of Is’ra-el, when the 
children of Is’ra-el come nigh 
unto the sanctuary. 

20 And M6’ses, and Adar’on, 
and all the congregation of the 
‘children of fs’ra-el, did to the 
Lé’vites according unto all that 
‘the LORD commanded M6’ses 
concerning the Lé’vites, so did 
the children of Is’ra-el untothem. 

21 And the Lé’vites were puri- 
‘fied, and they washed their 
(clothes; and A4r’on offered 
them as an offering before the 
LORD; and A4r’on made an 
atonement for them to cleanse 
them. 

22 And after that went the 
Lé’vites in to do their service in 


‘the tabernacle of the congrega- d 


tion before Adar’on, and before 
‘Ris sons: as the LORD had com- 
‘manded MO’ses concerning the 
Lé’vites, so did they unto them. 
23 § And the LORD spake unto 
‘MO’ses, saying, 
| 24 This is it that belongeth un- 
‘to the Lé’vites: from twenty and 
‘five years old and upward they 
‘shall go in to wait upon. the 
Service of the tabernacle of the 
‘congregation: 
| 25 And from the age of fifty 
‘years they shall cease waiting 
‘upon the service thereof, and 
‘shall serve no more: 
26 But shall minister with their 
‘brethren in the tabernacle of the 
congrégation, to keep the charge, 
and shall do no service. Thus 
‘shalt thou do unto the Lé’vites 
touching their charge. 


126 CHAPTER 9 
1 Concerning the passover. 
‘ directing cloud. 


15 The 


NUMBERS, 9 


7 the LORD spake unto 
.& MO’ses in the wilderness of 
Si/nai, in the first month of the 
second year after they were come 
out of the land of Egypt, saying, 

2 Let the children of {s’ra-el 
also keep the passover at his 
appointed season. 

3 In the fourteenth day of this 
month, at even, ye shall keep it 
in his appointed season: accord- 
ing to all the rites of it, and ac- 
cording to all the ceremonies 
thereof, shall ye keep it. 

And Mo’ses spake unto the 
children of Is’ra-el, that they 
should keep the passover. 

5 And they kept the passover 
on the fourteenth day of the first 
month at even in the wilderness 
of Si’/nai: according to all that 
the LORD commanded MO’ses, 
so did the children of Is’ra-el. 

6 § And there were certain men, 
who were defiled by the dead 
body of a man, that they could 
not keep the passover on that 
day: and they came before Mo’- 
ses and before Aar’on on that 


ay: 

7 And those men said unto him, 
We are defiled by the dead body 
of aman: wherefore are we kept 
back, that we may not offer an 
offering of the LORD in his ap- 
pointed season among the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el? 

8 And MOd’ses said unto them, 
Stand still, and I will hear what 
the LORD will command con- 
cerning you. 

9 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, : 

_10 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, saying, If any man of 
you or of your posterity shall be 
unclean by reason of a dead body, 
or be in a journey afar off, yet he 
shall keep the passover unto the 
LORD. 

11 The fourteenth day of the 
second month at even they shall 
keep it, and eat it with unleaven- 
ed bread and bitter herbs, , 

12 They shall leave none of it 
unto the morning, nor break any 


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NUMBERS, 10 


bone of it: according to all the 
ordinances of the passover they 
shali keep it. 

13 But the man that is clean, 
and is not in a journey, and for- 
beareth to keep the passover, 
even the same soul shall be cut 
off from among his people: be- 
cause he brought not the offering 
of the LORD in his appointed sea- 
son, that man shall bear his 


sin. 

14 And if a stranger shall so- 
journ among you, and will keep 
the passover unto the LORD; ac- 
cording to the ordinance of the 
passover, and according to the 
manner thereof, so shall he do: 
ye shall have one ordinance, 
both for the stranger, and for 
him that was born in the land. 

15 4 And on the day that the 
tabernacle was reared up the 
cloud covered the tabernacle, 
namely, the tent of the testi- 
mony: and at even there was 
upon the tabernacle as it were 
the appearance of fire, until the 
morning. 

16 So it was alway: the cloud 
covered it by day, and the appear- 
ance of fire by night. 

17 And when the cloud was 
taken up from the tabernacle, 
then after that the children of 
is’‘ra-el journeyed: and in the 
place where the cloud abode, 
there the children of Is’ra-el 
pitched their tents. 

18 At the commandment of the 
LorRD the children of Is’ra-el 
journeyed, and at the command- 
ment of the LORD they pitched: 
as long as the cloud abode upon 
the tabernacle they rested in their 
tents. 

19 And when the cloud tarried 
long upon the tabernacle many 
days, then the children of is’ra-el 
kept the charge of the LORD, and 
journeyed not. 

20 And so it was, when the 
cloud was a few days upon the 
tabernacle; according to the 
commandment of the LORD they 
abode in their tents, and accord- 


The directing cloud 


ing to the commandment of the 
LORD they journeyed. 

21 And so it was, when the 
cloud abode from even unto the 
morning, and that the cloud was 
taken up in the morning, then 
they journeyed: whether it was 
by day or by night that the cloud 
was taken up, they journeyed. 

22 Or whether it were two 
days, or a month, or a year, that 
the cloud tarried upon the taber- 
nacle, remaining thereon, the 
children of Iis’ra-el abode in their 
tents, and journeyed not: but 
when it was taken up, they jour- 
neyed. 

23 At the commandment of the 
LORD they rested in the tents, 
and at the commandment of the 
LORD they journeyed: they kept 
the charge of the LORD, at the 
commandment of the LORD by 
the hand of MO’ses. 


CHAPTER 10 


1 Use of the trumpets. 
from Sinai to Paran. 
of Moses. 

ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Make thee two trumpets of 
silver; of a whole piece shalt 
thou make them: that thou may- 
est use them for the calling of 
the assembly, and for the jour- 
neying of the camps. 

3 And when they shall blow 
with them, all the assembly shall 
assemble themselves to thee at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

4 And if they blow but with one 
trumpet, then the princes, which 
are heads of the thousands of 
Is’ra-el, shall gather themselves 
unto thee. 

5 When ye blow an alarm, then 
the camps that lie on the east 
parts shall go forward. 

6 When ye blow an alarm the 
second time, then the camps that 
lie on the south side shail take 
their journey: they shall blow an 
alarm for their journeys. — 

7 But when the congregation 1S 


127 


1i Journey 
33 Blessing 


186 


Journey from Sinai to Paran 


to be gathered together, ye shall 
blow, but ye shall not sound an 
alarm. 

8 And the sons of Aar’on, the 
priests, shall blow with the 
trumpets; and they shall be to 
you for an ordinance for ever 
throughout your generations. 

9 And if ye go to war in your 
land against the enemy that op- 
presseth you, then ye shall blow 
an alarm with the trumpets; and 
ye shall be remembered before 
the LORD your God, and ye shall 
be saved from your enemies. 

10 Also in the day of your glad- 
ness, and in your solemn days, 
and in the beginnings of your 
months, ye shall blow with the 
trumpets over your burnt offer- 
ings, and over the sacrifices of 
your peace offerings; that they 
may be to you for a memorial 
before your God: Iam the LORD 
your God. | 

11 § And it came to pass on the 
twentieth day of the second 
month, in the second year, that 
the cloud was taken up from off 
the tabernacle of the testimony. 

12 And the children of Is’ra-el 
took their journeys out of the 
wilderness of Si’nai; and the 
cloud rested in the wilderness of 
Pa’ran. 

13 And they first took their 
journey according to the com- 
mandment of the LORD by the 
hand of MO’ses. 

14 4 In the first place went the 
standard of the camp of the chil- 
dren of Ja’dah according to their 
armies: and over his host was 
apie the son of Am-min’a- 


ab. 

15 And over the host of the 
tribe of the children of Is’sa-char 
was Né-than’e-el the son of Zi’ar. 

16 And over the host of the 
tribe of the children of Zéb’u-lin 
was E-li’ab the son of Hé’lon. 

17 And the tabernacle was 
taken down; and the sons of 
Gér’shoén and the sons of Mé- 
ra’ri set forward, bearing the 
tabernacle. 


NUMBERS, 10 


18 4 And the standard of the 
camp of Reu’ben set forward 
according to their armies: and 
over his host was E-li’zur the son. 
of Shéd’e-ur. 

19 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Sim/’e-on was 
Shé-li’mi-el the son of Zt-ri- 
shad’da-i. 

20 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Gad was E-li’a- 
saph the son of Det’el. 

21 And the K6’hath-ites set for- 
ward, bearing the sanctuary: 
and the other did set up the tab- 
ernacle against they came. 

22 4 And the standard of the 
camp of the children of E’phra-im 
set forward according to their 
armies: and over his host was 
Seu ane the son of Am-imi’- 


ud. 

23 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Ma-nas’seh 
was Ga-ma’li-el the son of Pé- 
dah’zur. 

24 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Bén’ja-min 
was Ab’/i-dan the son of Gid-e- 


0’ni. 

25 4 And the standard of the 
camp of the children of Dan set 
forward, which was the rereward 
of all the camps throughout their 
hosts: and over his host was 
A-hi-é’zér the son of Am-mi- 
shad’da-i. 

26 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of, Ash’ér was 
Pa’zi-el the son of Oc’ran. 

27 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Naph’ta-li was 
A-hi’ra the son of E’nan. ( 

28 Thus were the journeyings 
of the children of Is’ra-el accord- 
ing to their armies, when they 
set forward. f 

29 § And Mo’ses_said unto 
H6’bab, the son of Ra-gii’el the 
Mid’i-an-ite, M6’ses’ father in 
law, We are journeying unto the 
place of which the LORD said, 
I will give it you: come thou 
with us, and we will do thee 
good: for the LORD hath spoken 
good concerning Is’ra-el. 


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NUMBERS, 11 


30 And he said unto him, I will 
not go; but I will depart to mine 
own land, and to my kindred. 

31 And he said, Leave us not, I 
pray thee; forasmuch as thou 
knowest how we are to encamp 
in the wilderness, and thou may- 
est be to us instead of eyes. 

32 And it shall be, if thou go 
with us, yea, it shall be, that what 
goodness the LORD shall do unto 
us, the same will we do unto thee. 

33 § And they departed from 
‘the mount of the LORD three 
days’ journey: and the ark of the 
covenant of the LORD went be- 
fore them in the three days’ jour- 
ney, to search out a resting place 
for them. 

34 And the cloud of the LORD 
was upon them by day, when 
they went out of the camp. 

35 And it came to pass, when 
the ark set forward, that M6d’ses 
said, Rise up, LORD, and let 
thine enemies be scattered; and 
them that hate thee flee before 

ee. 

36 And when it rested, he said, 
Return, O LORD, unto the 
many thousands of Is’ra-el. 


128 CHAPTER 11 

1 Lusting for fiesh. 10 Complaint of 
Moses. 16 The seventy elders. 31 
Quails sent. 


pon when the people com- 
plained, it .displeased the 
LORD: and the LORD heard it; 
and his anger was kindled; and 
the fire of the LORD burnt among 
them, and consumed them that 
were in the uttermost parts of 
the camp. 

2 And the people cried unto 
Mo’ses; and when  Mo’ses 
prayed unto the LORD, the fire 
was quenched. 

3. And he called the name of the 
place Tab’e-rah: because the fire 
of the LORD burnt among them. 

4 %4And the mixt multitude 
that was among them fell a lust- 
ing: and the children of fs’ra-el 
also wept again, and said, Who 
shall give us flesh to eat? 


_ The people lust for flesh 


5 We remember the fish, which 
we did eat in E’gypt freely; the 
cucumbers, and the melons, and 
the leeks, and the onions, and 
the garlick: ‘ 

6 But now our soul is dried 
away: there is nothing at all, 
beside this manna, before our 
eyes. 

7 And the manna was as cor- 
iander seed, and the colour there- 
of as the colour of bdellium. 

8 And the people went about, 
and gathered it, and ground it in 
mills, or beat 7¢ in a mortar, and 
baked it in pans, and made cakes 
of it: and the taste of it was as 
the taste of fresh oil. 

9 And when the dew fell upon 
the camp in the night, the manna 
fell upon it. 

10 § Then Mo’ses heard the 
people weep throughout their 
families, every man in the door 
of his tent: and the anger of the 
LORD was kindled greatly; Mé6’- 
ses also was displeased. 

11 And Mo6o’ses said unto the 
LORD, Wherefore hast thou 
afflicted thy servant? and where- 
fore have I not found favour in 
thy sight, that thou layest the 
burden of all this people upon me? 

12 Have I conceived all this 
people? have I begotten them, 
that thou shouldest say unto me, 
Carry them in thy bosom, as @ 
nursing father beareth the suck- 
ing child, unto the land which 
thou swarest unto their fathers? 

13 Whence should I have flesh 
to give unto all this people? for 
they weep unto me, saying, Give 
us flesh, that we may eat. 

14 I am not able to bear all this 
people alone, because if is too 
heavy for me. rf 

15 And if thou deal thus with 
me, kill me, I pray thee, out of 
hand, if I have found favour in 
thy sight; and let me not see 
my wretchedness. : 

16 4 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Gather unto me seventy 
men of the elders of Is’ra-el, 
whom thou knowest to be the 


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© 


 Quails are sent 
elders of the people, and officers 





over them;- and bring them unto 


the tabernacle of the congrega- 


tion, that they may stand there 


| with thee. 


17 And I will come down and 


| talk with thee there: and I will 


take of the spirit which is upon 


thee, and will put it upon them; 


and they shall bear the burden of 


the people with thee, that thou 
bear it not thyself alone. 


18 And say thou unto the peo- 


ple, Sanctify yourselves against 
| to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: 


for ye have wept in the ears of 


the LORD, saying, Who shall give 


us flesh to eat? for it was well 
with us in E’gypt: therefore the 
LORD will give you flesh, and ye 
shall eat. 

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor 


two days, nor five days, neither 
| ten days, nor twenty days: 


20 But even a whole month, 


until it come out at your nostrils, 


and it be loathsome unto you: 


| because that ye have despised the 


have wept before 


LORD which is among you, and 
him, saying, 
Why came we forth out of 


| E/é¥pt? 





21 And M6’ses said, The people, 


among whom I am, are six hun- 


| Mo’ses, 


dred thousand footmen; and 


| thou hast said, I will give them 


flesh, that they may eat a whole 


month. 

22 Shall the flocks and the 
herds be slain for them, to suffice 
them? or shall all the fish of the 
sea be gathered together for 


| them, to suffice them? 


23 And the LORD said unto 
Is the LORD’sS hand 
waxed short? thou shait see now 


whether my word shall come to 
| pass unto thee or not. 


24 4 And MOo’ses went out, and 


told the people the words of the 


and 


LORD, and gathered the seventy 
men of the elders of the people, 
set them round about the 
tabernacle. 


,_25 And the LORD came down 


in a cloud, and spake unto him, 
4 189 


NUMBERS, 11 


and took of the spirit that was 
upon him, and gave if unto the 
seventy elders: and it came to 
pass, that, when the spirit rested 
upon them, they prophesied, and 
did not cease. 

26 But there remained two of 
the men in the camp, the name 
of the one was El’dad, and the 
name of the other Mé’dad: and 
the spirit rested upon them; and 
they were of them that were 
written, but went not out unto 
the tabernacle: and they prophe- 
sied in the camp. 

27 And there ran a young man, 
and told M6’ses, and said, El’dad 
and Meé’dad do prophesy in the 
camp. 

28 And Jésh’u-a the son of 
Nun, the servant of MO’ses, one 
of his young men, answered and 
said, My lord Mb6’ses, forbid 


em. 

29 And Mo’ses said unto him, 
Enviest thou for my sake? would 
God that all the LoRD’S people 
were prophets, and that the LORD 
would put his spirit upon them! 

30 And M6’ses gat him into the 
camp, he and the elders of 
Is’ra-el. 

31 4 And there went forth a 
wind from the LORD, and 
brought quails from the sea, and 
let them fall by the camp, as it 
were a day’s journey on this 
side, and as it were a day’s jour- 
ney on the other side, roun 
about the camp, and as it were 
two cubits high upon the face of 
the earth. 

32 And the people stood up all 
that day, and all that night, and 
all the next day, and they gath- 
ered the quails: he that gathered 
least gathered ten homers: and 
they spread them all abroad for 
themselves round about the 


camp. 

33 And while the flesh was yet 
between their teeth, ere it was 
chewed, the wrath of the LORD 
was kindled against the people, 
and the LORD smote the people 
with a very great plague. 


NUMBERS, 12, 13 


34 And he called the name of t 


that place Kib/roth—hat-ta’a- 
vah: because there they buried 
the people that lusted. 

35 And the people journeyed 
from Kib’roth—hat-ta’a-vah unto 
Ha-zé/roth; and abode at Ha- 
zé’roth. 


129 CHAPTER 12 


1 Sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 
Miriam healed of leprosy. 
ND Mir’i-am and Aé€ar’on 
spake against M0o’ses be- 
cause of the E-thi-0’pi-an woman 
whom he had married: for he 
had married an _ E-thi-0’pi-an 
woman. 
_2 And they said, Hath the LORD 
indeed spoken only by M6’ses? 
hath he not spoken also by us? 
And the LORD heard i?t, 

3 (Now the man MOo’ses was 
very meek, above all the men 
which were upon the face of the 
earth.) 

4, And the LORD spake sud- 
denly unto Mod’ses, and unto 
Aar’on, and unto Mir’i-am, Come 
out ye three unto the tabernacle 
of the congregation. And they 
three came out. : 

And the LORD came down in 
the pillar of the cloud, and stood 
in the door of the tabernacle, and 
called Aar’on and Mir’i-am: and 
they both came forth. 

6 And he said, Hear now my 
words: If there be a prophet 
among you, I the LorD will make 
myself known unto him in a 
vision, and will speak unto him 
in a dream. ; 

7 My servant M6’ses is not so, 
who is faithfulin all mine house. 

8 With him will I speak mouth 
to mouth, even apparently, and 
not in dark speeches; and the 
similitude of the LORD shall he 
behold: wherefore then were ye 
not afraid to speak against my 
servant MO0’ses? 

9 And the anger of the LORD 
was kindled against them; and 
he departed. 

10 And the cloud departed from 


10 


Sedition of Miriam and Aaron 


off the tabernacle; and, behold, 
Mir’i-am became leprous, white 
as snow: and Adar’on looked 
upon Mir’i-am, and, behold, she 
was leprous. 

11 And Aar’on said unto M6’=- 
ses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, 
lay not the sin upon us, wherein 
we have done foolishly, and 
wherein we have sinned. | 

12 Let her not be as one deadst 
of whom the flesh is half con- 
sumed when he cometh out of 
his mother’s womb. 

13 And Mo’ses_ cried unto the 
LORD, saying, Heal her now, O 
God, I beseech thee. | 

14 § And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, If her father had but spit. 
in her face, should she not- be 
ashamed seven days? let her be 
shut out from the camp seven 
days, and after that let her be 
received in again. 

And Mir’i-am was shut out! 
from the camp seven days: and 
the people journeyed not till Mir’- 
i-am was brought in again. 

16 And afterward the neoolee 
removed from Ha-zé’roth, and 
pitched in the wilderness of 
Pa’ran. 





CHAPTER 13 130) 
1 Spies sent owt. 21 Their journey 
and report. 
ND the LorD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

2 Send thou men, that they 
may search the land of Ca’naan, 
which I give unto the children of 
Is‘ra-el: of every tribe of their 
fathers shall ye send a man, every 
one a ruler among them. 

3 And MOo’ses by the command- 
ment of the LORD sent them from 
the wilderness of Pa’ran: all 
those men were heads of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el. 

4 And these were their names: 
of the tribe of Reu’ben, Shams 
mut’a the son of Zac’cur. 

5 Of the tribe of Sim’e-on, Sha’- 
phat the son of H6’ri. 

6 Of the tribe of Ja’dah, ete 
the son of Jé-phitin’neh. 





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Spies sent to Canaan 
7 Of the tribe of is’sa-char, 


Bet the son of JO’seph. 


x the tribe of E’phra-im, 
O-shé’a the son of Nun. | 
9 Of the tribe of Bén’ja-min, 


-Pal’ti the son of Ra’phu. 


10 Of the tribe of Zéb/u-lun, 


Gad’di-el the son of SO’di. 


11 Of the tribe of Jo’seph, 


namely, of the tribe of Ma-nas’- 


seh, Gad’di the son of S@’si. 
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am’mi-el 


the son of Gé-mai'li. 


13 Of the tribe of Ash’ér, Sé’- 
thur the son of Mi’chaél. 

14 Of the tribe of Naph’ta-li, 
Nah’bi the son of Véph’si. 

15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gé-i ‘el 
the son of Ma’chi. 


16 These are the names of the 
men which MO6’ses sent to spy 


out the land. 
O-shé’a the son of Nin 


And Mo’ses called 
Jé- 


hésh’u-a. 


17 § And Mo’ses sent them to 
spy out the land of Ca/naan, and 
said unto them, Get you up this 
way southward, and go up into 
the mountain: 

18 And see the land, what it is; 


and the people that dwelleth 


therein, whether they be strong 


or weak, few or many; 


19 And what the land is that 


they dwell in, whether it be good 
or bad; and what cities they be 
that they dwell in, whether in 
tents, or in strong holds; 


20 And what the land is, whether 


it be fat or lean, whether there 


be wood therein, or not. And be 


ye of good courage, and bring of 


the fruit of the land. 


Now the 
time was the time of the firstripe 
grapes. 

21 9 So they went up, and 
searched the land from the wil- 
derness of Zin unto Ré’hob, as 


‘men come to Ha’math. 
22 And they ascended by the 


south, and came unto Hé’bron; 


where A-hi’/man, Shé’shai, and 
Tal’mai, the children of A’nak, 
were. (Now Hé’bron was built 
seven years before Z06’an in 
Egypt.) 


NUMBERS, 13 


23 And they came unto the 
brook of Esh’col, and cut down 
from thence a branch with one 
cluster of grapes, and they bare 
it between two upon a staff; and 
they brought of the pomegran- 
ates, and of the figs. 

24 The place was called the 
brook Esh’col, because of the 
cluster of grapes which the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el cut down from 
thence. 

25 And they returned from 
soca of the land after forty 


day 

26 “a And they went and came 
to MOo’ses, and to Aar’on, and to 
all the congregation of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, unto the wilder- 
ness of Pa’ran, to Ka’desh; and 
brought back word urto them, 
and unto all the congregation, 
and shewed them the fruit of the 


land. 

27 And they told him, and said, 
We came unto the land whither 
thou sentest us, and surely it 
floweth with milk and honeys; 
and this is the fruit of it. 

28 Nevertheless the people be 
strong that dwell in the land, and 
the cities are wailed, and very 
great: and moreover we saw the 
children of A’nak there. 

29 The Am/a-lék-ites dwell in 
the land of the south: and the 
Hit’tites, and the Jéb’u-sites, and 
the Am/6r-ites, dwell in the moun- 
tains: and the Ca’naan-ites dwell 
He thee sea, and by the coast of 

or ‘A 

30 rer Caleb stilled the Peo- 
ple before MO’ses, and said, Let 
us go up at once, and possess it; 
for we are well able to overcome 


it 

31 But the men that went up 
with him said, We be not able to 
go up against the people; for they 
are stronger than we. 

32 And they brought up an evil 
report of the land which they had 
searched unto the children o 
Is’ra-el, saying, Theland, through 
which we have gone to search. it, 
is a land that eateth up the in- 


191 


NUMBERS, 14 


habitants thereof; and all the 
people that we saw in it are men 
of a great stature. 

33 And there we saw the giants, 
the sons of A’nak, which come 
of the giants: and we were in our 
own sight as grasshoppers, and 
so we were in their sight. 


131 CHAPTER 14 


1 The people murmur. 13 Moses 
intercedes. 26 God’s sentence. 


ND all the congregation lifted 
up their voice, and cried; 
and the people wept that night. 

2 And all the children of is’- 
ra-el murmured against Md’ses 
and against Adr’on: and the 
whole congregation said unto 
them, Would God that we had 
died in the land of E’gypt! or 
would God we had died in this 
wilderness! 

3 And wherefore hath the LORD 
brought us unto this land, to fall 
by the sword, that our wives and 
our children should be a prey? 
were it not better for us to return 
into E’/gypt? 

4 And they said one to another, 
Let us make a captain, and let us 
return into E’gypt. 

5 Then MO6’ses and Aar’on fell 
on their faces before all the as- 
sembly of the congregation of the 
children of is’ra-el. 

6 § And Josh’u-a the son of 
Nun, and Ca’leb the son of Jé- 
phin’neh, which were of them 
that searched the land, rent their 
clothes: 

7 And they spake unto all the 
company of the children of Is’- 
ra-el, saying, The land, which we 
passed through to search it, is an 
exceeding good land. | 

8 If the LORD delight in us, 
then he will bring us into this 
land, and give it us; a land 
which floweth with milk and 
honey. 

9 Only rebel not ye against the 
LORD, neither fear ye the people 
of the land; for they are bread 
for us: their defence is departed 


People murmur at spies’ evil report 


from them, and the LORD is with 
us: fear them not. 

10 But all the congregation 
bade stone them with stones, 
And the glory of the LORD ap- 
peared in the tabernacle of the 
congregation before all the chil-| 
dren of is’ra-el. 

11 § And the LORD said unto 
MO6’ses, How long will this people 
provoke me? and how long will 
it be ere they believe me, for all 
the signs which I have shewed 
among them? 

12 I will smite them with the 
pestilence, and disinherit them, 
and will make of thee a greater 
nation and mightier than they. 

3 § And M6’ses said unto the | 
LORD, Then the E-gyp’tians- shall | 
hear zt, (for thou broughtest up 
this people in thy might from 
among them;) 

14 And they will tell it to the 
inhabitants of this land: for 
they have heard that thou LORD 
art among this people, that thou 
LORD art seen face to face, and 
that thy cloud standeth over 
them, and that thou goest before 
them, by day time in a pillar of a 
cloud, and in a pillar of fire by 
night. 

15 ¥¢ Now if thou shalt kill all 
this people as one man, then the 
nations which have heard the 
fame of thee will speak, saying, 

16 Because the LORD was not 
able to bring this people into the 
land which he sware unto them, 
therefore he hath slain them in 
the wilderness. 

17 And now, I beseech thee, let 
the power of my LORD be great, 
according as thou hast spoken, 
saying, 

18 The LORD is longsuffering, 
and of great mercy, forgiving in- 
iquity and transgression, and by 
no means clearing the guilty, 
visiting the iniquity of the fa- 
thers upon the children unto the 
third and fourth generation. 

19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the 
iniquity of this people according 
unto the greatness of thy mercys 


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God’s sentence on the people 


and as thou hast forgiven this 
Bag from E’gypt even until 


m0. ‘And the LorD said, I have 
pardoned according to thy word: 

21 But as truly as I live, all the 
earth shall be filled with the glory 
of the LORD. 

22 Because all those men which 
have seen my glory, and my mir- 
acles, which I did in E’gypt and 
in the wilderness, and have 
tempted me now these ten times, 
and have not hearkened to my 
voice; 

23 Surely they shall not see 
the land which I sware unto their 
fathers, neither shall any of them 
that provoked me see it: 

24 But my servant Ca’leb, be- 
cause he had another spirit ‘with 
him, and hath followed me fully, 
him will I bring into the land 
whereinto he went; his 
seed shall possess it. 

_ 25 (Now the Am/a-lék-ites and 
the Ca’ndan-ites dwelt in the 
valley.) To morrow turn you, 
and get you into the wilderness 
by the way of the Red sea. 

26 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO6’ses and unto Aar’on, saying, 

27 How long shall I bear with 
this evil congregation, which 
murmur against me? have 
heard the murmurings of the 
children of Is’ra-el, which they 
murmur against me. 

28 Say unto thern, As fruly as 
I live, saith the LORD, as ye have 
spoken in mine ears, so will I do 
to you: 

20 Your carcases shall fall in 
‘this wilderness; and all that 
‘were numbered of you, according 
to your whole number, from 
twenty years old and upward, 
porch have murmured against 


and 


30 Doubtless ye shall not come 
‘into the land, concerning which 
I sware to make you dwell there- 
in, save Caleb the son of Jé- 
moon neh, and Josh’u-a the son 
0 
P31 But your little ones, which 
13 


NUMBERS, 14 


ye said should be a prey, them 
will I bring in, and they shall 
know the land which ye have 
despised. 

32 But as for you, your car- 
cases, they shall fall in this wii- 
derness. 

33 And your children shall 
wander in the wilderness forty 
years, and bear your whoredoms, 
until your carcases be wasted in 
the wilderness. 

34 After the number of the days 
in which ye searched the land, 
even forty days, each day for a 
year, shall ye bear your iniquities, 
even forty years, and ye shall 
know my breach of promise. 

35 I the LORD have said, I will 
surely do it unto all this evil con- 
gregation, that are gathered to- 
gether against me: in this wil- 
derness they shall be consumed, 
and there they shall die. 

36 And the men, which M6/- 
ses sent to search the land, who 
returned, and made all the con- 
gregation to murmur against 
him, by bringing up a slander 
upon the land, 

37 Even those men that did 
bring up the evil report upon the 
land, died by the plague before 
the LORD. 

38 But Jdsh’u-a the son of 
Nun, and Ca’leb the son of Jé- 
phin’neh, which were of the men. 
that went to search the land, 
lived still. 

39 And MO’sestold thesesayings 
unto all the children of Is’ra-el: 
and the people mourned greatly. 

40 ¢ And they rose up early in 
the morning, and gat them up 
into the top of the mountain, say- 
ing, Lo, we be here, and will go 
up unto the place which the 
LORD hath promised: for we 
have sinned. 

41 And MOo’ses said, Wherefore 
now do ye transgress the com- 
mandment of the LORD? but it 
shall not prosper. 

42 Go not up, for the LORD is 
not among you; that ye be not 
smitten before your enemies. 


193 


NUMBERS, 15 


43 For the Am/a-lék-ites and 
the Ca’naan-ites are there before 
you, and ye shall fall by the 
sword: because ye are turned 
away from the. LORD, therefore 
the LORD will not be with you. 

44 But they presumed to go up 
unto the hill top: nevertheless 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, and MO’ses, departed not 
out of the camp. 

45 Then the Am/’a-lék-ites came 
down, and the Ca’naan-ites which 
dwelt in that hiil, and smote them, 
and discomfited them, even unto 
Hor’mah. 


132 CHAPTER 15 


1 Laws for offerings for observance in 
Canaan. 32 Punishment of a Sab- 
bathbreaker. 


ND the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

_2 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye be come into the land of 
your habitations, which I give 
unto you, 

3 And will make an offering by 
fire unto the LORD, a burnt offer- 
ing, or a sacrifice in performing 
a vow, or in a freewill offering, 
or in your solemn feasts, to 
make a sweet savour unto the 
BORD: of the herd, or of the 


flock: 

_4 Then shall he that offereth 
his offering unto the LORD bring 
a meat offering of a tenth deal 
of flour mingled with the fourth 
part of an hin of oil. 

And the fourth part of an hin 
of wine for a drink offering shalt 
thou prepare with the burnt of- 
fering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 

6 Or for a ram, thou shalt pre- 
pare for a meat offering two tenth 
deals of flour mingled with the 
third part of an hin‘of oil. 

7 And for a drink offering thou 
shalt offer the third part of an hin 
of wine, for a sweet savour unto 
the LORD. 

8 And when thou preparest a 
bullock for a burnt offering, or 


Laws for offerings 


for a sacrifice in performinga 
vONt or peace offerings unto the 


° "Then shall he bring with a 
bullock a meat offering of three. 
tenth deals of flour mingled with 
half an hin of oil. | 

10 And thou shalt pring for a 
drink offering half an hin of wine, 
for an offering made De fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the LORD. 

11 Thus shall it be done for one. 
bullock, or for one ram, or for a 
lamb, or a kid. 

12 According to the number 
that ye shall prepare, so shall ye. 
do to every one according to their, 
number. 

13 All that are born of the, 
country shall do these things. 
after this manner, in offering an. 
offering made by fire, of a sweet. 
savour unto the LORD. 

And if a stranger sojourn 
with you, or whosoever be among | 
you in your generations, and will. 
offer an offering made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the LORD; as_ 
ye do, so he shall do. 

15 One ordinance shall be 
both for you of the congregation, 
and also for the stranger that 
sojourneth with you an ordinance 
for ever in your generations: as 
ye are, so shall the stranger be 
before the LORD. 

16 One law and one manner 
shall be for you, and for the 
Ay inte that sojourneth with 


tT q And Ba LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, sayin 

18 Speak ania the children of 
Is‘ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye come into the land 
whither I bring you, 

19 Then it shall be, that, when 
ye eat of the bread of the land, 
ye shall offer up an heave offering 
unto the LORD. 

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of 
the first of your dough for an 
heave offering: as ye do the 
heave offering of the threshing- 
floor, so shall ye heave it. 

1 Of the first of your dough ye 





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| Punishment of a Sabbathbreaker 


shall give unto the LORD an heave 
offering in your generations. 

22 4 And if ye have erred, and 
not observed all these command- 
ments, which the LORD hath 
spoken unto M0’ses, 

23 Even all that the LORD hath 
commanded you by the hand of 
Md’ses, from the day that the 
LORD commanded Mo’ses, and 
henceforward among your gener- 
ations; — 

24 Then it shall be, if ought be 
committed by ignorance without 
the knowledge of the congrega- 
tion, that all the congregation 
shall offer one young bullock for 
a burnt offering, for a sweet sa- 
vour unto the LORD, with his 
meat offering, and his drink of- 
fering, according to the manner, 
and one kid of the goats for a 
sin offering. : 

25 And the priest shall make 
an atonement for all the congre- 
gation of the children of Is’ra-el, 
and it shall be forgiven them; for 
it is ignorance: and they shall 
bring their offering, a sacrifice 
made by fire unto the LORD, and 
their sin offering before the 
LoRD, for their ignorance: 

26 And it shall be forgiven all 
the congregation of the children 
of is’ra-el, and the stranger that 
sojourneth among them; seeing 
all the people weve in ignorance. 

27 4 And if any soul sin through 

‘ignorance, then_he shall bring a 
she goat of the first year for a sin 
offering. é 

28 And the priest shall make 
an atonement for the soul that 
sinneth ignorantly, when he sin- 
neth by ignorance before the 
LORD, to make an atonement for 
him; and it shall be forgiven him. 

29 Ye shail have one law for 
him that sinneth through igno- 
rance, both for him that is born 
among the children of Is’ra-el, 

and for the stranger that sojourn- 
eth among them. 

30 | But the soul that doeth 
ought presumptuously, whether 
he be born in the land, or a stran- 


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ger, the same reproacheth the 
LORD; and that soul shall be 
cut off from among his people. 

31 Because he hath despised 
the word of the LORD, and hath 
broken his commandment, that 
soul shall utterly be cut off; his 
iniquity shall be upon him. 

_32 § And while the children of 
Is’ra-el were in the wilderness, 
they found a man that gathered 
sticks upon the sabbath day. 

33 And they that found him 
gathering sticks brought him 
unto Md’ses and Adar’on, and 
unto all the congregation. 

34 And they put him in ward, 
because it was not declared what 
should be done to him. 

35 And the LORD said unto 
M6’ses, The man shall be surely 
put to death: all the congrega- 
tion shall stone him with stones 
without the camp. 

36 And all the congregation 
brought him without the camp, 
and stoned him with stones, and 
he died; as the LORD command- 
ed MO’ses. 

37 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

_38 Speak unto the children of 
is’ra-el, and bid them that they 
make them fringes in the borders 
of their garments throughout 
their generations, and that they 
put upon the fringe of the borders 
a ribband of blue: 

39 And it shall be unto you for a 
fringe, that ye may look upon it, 
and remember all the command- 
ments of the LORD, and do them; 
and that ye seek not after your 
own heart and your own eyes, 
after which ye useto goa whoring: 

40 That ye may remember, and 
do all my commandments, and 
be holy unto your God. 

41 I am the LORD your God, 
which brought you out of the land 
of Egypt, to be your God: Iam 
the LORD your God. 


CHAPTER 16 133 


1 The rebellion of Korah. 31 The 
punishment. 41 Ravages of the plague. 


195 


NUMBERS, 16 


OW Ko’rah, the son of {z’- 

har, the son of Kod’hath, 
the son of Lé’vi, and Da’than 
and A-bi’ram, the sons of E-li ab, 
and On, theson of Pé’leth, sons 
of Reu’ben, took men: 

2 And they rose up before M6’- 
ses, with certain of the children 
of Is’ra-el, two hundred and 
fifty princes of the assembly, 
famous in the congregation, 
men of renown: 

3 And they gathered them- 
selves together against M6’ses 
and against Aar’on, and said 
unto them, Ye take too much 
upon you, seeing all the congre- 
gation are holy, every one of 
them, and the LORD is among 
them: wherefore then lift ye up 
yourselves above the congrega- 
tion of the LORD? j 

4 And when M6’ses heard it, 
he fell upon his face: 

And he spake unto K6’rah 
and unto all his company, say- 
ing, Even to morrow-the LORD 


will shew who are his, and/t 


who is holy; and will cause 
him to come near unto him: even 
him whom he hath chosen will 
he cause to come near unto him. 

6 This do; Take you censers, 
K6’rah, and all his company; 

7 And put fire therein, and put 
incense in them before the LORD 
to morrow: and it shall be that 
the man whom the LORD doth 
choose, he shall be holy: ve 
take too much upon you, ye sons 
of Lé’vi. : 

8 And MO’ses said unto K6’rah, 
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Lé’vi: 

9 Seemeth it but a_ small 
thing unto you, that the God of 
Is‘ra-el hath separated you from 
the congregation of fs’ra-el, to 
bring you near to himself to do 
the service of the tabernacle of 
the LORD, and to stand before 
the congregation to minister 
unto them? 

10 And he hath brought thee 
near to him, and all thy brethren 
the sons of Lé’vi with thee: 


The rebellion of Korah 


11 For which cause both thou 
and all thy company are gathered 
together against the LORD: and 
what is Aar’on, that ye murmur 
against him? 

12 4 And Mo’ses sent to call 
Da’than and A-bi’ram, the sons 
of E-li’ab: which said, We will 
not come up: . 

13 Js it a small thing that thou 
hast brought us up out of a land 
that floweth with milk and 
honey, to kill us in the wilder- 
ness, except thou make thyself 
altogether a prince over us? 

14 Moreover thou hast not 
brought us into a land that 
floweth with milk and honey, or 
given us inheritance of fields 
and vineyards: wilt thou put 
out the eyes of these men? we 
will not come up. 

15 And MO6’ses was very wroth, 
and said unto the LORD, Re- 
spect not thou their offering: I 
have not taken one ass from 
them, neither have I hurt one of 


em. 
16 And M06’ses_ said unto 
K6’rah, Be thou and all thy 
company before the LORD, 
thou, and they, and Aar’on, to 
morrow: 

17 And take every man his 
censer, and put incense in them, 
and bring ye before the LorD 
every man his censer, two hun- 
dred and fifty censers; thou 
also, and Aar’on, each of you 
his censer. 

18 And they took every man 
his censer, and put fire in them, 
and laid incense thereon, and 
stood in the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation with 
MO’ses and Aar’on. 

19 And Ko’rah gathered all the 
congregation against them unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation: and the glory of 
the LORD appeared unto all the 
congregation. 

20 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses and unto Aar’on, saying, 
21 Separate yourselves from 


and seek ye the priesthood also? | among this congregation, that I 
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Punishment of Korah 
| ind consume them in a mo- 


yO. ee they fell upon their 
faces, and said, O God, the 
God of the spirits of all flesh, 
shall one man sin, and wilt 
thou be wroth with alli the con- 
gregation? 
|_23 J And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

24 Speak unto the congrega- 
tion, saying, Get you up from 
about the tabernacle of KO0’rah, 
Da’than, and A-bi’ram. 

25 And Mo’ses rose up and 
went unto Da’than and A-bi’/ram; 
and the elders of is’ra-el fol- 
lowed him. 

26 And he spake unto the con- 
gregation, saying, Depart, I 
‘pray you, from the tents of these 
wicked men, and touch nothing 
of theirs, lest ye be consumed in 
all their sins. 

27 So they gat up from the 
‘tabernacle of K0o’rah, Da’than, 
and A-bi’ram, on every side: 
‘and Da’than and A-bi’ram came 
out, and stood in the door of 
their tents, and their wives, and 
their sons, and their little chil- 
dren. ; 

28 And Mo’ses said, Hereby 
ye shall know that the LORD 
hath sent me to do all these 
works; for J have. not done 
them of mine own mind. 

29 If these men die the com- 
mon death of all men, or if they 
be visited after the visitation of 

1 men; then the LORD hath 
not sent me. 

30 But if the LORD make a 
new thing, and the earth open 
her mouth, and swallow them 
up, with all that appertain unto 
them, and they go down quick 
into the pit; then ye _ shall 
understand that these men have 
provoked the LORD. 

31 § And it came to pass, as 
he had made an end of speaking 
all these words, that the ground 
clave asunder that was under 
them : 

32 And the earth opened her 


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mouth, and swallowed them up, 
and their houses, an the 


men that appertained unto K6’- 
tah, and their goods. 

33 They, and all that apper- 
tained to them, went down alive 
into the pit, and the earth closed 
upon them: and they perished 
from among the congregation. 

34 And all Is’ra-el that were 
round about them fled at the 
cry of them: for they said, Lest 
the earth swallow us up aiso. 


' 35 And there came out a fire 


from the LORD, and consumed 
the two hundred and fifty men 
that offered incense. 

36 § And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, Saying, 

37 Speak unto E-le-a’zar the 
son of Aar’on the priest, that he 
take up the censers out of the 
burning, and scatter thou the 
fire yonder; for they are hal- 
lowed. 

38 The censers of these sin- 
ners against their own souls, let 
them make them broad plates 
for a covering of the altar: for 
they offered them before the 
LORD, therefore they are hal- 
lowed: and they shall be a sign 
unto the children of Is’ra-el. 

nd E-le-a’zar the priest 
took the brasen censers, where- 
with they that were burnt had 
offered; and they were made 
broad plates for a covering of 
the altar: 

40 To be a memorial unto the 
children of Is’ra-el, that no 
stranger, which is not of the 
seed of Aar’on, come near to 
offer incense before the LORD; 
that he be not as Ko’rah, and 
as his company: as the LORD 
said to him by thehand of MO’ses. 

41 § But on the morrow all the 
congregation of the children of 
Iis’‘ra-el murmured against M6’- 
ses and against Aar’on, saying, 
Ye have killed the people of the 
LORD. 

42 And it came to pass, when 
the congregation was gathered 
against M6’ses and against Aar’- 


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NUMBERS, 17 


on, that they looked toward the 
tabernacle of the congregation: 
and, behold, the cloud covered 
it, and the glory of the LoRD 
appeared. 

43 And Md’ses and Adar’on 
came before the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

44 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO6’ses, saying, 

5 Get you up from among 
this congregation, that I may 
consume them as in a moment. 
And they fell upon their faces. 
46 § And Mo’ses said unto 
Aar’on, Take a censer, and put 
fire therein from off the altar, 
and put on incense, and go 
quickly unto the congregation, 
and make an atonement for 
them: for there is wrath gone 
out from the LORD; the plague 
is begun. 

47 And Aar’on took as M6’ses 
commanded, and ran into the 
midst of the congregation; and, 
behold, the plague was begun 
among the people: and he put 
on incense, and made an atone- 
ment for the people. 

48 And he stood between the 
dead and the living; and the 
plague was stayed. 

49 Now they that died in the 
plague were fourteen thousand 
and seven hundred, beside them 
that died about the matter of 
K0’rah 


50 And Aar’on returned unto 
Mo’ses unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation: 
and the plague was stayed. 


134 CHAPTER 17 
1 The budding of Aaron’s rod. 
token against rebels. 
jake the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 
.2 Speak unto the children of 
Is’ra-el, and take of every one 
of them a rod according to the 
house of their fathers, of all their 
princes according to the house 
of their fathers twelve rods: 
write thou every man’s name 
upon his rod. 


10 A 


The budding of Aaron’s roa 


3 And thou shalt write Aar’on’s 
name upon the rod of Lé’vi: fo: 
one rod shall be for the head of 
the house of their fathers. 

4 And thou shalt lay them up 
in the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion before the testimony, where 
I will meet with you. 

5 And it shall come to pass, 
that the man’s rod, whom I 
shall choose, shall blossom: and 
I will make to cease from me 
the murmurings of the children 
of Is’ra-el, whereby they mur- 
mur against you. 

6 4 And Mo’ses spake unto the 
children of is’ra-el, and every 
one of their princes gave him a 
rod apiece, for each prince one, 
according to their fathers’ 
houses, even twelve rods: and 
the rod of Aar’on was among 
their rods. 

7 And M6’ses laid up the rods 
before the LORD in the taber- 
nacle of witness. 

8 And it came to pass, that on 
the morrow MO6’ses went into 
the tabernacle of witness; and, 
behold, the rod of Aar’on for the 
house of Lé’vi was  budded, 
and brought forth buds, and 
bloomed blossoms, and yielded 
almonds. 

9 And MOo’ses brought out all 
the rods from before the LORD 
unto all the children of is’ra-el: 
and they looked, and took every 
man his rod. 

10 {And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Bring Aar’on’srod again 
before the testimony, to be kept 
for a token against the rebels; 
and thou shalt quite take away 
their murmurings from me, that 
they die not. 4 

11 And Mo’ses did so: as the 
LORD commandedhim, so did he. 

12 And the children of, Is’ra-el 
spake unto M6’ses, saying, Be- 
hold, we die, we perish, we 
perish. 

13 Whosoever cometh any 
thing near unto the tabernacle of 
the LORD shall die: shall we be 
consumed with dying? 


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Lhe Levitical charge 
135 CHAPTER 18 


4 The Levitical charge. 9 Portion of 
the priests. 25 The heave offering. 
ND the LORD said unto Aar’- 
on, Thou and thy sons and 
thy father’s house with thee 
shall bear the iniquity of the 
sanctuary: and thou and thy 
‘sons with thee shall bear the 
iniquity of your priesthood. 
2 And thy brethren also of the 
tribe of Lé’vi, the tribe of thy 





| that 
‘unto thee, 
thee : nd 
“with thee shall minister before 
the tabernacle of witness. 


father, bring thou with | thee, 
they may be joined 
and minister unto 
but thou and thy sons 


3 And they shall keep thy 
charge, and the charge of all the 


tabernacle: only they shall not 


come nigh the vessels of the 


sanctuary and the altar, that 


neither they, nor ye also, die. 
4 And they shall be joined unto 


thee, and keep the charge of the 


tabernacle of the congregation, 
for all the service of the taber- 
nacle: and a stranger shall not 
come nigh unto you. 

5 And ye shall keep the charge 
of the sanctuary, and the charge 
that there be no 
wrath any more upon the chil- 


| dren of Is’ra-el. 


6 And I, behold, I have taken 
your brethren the Lé’vites from 
among the children of Is’ra-el: 
to you they are given as a gift 


for the LORD, to do the service 


of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. 
7 Therefore thou and thy sons 


with thee shall keep your priest’s 


_ office for every thing of the altar, 
and within the veil; and ye shall 
serve: I have given your priest’s | d 


office unto you as a service of 
gift: and the stranger that 
cometh nigh shall be put to 


eath. 

8 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
Aar’on, Behold, also. have 
given thee the charge of mine 
heave offerings of all the hal- 
lowed things of the children of 


NUMBERS, i8 


Is’ra-el; unto thee have I given 
them by reason of the anoint- 
ing, and to thy sons, by an 
ordinance for ever. 

9 This shall be thine of the 
most holy things, reserved from 
the fire: every oblation of theirs, 
every meat offering of theirs, 
and every sin offering of theirs, 
and every trespass offering of 
theirs, which they shall render 
unto me, shall be mast holy for 
thee and for thy sons. 

10 In the most holy dlace shalt 

thou eat it; every male shall 
eat it: it shall be holy unto 
thee. 
11 And this is thine; the 
heave offering of their gift, with 
all the wave offerings of the 
children of Is’ra-el: I have given 
them unto thee, and to thy sons 
and to thy daughters with thee, 
by a statute for ever: every one 
that is cleanin thy house shall 
eat of it. . 

12 All the best of the oil, and 
all the best of the wine, and of 
the wheat, the firstfruits of them 
which they shall offer unto the 
LORD, them have I given thee. 
_13 And whatsoever is first ripe 
in the land, which they shali 
bring unto the LORD, shall be 
thine; every one that is clean in 
thine house shall eat of it. 
14 Every thing devoted 
is’ra-el shall be thine. 

15 Every thing that openeth 
the matrix in all flesh, which 
they bring unto the LORD, 
whether it be of men or beasts, 
shall be thine: nevertheless the 
firstborn of man_ shalt thou 
surely redeem, and the firstling of 
unclean beasts shalt thou re- 


eem. 
16 And those that are to be re- 
deemed from a month old shalt 
thou redeem, according to thine 
estimation, for the money of five 
shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary, which is twenty 
gerahs. ; 

17 But the firstling of a cow, 
or the firstling of a sheep, or the 


in 


199 


NUMBERS, 19 


firstling of a goat, thou shalt not 
redeem; they are holy: thou 
shalt sprinkle their blood upon 


the altar, and shalt burn their 


fat for an offering made by fire, 
fora sweet savourunto the LORD. 
18 And the flesh of them shall 


be thine, as the wave breast 


and as the right shoulder are 
thine. 


19 Ail the heave offerings of 


the holy things, which the chil- 
dren of fs’ra-el offer unto the 
LORD, have I given thee, and 
thy sons and thy daughters 
with thee, by a statute for ever: 
it is a covenant of salt for ever 
before the LORD unto thee and 
to thy seed with thee. 

20 4 And the LORD spake unto 
Aar’on, Thou shalt have no in- 


heritance in their land, neither 


shalt thou have any part among 
them: I am thy part and thine 
inheritance among the children 
of Is’ra-el. 

21 And, behold, I have given 
the children of Lé’vi all the tenth 
in is’ra-el for an inheritance, for 
their service which they serve, 
even the service of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

.22 Neither must the children of 
Is’ra-el henceforth come nigh 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, lest they bear sin, and die. 

23 But the Lé’vites shall do 
the service of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and they shall 
bear their iniquity: it shall be 
a.statute for ever throughout 
your generations, that among the 
children of is’ra-el they have 
no inheritance. 

24 But the tithes of the children 
of is’ra-el, which they offer as 
an heave offering unto the LorD, 
I have given to the Lé’vites to 
inherit: therefore I have said 
unto them, Among the children 
of Is’ra-el they shall have no 
inheritance. 

25 §j And the LORD spake unto 

0’ses, Saying, 

26 Thus speak unto the La’- 
vites, and say unto them, When 


Tithes for the Levites 


ye take of the children of {s’ra-el] 
the tithes which I have given 
you from them for your inherit-| 
ance, then ye shall offer up an 
heave offering of it for the LORD, 
even a tenth part of the tithe. 

27 And this your heave offering 
shall be reckoned unto you, as 
though it were the corn of the 
threshingfloor, and as the fulness 
of the winepress. 

28 Thus ye also shall offer an 
heave offering unto the LoRD of 
all your tithes, which ye receive 
of the children of is’ra-el: and 
ye shall give thereof the Lorp’s 
heave offering to Aar’on the 
priest. 

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall | 
offer every heave offering of the 
LORD, of all the best thereof, | 
even the hallowed part thereof 
out of it. 

30 Therefore thou shalt say 
unto them, When ye have heaved 
the best thereof from it, then it 
shall be counted unto the Lée’- 
vites as the increase of the 
threshingfloor, and as the in- 
crease of the winepress. 

31 And ye shail eat it in every 
place, ye and your households: 
for it is your reward for your 
service in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

32 And ye shall bear no sin by 
reason of it, when ye have 
heaved from it the best of it: 
neither shall ye pollute the holy 
things of the children of is’ra-el, 
lest ye die. 


CHAPTER 19 
1 The water of separation. 
for its use. 
7 the LORD spake unto 
. Mo’ses and unto Aar’on, 
Saylng, 3 
2 This is the ordinance of the 
law which the LorD hath com- 
manded, saying, Speak unto the 
children of Is’ra-el, that they 
bring thee a red heifer without 
spot, wherein is no blemish, and 
upon which never came yoke: 
3 And ye shall give her unto 


136 
11 Laws 


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a. 
| 


| The water of separation 


-le-a’zar the priest, that he may 
bring her forth without the 
camp, and one shall slay her 
Bare his face: 

d fE-le-a’/zar the priest 
Efalt take of her blood with his 
finger, and sprinkle of her blood 
directly before the tabernacle of 
the congregation seven times: 

5 And one-shall burn the heifer 
in his sight; her skin, and her 
flesh, and her blood, with her 
dung, shall he burn 
6 And the priest shall take 
cedar wood, and hyssop, and 
scarlet, and cast it into the midst 
of the burning of the heifer. 

7 Then the priest shall wash 
his clothes, and he shall bathe 
his flesh in water, and after- 
ward he shall come into the 

camp, and the priest shall be un- 
clean until the even 

8 And he that burneth her shall 

wash his clothes in water, and 
bathe his flesh in water, and 
shall be unclean until the even. 

9 And a man that is clean shall 
'gather up the ashes of the 
heifer, and lay them up without 
the camp in a clean place, and it 
shall be kept for the congrega- 
tion of the children of Is’ra-el 
for a water of separation: it is 
a purification for sin. 

10 And he that gathereth the 
ashes of the heifer shall wash 
his clothes, and be unclean until 
the even: and it shall be unto 
the children of is’ra-el, and unto 
the stranger that sojourneth 
plone them, for a statute for 


ate ci He that toucheth the 
dead body of any man shall be 

unclean seven days. 
| 12 He shall purify himself 
with it on the third day, and on 
the seventh day he shall be clean: 
but if he purify not himself the 
third day, then the seventh day 
he shall not be clean. 

13 Whosoever toucheth the 
dead body of any man that is 
dead, and purifieth not himself, 
defileth the tabernacle of the 


NUMBERS, 19 


LORD; and that soul shall be 
cut off from Is’ra-el: because 
the water of separation was 
not sprinkled upon him, he shall 
be unclean; his uncleanness is 
yet upon him. 

14 This is the law, when a man 
dieth in a tent: all that come 
into the tent, and all that is in the 
tent, shall be unclean seven days. 

15 And every open _ vessel, 
which hath no covering bound 
upon it, is unclean. 

16 And whosoever toucheth 
one that is slain with a sword 
in the open fields, or a dead 
body, or a bone of a man, or a 
grave,shall be unclean seven days. 

17 And for an unclean person 
they shall take of the ashes of 
the burnt heifer of purification 
for sin, and running water shall 
be put thereto in a vessel: 

18 And a clean person. shall 
take hyssop, and dip it in the 
water, and sprinkle if upon the 
tent, and upon all the vessels, 
and upon the persons that were 
there, and upon him that touched 
a bone, or one slain, or one dead, 
or a grave: 

19 And the clean person shall 
sprinkle upon the unclean on 
the third day, and on the seventh 
day: and on the seventh day 
he shall purify himself, and wash 
his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and shall be clean ateven. 

20 But the man that shall be 
unclean, and shall not purify 
himself, that soul shall be cut 
off from among the congrega~ 
tion, because he hath defiled 
the sanctuary of the LORD: the 
water of separation hath not 
been Suaied upon him; he is 
unclea 

21 Ana it shall be a perpetual 
statute unto them, that he that 
sprinkleth the water of separa- 
tion shall wash his clothes; and 
he that toucheth the water of sepa- 
ration shall be unclean until even. 

22 And whatsoever the un- 
clean person toucheth shall be 
unclean; and the soul that 


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toucheth it shall be unclean 
until even. 


137 CHAPTER 20 

1 Miriam’s death. 7 The water of 
Meribah. 22 Aaron's death. 
HEN came the children of 

Is’ra-el, even the whole 
congregation, into the desert of 

Zin in the first month: and the 

people abode in Ka’desh; and 

Mir’i-am died there, and was 

buried there. 

2 And there was no water for 
the congregation: and _ they 
gathered themselves _ together 
against Mo’ses and against Aar’- 


on. : 

3 And the people chode with 
Mo’ses, and spake, saying, 
Would God that we had died 
when our brethren died before 
the LorD! 

4 And why have ye brought 
up the congregation of the LORD 
into this wilderness, that we and 
our cattle should die there? 

And wherefore have ye made 
us to come up out of E’éyYpt, to 
bring us in unto this evil place? 
it is no place of seed, or of figs, 
or of vines, or of pomegranates; 
neither is there any water to 
drink. 

6 And MO’ses and Aar’on went 
from the presence of the assem- 
bly unto the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, and 
they fell upon their faces: and 
the glory of the LORD appeared 
unto them. 

7 “{ And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

8 Take the rod, and gather 
thou the assembly together, 
thou, and Aar’on thy brother, 
and speak ye unto the rock be- 
fore their eyes; and it shall give 
forth his water, and thou shalt 
bring forth to them water out of 
the rock: so thou shalt give the 
congregation and their beasts 
drink. 

9 And Mo’ses took the rod 
from before the LORD, as he 
commanded him. 


Miriam’s death. Moses smites rock for water 


10 And Mo’ses and Adar’on 
gathered the congregation to- 
gether before the rock, and he 
said unto them, Hear now, ve 
rebels; must we fetch you water 
out of this rock? 

11 And Mo’ses lifted up his 
hand, and with his rod he smote 
the rock twice: and the water 
came out abundantly, and the 
congregation drank, and their 
beasts also. 

12 ¢ And the LORD spake 
unto M0’ses and Aadr’on, Be- 
cause ye believed me not, to 
sanctify me_in the eyes of the 
children of is’ra-el, therefore ye 
shall not bring this congregation 
into the land which I have 
given them. key 

13 This is the water of Mér’i- 
bah; because the children of 
Is’ra-el strove with the LORD, 
and he was sanctified in them. 

14 7 And Mo’ses sent. mes- 
sengers from Ka’desh unto the 
king of E’dom, Thus saith thy 
brother Is’ra-el, Thou knowest 
all the travail that hath befallen 
us: 
15 How our fathers went down 
into E’gypt, and we have dwelt 
in E’gypt a long time; and the 
E-gyp’tians vexed us, and our 
fathers: 

16 And when we cried unto 
the LORD, he heard our voice, 
and sent an angel, and hath 
brought us forth out of £’s¥pt: 
and, behold, we are in Ka’desh, 
a city in the uttermost of thy 
border: 

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, 
through thy country: we will 
not pass through the fields, or 
through the vineyards, neither 
will we drink of the water of the 
wells: we will go by the king’s 
high way, we will not turn to 
the right hand nor to the left, 
until we have passed thy borders. 

18 And E’dom said unto him, 
Thou shalt not pass by me, lest 
I come out against thee with 
the sword. : 

19 And the children of is’ra-el 


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Plague of fiery serpents 


said unto him, We will go by the 
high way: and if I and my 
cattle drink of thy water, then 
I will pay for it: I will only, 
without doing any thing else, 
go through on my feet. 

20 And he said, Thou shalt not 
go through. And E’/dom came 
out against him with much 
people, and with a strong hand. 

21 Thus £’dom refused to give 
Is‘ra-el passage through his 
border: wherefore Is’ra-el turned 
away from him. 

22 4 And the children of is’- 

ra-el, even the whole congrega- 
tion, journeyed from Ka’desh, 
and came unto mount Hor. 
23 And the LORD spake unto 
Mo’ses and Aar’on in mount Hor, 
by the coast of the land of £’dom, 
“saying, 

24 Aar’on shall be gathered 
unto his people: for he shall not 
enter into the land which I have 
given unto the children of Is’- 
ra-el, because ye rebelled against 
my word at the water of Mér’i-bah. 

25 Take Aar’on and E-le-a’zar 
his son, and bring them up unto 
mount Hor: | ‘ 

26 And strip Aar’on of his 
garments, and put them wpon 
E-le-a’zar his son: and Aar’on 
shall be gathered unto his 
people, and shall die there. 

27 And Md’ses did as the LORD 

commanded: and they went up 
into mount Hér in the sight of 
all the congregation. 
_ 28 And Md’ses stripped Aar’on 
of his garments, and put them 
upon E-le-a’zar his son; and 
Aar’on died there in the top of 
the mount: and Mo’ses and 
E-le-a’zar came down from the 
mount. 

29 And when all the congrega- 
tion saw that Aar’on was dead, 
they mourned for Aar’on thirty 
days, even all the house of 
Is’ra-el. 


138 CHAPTER 21 


1 The fiery serpents. 9 The serpent of 
brass. 21 Israel's victories. 


NUMBERS, 21 


ND when king A’‘rad the 

Ca/naan-ite, which dwelt in 

the south, heard tell that is’ra-el 

came by the way of the spies; 

then he fought against Is’ra-el, 

and took some of them 
prisoners. 

2 And is’ra-el vowed a vow 
unto the LORD, and said, If thou 
wilt indeed deliver this people 
into my hand, then will 
utterly destroy their cities. 

d the LorRD hearkened to 
the voice of Is’ra-el, and de- 
livered up the Ca’naan-ites; and 
they utterly destroyed them and 
their cities: and he called the 
name of the place Hér’mah. 

4 4 And they journeyed from 
mount Hor by the way of the 
Red sea, to compass the land of 
E’dom: and the soul of the 
people was much discouraged 
because of the way. ; 

5 And the people spake against 
God, and against MO’ses, Where- 
fore have ye brought us up out 
of &’é¥pt to die in the wilderness? 
for there is no bread, neither is 
there any water; and our soul 
loatheth this light bread. 

6 And the LORD sent fiery 
serpents among the people, and 
they bit the people; and much 
people of Is’ra-el died. 

7 § Therefore the people came 
to Mo’ses, and said, We have 
sinned, for we have spoken 
against the LORD, and against 
thee; pray unto the LORD, that 
he take away the serpents from 
us. And Md’ses prayed for the 
people. ; 

8 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Make thee a fiery ser- 
pent, and set it upon a pole: and 
it shall come to pass, that every 
one that is bitten, when he 
looketh upon it, shall live. 

9 And M6d’ses made a serpent 
of brass, and put it upon a pole, 
and it came to pass, that if a 
serpent had bitten any man, 
when he beheld the serpent of 
brass, he lived. 

10 4 And the children of Ig’- 


203 


NUMBERS, 21 


ra-el set forward, and pitched 
in O/both. : 

11 And they journeyed from 

O’both, and pitched at fj’e- 
ib’a-rim, i in the wilderness which 
as before Mo’ab, toward the sun- 
rising. 

12 4. From thence they re- 
moved, and pitched in the valley 
of Za’red. 

13 From thence they removed, 
and pitched on the other side of 
Ar’non, which is in the wilder- 
ness that cometh out of the 
coasts of the Am/’ér-ites: for 
Ar’non is the border of Mod’ab, 
between M6’ab and the Am’- 
or-ites. es 

14 Wherefore it is said in the 
book of the wars of the LoRD, 
What he did in the Red sea, and 
in the brooks of Ar’n6n, 

15 And at the stream of the 
brooks that goeth down to the 
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon 
the border of M6’ab. 

16 And from thence they went 
to Bé’er: that is the well where- 
of the LORD spake unto MOd’ses, 
Gather the people together, and 
I will give them water. 

17 4 Then Is’ra-el sang this 
song, Spring up, O well; sing 
ye unto it: { 

18 The princes digged the well, 
the nobles of the people digged 
it, by the direction of the law- 
giver, with their staves. And 
from the wilderness they went 
to Mat’ta-nah: 

19 And from Mat’ta-nah to 
Na-ha‘li-el: and from N4a-ha’- 
li-el to Ba’moth: 

20 And from, Ba’moth in the 
valley, that is in the country of 
Mo’ab, to the top of Pis’gah, 
which looketh toward Jésh’i- 


mon. 

21 9 And fIs’ra-el sent mes- 
sengers unto Si/hon king of the 
Am/or-ites, saying, 

22 Let me pass through thy 
land: we will not turn into the 
fields, or into the vineyards: we 
will not drink of the waters of 
the well: but we will go along 


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‘border: 


Israel’s victory over the Amorites 


by the king’s high way, until we: 
be past thy borders. 
_23 And Si’/hén would not suffer 
Is’‘ra-el to pass through his: 
but Si’hon gathered all 
his people together, and went 
out against Is’ra-el into the! 
wilderness: and he came to: 
Ja’haz,and foughtagainst Is’ra-el. | 

24 And is’ra-el smote him. 
with the aps of the sword, and 
possessed his land from Ar’n6n | 
unto Jab’bok, even unto the 
children of Am’mén: for the) 
border of the children of Am’moén 
was strong. 

25 And Is’ra-el took all these 
cities: and Is’ra-el dwelt in all 
the cities of the Am/’6r-ites, in 
Hésh’bon, and in all the vil- 
lages thereof. 

26 For Hésh’bén was the city 
of Si/hon the king of the Am’ér- 
ites, who had fought against the 
former king of Mo’ab, and taken 
all his land out of his hand, even 
unto Ar’non. 

27 Wherefore they that speak 
in proverbs say, Come _ into 
Hésh’bon, let the city of Si/hén 
be built and prepared: 

28 For there is a fire gone out 
of Hésh’bén, a flame from the 
city of Si/hon: it hath consumed 
Ar of M0o’ab, and the lords of 
the high places of Ar’non. 

29 Woe to thee, Mo’ab! thou 
art undone, O people of Ché/- 
mosh: he hath given his sons 
that escaped, and his daughters, . 
into captivity unto Si/hon king 
of the Am/6r-ites. 

30 We have shot at them; 
Hésh’bon is perished even unto 
Di’/bon, and we have laid them 
waste even unto Nd’phah, which 
reacheth unto Méd’e-ba. 

31 4 Thus is’ra-el dwelt in the 
land of the Am/6r-ites. 

And Mo’ses sent to spy out 
Ja-a’zér, and they took the 
villages thereof, and drove out 
the Am/’6r-ites that were there. 

33 4 And they turned and went 
up by the way of Ba’shan: and 
Og the king of Ba’shan went out 





ge 
ier 


Balak and Balaam 


against them, he, and all his 
people, to the battle at Ed’re-i. 
_34 And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Fear him not: for I 
have delivered him into thy 
hand, and all his people, and his 
land; and thou shalt do to him 
as thou didst unto Si/hon king of 
the Am/’6r-ites, which dwelt at 
‘Hésh’bon. 

35 So they smote him, and his 
sons, and all his people, until 
‘there was none left him alive: 
and they possessed his land. 


1139 CHAPTER 22 
1 Balak and Balaam. 22 The oppos- 
ing angel. 36 Balak entertains Ba- 
| laam. 
AND the children of Is’ra-el 
| set forward, and pitched in 
‘the plains of MO6’ab on this side 
‘J6or’dan by Jér’i-cho. ; 
| 2 4 And Ba’lak the son of Zip’- 
‘por saw all that_Is’ra-el had 
‘done to the Am’6r-ites. ’ 
| 3 And Md’ab was sore afraid 
‘of the people, because they were 
many: and M6’ab was distressed 
| eee of the children of Is’- 

Ta-el. 

4 And Mod’ab said unto the 
elders of Mid’i-an, Now shall 
this company lick up all that are 
round about us, as the ox licketh 
up the grass of the field. And 
Ba‘lak the son of Zip’por was 
king of the M6’ab-ites at that time. 

5 He sent messengers therefore 
unto Ba’laam the son of Beée’or 
to Pé’thér, which is by the 
river of the land of the children 
of his people, to call him, saying, 
Behold, there is a people come 
out from E’gypt: behold, they 
cover the face of the earth, and 
they abide over against me: 

6 Come now therefore, I pray 
thee, curse me this people; for 
they are too mighty for me: 
peradventure I shall prevail, that 
“We may smite them, and that I 
may drive them out of the land: 
for I wot that he whom thou 
blessest is blessed, and he whom 
thou cursest is cursed. ; 











NUMBERS, 22 


7 And the elders of M0’ab and 
the elders of Mid’i-an departed 
with the rewards of divination 
in their hand; and they came 
unto Ba’laam, and spake unto 
him the words of Ba’lak. 

8 And he said unto them, 
Lodge here this night, and I will 
bring you word again, as the 
LORD shall speak unto me: and 
the princes of M06’ab abode with 
Ba’/laam. 

9 And God. came unto Ba’- 
laam, and said, What men are 
these with thee? 

10 And Ba’laam said unto God, 
Ba‘lak the son of Zip’por, king 
of Mo’ab, hath sent unto me, 
saying, ( 

11 Behold, there is a people 
come out of E’éypt, which cover- 
eth the face of the earth: come 
now, curse me them; per- 
adventure I shall be able to over- 
come them, and drive them out. 

12 And God said unto Ba’laam, 
Thou shalt not go with them; 
thou shalt not curse the people: 
for they are blessed. 

13 And Ba’laam rose up in the 
morning, and said unto the 
princes of Ba’lak, Get you into 
your land: for the LORD re- 
fuseth to give me leave to go 
with you. 4 

14 And the princes of M6’ab 
rose up, and they went unto 
Balak, and said, Ba’laam re- 
fuseth to come with us. 

15 ¥ And Ba’lak sent yet again 
princes, more, and more honour- 
able than they. 

16 And they came to Ba’/laam, 
and said to him, Thus saith 
Ba‘lak the son of Zip’por, Let 
nothing, I pray thee, hinder 
thee from coming unto me: 

17 For will promote thee 
unto -very great honour, and I 
will do whatsoever thou sayest 
unto me: come therefore, I pray 
thee, curse me this people. 

18 And Ba’laam answered and 
said unto the servants of Ba’lak, 
If Balak would give me his 
house full of silver and gold, I 


205. 


NUMBERS, 22 


cannot go beyond the word of 
the LORD my God, to do less or 
more. 

19 Now therefore, I pray you, 
tarry ye also shere this night, 
that I may know what the LORD 
will say unto me more. 

20 And God came unto Ba’laam 
at night, and said unto him, If 
the men come to call thee, rise 
up, and go with them; but yet 
the word which I shall say unto 
thee, that shalt thou do. . 

21 And Ba’laam rose up in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, 
and went with the princesof M6’ab. 

22 4 And God’s anger was 
kindled because he went: and 
the angel of the LORD stood in 
the way for an adversary against 
him. Now he was riding upon 
his ass, and his two servants 
were with him. : 

23 And the ass saw the angel 
of the LORD standing in the 
way, and his sword drawn in 
his hand: and the ass turned 
aside out of the way, and went 
into the field: and Ba’laam 
smote the ass, to turn her into 
the way. 

24 But the angel of the LORD 
stood in a path of the vineyards, 
a wall being on this side, and a 
wall on that side. 

25 And when the ass saw the 
angel of the LORD, she thrust 
herself unto the wall, and 
crushed Ba’laam’s foot against 
the wall: and he smote her 
again. 

26 And the angel of the LORD 
went further, and stood in a 
narrow place, where was _ no 
way to turn either to the right 
hand or to the left. 

27 And when the ass saw the 
angel of the LORD, she fell down 
under Ba’laam: and Ba’laam’s 
anger was kindled, and he smote 
the ass with a staff. 

28 And the LORD opened the 
mouth of the ass, and she said 
unto Ba’iaam, What have I done 
unto thee, that thou hast smitten 
me these three times? 


An angel opposes Balaam 


29 And Ba’/laam said unto the 
ass, Because thou hast mocked 
me: I would there were a sword 
in mine hand, for now would 
I kill thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Ba’- 
laam, Am not IJ thine ass, upon 
which thou hast ridden ever 
since I was thine unto this day? 
was I ever wont to do so unto 
thee? And he said, Nay. 

31 Then the LORD opened the 
eyes of Ba’laam, and he saw 
the angel of the LORD standing 
in the way, and his sword 
drawn in his hand: and he 
bowed down his head, and fell 
flat on his face. 

32 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto him, Wherefore hast 
thou smitten thine ass these 
three times? behold, I went out 
to withstand thee, because thy 
way is perverse before me: 

33 And the ass saw me, and 
turned from me these three 
times: unless she had turned 
from me, surely now also I had 
slain thee, and saved her alive. 

34 And Ba’laam said unto the 
angel of the Lorp, I have 
sinned; for I knew not that 
thou stoodest in the way against 
me: now therefore, if it dis- 
please thee, I will get me back 
again. 

35 And the angel of the Lorp 
said unto Ba’laam, Go with the 
men: but only the word that I 
shall speak unto thee, that thou 
shalt speak. So Ba’laam went 
with the princes of Ba’lak. 

36 § And when Balak heard 
that Ba’laam was come, he 
went out to meet him unto a 
city of M6’ab, which is in the 
border of Ar’non, which is in the 
utmost coast. 

37 And Ba/‘lak said unto Ba’- 
laam, Did I not earnestly send 
unto thee to call thee? where- 
fore camest thou not unto me? 
am I not able indeed to promote 
thee to honour? ’ 

38 And Ba’laam said unto Ba’- 
lak, Lo, I am come unto thee: 


206 


Balak’s sacrifice and Balaam’s parable 


have I now any power at all to 


NUMBERS, 23 


shall I defy, whom the LORD 


say any thing? the word that 
God putteth in my mouth, that 
shall I speak. 

39 And Ba’‘laam went with 
Balak, and they came unto 
Kir’jath-ha’zoth. 

40 And Ba‘lak offered oxen and 
sheep, and sent to Ba’laam, and 
4 pie princes that were with 


AL “And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that Ba’lak took Ba’- 
laam, and brought him up into 
the high places of Ba’al, that 
thence he might see the utmost 
part of the people. 


140 CHAPTER 23 
Balak’s sacrifice and Balaam's parable. 
ND Ba/‘laam said unto Ba’- 
lak, Build me here seven 
altars, and prepare me _ here 
seven oxen and seven rams. 

2 And Ba‘lak did as Ba’laam 
had spoken; and Ba’‘lak and 
Ba’laam offered on every altara 
bullock and a ram. 

3 And Ba’laam said unto Ba’- 
lak, Stand by thy burnt offering, 
and I will go: peradventure the 
LORD will come to meet me: 
and whatsoever he sheweth me 
I will tell thee. And he went 
to an high place. 

4 And God met Ba’laam: and 
he said unto him, I have pre- 
pared seven altars, and I have 
offered upon every altar a bull- 
ock and a ram. 

5 And the LORD put a word 
in Ba’laam’s mouth, and said, 
Return unto Ba’lak, and thus 
thou shalt speak. ; 

6 And he returned unto him, 
and, lo, he stood by his burnt 
sacrifice, he, and all the princes 
of M6’ab. 5 

7 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Ba’lak the king of Mo’- 
ab hath brought me from A’ram, 
out of the mountains of the east, 
saving, Come, curse me Ja/cob, 

and come, defy {is’ra-el. 

8 How shall I curse. whom 
God hath not cursed? or how 


hath not defied? 

9 For from the top of the rocks 
I see him, and from the hills I 
behold him: lo, the people shall 
dwell alone, and shall not be 
reckoned among the nations. 

10 Who can count the dust of 
Ja’cob, and the number of the 
fourth part of Is’ra-el? Let me 
die the death of the righteous, 
and let my last end be like his! 

11 And Ba’lak said unto Ba’- 
laam, What hast thou done unto 
me? I took thee to curse mine 
enemies, and, behold, thou hast 
blessed them altogether. 

12 And he answered and said, 
Must I not take heed to speak 
that which the LORD hath put in 
my mouth? 

13 And Ba’lak said unto him, 
Come, I pray thee, with me unto 
another place, from whence thou 
mayest see them: thou shalt see 
but the utmost part of them, and 
shalt not see them all: and curse 
me them from thence. 

14 4 And he brought him into 
the field of Z6’phim, to the top of 
Pis’gah, and built seven altars, 
and offered a bullock and a ram 
on every altar. 

15 And he said unto Ba’lak, 
Stand here by thy burnt offering, 
while I meet the LORD yonder. 

16 And the LORD met Ba’/laam, 
and put a word in his mouth, and 
said, Go again unto Ba’lak, and 
say thus. 

17 And when he came to him, 
behold, he stood by his burnt 
offering, and the princes of M6’ab 
with him. And Ba’lak said unto 
him, What hath the LORD 
spoken? 

18 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Rise up, Ba’lak, and 
hear; hearken unto me, thou son 
of Zip’por: 

19 God is not a man, that he 
should lie; neither the son of 
man, that he should repent: hath 
he said, and shall he not do7f? or 
hath he spoken, and shall he not 
make it good? 


207 


NUMBERS, 24 


20 Behold, I have received 
commandment to bless: and he 
hath blessed; and I cannot reverse 


it. 

21 He hath not beheld iniquity 
in Ja’cob, neither hath he seen 
perverseness in Is’ra-el: the 
LORD his God is withhim, and 
the shout of a king is among 
them. 

22 God brought them out of 
E/gypt; he hath as it were the 
strength of an unicorn. 

23 Surely there is no enchant- 
ment against Ja’cob, neither is 
there any divination against 
Is’‘ra-el: according to this time 
it shall be said of Ja’cob and of 
Is’ra-el, What hath God wrought! 

24 Behold, the people shall rise 
up as a great lion, and lift up him- 
self as a young lion: he shall not 
lie down until he eat of the prey, 
and drink the blood of the slain. 

25 ¥ And Ba’lak said unto Ba’- 
laam, Neither curse them at all, 
nor bless them at all. 

26 But Ba’laam answered and 
said unto Ba’lak, Told not I thee, 
saying, All that the LORD speak- 
eth, that I must do? 

27 ¥ And Ba’lak said unto Ba’- 
laam, Come, I pray thee, I will 
bring thee unto another place; 
peradventure it will please God 
that thou mayest curse me them 
from thence. 

28 And Ba‘lak brought Ba’laam 
unto the top of Pé’or, that looketh 
toward Jésh’‘i-m6n. 

29 And Ba’laam said unto Ba’- 
lak, Build me here seven altars, 
and prepare me here seven bull- 
ocks and seven rams. 

30 And. Ba’lak did as Ba’laam 
had said, and offered a bullock 
and a ram on every altar. 


141 CHAPTER 24 


1 Baiaam prophesies in favour of Israel. 
10 Balak’s anger. 


ND when Ba’laam saw that it 
£"X pleased the LORD to bless 
Is’ra-el, he went not, as at other 
times, to seek for enchantments, 


Balaam prophesies in favour of Israel 


but he set his face toward the 
wilderness. : ' 

2 And Ba’‘laam lifted up his 
eyes, and he saw Is’ra-el abiding 
in_his tents according to their 
tribes; and the spirit of God 
came upon him. - 

3 And he took up his, parable, 
and said, Ba’laam the son of: 
Bé’or hath said, and the man 
whose eyes are open hath said: 

4 He hath said, which heard 
the words of God, which saw the 
vision of the Almighty, falling 
into a trance, but having his eyes. 
open: 

5S How goodly are thy tents, O. 
Ja’cob, and thy tabernacles, O: 
Is’ra-el! “2 

6 As the valleys are they spread 
forth, as gardens by the river’s 
side, as the trees of lign aloes. 
which the LORD hath planted, 
and as cedar trees beside the 
waters. 

7 He shall pour the water out of | 
his buckets, and his seed shall be 
in many waters, and his king 
shall be higher than A’gag, and 
his kingdom shall be exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of: 
E’éypt; he hath as it were the 
strength of an unicorn: he shall 
eat up the nations his enemies, 
and shall break their bones, and. 
pierce them through with his: 
arrows. 

9 He couched, he lay down asa 
lion, and as a great lion: who. 
shall stir him up? Blessed is 


he that blesseth thee, and cursed | 


is he that curseth thee. 

10 § And Ba’lak’s anger was. 
kindled against Ba’laam, and he. 
smote his hands together: and 
Ba’lak said unto Ba/’laam, [I 
called thee to curse mine ene-: 
mies, and, behold, thou hast al- 
together blessed them these three 
times. 

11 Therefore now flee thou to 
thy place: I thought to promote 
thee unto great honour; but, lo, 
the LORD hath kept thee back 
from honour. ; 

12 And Ba’laam said unto Ba’= 


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| Balaam’s prophecy 


‘lak, Spake I not also to thy mes- 
sengers which thou sentest unto 
‘me, saying, i 
413 If Ba’lak would give me his 
‘house full of silver and gold, 
cannot go beyond the command- 
‘ment of the LORD, to do either 
good or bad of mine own mind; 
but what the LORD saith, that 
will I speak? 

14 And now, behold, I go unto 
‘my people: come therefore, and 
I will advertise thee what this 
people shall do to thy people in 
the latter days. 

15 q And he took up his parable, 
and said, Ba’laam the son of Bé’or 
hath said, and the man whose 
eyes are open hath said: 

16 He hath said, which heard 
the words of God, and knew the 
knowledge of the most High, 
which saw the vision of the Al- 
mighty, falling into a trance, but 
having his eyes open: 

17 I shall see him, but not 
now: I shall behold him, but not 
nigh: there shali come a Star 
out of Ja’cob, and a Sceptre shall 
rise out of Is’ra-el, and shall 
smite the corners of M6’ab, and 
destroy all the children of Shéth. 

18 And E’dom shall be a pos- 
session, Sé’ir also shall be a pos- 
Session for his enemies; and 
Is’ra-el shall do valiantly. 

19 Out of Ja’cob shall come he 
that shall have dominion, and 
shall destroy him that remaineth 
of the city. 

20 4 And when he looked on 
Am’a-lék, he took up his parable, 
and said, Am’a-lék was the first 
of the nations; but his latter end 
Shall be that he perish for ever. 

21 And he looked on the Kén’- 
ites, and took up his parable, and 
said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, 
ed thou puttest thy nest in a 


99 Nevertheless the Kén ‘ite 
shall be wasted, until As’shur 
pall carry thee away captive. 

3 And he took up his parable, 
ind said, Alas, who shall live 
when God doeth this! 

14 


NUMBERS, 25 


24 And ships shall come from 
the coast of Chit’tim, and shall 
afflict As’shur, and shall afflict 

E’bér, and he also shall perish 


I | for ever. 


25 And Ba’laam rose up, and 
went_and returned to his place: 
and Ba’lak also went his way. 


CHAPTER 25 142 
1 The camp at Shittim. 10 Phinehas 
given an everlasting priesthood. 
WD Is’ra-el abode in Shit’- 
tim, and the people began 
to commit whoredom with the 
daughters of M6’ab. 

2 And they called the people 
unto the sacrifices of their gods: 
and the pecple did eat, and 
bowed down to their gods. 

3 And fIs’ra-el joined himself 
unto Ba’al—-pé’or: and the anger 
of the LORD was kindled against 
is’ra-el. 

4 And the LORD said unto Mé’- 
ses, Take all the heads of the 
people, and hang them up before 
the LORD against the sun, that 
the fierce anger of the LORD may 
be turned away from fs’ra-el. 

And Mo’ses said unto the 
judges of Is’ra-el, Slay ye every 
one his men that were joined 
unto Ba’al—pé’or. 

6 § And, behold, one of the 
children of iIs’ra-el came and 
brought unto his brethren a Mid’- 
i-an-it-ish woman in the sight of 
MO0’ses, and in the sight of all the 
congregation of the children of 
Is’ra-el, who were weeping be- 
fore the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

7 And when Phin’e-has, the 
son of E-le-a’zar, the son of Aar’~ 
on the priest, saw it, he rose up 
from among the congregation, 
and took a javelin in his hand: 
_8 And he went after the man of 
Is’ra-el into the tent, and thrust 
both of them through, the man of 
Is’ra-el, and the woman through 
her belly. So the plague was 
stayed from the children of 
Is’ra-el. 

© And those that died in the 


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NUMBERS, 26 


plague were twenty and four 
thousand. 

10 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 
mo ses, Saying, 

1 Phin’e-has, the son. of 

Bele laaae the son of Aar’on the 
priest, hath turned my wrath 
away from the children of fs’ra- 
el, while he was zealous for my 
sake among them, that I con- 
sumed not the children of Is’ra-el 
in my jealousy. 

12 Wherefore say, Behold, I 
give unto him my covenant of 


peace: 

13 And he shall have it, and 
his seed after him, even the cov- 
enant of an everlasting priest- 
hood; because he was zealous 
for his God, and made an atone- 
ment for the children of Is’ra-el. 

14 Now the name of the is’ra- 
el-ite that was slain, even that 
was slain with the Mid’1-an-it-ish 
woman, was Zim’ri, the son of 
Sa/lu, a prince of a chief house 
among the Sim/e-on-ites. 

15 And the name of the Mid’1- 
an-it-ish woman that was slain 
was Coz’bi, the daughter of Zir; 
he was head over a people, and 
of a chief house in Mid’i-an. 

16 4 And ie LORD spake unto 
MO6’ses, sayin 

17 Vex the “Mid’i-an-ites, and 
smite them: ; 

18 For they vex you with their 
wiles, wherewith they have be- 
guiled you in the matter of Pé’or, 
and in the matter of Coz’bi, the 
daughter of a prince of Mid’i-an, 
their sister, which was slain in 
ne day of the plague for Pé’or’s 
sake. 


143 CHAPTER 26 


1 Israel is numbered. a Inheritance 
to be by lo 


ANP it came to det after the 
plague, that the LORD spake 
unto MOo’ses and unto E-le-a/zar 
the son of Aar’on the priest, say- 


ing, 

2 Take the sum of all the con- 
gregation of the children of Is’- 
ra-el, from twenty years old and 


Numbering of Israe 


upward, throughout their fathers 
house, all that are able to go t 
war in Is’ra-el. i 

3 And MOo’ses and E-le-a’zar thi 
priest spake with them in the 
plains of M6’ab by Jér’dan neai 
Jér’i-cho, saying, 

4 Take the sum of the people 
from twenty years old and up. 
ward; as the LORD commandec 
MO’ses and the children of Is’ 
ra-el, which went forth out of the 
land of &’gypt. 

5 ¥ Reu’ben, the eldest son oi 
Is’ra-el: the children of Reu’ben: 
Ha’noch, of whom cometh the 
family of the Ha/’/noch-ites: oi 
Fel dus the family of the Pal’lu- 
ites: 

6 Of Héz’ron, the family of the 
Héz’ron-ites: of Car’mi, the 
family of the Cdr’mites. 

7 These are the families of the 
Reu’ben-ites: and they that were 
numbered of them were forty and 
three thousand and seven hun- 
dred and thirty. 

8 And the sons of Pal’lu: 


E-li’ab. 


9 And the sons of E-li’ab; Né- 
mi/el, and Da’than, and A-bi’- 
ram. This is that Da’than and 

A-bi’ram, which were famous in 
the congregation, who strove 
against MO’ses and against Aar’- 
on in the company of Ko’rah, 
when they strove against the 
LORD: 

10 And the earth opened he 
mouth, and swallowed them ur 
together with K6’rah, when that 
company died, what time the fire 
devoured two hundred and fifty 
men: and they became a Sign. | 

11 Notwithstanding the chil- 
dren of K6’rah died not. 

12 4 The’sons of Sim’e-on afte 
their families: of Né-mi’el, the 
family of the Né-miiel-ites: of 
Ja’min, the family of the Ja’min- 
ites: of Ja’chin, the family o! 
the Ja’chin-ites: 

13 Of Zé’rah, the family of the 
Zar’hites: of Sha’ ul, the family 
of the Sha’ul-ites. 

14 These are the families of the 


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be 


| Numbering of Israel 









| thousand and two hundred. 
| 15 § The children of Gad after 
‘their families: of Zé’phon, the 
‘family of the Zé’phon-ites: of 
_Hag’gi, the family of the Hag’- 
'gites: of Shu’ni, the family of the 
‘shu/nites: 

',16 Of O2z’ni, the family of the 
Oz’nites: of E’ri, the family of 
the E’rites: | / 

_17 Of A’rod, the family of the 
| A’rod-ites: of A-ré’li, the family 
of the A-ré’lites. 

18 These are the families of the 
‘children of Gad according to 
those that were numbered of 
‘them, forty thousand and five 
‘hundred. 

19 {The sons of Ja’dah were 
fr and O’nan: and fr and O’nan 
died in the land of Ca’ndan. 

20 And the sons of Ji’dah 
after their families were; of 
Shé/lah, the family of the Shé’- 
an-ites: of Pha'réz, the family 
of the Phar’zites: of Zé’rah, the 
family of the Zar’hites. 

_21 And the sons of Pha’réz 
were; of Héz’ron, the family of 
the Héz’ron-ites: of Ha’miul, the 
family of the Ha’mul-ites. | 
22 These are the families of 
Ja’dah according to those that 
Were numbered of them, three- 
Score and sixteen thousand and 
five hundred. s 
'23 4 Of the sons of Is’sa-char 
lafter their families: of T6’la, the 
family of the T6’la-ites: of Pia’a, 
the family of the Pi’nites: | 
_24 Of Jash’ib, the family of 
| Jash’ub-ites: of Shim/rén, 
the family of the Shim’ron-ites. 
25 These are the families of 
Is’sa-char according to those that 
‘were numbered of them, three- 
score and four thousand and 
three hundred. E 
| 26 4 Of the sons of Zéb’u-lin 
after their families: of Sé’red, 
he family of the Sar’dites: of 
Elon, the family of the £’lon-ites: 
‘of Jah’lé-el, the family of the 
Jah’lé-el-ites. ihe 
' 27 These are the families of the 


NUMBERS, 26 


yen la pn ab Fo 
_Sim’e-on-ites, twenty and two| Zéb’u-lun-ites according to those 


that were numbered of them, 
threescore thousand and five 
hundred. 

28 | The sons of J6’seph after 
their families were Ma-nas’seh 
and E’phra-im. 

29 Of the sons of Ma-nds’seh: 
of Ma’chir, the family of the 
Ma’chir-ites: and Ma’chir begat 
Gil’e-ad: of Gil’e-Ad come the 
family of the Gil’e-ad-ites. 

30 These'are the sons of Gil’e- 
ad: of Jé-é’zér, the family of 
the Jé-é’zér-ites: of Hé’lék, the 
family of the Hé’lek-ites: 

31 And of As’ri-el, the family of 
the As’ri-el-ites: and of Shé’- 
chem, the family of the Shé’- 
chem-ites: 

32 And of Shé-mi’da, the fam- 
ily of the Shé-mi’da-ites: and of 
Hé’phér, the family of the Hé’- 
pher-ites. 

33 ff And Zé-l6’phe-had the 
son of Hé’phér had no sons, but 
daughters: and the names of the 
daughters of Zé-16’phe-had were 
Mah'lah, and N6/’ah, Hoeg’lah, 
Mil’cah, and Tir’zah. 

34 These are the families of 
M4a-nas’seh, and those that were 
numbered of them, fifty and two 
thousand and seven hundred. 

35 § These are the sons of 
E’phra-im after their families: of 
Shu’the-lah, the family of the 
Shu’thal-hites: of Bé’chér, the 
family of the Bach’rites: of Ta’~ 
han, the family of the Ta’hanites. 

36 And these are the sons of 
Shu’the-lah: of E’ran, the family 
of the E’ran-ites. 

37 These are the families of the 
sons of E’phra-im according to 
those that were numbered of 
them, thirty and two thousand 
and five hundred. These are the 
sons of J6’seph after their fam- 
ilies. 

38 4 The sons of Bén’ja-min 
after their families: of Bé’la, the 
family of the Bé’la-ites: of Ash’= 
bel, the family of the Ash’bel-ites: 
of A-hi’ram, the family of the 
A-hi’ram-ites: 


211 


NUMBERS, 26 


39 Of Shu’pham, the family of 
the Shu’pham-ites: of Hi’pham, 
the family of the Hi’pham-ites. 


Numbering of Israel 


hundred thousand and a thou- 
sand seven hundred and thirty. 
52 ¢ And the LORD spake unto 


40 And the sons of Bé’la were Oe saying, 


Ard and Na’a-man: of Ard, the 
family of the Ard’ites: and of 
WNa’a-man, the family of the 
Na’a-mites. 

41 These are the sons of Bén’- 
ja-min after their families: and 
they that were numbered of them 
were forty and five thousand and 
six hundred. 

42 « These are the sons of Dan 
after their families: of Shu’ham, 
the family of the Shu’ham-ites. 
These are the families of Dan 
after their families. 

43 All the families of the Shu’- 
ham-ites, according to those that 
were numbered of them, were 
threescore and four thousand and 
four hundred. 2 

44 © Of the children of Ash’ér 
after their families: of Jim/’na, 
the family of the Jim/’nites: of 
Jés’u-i, the family of the Jés’u- 
ites: of Bé-ri’ah, the family of 
the Bé-ri‘ites. 

45 Of the sons of Bé-ri’ah: of 
He’bér, the family of the Hé’ber- 
ites: of MAl’chi-el, the family of 
the Mal’chi-el-ites.: 

46 And the name of the daugh- 
ter of Ash’ér was Sa’rah. 

47 These are the families of the 
sons of Ash’ér according to those 
that were numbered of them; 
who were fifty and three thou- 
sand and four hundred. F 

48 | Of the sons of Naph’ta-li 
after their families: of Jah’zé-el, 
the family of the Jah’zé-el-ites: 
of Gi’ni, the family of the Gt’- 
nites: 

49 Of Jé’zér, the family of the 
Jé’zer-ites: of Shil’lem, the 
family of the Shil’/lem-ites. 

50 These are the families of 
Naph’ta-li according to their 
families: and they that were 
numbered of them were forty 
and five thousand and four 
hundred. 

51 These were the numbered 
of the children of Is’ra-el, six 


Untc these the land shall be 
divided for an inheritance ac- 
cording to the number of names. 

54 To many thou shalt give 
the more inheritance, and to few 
thou shalt give the less inherit- 
ance: to every one Shall his in- 
heritance be given according to 
those that were numbered of him. 

55 Notwithstanding the land 
shall be divided by lot: accord- 
ing to the names of the tribes of 
their fathers they shail inherit. 

56 According to the lot shall the 
possession thereof be divided be- 
tween many and few. 

57 q And these are they that 
were numbered of the Le’vites 
after their families: of Gér’shon, 
the family of the Gér’shon-ites:| 
of K6o’hath, the family of the 
K6’hath-ites: of Mé-ra’ri, the 
family of the Mé-ra’rites. 

58 These are the families of the 
Lé’vites: the family of the Lib’- 
nites, the family of the Hé’bron- 
ites, the family of the Mah’lites, 
the family of the Mi’shites, the 
family of the Ko’rath-ites. And 
KO’hath begat Am’ram. 

59 And the name of Am’ram’s 
wife was Joch’e-béd, the daugh- 
ter of Lé’vi, whom her mother 
bare to Lé’vi in E’éypt: and she 
bare unto Am’ram Adar’on and 
Mo’ses, and Mir’i-am their sister. 

60 And unto Aar’on was born 
Na’dab, and A-bi’ht, E-le-a’zar, 
and ith’a-mdar. 

61 And Na’dab and A-bi’ht 
died, when they offered strange 
fire before the LORD. 

62 And those that were num- 
bered of them were twenty anc 
three thousand, all males from é 
month old and upward: foi 
they were not numbered amons 
the children of is’ra-el, becauss 
there was no inheritance giver 
them among the children oi 
Is’ra-el. 

63 4 These are they that were 


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The law of inheritance 


numbered by M6’ses and E-le-4’- 
zar the priest, who numbered the 
children of Is’ra-el in the plains 
pr M0’ab by Jér’dan near Jér’i- 
cho. 

64 But among these there was 
not a man of them whom Md’ses 
and Aar’on the priest numbered, 
when they numbered the children 
of Is’ra-el in the wilderness of 
Sinai. 

65 For the LorD had said of 
them, They shall surely die in 
the wilderness. And there was 
not left a man of them, save 
Ca’leb the son of Jé-phtn/’neh, 
and Josh’u-a the son of Nin. 
144 CHAPTER 27 


i Law of inheritance. 18 Joshua to 
succeed Moses. 


es came the daughters of 
Zé-l6’phe-had, the son of 
Hé’phér, the son of Gil’e-dd, the 
son of Ma’chir, the son of Ma- 
mnas’seh, of the families of Ma- 
nas’seh the son of J6’seph: and 
these are the names of his daugh- 
ters; Mah’lah, No’ah, and Hég’- 
lah, and Mil’cah, and Tir’zah. 

2 And they stood before M6’ses, 
and before E-le-a’zar the priest, 
and before the princes and all the 
congregation, by the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 
saying, 

3 Our father died in the wil- 
derness, and he was not in the 
company of them that gathered 
themselves together against the 
LORD in the company of K6’rah; 
but died in his own sin, and had 
no Sons. ' 

4 Why should the name of our 
father be done away from among 
his family, because he hath no 
son? Give unto us therefore a 
Possession among the brethren 
of our father. : 

And MO6’ses_ brought their 
cause before the LORD. 

6 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, A 
_7 The daughters of Zé-ld’phe- 
had speak right: thou shalt 
surely give them a possession of 
an inheritance among their fa- 


NUMBERS, 27 


ther’s brethren; and thou shalt 
cause the inheritance of their 
father to pass unto them. 

8 And thou shalt speak unto 
the children of is’ra-el, saying, If 
aman die, and have no son, then 
ye shall cause his inheritance to 
pass unto his daughter. 

9 And if he have no daughter, 
then ye shall give his inheritance 
unto his brethren. 

10 And if he have no brethren, 
then ye shall give his inheritance 
unto his father’s brethren. 

11 And if his father have no 
brethren, then ye shall give his 
inheritance unto his kinsman 
that is next to him of his family, 
and he shall possess it: and it 
shall be unto the children of 
Is’ra-el a_ statute of judgment, 
as the LORD commanded 
MO’ses. 

12 4 And the LORD said unto 
MO’ses, Get thee up into this 
mount Ab’a-rim, and see the land 
which I have given unto the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el. 

13 And when thou hast seen it, 
thou also shalt be gathered unto 
thy people, as Aar’on thy brother 
was gathered. 

14 For ye rebelled against my 
commandment in the desert of 
Zin, in the strife of the congrega- 
tion, to sanctify me at the water 
before their eyes: that is the 
water of Mér’i-bah in Ka’desh 
in the wilderness of Zin. 

15 4 And Md’ses spake unto the 
LORD, saying, 

16 Let the LORD, the God of 
the spirits of all flesh, set a man 
over the congregation, 

17 Which may go out before 
them, and which may go in be- 
fore them, and which may lead 
them out, and which may bring 
them in; that the congregation 
of the LORD be not as sheep 
which have no shepherd. 

18 § And the LORD said unto 
Mo’ses, Take thee Jésh’u-a the 
son of Nun, a man in whom is 
the spirit, and lay thine hand 
upon him; 


213 


NUMBERS, 28 


19 And set him before E-le-a’zar | 


the priest, and before all the con- 
gregation; and give him a 
charge in their sight. 

20 And thou shalt put some of 
thine honour upon him, that all 
the congregation of the children 
of is’ra-el may be obedient. 

21 And he shall stand before 
E-le-a’zar the priest, who shall 
ask counsel for him after the 
judgment of U’rim before the 
LORD: at his word shall they go 
out, and at his word they shall 
come in, both he, and all the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el with him, even 
all the congregation: 

22 And M6’ses did as the LORD 
commanded him: and he took 
Josh’u-a, and set him before 
E-le-a’/zar the priest, and before 
ali the congregation: 

23 And he laid his hands upon 
him, and gave him a charge, as 
the LORD commanded by the 
hand of M6’ses. 


145 CHAPTER 28 
1 eines of offerings. 11 Feasts. 
6 Firstfruits. 


ND iy LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 
_2 Command the children of 
Is’ra-el, and say unto them, My 
offering, and my bread for my 
sacrifices made by fire, for a 
sweet savour unto me, shall ye 
observe to offer unto me in their 
due season. 
3 And thou shalt say unto them, 


This is the offering made by fire 


which ye shall offer unto the 
LORD; two lambs of the first 
year without spot day by day, 
for a continual burnt offering. 

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer 


Observance of offerings 


7 And the drink offering thereof 
shail be the fourth part of an hin 
for the one lamb: in the” holy 
place shalt thou cause the strong 


wine to be poured unto the LORD’ 


for a drink offering 


8 And the other lamb shalt thou 
offer at even: as the meat offer-. 
ing of the morning, and as the 
drink offering thereof, thou shalt, 
offer if, a sacrifice made by fire, 


of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 

9 4 And on the sabbath day two 
lambs of the first year without 
spot, and two tenth deals of flour 
for a meat offering, mingled with 


oil, and the drink offering thereof: 
10 This is the burnt offering of. 


every sabbath, beside the contin- 


ual burnt offering, and his drink. 


offering. 

11 4 And in the beginnings of 
your mouths ye shall offer a burnt 
offering unto the LORD; two 
young bullocks, and one ram, 
seven lambs of the first year with- 
out spot; 

12 And three tenth deals of, 
flour for a meat offering, mingled 
with oil, for one bullock; 


meat offering, mingled with oil, 
for one ram; 

13 And a several tenth deal of 
flour mingled with oil for a meat 
offering unto one lamb; for a 


burnt offering of a sweet savour, 


a sacrifice made by fire unto the 


their drink offerings 
shall be half an hin of wine unto. 
a bullock, and the third part of an: 
hin unto a ram, and a fourth pari 
of an hin unto alamb: this is the 
burnt offering of every month 
throughout the months of the 


in the morning, and the other | year 


lamb shalt thou offer at even; 

5 And a tenth part of an ephah 
of flour for a meat offering, min- 
gled with the fourth part of an 
hin of beaten oil. 

6 It is a continual burnt offer- 
ing, which was ordained in mount 
Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacri- 
fice made by fire unto the LORD. 


a sin offering unto the LORD shall 
be offered, beside the continual 
burnt offering, and his drink 


of the LORD. 
17 And in the fifteenth day of 


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and, 
two tenth deals of flour for a 


} 





Solemn feasts and their offerings 
this month is the feast: seven 

days shall unleavened bread be 
eaten. 
__18 In the first day shall be an 
‘holy convocation: ye shall do no 
| manner of servile work therein: 
_ 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice 
made by fire for a burnt offering 
‘unto the LORD; two young bull- 
ocks, and one ram, and seven 
lambs of the first year: they 
shall be unto you without 
blemish: : 
_.20 And their meat offering shall 
‘be of flour mingled with oil: 
three tenth deals shall. ye offer 
‘for a bullock, and two tenth deals 
for a ram; 
| 21 A several tenth deal shalt 
thou offer for every lamb, through- 
‘out the seven lambs: 

22 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing, to make an atonement for 


you. 
23 Ye shall offer these beside 
the burnt offering in the morning, 
which is for a continual burnt 
offering. 
24 After this manner ye shall 
offer daily, throughout the seven 
days, the meat of the sacrifice 
“made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the LORD: it shall be offered 
beside the continual burnt offer- 
ing, and his drink offering. 
25 And on the seventh day ye 
‘shall have an holy convocation: 
‘ye shall do no servile work. 
26 J Also in the day of the first- 
fruits, when ye bring a new meat 
offering unto the LORD, after 
your weeks be out, ye shall have 
‘an holy convocation; ye shall do 
no servile work: 
27 But ye shall offer the burnt 
‘offering for a sweet savour unto 
the LORD; two young bullocks, 
‘one ram, seven lambs of the first 


year; 

| 28 And their meat offering of 
‘flour mingled with oil, three tenth 
deals unto one bullock, two tenth 
deals unto one ram, 

29 A several tenth deal unto one 
throughout the seven 








lamb, 
lambs; 


NUMBERS, 29 


30 And one kid of the goats, to 
make an atonement for you. 

31 Ye shall offer them beside 
the continual burnt offering, and 
his meat offering, (they shall be 
unto you without blemish) and 
their drink offerings. 


CHAPTER 29 146 


Solemn feasts and their offerings. 


a in the seventh month, on 
the first day of the month, 
ye shall have an holy convoca- 
tion; ye shall do no servile work: 
it is a day of blowing the trump- 
ets unto you. 

2 And ye shall offer a burnt of- 
fering for a sweet savour unto the 
LORD; one young bullock, one 
ram, and seven lambs of the first 
year without blemish: 

3 And their meat offering shali 
be of flour mingled with oil, three 
tenth deals for a bullock, and two 
tenth deals for a ram, 

4 And one tenth deal for one 
lamb, throughout the seven 
lambs: 

5 And one kid of the goats fora 
sin offering, to make an atone- 
ment for you: 

6 Beside the burnt offering of 
the month, and his meat offering, 
and the daily burnt offering, and 
his meat offering, and their drink 
offerings, according unto their 
manner, for a sweet savour, a 
sacrifice made by fire unto the 
LORD. 

7 4 And ye shall have on the 
tenth day of this seventh month 
an holy convocation; and ye 
shall afflict your souls: ye shall 
not do any work therein: 

8 But ye shall offer a burnt of- 
fering unto the LORD for a sweet 
savour; one young bullock, one 
ram, and seven lambs of the first 
year; they shali be unto you 
without blemish: 

9 And their meat offering shall 
be of flour mingled with oil, 
three tenth deals to a bullock, 
and two tenth deals to one ram, 

10 A several tenth deal for one 
lamb,throughoutthesevenlambs: 


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NUMBERS, 29 


11 One kid of the goats for a 
sin offering; beside the sin of- 
fering of atonement, and the con- 
tinual burnt offering, and the 
meat offering Of it, and their 
drink offerings. 

12 ¢ And on the fifteenth day 
of the seventh month ve shall 
have an holy convocation; ye 
shall do no servile work, and ye 
shall keep a feast unto the LORD 
seven days: 

13 And ye shall offer a burnt 
offering, a sacrifice made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the 
LoRD; thirteen young bullocks, 
two rams, and fourteen lambs of 
the first year; they shall be with- 
out blemish: 

14 And their meat offering shall 
be of flour mingled with oil, three 
tenth deals unto every bullock of 
the thirteen bullocks, two tenth 
deals to each ram of the two 
rams, 

15 And a several tenth deal to 
each lamb of the fourteen lambs: 

16 And one kid of the goats for 
a sin offering; beside the con- 
tinual burnt offering, his meat 
offering, and his drink offering. 

17 4 And on the second day ye 
shall offer twelve young. bull- 
ocks, two rams, fourteen lambs 
of the first year without spot: 

18 And their meat offering and 
their drink offering for the bull- 
ocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

19 And one kid of the goats for 
a sin offering; beside the contin- 
ual burnt offering, and the meat 
offering thereof, and their drink 
offerings. 

20 4 And on the third day eleven 
builocks, two rams, fourteen 
lambs of the first year without 
blemish; 

21 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bull- 
ocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

_22 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing; beside the continual burnt 


Solemn feasts and their offerings 


offering, and his meat offering, 
and his drink offering. 

23 ¥ And on the fourth day ten 
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 
lambs of the first year without 
blemish: 

24 Their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the buil- 
ocks, for the rams, and for the 


lambs, shall be according to their | 


number, after the manner: 
25 A 
a sin offering; beside the contin- 


ual burnt offering, his meat offer- 


ing, and his drink offering. 


26 4 And on the fifth day nine. 


bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 
lambs of the first year without 


spot: ‘ | 
27 And their meat offering and | 


their drink offerings for the bull- 
ocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

_28 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing; 


and his drink offering. 


29 ¥ And on the sixth day eight 
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen | 
lambs of the first year without, 


blemish: 
30 And their meat offering and 


their drink offerings for the bull-, 


ocks, for the rams, and for the 
lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

31 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing; beside the continual burnt 


offering, his meat offering, and’ 


his drink offering. 
32 4 And 


fourteen lambs of the first year 
without blemish: } 
33 And their meat offering and 


their drink offerings for the bull- 


ocks, for the rams, and for the 


lambs, shall be according to their: 


number, after the manner: 
_34 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing; 


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_beside the continual burnt. 
offering, and his meat offering, 


on the seventh day. 
seven bullocks, two rams, and. 


_beside the continual burnt. 
offering, his meat offering, and 


‘nd one kid of the goats for ' 





shall do no servile work 
therein: 

36 But ye shall offer a burnt 
_ offering, a sacrifice made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 
‘one bullock, one ram, seven 
jambs of the first year without 
blemish: f 

37 Their meat offering and their 
drink offerings for the bullock, 
for the ram, and for the lambs, 
| shall be according to their num- 
ber, after the manner: | 

38 And one goat for a sin offer- 
ing; beside the continual burnt 
offering, and his meat offering, 
and his drink offering. 

39 These things yeshall do un- 
to the LORD in your set feasts, 
beside your vows, and your free- 
will offerings, for your burnt offer- 
‘Ings, and for your meat offerings, 
‘and for your drink offerings, and 
‘for your peace offerings. 

40 And_MO’ses told the chil- 
‘dren of Is’ra-el according to al 


that the LORD commanded 
‘Mo’ses. 
147. - CHAPTER 30 


1 Concerning a maid’s vow. 9 That of 
a widow. 


: ND Mod’ses spake unto the 
heads of the tribes concern- 
ing the children of is’ra-el, say- 
ing, This is the thing which the 
LORD hath commanded. 

2 If aman vow a vow unto the 
LORD, or swear an oath to bind 
‘his soul with a bond; he shall 
not break his word, he shall do 
according to all that proceedeth 
out of his mouth. 

3 If a woman also vow a vow 
unto the LORD, and bind herself 
by a bond, being in her father’s 
house in her youth; 

4 And her father hear her vow, 
and her bond wherewith she hath 
bound her soul, and her father 
shall hold his peace at her: then 
all her vows shall stand, and 
every bond wherewith she hath 
bound her soul shall stand. 

,» But if her father disallow her 
in the day that he heareth; not 





| Concerning vows of maids and widows 


NUMBERS, 30 


any of her vows, or of her bonds 
wherewith she hath bound her 
soul, shall stand: and the LorD 
shall forgive her, because her 
father disallowed her. 

6 And if she had at all an hus- 
band, when she vowed, or ut- 
tered ought out of her lips, 
wherewith she bound her soul; 

And her husband heard if, and 
held his peace at her in the day 
that he heard it: then her vows 
shall stand, and her bonds where- 
with she bound her soul shall 
stand. 

8 But if her husband disal- 
lowed her on the day that he 
heard it; then he shall make her 
vow which she vowed, and that 
which she uttered with her lips, 
wherewith she bound her soul, 
of none effect: and the LorRD 
shall forgive her. 

9 But every vow of a widow, 
and of her that is divorced, 


1| wherewith they have bound their 


souls, shall stand against her. 

10 And if she vowed in her hus- 
band’s house, or bound her soul 
by a bond with an oath; 

11 And her husband heard it, 
and held his peace at her, and 
disallowed her not: then all her 
vows Shall stand, and every bond 
wherewith she bound her soul 
shall stand. 

12 But if her husband hath 
utterly made them void on the 
day he heard them; then what- 
soever proceeded out of her lips 
concerning her vows, or concern- 
ing the bond of her soul, shall not 
stand: her husband hath made 
them void; and the LORD shall 
forgive her. : 

13 Every vow, and every bind- 
ing oath to afflict the soul, her 
husband may establish it, or her 
husband may make it void. 

14 But if her husband altogether 
hold his peace at her from day to 
day; then he establisheth all her 
vows, or all her bonds, which are 
upon her: he confirmeth them, 
because he held his peace at her 
in the day that he heard them. 


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NUMBERS, 31 


15 But if he shall any ways 
make them void after that he 
hath heard them; then he shall 
bear her iniquity. ; 

16 These are the statutes, which 
the LORD commanded Mo’ses, 
between a man and his wife, be- 
tween the father and his daugh- 
ter, being yet in her youth in her 
father’s house. 


148 CHAPTER 31 
1 The Midianites conquered. 19 Pu- 

rification of soldiers. 25 Division of 

* the spoils. 
jae the LORD spake unto 

MO’ses, saying, ¥ 

2 Avenge the children of Is’- 
ta-el of the Mid’i-an-ites: after- 
ward shalt thou be gathered 
unto thy people. 

3 And Mo’ses spake unto the 
people, saying, Arm some of 
yourselves unto the war, and let 
them go against the Mid’i-an- 
ites, and avenge the LORD oi 
Mid’i-an. ; 

4 Of every tribe a thousand, 
throughout all the tribes of Is’- 
ra-el, shall ye send to the war. 

5 So there were delivered out 
of the thousands of iIs’ra-el, a 
thousand of every tribe, twelve 
thousand armed for war. 

6 And M6’ses sent them to the 
war, a thousand of every tribe, 
them and Phin’e-has the son of 
f-le-a’zar the priest, to the war, 
with the holy instruments, and 
the trumpets to blow in his 


and. 

7 And they warred against the 
Mid’i-an-ites, as the LORD com- 
manded Mo’ses; and they slew 
all the males. 

8 And they slew the kings of 
Mid’i-an, beside the rest of them 
that were slain; namely, E’v1, 
and Ré’kem, and Ziir, and Har, 
and Ré’ba, five kings of Mid’i-an: 
Ba‘laam also the son of Bé/’or 
they slew with the sword, 

9 And the children of_ Is’ra-el 
took all the women of Mid’i-an 
captives, and their little ones, and 
took the spoil of all their cattle, 


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The Midianites conquered | 
and all their flocks, and all their 


goods. 

10 And they burnt all their cities 
wherein they dwelt, and all their | 
goodly castles, with fire. 

11 And they took all the spoil, 
and all the prey, both of men and 
of beasts. 

12 And they brought the cap- 
tives, and the prey, and the spoil, | 
unto Mod’ses, and E-le-a’zar the) 
priest, and unto the congregation | 
of the children of Is’ra-el, unto’ 
the camp at the plains of Mo’ab, 
pase are by Jér’dan near Jér’-| 
i-cho. 

13 ¢ And M@6’ses, and E-le-a’zar}| 
the priest, and all the princes of 
the congregation, went forth to! 
meet them without the camp. 

14 And M6’ses was wroth with 
the officers of the host, with the’ 
captains over thousands, and) 
captains over hundreds, which 
came from the battle. : 

15 And Mo’ses said unto them, | 
Have ye saved all the women 


ive? 
16 Behold, these caused the 
children of Is’ra-el, through the! 
counsel of Ba’laam, to commit! 
trespass against the LORD in the| 
matter of Pé’or, and there was a| 
plague among the congregation! 
of the LORD. 
17 Now therefore kill every 
male among the little ones, and 
kill every woman that hath! 
known man by lying with him.,! 
18 But all the women children, 
that have not known a man by) 
lying with him, keep alive for 
yourselves. 
19 And do ye abide without| 
the camp seven days: . 
ever hath killed any person, and 
whosoever hath touched any 
slain, purify both yourselves and 
your captives on the third day, 
and on the seventh day. 
20 And purify all your raiment; 
and all that is made of skins, 
and all work of goats’ hair, and 
all things made of wood. | 
21 4 And £-le-a’zar the pries| 
said unto the men of war which 





= 


Division of the spoil 


went to the battle, This is the 
ordinance of the law which the 
LORD commanded M6’ses; 


2 Only the gold, and the 


silver, the brass, the iron, the 
tin, and the lead, 


23 Every thing that may abide 


‘the fire, ye shall make if go 
‘through the fire, and it shall be 


clean: 
| purified 


nevertheless it shall be 
with the water of 


“separation: and all that abideth 


not the fire ye shall make go 


| through the water. 


24 And ye shall wash your 


clothes on the seventh day, and 
‘ye shall be clean, and afterward 


ye shall come into the camp. 

25 4 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

26 Take the sum of the prey 


‘that was taken, both of man 


and of beast, thou, and E-le-a’zar 
the priest, and the chief fathers 


of the congregation: 


27 And divide the prey into 
two parts; between them that 
took the war upon them, who 


‘went out to battle, and between 


all the congregation: 
28 And levy a tribute unto the 


‘LORD of the men of war which 


went out to battle: one soul of 


NUMBERS, 31 


33 And threescore and twelve 
thousand beeves, 

34 And threescore and one 
thousand asses, 

35 And thirty and two thou- 
sand persons in all, of women 
that had not known man by 
lying with him. 

36 And the half, which was 
the portion of them that went 
out to war, was in number three 
hundred thousand and seven and 
pal thousand and five hundred 
sheep 

37 And the LORD’S tribute of 
the sheep was six hundred and 
threescore and fifteen. 

38 And the beeves were thirty 
and six thousand; of which the 
LORD’S tribute was threescore 
and twelve. 

39 And the asses were thirty 
thousand and five hundred; o 
which the LORD’S tribute was 
threescore and one. 

40 And the persons were six- 
teen thousand; of which the 
LORD’S tribute was thirty and 
two persons. 

41 And Mo’ses gave the tribute, 
which was the LORD’S heave 
offering, unto E-le-a’zar the 
Reet as the LORD commanded 


five hundred, both of the persons, | M6’ 


-and of the beeves, and of the 
asses, and of the sheep: 


29 Take it of their half, and 


‘give it unto E-le-a’zar the priest, 
‘for an heave offering of the 


LORD. 4 
30 And of the children of is’- 


‘ra-el’s half, thou shalt take one 
‘portion of fifty, of the persons, 
‘of the beeves, of the asses, and 
‘of the flocks, of ali manner of 


beasts, and give them unto the 
Lé’vites, which keep the charge 


‘of the tabernacle of the LORD. 


31 And Mod’ses and E-le-a’zar 


‘the priest did as the LORD com- 


manded MO’ses. i 

32 And the booty, being the 
rest of the prey which the men 
of war had caught, was six hun- 


‘dred thousand and seventy thou- 
‘sand and five thousand sheep, 


42 chad of the children of Is’ra- 
el’s half, which MOo’ses divided 
from the men that warred, 

43 (Now the haif that per- 
tained unto the congregation was 
three hundred thousand and 
thirty thousand and seven thou- 
sand and five hundred sheep, 
AEaibin And thirty and six thousand 

eeves 

45 And thirty thousand asses 
and five hundred, 

46 And sixteen thousand per- 
sons;) } 

47 Even of the children of Is’ 
ra-el’s half, Mo’ses took one 
portion of fifty, both of man and 
of beast, and gave them unto the 
Lé’vites, which kept the charge 
of the tabernacle of the LORD; 
as the LORD commanded MO’ses. 

48 § And the officers which 


219 


NUMBERS, 32 


were over thousands of the host, 
the captains of thousands, and 
captains of hundreds, came near 
unto Mo’ses: = — 

49 And they said unto M6’ses, 
Thy servants have taken the sum 
of the men of war which are 
under our charge, and there 
lacketh not one man of us. 

50 We have therefore brought 
an oblation for the LORD, what 
every man hath gotten, of jewels 
of gold, chains, and bracelets, 
rings, earrings, and tablets, to 
make an atonement for our souls 
before the LORD. ‘ 

51 And Md’ses and E-le-a’zar 
the priest took the gold of them, 
even all wrought jewels. 

52 And all the gold of the 
offering that they offered up to 
the LORD, of the captains of 
thousands. and of the captains 
of hundreds, was sixteen thou- 
sand seven hundred and fifty 
shekels. 

53 (For the men of war had 
taken spoil, every man for him- 


self.) 
54 And M6’ses and E-le-a’zar | th 


the priest took the gold of. the 
captains of thousands and of 
hundreds, and brought it into 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, for a memorial for the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el before the LORD. 


149 ##CHAPTER 32 
Reuben and Gad inherit east of Jordan. 
OW the children of Reu’ben 
and the children of Gad had 
a very great multitude of cattle: 
and when they saw the land of 
Ja’zér, and the land of Gil’e-ad, 
that, behold, the place was a 
place for cattle; 

2 The children of Gad and the 
children of Reu’ben came and 
spake unto M6’ses, and to E-le- 
4’zar the priest, and unto the 
princes of the congregation, 
Saying, ; 

3 At’a-roth, and Di’bon, and 
Ja’zér, and Nim’rah, and Hésh’- 
bon, and E-le-a’‘leh, and Shé’- 
bam, and Né’bo, and Bé’on, 


Inheritance of Reubenites and Gadites 


4. Even the country which the 
LORD smote before the congre- 
gation of is’ra-el, 7s a land for 
cattle, and thy servants have 
cattle: 

5 Wherefore, said they, if we 
have found grace in thy sight, 
let this land be given unto thy 
servants for a possession, and 
bring us not over Jor’dan. 

6 4 And Mo’ses said unto the 
children of Gad and to the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben, Shall 
brethren go to war, and shall ye 
sit here? 

7 And wherefore discourage 
ye the heart of, the children of 
is’ra-el from going over into the 
land which the LORD hath given 
them? 

8 Thus did your fathers, when 
I sent them from Ka’desh—bar’- 
ne-a to see the land. 

9 For when they went up unto 
the valley of Esh’col, and saw | 
the land, they discouraged the 
heart of the children of is’ra-el, 
that they should not go into the | 
land which the LORD had given 


them. 

10 And the LORD’S anger was 
kindled the same time, and he 
sware, saying, 

11 Surely none of the men that 
came up out of E’sypt, from 
twenty years old and upward, 
shall see the land which I sware 
unto A’bra-ham, unto Ii’saac, and 
unto Ja’cob; because they have 
not wholly followed me: 

12 Save Ca’leb the son of Jé- 
phtn’neh the Kén’ez-ite, and 
Jésh’u-a the son of Num: for they 
have wholly followed the LORD. 

13 And the LORD’S anger was 
kindled against is’ra-el, and he 
made them wander in the wil- 
derness forty years, until all 
the generation, that had done 
evil in the sight of the LORD, was 
consumed. f 

14 And, behold, ye are risen 
up in your fathers’ stead, an in- 
crease of sinful men, to augment 
yet the fierce anger of the LORD. 
toward Is’ra-el. 


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your | 





Reubenites and Gadites to help other tribes 


15 For if ye turn away from 
after him, he will yet again 


leave them in the wilderness; and 
_ye shall destroy all this people. 


—jittle ones, and 


16 q And they came near unto 


him, and said, We will buiid 
sheepfolds here for our cattle, 


_and cities for our little ones: 
_.17 But we ourselves will go 


ready armed before the children 


_of Is’ra-el, until we have brought 
them unto their place: 


and our 
little ones shall dwell in the 
fenced cities because of the in- 


habitants of the land. 


18 We will not return unto 
our houses, until the children of 
ts’ra-el have inherited every man 
his inheritance. 

19 For we will not inherit with 
them on yonder side Jor’dan, or 


forward; because our inherit- 


ance is fallen to us on this side 
Jéor’dan eastward. : 

20 ¢ And Mod’ses_ said unto 
them, If ye will do this thing, if 
ye will go armed before the LORD 
to war, 

21 And will go all of you armed 
over Jér’dan before the LORD, 
until he hath driven out his 
enemies from before him, 

22 And the land be subdued 
before the LORD: then after- 
ward ye shall return, and be 
guiltless before the LORD, and 
before fs’ra-el; and this land 
shall be your possession before 


the LORD. 


23 But if ye will not do so, be- 


hold, ye have sinned against the 
LORD: and be sure your sin 


will find you out. 


24 Build you cities for your 
folds for your 
sheep; and do that which hath 
proceeded out of your mouth. | 
25 And the children of Gad 
and the children of Reuw’ben 


spake unto Mo’ses, saying, Thy 
servants will do as my lord com- 


mandeth. 

26 Our little ones, our wives; 
our flocks, and all our, cattle, 
shall be there in the cities of 


| Gil’e-ad: 


NUMBERS, 32 


27 But thy servants will pass 
over, every man armed for war, 
before the LORD to battle, as my 
lord saith. 

28 So concerning them M6’ses 
commanded E-le-a’zar the priest, 
and Josh’u-4 the son of Nin, 
and the chief fathers of the 
tribes of the children of Is’ra-el: 

29 And M6’ses said unto them, 
If the children of Gad and the 
children of Reu’ben will pass 
with you over Jor’dan, every 
man armed to battle, before the 
Lorpb, and the land shall be 
subdued before you; then ye 
shall give them the land of Gil’e- 
ad for a possession: 

30 But if they will not pass 
over with you armed, they shall 
have possessions among you in 
the land of Ca’naan. 

31 And the children of Gad 
and the children of Reu’ben 
answered, saying, As the LORD 
hath said unto thy servants, so 
will we do. 

32 We will pass over armed 
before the LORD into the land of 
Canaan, that the possession of 
our inheritance on this side 
Jér’dan may be ours. 

33 And Mod’ses’ gave unto 
them, even to the children of 
Gad, and to the children of Reu’- 
ben, and unto half the tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh the son of J6’seph, 
the kingdom of Si’/hén king of 
the Am/6r-ites, and the kingdom 
of Og king of Ba’shan, the land, 
with the cities thereof in the 
coasts, even the cities of the 
country round about. i 

34 ¥ And the children of Gad 
built Di/bdn, and At’a-roth, and 
Ar’0-ér, " es 

35 And At’roth, Shd’phan, and 
Ja-a’zér, and Jég’be-hah, 

36 And Béth-nim’rah, and 
Béth-ha’ran, fenced cities: and 
folds for sheep. 

37 And the children of Rew’ben 
built Hésh’bon, and E-le-a’/lch, 
and Kir-jath-a’im, i 

38 And Né’bé, and Ba’al-meé’- 
on, (their names being changed,) 


221 


NUMBERS, 33 


and Shib’mah: and gave other 
names unto the cities which 
they builded. 

39 And the children of Ma’- 
- Chir the son of Ma-nas’seh went 
to Gil’e-ad, and took it, and dis- 
possessed the Am/6r-ite which 
was in it. i 

40 And MOo’ses gave Gil’e-ad 
unto Ma’chir the son of Ma- 
nas’seh; and he dweit therein. 

41 And Ja’ir the son of Ma- 
nas’seh went and took the small 
towns thereof, and called them 
Ha’voth—ja‘ir. 

42 And No’bah went and took 
Ké’nath, and the villages thereof, 
and called it N6’bah, after his 
own name. 


150 CHAPTER 33 
1 The wilderness journeys. 50 Ca- 
naanites to be expelled. 
Eee are the journeys of 

the children of  Is’ra-el, 
which went forth out of the land 
of E’gypt with their armies under 
the hand of Md’ses and Aar’on. 

2 And M6’ses wrote their go- 
ings out according to their 
journeys by the commandment 
of the LORD: and these are 
_ their journeys according to their 
goings out. 

And they departed from 
Ra-mé’ses in the first month, 
on the fifteenth day of the first 
month; on the morrow after the 
passover the children of Is’ra-el 
went out with an high hand in 
the sight of all the £-é¥p’tians. 

4 For the &-gyp’tians buried all 
their firstborn, which the LORD 
had smitten among them: upon 
their gods also the LORD exe- 
cuted judgments. 

5 And the children of fs’ra-el 
removed from R4&-mé/ses, and 
pitched in Stic’coth. 

6 And they departed from 
Stic’coth, and pitched in £’tham, 
which is in the edge of the wil- 
derness. 

7 And they removed from 

E’tham, and turned again unto 
Pi/-ha-hi’roth, which is before 


The wilderness journeys 


Ba’al—zé’phon: and they pitched 
before Mig’dol. 

8 And they departed from be- 
fore Pi’—ha-hi’roth, and passed 
through the midst of the sea into 
the wilderness, and went three 
days’ journey in the wilderness 
of E’tham, and pitched in Ma’rah. 

9 And they removed from Ma’- 
rah, and came unto E/lim: and 
in E’/lim were twelve fountains 
of water, and threescore and ten 
palm trees; and they pitched 
there. 

10 And they removed from 

E’/lim, and encamped by the 
Red sea. 

11 And they removed from the 
Red sea, and encamped in the 
wilderness of Sin. 

12 And they took their journey 
out of the wilderness of Sin, an 
encamped in Doph’kah. 


13 And they departed from 
Denne and encamped in 
‘lush. 


14 And they removed from 

A’lush, and encamped at Réph’i- 
dim, where was no water for the 
people to drink. 

15 And they ‘departed from. 
Réph’i-dim, and pitched in the 
wilderness of Si’nai. 

16 And they removed from the 
desert of Si’nai, and pitched at 
Kib/roth—hat-ta’a-vah. 

17 And they departed from 
Kibiroth hat wee and en- 
camped at H4-zé’roth. 

18 And they departed from 
Ha-zé’roth, and pitched in 
Rith’mah. | 

19 And they departed from 
Rith’mah, and pitched at Rim’- 
mon—pa’rez. 

20 And they departed from 
Rim’mon-—pa’rez, and pitched in 
Lib’/nah. 

21 And they removed from 
Lib’nah, and pitched at Ris’sah. 

22 And they journeyed from 
Ae and pitched in Ké-hél’- 
a- 

23 And they went from Ké- 
hél’a-thah, and pitched in mount 
Sha’pher. 


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| 


The wilderness journeys 


24 And they removed from 
mount Sha’pher, and encamped 


in Har’a-dah. 


25 And they removed from 


| Har’a-dah, and pitched in Mak- 
hé’loth. 


. 26 And they removed from 


~Mak-hé’/loth, and encamped at 


| Ta’hath. 


27 And they departed from Ta’- 


hath, and pitched at Ta’rah. 


28 And they removed from 


 ‘Ta’/rah, and pitched in Mith’cah. 


29 And they went from Mith’- 


‘cah, and pitched in Hash-m6’- 


nah. 

30 And they departed from 
Hash-m0o’nah, and encamped 
at Mo-sé’roth. 

31 And they departed from 
M6-sé’roth, and pitched in Bén’- 
e—ja’a-kan. 

32 And they removed from 
Bén’e—-ja’a-kan, and encamped 
at Hor’—ha-gid’gad. 

33 And they went from Hé6r’- 
ha-zid’gad, and pitched in Jot’- 
ba-thah. 

34 And they removed from 
Jot’ba-thah, and encamped at 
E-bro’nah. 

35 And they departed from 
E-bro’/nah, and encamped at 
f/zi-on—-ga’bér. 

36 And they removed from |i 
B’zi-on—ga’bér, and_ pitched in 
the wilderness of Zin, which is 
Ka’desh. 

37 And they removed from 
Ka’desh, and pitched in mount 
as in the edge of the land of 
k’ 

38 And Aar’on the priest went 
up into mount Hor at the’ com- 
mandment of the LORD, and 
died there, in the fortieth year 
after the children of is’ra-el 
were come out of the land of 
E’sypt, in the first day of the 
fifth month. 

39 And Aar’on was an hundred 
and twenty and three years old 


when he died in mount Hor. 


40 And king A’rad_ the Ca’- 
naan-ite, which dwelt in the 
south in the land of Ca’naan, 


NUMBERS, 33 


heard of the coming of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el. 

41 And they departed. from 
mount Hor, and pitched in Zal- 
mo’nah. 

42 And they departed from 
CATA TC and pitched in Pti’- 


"43 "And they departed from Pi’-~ 
non, and pitched in O’both. 

44 And they departed from 
O’both, and pitched in Ij’e—ab’- 
a-rim, in the border of M6’ab. 
45 And they departed from 
irae and pitched in Di’bon- 
a 


£ e 

46 And they removed from 

Di’/bon—gad, and encamped in 
Al’/mon—dib’la-tha’im. 
_47 And they removed from 
Al’mon-dib’la-tha’im and pitch- 
ed in the mountains of Ab’a-rim, 
before Né’bo. 

48 And they departed from the 
mountains of Ab’a-rim, and 
pitched in the plains of M0o’ab 
by Jér’dan near Jér’i-cho. 

49 And they pitched by Jér’- 
dan, from Béth—jés’i-moth even 
unto A’bel—shit’tim in the plains 
of M6’ab. 

50 4 And the LORD spake unto 
M6’ses in the plains of Mo’ab 
Me Jor’dan near Jér’i-ch6, say- 


ST Speak unto the children of 
Is’‘ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye are passed over Jor’- 
dan into the land of Ca’naan; 

52 Then ye shall drive out all 
the inhabitants of the land from 
before you, and destroy all their 
pictures, and destroy all their 
molten images, and quite pluck 
down all their high places: 

_53 And ye shall dispossess the 
inhabitants of the land, and 
dwell therein: for I have given 
you the land to possess it. 

And ye _ shall divide the 
land by lot for an inheritance 
among your families: and to 
the more ye shall give the more 
inheritance, and to the fewer ye 
shall give the less inheritance: 
every man’ s inheritance shall be 


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in the place where his lot falleth; 
according to the tribes of your 
fathers ye shall inherit. | 

55 But if ye will not drive out 
the inhabitants-of the land from 
before you; then it shall come 


to pass, that those which ye let | 


remain of them shail be pricks 
in your eyes, and thorns in your 
sides, and shall vex you in the 
land wherein ye dwell. 

56 Moreover it shall come to 
pass, that I shall do unto you, 
as I thought to do unto them. 


151 CHAPTER 34 
1 Borders of Canaan. 16 Princes to 
partition it. 

ND the LORD spake unto 

MO0’ses, saying, 

2 Command the children of 
Is’ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye come into the land of 
Ca’naan; (this is the land that 
shall fall unto you for an in- 
heritance, even the land of 
Ca’naan with the coasts thereof :) 

3 Then your south quarter 
shall be from the wilderness of 
Zin along by the coast of &’dom, 
and your south border shall be 
the outmost coast of the salt sea 

eastward: 

- 4 And your border shall turn 
from the south to the ascent of 
A-krab’bim, and pass on to Zin: 
and the going forth thereof shall 
be from the south to Ka’desh— 
bar’ne-a, and shall go on to 
Ha’zar—ad’dar, and pass on to 
Az’mon: 

5 And the border shall fetch a 
compass from Az’mon unto the 
river of E’éypt, and the goings 
out of it shall be at the sea. 

And as for the western 
border, ye shall even have the 
great sea for a border: this shall 
be your west border. 

7 And this shall be your north 
border: from the great sea ye 
shall point out for you mount 
Hor: 

8 From mount Hor ye shall 
point out your border unto the 
entrance of Ha’math; and the 


Borders of Canaan 


goings forth of the border shall 
be to Zé’dad: 

9 § And the border shall go on 
to Ziph’ron, and the goings out 
of it shall be at Ha’zar—é’nan: 
this shall be your north border. 

10 And ye shall point out your. 
east border from H4A4’zar—-é’nan 
to Shé’pham: 

11 And the coast shall go down 
from Shé’pham to Rib’lah, on 
the east side of A’in; and the 
border shall descend, and shall 
reach unto the side of the sea 
of Chin’ne-réth eastward: 

12 And the border shall go 
down to Jér’dan, and the goings 
out of it shall be at the salt sea: 


this shall be your land with the 


coasts thereof round about. 

13 And Mo’ses commanded the 
children of Is’ra-el, saying, This 
is the land which ye shall in- 
herit by lot, which the LorD 
commanded to give unto the 
nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 

14 For the tribe of the children 
of Reu’ben according to the 
house of their fathers, and the 
tribe of the children of Gad 
according to the house of their 
fathers, have received their in- 
heritance; and half the tribe of | 
Ma-nas’seh have received their | 
inheritance: 

15 The two tribes and the half 
tribe have received their inherit- 
ance on this side Jér’dan near 











Jér’i-ch6 eastward, toward the | 


sunrising. 

16 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, saying, 

17 These are the names of the 
men which shall divide the land 
unto you: E-le-a’zar the priest, 
and Josh’u-a the son of Nin 

18 And ye _ shall take ‘one 
prince of every tribe, to divide 
the land by inheritance. 

19 And the names of the men 


are these: Of the tribe of Ju’- 
dah, Ca’leb the son of Jé- 
phun/neh. 


20 And of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Sim’e-on, Shé-mi’el 
the son of Am-mi’hid. 


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The Levitical cities 


21 Of the tribe of Bén’ja- 
min, E-li’dad the son of Chis’lon. 

22 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of Dan, Buk’ki 
the son of Jog’li. 

23 The prince of the children 
of Jo’seph, for the tribe of the 
children of Ma-nas’seh, Han’- 
ni-el the son of E’phod. 

24 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of E’phra-im, 
Ké-mt’el the son of Shiph’tan. 

25 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of Zéb’u-lun, 
E-liz’a-phan the son of Pdr’nach. 

26 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of Is’sa-char, 
Pal’ti-el the son of Az’zan. 

27 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of Ash’ér, A-hi’- 
hud the son of Shél’o-mi. 

28 And the prince of the tribe 
of the children of Naph’ta-li, 
Péd’a-hél the son of Am-mi’hid. 

29 These are they whom the 
LORD commanded to divide the 
inheritance unto the children of 
is’ra-el in the land of Ca’/naan. 


152 CHAPTER 35 
1 The Levitical cities. 6 Refuge cities. 
Laws of murder. 
ND the LORD spake unto 
Mo’ses in the plains of 
MO6’ab by Jor’dan near Jér’i-cho, 
saying, 
2 Command the children of 
Is’ra-el, that they give unto the 
Lé’vites of the inheritance of 
their possession cities to dwell 
in; and ye shall give also unto 
the Lé’vites suburbs for the 
Cities round about them. 

And the cities shall they 
have to dwell in; and the sub- 
urbs of them shall be for their 
cattle, and for their goods, and 
for all their beasts. 

4 And the suburbs of the cities, 
which ye shall give unto the Lé’- 
vites, shall reach from the wall 
of the city and outward a thou- 
sand cubits round about. 

5 And ye shall measure from 
without the city on the east side 
two thousand cubits, and on the 

15 


NUMBERS, 35 


south side two thousand cubits, 
and on the west side two thou- 
sand cubits, and on the north 
side two thousand cubits; and 
the city shall be in the midst: 
this shall be to them the sub- 
urbs of the cities. 

6 And among the cities which 
ye shall give unto the Lé’vites 
there shall be six cities for 
refuge, which ye shall appoint 
for the manslayer, that he may 
flee thither: and to them ye 
shall add forty and two cities. 

7 So all the cities which ye 
shall give to the Le’vites shall be 
forty and eight cities: them 
shall ye give with their suburbs. 

8 And the cities which ye shall 
give shall be of the possession 
of the children of Is’ra-el: from 
them that have many ye shall 
give many; but from them that 
have few ye shall give few: 
every one shall give of his cities 
unto the Lé’vites according to 
his inheritance which he in- 
heriteth. 

9 4 And ye: LORD spake unto 
MO’ses, sayin 

10 Speak Gas the children of 
Is’ra-el, and say unto them, 
When ye be come over Jor’dan 
into the land of Ca’naan; 

11 Then ye shall appoint you 
cities to be cities of refuge for 
you; that the slayer may flee 
thither, which killeth any person 
at unawares. 

12 And they shall be unto you 
cities for refuge from the aveng- 
er; that the manslayer die not, 
until he stand before the con- 
gregation in judgment. 

13 And of these cities which ye 
shall give six cities shall ye 
have for refuge. Nis 

14 Ye shall give three cities on 
this side Jdér’dan, and three 
cities shall ye give in the land of 
Ca’/naan, which shall be cities 
of refuge. 

15 These six cities shall be a 
refuge, both for the children of 
is’ra-el, and for the stranger, 
and for the sojourner among 


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NUMBERS, 36 


them: that every one that killeth 
any person unawares may flee 
thither. 

16 And if he smite him with 
an instrument “of iron, so that 
he die, he is a murderer: the 
murderer shall surely be put to 
death. ? 

17 And if he smite him with 
throwing a stone, wherewith 
be may die, and he die, he is a 
murderer: the murderer shall 
surely be put to death. 

18 Or if he smite him with an 
hand weapon of wood, where- 
with he may die, and he die, he 
is a murderer: the murderer 
‘shall surely be put to death. 

19 The revenger of blood him- 
self shall slay the murderer: 
when he meeteth him, he ‘shall 
slay him. 

20 But if he thrust him of 
hatred, or hurl at him by laying 
of wait, that he die; 

21 Or in enmity smite him 
with his hand, that he die: he 
that smote Aim shall surely be 
put to death; for he is a mur- 
derer: the revenger of blood 
shall slay the murderer, when he 
meeteth him 

22 But if he thrust him sud- 
denly without enmity, or have 
cast upon him any thing without 
laying of wait, 

23 Or with any stone, where- 

with a man may die, seeing him 
not, and cast if upon him, that 
he die, and was not his enemy, 
neither sought his harm: 
_24 Then the congregation shall 
judge between the slayer and the 
revenger of blood according to 
these judgments: 

25 And the congregation shall 
deliver the slayer out of the hand 
of the revenger of blood, and the 
congregation shall restore him to 
the city of his refuge, whither he 
was fled: and he shall abide 
in it unto the death of the high 
priest, which was anointed with 
the holy oil. 

26 But if the slayer shall at any 
time come without the border of 


Laws concerning murder 


the city of his refuge, whither he 
was fled; 

27 And the revenger of blood 
find him without the borders of 
the city of his refuge, and the 
revenger of blood kill the slayer; 
he shall not be guilty of 
blood: 

28 Because he should have re- 
mained in the city of his refuge 
until the death of the high 
priest: but after the death of the 
high priest the slayer shall return 
into the land of his possession. 

29 So these things shall be for 
a statute of judgment unto you 
throughout your generations in 
all your dwellings. 

30 Whoso killeth any person, 
the murderer shall be put to 
death by the mouth of wit- | 
nesses: but one witness shall 
not testify against any person 
to cause him to die. 

31 Moreover ye shall take no 
satisfaction for the life of a 
murderer, which is guilty of 
death: but he shall be surely 
put to death. : 

32 And ye shall take no satis- 
faction for him that is fled to 
the city of his refuge, that he 
should come again to dwell in 
the land, until the death of the 
priest. 

33 So ye shall not peur the 
land wherein ye are: lood 
it defileth the land: ate the 
land cannot be cleansed of the 
blood that is shed therein, but 
by the blood of him that shed it. 

34 Defile not therefore the 
land which ye shall inhabit, 
wherein I dwell: for I the LORD 


dwell among the children of 
fs’ra-el. 

CHAPTER 36 153 
1 Law of female inheritance. 5 Mar- 


riage within the tribe. 


ND the chief fathers of the 
£'% families of the children of ' 
Gil’e-ad, the son of Ma’chir, the 
son of Ma-nas’seh, of the families | 
of the sons of J6’seph, came’ 
near, and spake before MO’ses, | 


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Laws of inheritance and marriage 


and before the princes, the chief 
ptbers of the children of Is’- 
Ta-@i: 

_ 2 And they said, The LORD 
commanded my lord to give the 
land for an inheritance by lot to 
the children of Is’ra-el: and 
“my lord was commanded by 
the LORD to give the inheritance 
of Zé-ld’/phe-had our brother 
unto his daughters. 

_ 3 And if they be married to any 
‘of the sons of the other tribes of 
‘the children of is’ra-el, then 
shall their inheritance be taken 
from the inheritance of our fa- 
‘thers, and shall be put to the 
“inheritance of the tribe where- 
“unto they are received: so shail 
it be taken from the lot of our 
inheritance. i a. 

4 And when_the jubile of the 
‘children of Is’ra-el shall be, 
‘then shall their inheritance be 
‘put unto the inheritance of the 
‘tribe whereunto they are re- 
“ceived: so shall their inheritance 

be taken away from the inherit- 
ance of the tribe of our fathers. 

5 And M6o’ses commanded the 
‘children of is’ra-el according to 
‘the word of the LORD, saying, 

The tribe of the sons of J6’seph 
‘Bath said well. : 

|.6 This is the thing which the 
LORD doth command concern- 
‘ing the daughters of Zé-16’phe- 
‘had, saying, Let them marry to 
whom they think best; only to 
the family of the tribe of their 
‘father shall they marry. 





DEUTERONOMY, 1 


7 So shall not the inheritance 
of the children of is’ra-el remove 
from tribe to tribe: for every one 
of the children of Is’ra-el shall 
keep himself to the inheritance 
of the tribe of his fathers. 

8 And every daughter, that 
possesseth an inheritance in any 
tribe of the children of Is’ra-el, 
shall be wife unto one of the 
family of the tribe of her father, 
that the children of Is’ra-el may 
enjoy every man the inheritance 
of his fathers. 

9 Neither shall the inheritance 
remove from one tribe to an- 
other tribe; but every one of the 
tribes of the children of Is’ra-el 
shali keep himself to his own 
inheritance. 

10 Even as the LORD com- 
manded M06’ses, so did the 
daughters of Zé-16’phe-had: 

11 For Mah‘lah, Tir’zah, and 
Hoeg’lah, and Mil’cah, and NOo’ah, 
the daughters of Zé-16’phe-had, 
were married unto their father’s 
brothers’ sons: : 

12 And they were married into 
the families of the sons of Ma- 
nas’seh the son of J6’seph, and 
their inheritance remained in 
the tribe of the family of their 
father. 

13 These are the command- 
ments and the judgments, which 
the LORD commanded by the 
hand of M6’ses unto the children 
of is’ra-el in the plains of 
Moab by Jor’dan near Jér’i- 
cho. 3 


THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 


DEUTERONOMY 


154 CHAPTER 1 


Pa’ran, and To’phel, and La’- 


1 Speech of Moses in the plains of | ban, and Ha-zé’roth, and Diz’a- 


oab. 


34 God’s anger for Israel’s 
unbelief. 


hab. 
2 (There are eleven days’ 


Bp HESE be the words which | journey from H6’reb by the way 
Mo’ses spake unto all is’-| of mount Sé’ir unto Ka’desh— 
fra-el on this side Jor’dan in the | bir’ne-a.) 


wilderness, in the plain over 


3 And it came to pass in the 


against the Red sea, between! fortieth year, in the eleventh 
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DEUTERONOMY, 1 


month, on the first day of the 
month, that Mo’ses spake unto 
the children of Is’ra-el, accord- 
ing unto all that the LORD had 
given him in commandment unto 


them; 

4 After he had siain Si/hon 
the king of the Am’6r-ites, which 
dwelt in Hésh’bon, and Og the 
king of Ba’shan, which dwelt at 
As’ta-roth in Ed’re-1: 

5 On this side Jér’dan, in the 
land of Mé’ab, began MO’ses to 
declare this law, saying, 

6 The LORD our God spake 
unto us in H6’reb, saying, Ye 
have dwelt long enough in this 
mount: 

7 Turn you, and take your 
journey, and go to the mount of 
the Am/’6r-ites, and unto all the 
places nigh thereunto, in the 
plain, in the hills, and in the 
vale, and in the south, and by 
the sea side, to the Jand of the 
Ca’naan-ites, and unto Léb’a- 
non, unto the great river, the 
river Et-phra’tés. 

8 Behold, I have set the land 
before you: go in and possess 
the land which the LORD sware 
unto your fathers, A’bra-ham, 
i’saac, and Ja’cob, to give unto 
them and to their seed after them. 

9 ¥ And I spake unto you at 
that time, saying, I am not able 
to bear you myself alone: 

10 The LORD your God hath 
multiplied you, and, behold, ye 
are this day as the stars of 
heaven for multitude. 

11 (The LorRD God of your 
fathers make you a thousand 
times so many more as ye are, 
and bless you, as he hath 
promised you!) 

2 How can I myself alone 
bear your cumbrance, and your 
burden, and your strife? 

13 Take you wise men, and 
understanding, and known 
among your tribes, and I will 
make them rulers over you. 

14 And ye answered me, and 
said, The thing which thou hast 
spoken is good for us to do. 





Speech of Moses in plains of M oad 


15 So I took the chief of your 
tribes, wise men, an nown, 
and made them heads over you, 
captains over thousands, and 
captains over hundreds, and 
captains over fifties, and cap- 
tains over tens, and officers 
among your tribes. : 

16 And I charged your judges 
at that time, saying, Hear the 
causes between your brethren, 
and judge righteously between 
every man and his brother, and 
the stranger that is with him. 

17 Ye shall not respect per- 
sons in judgment; buf ye shall 
hear the small as well as the 
great; ye shall not be afraid of 
the face of man; for the judg- 
ment is God’s: and the cause 
that is too hard for you, bring 
it unto me, and I will hear it. 

18 And I commanded you at 
that time all the things which ye 
should do. 

19 ¢ And when we departed 
from HO6’reb, we went through 
all that great and terrible wilder- 
ness, which ye saw by the way 
of the mountain of the Am/6r- 
ites, as the LORD our God com- 
manded us; and we came to 
Ka’desh—bar’ne-a. 

20 And I said unto you, Ye 
are come unto the mountain of 
the Am/6r-ites, which the LORD 
our God doth give unto us. 

21 Behold, the LORD thy God 
hath set the land before thee: 
go up and possess if, as the 
LORD God of thy fathers hath 
said unto thee; fear not, 
neither be discouraged. 

22 4 And ye came near unto 
me every one of you, and said, 
We will send men before us, and 
they shall search us out the land, 
and bring us word again by 
what way we must go up, and 
into what cities we _ shall 
come. 

23 And the saying pleased me 
well: and I took twelve men of 
you, one of a tribe: 

24 And they turned and went 
up into the mountain, and came 


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God’s anger for Israel’s unbelief 


unto the valley of Esh’col, and 
searched it out. 

25 And they took of the fruit 
of the land in their hands, and 
brought if down unto us, and 
brought us word again, and said, 
It is a good land which the 
LORD our God doth give us. 

26 Notwithstanding ye would 
not go up, but rebelled against 
the commandment of the LORD 
your God: 

| 27 And ye murmured in your 
tents, and said, Because the 
“LORD hated us,.he hath brought 
‘us forth out of the land of 
‘E’éypt, to deliver us into the hand 
of the Am’6r-ites, to destroy us. 

28 Whither shall we go up? 

‘our brethren have discouraged 
our heart, saying, The people is 





DEUTERONOMY, 1 


poe nel he shall see it, and 
to him will I give the land that 
he hath trodden upon, and to his 
children, because he hath hous 
followed the LORD. 

37 Also the LORD was angry 
with me for your sakes, saying, 
Thou also shalt not go in 
thither. 

38 But Josh’u-a the son of 
Nitin which standeth before 
thee, he shall go in thither: 
encourage him: for he shall 
cause Is’ra-el to inherit it. 

39 Moreover your little ones, 
which ye said should be a prey, 
and your children, which in that 
day had no knowledge between 
good and evil, they shall go in 
thither, and unto them will I 
give it, and they shall possess 


greater and taller than we; the | it. 


cities are great and walled up to 
heaven; and moreover we have 
seen the sons of the An’a-kims 

there. ~ 

29 Then I said unto you, 

‘Dread not, neither be afraid of 

them. 

- 30 The LorD your God which 
goeth before you, he shali fight 
for you, according to all that he 

‘did for you in E’gypt before your 


eyes; 

31 And in the wilderness, where 
thou hast seen how that the 
“LoRD thy God bare thee, as a 
'man doth bear his son, in all the 
way that ye went, until ye came 
into this place. 

32 Yet in this thing ye ‘did not 
believe the LORD your God, 
| 33 Who went in the way be- 
‘fore you, to search you out a 
‘place to pitch your tents in, in 

fire by night, to shew you, by 

what way ve should go, and ina 
cloud by day. 

34 And the LORD heard the 
“voice of your words, and was 
-wroth, and sware, saying, 

35 Surely there shall not one 
of these men of this evil genera- 
tion see that good land, which I 

sware to give unto your fathers, 

36 Save Ca/leb the son of Jé- 


40 But as for you, turn you, 
and take your journey into the 
wilderness by the way of the 
Red sea. 

41 Then ye answered and said 
unto me, We have sinned against 
the LORD, we will go up and 
fight, according to all that the 
LORD our God commanded us. 
And when ye had girded on every 
man his weapons of war, ye 
were ready to go up into the hili. 

42 And the LORD said unto 
me, Say unto them, Go not up, 
neither fight; for I am not 
among you; lest ye be smitten 
before your enemies. 

43 So I spake unto you; and 
ye would not hear, but rebelled 
against the commandment of the 
LORD, and went presumptu- 
ously up into the hill. 

44 And the Am/‘6r-ites, which 
dwelt in that mountain, came 
out against you, and chased you, 
as bees do, and destroyed you 
in Sé/ir, even unto Hor’mah. 

45 And ye returned and wept 
before the LORD; but the LORD 
would not hearken to your voice, 
nor give ear unto you. 

46 So ye abode in Ka’desh 
many days, according unto the 
days that ye abode there. 


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DEUTERONOMY, 2 


155 CHAPTER 2 
1 Speech of Moses continued. 35 Sihon 
is subdued. 


HEN we turned, and took 
our journey into the wilder- 
ness by the way of the Red sea, 
as the LORD spake unto me: 
and we compassed mount Sé‘ir 
many days. 

2 And the LORD spake unto 
me, saying, ; 

3 Ye have compassed this 
mountain long enough: turn you 
northward. 

4 And command thou the 
people, saying, Ye are to pass 
through the coast of your breth- 
ren the children of E’sau, which 
dwell in Sé’ir; and they shall be 
afraid of you: take ye good heed 
unto yourselves therefore: 

5 Meddle not with them; for 
I will not give you of their land, 
no, not so much as a foot 
breadth; because I have given 
mount Séir unto E’sau for a 
possession. 

6 Ye shall buy meat of them 
for money, that ye may eat; and 
ye shall also buy water of them 
for money, that ye may drink. 

For the LORD thy God hath 
blessed thee in all the works of 
thy hand: he knoweth thy 
walking through this great wil- 
derness: these forty years the 
LORD thy God hath been with 
thee; thou hast lacked nothing. 

8 And when we passed by 
from our brethren the children 
of E’sau, which dwelt in Sé‘ir, 
through the way of the plain 
from £/lath, and from £/zi-on— 
ga’bér, we turned and passed by 
the way of the wilderness of 
MO/ab. 4 

9 And the LORD said unto me, 
Distress not the M6d’ab-ites, 
neither contend with them in 
battle: for I will not give thee 
of their land for a possession; 
because I have given Ar unto 
the children of Lot for a posses- 
sion. 

10 The E’mims dwelt therein 


in times past, a people great, and | 


Moses recounts incidents of wandering 


many, and tall, as the An’a- 
ims; 

11 Which also were accounted 
giants, as the An’a-kims: but 
the MO’ab-ites call them E£’mims. 

12 The Ho’rims also dwelt in 
Séir beforetime; but the chil- 
dren of E’sau succeeded them, 
when they had destroyed them 
from before them, and dwelt in 
their stead; as Is’ra-el did unto 
the land of his possession, 
which the LORD gave unto them. 

13 Now rise up, said I, and get 
you over the brook Zé’red. And 
we went over the brook Zé’red. 

14 And the space in which we 
came from Ka’desh—bdr’ne-a, 
until we were come over the 
brook Zé’red, was thirty and 
eight years; until all the genera- 
tion of the men of war were 
wasted out from among the host, 
as the LORD sware unto them. 

15 For indeed the hand of the 
LORD was against them, to 
destroy them from among the 
host, until they were consumed. 

16 § So it came to pass, when 
all the men of war were con- 
sumed and dead from among the 


people, 

17 That the LORD spake unto 
me, Saying, 

18 Thou art to pass over 
through Ar, the coast of Md’ab, 
this day: 

19 And when thou comest nigh 
over against the children of 
Am/’mon, distress them not, nor 
meddle with them: for I will 
not give thee of the land of the 
children of Am’mén any posses- 
sion; because I have given it 
unto the children of Lot for a 
possession. 


20 (That also was accounted a 


land of giants: giants dwelt 
therein in old time; and the 
Am’mon-ites call them Zam- 
zum/’/mims 3 

21 A people great, and many, 


and tall, as the An’a-kims; but 
the LORD destroyed them before - 
them; and they succeeded them, — 


and dwelt in their stead: 


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22 As he did to the children of 
E’sau, which dwelt in Sé’ir, 


when he destroyed the H6’- 
rims from before them; and 
they succeeded them, and dwelt 
in their stead even unto this day: 

23 And the A/’/vims_ which 
dwelt in Ha-zé’rim, even unto 
Az’zah, the Caph’td-rims, which 
came forth out of Caph’tér, de- 
stroyed them, and dwelt in their 
stead.) 

24 ¢ Rise ye up, take your 
journey, and pass over the river 
Ar’non: behold, I have given into 
thine hand Si’/hon the Am/6r-ite, 
king of Hésh’bon, and his land: 
begin to possess it, and contend 
with him in battle. 

25 This day will I begin to 
put the dread of thee and the 
fear of thee upon the nations 
that are under the whole heaven, 
who shall hear report of thee, 
and shall tremble, and be in 
anguish because of thee. 

26 | And I sent messengers 
out of the wilderness of Kéd’e- 
moth unto Si’/hén king of Hésh’- 
bon with words of peace, saying, 

27 Let me pass through thy 
land: I will go along by the 
high way, I will neither turn 
oe the right hand nor to the 

eft. 

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for 
money, that I may eat: and give 
me water for money, that I may 
drink: only I will pass through 
on my feet; ; 

29 (As the children of E’sau 
which dwell in Séir, and the 
MOo/ab-ites which dwell in Ar, 
did unto me;) until I shall pass 
over J6r’dan into the land which 
the LORD our God giveth us. 

30 But Si’hén king of Hésh’- 
bon would not let us pass by 
him: for the LORD thy Go 
hardened his spirit, and made 
his heart obstinate, that he 
might deliver him into thy hand, 
as appeareth this day. | 

31 And the LORD said unto 
me, Behold, I have begun to 
give Si’/hon and his land before 


DEUTERONOMY, 3 


thee: begin to possess, that 
thou mayest inherit his land. 

32, Then S’vhon came out 
against us, he and ail his people, 
to fight at Ja’haz. 

33 And the LORD our God 
delivered him before us; and 
we smote him, and his sons, 
and all his people. 

34 And we took all his cities 
at that time, and utterly de- 
stroyed the men, and _ the 
women, and the little ones, of 
every city, we left none to re- 


main: 
35 Only the cattle we took for 


a prey unto ourselves, and 
HELA of the cities which we 
ook. 


36 From Ar’6-ér, which is by 
the brink of the river of Ar’non, 
and from the city that is by the 
river, even unto Gil’e-ad, there 
was not one city too strong for 
us: the LORD our God de- 
livered all unto us: 

37 Only unto the land of the 
children of Am’mon thou camest 
not, nor unto any place of the 
river Jab’bok, nor unto the 
cities in the mountains, nor unto 
whatsoever the LORD our God 
forbad us. 


CHAPTER 3 


1 Speech of Moses continued. 
Moses views the promised land. 
HEN we turned, and went 

up the way to Ba’shan: 

and Og the king of Ba’shan 

came out against us, he and all 
his people, to battle at Ed’re-1. 

2 And the LORD said unto me, 

Fear him not: for I will deliver 

him, and all his people, and his 

land, into thy hand; and thou 
shalt do unto him as thou didst 
unto Si’/hon king of the Am’6r- 


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26 


d|ites, which dwelt at Hésh’bon. 


3 So the LORD our God de- 
livered into our hands Og also, 
the king of Ba’shan, and all his 
people: and we smote him until 
none was left to him remaining. 

4 And we took all his cities at 
that time, there was not a city 


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DEUTERONOMY, 3 


which we took not from them, 
threescore cities, all the region 
of Ar’g6b, the kingdom of 6g in 
Ba’shan. 

5 All these cities were fenced 
with high walls, gates, and bars: 
beside unwalled towns a great 
many. 

6 And we utterly destroyed 
them, as we did unto Si’hén 
king of ‘Hésh’bén, utterly de- 
stroying the men, women, and 
children, of every city. 

7 But all the cattle, and the 
spoil of the cities, we took for a 
prey to ourselves. : 

S And we took at that time out 
of the hand of the two kings of 
the Am/6r-ites the land that was 
on this side Jér’dan, from the 
river of Ar’ndn unto mount Hér’- 
mon; 

9 (Which Hér’mon the Si-dé’- 
ni-ans call Sir’i-c6n; and the 
Am/’6r-ites call it Shé/nir;) 

10 All the cities of the plain, 
and all Gil’e-dd, and all Ba’- 
shan, unto Sal’chah and Ed’re-i, 


cities of the kingdom of Og in|I 


Ba’shan. of il 

11 For only Og king of Ba’- 
shan remained of the remnant 
of giants; behold, his bedstead 
was a bedstead of iron; is it not 
in Rab’bath of the children of 
Am/mon? nine cubits was the 
length thereof, and four cubits 
the breadth of it, after the cubit 


of a man. : 
12 And this land, which we 
possessed at that time, from 
Ar’6-ér, which is by the river 
Ar’non, and half mount Gil’e-ad, 
and the cities thereof, gave I 
unto the Reu’ben-ites and to the 
Gad ites. h 

13 And the rest of Gil’e-ad, 
and all Ba’shan, being the king- 
dom of Og, gave I unto the half 
tribe of Ma-nas’seh; all the 
region of Ar’g6b, with all Ba’- 
shan, which was called the land 
of giants. 

14 Ja’ir the son of Ma-nas’seh 
took all the country of Ar’géb 
unto the coasts of Gésh’u-ri 


Defeat of Og king of Bashan 


and Ma-ach’a-thi; and called 

them after his own name, Ba’- 
shan-ha’voth-ja’ir, unto this 
ay. 

15 And I gave Gil’e-4d unto 
Ma’chir. 

16 And unto the Reu’ben-ites 
and unto the Gad/ites I gave 
from Gil’e-dd even unto the 
river Ar’non half the valley, and 
the border even unto the river 
Jab’bok, which is the border of 
the children of Am’mén; 

17 The plain also, and Jor’dan, 
and the coast thereof, from 
Chin’ne-réth even unto the sea 
of the plain, even the salt sea, 
under Ash’d6th-pis’gah easte 
ward. 

18 4 And I commanded you at 
that time, saying, The LORD 
your God hath given you this 
land to possess it: ye shall pass 
over armed before your brethren 
the children of is’ra-el, all that 
are meet for the war. 

19 But your wives, and your 
little ones, and your cattle, (for 
know that ye have much 
cattle,) shall abide in your cities 
whic have given you; 

20 Until the LoRD have given 
rest unto your brethren, as well 
as unto you, and until they also 
possess the land which the LorD 
your God hath .given them 
beyond Jér’dan: and then shali 
ye return every man unto his 
Possession, which I have given 


you. 

21 4 And I commanded Jésh’- 
u-a at that time, saying, Thine 
eyes have seen all that the LorD 
your God hath done unto these 
two kings: so shall the Lorp 
do unto all the kingdoms whither 
thou passest. 

22 Ye shall not fear them: for 
the LORD your God he shall 
fight for you. 

23 And I besought the LorpD 
at that time, saying, 

24 O Lord Gop, thou hast be- 
gun to shew thy servant thy 
greatness, and thy mighty hand: 
for what God is there in heaven 


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or in earth, that can do according 
to thy works, and according to 
thy might? 

25 I pray thee, let me go over, 
and see the good land that is 
beyond Jér’dan, that goodly 
mountain, and Léb’a-non. 

26 But the LORD was wroth 
with me for your sakes, and 
would not hear me: and the 
LORD said unto me, Let it 
suffice thee; speak no more unto 
me of this matter. 

27 Get thee up into the top of 
Pis’gah, and lift up thine eyes 
westward, and northward, and 
southward, and eastward, and 
behold if with thine eyes: for 
thou shalt not go over this 
Jér’dan. 

283 But charge Jésh’u-a, and 
encourage him, and strengthen 
him: for he shall go over before 
this people, and he shall cause 
them to inherit the land which 
thou shalt see. 

29 So we abode in the valley 
over against Béth—pé’6r. 


157 CHAPTER 4 


1 Moses’ exhortation. 41 Cities of 
refuge chosen. 
O 


OW therefore hearken, 
is’ra-el, unto the statutes 
and unto the judgments, which 
I teach you, for to do them, that 
ye may live, and go in and 
possess the land which the LORD 
God of your fathers giveth you. 
2 Ye shall not add unto the 
word which I command you, 
neither shall ye diminish ought 
from it, that ye may keep the 
commandments of the LORD 
your God which I command you. 
3 Your eyes have seen what the 
LORD did because of Ba’al—pé’or: 
for all the men that followed 
Ba’/al_pé’or, the LORD thy God 
hath destroyed them from among 


you. 

4 But ye that did cleave unto 
the LORD your God are alive 
every one of you this day. 

5 Behold, I have taught you 
statutes and judgments, even as 


DEUTERONOMY, 4 


the LORD my God commanded 
me, that ye should do so in the 
land whither ye go to possess it. 

6 Keep therefore and do them; 
for this is your wisdom and your 
understanding in the sight of the 
nations, which shall hear all 
these statutes, and say, Surely 
this great nation is a wise and 
understanding people. 

7 For what nation is there so 
great, who hath God so nigh 
unto them, as the LORD our God 
is in all things that we call upon 
him for? ; 

8 And what nation is there so 
great, that hath statutes and 
judgments so righteous as all 
this law, which I set before you 
this day? 

9 Only take heed to thyself, and 
keep thy soul diligently, lest 
thou forget the things which 
thine eyes have seen, and lest 
they depart from thy heart all 
the days of thy life: but teach 
them thy sons, and thy sons’ 


sons; 

10 Specially the day that thou 
stoodest before the-LORD thy 
God in Hé’reb, when the LORD 
said unto me, Gather me the 
people together, and I will make 
them hear my words, that they 
may learn to fear me all the days 
that they shall live upon the 
earth, and that they may teach 
their children. 

11 And ye came near and stood 
under the mountain; and the 
mountain burned with fire unto 
the midst of heaven, with dark- 
ness, clouds, and thick darkness. 

12 And the LORD spake unto 
you out of the midst of the fire: 
ye heard the voice of the words, 
but saw no similitude; only ve 
heard a voice. 

13 And he declared unto you 
his covenant, which he com- 
manded you to perform, even ten 
commandments; and he wrote 
them upon two tables of stone. 

14 ¢ And the LORD commanded 
me at that time to teach you 
statutes and judgments, that ye 


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might do them in the land whither 
ye go over to possess it. 

15 Take ye therefore good 
heed unto yourselves; for ye 
saw no manner of similitude on 
the day that the LORD spake 
unto you in HO6’reb out of the 
midst of the fire: 

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
and make you a graven image, 
the similitude of any figure, the 
likeness of male or female, 

17 The likeness of any beast 
that zs on the earth, the likeness 
of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 

18 The likeness of any thing 
that creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth: 

19 And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even ali the host of 
heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them, 
which the LORD thy God hath 
divided unto all nations under 
the whole heaven. 

20 But the LORD hath taken 
you, and brought you forth out of 
the iron furnace, even out of 
E’gypt, to be unto him a people of 
inheritance, as ye are this day. 

21 Furthermore the LORD was 
angry with me for your sakes, 
and sware that I should not go 
over Jér’dan, and that I should 
not go in unto that good land, 
which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance: 

22 But I must die in this land, 
I must not go over J6r’dan: but 
ye shall go over, and possess that 
good land. 

23 Take heed unto yourselves, 
lest ye forget the covenant of the 
LORD your God, which he made 
with you, and make you a graven 


image, or the likeness of any | it 


thing, which the LorRD thy God 
hath forbidden thee. 

24 For the LORD thy God is a 
consuming fire, even a jealous 


od. 
25 4 When thou shalt beget 


Exhortation to obedience 


children, and children’s children, 
and ye shall have remained long 
in the land, and shall corrupt 
yourselves, and make a graven 
image, or the likeness of any 
thing, and shall do evil in the 
sight of the LORD thy God, to 
provoke him to anger: 

26 I call heaven and earth to 
witness against you this day, 
that ye shall soon utterly perish 
from off the land whereunto ye 
go over JOr’dan to possess it; ye 
shall not prolong your days upon 
it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 

27 And the LORD shall scatter 
you among the nations, and ye 
shall be left few in number among 
the heathen, whither the LorD 
shall lead you. 

28 And there ye shall serve 
gods, the work of men’s hands, 
wood and stone, which neither 
see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 

29 But if from thence thou 
shalt seek the LORD thy God, 
thou shalt find him, if thou seek 
him with ali thy heart and with 
all thy soul. 

30 When thou art in tribula- 
tion, and all these things are 
come upon thee, even in the 
latter days, if thou turn to the 
LORD thy God, and shalt be 
obedient unto his voice; j 

31 (For the LORD thy God is a 
merciful God;) he will not for- 
sake thee, neither destroy thee, 
nor forget the covenant of thy 
fathers which he sware unto 
them. 

32 For ask now of the days 
that are past, which were before 
thee, since the day that God cre- 
ated man upon the earth, and ask 
from the one side of heaven unto 
the other, whether there hath 
been any such thing as this great 
thing is, or hath been heard like 


33 Did ever people hear the 
voice of God speaking out of the 
midst of the fire, as thou hast 
heard, and live? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go 
and take him a nation from the 


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DEUTERONOMY, 5 
GOo’lan in Ba’shan, of the Ma- 


midst of another nation, by temp- 


tations, by signs, and by won- 
ders, and by war, and by a 
mighty hand, and by a stretched 
out arm, and by great terrors, 
according to all that the LORD 
your God did for you in E’gypt 
before your eyes? 

35 Unto thee it was shewed, 
that thou mightest know that the 
LORD he is God; there is none 
else beside him. 

36 Out of heaven he made thee 
to hear his voice, that he might 
instruct thee: and upon earth he 
shewed thee his great fire; and 
thou heardest his words out of 
the midst of the fire. 

37 And because he loved thy 
fathers, therefore he chose their 
seed after them, and brought 
thee out in his sight with his 
mighty power out of E’gypt; 

38 To drive out nations from 
before thee greater and mightier 
than thou arf, to bring thee in, to 
give thee their land for an inher- 
itance, as if is this day. 

39 Know therefore this day, 
and consider it in thine heart, 
that the LORD he is God in 
heaven above, and upon the 
earth beneath: there is none 


else. 

40 Thou shalt keep therefore 
his statutes, and his command- 
ments, which I command thee 
this day, that it may go well 
with thee, and with thy children 
after thee, and that thou mayest 
prolong thy days upon the earth, 
which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee, for ever. 

41 | Then Md’ses severed three 
cities on this side J6r’dan toward 
the sunrising; ( 

42 That the slayer might flee 
thither, which should kill his 
neighbour unawares, and hated 
him not in times past; and that 
fleeing unto one of these cities 
he might live: ‘ ; 

43 Namely, Bé’zér in the wil- 
derness, in the plain country, of 
the Reu’ben-ites; and Ra’moth 
in Gil’e-ad, of the Gad’/ites; and 


nas’sites. 

44 4 And this is the law which 
MO’ses set before the children of 
Is’ra-el: 

45 These ave the testimonies, 
and the statutes, and the judg- 
ments, which MO’ses spake unto 
the children of Is’ra-el, after they 
came forth out of E’Zypt, 

46 On this side Jér’dan, in the 
valley over against Béth—pé’ér, in 
the land of Si’hon king of the 
Am’6r-ites, who dwelt at Hésh’- 
bon, whom M0’ses and the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el smote, after they 
were come forth out of E’gypt: 

47 And they possessed his land, 
and the land of Og king of Ba’- 
shan, two kings of the Am/’6r- 
ites, which were on this side 
Jér’dan toward the sunrising; 

48 From Ar’6-ér, which is by 
the bank of the river Ar’nén, even 
unto mount Si’on, which is 

‘mon, 

49 And all the plain on this side 
Jér’dan eastward, even unto the 
sea of the plain, under the springs 
of Pis’gah. 


CHAPTER 5 158 

1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 Moses 
repeats the commandments. 

ND Mod’ses called all is’ra-el, 

and said unto them, Hear, 

O is’ra-el, the statutes and judg- 

ments which I speak in your ears 

this day, that ye may learn them, 

and keep, and do them. 

2 The LORD our God made a 
covenant with us in H6’reb. 

3 The LORD made noi this 
covenant with our fathers, but 
with us, even us, who are all of 
us here alive this day. 

4 The LorD talked with you 
face to face in the mount out of 
the midst of the fire, 

5 (1 stood between the LORD 
and you at that time, to shew you 
the word of the LORD: for ye 
were afraid by reason of the fire, 
and went not up into the mount;) 
Saying, 

6 91 am the LorD thy God, 


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DEUTERONOMY, 5 


which brought thee out of the 
pn Oe of E’gypt, from the house of 
on 

7 Tho shalt have none other 
gods before mes 

8 Thou shalt not make thee 
any graven image, or any like- 
ness of any thing that is in heaven 
above, or that is in the earth be- 
neath, or that is in the waters 
beneath the earth: 

9 Thou shalt not bow down 
thyself unto them, nor serve 
them: for I the LORD thy God 
am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the 
children unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate 


me, 
10 And shewing mercy unto 

thousands of them that love me 

and keep my commandments. 
11 Thou shalt not take the 


name of the LORD thy God in| me 


vain: for the LORD will not hold 
him guiltless that taketh his 
name in vain. 

i2 Keep the sabbath day to 
sanctify it, as the LORD thy God 
hath commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt labour, 
and do all thy work: 

14 But the seventh day is the 
sabbath of the LORD thy God: 
in it thou shalt not do any work, 
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
ter, nor thy manservant, nor thy 
maidservant, nor thine ox, nor 
thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, 
nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates; that thy manservant 
and thy maidservant may rest as 
well as thou. 

15 And remember that thou 
wast a servant in the land of 
E’/gypt, and that the LORD thy 
God brought thee out thence 
through a mighty hand and by 
a stretched out arm: therefore 
the LORD thy God commanded 
thee to keep the sabbath day. 

16 Honour thy father and 
thy mother, as the LORD thy God 
hath commanded thee; that thy 
days may be prolonged, and that 
it may go well with thee, in the 


Moses repeats the commandments | 


land which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee. 

17 Thou shalt not kill, 

18 Neither shalt thou commit 
adultery. 

19 Neither shalt thou steal. 

20 Neither shalt thou bear false 
witness against thy neighbour. 

21 Neither shalt thou desire 
thy neighbour’s wife. neither 
shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s 
house, his field, or his manser- 
vant, or his maidservant, his ox, 
or his ass, or any thing that is 
thy neighbour’s. 

22 | These words the LORD 
spake unto all your assembly in 
the mount out of the midst of the 
fire, of the cloud, and of the thick 
darkness, with a great voice: and 
he added no more. And he 
wrote them in two tables of 
stone, and delivered them unto 


23 And it came to pass, when 
ye heard the voice out of the 
midst of the darkness, (for the | 
mountain did burn with fire,) 
that ye came near unto me, even 
all the heads of your tribes, and 
your elders; 

24 And ye said, Behold, the 
LORD our God hath shewed us| 
his glory and his greatness, and 
we have heard his voice out of 
the midst of the fire: we have 
seen this day that God doth talk 
with man, and he liveth. 

25 Now therefore why should 
we die? for this great fire will 
consume us: if we hear the 
voice of the LORD our God any 
more, then we shall die 

26 For who is there of all flesh, 
that hath heard the voice of the 
living God speaking out of the 
midst of the fire, as we have, and 
lived? 

27 Go thou near, and hear all 
that the LORD our God shall say: 
and speak thou unto us all that 
the LORD our God shall speak 
unto thee; and we will hear it, 
and do it. 

28 And the LORD heard the | 
voice of your words, when ye 


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Exhortation to obedience 
: 
| 


spake unto me; and the LORD 
said unto me, I have heard the 
| voice of the words of this people, 
which they have spoken unto 

thee: they have well said all that 
‘they have spoken. 

29 O that there were such an 
‘heart in them, that they would 
fear me, and keep all my com- 

mandments always, that it might 


be well with them, and with their 
children for ever! 


30 Go say to them, Get you 


into your tents again. 


31 But as for thee, stand thou 


here by me, and I will speak unto 
thee all the commandments, and 


the statutes, and the judgments, 
which thou shalt teach them, 
that they may do them in the land 
which I give them to possess it. 

32 Ye shall observe to do there- 


fore as the LORD your God hath 


commanded you: ye shall not 


turn aside to the right hand or to 


e left. 
33 Ye shall walk in all the 


“ways which the LORD your God 


“hath commanded you, that ye 
may live, and that it may be well 
with you, and that ye may pro- 


long your days in the land which 
ye shall possess. 


159 CHAPTER 6 
An exhortation to obedience. 


OW these ave the command- 
ments, the statutes, and the 
judgments, which the LORD your 
God commanded to teach you, 
that ye might do them in the land 
whither ye go to possess it: 
2 That thou mightest fear the 
LorpD thy God, to keep all his 
statutes and his commandments, 


which I command thee, thou, and 
thy son, and thy son’s son, all the 


days of thy life; 
days may be prolonged. 





and that thy 


_ 3 4 Hear therefore, O Is’ra-el, 
and observe to do if; that it may 
be well with thee, and that ye 
may increase mightily, as_ the 
Lorp God of thy fathers hath 
promised thee, in the land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 


DEUTERONOMY, 6 


4 Hear, O is’ra-el: the LORD 
our God is one LORD: 

5 And thou shalt love the 
LORD thy God with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy might. 

6 And these words, which f 
command thee this day, shall be 
in thine heart: 

7 And thou shalt teach them 
diligently unto thy children, and 
shalt talk of them when thou 
sittest in thine house, and when 
thou walkest by the way, and 
when thou liest down, and when 
thou risest up. 

8 And thou shalt bind them for 
a sign upon thine hand, and they 
shali be as frontlets between 
thine eyes. 

9 And thou shalt write them 
upon the posts of thy house, and 
on thy gates. 

10 And it shall be, when the 
LORD thy God shall have brought 
thee into the land which he sware 
unto thy fathers, to A’bra-ham, 
to I’saac, and to Ja’cob, to give 
thee great and goodly cities, 
which thou buildedst not, 

11 And houses full of all good 
things, which thou filledst not, 
and welis digged, which thou 
diggedst not, vineyards and olive 
trees, which thou plantedst not; 
when thou shalt have eaten and 
be full; 

12 Then beware lest thou forget 
the LORD, which brought thee 
forth out of the land of E’sypt, 
from the house of bondage. 

13 Thou shalt fear the LORD 
thy God, and serve him, and 
shalt swear by his name. 

14 Ye shall not go after other 
gods, of the gods of the people 
which are round about you; | 

15 (For the LORD thy God is a 
jealous God among you) lest the 
anger of the LORD thy God be 
kindled against thee, and destroy 
thee from off the face of the 


earth. 

16 4 Ye shall not tempt the 
LorD your God, as ye tempted 
him in Mas’sah. 


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Communion with the nations forbidden 


17 Ye shall diligently keep the | vites, and the Jéb’u-sites, seven 


commandments of the LORD 
your God, and his testimonies, 
and his statutes, which he hath 
commanded thee. J 
_18 And thou shalt do that which 
is right and good in the sight of 
the LORD: that it may be well 
with thee, and that thou mayest 
go in and possess the good land 
which the LORD sware unto thy 
fathers, 

19 To cast out all thine enemies 
from before thee, as the LORD 
hath spoken. 

20 And when thy son asketh 
thee in time to come, saying, 
What mean the testimonies, and 
the statutes, and the judgments, 
which the LORD our God hath 
commanded you? 

21 Then thou shalt say unto 
thy son, We were Pha’rath’s 
bondmen in E’gypt; and the 
LORD brought us out of B’sy¥pt 
with a mighty hand: 

22 And the LORD shewed signs 
and wonders, great and sore, 
upon E’gypt, upon Pha’raoh, and 
upon all his household, before 
our eyes: 

23 And he brought us out from 
thence, that he might bring us in, 
to give us the land which he 
Sware unto our fathers. 

24 And the LORD commanded 
us to do ali these statutes, to fear 
the LORD our God, for our good 
always, that he might preserve 
us alive, as it is at this day. 

25 And it shall be our right- 
eousness, if we observe to do all 
these commandments before the 
LORD our God, as he hath com- 
manded us. 


160 CHAPTER 7 


Communion with the nations forbidden. 


HEN the Lorp thy God 

shall bring thee into the 

land whither thou goest to pos- 
sess it, and hath cast out many 
nations before thee, the Hit’tites, 
and the Gir’ga-shites, and the 
Am/6r-ites, and the Ca’n4an-ites, 
and the Pér’iz-zites, and the Hi’- 


panes greater and mightier than 
ou; , 

2 And when the LORD thy God 
shall deliver them before thee; 
thou shalt smite them, and ut- 
terly destroy them; thou shalt 
make no covenant with them, 
nor shew mercy unto them: 

3 Neither shalt thou make| 
marriages with them; thy daugh- 
ter thou shalt not give unto his 
son, nor his daughter shalt thou 
take unto thy son. 

4 For they will turn away thy | 
son from following me, that they | 
may serve other gods: so will | 
the anger of the LORD be kindled | 
against you, and destroy thee) 
suddenly. ‘i 

5 But thus shall ye deal with | 
them; ye shall destroy their 
altars, and break down their | 
images, and cut down their | 
groves, and burn their graven | 
images with fire. 

6 For thou art an holy people 
unto the LORD thy God: the! 
LORD thy God hath chosen thee | 
to be a special people unto him- | 
self, above all people that are | 
upon the face of the earth. 

7 The LORD did not set his love | 
upon you, nor choose you, be- | 
cause ye were more in number 
than any people; for ye were the 
fewest of all people: ute 

8 But because the LORD loved | 
you, and because he would keep | 
the oath which he had sworn 
unto your fathers, hath the! 
LORD brought you out with a 
mighty hand, and redeemed you | 
out of the house of bondmen, 
from the hand of Pha’rach king | 
of E’gypt. . 

9 Know therefore. that the | 
LORD thy God, he is God, the 
faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his com- 
mandments to a thousand gen- 
erations; 

10 And repayeth them that | 
hate him to their face, to destroy | 
them: he will not be slack to. 


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the commandments, and 


| Blessings of obedience 
| him that hateth him, he will re- 


pay him to his face. 
11 Thou shalt therefore re 
e 


statutes, and the judgments, 


' which I command thee this day, 
to do them. 


12 4 Wherefore it shall come to 
pass, if ye hearken to these judg- 
ments, and keep, and do them, 


that the LORD thy God shall keep 


unto thee the covenant and the 


‘mercy which he sware unto thy 


fathers: 
13 And he will love thee, and 


| pless thee, and multiply thee: he 
will also bless the fruit of thy 
womb, and the fruit of thy land, 





all people: 


upon thee; 
upon all them that hate thee. 


the people which the 


thy corn, and thy wine, and 
thine oil, the increase of thy 
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, 
in the land which he sware unto 


thy fathers to give thee. 


14 Thou shalt be blessed above 
there shall not be 
male or female barren among 
you, or among your cattle. 

15 And the Lorp will take 
away from thee all sickness, and 


will put none of the evil diseases 


thou knowest, 
lay them 


of £’gypt, which 
but will 


16 And thou shalt consume all 
LORD thy 
God shall deliver thee; thine eye 


‘shall have no pity upon them: 


neither shalt thou serve their 
gods; for that will be a snare 
unto thee. 


17 If thou shalt say in thine 


heart, These nations are more 


than I; how can I dispossess 
them? 
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of 


them: but shalt well remember 


what the LORD thy God did unto 
| Pha’raoh, and unto all b’gypt; 


19 The great temptations which 


thine eyes saw, and the signs, 


and the wonders, and the mighty 
hand, and the stretched out arm, 
whereby the LORD thy God 
brought thee out: so shall the 
LORD thy God do unto all the 
people of whom thou art afraid. 


DEUTERONOMY, 8 


20 Moreover the LORD thy 
God will send the hornet among 
them, until they that are left, and 
hide themselves from thee, be 
destroyed. __ 

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted 
at them: for the LORD thy God 
is among you, a mighty God 
and terrible. 

22 And the LORD thy God will 
put out those nations before thee 
by little and little: thou mayest 
not consume them at once, lest 
the beasts of the field increase 
upon thee. 

23 But the LORD thy God shall 
deliver them unto thee, and shall 
destroy them with a mighty de- 
struction, until they be destroyed. 

24 And he shall deliver their 
kings into thine hand, and thou 
shalt destroy their name from 
under heaven: there shall no 
man be able to stand before thee, 
until thou have destroyed them. 

25 The graven images of their 
gods shall ye burn with fire: 
thou shalt not desire the silver 
or gold that is on them, nor take 
it unto thee, lest thou be snared 
therein: for it is an abomination 
to the LORD thy God. ’ 

26 Neither shalt thou bring an 
abomination into thine house, 
lest thou be a cursed thing like 
it: but thou shalt utterly detest 
it, and thou shalt utterly abhor 
it; for it is a cursed thing. 


CHAPTER 8 161 
Moses further exhorts to obedience. 


LL the commandments which 
I command thee this day 
shall ye observe to do, that ye 
may live, and multiply, and go in 
and possess the land which the 
LORD sware unto your fathers. 
2 And thou shalt remember alli 
the way which the LORD thy God 
led thee these forty years in the 
wilderness, to humble thee, and 
to prove thee, to know what was 
in thine heart, whether thou 
wouldest keep his command- 
ments, or no. 


239 


DEUTERONOMY, 9 


3 And he humbled thee, and 
suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
thee with manna, which thou 
knewest not, neither did thy fa- 
thers know; that he might make 
thee know that man doth not 
live by bread only, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the 
mouthof the LORD doth manlive. 

4 Thy raiment waxed not old 
upon thee, neither did thy foot 
swell, these forty years. 

Thou shalt also consider in 
thine heart, that, as a man chas- 
teneth his son, so the LORD thy 
God chasteneth thee. 

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the 
commandments of the LORD thy 
God, to walk in his ways, and to 
fear him. 

7 For the LORD thy God bring- 
eth thee into a good land, a land 
of brooks of water, of fountains 
and depths that spring out of 
valleys and hills; 

8 A land of wheat, and barley, 
and vines, and fig trees, and pom- 
egranates; a land of oil olive, 
and honey; 

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat 
bread without scarceness, thou 
shalt not lack any thing in it: a 
land whose stones are iron, and 
out of whose hills thou mayest 
dig brass. 

10 When thou hast eaten and 
art full, then thou shalt bless the 
LORD thy God for the good land 
which he hath given thee. 

11 Beware that thou forget not 
the LORD thy God, in not keeping 
his commandments, and _ his 
judgments, and his statutes, 
which I command thee this day: 

12 Lest when thou hast eaten 
and art full, and hast built goodly 
houses, and dwelt therein; 

13 And when thy herds and thy 
flocks multiply, and thy silver 
and thy gold is multiplied, and 
all that thou hast is multiplied; 

14 Then thine heart be lifted 
up, and thou forget the LorpD 
thy God, which brought thee 
forth out of the land of £&’sypt, 
from the house of bondage; 


Penalty of disobedience 


15 Who led thee through that 
great and terrible wilderness, 
wherein were fiery serpents, 
and scorpions, and drought, 
where there was no water; who 
brought thee forth water out of 
the rock of flint; 

16 Who fed thee in the wilder- 
ness with manna, which thy 
fathers knew not, that he might 
humble thee, and that he might 
prove thee, to do thee good at 
thy latter end; {iad 

17 And thou say in thine heart, 
My power and the might of mine 


| hand hath gotten me this wealth. 


18 But thou shalt remember the 
LORD thy God: for it is he that 
giveth thee power to get wealth, 
that he may establish his cove- 
nant which he sware unto thy 
fathers, as it is this day. 

19 And it shall be, if thou do at 
all forget the LORD thy God, and 
walk after other gods, and serve 
them, and worship them, IJ tes- 
tify against you this day that ye 
shall surely perish. 

20 As the nations which the 
LORD destroyeth before your 
face, so shall ye perish; because 
ye would not be obedient unto 
the voice of the LORD your God. 


CHAPTER 9 162 
Moses recalls the rebellions of the chil« 
dren of Israel. 


EAR, O is’ra-el: Thou art to 

pass over Jér’dan this day, 

to go in to possess nations greater 

and mightier than thyself, cities 
great and fenced up to heaven, 

2 A people great and tall, the 
children of the An’a-kims, whom 
thou knowest, and of whom thou 
hast heard say, Who can stand 
before the children of A’nak! 

3 Understand therefore this day, 
that the LORD thy God is he 
which goeth over before thee; as 
a consuming fire he shall destroy 
them, and he shall bring them 
down before thy face: so shalt 
thou drive them out, and destroy 
them quickly, as the LORD hath 
said unto thee. 


240 


Moses recalls Israel’s rebellions 


4 Speak not thou in thine 
heart, after that the LorD thy 
God hath cast them out from be- 
fore thee, saying, For my right- 
eousness the LORD hath brought 
me in to possess this land: but 
for the wickedness of these na- 
tions the LORD doth drive them 
out from before thee. 

5 Not for thy righteousness, or 
for the uprightness of thine heart, 
dost thou go to possess their 
land: but for the wickedness of 
these nations the LORD thy God 
doth drive them out from before 
thee, and that he may perform 
the word which the LORD sware 
unto thy fathers, A’bra-ham, 
Isaac, and Ja’cob. 

6 Understand therefore, that 
the LORD thy God giveth thee 
not this good land to possess it 
for thy righteousness; for thou 
art a stiffnecked people. 

7 Y Remember, and forget not, 
how thou provokedst the LORD 
thy God to wrath in the wilder- 
hess: from the day that thou 
didst depart out of the land of 
Egypt, until ye came unto this 
place, ye have been rebellious 
against the LORD. 

8 Also in H6’reb ye provoked 
the LORD to wrath, so that the 
LORD was angry with you to 
have destroyed you. 

9 When I was gone up into the 
mount to receive the tables of 
Stone, even the tables of the cov- 
snant which the LORD made with 
you, then I abode in the mount 
forty days and forty nights, I 
feither did eat bread nor drink 
water: 

10 And the LorRD delivered 
unto me two tables of stone 
written with the finger of God; 
and on them was written accord- 
ing to all the words, which the 
LORD spake with you in the 
mount out of the midst of the fire 
in the day of the assembly. 

11 And it came to pass at the 
end of forty days and forty 
nights, that the LORD gave me 

16 


DEUTERONOMY, 9 


the two tables of stone, even the 
tables of the covenant. 

12 And the LORD said unto me, 
Arise, get thee down quickly 
from hence; for thy people which 
thou hast brought forth out of 
E’gypt have corrupted them- 
selves; they are quickly turned 
aside out of the way which I 
commanded them; they have 
made them a molten image. 

13 Furthermore the Lorp 
spake unto me, saying, I have 
seen this people, and, behold, it 
is a stiffnecked people: 

14 Let me alone, that I may 
destroy them, and blot out their 
name from under heaven: and [I 
will make of thee a nation might- 
ier and greater than they. 

15 So I turned and came down 
from the mount, and the mount 
burned with fire: and the two 
tables of the covenant were in 
my two hands. 

16 And I looked, and, behold, 
ye had sinned against the LORD 
your God, and had made you a 
molten calf: ye had turned aside 
quickly out of the way which the 
LORD had commanded you. 

17 And I took the two tables, 
and cast them out of my two 
hands, and brake them before 
your eyes. 

18 And I fell down before the 
LORD, as at the first, forty days 
and forty nights: I did neither 
eat bread, nor drink water, be- 
cause of all your sins which ye 
sinned, in doing wickediy in the 
sight of the LORD, to provoke 
him to anger. 

19 For I was afraid of the anger 
and: hot displeasure, wherewith 
the LORD was wroth against you 
to destroy you. But the Lorp 
hearkened unto me at that time 


also. 
20 And the LORD was very 
angry with Aar’on to have de- 
stroyed him: and I prayed for 
Aar’on also the same time. 

21 And I took your sin, the calf 
which ye had made, and burnt it 
with fire, and stamped it, and 


241 


DEUTERONOMY, 10 


Restoration of the tables of the law 


ii a AON OT A eae a ee 
ground it very small, even until | tables of stone like unto the first, 


it was as small as dust: and I 
cast the dust thereof into the 
brook that descended out of the 
mount. 

22 And at Tab’e-rah, and at 
Mas’sah, and at Kib’roth-hat- 
ta’a-vah, ye provoked the LORD 
to wrath. 

23 Likewise when the LORD 
sent you from Ka’desh—bar’ne-a, 
saying, Go up and possess the 
land which I have given you; 
then ve rebelled against the com- 
mandment of the LORD your 
God, and ye believed him not, 
nor hearkened to his voice. 

24 Ye have been rebellious 
against the LORD from the day 
that I knew you. 

25 Thus I fell down before the 
LORD forty days and forty nights, 
as I fell down at the first; be- 
cause the LorD had said he 
would destroy you. 

26 I prayed therefore unto the 
LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, 
destroy not thy people and thine 
inheritance, which thou hast re- 
deemed through thy greatness, 
which thou hast brought forth 
out of B’sypt with a mighty hand. 
_27 Remember thy servants, 
A’bra-ham, Y’saac, and Ja’cob; 
look not unto the stubbornness of 
this people, nor to their wicked- 
ness, nor to their sin: 

28 Lest the land whence thou 
broughtest us out say, Because 
the LORD was not able to bring 
them into the land which he 
promised them, and because he 
hated them, he hath brought 
them out to slay them in the 
wilderness. 

29 Yet they are thy people and 
thine inheritance, which thou 
broughtest out by thy mighty 
power and by thy stretched out 
arm. 


163 CHAPTER 10 


1 Restoration of the tables. 
exhortation by Moses. 


T that time the LORD said 
unto me, Hew thee two 


12 An 


242 


and come up unto me into the 
mount, and make thee an ark 
of wood. : 

2 And I wili write on the tables 
the words that were in the first 
tables which thou brakest, and 
thou shalt put them in the ark. 

3 And I made an ark of shittim 
wood, and hewed two tables of 
stone like unto the first, and 
went up into the mount, having 
the two tables in mine hand. 

4 And he wrote on the tables, 
according to the first writing, the 
ten commandments, ‘which the 
LoRD spake unto you in the! 
mount out of the midst of the 
fire in the day of the assembly; 
and the LORD gave them unto 


me. | 

.5 And I turned myself and 
came down from the mount, and 
put the tables in the ark which I 
had made; and there they be, as 
the LORD commanded me, | 

6 4 And the children of Is’ra-el 
took their journey from Bé-é’- 
roth of the children of Ja’a-kan 
to Mé-sé’ra: there Aar’on died, 
and there he was buried, and 
E-le-a’zar his son ministered in 
the priest’s office in his stead. 

7 From thence they journeyed 
unto Gtd’go-dah; and from 
Gid’go-dah to Jét’bath, a land 
of rivers of waters. 

8 4 At that time the LORD sepa- 
rated the tribe of Lé’vi, to bear 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, to stand before the LORD 
to minister unto him, and to 
bless in his name, unto this day. 

9 Wherefore Lé’vi hath neo 
part nor inheritance with his 
brethren; the LORD is his in- 
heritance, according as the LORD 
thy God promised him. 

10 And I stayed in the mount; 
according to the first time, forty 
days and forty nights; and the 
LORD hearkened unto me at that 
time also, and the LORD would 
not destroy thee. ; 

11 And the LoRD said unto me, 
Arise, take thy journey before 
















‘Moses exhorts to cbedience 


the people, that they may go in 
and possess the land, which I 
sware unto their fathers to give 
unto them. i 

12 4 And now, is’ra-el, what 
doth the LORD thy God require of 
thee, but to fear the LorD thy 
God, to walk in all his ways, and 
‘to love him, and to serve the 
LORD thy God with all thy heart 
and with all thy soul, 

13 To keep the commandments 
of the LorD, and his statutes, 
which I command thee this day 
for thy good? 
14 Behold, the heaven and the 
eaven of heavens is the LORD’S 
‘thy God, the earth also, with all 
‘that therein is. 
15. Only the LoRD had a delight 
in thy fathers to love them, and 
‘he chose their seed after them, 
even you above all people, as it is 
this day. 
16 Circumcise therefore the 
foreskin of your heart, and be no 
‘more stiffnecked. ; 

17 For the LORD your God is 
‘God of gods, and LORD of lords, 
a great God, a mighty, and a ter- 
rible, which regardeth not per- 
Sons, nor taketh reward: 

18 He doth execute the judg- 
ment of the fatherless and widow, 
and loveth the stranger, in giving 
him food and raiment. 

19 Love ye therefore the stran- 
Ber: for ye were strangers in the 
land of E’éypt. 

20 Thou shalt fear the LorRpD 
thy God; him.shalt thou serve, 
and to him shalt thou cleave, 
and swear by his name. ; 

21 He is thy praise, and he is 
thy God, that hath done for thee 
these great and terrible things, 
Which thine eyes have seen. 

22 Thy fathers went down into 
Wéypt with threescore and ten 
persons; and now the LORD thy 
God hath made thee as the stars 
Of heaven for multitude. 


164 CHAPTER 11 


lt Moses exhorts to obedience. 
blessing and a curse. 


_26A 


243 


DEUTERONOMY, 11 


ORs thou shalt love 
4 the LORD thy God, and 
keep his charge, and his statutes, 
and his judgments, and his com- 
mandments, alway. 

2 And know ve this day: for J 
speak not with your children 
which have not known, and 
which have not seen the chastise- 
ment of the LORD your God, his 
greatness, his mighty hand, and 
his stretched out arm, 

3 And his miracles, and his 
acts, which he did in the midst of 
E’gypt unto Pha’raoh the king of 
E’éypt, and unto all his land; 

4 And what he did unto the 
army of E’gypt, unto their horses, 
and to their chariots; how he 
made the water of the Red sea to 
overflow them as they pursued 
after you, and how the LorRD 
hath destroyed them unto thisday; 

5 And what he did unto you in 
the wilderness, until ye came 
into this place; 

6 And what he did unto Da’- 
than and A-bi’ram, the sons of 
E-li’ab, the son of Reu’ben: how 
the earth opened her mouth, and 
swallowed them up, and their 
households, and their tents, and 
all the substance that was in 
their possession, in the midst of 
all Is’ra-el: 

7 But your eyes have seen all 
the great acts of the LORD which 
he did. 

8 Therefore shail ye keep all the 
commandments which I com- 
mand you this day, that ve may 
be strong, and go in and possess 
the land, whither ye go to possess 


It;- 

9 And that ye may prolong 
your days in the land, which the 
LORD sware unto your fathers 
to give unto them and to their 
seed, a land that floweth with 
milk and honey. 

10 4 For the land, whither thou 
goest in to possess it, is not as 
the land of E’gy¥pt, from whence 
ye came out, where thou sowedst 
thy seed, and wateredst it with 
thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 


DEUTERONOMY, 11 


Blessings of obedience 


11 But the land, whither ye go| 22 {For if ye shall diligently 
to possess it, is aland of hills and | keep all these commandments | 


valleys, and drinketh water of the 
rain of heaven: 

12 A land which the LORD thy 
God careth for: the eyes of the 
LORD thy God are always upon 
it, from the beginning of the year 
even unto the end of the year. 

13 § And it shall come to pass, 
if ye shall hearken diligently 
unto my commandments which I 
command:you this day, to love 
the LORD your God, and to serve 
him with all your heart and with 
all your soul, | 
14 That I will give you the rain 
of your land in 
the first rain and the latter rain, 
that thou mayest gather in thy 
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in 
thy fields for thy cattle, that thou 
mayest eat and be full. 

16 Take heed to yourselves, 
that your heart be not deceived, 
and ye turn aside, and serve 
other gods, and worship them; 

17 And then the LORD’S wrath 
be kindled against you, and he 
shut up the heaven, that there 
be no rain, and that the land yield 
not her fruit; and lest ye perish 
quickly from off the good land 
which the LORD giveth you. 

18 4 Therefore shall ye lay up 
these my words in your heart and 
in your soul, and bind them for a 
sign upon your hand, that they 
may be as frontlets between your 
eyes. 

19 And ye shall teach them 
your children, speaking of them 
when thou sittest in thine house, 
and when thou walkest by the 
way, when thou liest down, and 
when thou risest up. 

20 And thou shalt write them 
upon the door posts of thine 
house, and upon thy gates: 

21 That your days may be 
multiplied, and the days of your 
children, in the land which the 
LORD sware unto your fathers to 
give them, as the days of heaven 
upon the earth. 


244 


his due season, | b 


which I command you, to do 
them, to love the LORD your God, 
to walk in all his ways, and to) 
cleave unto him; 

23 Then will the LORD drive 
out all these nations from before 
you, and ye shall possess greater | 
nations and mightier than your- 
selves. 

24 Every place whereon the 
soles of your feet shall tread shall | 
be yours: from the wiiderness 
and Léb’a-non, from the river, | 
the river Et-phra’tés, even unto 
the uttermost sea shall your coast 


e. 
25 There shall no man be able) 
to stand before you: for the 
LORD your God shall lay the 
fear of you and the dread of you 
upon all the land that ye shall 
tread upon, as he hath said’ 
unto you. 
26 4 Behold, I set before you 
this day a blessing and a curse; 
27 A blessing, if ye obey the 
commandments of the LORD 
your God, which I command you 
this day: | 
28 And a curse, if ye will not 
obey the commandments of the 
LORD your God, but turn aside 
out of the way which I command 
you this day, to go after other 
gods, which ye have not known. 
2 nd it shall come to pass, 





that thou shalt put the blessing 
upon mount Gér’i-zim, and the 
curse upon mount E’bal. 

30 Are they not on the other 
side Jér’dan, by the way where 
the sun goeth down, in the land 
of the Ca’ndan-ites, which dwell 
in the champaign over against 
Gil’gal, beside the plains oi 
MO’reh? 

31 For ye shall pass over Jér’- 
dan to go in to possess the land 
which the LORD your God giveth 
you, and ye shall possess it, and 
dwell therein. 






Various laws and judgments 


32 And ye shall observe to do 
all the statutes and judgments 
which I set before you this day. 


165 CHAPTER 12 


1 Moses lays down certain laws and 
judgments. 17 Holy things to be 
eaten in a holy place. 

HESE are the statutes and 
judgments, which ye shall 
observe to do in the land, which 
the LORD God of thy fathers 
giveth thee to possess it, all the 
days that ye live upon the earth. 

2 Ye shall utterly destroy all 
the places, wherein the nations 
which ye shall possess served 
their gods, upon the high moun- 
tains, and upon the hills, and 
under every green tree: 

3 And ye_ shall overthrow 
their altars, and break their pil- 
lars, and burn their groves with 
fire; and ye shall hew down the 
graven images of their gods, and 
destroy the names of them out 
of that place. 

4 Ye shall not do so unto the 
LORD your God. ; 

5 But unto the place which the 
LORD your God_ shall choose 
out of all your tribes to put his 
name there, even unto his habi- 
tation shall ye seek, and thither 
thou shalt come: 

6 And thither ye shall bring 
your burnt offerings, and your 
sacrifices, and your tithes, and 
heave offerings of your hand, 
and your vows, and your free- 
will offerings, and the firstlings 
of your herds and of your flocks: 

And there ye shall eat before 
the LORD your God, and ye 
shall rejoice in all that ye put 
your hand unto, ye and_ your 
households, wherein the LORD 
thy God hath blessed thee. 

8 Ye shali not do after all the 
things that we do here this day, 
every man whatsoever is right 
in his own eyes. 

9 For ye are not as yet come 
to the rest and to the inheritance, 
which the LORD your God 
giveth you. 


DEUTERONOMY, 12 


10 But when ye go over Jor’- 
dan, and dwell in the land which 
the LORD your God giveth you 
to inherit, and when he giveth 
you rest from all your enemies 
round about, so that ye dwell in 
safety; 

11 Then there shall be a place 
which the LORD your God shali 
choose to cause his name to 
dwell there; thither shall ye 
bring all that I command you; 
your burnt offerings, and your 
sacrifices, your tithes, and the 
heave offering of your hand, and 
all your choice vows which ye 
vow unto the LORD: 

12 And ye shall rejoice before 
the LORD your God, ye, and 
your sons, and your daughters, 
and your menservants, and your 
maidservants, and the Lé’vite 
that is within your gates; for- 
asmuch as he hath no part nor 
inheritance with you. 

13 Take heed to thyself that 
thou offer not thy burnt offer- 
ings in every place that thou 
seest: 

14 But in the place which the 
LORD shall choose in one of thy 
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy 
burnt offerings, and there thou 
shalt do all that I command 
thee. y 

15 Notwithstanding thou may- 
est kill and eat flesh in all thy 
gates, whatsoever thy soul 
lusteth after, according to the 
blessing of the LORD thy God 
which he hath given thee: the 
unclean and the clean may eat 
thereof, as of the roebuck, and 
as of the hart. 

16 Only ye shall not eat the 

blood; ye shall pour it upon the 
earth as water. 
_17 § Thou mayest not eat with- 
in thy gates the tithe of thy corn, 
or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or 
the firstlings of thy herds or of 
thy flock, nor any of thy vows 
which thou vowest, nor thy free- 
will offerings, or heave offering 
of thine hand: 

18 But thou must eat them 


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before the LORD thy God in the 
place which the LORD thy God 
shall choose, thou, and thy son, 
and thy daughter, and thy man- 
servant, and maidservant, 

and the Lé’vite that is within 
thy gates: and thou shalt re- 
joice before the LORD thy God 
in all that thou puttest thine 
hands unto. 

19 Take heed to thyself that 
thou forsake not the Lé’vite as 
ene as thou livest upon the 


sok te When the LORD thy God 
shall enlarge thy border, as he 
hath promised thee, and thou 
shalt say, I will eat flesh, be- 
cause thy soul longeth to eat 
flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth 


after. 

21 If the place which the LORD 
thy God hath chosen to put 
his name there be too far from 
thee, then thou shalt kill of thy 
herd and of thy flock, which 
the LORD hath given thee, as I 
have commanded thee, and thou 
shalt eat in thy gates whatso- 
ever thy soul lusteth after. 

22 Even as the roebuck and the 
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat 
them: the unclean and the clean 
shall eat of them alike. 

23 Only be sure that thou eat 
not the blood: for the blood is 
the life; and thou mayest not 
eat the life with the flesh. 

24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou 
pues pour it upon the earth as 


ee Schau shalt not eat it; that 
it may go well with thee, and 
with thy children after thee, 
when thou shalt do that which 
is right in the sight of the LORD. 
6 Only thy holy things. which 
thou hast, and thy vows, thou 
shalt take, and go unto the place 
which the LORD shall choose: 
27 And thou shalt offer thy 
burnt offerings, the flesh and the 
blood, upon the altar of the 
LorD thy God: and the blood 
of thy sacrifices shall be poured 


Treatment of idolaters 


out upon the altar of the LORD 
pre and thou shalt eat the 
esh. 
28 Observe and hear all these 
words which I command thee, 
that it may go well with thee, 


and with thy children after thee - 


for ever, when thou doest that 
which is good and right in the 
sight of the LORD thy God. 

29 4 When the LORD thy God 
shall cut off the nations from 
before thee, whither thou goest 
to possess them, and thou suc- 
ceedest them, and dwellest in 
their land; 

30 Take heed to thyself that 
thou be not snared by following 
them, after that they be destroyed 
from before thee; and that thou 
enquire not after their gods, say= 
ing, How did these nations 
serve their gods? even SO will I 
do likewise. 

31 Thou shalt not do so unto 
the LORD thy God: for every 
abomination to the LORD, which 
he hateth, have they done unto 
their gods; for even their sons 
and their daughters they have 
burnt in the fire to their gods. 

32 What thing soever I com- 
mand you, observe to do it: 
thou shalt not add thereto, nor 
diminish from it. 


CHAPTER 13 166 
1 Idolaters to be put to death. 12 Idol- 
atrous cities to be destroyed. 

F there arise among you a 

prophet, or a dreamer of 

dreams, and giveth thee a sign 
or a wonder, 

2 And the sign or the wonder 

come to pass, whereof he spake 

unto thee, saying, Let us go 


after other gods, which thou hast | 


not known, and let us serve 
them; 

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto 
the words of that prophet, or 
that dreamer of dreams: -for the 
LORD your God proveth you, to 
know whether ye love the LORD 
your God with all your heart 
and with all your soul. 


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Idolatrous cities to be destroyed 


DEUTERONOMY, 14 


4 Ye shall walk after the LORD | thy God hath given thee to 


your God, and fear him, and 
keep his commandments, and 
obey his voice, and ye shall 
Serve him, and cleave unto 


im. 

5 And that prophet, or that 
dreamer of dreams, shall be put 
to death; because he 
spoken to turn you away from 
the LORD your God, which 
brought you out of the land of 
E’éypt, and redeemed you out of 
the house of bondage, to thrust 
thee out of the way which the 
LORD thy God commanded thee 
to walk in. So shalt thou put 
the evil away from the midst of 


thee. 

6 § If thy brother, the son of 
thy mother, or thy son, or thy 
daughter, or the wife of thy 
bosom, or thy friend, which is 
as thine own soul, entice thee 
secretly, saying, Let us go and 
serve other gods, which thou hast 
not known, thou, nor thy fathers: 

7 Namely, of the gods of the 
people which are round about 
you, nigh unto thee, or far off 
from thee, from the one end of 
the earth even unto the other 
end of the earth; 

8 Thou shalt not consent unto 
him, nor hearken unto him; 
neither shall thine eye pity him, 
Neither shalt thou spare, neither 
Shalt thou conceal him: : 

9 But thou shalt surely kill! 
him; thine hand shall be first 
upon him to put him to death, 
and afterwards the hand of ali 
the people. : 

10 And thou shalt stone him 
with stones, that he die; be- 
cause he hath sought to thrust 
thee away from the LORD thy 
God, which brought thee out of 
the land of E’éypt, from the 
house of bondage. 

11 And ail is’ra-el shall hear, 
and fear, and shall do no more 
any such wickedness as this is 
among you. 

12 {If thou shalt hear say in 
one of thy cities, which the LorpD 


hath | kn 


dwell there, saying, 

13 Certain men, the children 
of Bé’li-al, are gone out from 
among you, and have with- 
drawn the inhabitants of their 
city, saying, Let us go and serve 
other gods, which ye have not 
own: 

14 Then shalt thou enquire, 

and make search, and ask dili- 
gently; and, behold, if it be 
truth, and the thing certain, that 
such abomination is wrought 
among you; 
_15 Thou shalt surely smite the 
inhabitants of that city with the 
edge of the sword, destroying it 
utterly, and all that is therein, 
and the cattle thereof, with the 
edge of the sword. 

16 And thou shalt gather all 
the spoil of it into the midst of 
the street thereof, and shalt burn 
with fire the city, and all the spoil 
thereof every whit, for the LORD 
thy God: and it shall be an heap 
for ever; it shall not be built 
again. 

17 And there shall cleave 
nought of the cursed thing to 
thine hand: that the LORD may 
turn from the fierceness of his 
anger, and shew thee mercy, and 
have compassion upon-thee, and 
multiply thee, as he hath sworn 
unto thy fathers; 

18 When thou shalt hearken 
to the voice of the Lorp thy 
God, to keep all his command- 
ments which I command thee 
this day, to do that which is 
right in the eyes of the LORD thy 


God. 
CHAPTER 14 167 
1 No disfiguring mourning fer God’s 
children. 3 Of meats clean and une 
clean. 22 Of tithes. 


YE are the children of the 
LORD your God: ye shall 
not cut yourselves, nor make 
any baldness between your eyes 
for the dead. 

2 For thou art an holy people 
unto the LORD thy God, and 
the LORD hath chosen thee to be 


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a peculiar people unto himself, 
above all the nations that are 
upon the earth. 

3 ¢ Thou shalt not eat any 
abominable thing. 

4 These are the beasts which 
ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, 
and the goat, 

5 The hart, and the roebuck, 
and the fallow deer, and the 
wild goat, and the pygarg, and 
the wild ox, and the chamois. 

6 And every beast that parteth 
the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft 
into two claws, and cheweth the 
cud among the beasts, that ye 
shall eat. 

7 Nevertheless these ye shall 
not eat of them that chew the 
cud, or of them that divide the 
cloven hoof; as the camel, and 
the hare, and the coney: for 
they chew the cud, but divide 
not the hoof; therefore they are 
unclean unto you. 

8 And the swine, because it 
divideth the hoof, yet cheweth 
not the cud, it is unclean unto 
you: ye shall not eat of their 
flesh, nor touch their dead car- 
case. 

9 4 These ye shall eat of all 
that are in the waters: all that 
have fins and scales shall ye 


eat: 

10 And whatsoever hath not 
fins and scales ye may not eat; 
it is unclean unto you. 

11 { Of all clean birds ye shall 


eat. 

12 But these are they of 
which ye shall not eat: the 
eagle, and the ossifrage, and 
the ospray, 

13 And the glede, and the kite, 
and the vulture after his kind, 

14 And every raven after his 
kind, 

15 And the owl, and the night 
hawk, and the cuckow, and the 
hawk after his kind, 

16 The little owl, and the great 
owl, and the swan, 

17 And the pelican, and the 
gier eagle, and the cormorant, 

18 And the stork, and the heron 


Of clean and unclean meats 


after her kind, and the lapwing, 
and the bat. 

19 And every creeping thing 
that flieth is unclean unto you: 
they shall not be eaten. 

20 But of all clean fowls ye 
may eat. 

21 4 Ye shall not eat of any 
thing that dieth of itself: thou 
shalt give it unto the stranger 
that is in thy gates, that he may 
eat it; or thou mayest sell it 
unto an alien: for thou art an 
holy people unto the LORD thy 
God. Thou shait not seethe a 
kid in his mother’s milk. 

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all 
the increase of thy seed, that the 
field bringeth forth year by year. 

23 And thou shalt eat before 
the LORD thy God, in the place 
which he shall choose to place 
his name there, the tithe of thy 
corn, of thy wine, and of thine 
oil, and the firstlings of thy herds 
and of thy flocks; that thou 
mayest learn to fear the LORD 
thy God always. 

24 And if the way be too long 
for thee, so that thou art not 
able to carry it; or if the place 
be too far from thee, which the 
LorD thy God shall choose to 
set his name there, when the 
FORD thy God hath blessed 

ee: 

25 Then shalt thou turn if into 
money, and bind up the money 
in thine hand, and shalt go unto 
the place which the LORD thy 
God shall choose: 

26 And thou shalt bestow that 
money for whatsoever thy soul 
lusteth after, for oxen, or for 
sheep, or for wine, or for strong 
drink, or for whatsoever thy 
soul desireth: and thou shalt 
eat there before the LORD thy 
God, and thou shalt rejoice, 
thou, and thine household, 

_27 And the Lé’vite that is with- 
in thy gates; thou shalt not for- 
sake him; for he hath no part 
nor inheritance with thee. 

28 § At the end of three years 
thou shait bring forth all the 


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The year of release 


tithe of thine increase the same 
year, and shalt lay it up within 
thy gates: 

29 And the Lé’vite, (because 
he hath no part nor inheritance 
with thee,) and the stranger, 
and the fatherless, and the 
widow, which are within thy 
gates, shall come, and shall! eat 
and be satisfied; that the LoRD 
thy God may bless thee in all 
the work of thine hand which 
thou doest. 


168 CHAPTER 15 


1 The seventh year and manner of re- 
lease. 12 Concerning an Hebrew 
servant. 

T the end of every seven 
years thou shalt make a 
release. 

2 And this is the manner of the 
release: Every creditor that 
lendeth ought unto his neighbour 
shall release if; he shall not 
exact if of his neighbour, or he 
his brother; because it is called 
the LORD’S release. 

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest 
exact if again: but that which is 
thine with thy brother thine 
hand shall release; 

4 Save when there shall be no 
poor among you; for the LORD 
shall greatly bless thee in the 
land which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance 
to possess it: 

5 Only if thou carefully hearken 
unto the voice of the LORD thy 
God, to observe to do all these 
commandments which I com- 


_ mand thee this day. 


6 For the LORD thy God bless- 
eth thee, as he promised thee: 
and thou shalt lend unto many 


_ nations, but thou shalt not bor- 
row; and thou shalt reign over 


many nations, but they shall not 
reign over thee. 

7 9 If there be among you a 
poor man of one of thy brethren 
within any of thy gates in thy 
land which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee, thou shalt not 
harden thine heart, nor shut 


DEUTERONOMY, 15 


thine hand from thy poor 
brother: 

8 But thou shalt open thine 
hand wide unto him, and shalt 
surely lend him sufficient for his 
need, in that which he wanteth. 

9 Beware that there be not a 
thought in thy wicked heart, 
saying, The seventh year, the 
year of release, is at hand; and 
thine eye be evil against thy 
poor brother, and thou givest 
him nought; and he cry unto 
the LORD against thee, and it 
be sin unto thee. 

10 Thou shalt surely give him, 
and thine heart shall not be 
grieved when thou givest unto 
him: because that for this 
thing the LORD thy God shall 
bless thee in all thy works, and 
in all that thou puttest thine 
hand unto. 

11 For the poor shall never 
cease out of the land: therefore 
I command thee, saying, Thou 
shalt open thine hand wide unto 
thy brother, to thy poor, and to 
thy needy, in thy land. 

12 9 And if thy brother, an 
Hé’brew man, or an Hé’brew 
woman, be sold unto thee, and 
serve thee six years; then in 
the seventh year thou shalt let 
him go free from thee. ‘ 

13 And when thou sendest him 
out free from thee, thou shalt 
not let him go away empty: | 

14 Thou shalt furnish him 
liberally out of thy flock, and 
out of thy floor, and out of thy 
winepress: of that wherewith 
the LORD thy God hath blessed 
thee thou shalt give unto him. 

15 And thou shalt remember 
that thou wast a bondman in the 
land of E’gypt, and the LORD 
thy God redeemed thee: there- 
fore I command thee this thing 
to day. 

16 And it shall be, if he say 
unto thee, I will not go away 
from thee; because he loveth 
thee and thine house, because 
he is well with thee; 

17 Then thou shalt take an 


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DEUTERONOMY, 16 


aul, and thrust it through his 
ear unto the door, and he shail 
be thy servant for ever. And 
also unto thy maidservant thou 
shalt do likewise? 

18 It shall not seem hard unto 
thee, when thou sendest him 
away free from thee; for he 
hath been worth a double hired 
servant to thee, in serving thee 
six years: and the LORD thy 
God shall bless thee in all that 
thou doest. F 

19 ¢ All the firstling males 
that come of thy herd and of thy 


flock thou shalt sanctify unto | th 


the LoRD thy God: thou shalt 
do no work with the firstling of 
thy bullock, nor shear the first- 
ling of thy sheep. 

20 Thou shalt eat it before the 
LORD thy God year by year in 
the place which the LORD shall 
choose, thou and thy household. 

21 And if there be any blemish 
therein, as if if be lame, or blind, 
or have any ill blemish, thou 
shalt not sacrifice it unto the 
LORD thy God. 

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy 
gates: the unclean and the 
clean person shali eat it alike, 
as the roebuck, and as the hart. 

23 Only thou shalt not eat the 
blood thereof; thou shait pour 
' jt upon the ground as water. 


169 CHAPTER 16 
1 Of the stated feasts. 18 Of judges 
and judgments. 

BSERVE the month of A’bib; 
and keep the passover unto 
the LORD thy God: for in the 
month of A’bib the LORD thy 
God brought thee forth out of 

B£’/gypt by night. | 
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice 
the passover unto the LORD thy 
God, of the flock and the herd, 
in the place which the LORD shall 
choose to place his name there. 
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened 
bread with it; seven days shalt 
thou eat unleavened bread there- 
with, even the bread of affliction; 
for thou camest forth out of the 


The stated feasts 


land of E’gypt in haste: that 
thou mayest remember the day 
when thou camest forth out of 
the ae of £’éypt all the days of 


y life. 

4 And there shall be no leav- 
ened bread seen with thee in all 
thy coast seven days; neither 
shall there any thing of the flesh, 
which thou sacrificedst the first 
day at even, remain all night 
until the morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the 
passover within any of thy gates, 
which the LORD thy God giveth 


ee: 
6 But at the place which the © 
LORD thy God shall choose to 
place his name in, there thou 
shalt sacrifice the passover at 
even, at the going down of the 
sun, at the season that thou 
camest forth out of E’gypt. 

7 And thou shalt roast and 
eat if in the place which the 
LORD thy God shali choose: 
and thou shalt turn in the morn- 
ing, and go unto thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat un- 
leavened bread: and on the 
seventh day shall be a solemn 
assembly to the LORD thy God: 
thou shalt do no work therein. 
9 §| Seven weeks shalt thou 
number unto thee: begin to 
number the seven weeks from 
such time as thou beginnest fo 
put the sickle to the corn. 

10 And thou shalt keep the 
feast of weeks unto the LORD. 
thy God with a tribute of a free- 
will offering of thine hand, 
which thou shalt give unto the 
LORD thy God, according as the 
LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 

11 And thou shalt rejoice be- 
fore the LORD thy God, thou, 
and thy son, and thy daughter, 
and thy manservant, and thy 
maidservant, and the Lé’vite 
that is within thy gates, and the 
stranger, and the fatherless, and 
the widow, that are among you, 
in the place which the LORD thy 
God hath chosen to place his 
name there. 


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Divers injunctions 


12 And thou shalt remember 
that thou wast a 
E’gypt: and thou shalt observe 
and do these statutes. 

13 § Thou shalt observe the 
feast of tabernacles seven days, 
after that thou hast gathered in 
thy corn and thy wine: si, 

14 And thou shalt rejoice in 
thy feast, thou, and thy son, and 
thy daughter, and thy man- 
servant, and thy maidservant, 
and the Lé’vite, the stranger, 
and the fatherless, and the 
widow, that are within thy gates. 

15 Seven days shalt thou keep 
a solemn feast unto the LORD 
thy God in the place which the 
LORD shall choose: because the 
LORD thy God shall bless thee 
in all thine increase, and in all 
the works of thine hands, there- 
fore at shalt surely rejoice. 

16 9§ Three times in a year shall 
all thy males appear before the 
LORD thy God in the place 
which he shall choose; in the 
feast of unleavened bread, and 
in the feast of weeks, and in the 
feast of tabernacles: and they 
shall not appear before the LORD 
empty: ) 

17 Every man shall give as 
he is able, according to the 
blessing of the LoRD thy God 
which he hath given thee. 

18 { Judges and officers shalt 
thou make thee in all thy gates, 
which the LORD thy God giveth 


thee, throughout thy tribes: and | die 


they shall judge the people with 
just judgment. 

19 Thou shalt not wrest judg- 
ment; thou shalt not respect 
persons, neither take a gift: for 
a gift doth blind the eyes of the 
wise, and pervert the words of 
the righteous. 

20 That which is altogether 
just shalt thou follow, that thou 
mayest live, and inherit the 
land which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee. 

21 Thou shalt not plant 
thee a grove of any trees near 
unto the altar of the LORD thy 


DEUTERONOMY, 17 
God, which thou shalt make 


bondman in| thee 


22 ‘Neither shalt thou _set thee 
up any image; which the LORD 
thy God hateth. 


CHAPTER 17 170 


1 Divers injunctions. 14 Choice of a 
ing. 16 His duties. 


HOU shait not sacrifice unto 
the LORD thy God any 
bullock, or sheep, wherein is 
blemish, or any evil favoured- 
ness: for that is an abomina- 
tion unto the LORD thy God. 

2 9 If there be found among 
you, within any of thy gates 
which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee, man or woman, that hath 
wrought wickedness in the sight 
of the LORD thy God, in trans- 
gressing his covenant, 

3 And hath gone and served 
other gods, and worshipped 
them, either the sun, or moon, 
or any of the host of heaven, 
which I have not commanded; 

4 And it be told thee, and thou 
hast heard of it, and enquired 
diligently, and, behold, if be 
true, and the thing certain, that 
such abomination is wrought in 
Is’ra-el: 

5 Then shalt thou bring forth 
that man or that woman, which 
have committed that wicked 
thing, unto thy gates, even that 
man or that woman, and _ shalt 
stone them with stones, till they 


6 At the mouth of two wit- 
nesses, or three witnesses, shall 
he that is worthy of death be 
put to death; but at the mouth 
of one witness he shali not be 
put to death. 

7 The hands of the witnesses 
shall be first upon him to put 
him to death, and afterward the 
hands of all the people. So thou 
shalt put the evil away from 
among you. 

8 § If there arise a matier too 
hard for thee in judgment, be- 
tween blood and blood, between 
plea and plea, and between 


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DEUTERONOMY, 18 


stroke and stroke, being matters 
of controversy within thy gates: 
then shalt thou arise, and get 
thee up into the place which the 
LORD thy God shall choose; 

9 And thou shalt come unto 
the priests the Lé’vites, and un- 
to the judge that shall be in 
those days, and enquire; and 
they shall shew thee the sentence 
of judgment: 

10 And thou shalt do according 
to the sentence, which they of 
that place which the LORD shall 
choose shall shew thee; and 
thou shalt observe to do accord- 
ing to all that they inform thee: 

11 According to the sentence 
of the law which they shall 
teach thee, and according to the 
judgment which they shall tell 
thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt 
not decline from the sentence 
which they shall shew thee, to 
the right hand, nor fo the left. 

12 And the man that will do 
presumptuously, and will not 
hearken unto the priest that 
standeth to minister there before 
the LorD thy God, or unto the 
judge, even that man shall die: 
and thou shalt put away the evil 
from Is’ra-el. : 

13 And all the people shall 
hear, and fear, and do no more 
presumptuously. 

14 4 When thou art come unto 
the land which the LORD thy 
God giveth thee, and _ shalt 
possess it, and shalt dwell there- 
in, and shalt say, I will set a 
king over me, like as all the 
nations that are about me; 

15 Thou shalt in any wise set 
him king over thee, whom the 
LorpD thy God shall choose: 
one from among thy brethren 
shalt thou set king over thee: thou 
mayest not set a stranger over 
thee, which is not thy brother. 

16 But he shall not multiply 
horses to himself, nor cause 
the people to return to E’gypt, 
to the end that he should multi- 
ply horses: forasmuch as the 
LORD hath said unto you, Ye 


His duties — 


shall henceforth return no more 
that way. 

17 Neither shall he multiply 
wives to himself, that his heart 
turn not away: neither shall he 
greatly multiply to himself 
silver and gold. 

18 And it shall be, when he 
sitteth upon the throne of his 
kingdom, that he shall write 
him a copy of this law in a book 
out of that which is before the 
priests the Lé’vites: 

19 And it shall be with him, 
and he shall read therein all the 
days of his life: that he may 
learn to fear the LORD his God, 
to keep all the words of this law 
and these statutes, to do them: 

20 That his heart be not lifted 
up above his brethren, and that 
he turn not aside from the 
commandment, fo the right hand, 
or to the left: to the end that he 
may proiong his days in his 
kingdom, he, and his children, 
in the midst of Is’ra-el. 


Choice of a king. 


CHAPTER 18 171 


1 Of priestly dues. 9 Avoiding abomi- 
nations. 15 A promised Prophet. 
HE priests the Lé’vites, and 
all the tribe of Lé’vi, shall 
have no part nor inheritance 
with Is’ra-el: they shall eat the 
offerings of the LORD made by 
fire, and his inheritance. 
_2 Therefore shall they have no 
inheritance among their breth- 
ren: the LORD is their inherit- 
ance, as he hath said unto them. 

3 9 And this shall be the 
priest’s due from the people, 
from them that offer a sacrifice, 
whether it be ox or sheep; and 
they shall give unto the priest 
the shoulder, and the two 
cheeks, and the maw. 

4 The firstfruit also of thy 
corn, of thy wine, and of thine 
oil, and the first of the fleece of 
thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 

5 For the LorD thy God hath 
chosen him out of all thy tribes, 
to stand to minister in the name 


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Cities of refuge 


of the LORD, him and his sons 
for ever. | 

6 {| And if a Lé’vite come from 

any of thy gates out of all Is’ra- 
el, where he sojourned, and 
come with all the desire, of his 
mind unto the place which the 
LORD shall choose; . ; 
7 Then he shall minister in the 
name of the LORD his God, as 
all his brethren the Lé’vites do, 
which stand there before the 
LORD. 

8 They shall have like por- 
tions to eat, beside that which 
cometh of the sale of his patri- 
mony. 3 

9 § When thou art come into 
the land which the LORD thy 
God giveth thee, thou shalt not 
learn to do after the abomina- 
tions of those nations. 

10 There shall not be found 
among you any one that maketh 
his son or his daughter to pass 
through the fire, or that useth 
divination, or an_ observer of 
times, or an enchanter, or a 
witch, 

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter 
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, 
or a necromancer. ; 
12 For al! that do these things 
are an abomination unto the 
LORD: and because of these 
abominations the LORD thy God 
doth drive them out from before 


thee. 

13 Thou shalt be perfect with 
the LORD thy God. 

14 For these nations, which 
thou shalt possess, hearkened 
unto observers of times, an 
unto diviners: but as for thee, 
the LorD thy God hath not 
suffered thee so fo do. 

15 § The LoRD thy God will 
raise up unto thee a Prophet 
from the midst of thee, of thy 
brethren, like unto me; unto 
him ye shall hearken; 

16 According to all that thou 
desiredst of the LORD thy God 
in Ho’reb in the day of the 
assembly, saying, Let me not 
hear again the voice of the LORD 


DEUTERONOMY, 19 


my God, neither let me see this 
great fire any more, that I die not. 

17 And the LORD said unto 
me, They have well spoken that 
which they have spoken. 

18 I will raise them up a 
Prophet from among their breth- 
ren, like unto thee, and will 
put my words in his mouth; 
and he shall speak unto them 
all that I shall command him. 

19 And it shall come to pass, 
that whosoever will not hearken 
unto my words which he shall 
speak in my name, I will require 
it of him. 

20 But the prophet, which 
shall presume to speak a word 
in my name, which I have not 
commanded him to speak, or 
that shall speak in the name of 
other gods, even that prophet 
shall die. : 

21 And if thou say in thine 
heart, How shall we know the 
word which the LORD hath not 
spoken? 

22 When a prophet speaketh 
in the name of the LORD, if the 
thing follow not, nor come to 
pass, that is the thing which the 
LORD hath not spoken, but the 
prophet hath spoken it pre- 
sumptuously: thou shalt not be 
afraid of him. 


CHAPTER 19 172 

1 Of refuge cities. 14 Landmarks. 16 
Witnesses. 

EN the LORD thy God 

hath cut off the nations, 

whose land the LORD thy God 


d| giveth thee, and thou succeedest 


them, and dwellest in. their 
cities, and in their houses; 

2 Thou shalt separate three 
cities for thee in the midst of thy 
land, which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee to possess it. 

3 Thou shalt prepare thee a 
way, and divide the coasts of thy 
land, which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee to inherit, into three 
parts, that every slayer may flee 
thither. ey 

4 ¢ And this is the case of the 


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slayer, which shall flee thither, 


Concerning witnesses 
14 § Thou shalt not remove 


that he may live: Whoso killeth | thy neighbour’s landmark, which 


his neighbour ignorantly, whom 
he hated not in time past; 

5 As when a man goeth into the 
wood with his neighbour to hew 
wood, and his hand fetcheth a 
stroke with the ax to cut down 
the tree, and the head slippeth 
from the helve, and lighteth 
upon his neighbour, that he die; 
he shall flee unto one of those 
cities, and live: 

6 Lest the avenger of the blood 
pursue the slayer, while his 
heart is hot, and overtake him, 
because the way is long, and 
slay him; whereas he was not 
worthy of death, inasmuch as 
he hated him not in time past. 

7 Wherefore I command thee, 
saying, Thou shalt separate three 
cities for thee. 

8 And if the LorRD thy God 
enlarge thy coast, as he hath 
sworn unto thy fathers, and give 
thee all the land which he 
promised to give untothy fathers; 

9 If thou shalt keep all these 
commandments to do _ them, 
which I command thee this day, 
to love the LORD thy God, and 
to walk ever in his ways; then 
shalt thou add three cities more 
for thee, beside these three: 

10 That innocent blood be not 
shed in thy land, which the 
LORD thy God giveth thee for 
an erences and so blood be 
upon thee. 

11 7 But if any man hate his 
neighbour, and lie in wait for 
him, and rise up against him, 
and smite him mortally that he 
die, and fleeth into one of these 
cities: 

12 Then the elders of his city 
shall send and fetch him thence, 
and deliver him into the hand 
of the avenger of blood, that he 
may die. 

13 Thine eye shall not pity 
him, but thou shalt put away 
the guilt of innocent blood from 
Is’ra-el, that it may go well 
with thee. 


they of old time have set in thine 
inheritance, which thou shalt 
inherit in the land that the 
LORD thy God giveth thee to 
possess it. 

i5 § One witness shall not 
rise up against a man for any. 
iniquity, or for any sin, in any 
sin that he sinneth: at the 
mouth of two witnesses, or at 
the mouth of three witnesses, 
shall the matter be established. 
16 YJ If a false witness rise up 
against any man to_ testify 
axalne him that which is 


“7 “Then both the men, between 
whom the controversy is, shall 
stand before the LORD, before 
the priests and the judges, 
which shall be in those days; 

18 And the judges shall make 
diligent inquisition: and, be- 
hold, if the witness be a false 
witness, and hath testified false- 
ly against his brother; 

19 Then shall ye do unto him, 
as he had thought to have done 
unto his brother: so shalt thou 
put the evil away from among | 


you. 

20 And those which remain 
shall hear, and fear, and shall 
henceforth commit no more any 
such evil among you. 

21 And thine eye shall not 
pity; but life shall go for life, 
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
hand for hand, foot for foot. 


CHAPTER 20 


1 Priests and officers in war. 
sieging cities. 


HEN thou, goest out to 
Y battle against thine en- 
emies, and seest horses, and 
chariots, and a people more 
than thou, be not afraid of 
them: for the LORD thy God is 
with thee, which brought thee 
up out of the land of E’gypt. 
2 And it shall be, when ye are 
come nigh unto the battle, that 


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Priests and officers in war 


the priest shall approach and 
speak unto the people, 

3 And_ shall say unto them, 
Hear, O is’ra-el, ye approach 
this day unto battle against 
‘your enemies: let not your 

earts faint, fear not, and do 

ot tremble, neither be ye terri- 
fied because of them; ; 

4 For the LORD your God is he 
that goeth with you, to fight for 
you against your enemies, to 
save you. 

5 q And the officers shall speak 
unto the people, saying, What 
man is there that hath built a 
new house, and hath not dedi- 
cated it? let him go and return to 
his house, lest he die in the 
battle, and another man dedicate 


it. 

6 And what man is he that 
hath planted a vineyard, and 
hath not yet eaten of it? let 
him also go and return unto his 
house, lest he die in the battle, 
and another man eat of it. 

7 And what man is there that 
hath betrothed a wife, and hath 
not taken her? let him go and 
return unto his house, lest he 
die in the battle, and another 
man take her. 

8 And the officers shall speak 
further unto the people, and they 
shall say, What man is there 
that is fearful and fainthearted? 
let him go and return unto his 
house, lest his brethren’s heart 
faint as well as his heart. 

9 And it shall be, when the 
Officers have made an end of 
speaking unto the people, that 
they shall make captains of the 
armies to lead the people. | 

10 4 When thou comest nigh 
unto a city to fight against it, 
then proclaim peace unto it. 

11 And it shall be, if it make 
thee answer of peace, and open 
unto thee, then it shall be, that 
all the people that is found there- 
in shall be tributaries unto 
thee, and they shall serve thee. 

And if it will make no 
Peace with thee, but will make 


DEUTERONOMY, 21 
war against thee, 


then thou 
shalt besiege it: 

13 And when the LorpD thy 
God hath delivered it into thine 
hands, thou shalt smite every 
male thereof with the edge of 
the sword: 

14 But the women, and the 
little ones, and the cattle, and 
all that is in the city, even all 
the spoil thereof, shalt thou 
take unto thyself; and thou 
shalt eat the spoil of thine 
enemies, which the LORD thy 
God hath given thee. 

15 Thus shalt thou do unto 
all the cities which are very far 
off from thee, which are not of 
the cities of these nations. 

16 But of the cities of these 
people, which the LORD thy 
God doth give thee for an in- 
heritance, thou shalt save alive 
nothing that breatheth: 

17 But thou shalt utterly de- 
stroy them; namely, the Hit’- 
tites, and the Am/6r-ites, the 
Ca’naan-ites, and the Pér’iz- 
zites, the Hi’vites, and the Jéb’u- 
sites; as the LORD thy God 
hath commanded thee: 

18 That they teach you not 
to do after all their abomina- 
tions, which they have done 
unto their gods; so should ye 
sin against the LORD your God. 

19 4 When thou shalt besiege 
a city a long time, in making 
war against it to take it, thou 
shalt not destroy the trees there- 
of by forcing an ax against 
them: for thou mayest eat of 
them, and thou shalt not cut 
them down (for the tree of the 
field is man’s life) to employ 
them in the siege: ; 

20 Only the trees which thou 
knowest that they be not trees 
for meat, thou shalt destroy 
and cut them down; and thou 
shalt build bulwarks against the 
city that maketh war with thee, 
until it be subdued. 


CHAPTER 21 174 


1 Concerning uncertain murder. 10 
Captive women. 18 Rebellious sons. 


255 


DEUTERONOMY, 21 


F one be found slain in the 

land which the LORD thy 
God giveth thee to possess it, 
lying in the field, and it be not 
known who hath slain him: 

_2 Then thy eiders and thy 
judges shall come forth, and 
they shall measure unto the 
cities which are round about 
him that is slain 

3 And it Shall bee that the city 
which is next unto the slain 
man, even the elders of that city 
shall take an heifer, which hath 
not been wrought with, and 
which hath not drawnintheyoke; 

4 And the elders of that city 
shall bring down the heifer unto 
a rough valley, which is neither 
eared nor sown, and _ shall 
Strike off the heifer’s neck there 
in the valley: 

And ihe ‘priests the sons of 
Lé’vi shall come near; for them 
the LORD thy God hath chosen 
to minister unto him, and to 
bless in the name of the LORD; 
and by their word shall every 
controversy and every stroke 
be tried: 

6 And all the elders of that 
city, that are next unto the 
slain man, shall wash their 
hands over the heifer that is be- 
headed in the valley: 

7 And they shall answer and 
say, Our hands have not shed 
this blood, neither have our 
eyes seen it. 

8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto 
thy people Is’ra-el, whom thou 
hast redeemed, and lay not 
innocent blood unto thy people 
of Is’ra-el’s charge. And the 
blood shall be forgiven them. 

9 So shalt thou put away the 
guilt of innocent blood from 
among you, when thou shalt do 
that which is right in the sight 
of the Lord. 

10 { When thou goest forth to 
War against thine enemies, and 
the LORD thy God hath de- 
livered them into thine hands, 
and thou hast taken them captive, 

11 And seest among the cap- 


Concerning uncertain murder 


tives a beautiful woman, and 
hast a desire unto her, that thou 
wouldest have her to thy wife; 

12 Then thou shalt bring her 
home to thine house; and she 
shall shave her head, and pare 
her nails; 

13 And she shall put the 
raiment of her captivity from off 
her, and shall remain in thine 
house, and bewail her father 
and her mother a full month: 
and after that thou shalt go in 
unto her, and be her husband, 
and she shall be thy wife. 

14 And it shall be, if thou have 
no delight in her, then thou shalt 
let her go whither she will; but 
thou shalt not sell her at all for 
money, thou shalt not make 
merchandise of her, because 
thou hast humbled her. 

15 § If a man have two wives, 
one beloved, and another hated, 
and they have born him chil- 
dren, yous the beloved and the 
hated; and if the firstborn sca | 
be hers that was hated: 

16 Then it shall be, when he 
maketh his sons to inherit that 
which he hath, that he may not 
make the son of the beloved 
firstborn before the son of the 
hated, which is indeed the 
firstborn: 

17 But he shall acknowledge 
the son of the hated for the first- 
born, by giving him a double 
portion of all that he hath: for 
he is the beginning of his 
strength; the right of the first- 
born is his. 

18 § If a man have a stubborn 
and rebellious son, which will 
not obey the voice of his father, 
or the voice of his mother, and 
that, when they have chastened 
him, will not hearken unto them: 

19 Then shall his father and 
his mother lay hold on him, and 
bring him out unto the elders of | 
his city, and unto the gate of | 
his place; 

20 And they shall say unto the | 
elders of his city, This our son 
is stubborn and rebellious, he | 


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DEUTERONOMY, 22 


emeatey Pin) opment tye Perea NT EE SP Sa Ue aig Sh See rere 
will not obey our voice; he is a| be before thee in the way in any 


glutton, and a drunkard. 
21 And all the men of his city 


shall stone him with stones, 


that he die: so shalt thou put 
evil away from among you; and 
all Is’ra-el shall hear, and fear. 

22 § And if a man have com- 


mitted a sin worthy of death, 


and he be to be put to death, 


and thou hang him on a tree: 


23 His body shall not remain 
all night upon the tree, but thou 
shalt in any wise bury him that 
day; (for he that is hanged is 
accursed of God;) that thy 
land be not defiled, which the 
LORD thy God giveth thee for 
an inheritance. 


175 CHAPTER 22 


1 Divers laws and ordinances. 
Fringes upon the vesture. 


HOU shalt not see thy 

brother’s ox or his sheep go 
astray, and hide thyself from 
them: thou shalt in any case 
bring them again unto thy 
brother. 

2 And if thy brother be not 
nigh unto thee, or if thou know 
him not, then thou shalt bring 
it unto thine own house, and it 
shall be with thee until thy 


12 


-prother seek after it, and thou 


shalt restore it to him again. 

3 In like manner shalt thou 
do with his ass; and so shalt 
thou do with his raiment; and 
with all lost thing of thy bro- 
ther’s, which he hath lost, and 
thou hast found, shalt thou do 
likewise: thou mayest not hide 
thyself. 

4 4 Thou shalt not see thy 
brother’s ass or his ox fall down 
by the way, and hide thyself 
from them: thou shalt surely 
help him to lift them up again. 

5 | The woman shall not wear 
that which pertaineth unto a 
man, neither shall a man put on 
a woman’s garment: for all 
that do so are abomination unto 
the LORD thy God. 

6 9 lf a bird’s nest chance to 


17 


tree, or on the ground, whether 
they be young ones, or eggs, 
and the dam sitting upon the 
young, or upon the eggs, thou 
shalt not take the dam with the 
young: 

7 But thou shalt in any wise 
let the dam go, and take the 
young to thee; that it may be 
well with thee, and that thou 
mayest prolong thy days. 

8 § When thou buildest a new 
house, then thou shalt make a 
battlement for thy roof, that 
thou bring not blood upon thine 
house, if any man fall from 
thence. 

9 4 Thou shalt not sow thy 
vineyard with divers seeds: lest 
the fruit of thy seed which thou 
hast sown, and the fruit of thy 
vineyard, be defiled. : 

10 § Thou shait not plow with 
an ox and an ass together. 

11 §¢ Thou shalt not wear a 
garment of divers sorts, as of 
woollen and linen together. 

12 § Thou shalt make thee 
fringes upon the four quarters 
of thy vesture, wherewith thou 
coverest thuself. 

13 If any man take a wife, 
and go in unto her, and hate her, 

14 And give occasions of speech 
against her, and bring up an evil 
name upon her, and say, I took 
this woman, and when I came 
to her, I found her not a maid: 

15 Then shall the father of the 
damsel, and her mother, take 
and bring forth the tokens of the 
damsel’s virginity unto the elders 
of the city in the gate: 

16 And the damsel’s father 
shall say unto the elders, I gave 
my daughter unto this man to 
wife, and he hateth her; 

And, lo, he hath given 
occasions of speech against her, 
saying, I found not thy daughter 
a maid; and yet these are the 
tokens of my daughter’s virgin- 
ity. And they shall spread the 
cloth before the elders of the city. 

18 And the elders of that city 


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DEUTERONOMY, 23 
shall take that man and chastise 


im; 

19 And they shall amerce him 
in an hundred shekels of silver, 
and give them unto the father of 
the damsel, because he hath 
brought up an evil name upon a 
virgin of Is’ra-el: and she shall 
be his wife; he may not put 
her away all his days. 

20 But if this thing be true, 
and the tokens of virginity be 
not found for the damsel: 

21 Then they shall bring out 
the damsel to the door of her 
father’s house, and the men of 
her city shall stone her with 
stones that she die: because she 
hath wrought folly in {fs’ra-el, 
to play the whore in her father’s 
house: so shalt thou put evil 
away from among you. : 

22 Y If a man be found lying 
with a woman married to an 
husband, then they shali both 
of them die, both the man that 
lay with the woman, and the 
woman: so shalt thou put away 
evil from Is’ra-el. : 

23 {If a damsel that is a 
virgin be betrothed unto an 
husband, and a man find her in 
the city, and lie with her; 

24 Then ye shall bring them 
both out unto the gate of that 
city, and ye shall stone them 
with stones that they die: the 
damsel, because she cried not, 
being in the city; and the man, 
because he hath humbled his 
neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt 
put away evil from among you. 

25 4 But if a man find a be- 
trothed damsel in the field, and 
the man force her, and lie with 
her: then the man only that lay 
with her shall die: 

26 But unto the damsel thou 
shalt do nothing; fhere is in 
the damsel no sin worthy of 
death: for as when a man riseth 
against his neighbour, and 
slayeth him, even so is this 
matter: 

27 For he found her in the 
field, and the betrothed damsel 


Divers laws and ordinances 


cried, and there was none to 
save her. 

28 {If a man find a damsel 
that is a virgin, which is not 
betrothed, and lay hold on her, 
and lie with her, and they be 
found; 

29 Then the man that lay with 
her shall give unto the damsel’s 
father fifty shekels of silver, and 
she shall be his wife; because 
he hath humbled her, he may 
not put her away ail his days. 

30 § A man shall not take his 
father’s wife, nor discover his 
father’s skirt. 


CHAPTER 23 


Divers laws and ordinances. 


E that is wounded in the 

stones, or hath his privy 
member cut off, shall not enter 
into the congregation of the 
LORD. 

2 A bastard shall not enter into 
the congregation of the LORD: 
even to his tenth generation 
shall he not enter into the con- 
gregation of the LORD. 

3 An Am/mon-ite or M6’ab- 
ite shall not enter into the con- 
gregation of the LORD; even to 
their tenth generation shall they 
not enter into the congregation 
of the LORD for ever: 

4 Because they met you not 
with bread and with water in 
the way, when ye came forth 
out of E’gypt; and because they 
hired against thee Ba’laam the 
son of Bé’or of Pé’thér of Més- 
0-p0-ta’mi-a, to curse thee. 

5 Nevertheless the LorD thy 
God would not hearken unto 
Ba/laam; but the LorpD thy 
God turned the curse into a 
blessing unto thee, because the 
LORD thy God loved thee. 

6 Thou shalt not seek their 
peace nor their prosperity all 
thy days for ever. 

7 4 Thou shalt not abhor an 
E’dom-ite; for he is thy brother: 
thou shalt not abhor an &-&¥p’- 
tian; because thou wast a 
stranger in his land. 


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Divers laws and ordinances 


8 The children that are begotten 

of them shall enter into the con- 

\ gregation of the LORD in their 

| third generation. 

| 9 ¥Y When the host goeth forth 

‘against thine enemies, then keep 

_ thee from every wicked thing. 

10 (If there be among you 

“any man, that is not clean by 
reason of uncleanness' that 

-chanceth him by night, then 

‘shall he go abroad out of the 
camp, he shall not come within 

the camp: 

| 11 But it shall be, when evening 
cometh on, he shall wash him- 
self with water: and when the 
sun is down, he shall come into 

the camp again. 

12 4 Thou shalt have a place 
also without the camp, whither 

thou shalt go forth abroad: 

_ 13 And thou shalt have a 
paddle upon thy weapon; and it 
shall be, when thou wilt ease 

thyself abroad, thou shalt dig 
therewith, and shalt turn back 
and cover that which cometh 
from thee: 

14 For the LORD thy God 
walketh in the midst of thy 
camp, to deliver thee, and to 
give up thine enemies before 
thee; therefore shall thy camp 
be holy: that he see no unclean 
thing in thee, and turn away 
from thee. j 

15 § Thou shalt not deliver 
unto his master the servant 
which is escaped from his master 
unto thee: 

16 He shall dwell with thee, 
even among you, in that place 
which he shal! choose in one of 

‘thy gates, where it liketh him 
best: thou shalt not oppress him. 

17 4 There shall be no whore 
of the daughters of Is’ra-el, nor 
a sodomite of the sons of 
Is’ra-el. 

18 Thou shalt not bring the 
‘hire of a whore, or the price of a 
dog, into the house of the LORD 
thy God for any vow: for even 
both these are abomination unto 
the LORD thy God. 


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DEUTERONOMY, 24 


19 4 Thou shalt not lend upon 
usury to thy brother; usury of 
money, usury of victuals, usury 
of any thing that is lent upon 
usury: 

20 Unto a stranger thou may- 
est lend upon usury; but unto 
thy brother thou shalt not lend 
upon usury: that the LORD thy 
God may bless thee in all that 
thou settest thine hand to in the 
land whither thou goest to 
possess it. 

21 4 When thou shalt vow a 
vow unto the LORD thy God, 
thou shalt not slack to pay it: 
for the LORD thy God will surely 
require it of thee; and it would 
be sin in thee. 

22 But if thou shalt forbear to 
vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 

23 That which is gone out of 
thy lips thou shalt keep and per- 
form; even a freewill offering, 
according as thou hast vowed 
unto the LORD thy God, which 
thou hast promised with thy 
mouth. 

24 | When thou comest into 
thy neighbour’s vineyard, then 
thou mayest eat grapes thy fill 
at thine own pleasure; but thou 
shalt not put any in thy vessel. 

25 When thou comest into the 
standing corn of thy neighbour 
then thou mayest pluck the 
ears with thine hand; but thou 
shalt not move a sickle unto thy 
neighbour’s standing corn. 


CHAPTER 24 


1 Divers laws and ordinances. 

pression of servants. 

HEN a man hath taken a 

wife, and married her, 

and it come to pass that she find 

no favour in his eyes, because 

he hath found some unclean- 

ness in her: then let him write 

her a bill of divorcement, and 

give if in her hand, and send 
her out of his house. 

And when she is departed 
out of his house, she may go 
and be another man’s wife. 

3 And if the latter husband hate 


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DEUTERONOMY, 25 


her, and write her a bill of di- 
vorcement, and giveth 7¢ in her 
hand, and sendeth her out of his 
house; or if the latter husband 
die, which took her fo be his wife; 

4 Her former husband, which 
sent her away, may not take her 
again to be his wife, after that 
she is defiled; for that is abom- 
ination before the LORD: and 
thou shalt not cause the land to 
sin, which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance. 

5 4 When a man hath taken a 
new wife, he shall not go out to 
war, neither shall he be charged 
with any business: but he shall 
be free at home one year, and 
shall cheer up his wife which 
he hath taken. 

6 § No man shall take the 
nether or the upper millstone to 
pledge: for he taketh a man’s life 
to pledge. i 

7 4 If_a man be found stealing 
any of his brethren of the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, and maketh 
merchandise of him, or selleth 
him; then that thief shali die; 
and thou shalt put evil away 
from among you. 

8 4 Take heed in the plague of 
leprosy, that thou observe dili- 
gently, and do according to all 
that the priests the Lé’vites shall 
teach you: as I commanded 
them, so ye shall observe to do. 

09 Remember what the LORD 
thy God did unto Mir’i-am by 
the way, after that ye were 
come forth out of E’gypt. 

10 4 When thou dost lend thy 
brother any thing, thou shalt not 
go into his house to fetch his 
pledge. 

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, 
and the man to whom thou dost 
lend shall bring out the pledge 
abroad unto thee. 

12 And if the man be poor, 
thou shalt not sleep with his 
pledge: 

13 In any case thou shalt de- 
liver him the pledge again when 
the sun goeth down, that he 
may sleep in his own raiment, 


Divers laws and ordinances 


and bless thee: and it shall be 
righteousness unto thee before 
the LORD thy God. 

14 § Thou shalt not oppress 
an hired servant that is poor and 
needy, whether he be of thy 
brethren, or of thy strangers that 
are in thy land within thy gates: 

15 At his day thou shalt give 
him his hire, neither shall the 
sun go down upon it; for he is 
poor, and setteth his heart upon 
it: lest he cry against thee unto 
the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. - 

16 The fathers shall not be- 
put to death for the children, 
neither shall the children be put 
to death for the fathers: every 
man shall be put to death for his 
own sin. 

17 ¢ Thou shalt not pervert 
the judgment of the stranger, 
nor of the fatherless; nor take 
a widow’s raiment to pledge: 

18 But thou shalt remember 
that thou wast a bondman in 
E’gypt, and the LORD thy God 
redeemed thee thence: thereforel 
command thee to do this thing. 

19 | When thou cuttest down 
thine harvest in thy field, and 
hast forgot a sheaf in the field, 
thou shalt not go again to fetch 
it: it shall be for the stranger, 
for the fatherless, and for the 
widow: that the LORD thy God 
may bless thee in all the work 
of thine hands. 

20 When thou beatest thine 
olive tree, thou shalt not go 
over the boughs again: it shall 
be for the stranger, for the 
fatherless, and for the widow. 

21 When thou gatherest the 
grapes of thy vineyard, thou 
shalt not glean if afterward: it 
shall be for the stranger, for the 
fatherless, and for the widow. 

22 And thou shalt remember 
that thou wast a bondman in the 
land of E’gypt: therefore I com- 
mand thee to do this thing. 


CHAPTER 25 


1 Divers laws and ordinances. 
immodest woman. 


178 


C 11 The 
13 Unjust weighis. 


260 


Divers laws and ordinances 


F there be a controversy be- 

tween men, and they come 

to judgment, that the judges 

y judge them; then they shall 

justify the righteous, and con- 
demn the wicked. 1 

2 And it shall be, if the wicked 
man be worthy to be beaten, 
that the judge shall cause him to 
lie down, and to be beaten be- 
fore his face, according to his 
fault, by a certain number. | 

3 Forty stripes he may give 
him, and not exceed: lest, if 
he should exceed, and beat him 
above these with many stripes, 
then thy brother should seem 
vile unto thee. 

4 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the 
ox when hetreadeth out the corn. 

5 § If brethren dwell together, 
and one of them die, and have 
no child, the wife of the dead 
shall not marry without unto a 
stranger: her husband’s brother 
shall go in unto her, and take 
her to him to wife, and perform 
the duty of an husband’s brother 
unto her. 

6 And it shall be, that the first- 
born which she beareth shail 
succeed in the name of his 
brother which is dead, that his 
name be not put out of Is’ra-el. 
7 And if the man like not to 
take his brother’s wife, then let 
his brother’s wife go up to the 
gate unto the elders, and say, 
My husband’s brother refuseth 
to raise up unto his brother a 
name in Is’ra-el, he will not per- 
form the duty of my huspand’s 
brother. ; 

8 Then the elders of his city 
shall call him, and speak unto 
him: and if he stand fo it, and 
say, I like not to take her; 

9 Then shall his brother’s wife 
come unto him in the presence 
of the elders, and loose his shoe 
from off his foot, and spit in his 
face, and shall answer and say, 
So shall it be done unto that 
man that will not build up his 
brother’s house. 

10 And his name shall be 


DEUTERONOMY, 26 


called in Is’ra-el, The house of 
him that hath his shoe loosed. 

11 4 When men strive together 
one with another, and the wife 
of the one draweth near for to 
deliver her husband out of the 
hand of him that smiteth him, 
and putteth forth her hand, and 
taketh him by the secrets: 

12 Then thou shalt cut off her 
hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 

13 4 Thou shalt not have in 
thy bag divers weights, a great 
and a small. 

14 Thou shalt not have in 
thine house divers measures, a 
great and a small. 

15 But thou shalt have a per- 
fect and just weight, a perfect 
and just measure shalt thou 
have: that thy days may be 
lengthened in the land which the 
LORD thy God giveth thee. 

16 For all that do such things, 
and all that do unrighteously, 
are an abomination unto the 
LORD thy God. 

17 §¥ Remember what Am/’a- 
lék did unto thee by the way, 
when ye were come forth out of 
Egypt; 

18 How he met thee by the 
way, and smote the hindmost of 
thee, even all that were feeble 
behind thee, when thou wast 
faint and weary; and he feared 
not God. 

19 Therefore it shall be, when 
the LORD thy God hath given 
thee rest from all thine enemies 
round about, in the land which 
the LORD thy God giveth thee 


for an inheritance to possess it, 


that thou shalt blot out the re- 
membrance of 
under heaven; 
forget it. 


CHAPTER 26 179 
1 Offering of firstfruits. 12 Of tithing. 
ND it shall be, when thou art 
come in unto the land 
which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance, and 
possessest it, and dwellest there- 
ins 


Am/a-lék from 
thou shalt not 


261 


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2 That thou shalt take of the 
first of all the fruit of the earth, 
which thou shalt bring of thy 
land that the LORD thy God 
giveth thee, and shalt put it in a 
basket, and shalt go unto the 
place which the LORD thy God 
shall choose to place his name 
there. 

3 And thou shalt go unto the 
priest that shall be in those days, 
and say unto him, I profess this 
day unto the LORD thy God, 
that I am come unto the country 
which the LORD sware unto our 
fathers for to give us. 

4 And the priest shall take the 
basket. out of thine hand, and 
set it down before the altar of 
the LORD thy God. 

5 And thou shalt speak and 
say before the LORD thy God, 

Syr’i-an ready to perish was 
my father, and he went down 
into E’gypt, and sojourned there 
with a few, and became there a 
nation, great, mighty, and popu- 
lous: i ; ; 

6 And the &£-gyp’tians evil en- 
treated us, and afflicted us, and 
laid upon us hard bondage: 

7 And when we cried unto the 
LORD God of our fathers, the 
LORD heard our voice, and 
looked on our affliction, and our 
labour, and our oppression: 

8 And the LORD brought us 
forth out of E’gypt with a mighty 
hand, and with an outstretched 
arm, and with great terrible- 
Hessen and with signs, and with 
won 

9 Ana The hath brought us into 
this place, and hath given us 
this land, even a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 

10 And now, behold, I have 
brought the firstfruits of the land, 
which thou,.O LORD, hast 
given me. And thou shalt set it 
before the LORD thy God, and 
worship before the LoRD thy 


God: 

11 And thou shalt rejoice in 
every good thing which the 
LORD thy God hath given unto 


Offering of firstfruits. Tithing 


thee, and unto thine house, 
thou, and the L’évite, and the 
stranger that is among you. 

12 § When thou hast made an 
end of tithing all the tithes of 
thine increase the third year, 
which is the year of tithing, and 
hast given it unto the Lé’vite, 
the stranger, the fatherless, and: 
the widow, that they may eat, 
within thy gates, and be filled; 

13 Then thou shalt say before 
the LORD thy God, I have 
brought away the hallowed 
things out of mine house, and’ 
also have given them unto the! 
Lé’vite, and unto the stranger, 
to the fatherless, and to the! 
widow, according to all thy 
commandments which thou hast’ 
commanded me: I have not! 
transgressed thy command- 
ments, neither have I forgotten 
them: 

14 I have not eaten thereof in 
my mourning, neither have I 
taken away ought thereof for 
any unclean use, nor given | 
ought thereof for the dead: but 
I have hearkened to the voice of 
the LORD my God, and have 
done according to all that thou | 
hast commanded me. | 

15 Look down from thy holy 
habitation, from heaven, and 
bless thy people is’ra-el, and 
the land which thou hast given 
us, as thou swarest unto our 
fathers, a land that floweth with 
milk and honey. 

16 ¥ This day the LorD thy 
God hath commanded thee to 
do these statutes and judg- 
ments: thou shalt therefore keep 
and do them with ali thine 
heart, and with all thy soul. 

17 Thou hast avouched the 
LORD this day to be thy God, 
and to walk in his ways, and to 
keep his statutes, and his com- | 
mandments, and his judgments, 
and to hearken unto his voice: 

18 And the Lorp hath 
avouched thee this day to be his | 
peculiar people, as he hath 
promised thee, and that thou 





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| 
An altar commanded. Curses from Ebal DEUTERONOMY, 27 


shouldest keep all his com- 
mandments; 

19 And to make thee high 
above all nations which he hath 
made, in praise, and in name, 
and in honour; and that thou 
mayest be an holy people unto 
the LORD thy God, as he hath 
spoken. 


180 CHAPTER 27 
1 An altar commanded. 12 Mount of 
Blessing. 14 Curses from mount Ebal. 
AND Mo’ses with the elders of 

Is’ra-el commanded the 
people, saying, Keep all the 
commandments which I com- 
mand you this day. 

2 And it shall be on the day 
when ye shall pass over Jér’dan 
unto the land which the LORD 
thy God giveth thee, that thou 
shalt set thee up great stones, 
and plaister them with plaister: 

3 And thou shalt write upon 
them all the words of this law, 
when thou art passed over, that 
thou mayest go in unto the land 
which the LORD thy God giveth 
thee, a land that floweth with 
milk and honey; as the LORD 
God of thy fathers hath promised 


ee. 

4 Therefore it shall be when 
ye be gone over Jor’dan, that ye 
shall set up these stones, which 
I command you this day, in 
mount &’bal, and thou shalt 
plaister them with plaister. 

5 And there shalt thou build 
an altar unto the LORD thy God, 
an altar of stones: thou shalt 
not lift up any iron fool upon them. 

6 Thou shalt build the altar of 
the LorD thy God of whole 
stones: and thou shalt offer 
burnt offerings thereon unto the 
LORD thy God: 

7 And thou shalt offer peace 
offerings, and shalt eat there, and 
rejoice before the LORD thy God. 

8 And thou shalt write upon 
the stones all the words of this 
law very plainly. ; 

9 4 And Mo’ses and the priests 
the Lé’vites spake unto all Is’- 


ra-el, saying, Take heed, and 


hearken, O Is’ra-el; this day 
thou art become the people of 
the LORD thy God. 

10 Thou shalt therefore obey 
the voice of the LORD thy God, 
and do his commandments and 
his statutes, which I command 
thee this day. 

11 ¢ And MO6’ses charged the 
people the same day, saying, 

12 These shall stand upon 
mount Gér’i-zim to bless the 
people, when ye are come over 
Jér’dan; Sim/’e-on, and Lé’vi, 
and Ju’dah, and Is’sa-char, and 
Jé’seph, and Bén’ja-min: 

13 And these shall stand upon 
mount E’bal to curse; Reu’ben, 
Gad, and Ash’ér, and Zéb’u- 
lin, Dan, and Naph’ta-li. 

14 ¢ And the Lé’vites_ shall 
speak, and say unto all the men 
of is’ra-el with a loud voice, 

15 Cursed be the man that 
maketh any graven or molten 
image, an abomination unto the 
LORD, the work of the hands of 
the craftsman, and putteth i¢ in 
a secret place. And all the 
people shall answer and say, 
Amen. 

16 Cursed be he that setteth 
light by his father or his mother. 
And all the people shall say, 
Amen. 

17 Cursed be he that removeth 
his neighbour’s landmark. And 
all the people shall say, Amen. 

18 Cursed be he that maketh 
the blind to wander out of the 
way. And all the people shall 
say, Amen. 

19 Cursed be he that _ per- 
verteth the judgment of the 
stranger, fatherless, and widow. 
And all the people shall say, 
Amen. 

20 Cursed be he that lieth 
with his father’s wife; because 
he uncovereth his father’s skirt. 
And all the people shall say, 
Amen. I ; 

21 Cursed be he that lieth with 
any manner of beast. And all 
the people shall say, Amen. 


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Blessings of obedience 


22 Cursed be he that lieth| 8 The LORD shall command 


with his sister, the daughter of 
his father, or the daughter of 
his mother. And all the people 
shall say, Amen. 

23 Cursed be he that lieth with 
his mother in law. And all the 
people shall say, Amen. 

24 Cursed be he that smiteth 
his neighbour secretly. And all 
the people shall say, Amen. 

25 Cursed be he that taketh 
reward to slay an innocent per- 
son. And ali the people shall 
say, Amen. 

26 Cursed be he that confirm- 
eth not all the words of this law 
to do them. And all the people 
shall say, Amen. 


181 CHAPTER 28 


1 Blessings for obedience. 15 Cursings 
for disobedience. 
ND it shall come to pass, if 
thou shalt hearken dili- 
gently unto the voice of the 
LORD thy God, to observe and 
to do all his commandments 
which I command thee this day, 
that the LORD thy God will set 
thee on high above all nations of 
the earth: 

2 And all these blessings shall 
come on thee, and overtake thee, 
if thou shalt hearken unto the 
voice of the LORD thy God. 

3 Blessed shalf thou be in the 
city, and blessed shalt thou be 
in the field. 

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of 
thy body, and the fruit of thy 
ground, and the fruit of thy 
cattle, the increase of thy kine, 
and the flocks of thy sheep. 

5 Blessed shall be thy basket 
and thy store. 

6 Blessed shalt thou be when 
thou comest in, and blessed 
Shalt thou be when thou goest 


out. 

7 The LORD shall cause thine 
enemies that rise up against 
thee to be smitten before thy 
face: they shall come out 
against thee one way, and flee 
before thee seven ways. 


2 


the blessing upon thee in thy 
storehouses, and in all that 
thou settest thine hand unto; 
and he shall bless thee in the 
land which the LORD thy God 
giveth thee. ) 

9 The LorRD shall establish 
thee an holy people unto him- 
self, as he hath sworn unto thee, 
if thou shalt keep the command- 
ments of the LORD thy God, 
and walk in his ways. 

10 And all people of the earth 
shall see that thou art called 
by the name of the LORD; and 
they shall be afraid of thee. | 

11 And the LORD shall make 
thee plenteous in goods, in the 
fruit of thy body, and in the 
fruit of thy cattle, and in the 
fruit of thy ground, in the land 
which the LORD sware unto thy 
fathers to give thee. 

12 The LORD shall open unto 
thee his good treasure, the 
heaven to give the rain unto thy 
land in his season, and to bless 
all the work of thine hand: and 
thou shalt lend unto many 
nations, and thou shalt not 
borrow. 

13 And the LORD shall make 
thee the head, and not the tail; 
and thou shalt be above only, 
and thou shalt not be beneath; 
if that thou hearken unto the 
commandments of the LORD 
thy God, which I command 
thee this day, to observe and to 
do them: 

14 And thou shalt not go 
aside from any of the words 
which I command thee this day, 
to the right hand, or fo the left, 
to go after other gods to serve 
them. 
15 4 But it shall come to pass, 
if thou wilt not hearken unto 
the voice of the LORD thy God, 
to observe to do all his com- 
mandments and his statutes 
which I command thee this day; 
that all these curses shall come 
upon thee, and overtake thee: 

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the 


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Curses for disobedience 


city, and cursed shalt thou be 
in the field. 

17 Cursed shall be thy basket 
and thy store. 

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of 
‘thy body, and the fruit of thy 
land, the increase of thy kine, 
and the flocks of thy sheep. 

19 Cursed shalt thou be when 
thou comest in, and cursed shalt 
thou be when thou goest out. 
20 The LORD shail send upon 
thee cursing, vexation, and re- 
buke, in all that thou settest 
‘thine hand unto for to do, until 
thou be destroyed, and until 
thou perish quickly; because of 
the wickedness of thy doings, 
whereby thou hast forsaken me. 
21 The LORD shall make the 
pestilence cleave unto thee, until 
he have consumed thee from off 
the land, whither thou goest to 
possess it. 

22 The LORD shall smite thee 
'with a consumption, and with a 
fever, and with an inflammation, 
and with an extreme burning, 
and with the sword, and with 
blasting, and with mildew; and 
‘they shall pursue thee until thou 
perish. 

23 And thy heaven that is over 
thy head shall be brass, and the 
eth that is under thee shall be 


on ‘The LORD shall make the 
rain of thy land powder and 
dust: from heaven shall it come 
down upon thee, until thou be 
destroyed. 

25 The LorD shall cause thee 
to be smitten before thine en- 
emies: thou shalt go out one 
way against them, and flee 
seven ways before them: and 
shalt be removed into all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

26 And thy carcase shall be 
meat unto all fowls of the air, 
and unto the beasts of the earth, 
and no man shall fray them 


away. 
27 The LorD will smite thee 
with the botch of E’éypt, and 
with the emerods, and with 


DEUTERONOMY, 28 


the scab, and with the itch, 
whereof thou canst not be healed. 

28 The LORD shall smite thee 
with madness, and blindness, 
and astonishment of heart: 

29 And thou shalt egrope at 
noonday, as the blind gropeth in 
darkness, and thou shalt not 
prosper in thy ways: and thou 
shalt be only oppressed and 
spoiled evermore, and no man 
shall save thee. 

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, 
and another man shall lie with 
her: thou shalt build an house, 
and thou shalt not dwell therein: 
thou shalt plant a vineyard, and 
shalt not gather the grapes 
thereof. 

31 Thine ox shall be slain be- 
fore thine eyes, and thou shalt 
not eat thereof: thine ass shall 
be violently taken away from 
before thy face, and shall not 
be restored to thee: thy sheep 
shall be given unto thine en- 
emies, and thou shalt have none 
to rescue them. 

32 Thy sons and thy daughters 
shail be given unto another 
people, and thine eyes. shall 
look, and fail with longing for 
them all the day long: and there 
shall be no might in thine hand. 

33° The fruit of thy land, and 
all thy labours, shall a nation 
which thou knowest not eat up; 
and thou shalt be only oppressed 
and crushed alway: 

34 So that thot shalt be mad 
for the sight of thine eyes which 
thou shalt see. 

35 The LORD shall smite thee 
in the knees, and in the legs, 
with a sore botch that cannot 
be healed, from the sole of thy 
foot unto the top of thy head. 

36 The LORD shall bring thee, 
and thy king which thou shalt 
set over thee, unto a nation 
which neither thou nor _ thy 
fathers have known; and there 
shait thou serve other gods, 
wood and stone. 

37 And thou shalt become an 
astonishment, a proverb, and a 


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DEUTERONOMY, 28 


byword, among all nations 
whither the LORD shall lead thee. 

38 Thou shalt carry much 
seed out into the field, and shalt 
gather but little in; for the 
locust shall consume it. 

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, 
and dress them, but shalt 
neither drink of the wine, nor 
gather the grapes; for the 
worms shall eat them. 

40 Thou shalt have olive trees 
throughout all thy coasts, but 
thou shalt not anoint thyself 
with the oil; for thine olive 
shall cast his fruit. 

41 Thou shalt beget sons and 
daughters, but thou shalt not 
enjoy them; for they shall go 
into captivity. 

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy 
land shall the locust consume. 

43 The stranger that is within 
thee shall get up above thee very 
high; and thou shalt come 
down very low. 

44 He shall lend to thee, and 
thou shalt not lend to him: he 
shall be the head, and thou 
shalt be the tail. 

45 Moreover all these curses 
shall come upon thee, and shall 
pursue thee, and overtake thee, 
‘till thou be destroyed; because 
thou hearkenedst not unto the 
voice of the LORD thy God, to 
keep his commandments and his 
statutes which he commanded 


ee: 

46 And they shall be upon thee 
for a sign and for a wonder, 
and upon thy seed for ever. 

47 Because thou servedst not 
the LORD thy God with joyful- 
ness, and with gladness of heart, 
for the abundance of all things; 

48 Therefore shalt thou serve 
thine enemies which the LorpD 
shall send against thee, in hung- 
er, and in thirst, and in naked- 
ness, and in want of all things: 
and he shall put a yoke of iron 
upon thy neck, until he have 
destroyed thee. 

49 The LorRD shall bring a 
nation against thee from far, 


Curses for disobedience 


from the end of ithe earth, as 
swiff as the eagle flieth; a 
nation whose tongue thou shalt. 
not understand; 

0 A nation of fierce counte- 
nance, which shail not regard 
the person of the old, nor shew 
favour to the young: 

51 And he shall eat the fruit 
of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy 
land, until thou be destroyed: 
which also shall not leave thee 
either corn, wine, or oil, or the 
increase of thy kine, or flocks of - 
thy sheep, until he have de- 
stroyed thee. 

52 And he shall besiege thee 
in all thy gates, until thy high 
and fenced walls come down, 
wherein thou trustedst, through- 
out all thy land: and he shall 
besiege thee in all thy gates 
throughout all thy land, which 
the LORD thy God hath given 


thee. 

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit 
of thine own body, the flesh of 
thy sons and of thy daughters, 
which the LorD thy God hath 
given thee, in the siege, and in 
the straitness, wherewith thine 
enemies shall distress thee: _ 

54 So that the man that is 
tender among you, and very 
delicate, his, eye shall be evil 
toward his brother, and toward 
the wife of his bosom, and to- 
ward the remnant of his children 
which he shall leave: : 

55 So that he will not give to 
any of them of the flesh of his 
children whom he shall eat: 
because he hath nothing left 
him in the siege, and in the 
straitness, wherewith thine en- 
emies shall distress thee in all 
thy gates. 

56 The tender and delicate 
woman among you, which would 
not adventure to set the sole of 
her foot upon the ground for 
delicateness and tenderness, her 
eye shall be evil toward the © 
husband of her bosom, and 
toward her son, and toward her — 
daughter, 


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Echortation to obedience 


57 And toward her young one 
‘that cometh out from between 
her feet, and toward her chil- 
‘dren which she shall bear: for 
‘she shall eat them for want of 
all things secretly in the siege 
and straitness, wherewith thine 
pen shall distress thee in thy 
ga 

58 If thou wilt not observe to 
do all the words of this law that 
are written in this book, that 
thou mayest fear this glorious 
and fearful name, THE LORD 
‘THY GOD; 

590 Then the LORD will make 
thy plagues wonderful, and the 
plagues of thy seed, even great 
plagues, and of long continu- 
‘ance, and sore sicknesses, and of 
long continuance. 

60 Moreover he will bring upon 
thee all the diseases of E’éypt, 
which thou wast afraid of; and 
they shall cleave unto thee. 

61 Also every sickness, and 
every plague, which is not 
written in the book of this law, 
them will the LORD bring 
upon thee, until thou be de- 
stroyed. 

62 And ye shall be left few in 
number, whereas ye were as 
the stars of heaven for multi- 
tude; because thou wouldest not 
obey the voice of the LORD thy 


God. 

63 And it shall come to pass, 
that as the LORD rejoiced over 
you to do you good, and to 
multiply you; so the LORD will 
rejoice over you to destroy you, 
and to bring you to nought; an 
ye shall be plucked from off the 
land whither thou goest to 
possess it. 

64 And the LORD shall scatter 
thee among all people, from the 
one end of the earth even unto 
the other; and there thou shalt 
serve other gods, which neither 
thou nor thy fathers have known, 
even wood and stone. R 

65 And among these nations 
shalt thou find no ease, neither 
shall the ole of thy foot have 





DEUTERONOMY, 29 


rest: but the LORD shall give 
thee there a trembling heart, 
and failing of eyes, and sorrow 


of mind: 

66 And thy life shall hang in 
doubt before thee; and thou 
shalt fear day and night, and 
shalt have none assurance of 


y life: 

67 In the morning thou shalt 
say, Would God it were even! 
and at even thou shalt say, 
Would God it were morning! 
for the fear of thine heart where- 
with thou shalt fear, and for 
the sight of thine eyes which 
thou shalt see. 

68 And the LORD shall bring 
thee into E’gypt again with 
ships, by the way whereof I 
spake unto thee, Thou shalt see 
it no more again: and there ye 
shall be sold unto your enemies 
for bondmen and bondwomen, 
and no man shall buy you. 


CHAPTER 29 182 
1 Moses exhorts to obedience. 10 Cove- 
nant entered into. 29 Secret things 
are God's. 
HBESE are the words of the 
covenant, which the LORD 
commanded Mod’ses to make 
with the children of Iis’ra-e! in 
the land of M6/ah, beside the 
covenant which he made with 
them in H6’reb. 

2 4 And Md’ses called unto all 
Is’ra-el, and said unto them, 
Ye have seen all that the LORD 
did before your eyes in the land 
of &’éypt unto Pha’raoh, and un- 


d|to all his servants, and unto ail 


his land; 

3 The great temptations which 
thine eyes have seen, the signs, 
and those great miracles: 

4 Yet the LORD hath not given 
you an heart to perceive, and 
eyes to see, and ears to hear, 
unto this day. 

And I have led you forty 
years in the wilderness: your 
clothes are not waxen old upon 
you, and thy shoe is not waxen — 
old upon thy foot. 


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DEUTERONOMY, 29 


6 Ye have not eaten bread, 
neither have ye drunk wine or 
strong drink: that ye might 
know that I am the LORD your 


od. 

7 And when ye came unto this 
place, Si/hén the king of Hésh’- 
bon, and Og the king of Ba’- 
shan, came out against us unto 
battle, and we smote them: 

8 And we took their land, and 
gave it for an inheritance unto 
the Rew’ben-ites, and to the 
Gad’ites, and to the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh. 

9 Keep therefore the words of 
this covenant, and do them, 
that ye may prosper in all that 
ye do. 

10 4 Ye stand this day all of 
you before the LORD your God; 
your captains of your tribes, 
your elders, and your officers, 
with all the men of Is’ra-el,_ 

11 Your little ones, your wives, 
and thy stranger that is in thy 
camp, from the hewer of thy 
wood unto the drawer of thy 
water: 

12 That thou shouldest enter 
into covenant with the LORD 
thy God, and into his oath, 
which the LORD thy God maketh 
with thee this day: 

13 That he may establish thee 
to day for a people unto himself, 
and that he may be unto thee a 
God, as he hath said unto thee, 
and as he hath sworn unto thy 
fathers, to A’bra-ham, to i’saac, 
and to Ja’cob. 

14 Neither with you only do I 
make this covenant and this oath; 

15 But with him that standeth 
here with us this day before the 
LORD our God, and also with 
him that is not here with us this 


ay: 
16 (For ye know how we have 
dwelt in the land of &’gy¥pt; 
and how we came through the 
nations which ye passed by; 
17 And ye have seen their 
abominations, and their idols, 
wood and stone, silver and gold, 
which were among them:) 


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Covenant between God and the people! 


18 Lest there should be among 
you man, or woman, or family, 
or tribe, whose heart turneth 


our God, to go and serve the 
gods of these nations; lest there 
should be among you a root that 
beareth gall and wormwood; 

19 And it come to pass, when 
he heareth the words of this 
curse, that he bless himself in 
his heart, saying, I shall have 
peace, though I walk in the 
imagination of mine heart, to 
add drunkenness to thirst: 

20 The LorD will not spare! 
him, but then the anger of the 
LORD and his jealousy shall 
smoke against that man, and all 
the curses that are written in: 
this book shall lie upon him, 
and the LORD shall blot out his | 
name from under heaven. 

21 And the LORD shall sep- 
arate him unto evil out of all the 
tribes of Is’ra-el, according to 
all the curses of the covenant 
that are written in this book of 
the law: 

22 So that the generation to 
come of your children that shall | 
Tise up after you, and the! 
stranger that shall come from a 
far land, shall say, when they | 
see the plagues of that land, and | 
the sicknesses which the LORD | 
hath laid upon it; 

23 And that the whole land 
thereof is brimstone, and salt, | 
and burning, that it is not sown, | 
nor beareth, nor any grass 
groweth therein, like the over- 
throw of Séd’om, and Gé-mor’- 
rah, Ad’mah, and Ze-bd’im, | 
which the LORD overthrew in| 
his anger, and in his wrath: 

24 Even alli nations shall say, | 
Wherefore hath the LORD done | 
thus unto this land? what | 
meaneth the heat. of this great | 
anger? | 
25 Then men shall say, Be- | 
cause they have forsaken the | 
covenant of the LORD God of 
their fathers, which he made | 
with them when he brought | 





| A promise of mercies to the obedient 


them forth out of the land of 
E/sypt: 

_ 26 For they went and served 
other gods, and worshipped 
them, gods whom they knew 
not, and whom he had not 
given unto them: 

27 And the anger of the LORD 
was kindled against this land, 
to bring upon it all the curses 
that are; written in this 


ook: 

28 And the LoRD rooted them 
out of their land in anger, and in 
wrath, and in great indignation, 
and cast them into another 
land, as if is this day. 

29 The secret things belong 
unto the LORD our God: but 
those things which are revealed 
beiong unto us and to our 
children for ever, that we may 
do all the words of this law. 


183 CHAPTER 30 
1 A promise of mercies. 15 Good and 
evil before ail. 


ND it shall come to pass, 
-when all these things are 
come upon thee, the blessing and 
the curse, which I have set be- 
fore thee, and thou shalt call 
them to mind among all the 
nations, whither the LORD thy 
God hath driven thee, 

2 And shalt return unto the 
LORD thy God, and shalt obey 
his voice according to all that 
I command thee this day, thou 
and thy children, with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul; 

3 That then the LORD thy God 
will turn thy captivity, and have 
compassion upon thee, and will 
return and gather thee from all 
the nations, whither the LORD 
thy God hath scattered thee. 

4 If any of thine be driven out 
unto the outmost parts of heaven, 
from thence will the LORD thy 
God gather thee, and from 
thence will he fetch thee: 

5 And the LoRD thy God will 
bring thee into the land which 
thy fathers possessed, and thou 
shalt possess its and he wiil do 


DEUTERONOMY, 30 


thee good, and multiply thee 
above thy fathers. 

6 And the LoRD thy God will 
circumcise thine heart, and the 
heart of thy seed, to love the 
LORD thy God with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul, 
that thou mayest live. 

7 And the LORD thy God will 
put all these curses upon thine 
enemies, and on them that hate 
thee, which persecuted thee. 

8 And thou shalt return and 
obey the voice of the LORD, and 
do ali his commandments which 
I command thee this day. 

9 And the LORD thy God will! 
make thee plenteous in every 
work of thine hand, in the fruit 
of thy body, and in the fruit of 
thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 
land, for good: for the LORD 
will again rejoice over thee for 
good, a8 he rejoiced over thy 
father 

10 if oa shalt hearken unto 
the voice of the LORD thy God, 
to keep his commandments and 
his statutes which are written 
in this book of the law, and if 
thou turn unto the LORD thy 
God with all thine heart, and 
with all thy soul. 

11 4 For this commandment 
which I command thee this day, 
it is not hidden from thee, 
neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that 
thou shouldest say, Who shail 
go up for us to heaven, and 
bring it unto us, that we may 
hear it, and do it? 

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, 
that thou shouldest say, Who 
shall go over the sea for us, and 
bring it unto us, that we may 
hear it, and do it? 

14 But the word is very nigh 
unto thee, in thy mouth, and in 
thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 

15 4 See, I have set before 
thee this day life and good, and 
death and evil; 

16 In that I command thee 
this day to love the LORD thy 
God, to walk in his ways, and to 


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keep his commandments and 
his statutes and his judgments, 
that thou mayest live and multi- 
ply: and the LORD thy God shall 
bless thee in the land whither 
thou goest to possess it. 

17 But if thine heart turn away, 
so that thou wilt not hear, but 
shalt be drawn away, and wor- 
ship other gods, and serve them; 

18 I denounce unto you this 
day, that ye shall surely perish, 
and that ye shall not prolong 
your days upon the land, whither 
thou passest over Jér’dan to go 
to possess it. 

19 I call heaven and earth to 
record this day against you, 
that I have set before you life 
and death, blessing and cursing: 
therefore choose life, that both 
thou and thy seed may live: 

20 That thou mayest love the 
LORD thy God, and that thou 
mayest obey his voice, and that 
thou. mayest cleave unto him: 
for he is thy life, and the 
length of thy days: that thou 
mayest dwell in the land which 
the LORD  sware unto thy 
fathers, to A’bra-ham, to l’saac, 
and to Ja’cob, to give them. 


184 CHAPTER 31 
1 The people encouraged. 
charged. 24 
to the Levites. 
AX? Mo’ses went and spake 
these words unto all {s’- 
ra-el. 

2 And he said unto them, I am 
an hundred and twenty years 
old this day; I can no more £0 
out and come in: also the LORD 
hath said unto me, Thou shalt 
not go over this Jér’dan. 

3 The LoRD thy God, he will 
g0 over before thee, and he will 
destroy these nations from be- 
fore thee, and thou shalt possess 
them: and Jésh’u-a, he shall 
go over before thee, as the LORD 
hath said. 

4 And the LORD shall do unto 
them as he did to Si’hén and to 
Og, kings of the Am/ér-ites, and 


Josh’u-a, and said 


14 Joshua 
Book of the law given 


The people encouraged 


unto the land of them, whom he 
destroyed. ; 

5 And the LORD shall give 
them up before your face, that 
ye may do unto them according 
unto all the commandments 
which I have commanded you. 

6 Be strong and of a good 
courage, fear not, nor be afraid 
of them: for the LorD thy God, 


he it is that doth go with thee; 
he will not fail thee, nor for- 


sake thee. 

7 {And Mo’ses called unto 
unto him in 
the sight of all is’ra-el, Be 
strong and of a good courage: 


for thou must go with this 
people unto the land which the 


LORD hath sworn unto their 


fathers to give them; and thou 


shalt cause them to inherit it. 

8 And the LORD, he it is that 
doth go before thee; he will be 
with thee, he will not fail thee, | 
neither forsake thee: fear not, 
neither be dismayed. i 

9 § And M6’ses wrote this law, 
and delivered it unto the priests 
the sons of Lé’vi, which bare 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, and unto all the elders of 
is’ra-el, 

10 And M6’ses commanded 
them, saying, At the end of every 
seven years, in the solemnity of 
the year of release, in the feast 
of tabernacles, | 

11 When all Is’ra-el is come to 
appear before the LORD thy 
God in the place which he shail 
choose, thou shalt read this law 
before all Is’ra-el in their hear- 


ing. 

12 Gather the people together, 
men, and women, and children, | 
and thy stranger that is within 
thy gates, that they may hear, 
and that they may learn, and 
fear the LORD your God, and 
observe to do all the words of | 


this law: 

13 And that their children, — 
which have not known any 
thing, may hear, and learn to 


fear the LORD your God, as | 


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The charge of Joshua 


long as ye live in the land 
whither ye go over Jér’dan to 
_ possess it. 

14 4 And the LORD said unto 
MOo’ses, Behold, thy days ap- 
proach that thou must die: call 
Josh’u-a, and present yourselves 
in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, that I may give him a 
charge. And Mo’ses and Josh’- 
u-a went, and presented them- 
selves in the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

15 And the LORD appeared in 
the tabernacle in a pillar of a 
cloud: and the pillar of the 
cloud stood over the door of the 
tabernacle. 

16 § And the LORD said unto 
Md’ses, Behold, thou shait sleep 
with thy fathers; and this 
people will rise up, and go a 
whoring after the gods of the 
strangers of the land, whither 
they go to be among them, and 
will forsake me, and break my 
covenant which I have made 
with them. 

17 Then my anger shall be 
kindled against them in that day, 
and I will forsake them, and I 
will hide my face from them, 
and they shall be devoured, and 
many evils and troubles shall 
befall them; so that they will 
say in that day, Are not these 
evils come upon us, because our 
God is not among us? 

18 And I will surely hide my 
face in that day for all the evils 
which they shall have wrought, 
in that they are turned unto 
other gods. : ‘ 

19 Now therefore write ye this 
song for you, and teach it the 
children of fs’ra-el: put it in 
their mouths, that this song may 
be a witness for me against the 
children of is’ra-el. 

20 For when I shall have 
brought them into the land which 
I sware unto their fathers, that 
floweth with milk and honey; 
and they shali have eaten and 
filled themselves, and waxen 
fat; then will they turn unto 


DEUTERONOMY, 31 


other gods, and serve them, and 
provoke me, and break my 
covenant, | 

21 And it shall come to pass, 
when many evils and troubles 
are befallen them, that this song 
shall testify against them as a 
witness; for it shall not be for- 
gotten out of the mouths of their 
seed: for I know their imagina- 
tion which they go about, 
even now, before I have brought 
went into the land which I 
swa 

22 “Mo” ses therefore wrote this 
song the same day, and taught it 
the children of is’ra-el. 

And he gave Josh’u-a the 
son of Nun a charge, and said, 
Be strong and of a good courage: 
for thou shalt bring the children 
of Is’ra-el into the land which 
I sware unto them: and I will 
be with thee. 

24 4 And it came to pass, when 
MO’ses had made an end of 
writing the words of this law in 
a book, until they were finished, 

25 That M0d’ses commanded 
the Lé’vites, which bare the ark 
of the covenant of the LORD, 
saying, 

26 Take this book of the law, 
and put it in the side of the ark 
of the covenant of the LORD 
your God, that it may be there 
for a witness against thee. 

27 For I know thy rebellion, 
and thy stiff neck: behold, 
while I am yet alive with you 
this day, ye have been rebellious 
against the LORD; and how 
much more after my death? 

28 4 Gather unto me all the 
elders of your tribes, and your 
officers, that I may speak these 
words in their ears, and call 
heaven and earth to record 
against them. 

29 For I know that after my 
death ye will utterly corrupt 
yourselves, and turn aside from 
the way which I have command- 
ed you; and evil will befall you 
in the latter days; because ye 
will do evil in the sight of the 


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LORD, to provoke him to anger 
through the work of your 
hands. 

30 And Mo’ses spake in the 
ears of all the. congregation of 
Is’ra-el the words of this song, 
until they were ended. 


185 CHAPTER 32 
1 Song of Moses. 48 He is ordered to 
Nebo to die. 
IVE ear, O ye heavens, and 
I will speak; and hear, 
earth, the words of my mouth. 

2 My doctrine shall drop as 
the rain, my speech shall distil 
as the dew, as the small rain 
upon the tender herb, and as the 
showers upon the grass: 

3 Because I will publish the 
name of the LORD: ascribe ye 
greatness unto our God. 

4. He is the Rock, his work is 
perfect: for all his ways are 
judgment: a God of truth and 
purnout iniquity, just and right 
as he. 

5 They have corrupted them- 
selves, their spot is not the spot 
of his children: they are a per- 
verse and crooked generation. 

6 Do ye thus requite the 
LORD, O foolish people and un- 
wise? is not he thy father that 
hath bought thee? hath he not 
made thee, and established thee? 

7 4 Remember the days of old, 
consider the years of many 
generations: ask thy father, and 
he will shew thee; thy elders, 
and they will tell thee. 

8 When the most High divided 
to the nations their inheritance, 
when he separated the sons of 
Ad’am, he set the bounds of the 
people according to the number 
of the children of Is’ra-el. 

9 For the LORD’S portion is 
his people; Ja’cob is the lot of 
his inheritance. 

10 He found him in a desert 
land, and in the waste howling 
wilderness; he led him about, 
he instructed him, he kept him 
as the apple of his eye. 

11 As an eagle stirreth up her 


The song of Moses 


nest, fluttereth over her young, 
spreadeth abroad her wings, 
taketh them, beareth them on 
her wings: 

12 So the LORD alone did lead 
him, and there was no strange 

god with him. 

13 He made him ride on the 
high places of the earth, that he 
might eat the increase of the 
fields; and he made him to 
suck honey out of the rock, and 
oil out of the flinty rock; 

14 Butter of kine, and milk of 
sheep, with fat of lambs, and 
rams of the breed of Ba’shan, 
and goats, with the fat of kid- 
neys of wheat; and thou didst 
drink ie pure blood of the grape. 

15 4 But Jésh’u-rin waxed fat, 
and kicked: thou art waxen fat, 
thou art grown thick, thou art 
covered with fatness; then he 
forsook God which made him, 
and lightly esteemed the Rock 
of his salvation. 

16 They provoked him to jeal- 
ousy with strange gods, with 
abominations provoked they him 
to anger. 

17 They sacrificed unto devils, 
not to God; to gods ,. whom 
they knew not, to new gods that 
came newly up, whom your 
fathers feared not. 

18 Of the Rock fhat begat 
thee thou art unmindful, and 
Hast forgotten God that formed 

ee. 

19 And when the LORD saw if, 
he abhorred them, because of 
the provoking of his sons, and 
of his daughters. 

20 And he said, I will hide my 
face from them, I will see what 
their end shall be: for they are 
a very froward_ generation, chil- 
dren in whom is no faith. 

21 They have moved me to 
jealousy with that which is not 
God; they have provoked me 
to anger with their vanities: 
and I will move them to jeal- 
ousy with those which are nota 
people; I will provoke them to 
anger with a foolish nation. 


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22 For a fire is kindled in 
mine anger, and shall burn unto 
the lowest hell, and shall con- 
sume the earth with her in- 
crease, and set on fire the foun- 
dations of the mountains. 

23 I will heap mischiefs upon 
‘them; I will spend mine arrows 
upon them 

24 They ‘shall be burnt with 
hunger, and devoured with 
burning heat, and with bitter 
destruction: I will also send 
the teeth of beasts upon them, 
with the poison of serpents of 


the dust. 
25 The sword without, and 
terror within, shall destroy 


both the young man and the 
virgin, the suckling also with 
the man of gray hairs. 

26 I said, I would scatter them 
‘into corners, I would make the 
remembrance of them to cease 
from among men: 

27 Were it not that I feared the 
wrath of the enemy, lest their 
adversaries should behave them- 
selves strangely, and lest they 
should say, Our hand is high, 
and the LORD hath not done all 


is. 

28 For they are a nation void 
of counsel, neither is there any 
understanding in them. 

29 O that they were wise, 
that they understood this, that 
ee would consider their latter 
en 
' 30 How should one chase a 
thousand, and two put ten 
thousand to flight, except their 
Rock had sold them, and the 
LoRD had shut them up? 

31 For their rock is not as our 
Rock, even our enemies them- 
Selves being judges. . 

32 For their vine is of the 
vine of Séd’om, and of the fields 
of Go-mor’rah: their grapes are 
grapes of gall, their clusters are 
bitter: : i 

33 Their wine is the poison of 
Beeons, and the cruel venom 
of asp 

34 fe not this laid up in store 

18 


DEUTERONOMY, 32 


with me, and sealed up among 
my treasures? 

35 To me belongeth venge- 
ance, and recompence; their foot 
shall slide in due time: for the 
day of their calamity is at hand, 
and the things that shall come 
upon them make haste. 

36 For the LORD shall judge 
his people, and repent himself 
for his servants, when he seeth 
that their power is gone, and 
there is none shut up, or left. 

37 And he shall say, Where are 
their gods, their rock in whom 
they trusted, 

38 Which did eat the fat of their 
sacrifices, and drank the wine of 
their drink offerings? let them 
rise up and help you, and be 
your protection. 

39 See now that I, even I, am 
he, and there is no god with me: 
I kill, and I make alive; I 
wound, and I heal: neither is 
there any that can deliver out of 
my hand. 

40 For I lift up my hand to 
heaven, and say, I live for ever. 

41 whet my _ glittering 
sword, and mine hand take hold 
on judgment; I will render 
vengeance to mine enemies, and 
will reward them that hate me. 

42 I will make mine arrows 
drunk with blood, and my sword 
shall devour flesh; and that with 
the blood of the slain and of the 
captives, from the beginning of 
revenges upon the enemy. 

43 Rejoice, O ye _ nations, 
with his people: for he will 
avenge the blood of his servants, 
and will render vengeance to 
his adversaries, and will be mer- 
ciful unto his land, and to his 
people. 

44 ¢ And Mo6’ses came and 
spake all the words of this song 
in the ears of the people, he, and 
H6-shé’a the son of Nun. 

45 And MO’ses made an end of 
speaxing all these words to all. 
Is’ra-el: 

46 And he said unto them, Set 
your hearts unto all the words 


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DEUTERONOMY, 33 


which I testify among you this 
day, which ye shall command 
your children to observe to do, 
all the words of this law. 

47 For it is not a vain thing for 
you; because it is your life: and 
through this thing ye shall pro- 
long your days in the land, 
whither ye go over Jér’dan to 
possess it. 

48 And the LORD spake unto 
MO’ses that selfsame day, saying, 

49 Get thee up into this moun- 
tain Ab’a-rim, unto mount Né’bé, 
which is in the land of Mo/ab, 
that is over against J ér’i-chd; 
and behold the land of Ca’naan, 
which I give unto the children of 
Is’ra-el for a possession: 

50 And die in the mount whither 
thou goest up, and be gathered 
unto thy people; as Aar’on thy 
brother died in mount Hor, and 
was gathered unto his people: 

51 Because ye _ trespassed 
against me among the children 
of Is’ra-el at the waters of Mér’- 
i-bah—Ka’desh, in the wilderness 
of Zin; because ye sanctified me 
not in the midst of the children 
of Is’ra-el. 

52 Yet thou shalt see the land 
before thee; but thou shalt not 
go thither unto the land which I 

give the children of Is’ra-el. 


186 CHAPTER 33 


1 Moses blesses the tribes. 
of Israel. 
ND this is the blessing, 
wherewith MOo’ses the man 
of God blessed the children of 
Is’ra-el before his death. 

2 And he said, The LORD came 
from Si’/nai, and rose up from 
Sé/ir unto them; he shined forth 
from mount Pa’ran, and he came 
with ten thousands of saints: 
from his right hand weni a fiery 
law for them. 

3 Yea, he loved the people: 
all his saints are in thy hand: 
and they sat down at thy feet; 
every one shall receive of thy 
words. . 

4, MO’ses commanded usa law, 


28 Safety 


274 


Moses blesses the tribes 


even the ae of the con- 
gregation of Ja’cob 

5 And he was king in Jésh’u- 
run, when the heads of the people 
and the tribes of Is’ra-el were 
gathered together. . 

6 § Let Reu’ben live, and not 
“ng and let not his men be few. 

7 § And this is the blessing of 
Ja’dah: and he said, Hear, 
LORD, the voice of Ji’dah, and 
bring him unto his people: let 
his hands be sufficient for him; 
and be thou an help to him from 
his enemies. 

8 { And of Lé’vi he said, Let 
thy Thim’/mim and thy U’rim be 
with thy holy one, whom thou 
didst prove at Mas’sah, and with 
whom thou didst strive at the 
waters of Mér’i-bah; 

9 Who said unto his father and 
to his mother, I have not seen 
him; neither did he acknowl- 
edse his brethren, nor knew his 
own children: for they have 
observed thy word, and kept thy 
covenant. 

10 They shall teach Ja’cob thy 
judgments, and Is’ra-el thy law: 
they shall put incense before 
thee, and whole burnt sacrifice 
upon thine altar. 

11 Bless, LORD, his substance, 
and accept the work of his 
hands: smite through the loins 
of them that rise against him, 
and of them that hate him, that 
they rise not again. 
of Bén’ja-min he 


shall dwell in safety by him; and 
the LORD shall cover him all the 
day long, and he shall dwell 
between his shoulders. 

13 4 And of Jd’seph he said, 
Blessed of the LORD be his land, 
for the precious things of heaven, 
for the dew, and for the deep 
that coucheth beneath, | 

14 And for the precious fruits 
brought forth by the sun, and for’ 
the precious things put forth by 
the moon, | 

15 And for the chief things of 
the ancient mountains, and for 





Moses dies on Mount Nebo 
the precious things of the lasting 


S; 

16 And for the precious things 
of the earth and fulness thereof, 
and for the good will of him that 
dwelt in the bush: let the bless- 
ing come upon the head of Jé’- 
seph, and upon the top of the 
head. of him that was separated 
from his brethren. 

17 His glory is like the firstling 
of his bullock, and his horns are 
like the horns of unicorns: with 
them he shall push the people 
together to the ends of the earth: 
and they are the ten thousands 
of &’phra-im, and they are the 
thousands of Ma-nds’seh. 

18 § And of Zéb’u-lin he said, 
Rejoice, Zéb’u-lin, in thy going 
out; and, Is’sa-char,in thy tents. 

19 They shail call the people 
unto the mountain; there they 
shall offer sacrifices of righteous- 
ness: for they shall suck of the 
abundance of the seas, and of 
treasures hid in the sand. 

20 4 AndofGadhesaid, Blessed 
be he that enlargeth Gad: he 
dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the 
atm with the crown of the 


ead. 
21 And he provided the first 
part for himself, because there, 
in a portion of the lawgiver, was 
he seated; and he came with 
the heads of the people, he exe- 
cuted the justice of the LoRrpD, 
and his judgments with Is’ra-el. 
_ 22 ¥ And of Dan he said, Dan 
is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap 
from Ba’shan. i 
23 4 And of Naph’ta-li he said, 
O Naph’ta-li, satisfied with fa- 
vour, and full with the blessing of 
the LORD: possess thou the 
west and the south. : 
,24 § And of Ash’ér he said, Let 
Ash’ér be blessed with children; 
let him be acceptable to his breth- 
ren, and let him dip his foot 


in oil: | 

25 Thy shoes shail be iron and 
brass; and as thy days, so shail 
thy strength be. ‘ 

26 §] There is none like unto 


DEUTERONOMY, 34 


the God of Jésh’u-rin, who 
rideth upon the heaven in thy 
help, and in his excellency on the 


sky. 
27 The eternal God is thy ref- 
uge, and underneath are the 
everlasting arms: and he shall 
thrust out the enemy from before 
thee; and shall say, Destroy 


hem. 

28 is‘ra-el then shall dwell in 
safety alone: the fountain of 
Ja’cob shall be upon a land of 
corn and wine; also his heavens 
shali drop down dew. 

29 Happy art thou, O is’ra-el: 
who is like unto thee, O people 
saved by the LORD, the shield of 
thy help, and who is the sword of 
thy excellency! and thine ene- 
mies shali be found liars unto 
thee; and thou shalt tread upon 
their high places. 


CHAPTER 34 187 


1 Moses on mount Nebo. 5 He views 
the land and dies. 9 Joshua suc- 
ceeds him. 

ND Mo’ses went up from the 
plains of M6’ab unto the 
mountain of Né’bo, to the top of 

Pis’gah, that is over against Jér’- 

i-cho. And the LoRD shewed 

him all the land of Gil’e-dd, 
unto Dan, 

2 And all Naph’ta-li, and the 
land of E’/phra-im, and M4-nas’- 
seh, and all the land of Ja’dah, 
unto the utmost sea, 

3 And the south, and the plain 
of the valley of Jér’i-cho, the 
city of palm trees, unto 
Z0/ar. 

4 And the LORD said unto him, 
This is the land which I sware 
unto A’bra-ham, unto I’saac, and 
unto Ja’cob, saying, I will give it 
unto thy seed: I have caused 
thee to see it with thine eyes, but 
thou shalt not go over thither. 

5 4 So Mé’ses the servant of 
the LORD died there in the land 
of M6’ab, according to the word 
of the LORD. 

6 And he buried him in a valley 
in the land of M6’ab, over against 


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Béth-pé’6r: but no man know- 
eth of his sepulchre unto this 


ay. 

7 9 And M6’ses was an hun- 
dred and twenty years old when 
he died: his eye was not dim, 
nor his natural force abated. 

8 § And the children of Is’ra-el 
wept for M6’ses in the plains of 
M6’ab thirty days: so the days 
of weeping and mourning for 
MO’ses were ended. ° 

9 9 And Joésh’u-4 the son of 
Nun was full of the spirit of wis- 
dom; for Mo’ses had laid his 
hands upon him: and the children 


Joshua ordered to cross Jordan 


of Iis’ra-el hearkened unto him, 


and did as the LORD commanded 


M0’ses 


10 § And there arose not a 
prophet since in Is’ra-el like unto 
M6’ses, whom the LORD knew 
face to face, 

11 In all the signs and the won- 
ders, which the LORD sent him 
to do in the land of E’gypt to 
Pha’raoh, and to all his servants, 
and to all his land, ; 

12 And in all that mighty hand, 
and in all the great terror which 
ae shewed in the sight of all 
Is’ra-el. 





THE 


BOOK OF JOSHUA 


188 CHAPTER 1 


‘4 Joshua ordered to cross Jordan. 
He prepares the people. 


10 


OW after the death ot Mo’ses 


the servant of the LORD it 
came to pass, that the LORD 
spake unto Josh’u-a the son of 
Nin, Mo’ses’ minister, saying, 

2 Md’ses my servant is dead; 
‘now therefore arise, go over this 
Jér’dan, thou, and all this peo- 
‘ple, unto the land which I do give 
‘to them, even to the children o 
Is’ra-el. 

3 Every place that the sole of 
your foot shall tread upon, that 
have I given unto you, as I said 
unto MO6’ses. 

4 From the wilderness and 
this Léb’a-non even unto the 
great river, the river Eu-phra’tés, 
all the land of the Hit’tites, and 
unto the great sea toward the 
going down of the sun, shall be 
your coast. 

5 There shall not any man be 
able to stand before thee all the 
days of thy life: as I was with 
Mo’ses, so I will be with thee: 
I will not fail thee, nor forsake 
thee. 

6 Be strong and of a good cour- 


age: for unto this people shalt 
thou divide for an inheritance the | 
land, which I sware unto their 
fathers to give them. 

7 Only be thou strong and very 
courageous, that thou mayest 
observe to do according to all the 
law, which M6’ses my servant 
commanded thee: turn not from | 
it to the right hand or fo the left, | 
that thou mayest prosper whith- 
ersoever thou goest. 

8 This book of the law shall 
not depart out of thy mouth; but 
thou shalt meditate therein day 
and night, that thou mayest ob- | 
serve to do according to all that | 
is written therein: for then thou | 
shalt make thy way prosperous, 
and then thou shalt have good: 
success. : 

9 Have not I commanded thee? 
Be strong and of a good courage; 
be not afraid, neither be thou, 
dismayed: for the LORD thy God | 
is with thee whithersoever thou | 
goest. 

10 § Then Jésh’u-a commanded | 
the officers of the people, saying, 

11 Pass through the host, and 
command the people, saying; | 
Prepare you victuals; for within | 


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Spies sent to Jericho 


three days ye shall pass over this 

Jor’dan, to go in to possess the 
Tand, which the LORD your God 
‘giveth you to possess it. 

12 ¢ And to the Reu’ben-ites, 
and to the Gad’ites, and to half 
the tribe of Ma-nas’seh, spake 
Josh’u-a, saying, 

--13 Remember the word which 
‘MO6’ses the servant of the LORD 
commanded you, saying, The 
‘LorD your God hath given you 
rest, and hath given you this 
land. 

14 Your wives, your little ones, 
and your cattle, shall remain in 
‘the land which M6’ses gave you 
on this side Jér’dan; but ye shall 
pass before your brethren armed, 
all the mighty men of valour, and 
help them; 

15 Until the LORD have given 
your brethren rest, as he hath 
given you, and they also have 
possessed the land which the 
LORD your God giveth them: 
then ye shall return unto the 
land of your possession, and 
enjoy it, which M6’ses_ the 
LORD’S servant gave you on 
this side Jér’dan toward the 
sunrising. 

16 § And they answered Jésh’- 
u-a, saying, All that thou com- 
mandest us we will do, and 
Whithersoever thou sendest us, 
we will go. . 

17 According as we hearkened 

unto MO’ses in all things, so will 
we hearken unto thee: only the 
LORD thy God be with thee, as 
he was with MO’ses. 
18 Whosoever he be that doth 
febel against thy commandment, 
and will not hearken unto thy 
words in all that thou command- 
est him, he shall be put to death: 
only be strong and of a good 
courage. 


189 CHAPTER 2 

It Spies sent to Jericho. 4 Rahab 
| conceals them. 12 Their covenant. 
AND Josh’u-a the son of Nin 
) sent out of Shit’tim two 
men to spy secretly, saying, Go 











. 
. 


JOSHUA, 2 


view the land, even Jér’i-cho. 
And they went, and came into 
an harlot’s house, named Ra’- 
hab, and lodged there. 

2 And it was told the king of 
Jér’i-ch6, saying, Behold, there 
came men in hither to night of 
the children of Is’ra-el to search 
out the country. 

3 And the king of Jér’i-ch6é sent 
unto Ra’hab, saying, Bring forth 
the men that are come to thee, 
which are entered into thine 
house: for they be come to search 
out all the country. 

4 And the woman took the two 
men, and hid them, and said thus, 
There came men unto me, but I 
wist not whence they were: 

5 And it came to pass about the 
time of shutting of the gate, when | 
it was dark, that the men went 
out: whither the men went I wot 
not: pursue after them quickly: 
for ye shall overtake them. 

6 But she had brought them 
up to the roof of the house, and 
hid them with the stalks of flax, 
which she had laid in order upon 
the roof. 

7 And the men pursued after 
them the way to Jér’dan unto the 
fords: and as soon as they which 
pursued after them were gone 
out, they shut the gate. 

8 4 And before they were laid 
down, she came up unto them 
upon the roof; 

9 And she said unto the men, I 
know that the LORD hath given 
you the land, and that your ter- 
ror is fallen upon us, and that all 
the inhabitants of the land faint 
because of you. 

10 For we have heard how the 
LORD dried up the water of the 
Red sea for you, when ye came 
out of E’gypt; and what ye did 
unto the two kings of the Am/6r- 
ites, that were on the other side 
Jér’dan, Si/hon and Og, whom ye 
utterly destroyed. 

11 And as soon as we had 
heard these things, our hearts 
did melt, neither did there re- 
main any more courage in any 


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man, because of you: 
LORD your God, 
apehe above, and in earth be- 
neat 

12 Now therefore, I pray you, 
swear_unto me by the LORD, 
since I have shewed you kind- 
ness, that ye will also shew kind- 
ness unto my father’s house, 
and give me a true token: 

13 And that ye will save alive 
my father, and my mother, an 
my brethren, and my sisters, and 
all that they have, and deliver 
our lives from death. 

14 And the men answered her, 
Our life for yours, if ye utter not 
this our business. 
be, when the LORD hath given us 
the land, that we wiil deal kindiy 
_ and truly with thee 

15 Then she let them down by 
a cord through the window: for 
her house was upon the town 
wall, and she dwelt upon the 
wall. 

16 And she said unto them, Get 

you to the mountain, lest the pur- 
suers meet you; and hide your- 

selves there three days, until the 
pursuers be returned: and after- 
ward may ye go your way. 

17 And the men said unto her, 
We will be blameless of this 
thine oath which thou hast made 
us swear. 

18 Behold, when we come into 
the land, thou shalt bind this line 
of scarlet thread in the window 
which thou didst let us down by: 
and thou shalt bring thy father, 
and thy mother, and thy breth- 
ren, and all thy father’s house- 
hold, home unto thee. 

19 And it shall be, that whoso- 
ever shall go out of the doors of 
thy house into the street, his 

iood shall be upon his head, and 
we will be guiltless: and whoso- 
ever shall be with thee in the 
house, his blood shall be on our 
head, if any hand be upon him. 

20 And if thou utter this our 
business, then we will be quit of 
thine oath which thou hast made 
us to swear. 


for the 


he is God in | unto your words, so be it. 


The Israelites come to the Jordan 


21 And she said, According 
And 
she sent them away, and they 
departed: and she bound the 
scarlet line in the window. 

22 And they went, and came 
unto the mountain, and abode 
there three days, until the pur- 
Suers were returned: and the 
pursuers sought them through- 
out all the way, but found them 


not. 

"23 € So the two men returned, 
and descended from the moun- 
tain, and passed over, and came 
to Jésh’u-a the son of Nun, and 
told him all things that befell 


And it shall | them 


24 ake they said unto Jésh’u-a, 
Truly the LORD hath delivered 
into our hands all the land; for 
even all the inhabitants of the 
country do faint because of us. 


CHAPTER 3 190 
3 At the Jordan. 3 Directions for 
crossing. 14 The waiters divi ed. 
17 The crossing. 
ND Jodsh‘u-a rose early in the 
morning; and they removed 
from Shit’tim, and came to Jor’=- 
dan, he and all the children of 
Is’ra-el, and lodged there before 
they passed over. 

2 And it came to pass after 
three days, that the officers went 
through the host; 

3 And they commanded the 
people, saying, When ye see the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD 
your God, and the priests the 
Lé’vites bearing it, then ye shall 
tenors from your place, and go 
after it 

4 Yet there shall be a space be- 
tween you and it, about two thou- 
sand cubits by measure: come 
not near unto it, that ye may 
know the way by which ye must 
go: for ye have not passed this 
way heretofore. : 

And Joésh’u-a said unto the 
people, Sanctify yourselves: for 
to morrow the LORD will do 
wonders among you 

6 And Joésh’u-a spake unto the 


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The Israelites cross the Jordan 


of the covenant, and pass over 
before the people. And they 
took up the ark of the covenant, 
and went before the people. 

7 9 And the LorD said unto 
Josh’u-a, This day wili I begin 
to magnify thee in the sight of 
all Is’ra-el, that they may know 
that, as I was with Md’ses, so I 
will be with thee. 
8 And thou shalt command the 
‘Priests that bear the ark of the 
‘covenant, saying, When ye are 
‘come to the brink of the water of 
Jor’dan, ye shall stand still in 
J6r’dan. : : 
9 4 And Josh’u-a said unto the 
children of is’ra-el, Come hither, 
‘and hear the words of the LORD 
your God. } 

10 And Josh’u-a said, Hereby 
ye shall know that the living God 
is among you, and that he will 
without fail drive out from be- 
fore you the Ca’ndan-ites, and 
the Hit’tites, and the Hi’vites, 
and the Pér’iz-zites, and the 
Gir’ga-shites, and the Am‘6r-ites, 
and the Jéb’u-sites. 
11 Behold, the ark of the cove- 
nant of the Lord of all the earth 
passeth over before you into 
Jor’dan. 
12 Now therefore take you 
twelve men out of the tribes of 
‘Is’ra-el, out of every tribe a man. 
13 And it shall come to pass, as 





‘soon as the soles of the feet of the 


priests that bear the ark of the 
LORD, the Lord of all the earth, 
shall rest in the waters of Jér’- 
dan, that the waters of Jér’dan 
Shall be cut off from the waters 
that come down from above; and 
they shall stand upon an heap. 
14 ¢ And it came to pass, when 
the people removed from their 
tents, to pass over Jér’dan, and 
the priests bearing the ark of the 
covenant before the people; — 

15 And as they that bare the 
ark were come unto Jor’dan, and 
the feet of the priests that bare 
the ark were dipped in the brim 
of the water, (for Jor’dan over- 


JOSHUA, 4 


priests, saying, Take up the ark | floweth all his. banks all the time 


of harvest,) 

16 That the waters which came 
down from above stood and rose 
up upon an heap very far from 
the city Ad’am, that is beside 
Zar’e-tan: and those that came 
down toward the sea of the 
plain, even the salt sea, failed, 
and were cut off: and the people 
passes over right against Jér‘i- 
cho. 
17 And the priests that bare the 
ark of the covenant of the Lorp 
stood firm on dry ground in the 
midst of Jér’dan, and ail the 
Is’ra-el-ites passed over on drv 
ground, until all the people were 
passed clean over Jér’dan. 


CHAPTER 4 191 
1 The twelve stones of Jordan. 10 
Crossing of the people. 20 Camp 


at Gilgal. 


AND it came to pass, when all 
the people were clean passed 
over Jor’dan, that the LoRD 
spake unto Jésh’u-a, saying, 

2 Take you twelve men out of 
the people, out of every tribe a 
man, 

3 And command ye them, say- 
ing, Take you hence out of the 
midst of Jor’dan, out of the place 
where the priests’ feet stood firm, 
twelve stones, and ye shall carry 
them over with you, and leave 
them in the lodging place, where 
ye shall lodge this night. 

4 Then Josh’u-a called the 
twelve men, whom he had pre- 
pared of the children of Is’ra-el, 
out of every tribe a man: 

And Josh’u-a said unto them, 
Pass over before the ark of the 
LORD your God into the midst of 
Jor’dan, and take you up every 
man of you a stone upon his 
shoulder, according unto the 
number of the tribes of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el: 

6 That this may be a sign among 
you, that when your children ask 
their fathers in time to come, 
saying, What mean ye by these 
stones? 


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7 Then ye shall answer them, 
That the waters of Jor’dan were 
cut off before the ark of the cove- 
nant of the LORD; when it passed 
over Jér’dan, the waters of Jér’- 
dan were cut off: and these stones 
shall be for a_memorial unto 
the children of Is’ra-el for ever. 

8 And the children of is’ra-el 
did so as Jésh’u-a commanded, 
and took up twelve stones out of 
the midst of Jor’dan, as the LORD 
spake unto Jésh’u-a, according 
to the number of the tribes of the 
children of Is’ra-el, and carried 
them over with them unto the 
place where they lodged, and laid 
them down there. 

9 And Joésh’u-a set up twelve 
stones in the midst of Jér’dan, in 
the place where the feet of the 
priests which bare the ark of the 
covenant stood: and they are 
there unto this day. 

10 4 For the priests which bare 
the ark stood in the midst of Jér’- 
dan, until every thing was fin- 
ished that the LORD commanded 
Jésh’u-a to speak unto the peo- 
ple, according to all that MO’ses 
commanded Josh’u-a: and the 
people hasted and passed over. 

11 And it came to pass, when 
all the people were clean passed 
over, that the ark of the LORD 
passed over, and the priests, in 
the presence of the people. 

12 And the children of Reu’- 


ben, and the children of Gad, and | 


half the tribe of Ma-nas’seh, 
passed over armed before the 
children of Is’ra-el, as M6’ses 
spake unto them: 

13 About forty thousand pre- 
pared for war passed over before 
the LORD unto battle, to the 
plains of Jér’i-cho. 

14 4 On that day the LORD 
magnified Jésh’u-a in the sight 
of all fs’ra-el; and they feared 
him, as they feared Mo’ses, all 
the days of his life. 

15 And the LORD spake unto 
Josh’u-a, saying, 

16 Command the priests that 
bear the ark of the testimony, 


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The camp at Gilgal 


that they come up out of 
Jér’dan. 

17 Jésh’u-a therefore command- 
ed the priests, saying, Come ye 
up out of Jér’dan. 

18 And it came to pass, when 
the priests that bare the ark of 
the covenant of the LORD were 
come up out of the midst of Jér’- 
dan, and the soles of the priests’ 
feet were lifted up unto the dry 
land, that the waters of Jér’dan 
returned unto their place, and 
flowed over all his banks, as 
they did before. 

19 4 And the people came up 
out of Jér’dan on the tenth day of 
the first month, and encamped 
in Gil’gal, in the east border of 
Jér’i-cho. 

20 And those twelve _ stones, 
which they took out of Jér’dan, 
did Josh’u-a pitch in Gil’gal. 

21 And he spake unto the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, saying, When 
your children shall ask their fa- 
thers in time to come, saying; 
What mean these stones? 

22 Then ye shall let your chil- 
dren know, saying, Is’ra-el came 
over this Jér’dan on dry land. 

23 For the LorD your God 
dried up the waters of Jér’dan 
from before you, until ye were 
passed over, as the LORD your 
God did to the Red sea, which 
he dried up from before us, until 
we were gone over: 

24 That all the people of the 
earth might know the hand of the 
LORD, that it is mighty: that ye 
might fear the LORD your God 
for ever. 


CHAPTER 5 192 


1 A second circumcision. 10 Passover 
at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceases. 
ND it came to pass, when all 
the kings of the Am/6r-ites, 
which were on the side of J6ér’- 
dan westward, and all the kings 
of the Ca’naan-ites, which were 
by the sea, heard that the LORD 
had dried up the waters of Jér’- 
dan from before the children of 
Is’ra-el, until we were passed 


Manna ceases 


over, that their heart melted, 
neither was there spirit in them 
any more, because of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el. 

2 § At that time the LORD said 
unto Joésh’u-4, Make thee sharp 
knives, and circumcise again the 
children of Is’ra-el the second 


Passover kept. 


time. 

3 And Josh’u-a made him sharp 
knives, and circumcised the chil- 
dren of [s’ra-el at the hill of the 
foreskins. j 

4 And this is the cause why 
Josh’u-a did circumcise: All the 
people that came out of E’éypt, 
that were males, even all the men 
of war, died in the wilderness by 
the way, after they came out of 
Egypt. 

5 Now all the people that came 
out were circumcised: but all the 
people that were born in the wil- 
derness by the way as they came 
forth out of E’gypt, them they had 
not circumcised. Z 

6 For the children of fIs’ra-el 
walked forty years in the wilder- 
ness, till all the people that were 
men of war, which came out of 
E’gypt, were consumed, because 
they obeyed not the voice of the 
LORD: unto whom the LORD 
sware that he would not shew 
them the land, which the LORD 
sware unto their fathers that he 
would give us, a land that flow- 
eth with milk and honey. 

7 And their children, whom 
he raised up in their stead, them 
Jésh’u-a circumcised: for they 
were uncircumcised, because they 
had not circumcised them by the 
way. 

8 And it came to pass, when 
they had done circumcising all 
the people, that they abode in 
their places in the camp, till they 
were whole. 

9 And the LORD said unto 
Jésh’u-a, This day have I rolled 
away the reproach of Egypt from 
off you. Wherefore the name of 
Be Pe pate is called Gil’gal unto 

is d 
104 Ant the children of Is’ra-el 


JOSHUA, 6 


encamped in Gil’gal, and kept the 
Passover on the fourteenth day 
of the month at even in the plains 
of Jér’i-cho. 

11 And they did eat of the old 
corn of the land on the morrow . 
after the passover, unleavened 
cakes, and parched corn in the 
selfsame day. 

12 ¥ And the manna ceased on 
the morrow after they had eaten 
of the old corn of the land; nei- 
ther had the children of fs’ra-el 
manna any more; but they did 
eat of the fruit of the land of 
Ca’/naan that year. 

13 ¥ And it carn to pass, when 
Josh’u-a was by Jér’i-ché, that 
he lifted up his eyes and looked, 
and, behold, there stood a man 
over against him with ah sword 
drawn in his hand: and Josh’u-a 
went unto him, and said unto 
him, Art thou for us, or for our 
adversaries? 

14 And he said, Nay; but as 
captain of the host of the LORD 
am I now come. And Josh’u-a 
fell on his face to the earth, and 
did worship, and said unto him, 
What saith my lord unto his 
servant? 

15 And the captain of the 
LORD’S host said unto Jésh’u-a, 
Loose thy shoe from off thy 
foot; for the place whereon thou 
standest is holy. And J osh’/u-a 

So. 


CHAPTER 6 193 
1 Siege oy ee 20 The walls fail. 
2 Rahabdb is saved. 
OW 78 ér’i-cho was. straitly 
shut up because of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el: none went out, 
and none came in. 

2 And the LORD said unto 
Josh’u-a, See, I have given into 
thine hand Jér’i-ché6, and the 
king thereof, and the mighty men 
of valour. 

3 And ye shall compass the city, 
all ye men of war, and go round 
about the city once. Thus shalt 
thou do six days. 

4 And seven.priests shall bear 


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before the ark seven trumpets of 
rams’ horns: and the seventh 
day ye shall compass the city 
seven times, and the priests shall 
blow with the trumpets. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that 
when they make a long blast with 
the ram’s horn, and when ye hear 
the sound of the trumpet, all the 
people shall shout with a great 
shout; and the wall of the city 
shall fail down flat, and the peo- 
ple shall ascend up every man 
straight before him. 

6 4 And Jésh’u-a the son of 
Wun called the priests, and said 
unto them, Take up the ark of the 
covenant, and let seven priests 
bear seven trumpets of rams’ 
horns before the ark of the LORD. 

7 And he'said unto the people, 
Pass on, and compass the city, 
and let him that is armed pass on 
before the ark of the LORD. 

8 4 And it came to pass, when 
Josh’u-a had spoken unto the 
people, that the seven priests 
bearing the seven trumpets of 
rams’ horns passed on before 
the LORD, and blew with the 
trumpets: and the ark of the 
covenant of the LORD followed 
them. 

9 § And the armed men went 
before the priests that blew with 
the trumpets, and the rereward 
came after the ark, the priests 
going on, and blowing with the 
trumpets. 

10 And Jodsh’u-a4 had com- 
manded the people, saying, Ye 
shall not shout, nor make any 
noise with your voice, neither 
shall any word proceed out of 
your mouth, until the day I bid 
you shout; then shall ye shout. 

11 So the ark of the LORD com- 
passed the city, going about it 
once: and they came into the 
camp, and lodged in the camp. 

12 4 And Josh’u-a rose early in 
the morning, and the priests 
took up the ark of the LORD. 

13 And seven priests bearing 
seven trumpets of rams’ horns 
before the ark of the LORD went 


Siege of Jericho 


on continually, and blew with the 
trumpets: and the armed men 
went before them; but the rere- 
ward came after the ark of the 


| LORD, the priests going on, and 


blowing with the trumpets. 

14 And the second day they 
compassed the city once, and re- 
turned into the camp: so they 
did six days. 

15 And it came to pass on the 
seventh day, that they rose early 
about the dawning of the day, 
and compassed the city after the 
same manner seven times: only 
on that day they compassed the 
city seven times. 

16 And it came to pass at the 
seventh time, when the priests 
blew with the trumpets, Jésh’u-a 
said unto the people, Shout: for 
the LORD hath given you the city. 

17 4 And the city shall be ac- 
cursed, even it, and all that are 
therein, to the LORD: only Ra’- 
hab the harlot shall live, she and 
all that are with her in the house, 
because she hid the messengers 
that we sent. 

18 And ye, in any wise keep 
yourselves from the accursed 
thing, lest ye make yourselves 
accursed, when ye take of the 
accursed thing, and make the 
camp of Is’ra-el a curse, and 
trouble it. 

19 But all the silver, and gold, 
and vessels of brass and iron, are 
consecrated unto the LORD: 
they shall come into the treasury 
of the LORD. 

20 So the people shouted when 
the priests blew with the trump- 
ets: and it came to pass, when 
the people heard the sound of the 
trumpet, and the people shouted 
with a great shout, that the wall 
fell down flat, so that the people 
went up into the city, every man 
straight before him, and they 
took the city.: 

21 And they utterly destroyed 
ail that was in the city, both man 
and woman, young and old, and - 
ox, and sheep, and ass, with the 
edge of the sword. 


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Rahab saved. Israel smitten at At 
22 But Josh’u-a had said unto 


the two men that had spied out 
the country, Go into the harlot’s 
house, and bring out thence the 
woman, and all that she hath, 
as ye sware unto her. 

23 And the young men that 
were spies went in, and brought 
out Ra’hab, and her father, and 
her mother, and her brethren, 
and all that she had; and they 
brought out all her kindred, and 
ieft them without the camp of 
is’ra-el. 

24 And they burnt the city with 
fire, and all that was therein: 
only the silver, and the gold, and 
the vessels of brass and of iron, 
they put into the treasury of the 
house of the LORD. 

25 And Jésh’u-a saved Ra’hab 
the harlot alive, and her father’s 
household, and all that she had; 
and she dwelleth in is’ra-el 
even unto this day; because she 
hid the messengers, which Josh’- 
u-a sent to spy out Jér’i-cho. 

26 4 And Josh’u-a adjured them 
at that time, saying, Cursed be 
the man before the LORD, that 
riseth up and buildeth this city 
Jér’i-cho: he shall lay the foun- 
dation thereof in his firstborn, 
and in his youngest son shall he 
set up the gates of it. 

27 So the LORD was with 
Jésh’u-a; and his fame was 
poised throughout all the coun- 

y. 


194 CHAPTER 7 


1 Israel smitien at Ai. 16 Crime and 
death of Achan. 
UT the children of Is’ra-el 
committed a trespass in the 
accursed thing: for A’chan, the 
son of Car’mi, the son of Zab’di, 
the son of Zé’rah, of the tribe of 
Ja’dah, took of the accursed 
thing: and the anger or the 
LoRD was kindled against the 
children of is’ra-el. 

2 And Josh’u-a sent men from 
Jér’i-ch6 to A’i, which is beside 
Béth—a’ven, on the east side of 
Béth’—el, and spake unto them, 


JOSHUA, 7 


saying, Go up and view the coun- 
try. And the men went up and 


‘viewed A’1. 


3 And they returned to Jésh’- 
u-a, and said unto him, Let not 
all the people go up; but let 
about two or three thousand men 
zo up and smite A’1; and make 
not all the people to labour thith- 
er; for they are but few. 

4 So there went up thither of 
the people about three thousand 
men: and they fled before the 
men of A’1. 

5 And the men of A’i smote of 
them about thirty and six men: 
for they chased them from before 
the gate even unto Shéb’a-rim, 
and smote them in the going 
down: wherefore the hearts of 
the people melted, and became 
as water. 

6 § And Jésh’u-4 rent his 
clothes, and fell to the earth upon 
his face before the ark of the 
LORD until the eventide, he and 
the elders of Is’ra-el, and put 
dust upon their heads. 

7 And Jdsh’u-a said, Alas, O 
Lord Gop, wherefore hast thou 
at all brought this people over 
Jor’dan, to deliver us into the 
hand of the Am/6r-ites, to destroy 
us? would to God we had been 
content, and dwelt on the other 
side Jér’dan! 

8 O Lord, what shall I say, 
when {Is’ra-el turneth their backs 
before their enemies! 

9 For the Ca’ndan-ites and ail 
the inhabitants of the land shall 
hear of it, and shall environ us 
round, and cut off our name 
from the earth: and what wilt 
thou do unto thy great name? 

10 4 And the LORD said unto 
Josh’u-a, Get thee up; where- 
foreliest thou thus upon thy face? 

11 ts’ra-el hath sinned, and 
they have also transgressed my 
covenant which I commanded 
them: for they have even taken 
of the accursed thing, and have 
also stolen, and dissembled also, 
and they have put it even among 
their own stuff. 


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_12 Therefore the children of 
is’ra-el could not stand before 
their enemies, buf turned their 
backs before their enemies, be- 


cause they were accursed: nei-|I 


ther will I be with you any more, 
except ye destroy the accursed 
from among you. 

13 Up, sanctify the people, and 
say, Sanctify yourselves against 
to morrow: for thus saith the 
LORD God of Is’ra-el, There is 
an accursed thing in the midst of 
thee, O Is’ra-el: thou canst not 
stand before thine enemies, until 
ye take away the accursed thing 
from among you. 

14 In the morning therefore ye 
shall be brought according to 
your tribes: and it shall be, that 
the tribe which the LORD taketh 
shall come according to the fam- 
ilies thereof; and the family 
which the LORD shall take shail 
come by households; and the 
household which the ea oe 
take shall come man by 

15 And it shall be, that | ‘ic that 
is taken with the accursed thing 
shall be burnt with fire, he and all 
that he hath: because he hath 
transgressed the covenant of the 
LORD, and because he hath 
wrought folly in Is’ra-el. 

16 4 So Josh’u-a rose up early 

in the morning, and brought 
is’ra-el by their tribes; and the 
tribe of Ji’dah was taken: 
. 17 And he brought the family 
of Ji’dah; and he took the fam- 
ily of the Zidr’hites: and he 
brought the family of the Zar’- 
hites man by man; and Zab’di 
was taken 

18 And the brought his house- 
hold man by man; and A’chan, 
the son of Car’mi, the son of 
Zab’di, the son of Zé’rah, of the 
tribe of Jai’dah, was taken. 

19 And Jésh’u-a said unto 
A’chan, My son, give, I pray 
thee, glory to the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, and make confession 
unto him; and tell me now what 
thou hast done; hide i¢ not from 
me. 


Achan’s sin and death 


20 And A’chan answered Jésh’- 
u-a, and said, Indeed I have 
sinned against the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, and thus and thus have 

done: 
21 When I saw_among the 
spoils a goodly Bab-y-l6’/nish 
garment, and two hundred shek- 
els of silver, and a wedge of gold 
of fifty shekels weight, then I 
coveted them, and took them; 
and, behold, they are hid in the 
earth in the midst of my tent, and 
the silver under it. 

22 {So Josh’u-a sent messen- 
gers, and they ran unto the tent; 
and, behold, if was hid in his 
tent, and the silver under it. 

23 And they took them out of 
the midst of the tent, and brought 
them unto Josh’u-a, and unto all 
the children of Is’ra-el, and laid 
a out before the LORD. 

And Joésh’u-a, and all Is’- 
pe with him, took A’chan the 
son of Zé’rah, and the silver, and 
the garment, and the wedge of 
gold, and his sons, and his 
daughters, and his oxen, and his 
asses, and his sheep, and his 
tent, and all that he had: and 
they brought them unto the val- 
ley of A’chor. 

25 And Joésh’u-a said, Why 
hast thou troubled us? the LORD 
shall trouble thee this day. And 
all is’ra-el stoned him with 
stones, and burned them with 
fire, after they had stoned them 
with stones. 

26 And they raised over him a 
great heap of stones unto this 
day. So the LORD turned from 
the fierceness of hisanger. Where- 
fore the name of that place was 
called, The valley of A’chor, 
unto this day. 


CHAPTER 8 195 

1 Joshua encouraged. 3 Capture of 
Ai. 30 Joshua’s altar. 

ND the LORD said unto Josh’= 

u-a, Fear not, neither be 

thou dismayed: take all the peo< 

ple of war with thee, and arise, 

go up to Ai: see, I have given 


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first: 
- fore them. 





The capture of At 


into thy hand the king of A’1, and 
his people, and his city, and his 


and: 

, And thou shalt do to AI and 
her king as thou didst unto Jér’- 
i-cho6 and her king: only the 
spoil thereof, and the cattle there- 
of, shall ye take for a prey unto 
yourselves: lay thee an ambush 
os ne city behind it. 

3 § So Joésh’u-a arose, and all 


_ the pele of Dect to go up against 


A’l: and Josh’u-a chose out thirty 
thousand mighty men of valour, 
and sent them away by night. 

4 And he commanded them, 
saying, Behold, ye shall lie in 
wait against the city, even behind 
the city: go not very far from the 


| city, but be ye all ready: 


And I, and all the people that 


_ are with me, will approach unto 


the city: and it shall come to 
pass, when they come out against 


us, as at the first, that we will 


flee before them, 
6 (For they will come out after 
us) till we have drawn them 


from the city; for they will say, 


They flee before us, as at the 
therefore we will flee be- 


7 Then ye shall rise up from 
the ambush, and seize upon the 
city: for the LORD your God will 


_ deliver it into your hand. 


8 And it shall be, when ye have 
taken the city, that ye shall set 
the city on fire: according to the 
commandment of the LORD shall 
See do. See, I have commanded 


+ 5 Josh’u-a therefore sent them 
forth: and they went to lie in 
ambush, and abode between 


_ Béth’-el and A’‘i, on the west side 


wot A’1: 


but Josh’u-a lodged that 


_ night among the people. 


10 And Jésh’u-a rose up early 
in the morning, and numbered 
the people, and went up, he and 
the elders of Is’ra-el, before the 
people to A’I. 

11 And all the people, even the 
people of war that were with 
him, went up, and drew nigh, and 


JOSHDUA, 8 


came before the city, and pitched 
on the north side of A’i: now 
Jed ea was a valley between them 
an 

12 ‘And he took about five thou- 
sand men, and set them to lie in 
ambush between Beéth’-el and 
A’l, on the west side of the city. 

13 And when they had set the 
people, even all the host that was 
on the north of the city, and 
their liers in wait on the west of 
the city, Josh’u-a went that night 
into the midst of the valley. 

14 4 And it came to pass, when 
the king of A’i saw it, that they 
hasted and rose up early, and the 
men of the city went out against 
Is’ra-el to battle, he and all his 
people, at a time appointed, be- 
fore the plain; but he wist not 
that there were liers in ambush 
against him behind the city. 

15 And Josh’u-a and all Is’ra-el 
made as if they were beaten be- 
fore them, and fled by the way 
of the wilderness. 

16 And all the people that were 
in A’i were called together to pur- 
sue after them: and they pursued 
after Josh’u-a, and were drawn 
away from the city. 

17 And there was not a man left 
in A’l or Béth’-el, that went not 
out after Is’ra-el: and they left 
the city open, and pursued after 
Is’ra-el. 

18 And the LORD said unto 
Josh’u-a, Stretch out the spear 
that is in thy hand toward A’i; 
for I will give it into thine hand. 
And Josh’u-a stretched out the 
spear that he had in his hand 
toward the city. 

19 And the ambush arose quickly 
out of their place, and they ran as 
soon as he had stretched out his. 
hand: and they entered into the 
city, and took it, and hasted and 
set the city on fire. 

20 And when the men of A’1 
looked behind them, they saw, 
and, behold, the smoke of the 
city ascended up to heaven, and 
they had no power to flee this 
way or that way: and the people 


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that fled to the wilderness turned 
back upon the pursuers. 

21 And when Josh’u-a and all 
Is’ra-el saw that the ambush had 
taken the city, and that the smoke 
of the city ascended, then they 
peed again, and slew the men 

A’t 

22 And the other issued out of 
the city against them; so they 
were in the midst of is’ra-el, 
some on this side, and some on 
that side: and they smote them, 
so that they let none of them 
remain or escape. 

23 And the king of A’Il they 

took alive, and brought him to 
josh’u-a. 
_24 And it came to pass, when 
Is’ra-el had made an end of slay- 
ing all the inhabitants of A’i in 
the field, in the wilderness where- 
in they chased them, and when 
they were all fallen on the edge 
of the sword, until they were 
consumed, that all the Is’ra-el- 
ites returned unto A’i, and smote 
it with the edge of the sword. 

25 And so it was, that all that 
fell that day, both of men and 
women, were twelve thousand, 
even all the men of A’1. 

26 For Josh’u-a drew not his 
hand back, wherewith he stretch- 
ed out the spear, until he had 
utterly destroyed all the inhabi- 
tants of A’1. 

27 Only the cattle and the spoil 
of that city is’ra-el took for a 
prey unto themselves, accerding 
unto the word of the LORD which 
he commanded Josh’u-a. 

28 And Josh’u-a burnt ‘A, and 
made it an heap for ever, even 
a desolation unto this day. 

29 And the king of A’ he 
hanged on a tree until eventide: 
and as soon as the sun was 
Gown, Jésh’u-a commanded that 
they should take his carcase 
down from the tree, and cast it 
at the entering of the gate of the 
city, and raise thereon a great 
heap of stones, that remaineth 
unto this day. _ ; 

30 § Then Josh’u-a built an 


Joshua builds an altar 


altar unto the LORD God of 
is’ra-el in mount E’bal, 

31 As Mo’ses the servant of the 
LORD commanded the children 
of Is’ra-el, as it is written in the 
book of the law of Md’ses, an 
altar of whole stones, over which 
no man hath lift up any iron; and 
they offered thereon burnt offer- 
ings unto the LORD, and sacri- 
ficed peace offerings. 

32 4 And he wrote there upon 
the stones a copy of the law of 
MO’ses, which he wrote in the 
presence of the children of 
Is’ra-el. 

33 And all is’ra-el, and their 
elders, and officers, and their 
judges, stood on this side the 
ark and on that side before ‘the - 
priests the Lé’vites, which bare 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, as well the stranger, as 
he that was born among them; 
half of them over against mount 
Gér‘i-zim, and half of them over 
against mount E’bal; as Md6’ses 
the servant of the LorRD had 
commanded before, that they 
should bless the people of Is’ra-el. 

34 And afterward he read all 
the words of the law, the bless- 
ings and cursings, according to 
all that is written in the book of 
the law. 

35 There was not a word of all 
that Li6’ses commanded, which 
Josh’u-a read not before all the 
congregation of {fs’ra-el, with 
the women, and the little ones, 
and the strangers that were 
conversant among them. 


CHAPTER 9 


1 Gibeon’s crafty league. 
servantage to Israel. 
ND it came to pass, when all 
the kings which were on 
this side Jor’dan, in the hills, and 
in the valleys, and in all the 
coasts of the great sea over 
against Léb’a-non, the Hit’tite, 
and the Am/6r-ite, the Ca’naan- 
ite, the Pér’iz-zite, the Hi’vite, 
and the Jéb’u-site, heard thereof; 
2 That they gathered them- 


196 
16 Their 


286 





The craftiness of the Gibeonites 


selves together, to fight with 
Jésh’u-a and with Is’ra-el, with 
one accord. } i 

3 4 And when the inhabitants 
of Gib’e-on heard what Josh’- 
pa had done unto Jér’i-cho and 

o A’, 

4 They did work wilily, and 
went and made as if they had 
been ambassadors, and took old 
sacks upon their asses, and 
wine bottles, old, and rent, and 
bound up; 

5 And old shoes and clouted 
upon their feet, and old garments 
upon them; and ail the bread of 
their provision was dry and 
mouldy. 7 

6 And they went to Jésh’u-a 
unto the camp at Gil’gal, and 
said unto him, and to the men of 
Is’ra-el, We be come from a far 
country: now therefore make 
ye a league with us. | 

7 And the men of _Is’ra-el said 
unto the Hi’vites, Peradventure 
ye dwell among us; and how 
shall we make a league with you? 

8 And they said unto Josh’u-a, 
We are thy servants. And Jésh’- 
u-a said unto them, Who are ye? 
and from whence come ye? | 

90 And they said unto him, 
From a very far country thy 
servants are come because of the 
name of the LORD thy God: for 
we have heard the fame of him, 
and all that he did in E’gypt, 

10 And all that he did to the 
two kings of the Am/6r-ites, that 
were beyond Jér’dan, to Si/hon 
king of Hésh’bon, and to Og 


king of Ba’shan, which was at|th 


_ Ash’ta-roth. 

11 Wherefore our elders and all 
the inhabitants of our country 
spake to us, saying, Take victuals 
with you for the journey, and go 
to meet them, and say unto them, 
We are your servants: therefore 
now make ye a league with us. 

12 This our bread we took hot 
for our provision -out of our 
houses on the day we came forth 
to go unto you; but now, behold, 
itis dry, and it is mouldy: 


JOSHUA, 9 


13 And these bottles of wine, 
which we filled, were new; and, 
behold, they be rent: and these 
our garments and our shoes are 
become old by reason of the very 
long journey. 

14 And the men took of their 
victuals, and asked not counsel 
at the mouth of the LORD. 

15 And Josh’u-4 made peace 
with them, and made a league 
with them, to let them live: and 
the princes of the congregation 
sware unto them. 

16 4 And it came to pass at the 

end of three days after they had 
made a league with them, that 
they heard that they were their 
neighbours, and that they dwelt 
among them. ‘ 
_17 And the children of fs’ra-el 
journeyed, and came unto their 
cities on the third day. Now 
their cities were Gib’e-on, and 
Ché-phi’rah, and Bé-é’roth, and 
Kir’jath-jé a-rim. ‘ 

18 And the chiidren of is’ra-el 
smote them not, because the 
princes of the congregation had 
sworn unto them by the LORD 
God of is’ra-el. And all the con- 
gregation murmured against the 
princes. : 

19 But all the princes said unto 
all the congregation, We have 
sworn unto them by the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el: now therefore 
we may not touch them. 

20 This we will do to them; we 
will even let them live, lest 
wrath be upon us, because of 
the oath which we sware unto 


em. 

21 And the princes said unto 
them, Let them live; but let them 
be hewers of wood and drawers 
of water unto all the congrega- 
tion; as the princes had prom- 
ised them. . 

22 4 And Joésh’u-a called for 
them, and he spake unto them, 
saying, Wherefore have ye be- 
guiled us, saying, We are very 
far from you; when ye dwell 
among us? 

23 Now therefore ye are cursed, 


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JOSHUA, 10 


and there shall none of you be 
freed from being bondmen, and 
hewers of wood and drawers of 
water for the house of my God. 

24 And they answered Jésh’u-a, 
and said, Because it was certainly 
told thy servants, how that the 
LorRD thy God commanded his 
servant M6’ses to give you all the 
land, and to destroy all the in- 
habitants of the land from before 
you, therefore we were sore 
afraid of our lives because of 
you, and have done this thing. 

25 And now, behold, we are 
in thine hand: as it seemeth 
good and right unto thee to do 
unto us, do. 

26 And so did he unto them, 
and delivered them out_ of the 
hand of the children of fs’ra-el, 
that they slew them not. 

27 And Joésh’u-a made them 
that day hewers of wood and 
drawers of water for the congre- 
gation, and for the altar of the 
LORD, even unto this day, in 
the place which he should choose. 


197 CHAPTER 10 


1 Conspiracy against Gibeon. 8 
Joshua defeats the kings. 13 The 
sun stands still. 28 Further con- 
quests. 

OW it came to pass, when 
A-d0’/ni-zé’déc king of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém had heard how Jésh’- 

u-a had taken A‘i, and had utterly 

destroyed it; as he had done to 

Jér’i-ch6 and her king, so he had 

done to A’i and her king; and 

how the inhabitants of Gib’e-on 
had made peace with is’ra-el, 
and were among them; 

2 That they feared greatly, be- 
cause Gib’e-on was a great city, 
as one of the royal cities, and 
because it was greater than A‘i, 
and all the men thereof were 
mighty. pie 

3 Wherefore A-dd6’/ni—zé’déc king 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém sent unto Hd6’- 
ham king of Hé’bron, and unto 
Pi’ram king of Jar’mtth, and 
unto Ja-phi’a king of La’chish, 
and unto Dé’bir king of Eg‘l6n, 
saying, 


Conspiracy against Gibeon 


4 Come up unto me, and help 
me, that we may smite Gib’e-on: 
for it hath made peace with 
Josh’u-a and with the children 
of Is’ra-el. 

_9 Therefore the five kings of the 
Am’6r-ites, the king of Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, the king of Hé’bron, the 
king of Jar’muth, the king of 
La’chish, the king of kg’l6n, 
gathered themselves together, 
and went up, they and all their 
hosts, and encamped before 
Gib’e-on, and made war against 


it. 

6 4 And the men of Gib’e-on 
sent unto Josh’u-a to the camp 
to Gil’gal, saying, Slack not thy 
hand from thy servants; come 
up to us quickly, and save us, 
and help us: for all the kings of 
the Am’6r-ites that dwell in the 
mountains are gathered together 
against us. 

_7 So Jésh’u-4 ascended from 
Gil’gal, he, and all the people of 
war with him, and all the mighty 
men of valour. 

8 § And the LORD said unto 
Josh’u-a, Fear them not: ‘for I 
have delivered them into ‘thine 
hand; there shall not a man of 
them stand before thee. 

9 Josh’u-a therefore came unto 
them suddenly, and went up from 
Gil’gal all night. 

10 And the LorD discomfited 
them before Is’ra-el, and slew 
them with a great slaughter at 
Gib’e-on, and chased them along 
the way that goeth up to Béth- 
ho’ron, and smote them to A-zé’- 
kah, and unto Mak-ké’dah. 

11 And it came to pass, as they 
fled from before is’ra-el, and 
were in the going down to Béth— 
ho’ron, that the LORD cast down 
great stones from heaven upon 
them unto A-zé’kah, and they 
died: they were more which | 
died with hailstones than they 
whom the children of is’ra-el 
slew with the sword. 

12 4 Then spake Jdsh’u-a to 
the LORD in the day when the 
LORD delivered up the Am/’6r- | 


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Joshua defeats five kings 


ites before the children of Is’ra-el, 

and the said in the sight of fs’ra- 
el, Sun, stand thou still upon 
Gib’e-on; and thou, Moon, in the 
valley of Aj’a-lon. ; 

13 And the sun stood still, and 
the moon stayed, until the people 
had avenged themselves upon 
their enemies. Js not this writ- 
ten in the book of Ja’shér? So 


the sun stood still in the midst of 


heaven, and hasted not to go 
down about a whole day. ; 

14 And there was no day like 
that before it or after it, that the 
LORD hearkened unto the voice 
of aman: for the LORD fought 
for Is’ra-el. 

15 ¢ And Josh’u-a_ returned, 
and all is’ra-el with him, unto 
the camp to Gil’gal. 

16 But these five kings fled, and 
[Bp dette inacave at Mak- 

e’ 


17 And it was told Jésh’u-a, 
saying, The five kings are found 
hid in a cave at Mak-ké’dah. 

18 And Josh’u-a said, Roll 
great stones upon the mouth of 
the cave, and set men by it for to 
keep them: 

19 And stay ye not, but pursue 
after your enemies, and smite 
the hindmost of them; suffer 
them not to enter into their cities: 
for the LORD your God hath de- 
livered them into your hand. 

20 And it came to pass, when 
Jésh’u-a and the children of 
Is’ra-el had made an end of slay- 
ing them with a very great 
slaughter, till they were con- 
sumed, that the rest which re- 
mained of them entered into 
fenced cities. 

21 And all the people returned 
‘to the camp to Josh’u-a at Mak- 
‘ké’dah in peace: none moved 
his toigue against any of the 
‘children of Is’ra-el. 

22 Then said Josh’u-a, Open 
the mouth of the cave, and bring 
out those five kings unto me out 
‘of the cave. __ 

23 And they did so, and brought 
forth those five kings unto him 

19 


JOSHUA, 10 


out of the cave, the king of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, the king of Hé’bron, 
the king of Jar’mith, the king of 
La’chish, and the king of Eg’lon. 

24 And it came to pass, when 
they brought out those kings 
unto Josh’u-a, that Jodsh’u-a 
called for all the men of is’ra-el, 
and said unto the captains of the 
men of war which went with him, 
Come near, put your feet upon 
the necks of these kings. And 
they came near, and put their feet 
upon the necks of them. 

25 And Josh’u-4° said unto 
them, Fear not, nor be dis- 
mayed, be strong and of good 
courage: for thus shall the 
LORD do to all your enemies 
against whom ye fight. 

26 And afterward Jdsh’u-a 
smote them, and slew them, and 
hanged them on five trees: and 
they were hanging upon the 
trees until the evening. 

27 And it came to pass at the 
time of the going down of the 
sun, that Josh’u-a commanded, 
and they took them down off 
the trees, and cast them into the 
cave wherein they had been hid, 
and laid great stones in the 
cave’s mouth, which remain until 
this very day. 

28 § And that day Jdsh’u-a 
took Mak-ké’dah, and smote it 
with the edge of the sword, and 
the king thereof he utterly de- 
stroyed, them, and all the souls 
that were therein; he let none 
remain: and he did to the king 
of Mak-ké’dah as he did unto 
the king of Jér’i-cho. 

29 Then Josh’u-a passed from 
Mak-ké’dah, and all Is’ra-el with 
him, unto Lib’nah, and fought 
against Lib’nah: 

30 And the LORD delivered it 
also, and the king thereof, into 
the hand of Is’ra-el; and he 
smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and all the souls that 
were therein; he let none remain 
init; but did unto the king there- 
of as he did unto the king of 
Jér’i-ché. 


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31 4 And Josh’u-a passed from 
Lib’nah, and all Is’ra-el with 
him, unto La’chish, and en- 
camped against-it, and fought 
against it: 

32 And the LORD delivered 
La’chish into the hand of Is’ra-el, 
which took it on the second day, 
and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and all the souls that 
were therein, according to all 
that a ned done to Lib’nah 

33 § Then Ho6’ram king of 
Gé’zér came up to help La’chish; 
and Josh’u-a smote him and his 
people, until he had left him none 
remaining. ; 

34 4 And from La’chish Josh’- 
u-a passed unto Eg’lon, and all 
is’ra-el with him; and they en- 
camped against it, and fought 
against it: 

35 And they took it on that day, 

and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and all the souls that 
were therein he utterly destroyed 
that day, according to all that he 
had done to La’chish. 
_36 And Josh’u-a went up from 
Eg’lon, and all Is’ra-el with him, 
unto Hé’bron; and they fought 
against it: 

37 And they took it, and smote 
it with the edge of the sword, and 
the king thereof, and all the cities 
thereof, and all the souls that 
were therein; he left none re- 
maining, according to all that he 
had done to Eg’/lon; but destroyed 
it utterly, and all the souls that 
were therein. 

38 § And Josh’u-a returned, 
and all Iis’ra-el with him, to Dé’- 
bir; and fought against it: 

39 And he took it, and the king 
thereof, and all the cities thereof; 

and they smote them with the 
Gace of the sword, and utterly 
destroyed alli the souls that were 
therein; he left none remaining: 
as he had done to Hé’bron, so he 
did to Dé’bir, and to the king 
thereof; as he had done also to 
Lib’nah, and to her king 

0 4 So Josh’u-a smote all the 
country of the hills, and of the 


Joshua’s further conquests 


south, and of the vale, and of the 
springs, and all their kings: he 
left none remaining, but utterly 
destroyed all that breathed, as 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el com- 
manded. 

41 And Jodsh’u-aA smote them 
from Ka’desh-bar’ne-a even unto 
Ga’za, and all the country of 
Go’shen, even unto Gib’e-on. 

42 And all these kings and 
their land did Josh’u-a take at 
one time, because the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el fought for Is’ra-el. 

43 And Josh’u-a returned, and 
all Is’ra-el with him, unto the 
camp to Gil’gal. 

CHAPTER 11 


198 
1 Joshua conquers many kings. 21 
The Anakims cut off. 


ANP it came to pass, when 
Ja’bin king of Ha’zér had 
heard those things, that he sent 
to Jo’bab king of Ma’don, and to 
the king of Shim’ron, and to the 
king of Ach’shaph, 

2 And to the kings that were on 
the north of the mountains, and 
of the plains south of Chin’ne- 
roth, and in the valley, and in the 
borders of Dor on the west, 

3 And to the Ca’naan-ite on the 
east and on the west, and fo the 
Am/6r-ite, and the Hit’tite, and 
the Pér‘iz-zite, and the Jéb’u-site 
in the mountains, and fo the 
Hi’vite under Hér’mon in the 
land of Miz’peh. 

4 And they went out, they and 
all their hosts with them, much 
people, even as the sand that is 
upon the sea shore in multitude, 
with horses and chariots very 
many 

5 Ana when all these kings 
were met together, they came 
and pitched together at the wa- 
ters of Mé’rom, to fight against 
Is’ra-el. 

6 4 And the LORD said unto 
Josh’u-a, Be not afraid because 
of them: for to morrow about 
this time will I deliver them up all 
slain before Is’ra-el: thou shalt 
hough their horses, and burn 
their chariots with fire. 


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_7 So Josh’u-a came, and al! the 
people of war with him, against 
them by the waters of Mé’rom 
Euddenly; and they fell upon 


them 

8 "And the LORD delivered them 
into the hand of Is’ra-el, who 
smote them, and chased them 
unto great Zi’ddn, and unto 
Mis’re-photh-ma’im, and wtnto 
the valley of Miz’peh eastward; 
and they smote them, until they 
left them none remaining. 

9 And Josh’u-a did unto them 
as the LORD bade him: he 
houghed their noreess| and burnt 
their chariots with 

10 § And Josh’u-a x that time 
turned back, and took Ha/zor, 
and smote the king thereof with 
the sword: for Ha’zér before- 
time was the head of all those 

gdoms. 

11 And they smote ail the souls 
that were therein with the edge 
of the sword, utterly destroying 
them: there was not any left to 
breathe: and he burnt Ha/zér 
with fire. 

12 And all the cities of those 
kings, and all the kings of them, 
did Josh’u-a take, and smote 
them with the edge of the sword, 
and he utterly destroyed them, 
as Mo’ses the servant of the 
LORD commanded. 

13 But as for the cities that 
Stood still in their strength, 
ts’ra-el burned none of them, 
save Ha’zor only; that did 
Jésh’u-a burn. 

14 And all the spoil of these 
Cities, and the cattle, the children 
of Iis’ra-el took for a prey unto 
themselves; but every man they 
smote with the edge of the sword, 
until they had destroyed them, 
neither left they any to breathe. 

15 4 As the LORD commanded 
MOo’ses his servant, so did Md’- 
ses command Josh’u-a, and so 
did Josh’u-a; he left nothing 
undone of all that the LORD com- 
manded M6’ses. 

16 So Josh’a. -4 took all t 


JOSHUA, 12 


country, and all the land of God’- 
shen, and the valley, and the 
plain, and the mountain of Is’- 
ra-el, and the valley of the same; 

17 Even from the mount Ha’- 
lak, that goeth up to Sé@/‘ir, even 
unto Ba’al-gad in the valley of 
Léb’a-non under mount Hér’- 
mon: and all their kings he 
took, and smote them, and slew 
them. 

18 Josh’u-4 made war a long 
time with all those kings. 

19 There was not a city that 
made peace with the children of 
Is’ra-el, save the Hi’vites the 
inhabitants of Gib’e-on: all 
other they took in battle. 

20 For it was of the LORD to 
harden their hearts, that they 
should come against Is’ra-el in 
battle, that he might destroy 
them utterly, and that they might 
have no favour, but that he might 
destroy them, as the LORD com- 
manded M6’ses. 

21 4 And at that time came 
Tasha. and cut off the An/’a- 
kims from the mountains, from 
Hé’bron, from Dé’bir, from 
A’nab, and from all the moun- 
tains of Ji’dah, and from all the 
mountains of Is’ra-el: Josh’u-2 
destroyed them utterly with their 
cities. 

22 There was none of the An’a- 
kims left in the land of, the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el: only in Ga’za, 
in Gath, and in Ash’do6d, there 
remained. 

23 So Josh’u-a took the whole 
land, according to all that the 
LORD said unto Md’ses; and 
Jésh’u-a gave it for an inherit- 
ance unto is’ra-el according to 
their divisions by their tribes. 
And the land rested from war. 


CHAPTER 12 199 

1 Countries disposed of by Moses. 7 
Conquests by Joshua. 

OW these are the kings of 

the land, which the children 

of Is’ra-el smote, and possessed 

their land on the other side Jor’- 


land, the hills, and all the ainat dan toward the rising of the sun, 
291 


JOSHUA, 13 


from the river Ar’non unto mount 
Hér’mon, and all the plain on the 
east: 

2 Si’/hon king of the Am’é6r-ites, 
who dwelt in Hésh’bon, and 
ruled from Ar’0-ér, which 1s upon 
the bank of the river Ar’non, and 
from the middle of the river, and 
from half Gil’e-ad, even unto the 
tiver Jab’bok, which is the border 
of the children of Am’mon; 

3 And from the plain to the sea 
of Chin’ne-roth on the east, and 
unto the sea of the plain, even the 
salt sea on the east, the way to 
Béth-jésh’i-moth; and from the 
south, under Ash’déth-pis’ gah: 

4 4 And the coast of Og king of 
Ba’shan, which was of the rem- 
nant of the giants, that dwelt at 
Ash’ta-roth and at Ed’re-1, 

5 And reigned in mount Hér’- 
mon, and in Sal’cah, and in all 
Ba’shan, unto the border of the 
Gésh’u-rites and the Ma-ach’a- 
thites, and half Gil’e-ad, the 
ues of Si/hon king of Hésh’- 


on. 

6 Them did M6’ses the servant 
of the LORD and the children of 
Js’ra-el smite: and M6’ses the 
servant of the LORD gave it fora 
possession unto the Reu’ben-ites, 
and the Gad’ites, and the half 
tribe of Ma-nas’seh. 

7 4 And ee a the kings of 
the country which Josh’u-a and 
the children of is’ra-el smote on 
this side Jér’dan on the west, 
from Ba’al—-gad in the valley of 
Léb’a-non even unto the mount 
Ha’lak, that goeth up to Se’ir; 
which Josh’u-a gave unto the 
tribes of Is’ra-el for a possession 
according to their divisions; 

8 In the mountains, and in the 
valleys, and in the plains, and in 
the springs, and in the wilder- 
ness, and in the south country; 
the Hit’tites, the Am/6r-ites, and 
the Ca’naan-ites, the Pér’iz- 
ee the Hi’vites, and the Jéb’u- 
sites 

9 { The king of Jér’i-ché, one; 
the king of A’i, which is beside 
Beéth’—-el, one; 


List of kings conquered 


10 The king of Jé-ru’sa4-lém, 
one; the king of Hé’bron, one; 

11 The king of Jar’mtth, ones 
the king of La’chish, one; 

12 The king of Eg’lon, one; the 
king of Gé’zér, one; 

13 The king of Dé’bir, one; the 
king of Gé’dér, one; 

14 The king of Hoér’mah, once 
the king of A’rad, one; 

15 The king of Lib’nah, one3 
ie king of A-dul/lam, one; 

6 The king of Mak-ké’dah, 

oe ; the king of Béth’—el, one; 

17 The king of Tap’pu-ah, one; 
the king of Hé’phér, one; 

18 The king of A’phek, one; the 
king of La-shar’on, one; 

19 The king of Ma’don, one; 
the king of Ha’zor, one; 

20 The king of Shim’ron—mé’- 
Be one; the king of Ach’shaph, 


31 The king of Ta’a-nach, one; 
the king of Mé-gid’do, one; 

22 The king of Ké’desh, one; 
ae king of Jok’ne-am of Car’mel, 


933° The king of D6r in the coast 
of Dér, one; the king of the na- 
tions of Gil’gal, one; 

24 The king of Tir’zah, one: all 
the kings thirty and one. 


CHAPTER 13 


1 Lands yet unconquered. 8 
inheritances east of Jordan. 
Balaam is slain. 

OW. Jésh’u-4 was old and 
stricken in years; and the 

LORD said unto him, Thou art 

old and stricken in years, and 

there remaineth yet very much 
land to be possessed. 

2 This is the land that yet re- 
maineth: all the borders of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and all Gésh’u-ri, 

3 From Si’hér, which is before 
E’éypt, even unto the borders of 
Ek’ron northward, which is 
counted to the Ca’naan-ite: five 
lords of the Phi-lis’tines; the 
Ga/zath-ites, and the Ash’doth- 
ites, the Esh’ka-l6n-ites, the Git’- 
tites, and the Ek’ron-ites; also 
the A’vites: 


200 
The 
22 


292 


_ Inheritances east of J. ordan 


_ 4 From the south, all the land 
of the Ca’naan-ites, and Mé-a’- 
tah that is beside the Si-d6/ni- 
ans, unto A’phek, to the borders 
of the Am/6r-ites: 

5 And the land of the Gib’lites, 
and all Léb’a-non, toward the 
sunrising, from Ba’al—-gad under 
mount Hér’mon unto the enter- 
ing into Ha’math. 

6 Ali the inhabitants of the hill 
country from Léb’a-non unto 
Mis’re-photh—ma/im, and all the 
Si-d6’ni-ans, them will I drive 
out from before the children of 
Is’ra-el: only divide thou it by 
lot unto the Is’ra-el-ites: for an 
inheritance, as I have command- 
ed thee. 

7 Now therefore divide this 
land for an inheritance unto the 
nine tribes, and the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh, 


8 With whom the Reu’ben-ites | m 


and the Gad/ites have received 
their inheritance, which M6’ses 
gave them, beyond Jér’dan east- 
ward, even as MO’ses the servant 
of the LORD gave them; 

9 From Ar’o-ér, that is upon the 
bank of the river Ar’non, and the 
city that is in the midst of the 
river, and all the plain of Méd’- 
e-ba unto Di’bon; 

10 And all the cities of Si/hon 
king of the Am/’6r-ites, which 
reigned in Hésh’bon, unto the 
border of the children of Am’mon; 

11 And Gil’e-ad, and the border 
of the Gésh’u-rites and Ma-ach’- 
a-thites, and all mount Hér’mon, 
and all Ba’shan unto Sal’cah; 

12 All the kingdom of Og in 
Ba’shan, which reigned in Ash’- 
ta-roth and in Ed’re-i, who re- 
‘mained of the remnant of the 
giants: for these did M0’ses 
‘smite, and cast them out. 

13 Nevertheless the children of 
Is’ra-el expelled not the Gésh’/u- 
rites, nor the Ma-ach’a-thites: 
but the Gésh’u-rites and the Ma- 
ach’a-thites dwell among the 
Is’ra-el-ites until this day. 

14 Only unto the tribe of Lé’vi 
he gave none inheritance; the 


which 


JOSHUA, 13 


sacrifices of the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el made by fire are their in- 
heritance, as he said unto them. 

15 4 And MO’ses gave unto the 

tribe of the children of Reu’ben 
inheritance according to their 
families. ; 
_16 And their coast was from 
Ar’0-ér, that is on the bank of the 
river Ar’nOn, and the city that is 
in the midst of the river, and all 
the plain by Méd’e-ba; 

17 Hésh’bon, and all her cities 
that are in the plain; Di’bon, and 
Ba’moth-ba’al, and Béth-ba’al- 
mé’on, 

18 And Ja-ha’za, and Kéd’e- 
moth, and Méph’a-ath, 

19 And = Kir-jath-a’/im, and 
Sib’mah, and Za’reth-sha’har in 
the mount:of the valley, 

20 And Béth-pé’6r, and Ash’- 
rite pri etae and Béth-jésh’i- 


oth, 

21 And all the cities of the 
plain, and all the kingdom of 
S’hon king of the Am/6r-ites, 
reigned in Hésh’bon, 
whom Mo6’ses smote with the 
princes of Mid/i-an, E’vi, and 
Ré’kem, and Ziir, and Hfir, and 
Ré’ba, which were dukes of 
Si’/hon, dwelling in the country. 
22 4 Ba’laam also the son of 
Bé’or, the soothsayer, did the 
children of Is’ra-el slay with the 


sword among them that were 


slain by them. 

23 And the border of the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben was Jor’dan, 
and the border thereof. This 
was the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben after their fam- 
ilies, the cities and the villages 
thereof. 

24 And MO’ses gave inheritance 
unto the tribe of Gad, even unto 
the children of Gad according to 
their families. 

25 And their coast was Ja’zér, 
and all the cities of Gil’e-ad, and 
half the land of the children of 
Am/mon, unto Ar’6-ér that is be- 
fore Rab’bah; ‘ 

26 And from Hésh’bon_unto 
Ra’math-miz’peh, and Beét’/o- 


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JOSHUA, 14 


nim; and from Ma-ha-na’/im 
unto the border of Dé’bir; 

27 And in the valley, Béth—a’- 
ram, and Béth-nim’/rah, and 
Stc’coth, and Za’phon, the rest 
of the kingdom of Si’/hon king of 
Hésh’bon, Joér’dan and his bor- 
der, even unto the edge of the 
sea of Chin’/ne-réth on the other 
side Jér’dan eastward. 

28 This is the inheritance of 
the children of Gad after their 
families, the cities, and their 
villages. 

29 ¥§ And MOd’ses gave inherit- 
ance unto the half tribe of Ma- 
nas’seh: and this was the pos- 
session of the half tribe of the 
children of Ma-nas’seh by their 
families. 

30 And their coast -was from 
M4-ha-na’im, all Ba’shan, all the 
kingdom of Og king of Ba’shan, 
and all the towns of Ja’ir, which 
are in Ba’shan, threescore cities: 

31 And half Gil’e-ad, and Ash’- 
ta-roth, and Ed’re-i, cities of the 
kingdom of Og in Ba’shan, were 
pertaining unto the children of 
Ma’chir the son of Ma-nas’seh, 
even to the one half of the chil- 
dren of Ma/’chir by their fam- 
ilies. 

32 These are ihe countries 
which Mo’ses did distribute for 
inheritance in the plains of MO’- 
ab, on the other side Jor’dan, by 
Jér’i-ch6, eastward. 

33 But unto the tribe of Lé’vi 
MO’ses gave not any inheritance: 
the LORD God of is’ra-el was 
their inheritance, as he said unto 
them. 


201 CHAPTER 14 


1 The west Jordan inheritance to be by 
lot. 6 Caleb is given Hebron. 

y aN these are the countries 
which the children of Is’- 

ra-el inherited in the land of Ca’- 

naan, which E£-le-a’zar the priest, 

and Josh’u-a the son of Nun, and 

the heads of the fathers of the 


tribes of the children of Is’ra-el, | 0 


distributed for inheritance to 


them. 


Inheritances west of Jordan | 


2 By lot was their inheritance, 
as the LORD commanded by the 
hand of MO’ses, for the nine 
tribes, and for the half tribe. 

3 For Mo’ses had given the in- 
heritance of two tribes and an 
half tribe on the other side Jér’- 
dan: but unto the Lé’vites he 
gave none inheritance among 
them. 

4 For the children of J6é’seph 
were two tribes, Ma-nas’seh and 
E’phra-im: 
no part unto the Lé’vites in the 
land, save cities to dwell in, with 
their suburbs for their cattle and 
for their substance. 

As the LORD commanded 
MO6’ses, so the children of Is’ra-el 
did, and they divided the land. 


6 { Then the children of Ja’dah — 


came unto Josh’u-a in Gil’gal: 
and Ca’leb the son of Jé-phun’- 
neh the Kén’ez-ite said unto 
him, Thou knowest the thing 
that the LORD said unto M6’ses 
the man of God concerning me 
and thee in Ka’desh-bar’ne-a. 

7 Forty years old was I when 
MO’ses the servant of the LORD 
sent me from Ka’desh-bidr’ne-a 
to espy out the land; and I 
brought him word again as it was 
in mine heart. 

8 Nevertheless my brethren that 
went up with me made the heart 
of the people melt: but I wholly 
followed the LORD my God. 

9 And Mod’ses sware on that 
day, saying, Surely the land 
whereon thy feet have trodden 
shall be thine inheritance, and 
thy children’s for ever, because 
thou hast wholiy followed the 
LORD my God. 

10 And now, behold, the LorD 
hath kept me alive, as he said, 
these forty and five years, even 


since the LORD spake this word © 


unto MOd’ses, while the children 
of is’ra-el wandered in the wil- 
derness: and now, lo, I am this 
day fourscore and five years 


11 As yet I am as strong this 
day as J was in the day that Mo’- 


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therefore they gave 





Caleb’s portion. .Judah’s inheritance 


ses sent me: as my strength was 
then, even so is my strength now, 
for war, both to go out, and to 
come in. 

12 Now therefore give me this 

mountain, whereof 
spake in that day; for thou 
heardest in that day how the 
An’a-kims were there, and that 
the cities were great and fenced: 
if so be the LORD will be with 
me, then I shall be able to drive 
them out, as the LORD said. 
'13 And Jésh’u-a blessed him, 
and gave unto Ca'leb the son of 
Jé-phin’neh Hé’bron for an 
inheritance. 

14 Hé’bron therefore became 
the inheritance of Ca’leb the son 
of Jé-phtin’neh the Kén/’ez-ite 
unto this day, because that he 
wholly followed the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el. 

15 And the name of Hé’bron 
before was Kir’jath—ar’ba; which 
Ar’ba was a great man among the 
An’a-kims. And the land had 
rest from war. 


202 CHAPTER 15 
1 Judah’s boundaries. 13 Caleb's 
portion. 21 Judah’s cities. 
HIS then was the lot of the 
tribe of the children of Ju’- 
dah by their families; even to 
the border of E’dom the wilder- 
ness of Zin southward was the 
uttermost part of the south coast. 

2 And their south border was 
from the shore of the salt sea, 
from the bay that looketh south- 
ward: 

3 And it went out to the south 
side to Ma-al’eh—a-crab’bim, and 
passed along to Zin, and ascend- 
ed up on the south side unto 
Ka’desh—bdr’ne-a, and passed 
along to Héz’ron, and went up to 
A’dar, and fetched a compass to 
Kar’ka-a: : 

4 From thence it passed to- 
ward Az’mon, and went out unto 
the river of E’zypt; and the 
goings out of that coast were at 
the see this shall be your south 
coast. 


JOSHUA, 15 


5 And the east border was the 
salt sea, even unto the end of 
Jor’dan. And their border in the 
north quarter was from the bay 
of the sea at the uttermost part of 


tA 


the LORD | Jor’da 


n: 

6 And the border went up to 
Béth-hog’la, and passed along 
by the north of Béth—dr’a-bah; 
and the border went up to the 
stone of B6’han the son of Rev’- 


en: 

7 And the border went up to- 
ward Dé’bir from the valley of 
A’chor, and so northward, look- 
ing toward Gil’gal, that is before 
the going up to A-dim’mim, 
which is on the south side of the 
river: and the border passed to- 
ward the waters of En—shé’mesh, 
and the goings out thereof were 
at En-ro’éel: 

8 And the border went up by 
the valley of the son of Hin’nom 
unto the south side of the Jéb’u- 
site; the same is jé-ru’sa-lém: 
and the border went up to the top 
of the mountain that lieth before 
the valley of Hin’nom westward, 
which is at the end of the valley 
of the giants northward: 

9 And the border was drawn 
from the top of the hill unto the 
fountain of the water of Néph’to- 
ah, and went out to the cities of 
mount E’phron; and the border 
was drawn to Ba’al-ah, which is 
Kir’jath—jé’a-rim: 

10 And the border compassed 
from Ba’al-ah westward unto 
mount Sé‘ir, and passed along 
unto the side of mount Jé’a-rim, 
which is Chés’a-l6on, on the north 
side, and went down to Béth— 
shé’mesh, and passed on to 
Tim/’nah: 

11 And the border went out 
unto the side of Ek’ron north- 
ward: and the border was drawn 
to Shi’cron, and passed along to 
mount Ba’al-ah, and went out 
unto Jab’ne-el; and the goings 
out of the border were at the sea. 

12 And the west border was to 
the great sea, and the coast 
thereof. This is the coast of the 


295 


JOSHUA, 15 


children of Ja’dah round about 
according to their families. 

13 § And unto Ca/’leb the son 
of Jé-phun’neh. he gave a part 
among the children of Jua’dah, 
according to the commandment 
of the LORD to Josh’u-a, even 
the city of Ar’ba the father of 
A’nak, which city is Hé’bron. 

14 And Ca’leb drove thence the 
three sons of A’nak, Shé’shai, 
and A-hi’/man, and TAl’mai, the 
children of A’nak. 

15 And he went up thence to 
the inhabitants of Dé’bir: and 
the name of Dé’bir before was 
Kir’jath—sé’phér. 

16 § And Ca/leb said, He that 
smiteth Kir’jath-sé’phér, and 
taketh it, to him will I give Ach’- 
sah my daughter to wife. 

17 And Oth’ni-el the son of 
Ké’naz, the brother of Ca’leb, 
took it: and he gave him Ach’- 
sah his daughter to wife. 

18 And it came to pass, as she 
came unto him, that she moved 
him to ask of her father a field: 
and she lighted off her ass; and 
Ca/leb said unto her, What 
wouldest thou? rf 

19 Who answered, Give me a 
blessing; for thou hast given me 
a south land; give me also 
springs of water. And he gave 
her the upper springs, and the 
nether springs. 

20 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Ja’dah 
ig a to their families. 

21 And the uttermost cities of 
the tribe of the children of Ji’dah 
toward the coast of E’dom south- 
ward were Kab/ze-el, and E’dér, 
and Ja’gur, 

22 And Ki’ nah, and Di-m6’nah, 
and Ad’a-dah, 

23 And Ké’desh, and Ha’zér, 
and Ith’nan, 

24 Ziph, and Té’lem, and Bé’- 
a-loth, 

25 And Ha’zér, Ha-dat’tah, 
and Ké’ri-oth, and Heéz’ron, 
which is Ha’z6r, 

26 A’mam, and Shé’ma, and 
MOl’a-dah, 


The cities of Judah 


27 And Ha’zar-gad’dah, and 
Hésh’mon, and Béth—pa’let, 

28 And Ha’zar-shu’al, and Bé’-~ 
er-shé’ba, and Biz-joth’jah, 

29 Ba’al-ah,and l’im,and A’zem, 

30 And El’to-lad, and Ché’sil, 
and Hor’mah, 

31 And Zik’lag, and Mad- 
man/nah, and San-san’nah, 

32 And Léb’a-dth, and Shil’- 
him, and A/in, and Rim’mon: 
all the cities are twenty and nine, 
with their villages: 

33 And in the valley, Esh’ta-6l, 


and Z0’re-ah, and Ash’nah, 

34 And Za-no’ah, and En-gan - 
nim, Tap’pu-ah, and E’/nam, 

35 Jar’mtth, and A-dil’/lam, 
S6’coh, and A-zé’kah, 

36 And Sha-ra’im, and Ad-i- 
tha’im, and Gé-dé’rah, and 
Géd-e-roth-a’/im; fourteen cities 
with their villages: 

37 Zé/nan, and Had/a-shah, 
and Mig’dal—gad, 

38 And Dil’e-an, and Miz’peh, 
and Jok’the-el, 

39 La’chish, and Boz’kath, 
and Eg’lon, 

40 And Cab’bon, and Lidh’- 
sree and Kith’lish, 

1 And Gé-dé’ roth, Béth—-da’- 
oan and Na’a-mah, and M&4k- 
ké’dah; sixteen cities with their 
villages: 
ee Lib’nah, and £’thér, and 

43 Aaa Jiph’tah, and Ash’nah, 
and Né@’zib, 

44 And Kéi’ lah, and Ach’zib, 
and Ma-ré’shah; nine cities with 
their villages: 

45 &k’ron, with her towns and 
her villages: 

46 From £k’rén even unto the 
sea, all that lay near Ash’dod, 
with their villages: 

47 Ash’dod with her towns and 
her villages, Ga’za with her 
towns and her villages, unto the 
river of E’g¥pt, and the great 
oe oe te border thereof: 

8 § And in the mountains, 
Shy mir, and Jat’tir, ‘and ’S6d’coh, 

49 And Dan’nah, and Kir’= 
jath-san’nah, which is Dé’bir, 


296 


Boundaries of the children of Joseph 


50 And A’nab, and Esh’te-moh, 
and A’nim, 

51 And Gd’shen, and H6’l6n, 
and Gi’loh; eleven cities with 
their villages: 

52 A’rab, and Du’mah, 
E’she-an, ‘ 

53 And Ja’num, and Beth- 
tap’pu-ah, and A-phé’kah, 

54 And Him/’tah, and Kir’- 
jath—-dr’ba, which is Hé’bron, 
and Zi/or; nine cities with their 
villages: . 

55 Ma’on, Cir’mel, and Ziph, 
and Jut’tah, : 

56 And Jéz’re-el, and Jok’de- 
am, and Z4-n6o’ah, 

57 Cain, Gib’e-ah, and Tim’- 
nah; ten cities with their vil- 
lages: Z 

58 Hal/hil, Béth’—ztr, and Gé’- 


ér, 

590 And Ma’a-rath, and Béth— 
4’noth, and El’te-kon; six cities 
with their villages: — 

60 Kir’jath-ba’al, which is 
Kir’jath—jé’a-rim, and Rab’bah; 
two cities with their villages: 

61 In the wilderness, Béth— 
dr’a-bah, Mid’din, and Séc’a-cah, 

62 And Nib’shan, and the city 
of Salt, and En—-é’di; six cities 
with their villages. ¢ 

63 § As for the Jéb’u-sites the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sad-lém, the 
children of Ja’dah could. not 
drive them out: but the Jéb’u- 
sites dwell with the children of 
Ja’dah at Jé-ru’sa-lem wnto 
this day. 


203 CHAPTER 16 


1 Boundaries of Joseph and Ephraim. 
10 Canaanites conquered. 
ND the lot of the children of 
Jo’seph fell from Jér’dan 
by Jér’i-ché, unto the water of 
Jér’i-ch6 on the east, to the wil- 
derness that goeth up from Jér’i- 
cho throughout mount Béth’-el, 
2 And goeth out from Béth’—el 
to Liz, and passeth along unto 
the borders of Ar’chi to At’a- 
roth, 
3 And goeth down westward 
to the coast of Japh-lé’ti, unto 


and 


JOSHUA, 16, 17 


the coast of Béth-h6d’ron the 
nether, and to Gé’zér: and the 
goings out thereof are at the sea. 

4 So the children of J6’seph, 
Ma-nas’seh and E’phra-im, took 
their inheritance. 

5 § And the border of the chil- 
dren of E’phra-im according to 
their families was thus: even 
the border of their inheritance on 
the east side was At’a-roth— 
ad’/dar, unto Béth-ho’ron the 
upper; 

6 And the border went out 
toward the sea to Mich’me-thah 
on the north side; and the border 
went about eastward unto Ta’a- 
nath-shi/loh, and passed by it 
on the east to Ja-no’hah; 

7 And it went down from Ja- 
no’/hah to At’a-réth, and to 
Na/’a-rath, and came to Jér‘i- 
cho, and went out at Jor’dan. 

8 The border went out from 
Tap’pu-ah westward unto the 
river Ka’nah;' and the goings 
out thereof were at the sea. 
This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of E’phra-im 
by their families. ; 

9 And the separate cities for 
the children of E’phra-im were 
among the inheritance of the 
children of Ma-nas’seh, all the 
cities with their villages. 

10 And they drave not out the 
Ca/naan-ites that dwelt in Gé’- 
zéer: but the Ca’naan-ites dwell 
among the E’phra-im-ites unto 
this day, and serve under tribute. 


CHAPTER 17 204 
1 Lot of half Manasseh. 14 Addition 
to Joseph's lot. 

A Rimdeey was also a lot for the 

tribe of Ma-nas’seh; for 

he was the firstborn of J6’seph; 

to wit, for Ma’chir the firstborn 

of Ma-nis’seh, the father of 

Gil’e-Ad: because he was a man 

of war, therefore he had Gil’- 
e-ad and Ba’shan. 

2 There was also a lot for the 
rest of the children of Ma-nas’- 
seh by their families; for the 
children of A-bi-é’zér, and for 


297 


JOSHUA, 17 


the children of He’lék, and for 
the children of As’ri-el, and for 
the children of Shé’ chem, and for 
the children of Hé’phér, and for 
the children of Shé-mi’da: these 
were the male children of Ma- 
nas’seh the son of J6’seph by 
their families. 

3 4 But Zé-16/phe-had, the son 
of Hé’phér, the son of Gil’e-ad, 
the son of Ma/’chir, the son of 
Ma-ndas’seh, had no sons, but 
daughters: and these are the 
names of his daughters, Mah’- 
lah, and N6d’ah, Hog’lah, Mil’- 
cah, and Tir’zah. 

4 And they came near before 

E-le-4’zar the priest, and before 
Josh’u-a the son of Nin, and 
before the princes, saying, The 
LORD commanded MO0’ses: to 
give us an inheritance among 
our brethren. Therefore accord- 
ing to the commandment of the 
LORD he gave them an inherit- 
eee among the brethren of their 
a 

5 And there fell ten portions 
to M4a-nas’seh, beside the land 
of Gil’e-ad and Ba’/shan, which 
were on the other side Jér’dan; 

6 Because the daughters of 
Ma-nas’seh had an inheritance 
among his sons: and the rest 
of Mda-nas’seh’s sons had the 
land of Gil’e-ad. 

7 4 And the coast of Ma-nas’- 
seh was from Ash’ér to Mich’- 
me-thah, that lieth before Shé’- 
chem; and the border went 
along on the right hand unto 
the inhabitants of En-tap’pu-ah. 
8 Now Ma-nas’seh had _ the 
land of Tap’pu-ah: but Tap’- 
pu-ah on the border of Ma-nas’- 
seh belonged to the children of 
E’phra-im; 

9 And the coast descended 
unto the river Ka’nah, south- 
ward of the river: these cities 
of E’phra-im are among the 
cities of Ma-nas’seh: the coast 
of Ma-nas’seh also was on the 
north side of the river, and the 
outgoings of it were at the sea: 

10 Southward if was E’phra- 





The borders of Manasseh 
and northward 





it was 


im’s, i 
Ma-ndas’seh’s, and the sea is his 


border; and they met together 
in Ash’ér on the north, and in 
Is’sa-char on the east. 

11 And Ma-ndas’seh had in 
is’sa-char and in Ash’ér Béth— 
shé’ an and her towns, and 
Ib’/le-a4m and her towns, and the 
inhabitants of Ddér and her 
towns, and the inhabitants of 
En’/—d6r and her towns, and the 
inhabitants of Ta’a-nach and her 
towns, and the inhabitants of 
Mé-zid’do and her towns, even 
three countries. 

12 Yet the children of Maéa- 
nas’seh could not drive out the 
inhabitants of those cities; but 
the Ca’naan-ites would dwell in 
that land. 

13 Yet it came to pass, when 
the children of Is’ra-el were 
waxen strong, that they put the 
Ca’/naan-ites to tribute; but did 
not utterly drive them out. 

14 And the children of Jo 0’seph 
spake unto Jdsh’u-a, saying, 
Why hast thou given me but 
one lot and one portion to in- 
herit, seeing I am a_ great 
people, forasmuch as the LORD 
hath blessed me hitherto? 

15 And Jodsh’u-a answered 
them, If thou be a great people, 
then get thee up to the wood 
country, and cut down for thy- 
self there in the land of the 
Pér’iz-zites and of the giants, if 
mount E’phra-im be too narrow 
for thee. 

16 And the children of J6’seph 
said, The hill is not enough for 
us: and all the Ca’naan-ites that 
dwell in the land of the valley 
have chariots of iron, both they 
who are of Béth-shé’an and 
her towns, and fhey who are of 
te valley of Jé ez’re-el. 

And Josh’u-a spake unto 
Fe house of Jé’seph, even to 
E’phra-im and to Ma-nas’seh, 
saying, Thou art a great people, 
and hast great power: thou shalt 
not have one lot oniy: 

18 But the mountain shall be 


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Benjamin’s inheritance 


JOSHUA, 18 





thine; for it is a wood, and thou 
shalt cut it down: and the out- 
goings of it shall be thine: for 
thou shalt drive out the Ca’- 
ndan-ites, though they have 
jron chariots, and though they 
be strong. 


205 CHAPTER 18 
1 Tabernacle set up. 2 Land described. 
11 Benjamin’s lot. 
ND the whole congregation 
of the children of Is’ra-e 
assembled together at Shi/loh, 
and set up the tabernacle of the 
congregation there. And the 
land was subdued before them. 

2 And there remained among 
the children of Is’ra-el seven 
tribes, which had not yet re- 
ceived their inheritance. 

3 And Josh’u-a said_unto the 
children of Iis’ra-el, How long 
are ye slack to go to possess the 
land, which the LORD God o 
your fathers hath given you? 

4 Give out from among you 
three men for each tribe: and I 
will send them, and they shall 
rise, and go through the land, 
and describe it according to the 
inheritance of them; and they 
shall come againtome. _ . 

5 And they shall divide it into 
seven parts: Jia’dah shall abide 
in their coast on the south, and 
the house of Jé’seph shall 
abide in their coasts on the 
north. i 

6 Ye shall therefore describe 
the land info seven parts, and 
bring the description hither to 
me, that I may cast lots for you 
here before the LORD our God. 

7 But the Lé’vites have no 
part among you; for the priest- 
hood of the LORD is their inher- 
itance: and Gad, and Reu’ben, 
and half the tribe of Ma-nas’seh, 
have received their inheritance 
beyond Jdér’dan on” the east, 
which MO6’ses the servant of the 
LORD gave them. 

8 § And the men arose, and 
went away: an Josh’u-a 
charged them that went to 


1} LORD: 


describe the land, saying, Go 
and walk through the land, and 
describe it, and come again to 
me, that I may here cast lots for 
you before the LORD in Shi’/l6éh. 

9 And the men went and passed 
through the land, and described 
it by cities into seven parts in a 
book, and came again to Josh’u-a 
to the host at Shiloh. 

10 § And Josh’u-a cast lots 
for them in Shi/l6h before the 
‘ and there Josh’u-a di- 
vided the land unto the children 
of Is’ra-el according to their 
divisions. 

11 § And the lot of the tribe of 
the children of Bén’ja-min came 
up according to their families: 
and the coast of their lot came 
forth between the children of 
Ja’dah and the children of Jo’- 


seph,. 
12 And their border on the 


f| north side was from Jor’dan; 


and the border went up to the 
side of Jér’i-cho on the north 
side, and went up through the 
mountains westward; and the 
goings out thereof were at the 
wilderness of Béth—a’ven. 

13 And the border went over 
from thence toward Luz, to the 
side of Luz, which is Béth’—el, 
southward; and the border de- 
scended to At’a-roth—a’dar, near 
the hill that lieth on the south 
side of the nether Béth—h6’ron. 

14 And the border was drawn 
thence, and compassed the cor- 
ner of the sea_ southward, from 
the hill that lieth before Béth- 


ho’ron southward; and _ the 
goings out thereof were at 
Kir’jath—ba’al, which is Kir’- 


jath-jé’a-rim, a city of the chil- 
dren of Ji’dah: this was the 
west quarter. 

15 And the south quarter was 
from the end of Kir’jath—sé’a- 
rim, and the border went out on 
the west, and went out to the 
well of waters of Néph’to-ah: 

16 And the border came down 
to the end of the mountain that 
lieth before the valley of the 


299 


JOSHUA, 19' 


son of Hin’nom, and which is 
in the valley of the giants on the 
north, and descended to the 
valley of Hin’nem, to the side 
of Jé-bii’si on the south, and de- 
scended to En-r6’éel, 

17 And was drawn from the 
north, and went forth to En— 
shé’mesh, and went forth to- 
ward Gél’i-loth, which is over 
against the going up of A-dim’- 
mim, and descended to the stone 
of Bo’han the son of Reu’ben, 

18 And passed along toward 
the side over against Ar’a-bah 
northward, and went down unto 
Ar’a-bah: 

19 And the border passed along 
to the side of Béth—-hdg’lah 
northward: and the outgoings 
of the border were at the north 
bay of the salt sea at the south 
end of Jor’dan: this was the 
south coast. 

20 And Joér’dan was the border 
of it on the east side. This was 
the inheritance of the children 
of Bén’ja-min, by the coasts 
thereof round about, according 
to their families. 

21 Now the cities of the tribe 
of the children of Bén’ja-min 
according to their families were 
Jér’i-cho, and Béth—hog’lah, and 
the valley of Ké’ziz, 

22 And Béth—dr’a-bah, 
Zém-a-ra’im, and Béth’-el, 
_23 And A’vim, and Pa’rah, and 
Oph’rah, 

24 And Ché’phar—ha-am’mo- 
nai, and Oph’ni, and Ga’ba; 
twelve cities with their villages: 
25 Gib’e-on, and Ra’mah, and 
Bé-é’roth, 

26 And Miz’peh, and Ché-phi’- 
rah, and M6’zah, 

27 And Ré’kem, and iIr’pe-el, 
and Tar’a-lah, 


and 


28 And Zé‘lah, E’leph, and 
Jé-bi’si, which is Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, Gib’e-ath, and Kir’jath; 


fourteen cities with their villages. 
This is the inheritance of the 
children of Bén’ja-min accord- 
ing to their families. 


The inheritances of Simeon and Zebulun 


CHAPTER 19 206 
1 Boundaries of other lots. 49 Joshua's 
inheritance. 


ASP the second lot came 
forth to Sim’e-on, even for- 
the tribe of the children of 
Sim/e-on according to their fam- 
ilies: and their inheritance was 
within the inheritance of the 
children of Ji’dah. | : 

2 And they had in their in- 
heritance Bé’er-shé’ba, an 
Shé’ba, and MOl’a-dah, 

3 And Ha’zar-shu’al, and Ba’- 
lah, and A’zem, 

and Bé’- 


4 And _ El’to-lad, 
thul, and Hér’mah, 

5 And Zik’lag, and Béth—mir’- 
ca-both, and Ha’zar-sii’sah, 

6 And Beéth-léb’a-d6th, ‘and 
Sha-ru’hen; thirteen cities and 
their villages: 

7 A’‘in, Rém’mon, and E’thér, 
and A’shan; four cities and their 
villages: : 

8 And all the villages that were 
round about these cities to 
Ba’al-ath—bé’ér, RAa’math of the 
south. This is the inheritance 
of the tribe of the children of 
Sim’e-on according to their 
families. 

9 Out of the portion of the chil- 
dren of Jia’dah was the inher- 
itance of the children of Sim/e- 
on: for the part of the children 
of Ja’dah was too much for 
them: therefore the children of 
Sim’e-on had their inheritance 
within the inheritance of them. 

10 § And the third lot came up 
for the children of Zéb’u-lin 
according to their families: and 
the border of their inheritance 
was unto Sa’rid: 

11 And their border went up 
toward the sea, and Mar’a-lah, 
and reached to Dab’ba-shéth, 
and reached to the river that is 
before Jok’ne-am; ‘ 

12 And turned from Sa’rid 
eastward toward the sunrising 
unto the border of Chis’loth— 
ta’bor, and then goeth out to 
Dab’e-rath, and goeth up to 
Ja-phi’a, 


300 


Boundaries of other tribes 


13 And from thence passeth on 
along on the east to Git/tah— 
hé’phér, to It’tah—ka’zin, and 
goeth out to Rém’/mon-meéth’o- 
ar to Né’ah; 

14 And the border compasseth 
it on the north side to Han’na- 
thon: and the outgoings thereof 
are in the valley of Jiph’thah-el: 

15 And Kat’tath, and Na-hal’- 
lal, and Shim’ron, and Id’a-lah, 
and Béth’-lé-hém: twelve cities 
with their villages. } 

16 This is the inheritance of 
the children of Zéb’u-ltin ac- 
cording to their families, these 
cities with their villages. 

17 § And the fourth lot came 
out to Is’sa-char, for the children 
of is’sa-char according to their 
families. 

18 And their border was to- 
ward Jéz’re-el, and Ché-sul’- 
loth, and Shu’nem, 

19 And Haph-ra’im, and Shi’- 
hon, and An-a-ha’rath, 

20 And Rab’bith, and Kish’i- 

on, and A’béz, y 

21 And Ré’meth, and En- 
gan’nim, and En—-had’dah, and 
Béth—paz’zez; 

22 And the coast reacheth to 
Ta’bor, and Sha-haz’i-mah, and 
Béth-shé’mesh; and the out- 
goings of their border were at 
Jér‘dan: sixteen cities with 
their villages. BASE ib 

23 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Is’sa- 
char according to their families, 
the cities and their villages. 

24 § And the fifth lot came out 
for the tribe of the children of 
Ash’ér according to their 
families. 

25 And their border was Hel’- 
kath, and Ha’li, and Bé’ten, and 
Ach’shaph, | 
_26 And A-lam’mé-léch, and 
A’mad, and Mi’she-al; and 
reacheth to Cdr’mel westward, 
and to Shi’hér-lib’/nath; 


tising to Béth—da’gon, and reach- 
eth to Zéb’u-ltin, and to the 
valley of Jiph’thah-el toward the 


JOSHUA, 19 


north side of Béth-é’mek, and 
Né-i’el, and goeth out to Ca’bil 
on the left hand, 

28 And Heé’bron, and Ré’hob, 
and Ham/’mon, and Ka’nah, 
even unto great Zi’don; 

29 And then the coast turneth 
to Ra’mah, and to the strong city 
Tyre; and the coast turneth to 
HO’sah; and the outgoings 
thereof are at the sea from the 
coast to Ach’zib: 

30 Um’mah also, and A’/phek, 
and Ré’héb: twenty and two 
cities with their villages. 

31 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Ash’ér 
according to their families, these 
cities with their villages. 

32 4 The sixth lot came out to 
the children of Naph’ta-li even 
for the children of Naph’ta-li 
according to their families. 

33 And their coast was from 
Hé‘leph, from Al’lon_to_ Za-a- 
nan’nim, and Ad’a-mi, Né’keb, 
and Jab/ne-el, unto La’kum; 
and the outgoings thereof were 
at Joér’dan: 

34 And then the coast turneth 
westward to Az’noth-ta’boér, and 
goeth out from thence to Htk’- 
kok, and reacheth to Zéb’u-lin 
on the south side, and reacheth 
to Ash’ér on the west side, ana 
to Ji’dah upon Jér’dan toward 
the sunrising. 

35 And the fenced cities are 
Zid’dim, Zér, and Ham’math, 
Rak’kath, and Chin’ne-réth, 

36 And Ad’a-mah, and 
mah, and Ha’zor, \ 

37 And Ké’desh, and Ed’fe-i, 
and En—ha’zor, 

38 And i’ron, and Mig’dal-el, 
Ho’rem, and Béth—a’nath, and 
Béth-shé’mesh; nineteen cities 
with their villages. 

39 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Naph’- 
ta-li according to their families, 


Ra’- 


| the cities and their villages. 
27 And turneth toward the sun- 


40 § And the seventh lot came 
out for the tribe of the children 
of Danaccording to their families, 

41 And the coast of their ine 


302 


JOSHUA, 20 


heritance was Z0/rah, and Esh’- 
ta-ol, and ir—shé’ mesh, 

42 And Shé-al- 4b’bin. and Aj’- 
a-lon, and Jéth4ah, 

43 And E’/lon, and Thim/’/na- 
thah, and Ek’ron, 

44 And El’te-keh, and Gib’be- 
thon, and Ba’al-ath, 

45 And Jé’hid, and Bén’e— 
bé’rak, and Gath-rim’mon, 

46 And Mé-jdr’kon, and Rak’- 
on with the border before 

a’ 

47 And the coast of the chil- 
dren of Dan went out ico little 
for them: therefore the children 
of Dan went up to fight against 
Lé’shem, and took it, and 
smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and possessed it, and 
dwelt therein, and called Lé’- 
shem, Dan, after the name of 
Dan their father. 

48 This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Dan 
according to their families, these 
cities UNE their villages. 

49 § When they had made an 
end of dividing the land for in- 
heritance by their coasts, the 
children of is’ra-el gave an in- 
heritance to Josh’u-a the son of 
Ntn among them: © 

50 According to the word of 
the LORD they gave him the 
city which he asked, even Tim’- 
nath-sé/rah in mount E’phra- 
im: and he built the city, and 
dwelt therein. 

51 These are the inheritances, 
which £-le-a’zar the priest, and 
Jésh’u-a the son of Nin, and 
the heads of the fathers of the 
tribes of the children of Is’ra-el, 
divided for an inheritance by lot 
in Shi‘léh before the LORD, at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. So they made an 
end of dividing the country. 


207 CHAPTER 20 
Siz .cities of refuge appointed. 


aS LORD also spake unto 
Josh’u-a, saying, 
2 Speak to the children of 


Joshua’s inheritance. 


Cities of refuge 


Is‘ra-el, saying, Appoint out for 
you cities of refuge, whereof I 
ae vane you by the hand of 


3 That the slayer that killeth 
any person unawares and un- 
wittingly may flee thither: and 
they shali be your refuge from 
the avenger of blood. 

4 And when he that doth flee 
unto one of those cities shail 
stand at the entering of the 
gate of the city, and shall declare 
his cause in the ears of the elders 
of that city, they shall take him 
into the city unto them, and give 
him a place that he may dwell 
among them. 

5 And if the avenger of blood 
pursue after him, then they shall 
not deliver the slayer up into 
his hand; because he smote his 
neighbour unwittingly, and hated 
him not beforetime. 

6 And he shal! dwell in that 
city, until he stand before the 
congregation for judgment, and 
until the death of the high priest 
that shall be in those days: then 
shall the slayer return, and come 
unto his own city, and unto his 
own house, unto the city from 
whence he fied. 

7 § And they appointed Keé’- 
desh in Gal’i-lee in mount Naph’- 
ta-li, and Shé’chem in mount 
E’phra-im, and Kir’jath—dr’ba, 
which is Hé’bron, in the moun- 
tain of Ja’dah. 

8 And on the other side Jér’dan 
by Jér’ i-cho_ eastward, they as- 
signed Bé’zér in the wilderness 
upon the plain out of the tribe of 
Rew’ben, and Ra’moth in Gil’e- 
ad out of the tribe of Gad, and 
Go’lan in Ba’shan out of the 
tribe of Ma-nas’seh. 

0 These were the cities ap- 
pointed for all the children. of 
Is’ra-el, and for the stranger 
that sojourneth among them, 
that whosoever killeth any per- 
son at unawares might fleé 
thither, and not die by the hand 
of the avenger of blood, until he 
stood hefore the congregation. 


302 


The Levitical cities. 


208 CHAPTER 21 


(1 The Levitical cities. 43 Israel pos- 
sesses the land. 

HEN came near the heads of 

the fathers of the Le’vites 
unto E-le-a’zar the priest, and 
unto Jésh’u-a the son of Nun, 
and unto the heads of the fathers 
of the tribes of the children of 

ts’ra-el; 

2 And they spake unto them 
at Shi/loh in the land of Ca’naan, 
saying, The LORD commande 
by the hand of MO6’ses to give us 
cities to dwell in, with the sub- 
urbs thereof for our cattle. 

3 And the children of is’ra-el 
gave unto the Lé’vites oyt of 
their inheritance, at the com- 
mandment of the LORD, these 
cities and their suburbs. 

4 And the lot came out for the 
families of the K0d’hath-ites: 
and the children of Aar’on_the 
priest, which were of the Lé’- 
vites, had by lot out of the 
tribe of Ji’dah, and out of the 
tribe of Sim’e-on, and out of the 
tribe of Bén’ja-min, thirteen 
cities. 

5 And the rest of the children 
of Kd’hath had by lot out of the 
families of the tribe of E’phra-im, 
and out of the tribe of Dan, and 
out of the half tribe of Ma-nas’- 
seh, ten cities. 

6 And the children of Gér’- 
shon had by lot out of the fam- 
ilies of the tribe of is’sa-char, 
and out of the tribe af Ash’ér, 
and out of the tribe of Naph’ta-li, 
and out of the half tribe of Ma- 
nas’seh in Ba’shan, thirteen 
cities. P 

7 The children of Mé-ra’ri by 
their families had out of the 
tribe of Reu’ben, and out of the 
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe 
of Zéb’u-lin, twelve cities. 

8 And the children of Is’ra-el 
gave by lot unto the Lé’vites 
these cities with their suburbs, 
as the LORD commanded by 
the hand of MO’ses. 

9 J And they gave out of the 
tribe of the children of Jua’dah, 








JOSHUA, 21 


and out of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Sim/’e-on, these cities 
which are here mentioned by 


name, . 

10 Which the children of Aar’- 
on, being of the families of the 
KO’/hath-ites, who were of the 
children of Lé’vi, had: for 
theirs was the first lot. 

11 And they gave them the 
city of Ar’ba the father of A’nak, 
which city is Hé’bron, in the 


d | hill country of Ja’dah, with the 


Sere thereof round about 
it. 

12 But the fields of the city, 
and the villages thereof, gave 
they to Ca’/leb the son of Jé- 
phtin’neh for his possession. 

13 § Thus they gave to the 
children of A4@r’on the priest 
Hé’bron with her suburbs, fo 
be a city of refuge for the slayer; 
and Lib’nah with her suburbs, 
14 And Jat’tir with her sub- 
urbs, and Esh-te-m0’a with her 
suburbs, 

15 And Ho/lon with her sub- 
urbs, and Dé’bir with her sub- 
urbs, 

16 And A’in with her suburbs, 
and Jut’tah with her suburbs, 
and Béth-shé’mesh with — her 
suburbs; nine cities out of those 
two tribes. 

17 And out of the tribe of Bén’- 
ja-min, Gib’e-on with her sub-~ 
urbs, Gé’ba with her suburbs, 

18 An’a-thoth with her sub- 
urbs, and Al’mon with her sub- 
urbs; four cities. : 

19 All the cities of the children 
of Aar’on, the priests, were 
thirteen cities with their sub- 


urbs. — 

20 4 And the families of the 
children of Kd6’hath, the Lé’- 
vites which remained of the 
children of Ko’hath, even they 
had the cities of their lot out of 
the tribe of E’/phra-im. i 

21 For they gave them Shé’- 
chem with her suburbs in mount 
b’phra-im, to be a city of refuge 
for the slayer; and Gé’zér with 


i her suburbs, 


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JOSHUA, 22 


The Levitical cities 


22 And Kib’za-im with her | Na’ha-lal with her suburbs; four 


suburbs, and Béth-hod’ron with 
her suburbs; four cities. 

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, 
=l’te-keh with her suburbs, Gib’- 
be-thon with her suburbs, 

24 Aij’a-lo6n with her suburbs, 
Gath-rim’/mon with her suburbs; 
four cities. 

25 And out of the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh, Ta’nach with her 
suburbs, and Gath-rim’mon with 
her suburbs; two cities. 

26 All the cities were ten with 
their suburbs for the families of 
the children of Ko’hath that 
remained. 

27 4 And unto the children of 
Gér’shon, of the families of the 
Lé’vites, out of the other half 
tribe of Ma-nas’seh they gave 
Go’/lan in Ba’shan with her 
suburbs, fo be a city of refuge for 
the slayer; and Bé-ésh’-te-rah 
with her suburbs; two cities. 
_28 And out of the tribe of 
Js’sa-char, Ki’shon with her 
suburbs, Dab’a-reh with her 
suburbs, 

29 Jar ‘muth with her suburbs, 
En-gan’nim with her suburbs; 
four cities. 

30 And out of the tribe of Ash’- 
ér, Mi’shal with her suburbs, 
Ab’d6n with her suburbs, 

31 Hél’kath with her suburbs, 
and Ré’hob with her suburbs; 
four cities. 

32 And out of the tribe of 
Naph’ta-li, Ké’desh in Gal’i-lee 
with her suburbs, fo be a city of 
refuge for the slayer; and Ham’- 
moth-—dér with her suburbs, and 
Kar’tan with her suburbs; three 
cities. 9 

33 All the cities of the Gér’- 
shon-ites according to their 
families were thirteen cities 
with their suburbs. 

34 § And unto the families of 
the children of Mé-ra’ri, the rest 
of the Lé’vites, out of the tribe 
of Zéb’u-lin, Jok’ne-am with 
her suburbs, and Kdar’tah with 
her suburbs, 

35 Dim/nah with her suburbs, 


cities. 

36 And out of the tribe of 
Reu’ben, Bé’zér with her sube 
urbs, and Ja-ha’zah with her 
suburbs, p 

37 Kéd’e-moth with her. sub- 
urbs, and Méph’a-ath with her 
suburbs; four cities. 

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, 
Ra’moth in Gil’e-ad with her 
suburbs, to be a city of refuge 
for the slayer; and Ma-ha-na’- 
im with her suburbs, 

39 Hésh’bon with her sub- 


urbs, Ja’zér with her suburbs; 


four cities in all. 

40 So all the cities for the chil- 
dren of Mé-ra’ri by their fam- 
ilies, which were remaining of 
the families of the Lé’vites, were 
by their lot twelve cities. 

41 All the cities of the Lé’vites 
within the possession of the 
children of Is’ra-el were forty 
and eight cities with their sub- 
urbs. bas 

42 These cities were every one 
with their suburbs round, about 
them: thus were all these cities. 

43 § And the LORD gave unto 
Is’ra-el all the land which he 
sware to give unto their fathers; 
and they possessed it, and dwelt 
therein. 

44 And the LORD gave them 
rest round about, according to 
all that he sware unto their 
fathers: and there stood not a 
man of all their enemies before 
them; the LORD delivered all 
their enemies into their hand. 

45 There failed not ought of 
any good thing which the LORD 
had spoken unto the house of 
Is’ra-el; all came to pass. 


CHAPTER 22 209. 

1 The east Jordan tribes sent home. 

10 Their altar. 11 The dispute 
and reconciliation. 

HEN Josh’u-a called the 

Reu’ben-ites, and the Gad’- 

ites, ret the half tribe of Ma- 


nas’s 
2 hea said unto them, Ye have 


304 





East Jordan tribes sent home 


kept all that Mo’ses the servant 
of the LORD commanded you, 


‘and have obeyed my voice in 


all that I commanded you: 


3 Ye have not left your brethren 
these many days unto this day, 


but have kept the charge of the 


‘commandment of the LORD your 


God. 


4 And now the LORD your 


God hath given rest unto your 


brethren, as he promised them: 


therefore now return ye, and get 
you unto your tents, and unto 


‘the land 


of your possession, 


which M6’ses the servant of the 
‘LORD gave you on the other 
‘side J6r’dan. 


5 But take diligent heed to do 
the commandment and the law, 
which M6’ses the servant of the 


‘LORD charged you, to love the 


LORD your God, and to walk in 
all his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and to cleave 
unto him, and to serve him with 
all ee heart and with all your 
sou 

6 So Jdésh’u-a blessed them, 
and sent them away: and they 
eo unto their tents. 

7 § Now to the one half of the 
tribe of Ma-nds’seh_ MOo’ses had 
given possession in Ba’shan: 
but unto the other half thereof 
gave Jésh’u-a among their breth- 
ren on this side Jér’dan west- 
ward. And when Josh’u-a sent 
them away also unto their tents, 
then he blessed them. 

8 And_he spake unto them, 
saving, Return with much riches 
unto your tents, and with very 
much cattle, with silver, and 
with gold, and with brass, and 
with iron, and with very much 
raiment: divide the spoil of 
your enemies with your brethren. 

9 4 And the children of Rev’- 
ben and the children of Gad 
and the half tribe of Ma-nas’seh 
returned, and departed from the 
children of Is’ra-el out of Shi/loh, 
which is in the land of Ca’ndan, 
to go unto the country of Gil’e- 
ad, to the land of their posses- 

20 


JOSHUA, 22 


sion, whereof they were pos- 
sessed, according to the word of 
of the LORD by the hand of 
MO’ses. 

10 4 And when they came unto 
the borders of J or’dan, that are 
in the land of Ca’naan, the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben and the children 
of | Gad and the half tribe of 
Ma’nas’seh built there an altar 
by JOr’dan, a great altar to see to. 

11 4 And the children of Is’- 

ra-el heard say, Behold, the 
children of Reu’ben and _ the 
children of Gad and the half 
tribe of Ma-ndas’seh have built 
an altar over against the land of 
Ca/naan, in the borders of Jér’- 
dan, at the passage of the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el. 
_12 And when the children of 
Is’ra-el heard of it, the whole 
congregation of the children of 
Is’ra-el gathered themselves to- 
gether at Shi/loh, to go up to 
war against them. 

13 And the children of is’ra-el 
sent unto the children of Reu’- 
ben, and to the children of Gad, 
and to the half tribe of Ma-nas’- 
seh, into the land of Gil’e-ad, 
Phin’e-has the son of E-le-a’zar 
the priest, | 

14 And with him ten princes, 
of each chief house a _ prince 
throughout all the tribes of 
Is’ra-el; and each one was an 
head of the house of their fathers 
among hoe thousands of Is’ra-el. 

15 4 And they came unto the 
children of Reu’ben, and to the 
children of Gad, and to the half 
tribe of Ma-nas’ seh, unto the 
land of Gil’e-ad, and they spake 
with them, saying, 

16 Thus saith the whole con- 
gregation of the LORD, What 
trespass ts this that ye have com- 
mitted against the God of is’ra- 
el, to turn away this day from 
following the LORD, in that ye 
have builded you an altar, that 
ye might rebel this day against 
the LORD? 

17 Js the iniquity of Pé’or too 
little for us, from which we are 


305 


JOSHUA, 22 
not cleansed until this day, al- 


The tribes erect an altar 


part in the LORD: so shall your 


though there was a plague in the | children make our children cease 


congregation of the LORD, 

18 But that ye must turn away 
this day from following the 
LORD? and it will be, seeing ye 
rebel to day against the LORD, 
that to morrow he will be wroth 
with ae whole congregation of 
Is’ra- 

19 Notwithstanding, if the land 
of your possession be unclean, 
then pass ye over unto the land 
of the possession of the LORD, 
wherein the LORD’S tabernacle 
dwelleth, and take possession 
among us: but rebel not against 
the LORD, nor rebel against us, 
in building you an altar beside 
the altar of the LORD our God. 

20 Did not A’chan the son of 
Zé’rah commit a trespass in the 
accursed thing, and wrath fell 
on all the congregation of Is’ra- 
el? and that man perished not 
alone in his iniquity. 

21 9 Then the children of 
Reu’ben and the children of 
Gad and the half tribe of Ma- 
nas’seh answered, and said unto 
the heads of the thousands of 
Is’ra-el, 

22 The LorD God of gods, 
the LORD God of gods, he 
knoweth, and Is’ra-el he shall 
know; if it be in rebellion, or if 
in transgression against the 
LORD, (save us not this day,) 

23 That we have built us an 
altar to turn from following the 
LORD, or if to offer thereon 
burnt offering or meat offering, 
or if to offer peace offerings 
thereon, let the LORD himself 
require it; 

24 And if we have not rather 
done it for fear of this thing, 
saying, In time to come your 
children might speak unto our 
children, saying, What have ye 
to do with the LorD God of 
is’ra-el? 

25 For the LORD hath made 
Jér’dan a border between us and 
you, ye children of Reuw’ben and 
children of Gad; ye have no 


from fearing the LORD. 

26 Therefore we said, Let us 
now prepare to build us an altar, 
not for burnt offering, nor for 
sacrifice: 

27 But that it may be a wit- 
ness between us, and you, and 
our generations after us, that 
we might do the service of the 
LORD before him with our 
burnt offerings, and with our 
sacrifices, and with our peace 
offerings; that your children 
may not say to our children in 
time to come, Ye have no part 
in the LORD. 

28 Therefore said we, that it 
shall be, when they should so 
say to us or to our generations 
in time to come, that we may 
say again, Behold the pattern 
of the altar of the LORD, which 
our fathers made, not for burnt 
offerings, nor for sacrifices; but 
itt us a witness between us and 


730° God forbid that we should 
rebel against the LORD, and 
turn this day from following the 
LORD, to build an altar for 
burnt offerings, for meat offer- 
ings, or for sacrifices, beside the 
altar of the LORD our God that 
is before his tabernacle. 

30 4] And when Phin’e-has the 
priest, and the princes of the 
congregation and heads of the 
thousands of fIs’ra-el which 
were with him, heard the words 
that the children of Reu’ben and 
the children of Gad and the chii- 
dren of Ma-nas’seh spake, it 
pleased them. 

31 And Phin’e-has the son of 
E-le-a’zar the priest said unto 
the children of Reu’ben, and to 
the children of Gad, and to the 
children of Ma-nas’seh, This 
day we perceive that the LORD 
is among us, because ye have 
not. committed this trespass 
against the LORD: now ye have 
delivered the children of Is’ra-el 
out of the hand of the LORD. 


306 


Joshua addresses elders and people 


And Phin’e-has the son 
of E-le-a’zar the priest, and the 
princes, returned from the chil- 
dren of Reu’ben, and from the 
children of Gad, out of the land 
of Gil’e-ad, unto the land_ of 
Ca’naan, to the children of Is’- 
perc and brought them word 
agal 

33 “atid the thing pleased the 
children of Is’ra-el; and_the 
children of is’ra-el blessed God, 
and did not intend to go up 
against them in battle, to destroy 
the land wherein the children of 
Reu’ben and Gad dwelt. 

34 And the children of Reu’- 
ben and the children of Gad 
called the altar Ed: for it shall 
be a witness between us that 
the LORD is God. 


210 CHAPTER 23 
1 soshug. oe elders and people. 
1 He threatens them. 
ND hit came to pass a long 
time after that the LORD 
had given rest unto Is’ra-el 
from ali their enemies round 
about, that Jésh’u-a waxed old 
and stricken in age. 

2 And Josh’u-a called for all 
ts’ra-el, and for their elders, and 
for their heads, and for their 
judges, and for their officers, 
and said unto them, I am old 
and stricken in age: 

3 And ye have seen all that the 

LORD your God hath done unto 
all these nations because of you; 
for the LORD your God is he 
that hath fought for you. 
4 Behold, I have divided unto 
you by lot these nations that 
remain, to be an inheritance for 
your tribes, from Jér’dan, with 
all the nations that I have cut 
off, even unto the great sea 
westward. 

5 And the LORD your God, 
he shall expel them from before 
you, and drive them from out of 
your sight; and ye shall possess 
their land, as the LORD your 
God hath promised unto you. 

6 Be ye therefore very coura- 


JOSHUA, 23 


seous to keep and to do all that 
is written in the book of the law 
of Mo’ses, that ye turn not aside 
therefrom ¢o the right hand or 
to the left; 

7 That ye come not among 
these nations, these that remain 
among you; neither make roen- 
tion of the name of their gods, 
nor cause to swear by them, 
neither serve them, nor bow 
yourselves unto them: 

8 But cleave unto the LORD 
your God, as ye have done unto 
this day. 

9 For the LORD hath driven 
out from before you great 
nations and strong: but as for 
you, no man hath been able to 
stand before you unto this day. 

10 One man of you shall chase 
a thousand: for the LORD your 
God, he it is that fighteth for 
you, as he hath promised you. 

11 Take good heed therefore 
unto yourselves, that ye love 
the LORD your God. 

12 Else if ye do in any wise go 
back, and cleave unto the rem- 
nant of these nations, even these 
that remain among you, and 
shall make marriages with them, 
and go in unto them, and they 
to you: 

13 Know for a certainty that 
the LORD your God will no 
more drive out any of these 
nations from before you; but 
they shall be snares and traps 
unto you, and scourges in your 
sides, and thorns in your eyes, 
until ye perish from off this good 
land which the LORD your God 
hath given you. 

14 And, behold, this day I am 
going the way of all the earth: 
and ye know in ali your hearts 
and in ali your souls, that not 
one thing hath failed of all the 
good things which the LORD 
your God spake concerning you; 
all are come to pass unto you, 
and not one thing hath failed 
thereof. 

15 Therefore it shall come to 
pass, that as all good things are 


307 


JOSHUA, 24 


come upon you, which the LORD 
your God promised you: so 
shall the LORD bring upon you 
all evil things, until he have 
destroyed you from off this good 
land which the LORD your God 
hath given you. 

6 When ye have transgressed 
the covenant of the LORD your 
God, which he commanded you, 
and have gone and served other 
gods, and bowed yourselves to 
them; then shall the anger of 
the LORD be kindled against 
you, and ye shall perish quickly 
from off the good land which he 
hath given unto you. 


211 CHAPTER 24 
i The assembly at Shechem. 2 Josh- 
ua’s dying exhortation. 29 His death 
and burial. 
jee Josh’u-a gathered all the 
tribes of Is’ra-el to Shé’- 
chem, and called for the elders 
of Is’ra-el, and for their heads, 
and for their judges, and for their 
officers; and they presented 
themselves before God. 

2 And Josh’u-a said unto all 
i people, Thus saith the LORD 
God of is’ra-el, Your fathers 
dwelt on the other side of the 
flood in old time, even Té’rah, 
the father of A’bra-ham, and the 


father of Na’chér: and they 
served other gods. 
3 And took your father 


A’bra-ham from the other side of 
the flood, and led him throughout 
all the land of Ca’naan, and mul- 
tiplied his seed, and gave him 
l’saac. 

4 AndI gave unto I’saac Ja’cob 
and E’sau: and I gave unto 
F’sau mount Sé‘ir, to possess it; 
but Ja’cob and his children went 
down into E’gypt. 

5 I sent MOo’ses also and Aar’- 
on, and Iplagued &’gypt, accord- 
ing to that which I did among 
pecs ne afterward I brought 
you 0 

ad. I brought your fathers 
a of &/gypt: and ye came unto 
the sea; and the k&-gyp’tians 


Joshua’s exhortation to Israel 


pursued after your fathers with 
chariots and horsemen unto the 
Red sea. 

7 And when they cried unto the 
LORD, he put darkness between 
you and the E-gyp’tians, and 
brought the sea upon them, and 
covered them; and your eyes 
have seen what I have done in 
E’gypt: and ye dwelt in the wil- 
derness a long season. 

8 And I brought you into the 
land of the Am/é6r-ites, which 
dwelt on the other side Jér’- 
dan; and they fought with you: 
and I gave them into your hand, 
that ve might possess their land; 
and I destroyed them from before 


you. 

9 Then Ba‘lak the son of Zip’- 
por, king of M0’ab, arose and 
warred against Is’ra-el, and sent 
and called Ba’laam the son of 
Bé’or to curse you: 

10 But I would not hearken 
unto Ba’/laam; 
blessed you still: so I delivered 
you out of his hand. 

11 And ye went over Jor’dan, 
and came unto Jér’i-ch6: and the 
men of Jér’i-cho fought against 
you, the Am’6r-ites, and the Pér’- 
iz-zites, and the Ca’naan-ites, 
and the Hit’tites, and the Gir’ga- 
shites, the Hi’vites, and the Jéb’- 
u-sites; and I delivered them 
into your hand. 

12 And I sent the hornet before 
you, which drave them out from 
before you, even the two kings 
of the Am/6r-ites; buf not with 
thy sword, nor with thy bow. 

13 And I have given you a land 
for which ye did not labour, and 
cities which ye built not, and ye 
dwell in them; of the vineyards 
and oliveyards which ye planted 
not do ye eat. 

14 § Now therefore fear the 
LORD, and serve him in sincer- 
ity and in truth: and put away 
the gods which your fathers 
served on the other side of the 
flood, and in E’gypt; and serve 
ye the LORD. ; 

15 And if it seem evil unto you 


therefore he 


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Death of Joshua 


to serve the LORD, choose you 
this day whom ye will serve; 
whether the gods which your 
fathers served that were on the 
other side of the flood, or the 
gods of the Am’é6r-ites, in whose 
land yedwell: butas for meand 
my house, we will serve the 
LORD. 

16 And the people answered 
and said, God forbid that we 
should forsake the LORD, to 
serve other gods; 

17 For the LORD our God, he 
it is that brought us up and our 
fathers out of the land of E’gypt, 
from the house of bondage, 
which did those great signs in 
our sight, and preserved us in all 
the way wherein we went, and 
among all the people through 
whom we passed: 

18 And the LORD drave out 
from before us ail the people, 
even the Am’6r-ites which dwelt 


in the land: therefore will we 
also serve the LORD; for he is 
our God. 


19 And Jésh’u-a said unto the 
people, Ye cannot serve the 
LORD: for he is an holy God; 
he is a jealous God; he will not 
forgive your transgressions nor 
your sins. 

20 If ye forsake the LORD, and 
serve strange gods, then he will 
turn and do you hurt, and con- 
sume you, after that he hath done 
you good. 

21 And the people said unto 
Josh’u-a, Nay; but we will serve 
the LORD. 

22 And Josh’u-a said unto the 
people, Ye are witnesses against 
yourselves that ve have chosen 
you the LORD, to serve him. 
And they said, We are witnesses. 

23 Now therefore put away, 
Said he, the strange gods which 
are among you, and incline your 
heart unto the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el. 

24 And the people said unto 
Jésh’u-a, The LORD our God 


JOSHUA, 24 


will we serve, and his voice will 
we obey. 

25 So Josh’u-a4 made a cove- 
nant with the people that day, 
and set them a statute and an 
ordinance in Shé’chem. 

26 § And Josh’u-a wrote these 
words in the book of the Jaw of 
God, and took a great stone, and 
set it up there under an oak, 
that was by the sanctuary of the 
LORD. 

27 And Josh’u-a said unto all 
the people, Behold, this stone 
shall be a witness unto us; for 
it hath heard all the words of 


and the LORD which he spake unto 


: it shall be therefore a witness 
nate you, lest ye deny your God. 

28 So Jésh’u-a let the people 
depart, every man unto his 
inheritance. 

29 4 And it came to pass after 
these things, that Josh’u-a the 
son of Nin, the servant of the 
LORD, died, being an hundred 
and ten years old. | 

30 And they buried him in the 
border of his inheritance in 
Tim/nath-sé’rah, which is in 
mount E’phra-im, on the north 
side of the hill of Ga’ash. 

31 And _ iIs’ra-el served the 
LORD all the days of Jiésh’u-a, 
and all the days of the eiders 
that overlived Josh’u-a, and 
which had known all the works 
of the LORD, that he had done for 
is’ra-el. 

32 4 And the bones of J6’seph, 
which the children of Is’ra-el 
brought up out of E’gypt, buried 
they in Shé’chem, in a parcel of 
ground which Ja’cob bought of 
the sons of Ha’mor the father of, 
Shé’chem for an hundred pieces 
of silver: and it became the in- 
heritance of the children of 
Jo’seph. 

33 And #£-le-a’zar the son of 
Aar’on died; and they buried 
him in a hiil that pertained to 
Phin’e-has his son, which was 
given him in mount £’phra-im. 


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BOOK OF JUDGES 


212 CHAPTER 1 
1 Conquests by Judah. 8 Jerusalemn 
taken 21 The acts of Benjamin. 
29 ‘Nations remaining unconquered. 
OW after the death of Josh’- 
u-a it came to pass, that the 
children of is’ra-el asked the 
LORD, saying, Who shall go_ up 
for us against the Ca’naan-ites 
first, to fight against them? 

2 And the LORD said, Jui’dah 
shall go up: behold, I have de- 
livered the land into his hand. 

3 And Jia’dah said unto Sim/e- 
on his brother, Come up with me 
into my lot, that we may fight 
against the Ca’naan-ites; and I 
likewise will go with thee into 
pee lot. So Sim/’/e-on went with 


4 And Ja’dah went up; and 
the LORD delivered the Ca’- 
naan-ites and the Pér’iz-zites 
into their hand: and they slew of 
Hien in Bé’zék ten thousand 


ry pad they found A-ddé’ni-bé’- 
zek in Bé’zek: and they fought 
peas him, and they slew_the 
Ca’naan-ites and the Pér’iz-zites. 

6 But A-d6’ni-bé’zek fled; and 
they pursued after him, and 
caught him, and cut off his 
thumbs and his great toes. 

And A-d0’ni-bé’zek _ said, 
Threescore and ten kings, having 
their thumbs and their great toes 
cut off, gathered ftheir meat 
under my table: as I have done, 
so God hath requited me. And 
they brought him to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and there he died. 

8 Now the children of Ji’dah 
had fought against Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and had taken it, and smitten it 
with the edge of the sword, and 
set the city on fire. 

9 § And afterward the children 
of Ja’dah went down to fight 
against the Ca’naan-ites, that 
dwelt in the mountain, and in the 
south, and in the valley. 


10 And Jii’dah went against the 
Ca’naan-ites that dwelt in Hé’- 
bron: (now the name of Hé’bron 
before was Kir’jath—ir’ba:) and 
they slew Shé’shai, and A-hi’- 
man, and Tal’mai. 

11 And from thence he went 
against the inhabitants of Dé’- 
bir: and the name of Dé’bir be- 
fore was Kir’jath-sé’phér: 

12 And Ca’leb said, He that 
smiteth Kir’jath-sé’phér, and 
taketh it, to him will I give Ach’- 
sah my daughter to wife. 

13 And Oth’ni-el the son of 
Ké/naz, Ca’leb’s younger broth- 
er, took it: and he gave him 
Ach’sah his daughter to wife. 

14 And it came to pass, when 
she came to him, that she moved 
him to ask of her father a field; 
and she lighted from off her ass; 
and Ca’leb said unto her, What 
wilt thou? 

15 And she said unto him, 
Give me a blessing: for thou 
hast given me a south land; give 
me also springs of water. And 
Ca’leb gave her the upper springs 
and the nether springs. 

16 § And the children of the 
Kén/‘ite, Md’ses’ father in law, 
went up out of the city of palm 
trees with the children of Ja’dah 
into the wilderness of Ji’dah, 
which lieth in the south of A’rad3; 
and they went and dwelt among 
the people. 

17 And Ja’dah went with Sim’- 
e-on his brother, and they slew 
the Ca’/naan-ites that inhabited 
Zé’phath, and utterly destroyed 
it. And the name of the city was 
called Hor’mah. 

8 Also Jia’dah took Ga’za 
with the coast thereof, and As’ke- 
lon with the coast thereof, and 

Ek’ron with the coast thereof. 

19 And the LORD was with 
Ji’dah; and he drave out the 
inhabitants of the mountain; but 
could not drive out the inhab- 


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_ Nations unconquered — 


itants of the valley, because they 


had chariots of iron. 


20 And they gave Hé’bron 


_ unto Ca’leb, as M6’ses said: and 
he expelled thence the three sons 
of A’nak. } 

21 And the children of Bén’ja- 
min did not drive out the Jéb’u- 
sites that inhabited Jé-ru’sa- 
lem; but the Jéb’u-sites dwell 
with the children of Bén’ja-min 
in Jé-ru’sd-lém unto this day. 

22 4 And the house of J6’seph, 
they also went up against Béth’— 
el: and the LORD was with them. 

23 And the house of J6’seph 
sent to descry Béth’-el. (Now 
the name of the city before was 
Luz.) : 

24 And the spies saw a man 
come forth out of the city, and 
they said unto him, Shew us, we 
pray thee, the entrance into the 
city, and we will shew thee 
mercy. 
__25 And when he shewed them 
the entrance into the city, they 
smote the city with the edge of 
the sword; but they let go the 
man and all his family. | 

26 And the man went into the 
land of the Hit’tites, and built a 
city, and called the name thereof 
Luz: which is the name thereof 
unto this day. __ 

27 § Neither did Ma-nds’seh 
drive out fhe inhabitants of 
Béth-shé’an and her towns, nor 
Ta’a-nach and her towns, nor 
the inhabitants of Dér and her 
towns, nor the inhabitants of 
Ib’/le-4m and her towns, nor the 
inhabitants of Mé-gid’d6 and her 
towns: but the Ca’ndan-ites 
would dwell! in that land. 

.28 And it came to pass, when 
Is’ra-el was strong, that they put 
the Ca/naan-ites to tribute, and 
did not utterly drive them out. 

29 f Neither did &/phra-im 
Grive out the Ca’naan-ites that 
dwelt in Gé’zér; but the Ca’- 
naan-ites dwelt in Gé’zér among 


em. 
30 ¢ Neither did Zéb’u-lun drive 





JUDGES, 2 


nor the inhabitants of Na’ha-lél; 
but the Ca’naan-ites dwelt among 
them, and became tributaries. 

31 4 Neither did Ash’ér drive 
out the inhabitants of Ac’ch6, nor 
the inhabitants of Zi’dén, nor of 
Ah’lab, nor of Ach’zib, nor of 
Hél’bah, nor of A’phik, nor of 
Ré’hob: . 

32 But the Ash’ér-ites dwelt 
among the Ca’naan-ites, the in- 
habitants of the land: for they 
did not drive them out. 

33 | Neither did NA&ph’ta-li 
drive out the inhabitants of Béth— 
shé’mesh, nor the inhabitants of 
Béth—a’nath; but he dwelt among 
the Ca’ndan-ites, the inhabitants 
of the land: nevertheless the in- 
habitants of Béth-shé’mesh and 
of Béth—a’nath became tributa- 
ries unto them. 

34 And the Am’dr-ites forced the 
children of Dan into the moun- 
tain: for they would not suffer 
them to come down to the valley: 

35 But the Am/’6r-ites would 
dwell in mount Hé’rés in Aij’a- 
l6n, and in Sha-al’bim: yet the 
hand of the house of Jé’seph 
prevailed, so that they became 
tributaries. fs 
_36 And the coast of the Am’ér- 
ltes was from the going up to 
A-krab’bim, from the rock, and 
upward. 


CHAPTER 2 213 
1 Anangel rebukes Israel. 6 A wicked 
generation. 16 Judges defied. 
ND an angel of the LORD 
came up from Gil’gal to Bé’- 
chim, and said, I made you to go 
up out of E’gypt, and have brought 
you unto the land which I sware 
unto your fathers; and I said, I 
will never break my covenant 
with you. 

2 And ye shall make no league 
with the inhabitants of this land; 
ye shall throw down their altars: 
but ye have not obeyed my voiceg 
why have ye done this?. d 

3 Wherefore I also said, I will 
not drive them out from before 


out the inhabitants of Kit’ron, | you: but they shall be as thorns 
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in your sides, and their gods 
shall be a snare unto you. 

4 And it came to pass, when the 
angel of the LORD spake these 
words unto all the children of 
is’ra-el, that the people lifted up 
their voice, and wept. 

5 And they called the name of 
that place Bo’chim: and they 
sacrificed there unto the LORD. 

6 § And when Jésh’u-a had let 
the people go, the children of 
is’ra-el went every man unto his 
inheritance to possess the land. 

7 And the people served the 
LORD all the days of Josh’u-a, 
and all the days of the elders that 
outlived Jésh’u-a, who had seen 
all the great works of the LORD, 
that he did for is’ra-el. i 

8 And Jésh’u-a the son of Nun, 
the servant of the LORD, died, 
being an hundred and ten years 


old. 

9 And they buried him in the 
border of his inheritance in Tim’- 
nath—-hé’rés, in the mount of 
f’phrd-im, on the north side of 
the hill Ga’ash. 

10 And also all that generation 
were gathered unto their fathers: 
and there arose another genera- 
tion after them, which knew not 
the LORD, nor yet the works 
which he had done for Is’ra-el. 

11 4 And the children of Is’ra-el 
did evil in the sight of the LORD, 
and served Ba/al-im: 

12 And they forsook the LORD 
God of their fathers, which 
brought them out of the land of 
f’s¥pt, and followed other gods, 
of the gods of the people that 
were round about them, an 
bowed themselves unto them, 
and provoked the LORD to anger. 

13 And they forsook the LORD, 
and served Ba’al and Ash’ta-roth. 

14 4 And the anger of the LORD 
was hot against Is’ra-el, and he 
delivered them into the hands of 
spoilers that spoiled them, an 
he sold them into the hands of 
their enemies round about, so 
that they could not any longer 
stand before their enemies. 


Israelites fall into wickedness 


15 Whithersoever they went 
out, the hand of the LORD was 
against them for evil, as the 
LORD had said, and as_ the 
LORD had sworn unto them: 
and they were greatly dis- 
tressed. 

16 4 Nevertheless the LORD 
raised up judges, which deliv- 
ered them out of the hand of 
those that spoiled them. 

17 And yet they would not 
hearken unto their judges, but 
they went a whoring after other 
gods, and bowed themselves 
unto them: they turned quickly 
out of the way which their fa- 
thers walked in, obeying the 
commandments of the LORD; 
but they did not so. 

18 And when the LORD raised 
them up judges, then the LORD 
was with the judge, and deliv- 
ered them out of the hand of 
their enemies all the days of the 
judge: for it repented the LORD 
because of their groanings by 
reason of them that oppressed 
them and vexed them. 

19 And it came to pass, when 
the judge was dead, that they re- 
turned, and corrupted them- 
selves more than their fathers, 
in following other gods to serve 
them, and to bow down unto 
them; they ceased not from 
their own doings, nor from their 
stubborn way. 

20 4 And the anger of the LORD 
was hot against Is’ra-el; and he 
said, Because that this people 
hath transgressed my covenant 
which I commanded their fa- 


d|thers, and have not hearkened 


unto my voice; 

21 I also will not henceforth 
drive out any from before them 
of the nations which Josh’u-a 
left when he died: | : 

22 That through them | may . 
prove is’ra-el, whether they wi 


d | keep the way of the LORD to walk 


therein, as their fathers did keep 
if, or not. 

23 Therefore the LorD | left 
those nations, without driving 


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Nations left to prove Israel 


them out hastily; neither deliv- 
ered he them into the hand of 
_ Josh’/u-a. 


214 CHAPTER 3 

1 Nations left to prove Israel. , 8 Oth- 

niel as judge. 12 Ehud slays Egion. 
OW these are the nations 
which the LORD left, to 

prove Is’ra-el by them, even as 

many of Is’ra-el as had not 

known all the wars of Ca’naan; 

2 Only that the generations of 
the children of Is’ra-el might 
know, to teach them war, at the 
least such as before knew nothing 
thereof; 

3 Namely, five lords of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and all the Ca’- 
naan-ites, and the Si-do’ni-ans, 
and the Hi’vites that dwelt in 
mount Léb’a-non, from mount 
Ba’al—hér’mon unto the entering 
in of Ha’math. 3 

4 And they were to prove Is’- 
ra-el by them, to know whether 
they would hearken unto the 
commandments of the LORD, 
which he commanded their fa- 
thers by the hand of Mo’ses. 

5 4 And the children of Is’ra-el 
dwelt among the Ca’ndan-ites, 
Hittites, and Am/6r-ites, and 
Pér’iz-zites, and Hi’vites, and 
Jéb’u-sites: p 

6 And they took, their daugh- 
ters to be their wives, and gave 
their daughters to their sons, and 
served their gods, r 

7 And the children of fs’ra-el 
did evil in the sight of the LORD, 
and forgat the LORD their God, 
and served Ba’al-im and the 
groves. 

8 { Therefore the anger of the 
LorD was hot against is’ra-el, 
and he sold them into the hand of 
Chi’shan-rish-a-tha’im king of 
Més-o-p6-ta’mi-a: and the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el served Cht’shan— 
rish-a-tha/im eight years. 

9 And when the children of 
is’ra-el cried unto the LORD, 
the LoRD raised up a deliverer 
to the children of Is’razel, who 
delivered them, even Oth’ni-el 


JUDGES, 3 
the son of Ké’naz, 


Ca’leb’s 
younger brother. 

0 And the Spirit of the LORD 
came upon him, and he judged 
Is’ra-el, and went out to war: 
and the LoRD delivered Chi’- 
shan-rish-a-tha’im king of Més- 
o-p6-ta’mi-a into his hand; and 
his hand prevailed against Chi’- 
shan-rish-a-tha’im. 

11 And the land had rest forty 
years. And Oth’ni-el the son of 
Ké/naz died. ( ; 

12 { And the children of Is’- 
ra-el did evil again in the sight of 
the LorD: and the LORD 
strengthened Eg’lon the king of 
M6’ab against Is’ra-el, because 
they had done evil in the sight 
of the LORD. 

13 And he gathered unto him 
the children of Am’mon and 
Am/a-lék, and went and smote 
is’ra-el, and possessed the city 
of palm trees. a 

14 So the children of Is’ra-el 

served Eg’lén the king of Mo’ab 
eighteen years. } 
_15 But when the children of 
Is’ra-el cried unto the LORD, the 
LORD raised them up a deliverer, | 
E/hid the son of Gé’ra, a Bén’ja- 
mite, a man lefthanded: and by 
him the children of Is’ra-el sent 
a present unto Eg’lon the king of 

0’a . 


16 But &’hid made him a dag- 
ger which had two edges, of a 
cubit length; and he did gird it 
under his raiment upon his right 
thigh. 

17 And he brought the present 
unto Eg’lén king of Mo’ab: an 
Eg’/lon was a very fat man. 

18 And when he had made an 
end to offer the present, he sent 
away the people that bare the 
present.” '. f 

19 But he himself turned again 
from the quarries that were by 
Gil’gal, and said, I have a secret 
errand unto thee, O king: who 
said, Keep silence. And all that 
stood by him went out from 


him. 3 ; 
20 And &’htd came unto him; 


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and he was sitting in a summer 
parlour, which he had for him- 
self alone. And E’/hud said, I 


have a message from God unto | years 


we And he arose out of his 
seat. 

21 And F’hid put forth his left 
hand, and took the dagger from 
his right thigh, and thrust it into 
his belly. 

22 And the haft also went in 
after the blade; and the fat 
closed upon the blade, so that he 
could not draw the dagger out of 
his belly; and the dirt came out. 

23 Then £E’htd went forth 
through the porch, and shut the 
doors of the parlour upon him, 
and locked them. 

24 When he was gone out, his 
servants came; and when they 
saw that, behold, the doors of 
the parlour were locked, they 
said, Surely he covereth his feet 
in his summer chamber 

25 And they tatriedt “till they 
were ashamed: and, behold, he 
opened not the doors of the par- 
lour; therefore they tock a key, 
and opened them: and, behold, 
_ their lord was fallen down dead 
on the earth. | : 

26 And £’htid escaped while 
they tarried, and passed beyond 
the quarries, and escaped unto 
Sé/i-rath. 

27 And it came to pane when 
he was come, that he blew a 
trumpet in the mountain of 
&’/phra-im, and the children of 
Is’ra-el went down with him 
Hoa the mount, and he before 
t 

28 And he said unto them, Fol- 
low after me: for the LORD hath 
delivered your enemies the M0’- 
ab-ites into your hand. And 
they went down after him, and 
took the fords of Jér’dan toward 
MOo’ab, and suffered not a man 
to pass over. 


29 And they slew of MO6/’ab at| han 


that time about ten thousand 
men, all lusty, and all men of 
valour; and there escaped not a 
man. 


Deborah and Barak deliver Israel 


30 So Mo’ab was subdued that 
day unuer the hand of Is’ra-el. 
And the land had rest foursccre 


And after him was Sham’- 
gar the son of A’nath, which slew 
of the Phi-lis’tines six hundred 
men with an ox goad: and he 

also delivered is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 4 215 

1 Debora: and Barak deliver Israel. 
Death of Sisera. 

ND ris children of is’ra-el 

again did evil in the sight of 

the LORD, when E’/hid was dead. 

2 And the LORD sold them into 
the hand of Ja’bin king of Ca’- 
naan, that reigned in Ha’zor; 
the captain of whose host was 
Sis’e-ra, which dwelt in Ha-r6’- 
sheth of the Gén’tiles. 

3 And the children of Is’ra-el 
cried unto the LORD: for he had 
nine hundred chariots of iron; 
and twenty years he mightily 
oper eseed the children of Is’ra-el. 

4 ¢ And Déb’o-rah, a proph- 
etess, the wife of Lap’i-doth, she 
judged is’ra-el at that time. 

5 And she dwelt under the 
palm tree of Déb’o-rah between 
Ra’mah and Béth’-el in mount 
FE’phra-im: and the children of 
fare came up to her for judg- 
ment. 

6 And she sent and called Ba’- 
rak the son of A-bin’o-4m out of 
Ké’desh—naph’ta-li, and said un- 
to him, Hath not the LORD God 
of is’ra-el commanded, saying, 
Go and draw toward mount 
Ta’bér, and take with thee ten 
thousand men of the children of 
Naph’ta-li and of the children of 
Zéb’u-lin? | 

7 And I will draw unto thee to 
the river Ki’shon Sis’e-ra, the 
captain of Ja’bin’s army, with 
his chariots and his muititude; 
and I will deliver him into thine 


d. 
8 And Ba’rak said unto her, If 
thou wilt go with me, then I will 
go: but if thou wilt not go with 
me, then I will not go. 


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Death of Sisera’ 


9 And she said, I will surely go 
with thee: notwithstanding the 
journey that thou takest shall 
not be for thine honour; for the 
LORD shall sell Sis’e-ra into the 
hand of a woman. And Déb’o- 
rah arose, and went with Ba’rak 
to Ké’desh. 

10 4 And Ba’rak called Zéb’- 
u-ltiin and Naph’ta-li to Ké’desh; 
and he went up with ten thou- 
sand men at his feet: and Déb’- 
o-rah went up with him. 

11 Now Hé’bér the Kén’ite. 
which was of the children of 
H6’bab the father inlaw of Mo’ 
ses, had severed himself from 
the Kén/ites, and pitched his 
tent unto the plain of Za-a-na’im, 
which is by Ké’desh. 

12 And they shewed Sis’e-ra 
that Ba’rak the son of A-bin’o-am 
was gone up to mount Ta’béor. 

13 And Sis’e-ra gathered to- 
gether all his chariots, even nine 
hundred chariots of iron, and all 
the people that were with him, 
from Ha-ré’sheth of the Gén’- 
tiles unto the river of Ki’shon. 

14 And Déb’o-rah_ said unto 
Ba’rak, Up; for this is the day in 
which the LORD hath delivered 
Sis’e-ra into thine hand: is not 
the LORD gone out before thee? 
So Ba’rak went down from 
mount Ta’bo6r, and ten thousand 
men after him. 

15 And the LORD discomfited 
Sis’e-ra, and all his chariots, and 
all Ais host, with the edge of the 
sword before Ba’rak; so that 
Sis’e-ra lighted down off his 
chariot, and fled away on his feet. 

16 But Ba’rak pursued after the 
chariots, and after the host, unto 
-H4-ro’sheth of the Gén’tiles: and 
all the host of Sis’e-ra fell upon 
the edge of the sword; and there 
was not a man ieft. 

17 Howbeit Sis’e-ra fied away 
on his feet to the tent of Ja’el the 
wife of Hé’bér the Kén/ite: for 
there was peace between Ja’bin 
the king of Ha’zér and the house 
of Hé’bér the Kén’ite. 

18 ¥ And Ja’ei went out to meet 


JUDGES, § 


Sis’e-ra, and said unto him, Turn 
in, my lord, turn in to me; fear 
not. And when he had turned in 
unto her into the tent, she cov- 
ered him with a mantle. 

19 And he said unto her, Give 
me, I pray thee, a little water to 
drink; for I am thirsty. And 
she opened a bottle of milk, and 
gave him drink, and covered him. 

20 Again he said unto her, 
Stand in the door of the tent, and 
it shall be, when any man doth 
come and enquire of thee, and 
say, Is there any man here? that 
thou shalt say, No. 

21 Then Ja’el Hé’bér’s wife 
took a nail of the tent, and took 
an hammer in her hand, and 
went sofily unto him, and smote 
the nail into his temples, and 
fastened it into the ground: for 
he was fast asleep and weary. 
So he died. 

22 And, behold, as Ba’ rak pur- 
sued Sis’e-ra, Ja’el came out to 
meet him, and said unto him, 
Come, and I wiil shew thee the 
man whom thou seekest. And 
when he came into her fenf, be- 
hold, Sis’e-ra lay dead, and the 
nail was in his temples. _ 

23 So God subdued “on that 
day Ja’bin the king of Ca/naan 
before the children of Is’ra-el. 

24 And the hand of the children 
of Is’ra-el prospered, and pre- 
vailed against J a’bin the king of 
Ca’/naan, until they had de- 
stroyed Ja’bin king of Ca’naan. 


CHAPTER 5 216 
Song of Deborah and Barak. 
HEN sang Déb’o-rah and 

Ba’rak the son of A-bin’o- 
am on that day, saying, 

2 Praise ye the LorD for the 
avenging of Is’ra~el, when the 
people willingly offered them- 
selves. 

3 Hear’, O ye kings; give ear, 
O ye princes; I, even I, will sing - 
unto the LorD; I will sing 
praise to the LorD God of 
Ap faset 


4 LORD, when thou wentest 


315 


JUDGES, 5 


out of Sé’/ir, when thou march- 
edst out of the field of E’dom, 
the earth trembled, and the 
heavens dropped, the clouds also 
dropped water. 

5 The mountains melted from 
before the LORD, even that Si’- 
nai from before the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el. 

6 In the days of Sham/’g#r the 
son of A’nath, in the days of Ja’el, 
the highways were unoccupied, 
and thetravellers walked through 
byways. | ; : 

7 The inhabitants of the vil- 
lages ceased, they ceased in is’- 
ra-el, until that I Dé€b’o-rah 
arose, that I arose a mother in 
Is’ra-el. 

8 They chose new gods; then 
was war in the gates: was there 
a shield or spear seen among 
forty thousand in Is’ra-el? 

9 My heart is toward the gov- 
ernors of is’ra-el, that offered 
themselves willingly among the 
people. Bless ye the Lorp. 

10 Speak, ye that ride on 
white asses, ye that sit in judg- 
ment, and walk by the way. 

11 They that are. delivered 
from the noise of archers in the 
places of drawing water, there 
shall they rehearse the right- 
eous acts of the LORD, even the 
righteous acts toward the inhab- 
itants of his villages in Is’ra-el: 
then shall the people of the LORD 
zo down to the gates. ‘ 

12 Awake, awake, Déb’o-rah: 
awake, awake, utter a song: 
arise, Ba’rak, and lead thy cap- 
tivity captive, thou son of 
A-bin’o-am. 

13 Then he made him that re- 
maineth have dominion over the 
nobles among the people: the 
LORD made me have dominion 
over the mighty. 

14 Out of E’phra-im was there 
a root of them against Am’a-lék; 
after thee, Bén’ja-min, among 
thy people; out of Ma’chir came 
down governors, and out of Zéb’- 
u-lin they that handle the pen 
of the writer. 


Song of Deborah and Barak 


15 And the princes of Is’sa- 
char were with Déb’o-rah; even 
Is’sa-char, and also Ba’rak: he 
was sent on foot into the valley. 
For the divisions of Reu’ben there 
were great thoughts of heart. 

16 Why abodest thou among 
the sheepfolds, to hear the bleat- 
ings of the flocks? For the 
divisions of Reu’ben there were 
great searchings of heart. 

17 Gil’e-ad abode beyond Jér’- 
dan: and why did Dan remain © 
in ships? Ash’ér continued on 
the sea shore, and abode in his 
breaches. 

18 Zéb’u-lin and WNaph’ta-li 
were a people that jeoparded 
their lives unto the death in the 
high places of the field. 

19 The kings came and fought, 
then fought the kings of Ca’naan 
in Ta’a-nach by the waters of 
Mé-gid’do; they took no gain 
of money. 

20 They fought from heaven; 
the stars in their courses fought 
against Sis’e-ra. 

21 The river of Ki’shon swept 
them away, that ancient river, 
the river Ki’shoén. O my soul, 
thou hast trodden down strength. 

22 Then were the horsehoofs 
broken by the means of the 
pransings, the pransings of 
their mighty ones. 

23 Curse ye Mé’r6z, said the 
angel of the LORD, curse ye 
bitterly the inhabitants thereof: 
because they came not to the 
help of the LORD, to the help of 
the LORD against the mighty. 

24 Blessed above women shall 
Ja’el the wife of Hé’bér the Kén’- 
ite be, blessed shall she be above 
women in the tent. 

25 He asked water, and she 
gave him milk; she brought forth 
butter in a lordly dish. 

26 She put her hand to the nail, 
and her right hand to the work- 
men’s hammer; and with the 
hammer she smote Sis’e-ra, she 
smote off his head, when she had 
pierced and stricken through his 
temples, 


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i 


Midianites oppress Israel 


27 At her feet he bowed, he 
fell, he lay down: at her feet he 
bowed, he fell: where he bowed, 
there he fell down dead. 

28 The mother of Sis’e-ra look- 


ed out at a window, and cried | Mi 


through the lattice, Why js his 
chariot so long in coming? why 
tarry the wheels of his chariots? 

29 Her wise ladies answered 
her, yea, she returned answer 
to herself, 

30 Have they not sped? have 
they not divided the prey; to 
every man a damsel or two; to 
Sis’e-ra a prey of divers colours, 
a prey of divers colours of needle- 
work, of divers colours of needle- 
work on both sides, meet for the 
necks of them that take the spoil? 

31 So let all thine enemies 
perish, O LORD: but let them 
that love him be as_ the sun 
when he goeth forth in his might. 
And the land had rest forty years. 


Be CHAPTER 6 


1 Midian oppresses Israel. 11 Gideon 
and the angel. 36 Gideon’s signs. 
ND the children of Is’ra-el 
did evil in the sight of the 
LORD: and the LORD delivered 
them into the hand of Mid’i-an 
seven years. 

2 And the hand of Mid’i-an 
prevailed against Is’ra-el: an 
because of the Mid’i-an-ites the 
children of Is’ra-el made them 
the dens which are in the moun- 
tains, and caves, and strong 
holds. 

3 And so it was, when Is’ra-el 
had sown, that the Mid‘j-an-ites 
came up, and the Am/a-lék-ites, 
and the children of _ the east, 
even they came up against them; 

4 And they encamped against 
them, and destroyed the increase 
of the earth, till thou come unto 
Ga’za, and left no sustenance 
for Is’ra-el, neither sheep, nor 
Ox, nor ass, x . 

5 For they came up with their 
cattle and their tents, and they 


Came as grasshoppers for multi- 
tude; 


for both they and their 


JUDGES, 6 


camels were without number: 
and they entered into the land to 
destroy it. 

6 And Is’ra-el was greatly 
impoverished because of the 
d’‘i-an-ites; and the children 
of Is’ra-el cried unto the LORD. 

And it came to pass, when 
the children of Is’ra-el cried unto 
the LORD because of the Mid’1- 
an-ites, 

8 That the LORD sent a proph- 
et unto the children of Is’ra-el, 
which said unto them, Thus 
saith the LORD God of Is’ra-el, 
I brought you up from E’gypt, and 
brought you forth out of the 
house of bondage; 

9 And I delivered you out of the 
hand of the E-gyp’tians, and out 
of the hand of all that oppressed 
you, and drave them out from 
before you, and gave you their 
land; 

10 And I said unto you, I am 
the LORD your God; fear not 
the gods of the Am/6r-ites, in 
whose land ye dwell: but ye 
have not obeyed my voice. 

11 § And there came an angel 
of the LORD, and sat under an 
oak which was in Oph’rah, that 
pertained unto Jo’ash the A’bi— 
éz’rite: and his son Gid’e-on 
threshed wheat by the wine- 


d| press, to hide it from the Mid‘’1- 


an-ites. 

12 And the angel of the LORD 
appeared unto him, and said unto 
him, The LORD is with thee, thou 
mighty man of valour. 

13 And Gid’e-on said unto him, 
Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with 
us, why then is all this befallen 
us? and where be ali his mir- 
acles which our fathers told us 
of, saying, Did not the LORD 
bring us up from E’gypt? but 
now the LORD hath forsaken 
us, and delivered us into the 
hands of the Mid’i-an-ites. 

14 And the LORD looked upon 
him, and said, Go in this thy 
might, and thou shalt save is’ra-el 
from the hand of the Mid’i-an- 
ites: have not I sent thee? 


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15 And he said unto him, Oh 
my Lord, wherewith shall I save 
Is’ra-el? behold, my family is 
poor in Ma-nas’seh, and I am the 
least in my fathér’s house. 

16 And the LORD said unto 
him, Surely I will be with thee, 
and thou shalt smite the Mid’i- 
an-ites as one man. ; 

17 And he said unto him, If 
now I have found grace in thy 
sight, then shew me a sign that 
thou talkest with me. 

18 Depart not hence, I pray 
thee, until I come unto thee, and 
bring forth my present, and set 
it before thee. And he said, I 
will tarry until thou come again. 

19 4 And Gid’e-on went in, and 
made ready a kid, and unleaven- 
ed cakes of an ephah of flour: 
the flesh he put in a basket, and 
he put the broth in a pot, and 
brought if out unto him under 
the oak, and presented if. 

20 And the angel of God said 
unto him, Take the flesh and the 
unleavened cakes, and lay them 
upon this rock, and pour out the 
broth. And he did so. 

21 9 Then the angel of the 
LORD put forth the end of the 
staff that was in his hand, and 
touched the flesh and the unleav- 
ened cakes; and there rose up 
fire out of the rock, and con- 
sumed the flesh and the unleav- 
ened cakes. Then the angel of 
the LORD departed out of his 
sight. 3 

22 And when Gid’e-on per- 
ceived that he was an angel of 
the LORD, Gid’e-on said, Alas, O 
Lord GoD! for because I have 
seen an angel of the LORD face 
to face. 

23 And the LORD said unto 
him, Peace be unto thee: fear 
not: thou shalt not die. 

24 Then Gid’e-on built an altar 
there unto the LORD, and called 
it Jé-hd’vah-sha/lom: unto this 
day it is yet in Oph’rah of the 
A’bi-—éz’rites. 

25 § And it came to pass the 
same night, that the LORD said 


Gideon and the angel 


unto him, Take thy father’s 
young bullock, even the second 
ullock of seven years old, and 
throw down the altar of Ba/al 
that thy father hath, and cut 
down the grove that is by it: 

26 And build an altar unto the 
LORD thy God upon the top of 
this rock, in the ordered place, 
and take the second bullock, and 
offer a burnt sacrifice with the 
wood of the grove which thou 
shalt cut down. 

27 Then Gid’e-on took ten men 
of his servants, and did as the 
LORD had said unto him: and 
so it was, because he feared his 
father’s household, and the men 
of the city, that he could not do 
it by day, that he did it by night. 

28 § And when the men of the 
city arose early in the morning, 
behold, the altar of Ba’al was 
cast down, and the grove was cut 
down that was by it, and the 


second bullock was offered upon 


the altar that was built, 

29 And they said one to another, 
Who hath done this thing? And 
when they enquired and asked, 
they said, Gid’e-on the son of 
J6’ash hath done this thing, 

30 Then the men of the city said 
unto Jo’ash, Bring out thy son, 
that he may die: because he hath 
cast down the altar of Ba’al, and 
because he hath cut down the 
grove that was by it. 

31 And J6’ash said unto all that 
stood against him, Will ve plead 
for Ba’al? will ye save him? he 
that will plead for him, let him be 
put to death whilst it is yet morn- 
ing: if he be a god, let him piead 
for himself, because one hath 
cast down his altar. 

32 Therefore on that day he — 
called him Jé-rib’ba-al, say- 
ing, Let Ba’al plead against him, 
because he hath thrown down 
his altar. 

33 4 Then all the Mid’i-an-ites 
and the Am/a-lék-ites and the 
children of the east were gath- 
ered together, and went over, and 
pitched in the valley of Jéz’re-el, 


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Gideon’s three hundred 


34 But the Spirit of the LoRD 
came upon Gid’e-on, and he 
plew a trumpet; and A’/bi—é’zér 
was gathered after him. 
Ss And he sent messengers 
roughout all Ma-nas’seh; who 
also was gathered after him: and 
he sent messengers unto Ash’ér, 
and unto Zéb’u-lin, and unto 
Waph’ta-li; and they came up to 
meet them. _ 

36 § And Gid’e-on said unto 
God, If thou wilt save Is’ra-el by 
mine hand, as thou hast said, 
37 Behold, I will put a fleece 
of wool in the floor; and if the 
dew be on the fleece only, and it 
be dry upon all the earth beside, 
then shall I know that thou wilt 
save is’ra-el by mine hand, as 
thou hast said. 


38 And it was so: for he rose 
up early on the morrow, an 
thrust the fleece together, and 
wringed the dew out of the 
fleece, a bow! full of water. 

39 And Gid’e-on said unto God, 
Let not thine anger be hot 
against me, and I will speak but 
this once: let me prove, I pray 
thee, but this once with the 
fleece; letit now be dry only upon 
the fleece, and upon all the ground 
let there be dew. 

40 And God did so that night: 
for it was dry upon the fleece 
enly, and there was dew on ail 
the ground. 





218 CHAPTER 7 
1 Gideon’s three hundred. 16 The 
lamps and pitchers. 24 Midian 


defeated. ; 
HEN Jé-riib’ba-al, who is 
Gid’e-on, and all the people 
that were with him, rose up 
early, and pitched beside the well 
of Ha’rod: so that the host of 
the Mid’i-an-ites were on, the 
north side of them, by the hill of 
Mo’reh, in the valley. . 

2? And the LORD said unto 
Gid’e-on, The people that are 
with thee ave too many for me to 
give the Mid’i-an-ites into their 
hands, lest is’ra-el vaunt them- 


JUDGES, 7 


MOG GE rea yy i, ee SS Sera 
selves against me, saying, Mine 


own hand hath saved me. 
_3 Now therefore go to, proclaim 
in the ears of the people, saying, 
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, 
let him return and depart early 
from mount Gil’e-ad. And there 
returned of the people twenty and 
two thousand; and there re- 
mained ten thousand. 
4 And the LORD said unto 
Gid’e-on, The people are yet too 
many; bring them down unto the 
water, and I will try them for 
thee there: and it shall be, that 
of whom I say unto thee, This 
shall go with thee, the same shall 
go with thee; and of whomsoever 
I say unto thee, This shall not go 
with thee, the same shall not go. 
5 So he brought down the peo- 
ple unto the water: and the LORD 


d|said unto Gid’e-on, Every one 


that lappeth of the water with his 
tongue, as a dog lappeth, him 
shalt thou set by himself; like- 
wise every one that boweth down 
upon his knees to drink. 

6 And the number of them that 
lapped, putting their hand to 
their mouth, were three hundred 
men: but all the rest of the peo- 
ple bowed down upon their knees 
to drink water. : 

And the LORD said unto 
Gid’e-on, By the three hundred 
men that lapped will I save you, 
and deliver the Mid’i-an-ites inte 
thine hand: and let all the other 
people go every man unto his 
place. > 

8 So the people took victuals 
in their hand, and their trump- 
ets: and he sent all the rest of 
{s’ra-el every man unto his tent, 
and retained those three_hun- 
dred men: and the host of Mid’i- 
an was beneath him in the valley. 

9 ¢ And it came to pass the 
same night, that the LORD said 
unto him, Arise, get thee down 
unto the host; for I have de- 
livered it into thine hand. 

10 But if thou fear to go down, 
go thou with Phi’rah thy servant 
down to the host: 


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JUDGES, 8 


11 And thou shalt hear what 
they say; and afterward shall 
thine hands be strengthened to 
go down unto the host. Then 
went he down with Phi’rah his 
servant unto the outside of the 
armed men that were in the host. 

12 And the Mid’i-an-ites and 
the Am/a-lék-ites and all the 
children of the east lay along in 
the valley like grasshoppers for 
multitude; and their camels 
were without number, as the 
sand by the sea side for multi- 
tude. 

13 And when Gid’e-on was 
come, behold, there was a man 
that told a dream unto his fellow, 
and said, Behold, I dreamed a 
dream, and, lo, a cake of barley 
bread tumbled into the host of 
Mid’i-an, and came unto a tent, 
and smote it that it fell, and over- 
turned it, that the tent lay along. 

14 And his fellow answered 
and said, This is nothing else 
save the sword of Gid’e-on the 
son of J6’ash, a man of Is’ra-el: 
for into his hand hath God de- 
livered Mid’i-an, and all the host. 

15 4 And it was so, when Gid’e- 
on heard the telling of the dream, 
and the interpretation thereof, 
that he worshipped, and returned 
into the host of Is’ra-el, and said, 
Arise; for the LORD hath de- 
livered into your hand the host 
of Mid‘i-an. 

16 And he divided the three 
hundred men info three com- 
panies, and he put a trumpet in 
every man’s hand, with empty 
pitchers, and lamps within the 
pitchers. . 

17 And he said unto them, 
Look on me, and do likewise: 
and, behold, when I come to the 
outside of the camp, it shall be 
that, as I do, so shall ye do. 

i8 When I blow with a trumpet, 
I and all that are with me, then 
blow ye the trumpets also on 
every side of all the camp, and 
say, The swerd of the LORD, and 
of Gid’e-on. 

19 4 So Gid’e-on, and the hun- 


Midianites defeated 


| dred men that were with him, 


came unto the outside of the 
camp in the beginning of the 
middle watch; and they had 
but newly set the watch: and 
they blew the trumpets, and 
brake the pitchers that were in 
their hands. 

20 And the three companies 
blew the trumpets, and brake the 
pitchers, and held the lamps in 
their left hands, and the trump- 
ets in their right hands to blow 
withal: and they cried, The 
sword of the LORD, and of 
Gid’e-on. 

21 And they stood every man 
in his place round about the 
camp: and all the host ran, and 
cried, and fled. 

22 And the three hundred blew 
the trumpets, and the LORD set 
every man’s sword against his 
fellow, even throughout all the 
host: and the host fled to Béth— 
shit’tah in Zér’e-rath, and to the 
border of A’bel—mé-h6’lah, unto 
Tab’bath. ‘ 

23 And the men of {s’ra-el 
gathered themselves together out 
of Naph’ta-li, and out of Ash’ér, 
and out of all Ma-nas’seh, and 
pursued after the Mid’i-an-ites. 

24 4 And Gid’e-on sent mes- 
sengers throughout all mount 
E’phra-im, saying, Come down 
against the Mid’i-an-ites, and 
take before them the waters unto 
Béth—ba’rah and Jér’dan. Then 
all the men of E’phra-im gathered 
themselves together, and took 
the waters unto Béth—ba’rah and 
Jor’dan. i 

25 And they took two princes 
of the Mid’i-an-ites, O’reb and 
Zé’eb; and they slew O’reb upon 
the rock O’reb, and Zé’eb they 
slew at the winepress of Zé’eb, 
and pursued Mid’i-an, and 
brought the heads of O’reb and 
Zé’eb to Gid’e-on on the other 
side Jér’dan. 


CHAPTER 8 


219 

1 Gideon slays Midian’s kings. 29 

His children and death. 33 Idolatry 
of Israel. 


320 


=_— 


Gideon pursues Midian’s kings 


JUDGES, 8 


ND the men of E’phra-im|an hundred and twenty thou- 


said unto him, Why hast 
thou served us thus, that thou 
calledst us not, when thou went- 
est to fight with the Mid’i-an- 
ites? And they did chide with 
him sharply. 

2 And he said unto them, What 
have I done now in comparison 
of you? Js not the gleaning of 
the grapes of &’phra-im better 
than the vintage of A’bi—é’zér? 

3 God hath delivered into 
your hands the princes of Mid’i- 
an, O’reb and Zé’eb: and what 
was I able to do in comparison of 
you? Then their anger was 
abated toward him, when he had 
said that. _ 

4 4 And Gid’e-on came to Jér’- 
dan, and passed over, he, and the 
three hundred men that were 
with him, faint, yet pursuing 
them. 

5 And he said unto the men of 
Stic’coth, Give, I pray you, loaves 
of bread unto the people that fol- 
low me; for they be faint, and I 
am pursuing after Zé’bah and 
Zal-mitin’/na, kings of Mid’i-an. 

6 § And the princes of Sitc’coth 
said, Are the hands of Zé’bah 
and Zal-mun’na now in thine 
hand, that we should give bread 
unto thine army? j 

7 And Gid’e-on said, Therefore 
when the LORD hath delivered 
Zé’bah and Zal-miun/’na into mine 
hand, then I will tear your flesh 
with the thorns of the wilderness 
and with briers. 

8 ¥ And he went up thence to 
Pé-nii’el, and spake unto them 
likewise: and the men of Pé-nti’- 
el answered him as the men of 
Stc’coth had answered him. 

9 And he spake also unto the 
men of Pé-nt’el, saying, When I 
come again in peace, I will break 
down this tower. 

10 § Now Zé’bah and Zai- 
mun’na were in Kidr’kér, and 


their hosts with them, about fif- 


teen thousand men, all that were 
left of all the hosts of the chil- 
dren of the east: for there fell 

21 


321 


sand men that drew sword. 

11 4 And Gid’e-on went up by 
the way of them that dwelt in 
tents on the east of Nd’bah and 
Jog’be-hah, and smote the host: 
for the host was secure. 

12 And when Zé’bah and Zal- 
mun’/na fled, he pursued after 
them, and took the two kings of 
Mid’i-an, Zé’bah and Zal-mtin’- 
na, and discomfited all the host. 

13 4 And Gid’e-on the son of 
Jo’ash returned from battle be- 
fore the sun was wud, 

14 And caught a young man of 
the men of Siic’coth, and en- 
quired of him: and he described 
unto him the princes of Sic’coth, 
and the elders thereof, even 
threescore and seventeen men. 

15 And he came unto the men 
of Suc’coth, and said, Behold 
Zé’bah and Zal-mtin’na, with 
whom ye did upbraid me, saying, 
Are the hands of Zé’bah and Zal- 
mtn’na now in thine hand, that 
we should give bread unto thy 
men that are weary? 

16 And he took the elders of the 
city, and thorns of the wilderness 
and briers, and with them he 
taught the men of Stic’coth. 

17 And he beat down the tower 
of Pé-nt’el,and slew the men of 
the city. 

18 4 Then said he unto Zé’bah 
and Zal-min’na, What manner 
of men were they whom ye slew 
at Ta’bor? And they answered, 
As thou art, so were they: each 
one resembled the children of a 


ing. 

19 And he said, They were my 
brethren, even the sons of my 
mother: @s the LORD liveth, if ye 
had saved them alive, I would 
not slay you. 

20 And he said unto Jé’thér his 
firstborn, Up, and slay them. But 
the youth drew not his sword: 
for he feared, because he was yet 
a youth. \ 

21 Then Zé’bah and Zai-mtn’- 
na said, Rise thou, and fall upon 
us: for as the man is, so is his 


JUDGES, 9 


strength. And Gid’/e-on arose, 
and slew Zé’bah and Zal-min-’ 
na, and took away the orna- 
ments that were_on their camels’ 
necks. 

22 4 Then the men of is’ra-el 
said unto Gid’e-on, Rule thou 
over us, both thou, and thy son, 
and thy son’s son also: for thou 
hast delivered us from the hand 
of Mid’i-an. 

23 And Gid’e-on said urto 
them, I will not rule over you, 
neither shall my son rule over 
you: the LORD shall rule over you. 

24 § And Gid’e-on said unto 
them, I would desire a request of 
you, that ye would give me every 
man the earrings of his prey. 
(For they had golden, earrings, 
pectise they were Ish’ma-el- 

ites.) 

25 And they answered, We will 
willingly give them. And they 
spread a garment, and did cast 
therein every man the earrings 
of his prey. 


26 And the weight of the golden 


earrings that he requested was a 
thousand and seven hundred 
Shekels of gold; beside orna- 
ments, and collars, and purple 
raiment that was on the kings of 
Mid’i-an, and beside the chains 
that were about their camels’ 
necks. Y 

27 And Gid’e-on made an 
ephod thereof, and put it in his 
city, even in Oph’rah: and all 
Iis’ra-el went thither a whoring 
after it: which thing became a 
snare unto Gid’e-on, and to his 
house. 

28 4 Thus was Mid’i-an sub- 
dued before the children of is’- 
ra-el, so that they lifted up their 
heads no more. And the coun- 
try was in quietness forty years 
in the days of Gid’e-on. 

29 § And Jé-rub’ba-al the son 
of Jo’ash went and dwelt in his 
own house. 

30 And Gid’e-on had _ three- 
score and ten sons of his body 
begotten: for he had many 
wives. 


Death of Gideon 


31 And his concubine that was 
in Shé’chem, she also bare him a 
son, whose name he called 
A-bim’e-léch. 

32 {| And Gid’e-on the son of 
Jo’ash died in a good old age, 
and was buried in the sepulchre 
of J6’ash his father, in Oph’rah 
of the A’bi—éz’rites. 

33 And it came to pass, as 
soon as Gid’e-on was dead, that 
the children of Is’ra-el turned 
again, and went a whoring after 
Ba’al-im, and made Ba’al-bé’- 
rith their god. | ; 

34 And the children of Is’ra-el 
remembered not the LORD 
their God, who had delivered 
them out of the hands of all their 
enemies on every side: 

35 Neither shewed they kind- 
ness to the house of Jé-ritb’ba-al, 
namely, Gid’e-on, according to 
all the goodness which he had 
shewed unto Is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 09 220 
1 Abimelech_ made king. 7 Jotham’s 
fable. 22 Gaal’s conspiracy. 50 
‘Abimelech slain. 
ND A-bim’e-léch the son of 
Jé-riib’ba-al went to Shé’- 
chem unto his mother’s breth- 
ren, and communed with them, 
and with all the family of the 
house of his mother’s father, 
saying, : 

2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears 
of all the men of Shé’chem, 
Whether is better for you, either 
that all the sons of Jé-rub’ba-al, 
which are, threescore and ten 
persons, reign over you, or that — 
one reign over you? remember 
also that I am your bone and 
your flesh. 

3 And his mother’s brethren 
spake of him in the ears of all 
the men of Shé’chem all these 
words: and _ their hearts in- 
clined to follow _A-bim’e-léch; 
for they said, He is our brother. 

4 And they gave him _three- 
score and ten pieces of silver out 
of the house of Ba&’al—bé’rith, 
wherewith A-bim’e-léch hired 


322 


Abimelech made king 


vain and light persons which 
followed him. 

5 And he went unto his father’s 

house at Oph’rah, and slew 
his brethren the sons of Jé-rtb’- 
‘ba-al, being threescore and ten 
persons, upon one stone: not- 
withstanding yet Jdé’tham the 
youngest son of Jé-rtth’ba-al 
was left; for he hid himself. 

6 And ali the men of Shé’chem 
gathered together, and all the 
house of Mil’ls, and went, and 
made A-bim’e-léch king, by the 
plain of the pillar that was in 
Shé’chem. 

7 4 And when they told if to 
Jo’tham, he went and stood in 
the top of mount Gér’i-zim, and 
lifted up his voice, and cried, 
and said unto them, Hearken 
unto me, ye men of Shé’chem, 
that God may hearken unto you. 

8 The trees went forth on a 
time to anoint a king over them; 
and they said unto the olive 
tree, Reign thou over us. 

9 But the olive tree said unto 
them, Should I leave my fatness, 
wherewith by me they honour 
God and man, and go to be 
promoted over the trees? 

10 And the trees said to the fig 
tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 

11 But the fig tree said unto 
them, Should I forsake my 

sweetness, and my good fruit, 
and go to be promoted over the 
trees? ‘ 

12 Then said the trees unto the 
vine, Come thou, and reign over 


us. 

13 And the vine said unto them, 
Should I leave my wine, which 
Cheereth God and man, and go 
to be promoted over the trees? 

14 Then said ail the trees unto 
the bramble, Come thou, and 
reign over us. , 

15 And the bramble said unto 
the trees, If in truth ye anoint 
me king over you, then come 
and put your trust in my shad- 
ow: and if not, let fire come 
out of the bramble, and devour 
the cedars of Léb’a-non. 


JUDGES, 9 


16 Now therefore, if ye have 
done truly and sincerely, in that 
ye have made A-bim’e-léch king, 
and if ye have dealt well with 
Jé-rub’ba-al and his house, and 
have done unto him according 
to the deserving of his hands; 

17 (For my father fought for 
you, and adventured his life far, 
and delivered you out of the 
hand of Mid’i-an: 

18 And ye are risen up against 
my father’s house this day, and 
have slain his sons, threescore 
and ten persons, upon one stone, 
and have made A-bim’e-léch, 
the son of his maidservant, king 
over the men of Shé’chem, 
because he is your brother;) 

19 If ye then have dealt truly 
and sincerely with Jé-ritb’ba-al 
and with his house this day, 
then rejoice ye in A-bim’e-léch, 
and let him also rejoice in you: 

20 But if not, let fire come out 
from A-bim’e-léch, and devour 
the men of Shé’chem, and the 
house of Mil’l6; and let fire come 
out from the men of Shé’chem, 
and from the house of Mil’lé, 
and devour A-bim’e-léch. 

21 And Jo’tham ran away, and 
fled, and went to Bé’er, and 
dwelt there, for fear of A-bim’e- 
léch his brother. 

22 §] When A-bim’e-léch had 
reigned three years over is’ra-el, 

23 Then God sent an evil 
spirit between A-bim’e-léch and 
the men of Shé’chem; and the 
men of Shé’chem dealt treach~ 
erously with A-bim/e-léch: 

24 That the cruelty done to 
the threescore and ten sons of 
Jé-rub’ba-al might come, and 
their blood be laid upon A-bim’e- 
léch their brother, which slew 
them; and upon the men of 
Shé’chem, which aided him in 
the killing of his brethren. 

25 And the men of Shé’chem 
set liers in wait for him in the 
top of the mountains, and they 
robbed all that came along that 
way by them: and it was told 
A-bim/e-léch. 


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26 And Ga’al the son of E’bed 
came with his brethren, and went 
over to Shé’chem: and the men 
of Shé’chem put-their confidence 
in him. ‘ 

27 And they went out into the 
fields, and gathered their vine- 
yards, and trode the grapes, and 
made merry, and went into the 
house of their god, and_ did eat 
and drink, and cursed A-bim’e- 


éch. 

28 And G4a’al the son of E’bed 
said, o is A-bim’e-léch, and 
who is Shé’chem, that we should 
serve him? is not he the son of 
Jé-rib’ba-al? and Zé’bul_his 
officer? serve the men of Ha’- 
mor the father of Shé’chem: for 
why should we serve him? 

29 And would to God this 
people were under my hand! 
then would I remove A-bim’e- 
léch. And he said to A-bim’e- 
léch, Increase thine army, and 
come out. 

30 § And when Zé’bul the 
ruler of the city heard the words 
of Ga’al the son of E’bed, his 
anger was kindled. 

31 And he sent messengers 
unto _A-bim’e-léch_ privily, say- 
ing, Behold, Ga’al the son of 
E’bed and his brethren be come 
to Shé’chem; and, behold, they 
fortify the city against thee. 

32 Now therefore up by night, 
thou and the people that is with 
thee, and lie in wait in the field: 

33 And it shall be, that in the 
morning, as soon as the sun is 
up, thou shalt rise early, and set 
upon the city: and, behold, 
when he and the people that is 
with him come out against thee, 
then mayest thou do to them as 
thou shalt find occasion. 

34 4 And A-bim/e-léch rose up, 
and all the people that were 
with him, by night, and they laid 
wait against Shé’chem in four 
companies. i 

35 And Ga’al the son of &’bed 
went out, and stood in the enter- 
ing of the gate of the city: and 
A-bim’e-léch rose up, and the 


Gaal’s conspiracy 


people that were with him, 
from lying in wait. 

36 And when G4a’al saw the 
people, he said to Zé’bul, Behold, 
there come people down from 
the top of the mountains. And 
Zé’bul said unto him, Thou 
seest the shadow of the moun- 
tains as if they were men. 

37 And Ga’al spake again and 
said, See there come people down 
by the middle of the land, and 
another company come along by 
the plain of Mé-6n’e-nim. 

38 Then said Zé’bul unto him, 
Where is now thy mouth, where- 
with thou saidst, Who is A-bim/’e- 
léch, that we should serve him? 
is not this the people that thou 
hast despised? go ‘out, I pray 
now, and fight with them. 

39 And Ga’al went out before 
the men of Shé’chem, and fought 
with A-bim’e-léch. | 

40 And A’bim/e-léch chased 

him, and he fled before him, and 
many were overthrown and 
wounded, even unto the entering 
of the gate. 
_41 And A-bim/e-léch dwelt at 
A-ru’‘mah: and Zé’bul thrust 
out Ga’al and his brethren, that 
they should not dwell in Shé’- 
chem. 

42 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that the people went 
out into the field; and they told 
A-bim/e-léch. 

43 And he took the people, and 
divided them into three com- 
panies, and laid wait in the 
field, and looked, and, behold, 
the people were come forth out 
of the city; and he rose up 
against them, and smote them. 

44 And A-bim/’e-léch, and the 
company that was with him, 
rushed forward, and stood in the 
entering of the gate of the city: 
and the two other companies 
ran upon all the people that 
were in the fields, and slew them. 

45 And A-bim’e-léch fought 
against the city all that day; 
and he took the city, and slew 
the people that was therein, and 


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Abimelech slain 


beat down the city, and sowed 
it with salt. 

46 4 And when all the men of 
the tower of Shé’chem heard 
that, they entered into an hold 
of the house of the god Bé’rith. 

47 And it was told A-bim’e- 
léch, that all the men of the 
tower of Shé’chem were gathere 
together. 3 ¢ 
48 And A-bim’e-léch gat him 
up to mount Zal’mon, he and 
all the people that were with 
him; and A-bim’e-léch took an 
ax in his hand, and cut down a 
bough from the trees, and took 
it, and laid it on his shoulder, 
and said unto the people that 

were with him, What ye have 
seen me do, make haste, and 
do as I have done. 

49 And all the people likewise 
cut down every man his bough, 
and followed A-bim/’e-léch, and 
put them to the hold, and set the 
hold on fire upon them; so that 
all the men of the tower of 
Shé’chem died also, about a 
thousand men and women. | 

50 { Then went A-bim’e-léch 
to Thé’béz, and encamped 

against Thé’béz, and took it. 

51 But there was a strong 
tower within the city, and 
thither fled ail the men and 
women, and all they of the city, 
and shut if to them, and gat 
them up to the top of the tower. 

52 And A-bim’e-léch came un- 
to the tower, and fought against 
it, and went hard unto the door 
of the tower to burn it with 






fire. 
53 And a certain woman cast 
a piece of a millstone upon 
A-bim/’e-léch’s head, and ail to 
brake his skull. f 

54 Then he called hastily un- 
to the young man his armour- 
bearer, and 


he died. 
55 And when the men of Is’- 


JUDGES, 10 


ra-el saw that A-bim’e-léch was 
ead, they departed every man 
unto his place. 

56 4, Thus God rendered the 
wickedness. of A-bim’e-léch, 
which he did unto his father, in 
slaying his seventy brethren: 

And all the evil of the men 
of Shé’chem did God render 
upon their heads: and upon 
them came the curse of Jo’tham 
the son of Jé-rib’ba-al. 


CHAPTER 10 

1 Judges Tola and Jair. 

of fsrael. 

ND after A-bim’e-léch there 

arose to defend iIs’ra-el 

T6'la the son of Pi’ah, the son of 

Dé’dd, a man of Is’sa-char; 

and he dwelt in Sha’mir in 
mount E’phra-im. | 

2 And he judged fs’ra-el twen- 
ty and three years, and died, and 
was buried in Sha’mir. 

3_§ And after him arose Ja’ir, 
a Gil’e-ad-ite, and judged Is’ra- 
el twenty and two years. 

4 And he had thirty sons that 
rode on thirty ass colts, and 
they had thirty cities, which are 
called Ha’voth-ja’ir_ unto this 
day, which are in the land of 
Gil’e-ad. 

5 And Ja/ir died, and was 
buried in Ca’m6n. x 

6 And the children of is’- 
ra-el did evil again in the sight 
of the LORD, and served Ba’al- 
im, and Ash’ta-réth, and the 
gods of Syr’i-a, and the gods of 
Zi‘don, and the gods of Md’ab, 
and the gods of the children of 
Am’mon, and the gods of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and forsook the 
LORD, and served not him. 

7 And the anger of the LORD 
was hot against Is’ra-el, and he 
sold them into the hands of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and into the hands 
of the children of Am’m6n. 

8 And that year they. vexed 
and oppressed the children of 
Is’ra-el: eighteen years, all the 
children of Is’ra-el that were on 
the other side Jér’dan in the 


221 
7 The misery 


325 


JUDGES, 11 


land of the Am/6r-ites, which is 
in Gil’e-ad. : 

Q Moreover the children of 
Am’mon passed.over Jér’dan to 
fight also against Ju’dah, and 
against Bén’ja-min, and against 
the house of E’phra-im; so that 
Is’ra-el was sore distressed. 

10 § And the children of Is’- 
ra-el Nad unto the LORD, say- 
ing, We have sinned against 
thee, both because we have for- 
saken our God, and also served 
Ba’al-im. 

i1 And the LORD said unto 
the children of Is’ra-el, Did not 
I deliver you from the E-syp’- 
tians, and from the Am/6r-ites, 
from the children of Am/’/mon, 
and from the Phi-lis’tines? 

12 The Zi-dd’ni-ans also, and 
the Am/a-lék-ites, and the Ma’- 
on-ites, did oppress you; and 
ve cried to me, and I delivered 
you out of their hand. 

13 Yet ye have forsaken me, 
and served other gods: where- 
fore I will deliver you no more. 

14 Go and cry unto the gods 
which ye have chosen; let them 
deliver you in the time of your 
tribulation. 

15 § And the children of {fs’- 
ra-e! said unto the LORD, We 
have sinned: do thou unto us 
whatsoever seemeth good unto 
thee; deliver us only, we pray 
thee, this day. 

And they put away the 
strange gods from among them, 
and served the LORD: and his 
soul was grieved for the misery 
of is’ra-el. 

17 Then the children of Am/’- 
mon were gathered together, 
and encamped in Gil’e-ad. And 
the children of Is’ra-el as- 
sembled themselves together, 
and encamped in Miz’peh. 

18 And the people and princes 
of Gil’e-ad said one to another, 
What man is he that will begin 
to fight against the children of 
Am’mon? he shall be head 
over all the inhabitants of 
Gil’e- ad. 


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Jephthah made captain 


CHAPTER 11 222 
1 Jephthah captains Gilead. 12 His 
message to Ammon. 29 His vow. 


82 He conquers Ammon. 


OW Jéph’thah the Gil’e-Ad- 

ite was a mighty man of 
valour, and he was the son of 
an harlot: and Gil’e-ad begat 
Jéph’thah. 

2 And Gil’e-ad’s wife bare him 
sons; and his wife’s sons grew 
up, and thrust out Jéph’thah, 
and said unto him, Thou shalt 
not inherit in our father’s house; 
for sey art the son of a strange 
woma 

3 Then Jéph’thah fled from 
his brethren, and dwelt in the 
land of Tob: and there were 
gathered vain men to Jéph’thah, 
and went out with him. 

4 4 And it came to pass in 
process of time, that the children 
of Am’m6n made war against 
is’ra-el. 

5 And it was so, that when the 
children of Am’m6én made war 
against Is’ra-el, the elders of: 
Gil’e-ad went to fetch Jéph’thah | 
out of the land of Tob: 

6 And they said unto Jéph’-. 
thah, Come, and be our captain, 
that we may fight with the chii- 
dren of Am’mon. 

7 And Jéph’thah said unto the. 
elders of Gil’e-ad. Did not ye 
hate me, and expel me out of my: 
father’s house? and why are ye: 
come unto me now when ye are’ 
in distress? 

8 And the elders of _Gil’e-ad 
said unto Jéph’thah, Therefore’ 
we turn again to thee now that: 
thou mayest go with us, and 
fight against the children of 
Am’/mon, and be our head over 
all the inhabitants of Gil’e-ad. 










home again to fight against the 
children of 


shall I be your head? 

10 And the elders of Gil’e-ad 
said unto Jéph’thah, The LORD 
be witness between us, if we 


Jephthah sends a message to Ammon 


do me so according to thy 
wor 


11 Then Jéph’thah went with | L 


the elders of Gil’e-ad, and the 
people made him head and 
captain over them: and Jéph’- 
thah uttered all his words before 
the LORD in Miz’peh. 

12 § And Jéph’thah sent mes- 
sengers unto the king of the 
children of Am/’mon, saying, 
What hast thou to do with me, 
that thou art come against me 
to fight in my land? 

13 And the king of the children 
of Am’mon answered unto the 
messengers of Jéph’thah, Be- 
cause Is’ra-el took away my 
land, when they came up out of 
B/sypt, from Ar’ndn even unto 
Jab’bok, and unto Jér’dan: now 
therefore restore those lands 
again peaceably. 

.14 And Jéph’thah sent mes- 
sengers again unto the king of 
the children of Am’m6n: 

-15 And said unto him, Thus 
‘saith Jéph’thah, Is’ra-el took 
not away the land of Md6/ab, 
por the land of the children of 





‘mon: 
16 But when is’ra-el came up 
from ’sypt, and walked 


through the wilderness unto the 
Red sea, and came to Ka’desh; 
'17 Then {fIs’ra-el sent mes- 
sengers unto the king of k’dom, 
saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass 
through thy land: but the king 
of E’dom would not hearken 
thereto. And in like manner 
they sent unto the king of M6é’ab: 
but he would not consent: and 

Iis’ra-el abode in Ka’desh. 

18 Then they went along 
through the wilderness, and 
compassed the land of E’dom, 
and the land of M0d’ab, and 
came by the east side of the 
land of Mo’ab, and pitched on 
the other side of Ar’nén, but 
came not within the border of |m 


Mo’ab: for Ar’nén was the 
border of M6’ab. 
19 And {s’ra-el sent mes- 


‘Sengers unto Si/hon king of the 


JUDGES, 11 


Am/Or-ites, the king of Hésh’- 
bon; and Is’ra-el said unto him, 
et us pass, we pray thee, 
through thy land into my place. 

20 But Si’hon trusted not is’- 
ra-el to pass through his coast: 
but Si’/ho6n gathered all his 
people together, and pitched in 
eee and fought against Is’- 
ra-e 

21 And the LORD God of {s’- 
ra-el delivered Si’hon and all 
his people into the hand of 
Is’ra-el, and they smote them: 
so Is’ra-el possessed all the land 
of the Am/6r-ites, the inhabitants 
of that country. 

22 And they possessed all the 
coasts of the Am/6r-ites, from 
Ar’ndn even unto Jab’bok, and 
from the wilderness even unto 
Joér’dan. 

_23 So now the LORD God of 
Is‘ra-el hath dispossessed the 
Am/6r-ites from before his people 
Is’ra-el, and shouldest thou 
possess it? 

24 Wilt not thou possess that 
which Ché’mosh thy god giveth 
thee to possess? So whomso- 
ever the LORD our God shall 
drive out from before us, them 
will we possess. 

25 And now art thou any thing 
better than Ba’lak the son of 
Zip’por, king of, M6’ab? did he 
ever strive against Is’ra-el, or 
did he ever fight against them, 

26 While is’ra-el dwelt in 
Hésh’bon and her towns, and in 
Ar’6-ér and her towns, and in 
all the cities that be along by 
the coasis of Ar’non, three hun- 
dred years? why therefore did ye 
notrecover them within that time? 

27 Wherefore I have not sinned 
against thee, but thou doest me 
wrong to war against me: the 
LORD the Judge be judge this 
day between the children of 
pease and the children of Am’- 


m8 Howheit. the king of the 
children of Am’mén hearkened 
not unto the words of Jéph’thah 
which he sent him. 


327 


JUDGES, 12 


"29 ¢ Then the Spirit of the 
LORD came upon Jéph’thah, 
and he passed over Gil’e-ad, and 
Ma-nas’seh, and passed over 
Miz’peh of Gil’e-ad, and from 
Miz’peh of Gil’e-ad he passed 
over unto the children of Am’mon. 

30 And Jéph’thah vowed a 
vow unto the LORD, and said, 
Tf thou shalt without fail deliver 
the children of Am’mon_ into 
mine hands, 

31 Then it shall be, that what- 
soever cometh forth of the doors 
of my house to meet me, when I 
return in peace from the children 
of Am’mon, shall surely be the 
Lorp’s, and I will offer it up 
for a burnt offering. 

32 § So Jéph’thah passed_over 
unto the children of Am’mo6on to 
fight against them; and the 
LORD delivered them into his 
hands. 

33 And he smote them from 
Ar’6-ér, even till thou come to 
Min’/nith, even twenty cities, 
and unto the plain of the vine- 
yards, with a very great slaugh- 
ter. Thus the children of Am/’- 
mon were subdued before the 
children of is’ra-el. 

34 § And Jéph’thah came to 
Miz’peh unto his house, and, 
behold, his daughter came out 
to meet him with timbrels and 
with dances: and she was his 
only child; beside her he had 
neither son nor daughter. 

35. And it came to pass, when 
he saw her, that he rent his 
clothes, and said, Alas, my 
daughter! thou hast brought me 
very low, and thou art one of 
them that trouble me: for I 
have opened my mouth unto the 
LORD, and I cannot go back. 

36 And she said unto him, My 
father, if thou hast opened thy 
mouth unto the LORD, do to 
me according to that which hath 
proceeded out of thy mouth; 
forasmuch as the LORD hath 
taken vengeance for thee of thine 
enemies, even of the children of 
Am’/mon. 


Jephthah’s rash vow 


37 And she said unto her fa- 
ther, Let this thing be done for 
me: let me alone two months, 
that I may go up and down 
upon the mountains, and bewail 
my virginity, I and my fellows. 

38 And he said, Go. And he 
sent her away for two months 
and she went with her com- 
panions, and bewailed her vir- 
ginity upon the mountains. 

d it came to pass at the 
end of two months, that she 
returned unto her father, who 
did with her according to his 
vow which he had vowed: and 
she knew no man. And it was 
a custom in Is’ra-el, : 

40 That the daughters of Is’- 
ra-el went yearly to lament 
the daughter of Jéph’thah the 
Gil’e-ad-ite four days in a year, 


CHAPTER 12 223 


1 The quarrel with Ephraim. 7 Jeph- 


thah dies. 8 Subsequent judges. 


ND the men of £’phra-im 
gathered themselves to- 
gether, and went northward, 
and said unto Jéph’thah, Where- 
fore passedst thou over to fight 
against the children of Am’mo6n,; 
and didst not call us to go with 
thee? we will burn thine house 
upon thee with fire. 

2 And Jéph’thah said unto 
them, I and my people were at 
great strife with the children of 
Am’mon; and when I called 
you, ye delivered me not out of 
their hands. 

And when I saw that ve 
delivered me not, I put my life 
in my hands, and passed over 
against the children of Am’mon, 
and the LORD delivered them 
into my hand: wherefore then 
are ye come up unto me this 
day, to fight against me? 

4 Then Jéph’thah gathered to- 
gether all the men of Gil’e-ad, 
and fought with E’phra-im: and 
the men of Gil’e-ad smote 
E’phra-im, because they said, Ye 
Gil’e-ad-ites are fugitives | of 
E’phra-im among the E’phra-im- 


328 


An angel visits Manoah 


‘sites. 
| 5 And the Gil’e-ad-ites took 
the passages of Jér’dan before 
the E’phra-im-ites: and it was 
so, that when those E’phra-im- 
ites which were escaped said, 
‘Let me go over; that the men of 
'Gil’e-ad said unto him, Art thou 
anE’phra-im-ite? If he said, Nay; 

6 Then said they unto him, Say 
now Shib’bo-léth: and he said 
Sib’bo-léth: for he couid not 
‘frame to pronounce if right. 
Then they took him, and slew 
him at the passages of Jér’dan: 
and there fell at that time of the 
E’phra-im-ites forty and two 
thousand. f 
7 And Jéph’thah judged {Is’- 
‘ra-el six years. Then died Jéph’- 

the Gil’e-ad-ite, and was 

buried in one of the cities of 
Gil’e-ad. ; 

8 § And after him [b’zan of 
Béth’-lé-hém judged Is’ra-el. 

0 And he had thirty sons, and 





thirty daughters, whom he sent | tin 


abroad, and took in_ thirty 
daughters from abroad for his 
sons. And he judged Is’ra-el 
Seven years. | 

10 Then died ib’zan, and was 
buried at Béth’-lé-hém. 

11 q¢ And after him E/lon, a 
Zéb’u-lon-ite, judged Is’ra-el; 
and he judged Is’ra-el ten years. 

12 And £’/lon the Zéb’u-lon-ite 
died, and was buried in Aij’a-lon 
in the country of Zéb’u-lin. 

13 § And after him Ab’don the 

son of Hillel, a Pir’a-thon-ite, 
judged is’ra-el. 
14 And he had forty sons and 
thirty nephews, that rode on 
threescore and ten ass colts: and 
he judged _is’ra-el eight years. 

15 And Ab’d6én the son of Hil’- 
lel the Pir’a-thon-ite died, and 
was buried in Pir’a-thon in the 
land of E’phra-im, in the mount 
of the Am’a-lék-ites. 


224 CHAPTER 13 


1 An angel and Manoah. 15 His 
offering, 24 Birth of Samson. 


‘Ites, and among the Ma-nas’- jae 
i 


JUDGES, 13 


the children of Is’ra-el 
d evil again in the sight 
of the LORD; and the LORD 
delivered them into the hand of 
the Phi-lis’tines forty years. 

2 4 And there was a certain 
man of Z6’rah, of the family of 
the Dan/ites, whose name was 
Ma-no’ah; and his wife was 
barren, and bare not. 

3 And the angel of the LoRD 
appeared unto the woman, and 
said unto her, Behold now, thou 
art barren, and bearest not: but 
thou shalt conceive, and bear a 


son. 

4 Now therefore beware, I pray 
thee, and drink not wine nor 
strong drink, and eat not any 
unclean thing: 

5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, 
and bear a son; and no razor 
shall come on his head: for the 
child shall be a Naz’a-rite unto 
God from the womb: and he 
shall begin to deliver fs’ra-el 
out of the hand of the Phi-lis’- 


es. 

6 4 Then the woman came and 
told her husband, saying, A 
man of God came unto me, and 
his countenance was like the 
countenance of an angel of God, 
very terrible: but I asked him 
not whence he was, neither told 
he me his name: 

7 But he said unto me, Behold, 
thou shalt conceive, and bear a 
son; and now drink no wine 
nor strong drink, neither eat any 
unclean thing: for the child 
shall be a Naz’a-rite to God 
from the womb to the day of his 
death. i ; 

8 § Then Ma-n6’ah intreated 
the LORD, and said, O my Lord, 
let the man of God which thou 
didst send come again unto us. 
and teach us what we shall do 
unto the child that shall be born. 

9 And God hearkened to the 
voice of Ma-nd’ah; and the 
angel of God came again unto 
the woman as she sat in the 
field: but Ma-né’ah her hus- 
band was not with her. 


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10 And the woman made haste, 
and ran, and shewed her hus- 
band, and said unto him, Be- 
hold, the man hath appeared 
unto me, that came unto me the 
other day. 

11 And Méa-no’ah arose, and 
went after his wife, and came to 
the man, and said unto him, Art 
thou the man that spakest_unto 
the woman? And he said, I am. 

12 And Ma-n6d’ah said, Now 
let thy words come to pass. 
How shall we order the child, 
and how shall we do unto him? 

13 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto Ma-no’ah, Of all that 
I said unto the woman let her 
beware. 

14 She may not eat of any 
thing that cometh of the vine, 
neither let her drink wine or 
strong drink, nor eat any un- 
clean thing: all that I com- 
manded her let her observe. 

15 4 And Maéa-no’ah said unto 
the angel of the LORD, I pray 
thee, let us detain thee, until we 
shall have made ready a kid 
for thee. 

16 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto Ma-n0o’ah, Though 
. thou detain me, I will not eat of 
thy bread: and if thou wilt offer 
a burnt offering, thou must offer 
it unto the LORD. For Ma-n0d’ah 
knew not that he was an angel 
ot the LORD. 

17 And Ma-no’ah said_ unto 
the angel of the LORD, What is 
thy name, that when thy sayings 
come to pass we may do thee 
honour? 

18 And the angel of the LorD 
said unto him, y askest 
thou thus after my name, seeing 
it is secret? 

19 So Ma-nod’/ah took a kid 
with a meat offering, and 
offered it upon a rock unto the 
LORD: and the angel did 
wonderously; and M4a-no’ah and 
his wife looked on. 

20 For it came to pass, when 
the flame went up toward 
heaven from off the altar, that 


Birth of Samson 


the angel of the LORD ascended 
in the flame of the altar. And 
Ma-no/ah and his wife looked 
on if, and fell on their faces to 
the ground. 

21 But the angel of the LORD 
did no more appear to Ma-ndo’ah 
and to his wife. Then Ma- 
no’ah knew that he was an angel 
of the LORD. 

22 And Ma-nd’ah said unto 
his wife, We shall surely die, 
because we have seen God. 

23 But his wife said unto him, . 
If the LORD were pleased to kill 
us, he would not have received 
a burnt offering and a meat offer- 
ing at our hands, neither would 
he have shewed us all these 
things, nor would as at this time 
have told us such things as these. 

24 § And the woman bare a 
son, and called his name Sam’- 
son: and the child grew, and 
the LORD blessed him. 

25 And the Spirit of the LorRD 
began to move him at times in 


the camp of Dan _ between 
Z0’rah and Esh’ta-dl. 
CHAPTER 14 225 


1 Samson’s strength. 10 His feast and 
riddle. 19 Philistines slain. 

ND Sam’ son went down to 

Tim/nath, and saw a 
woman in Tim/nath of the 
ted Nake of the Phi-lis’tines. 

2 And he came up, and told his 
father and his mother, and said, 
I have seen a woman in Tim’- 
nath of the daughters of the 
Phi-lis’tines: now therefore get 
her for me to wife. 

3 Then his father and his 
mother said unto him, Js there 
never a woman among the 
daughters of thy brethren, or 
among all my people, that thou 
goest to take a wife of the un- 
circumcised Phi-lis’tines? And 
Sam/’son said unto his father, 
Get her for me; for she pleaseth 
me well, 

4 But his father and his 
mother knew not that it was of 
the LORD, that he sought an 


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Samson’s feast and riddle 


occasion against the Phi-lis’- 
tines: for at that time the 
Phi-lis’tines had dominion over 
Iis’ra-el. f 

5 § Then went Sam’son down, 
and his father and his mother, to 
_Tim/nath, and came to the vine- 
_yards of Tim/nath: and, behold, 
-ayoung lion roared against him. 
_ 6 And the Spirit of the LORD 
came mightily upon him, and 
he rent him as he would have 
rent a kid, and he had_ nothing 
in his hand: but he told not his 
father or his mother what he 
had done. 

7 And ke went down, 
talked with the woman; 
she pleased Sam/son well. 

8 4 And after a time he re- 
turned to take her, and he 
turned aside to see the carcase 
of the lion: and, behold, there 
was a swarm of bees and honey 
in the carcase of the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his 
hands, and went on eating, and 
came to his father and mother, 
and he gave them, and they did 
eat: but he told not them that 
he had taken the honey out of 
the carcase of the lion. 

10 4’So his father went down 
unto the woman: and Sam/son 
made there a feast; for so used 
the young men to do. : 

11. And it came to pass, when 
they saw him, that they brought 
thirty companions to be with 


im. 

12 ¢ And Sam/’son said unto 
them, I will now put forth a 
tiddie unto you: if ye can cer- 
tainly declare it me within the 
seven days of the feast, and find 
it out, then I will give you thirty 
sheets and thirty change of 
garments: ‘ 

13 But if ye cannot declare it 
me, then shall ye give me thirty 
Sheets and thirty change of 
garments. And-they said unto 
him, Put forth thy riddle, that 
We may hear it. | 

14 And he said unto them, 
Out of the eater came forth meat, 


and 
and 


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and out of the strong came forth 
sweetness. And they could not 
in three days expound the riddle. 

15 And it came to pass on the 
seventh day, that they said unto 
Sam’son’s wife, Entice thy 
husband, that he may declare 
unto us the riddle, lest we burn 
thee and thy father’s house with 
fire: have ye called us to take 
that we have? is it not so? 

16 And Sam’son’s wife wept 
before him, and said, Thou 
dost but hate me, and lovest me 
not: thou hast put forth a riddle 
unto the children of my people, 
and hast not told if me. And 
he said unto her, Behold, I 
have not told if my father nor 
my mother, and shall I tell it 
thee? 
17 And she wept before him 
the seven days, while their feast 
lasted: and it came to pass on 
the seventh day, that he told 
her, because she lay sore upon 
him: and she told the riddle to 
the children of her people. 

18 And the men of the city said 
unto him on the seventh day 
before the sun went down, What 
is sweeter than honey? and 
what is stronger than a lion? 
And he said unto them, If ye had 
not plowed with my heifer, ye 
had not found cut my riddle. 

19 7 And the Spirit of the 
LORD came upon him, and he 
went down to Ash’ke-lon, and 
slew thirty men of them, and 
took their spoil, and gave change 
of garments unto them which 
expounded the riddle. And his 
anger was kindled, and he went 
up to his father’s house. 

20 But S&m’son’s wife was 
given to his companion, whom 
he had used as his friend. 


CHAPTER 15 
1 Samson's wife is denied him. 
Burning of the corn. 7 Other feais 
of Samson. 
Bu it came to pass within a 
while after, in the time of 
that Sam/’son 


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3 


wheat harvest, 


JUDGES, 15 


visited his wife with a kid; and 
he said, I will go in to my wife 
into the chamber. But her 
father would not suffer him to 
go in. - 

2 And her father said, I verily 
thought that thou hadst utterly 
hated her; therefore I gave her 
to thy companion: is not her 
younger sister fairer than she? 
take her, Ipray thee, instead of her. 

3 9 And Sam/’son said con- 
cerning them, Now shall I be 
more blameless than the Phi-lis’- 
tines, though I do them a dis- 
pleasure. 

4 And Sdam/’son went and 
caught three hundred foxes, 
and took firebrands, and turned 
tail to tail, and put a firebrand in 
the midst between two tails. 

5 And when he had set the 
brands on fire, he let them go 
into the standing corn of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and burnt up both 
the shocks, and also the stand- 
ing corn, with the. vineyards 
and olives. . ; 

6 4 Then the Phi-lis’tines said, 
Who hath done this? And they 
answered, Sam/’son, the son in 
law of the Tim/nite, because he 
had taken his wife, and given 
her to his companion. And the 
Phi-lis’tines came up, and burnt 
her and her father with fire. 

§ And Sam/son said unto 
_ them, Though ye have done 
this, yet will I be avenged of you, 
and after that I will cease. 

8 And he smote them hip and 
thigh with a great slaughter: 
and he went down and dwelt in 
the top of the rock E’tam. 

9 ¥ Then the Phi-lis’tines went 
up, and pitched in Ji’dah, and 
spread themselves in Lé’hi. 

10 And the men of Ji’dah 
said, Why are ye come up 
against us? And they answered, 
To bind Sam/’son are we come 
nee to do to him as he hath done 
O us. 

11 Then three thousand men 
of Ji’dah went to the top of the 
rock E’tam, and said to Sam/’son, 


Samson slays a thousand Philistines 


Knowest thou not that the 
Phi-lis’tines are rulers over us? 
what is this chat thou hast done 
unto us? And he said unto them, 
As they did unto me, so have J 
done unto them. | ‘ 

12 And they said unto him. 
We are come down to bind thee, 
that we may deliver thee into 
the hand of the Phi-lis’tines. 
And Sam’son said unto them, 
Swear unto me, that ye will not 
fall upon me yourselves. ; 

13 And they spake unto him, 
saying, No; but we will bind 
thee fast, and deliver thee into 
their hand: but surely we will 
not kill thee. And they bound 
him with two new cords, and 
brought him up from the rock. 

14 ¥ And when he came unto 
Lé’hi, the Phi-lis’tines shouted 
against him: and the Spirit of 
the LORD came mightily upon 
him, and the cords that were 
upon his arms became as flax 
that was burnt with fire, and his 
bands loosed from off his hands. 

15 And he found a new jaw- 
bone of an ass, and put forth his 
hand, and took it, and slew a 
thousand men therewith. 

16 And Sam’son said, With 
the jawbone of an ass, heaps 
upon heaps, with the jaw of an 
ass have I slain a thousand men. 

17 And it came to pass, when 
he had made an end of speaking, 
that he cast away the jawbone 
out of his hand, and called that 
place Ra’/math-lé’hi. 

18 ¢ And he was sore athirst, 
and called on the LORD, and 
said, Thou hast given this great 
deliverance into the hand of thy 
servant: and now shall I die 
for thirst, and fall into the han 
of the uncircumcised? 

19 But God clave an hollow 
place that was in the jaw, and 
there came water thereout; and 
when he had drunk, his spirit 
came again, and he revived: 
wherefore he called the name 
thereof En—-hak’ké-ré, which is 
in Lé’hi unto this day. 


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JUDGES, 16 


TA Atal Fee cad od ent 
20 And he judged Is’ra-el in| 9 Now there were men lying 


the days of the 
twenty years. 


227 CHAPTER 16 
i Samson's escape from Gaza. 4 
Delilah’s importunity. 26 Sam- 


| son’s tragic death. 


HEN went Sam’son to Ga’- 
za, and saw there an harlot, 
and went in unto her. 

2 And it was told the Ga’zites, 
Saying, Sam’son is come hither. 
And they compassed him in, 

and laid wait for him all night 
in the gate of the city, and were 
quiet all the night, saying, In 
the morning, when it is day, we 
shall kill him. 

3 And Sam/’son lay till mid- 
night, and arose at midnight, 
and took the doors of the gate 
of the city, and the two posts, 
and went away with them, bar 
and all, and put them upon his 
shoulders, and carried them up 
to the top of an hill that is before 
Hé’bron. 
| 4 9 And it came to pass after- 
ward, that he loved a woman in 
the valley of Sd’rek, whose name 
was Dé-li’lah. 

5 And the lords of the Phi-lis’- 
tines came up unto her, and said 
unto her, Entice him, and_ see 
wherein his great strength lieth, 
and by what means we may 
\prevail against him, that we may 
yids hinutoiafilict tm head ane 
will give thee every one of us 
eleven hundred pieces of silver. 

6 § And Dé-li/lah said to Sim/’- 
son, Tell me, I pray thee, where- 
in thy great strength lieth, and 
wherewith thou mightest be 
bound to afflict thee. 

And Sam/son said unto her, 
If they bind me with seven green 
withs that were never dried, 
then shall I be weak, and be as 
another man. 

8 Then the lords of the Phi-lis’- 
‘tines brought up to her seven 
green withs which had not been 


Fried, and she bound him with |h 


em. 


Phi-lis’tines | in wait, abiding with her in the 


chamber. And she said unto 
him, The Phi-lis’tines be upon 
thee, Sam’son. And he brake 
the withs, as a thread of tow is 
broken when it toucheth the 
fire. So his strength was not 
known. 

10 And Dé-lilah said unto 
Sam/son, Behold, thou hast 
mocked me, and told me lies: 
now tell me, I pray thee, where- 
with thou mightest be bound. 

11 And he said unto her, If they 
bind me fast with new ropes 
that never were occupied, then 
shall I be weak, and be as an- 
other man. 

12 Dé-ii/lah therefore took new 
ropes, and bound him therewith, 
and said unto him, The Phi-lis’- 
tines be upon thee, Sdm/son. 
And there were liers in wait 
abiding in the chamber. And he 
brake them from off his arms 
like a thread. 

13 And Dé-li/lah said unto 
Sam/’son, Hitherto thou hast 
mocked me, and told me lies: 
tell me wherewith thou mightest 
be bound. And he said unto her, 
If thou weavest the seven locks 
of my head with the web. 

14 And she fastened if with 
the pin, and said unto him, The 
Phi-lis’tines be upon thee, SAm/’- 
son. And he awaked out of his 
sleep, and went away with the 
pin of the beam, and with the 


web. 

15 4 And she said unto him, 
How canst thou say, I love thee, 
when thine heart is not with me? 
thou hast mocked me _ these 
three times, and hast not told 
me wherein thy great strength 
lieth. 

16 And it came to pass, when 
she pressed him daily with her 
words, and urged him, so that 
his soul was vexed unto death; 

17 That he told her all his 
heart, and said unto her, There 
ath not come a razor upon 
mine head; for I have been a 


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Naz’a-rite unto God from my 
mother’s womb: if I be shaven, 
then my strength will go from 
me, and I shall become weak, 
and be like any other man. 

18 And when De-li/lah saw 
that he had told her all his heart, 
she sent and called for the lords 


Samson’s tragic death 


prison house; and he made 
them sport: and they set him 
between the pillars. _ 

26 And Sam/’son said unto the 
lad that held him by the hand, 
Suffer me that I may feel the 
pillars whereupon the house 
standeth, that I may lean upon 


of the Phi-lis’tines, saying, Come | them 


up this once, for he hath shewed 
me all his heart. Then the lords 
of the Phi-lis’tines came up unto 
her, and brought money in their 
hand. 

19 And she made him sleep 
~ upon her knees; and she called 
for a man, and she caused him to 
shave off the seven locks of his 
head; and she began to afflict 
him, and his strengih went 
from him 

20 Ana she said, The Phi-lis’- 
tines be upon thee, Sam/’son. 
And he awoke out of his sleep, 
and said, I will go out as at 
other times before, and shake 
myself. And he wist not that 
nes LORD was departed from 


"21 ci But the Phi-lis’tines took 
him, and put out his eyes, and 
brought him down to Ga’za, and 
bound him with fetters of brass; 
and he did grind in the prison 
house. 

.22 Howbeit the hair of his head 
began to grow again after he was 
shaven. 

23 Then the lords of the Phi- 
lis’tines gathered them together 
for to offer a great sacrifice unto 
Da’gon their god, and_to re- 
joice: for they said, Our god 
hath delivered Sam/’son our 
enemy into our hand. 

24 And when the people saw 
him, they praised their god: for 
they said, Our god hath de- 
livered into our hands our 
enemy, and the destroyer of our 
country, which siew many of us. 

25 And it came to pass, when 
their hearts were merry, that 
they said, Cali for Sam/son, that 
he may make us sport. And they 
called for Saim’son out of the 


27 Now the house was full of 
men and women; and all the 
lords of the Phi-lis’tines were 
there; and there were upon the 
roof about three thousand men. 
and women, that beheld while 
Sam/son made sport. 

28 And Sam/’son called unto 
the LORD, and said, O Lord 
GOD, remember me, I pray 
thee, and strengthen me, I pray 
thee, only this once, O God, that 
I may be at once avenged of the 
Phi-lis’tines for my two eyes. 

29 And Sam/’son took hold of 
the two middle pillars upon 
which the house stood, and on 
which it was borne up, of the 
one with his right hand, and of 
the other with his left. 


30 And Sam/’son said, Let me 
die with the Phi- lis’tines. pita 
he bowed himself with all his 


might; and the house fell upon 
the lords, and upon all the people 
that were therein. So the dead 
which he slew at his death 
were more than they which he 
slew in his life. 

31 Then his brethren and all 
the house of his father came 
down, and took him, and brought 
him up, and buried him_ be- 
tween Z6’/rah and Esh’ta-6l in 
the buryingplace of, Ma-nd’ah 
his father. And he judged Is’- 
ra-el twenty years. 


CHAPTER 17 228 
1 Micah’s images. 7 His hired priest. 


ND there was a man of 
mount E’phra-im, whose 
name was Mi’cah. 
2 And he said unto his mother, 
The eleven hundred shekels of 
silver that were taken from thee, 


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- Micah’s images and priest 


about which thou cursedst, and 
spakest of also in mine ears, be- 
hold, the silver is with me; I 
took it. And his mother said, 
Blessed be thou of the LORD, 
my son. 

3 And when he had restored 
the eleven hundred shekels of 
silver to his mother, his mother 
said, I had wholly dedicated the 
silver unto the LORD from my 
hand for my son, to make a 
graven image and a_ molten 
image: now therefore I will re- 
store it unto thee. 

4 Yet he restored the money 
unto his mother; and his mother 
took two hundred shekels of 
silver, and gave them to the 
founder, who made thereof a 
graven image and a molten 
image: and they were in the 
house of Mi’cah. 

And the man Mi’cah had an 
house of gods, and made an 
ephod, and teraphim, and con- 
secrated one of his sons, who 
became his priest. 

6 In those days there was no 
king in Is’ra-el, but every man 
did that which was right in his 
own eyes. 

7 4 And there was a young 
man out of Béth’-lé-hém— 
ja’dah of the family of Ja’dah, 
who was a Lé’vite, and he so- 
journed there. 

8 And the man departed out of 

the city from Béth’-lé-hém— 
ju’dah to sojourn where he could 
find a place: and he came to 
mount E’phra-im to the house of 
Mi’cah, as he journeyed. 
_9 And Mi’cah said unto him, 
Whence comest thou? And he 
said unto him, I am a Lé’vite of 
Béth’—lé-hém-—ji’dah, and I go 
to sojourn where I may find @ 
place. : , 

10 And Mi’cah said unto him, 
Dwell with me, and be unto me 
a father and a priest, and I will 
give thee ten shekels of silver by 

e year, and a suit of apparel, 
and thy victuals, So the Lé’vite 
Went in. 


JUDGES, 18 


11 And the Lé’vite was con- 
tent to dwell with the man; and 
the young man was unto him as 
one of his sons. 

12 And Mi’cah consecrated the 
Lé’vite; and the young man be- 
came his priest, and was in the 
house of Mi’cah. 

13 Then said Mi’cah, Now 
know I that the LoRD will do 
me good, seeing I have a Lé’vite 
to my priest. 


CHAPTER 18 


1 Dan seeks new territory. 
take Micah’s images and priest. 
Laish conquered. 

if those days there was no 

king in Is’ra-el: and in those 
days the tribe of the Dan’ites 
sought them an inheritance to 
dwell in; for unto that day all 
their inheritance had not fallen 
unto them among the tribes of 
is’ra-el. 

2 And the children of Dan sent 
of their family five men from 
their coasts, men of valour, from 
Z0’rah, and from Esh’ta-ol, to 
spy out the land, and to search 
it; and they said unto them, Go, 
search the land: who when they 
came to mount E’phra-im, to the 
house of Mi’cah, they lodged 
there. 

3 When they were by the house 
of Mi’cah, they knew the voice 
of the young man the Lé’vite: 
and they turned in thither, and 
said unto him, Who brought thee 
hither? and what makest thou 
in this place? and what hast 
thou here? 

4 And he said unto them, Thus 
and thus dealeth Mi’cah with 
me, and hath hired me, and I 
am his priest. ; 

5 And they said unto him, 
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of 
God, that we may know whether 
our way which we go shall be 
prosperous. ; ; 

6 And the priest said unto 
them, Go in peace: before the 
LORD is your way wherein ye go. 

7 4 Then the five men departed, 


229 


14 They 
27 


335 


JUDGES, 18 


and came to La’ish, and saw 
the people that were therein, 
how they dwelt careless, after 
the manner of the: Zi-d6’ni-ans, 
quiet and secure; and there was 
no magistrate in the land, that 
might put them to shame in any 
thing; and they were far from 
the Zi-dd’ni-ans, and had no 
business with any man. ; 

8 And they came unto their 
brethren to Z6’rah and Esh’ta-6l: 
and their brethren said unto 
them, What say ye? 

9 And they said, Arise, that 
we may go up against them: for 
we have seen the land, and, be- 
hold, it is very good: and are 
ye still? be not slothful to go, 
and to enter to possess the land. 

10 When ye go, ye shall come 
unto a people secure, and to a 
large land: for God hath given 
it into your hands; a place 
where there is no want of any 
thing that is in the earth. 

1 94 And there went from 
thence of the family of the Dan’- 
ites, out of Z6d’/rah and out of 
Esh’ta-6l, six hundred men ap- 
pointed with weapons of war. 

12 And they went wp, and 
pitched in Kir’jath—jé’a-rim, in 
Ja’dah: wherefore they called 
that place Ma’ha-neh—dan’ unto 
this day: behold, it is behind 
Kir’jath—jé’a-rim. 

13 And they passed thence un- 
to mount E’phra-im, and came 
unto vse Heise of Mi’cah 

14 § Then answered the five 
men that went to spy out the 
country of La’ish, and said unto 
their brethren, Do ye know that 


there is in these houses an 
ephod, and teraphim, and a 
graven image, and a molten 


image? now therefore consider | p 
what ye have to do. 

15 And they turned thither- 
ward, and came to the house of 
the young man the Lé’vite, even 
unto the house of Mi’cah, and 
saluted him. 

16 And the six hundred men 
appointed with their weapons of 


Danites take Micah’s images and priest 





war, which were of the children 
of Dan, stood by the entering of 
the gate. 

17 And the five men that went 
to spy out the land went up, and 
came in thither, and took the 
graven image, and the ephod, 
and the teraphim, and the molten 
image: and the priest stood in 
the entering of the gate with the 
six hundred men that were ap- 
pointed with weapons of war. 

18 And these went into Mi’- 
cah’s house, and fetched the. 
carved image, the ephod, and 
the teraphim, and the molten 
image. Then said the priest 
unto them, What do ye? 

19 And they said unto him, 
Hold thy peace, lay thine hand 
upon thy mouth, and go with us, 
and be to us a father and a 
priest: zs it better for thee to be 
a priest unto the house of one 
man, or that thou be a priest 
unto a tribe and a family in 
Is’ra-el? 

20 And the priest’s heart was 
glad, and he took the ephod, and 
the teraphim, and the graven 
image, and went in the midst of 
the people. 

21 So they turned and de- 
parted, and put the little ones 
and the cattle and the carriage 
before them. 

22 4 And when they were a 
good way from the house of Mi’- 
cah, the men that were in the 
houses near to Mi’cah’s house 
were gathered together, and 
overtook the children of Dan. 

23 And they cried unto the 
children of Dan. And _ they 
turned their faces, and said unto 
Mi’cah, What aileth thee, that 
ae ,comest with such a com- 


74 yAnd he said, Ye have taken 
away my gods which I made, 
and the priest, and ye are gone 
away: and what have I more? 
and what is this that ye say unto 
me, What aileth thee? | 

25 And the children of Dan — 
said unto him, Let not thy voice — 


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The Levite of Ephraim 


be heard among us, lest angry 
fellows run upon thee, and thou 
lose thy life, with the lives of thy 
household. 

26 And the children of Dan 
went their way: and when 
Mi’cah saw that they were too 
strong for him, he turned and 
went back unto his house. | 

27 And they took the things 
which Mi’cah had made, and the 
priest which he had, and came 
unto La’ish, unto a people that 
were at quiet and secure: and 
they smote them with the edge 
of the sword, and burnt the city 
with fire. 

28 And there was no deliverer, 
because it was far from Zi’don, 
and they had no business with 
any man; _ and it was in the 
valley that lieth by, Béth—ré’hob. 
And they built a city, and dwelt 
therein. 

29 And they called the name 
of the city Dan, after the name 
of Dan their father, who was 
‘born unto is’ra-el: howbeit the 
pape of the city was La’ish at 

30 4 And the children of Dan 

set up the graven image: and 

J6én’a-than, the son of Gér’shom, 
the son of Ma-nas’seh, he and 
his sons were priests to the tribe 
of Dan until the day of the cap- 
pity of the land. 

1 And they set them up Mi’- 
ae graven image, which he 
‘mInade, all the time_that the 
house of God was in Shi‘/16h. 


230 CHAPTER 19 
1 The Levite of mount Ephraim. 16 
His treatment at Gibeah. 29 His 


concubine divided. 


ND it came to pass in those 
days, when there was no 
king in Is’ra-el, that there was a 
certain Lé’vite sojourning on the 
Side of mount E’phra-im, who 
took to him a concubine out of 
Béth’—-lé-hém—jai’dah. 

2 And his concubine played the 
whore against him, and went 
away from him unto her father’s 

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house to Béth’—lé-hém-—ji/dah, 
and was there four whole months. 

3 And her husband arose, and 
went after her, to speak friendly 
unto her, and to bring her again, 
having his servant with him, 
and a couple of asses: and she 
brought him into her father’s 
house: and when the father of 
the damsel saw him, he re- 
joiced to meet him. 

4 And his father in law, the 
damsel’s father, retained him; 
and he abode with him three 
days: so they did eat and drink, 
and lodged there. 

5 ¥ And it came to pass on the 
fourth day, when. they arose 
early in the morning, that he 
rose up to depart: and the 
damsel’s father said unto his 
son in law, Comfort thine heart 
with a morsel of bread, and after- 
ward go your way. 

6 And they sat down, and did 
eat and drink both of them to- 
gether: for the damsel’s father 
had said unto the man, Be con- 
tent, I pray thee, and tarry all 
night, and let thine heart be 
merry. 

7 And when the man rose up 
to depart, his father in law urged 
him: therefore he lodged there 
again. 

8 And he arose early in the 
morning on the fifth day to de- 
part: and the damsel’s father 
said, Comfort thine heart, I 
pray thee. And they tarried 
until afternoon, and they did eat 
both of them. 

9 And when the man rose up 
to depart, he, and his concubine, 
and his servant, his father in 
law, the damsel’s father, said 
unto him, Behold, now the day 
draweth toward evening, I pray 
you tarry all night: behold, the 
day groweth to an end, lodge 
here, that thine heart may be 
merry; and to morrow get you 
early on your way, that thou 
mayest go home. 

10 But the man would not 
tarry that night, but he rose up 





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and departed, and came over 
against Jé’bus, which is Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; and there were with 
him two asses saddled, his con- 
cubine also was with him. 

11 And when they were by 
Jé’bus, the day was far spent; 
and the servant said unto his 
master, Come, I pray thee, and 
let us turn in into this city of 
the Jéb’u-sites, and lodge in it. 

12 And his master said unto 
him, We will not turn aside 
hither into the city of a stranger, 
that is not of the children of 
is’ra-el; we will pass over to 
Gib’e-ah. 

13 And he said unto his serv- 
ant, Come, and let us draw near 
to one of these places to lodge all 
night, in Gib’e-ah, or in Ra’mah. 

14 And they passed on and 
went their way; and the sun 
went down upon them when 
they were by Gib’e-ah, which 
belongeth to Bén’ja-min. 

15 And they turned aside thith- 
er, to go in and to lodge in 
Gib’e-ah: and when he went in, 
he sat him down in a street of 
the city: for there was no man 
that took them into his house 
to lodging. 

16 4 And, behold, there came 
an old man from his work out 
of the field at even, which was 
also of mount E’phra-im; and 
he sojourned in Gib’e-ah: but 
the men of the place were 
Bén’ja-mites. 

17 And when he had lifted up 
his eyes, he saw a_wayfaring 
man in the street of the city: 
and the old man said, Whither 
goest thou? and whence comest 
thou? 

18 And he said unto him, We 
are passing from Béth’—-lé-hém— 
ju’dah toward the side of mount 
E’phra-im; from thence am 
and I went to Béth’-lé-hém— 
ju’dah, but I am now going to 
we house of the LORD; and 
there is no man that receiveth 
me to house. | 

19 Yet there is both straw and 


The Levite’s treatment at Gibeah 


provender for our asses; and 
there is bread and wine also for 
me, and for thy handmaid, and 
for the young man which is with 
thy servants: there is no want 
of any thing. 

20 And the old man _ said, 
Peace be with thee; howso- 
ever let all thy wants lie upon 
me; only lodge not in the street. 

21 So he brought him into his 
house, and gave provender unto 
the asses: and they washed 
their Si and did eat and drink. 

22 Yj Now as they were making 
their hearts merry, behold, the 
men of the city, certain sons of 
Bé’li-al, beset the house round 
about, and beat at the door, and 
spake to the master of the house, 
the old man, saying, Bring 
forth the man that came into 
ene house, that we may know 


23 And the man, the master of 
the house, went out unto them, 
and said unto them, Nay, my 
brethren, nay, I pray you, do 
not so wickedly; seeing that 
this man is come into mine 
Sele do not this folly. 

4 Behold, here is my daugh- 
al a maiden, and his concubine; 
them I will bring out now, and 
humble ye them, and do with 
them what seemeth good unto 
you: but unto this man do not 
so vile a thing. 

25 But the men would not 
hearken to him: so the man 
took his concubine, and brought 
her forth unto them: and they 
knew her, and abused her all 
the night until the morning: 
and when the day began to 
spring, they let her go. 

26 Then came the woman in 
the dawning of the day, and fell 
down at the door of the man’s 


I:| house where her lord was, till 


it was light. 

27 And her lord rose up in the 
morning, and opened the doors 
of the house, and went out to 
go his way: and, behold, the 
woman his concubine was fallen 


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down at the door of the house, 
and her hands were upon the 
threshold. 
28 And he said unto her, Up, 
and let us be going. But none 
answered. Then the man took 
er up upon an ass, and the man 
rose up, and gat him unto his 
place. 
_29 9 And when he was come 
into his house, he took a knife, 
and laid hold on his concubine, 
and divided her, together with 
er bones, into twelve pieces, 
and sent her into all the coasts 
of Is’ra-el. 

30 And it was so, that all that 
Saw it said, There was no such 
deed done nor seen from the day 
that the children of {Is’ra-el 
came up out of the land of E’s¥pt 
unto this day: consider of it, 
take advice, and speak your 
minds. 


cor CHAPTER 20 
1 The Levite vindicated. 8 War de- 
clared. 26 Benjamin vanquished. 


SHEN all the children of 
Is’ra-el went out, and the 
congregation was gathered to- 
gether as one man, from Dan 
even to Bé’er—shé’ba, with the 
land of Gil’e-ad, unto the LORD 
in Miz’peh. 

2 And the chief of all the people, 

even of all the tribes of Is’ra-el, 
presented themselves in the 
assembly of the people of God, 
four hundred thousand footmen 
that drew sword. 
_3 (Now the children of Bén’- 
ja-min heard that the children 
of Is’ra-el were gone up to 
Miz’peh.) Then said the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el, Tell us, how 
was this wickedness? 

4 And the Lé’vite, the husband 
of the woman that was slain, 
‘answered and said, I came into 
Gib’e-ah that belongeth to Bén’- 
ja-min, I and my concubine, to 
lodge. uh 
5 And the men of Gib’e-ah 
Tose against me, and beset the 


JUDGES, 20 


house round about upon me by 
night, and thought to have slain 
me: and my concubine have 
they forced, that she is dead. 

And I took my concubine, 
and cut her in pieces, and sent 
her throughout all the country 
of the inheritance of is’ra-el: for 
they have committed lewdness 
and folly in Is’ra-el. 

7 Behold, ye are all children of 
Is’ra-el; give here your advice 
and counsel. 

8 7 And all the people arose 
as one man, saying, We will not 
any of us go to his tent, neither 
will we any of us. turn into his 
house. 

9 But now this shall be the 
thing which we will do to Gib’e- 
ah; we will go up by lot against 


it’ 

10 And we will take ten men of 
an hundred throughout all the 
tribes of is’ra-el, and an hun- 
dred of a thousand, and a thou- 
sand out of ten thousand, to 
fetch victual for the people, that 
they may do, when they come to 
Gib’e-ah of Bén’ja-min, ac- 
cording to all the folly that they 
have wrought in Is’ra-el. | 

11 So all the men of {s’ra-el 
were gathered against the city, 
knit together as one man. 

12 4 And the tribes of fs’ra-el 
sent men through all the tribe of 
Bén’ja-min, saying, What wick- 
edness is this that is done 
among you? ; 

13 Now therefore, deliver us 
the men, the children of Bé’li-al, 
which are in Gib’e-ah, that we 
may put them to death, and put 
away evil from Is’ra-el. But the 
children of Bén’ja-min would not 
hearken to the voice of thei 
brethren the children of is’ra-els 

14 But the children of Bén’ja< 
min gathered themselves to- 
gether out of the cities unto 
Gib’e-ah, to go out to battle 
against the children of Is’ra-el. 

15 And the children of Bén’ja-~ 
min were numbered at that time 
out of the cities twenty and six 


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thousand men that drew sword, 
beside the inhabitants of Gib’e- 
ah, which were numbered seven 
hundred chosen men. 

16 Among all this people there 
were seven hundred chosen 
men lefthanded; every one 
could sling stones. at an hair 
breadth, and not miss. 

17 And the men of Is’ra-el, be- 
side Bén’ja-min, were numbered 
four hundred thousand men that 
drew sword: all these were 
men of war. : ‘ 

18 § And the children of Is’- 
ra-el arose, and went up to the 
house of God, and asked coun- 
sel of God, and said, Which of 
us shall go up first to the battle 
against the children of Bén’ja- 
min? And the LoRD said, Ji’- 
dah shall go up first. 

19 And the children of Is’ra-el 
rose up in the morning, and en- 
camped against Gib’e-ah. | 

20 And the men of {Is’ra-el 
went out to battle against Bén’- 
ja-min; and the men of Is’ra-el 
put themselves in array to fight 
against them at Gib’e-ah. | 

21 And the children of Bén’- 
ja-min came forth out of Gib’e- 
ah, and destroyed down to the 
ground of the iIs’ra-el-ites that 
day twenty and two thousand 


men. 

22 And the people the men of Is’- 
ra-el encouraged themselves, and 
set their battle again in array in 
the place where they put them- 
selves in array the first day. 

23 (And the children of Is’ra-el 
went up and wept before the 
LORD until even, and aske 
counsel of the LORD, saying, 
Shall I go up again to battle 
against the children of Bén’ja- 
min my brother? And the LORD 
said, Go up against him.) 

24 And the children of Is’ra-el 
came near against the children 
of Bén’ja-min the second day. 

25 And Bén’ja-min_went forth 
against them out of Gib’e-ah the 
second day, and destroyed down 
to the ground of the children of 


War with Benjamin h 


is’ra-el again eighteen thousand 
men; all these drew the sword. 
_26 § Then ail the children of 
is’ra-el, and all the people, went 
up, and came unto the house of 


God, and wept, and sat there 


before the LORD, and fasted that 
day until even, and offered burnt 
offerings and peace offerings be- 
fore the LORD. ¥ 

27 And the children of Is’ra-el 

enquired of the LORD, (for the 
ark of the covenant of God was 
there in those days, 
_28 And Phin’e-has, the son of 
E-le-4’zar, the son of A§ar’on, 
stood before it in those days,) 
saying, Shall I yet again go out 
to battle against the children of 
Bén’ja-min my brother, or shall 
I cease? And the LORD said, 
Go up; for to morrow I will de- 
liver them into thine hand. 

29 And is’ra-el set liers 
wait round about Gib’e-ah. 

30 And the children of is’ra-el 
went up against the children of 
Bén’ja-min on the third day, 
and put themselves in array 
against Gib’e-ah, as at other 
times. 

31 And the children of Bén’ja- 
min went out against the people, 
and were drawn away from the 
city; and they began to smite 
of the people, and kill, as at 
other times, in the highways, of 
which one goeth up to the house 


in 


of God, and the other to Gib’e-ak © 


in the field, about thirty men of 
Is’ra-el 


32 And the children of Bén’ja-_ 
min said, They are smitten down © 


d| before us, as at the first. But the | 


children of fs’ra-el said, Let us — 


flee, and draw them from the 
city unto the highways. | 

33 And all the men of fs’ra-el 
rose up out of their place, and 
put themselves 
Ba’al—ta’mar: and the liers in 
wait of is’ra-el came forth out 
of their places, even out of the 
meadows of Gib’e-ah. 

34 And there came against 
Gib’e-ah ten thousand chosen 


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in array at. 





. 


| 
, 


Benjamin defeated 


men out of all is’ra-el, and the 
battle was sore: but they knew 
not that evil was near them. 

-35 And the LORD smote Bén’- 
ja-min before Is’ra-el: and the 
children of Is’ra-el destroyed of 
the Bén’ja-mites that day twenty 
and five thousand and an hun- 
dred men: all these drew the 
sword. BA Bi 

36 So the children of Bén’ja- 
min saw that they were smitten: 
for the men _of Is’ra-el gave 
place to the Bén’ja-mites, be- 
cause they trusted unto the liers 
in wait which they had set be- 
side Gib’e-ah. ; : 

37 And the liers in wait 
hasted, and rushed upon Gib’e- 
ah; and the liers in wait drew 
themselves along, and smote all 
the city with the edge of the 
sword. : 

38 Now there was an appointed 
sign between the men of Is’ra-el 
and the liers in wait, that they 
should make a great flame with 
smoke rise up out of the city. 

39 And when the men of. Is’- 
ra-el retired in the battle, Bén’- 
ja-min began to smite and_ kill 
of the men of Is’ra-el about 
thirty persons: for they said, 
Surely they are smitten down 
before us, as in the first battle. 

40 But when the flame began 
to arise up out of the city with a 
pillar of smoke, the Bén’ja-mites 
looked behind them, and, be- 
hold, the flame of the city 
ascended up to heaven. é 

41 And when the men of Is’- 
ta-el turned again, the men of 
Bén’ja-min were amazed: for 
they 'saw that evil was come 
upon them. i 

42 Therefore they turned their 
backs before the men of Is’ra-el 
unto the way of the wilderness; 
but the battle overtook them; 
and them which came out of the 
Cities they destroyed in the midst 
of them. : 

43 Thus they inclosed the 
‘Bén’ja-mites round about, and 
chased them, and trode them 


JUDGES, 21 


down with ease over against 

Gib’e-ah toward the sunrising. 

44 And there fell of Bén’ja- 
min eighteen thousand men; all 
these were men of valour. 

45 And they turned and fled to- 
ward the wilderness unto the 
rock of Rim’mon: and they 
gleaned of them in the high- 
ways five thousand men; and 
pursued hard after them unto 
Gi’dom, and slew two thousand 
men of them. 

46 So that all which fell that 
day of Bén’ja-min were twenty 
and five thousand men that drew 
the sword; all these were men 
of valour. 

47 But six hundred men turned 
and fled to the wilderness unto 
the rock Rim’mon, and abode in 
the rock Rim’mon four months, 

48 And the men of _ {Is’ra-el 
turned again upon the children 
of Bén’ja-min, and smote them 
with the edge of the sword, as 
well the men of every city, as the 
beast, and ali that came to 
hand: also they set on fire all 
the cities that they came to. 


CHAPTER 21 232 


1 Benjamin's fate lamented. 16 Wives 
provided for the remnant. 
OW the men of Is’ra-el had 
sworn in Miz’peh, saying, 
There shall not any of us give his 
daughter unto Bén’ja-min to 
wife. 

2 And the people came to the 
house of God, and abode there 
till even before God, and lifted up 
their voices, and wept sore; 

_3 And said, O LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, why is this come to pass 
in Is’ra-el, that there should be 
to day one tribe lacking in 
Is’ra-el? 

4 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that the people rose 
early, and built there an altar, 
and offered burnt offerings and 
peace offerings. 2 

5 And the children of Is’ra-el 
said, Who is_ there among all 
the tribes of Is’ra-el that came 


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JUDGES, 21 


not up with the congregation un- 
to the LORD? For they had 
made a great oath concerning 
that came_not up to the 
LORD to Miz’peh, saying, He 
Sa surely be put to death. 
the children of is’ra-el 
aried them for Bén’ja-min 
their brother, and said, There is 
one tribe cut off from Is’ra-el 
this day. 

7 How shall we do for. wives 
for them that remain, seeing we 
have sworn by the LORD that 
we will not give them of our 
daughters to wives? 

8 § And they said, What one is 
there of the tribes of Is’ra-el 
that came not up to Miz’peh to 
the LorD? And, behold, there 
came none to the camp from 
Ja’ besh—éil’e-ad to the assembly. 

9 For the people were num- 
bered, and, behold, there were 
none of the inhabitants of Ja’- 
besh—gil’e-ad there. 

10 And the congregation sent 
thither twelve thousand men of 
the valiantest, and commanded 
them, saying, Go and smite -the 
inhabitants of Ja’besh—3gil’e-ad 
with the edge of the sword, with 
the women and the children. 

11 And this is the thing that ye 
shall do, Ye shall utterly de- 
stroy every male, and every 
woman that hath lain by man. 
_12 And they found among the 
inhabitants of Ja’besh—gil’e-ad 
four hundred young virgins, 
that had known no man by lying 
with any male: and they brought 
them unto the camp to Shi/loh, 
which is in the land of Ca’/naan. 

13 And the whole congregation 
sent some to speak to the chil- 
dren of Bén’ja-min that were in 
the rock Rim’mon, and to call 
peaceably unto them. 

14 And Bén’ja-min came again 
at that time; and they gave 
them wives which they had 
saved alive of the women of Ja’- 
besh-—#il’e-ad: and yet so they 
sufficed them not. 

15 And the people repented 


Benjamin’s fate lamented 


them for Bén’ja-min, because 
that the LORD had madea breach 
in the tribes of is’ra-el. 

16 4 Then the elders of the 
congregation said, How shall we 
do for wives for them that re- 
main, seeing the women are de- 
stroyed out of Bén’ja-min? 

17 And they said, There must 
be an inheritance for them that 
be escaped of Bén’ja-min, that a 
tribe be not destroyed out of 
is’ra-el. 

18 Howbeit we may not give | 
them wives of our daughters: 
for the children of Is’ra-el have 
sworn, saying, Cursed. be he that 
son a wife to Bén’ja-min. 

19 Then they said, Behold, 


‘there is a feast. of the LORD in 


Shi/léh yearly in a place which - 
is on the north side of Béth’-el, 
on the east side of the highway. 
that goeth up from Béth’-el to 
Shé’chem, and on the south of 
Lé-b0’/nah. 

20 Therefore they commanded 
the children of Bén’ja-min, say- 
ing, Go and lie in wait in the 
vineyards; 

21 And see, and, behold, if the 
daughters of Shi/lo6h come out 
to dance in dances, then come 
ye out of the vineyards, and catch 
you every man his wife of the 
daughters of Shiloh, and go to 
the land of Bén’ja-min. 

22 And it shall be, when their 
fathers or their brethren come 
unto us to complain, that we 
will say unto them, Be favour- 
able unto them for our sakes: 
because we reserved not to each 
man his wife in the war: for 
ye did not give unto them at this 
time, that ye should be guilty. 

23 And the children of Bén’ja- 
min did so, and took them wives, 
according to their number, of 
them that danced, whom they 
caught: and they went and re- 
turned unto their inheritance, 
and repaired the cities, and 
dwelt in them. 

24 And the children of is’ra-el 
departed thence at that time, 


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Naomi in the land of Moab 
every man to his tribe and to his 


family, and they went out from | king in Is’ra-el: 


RUTH, 1 


25 In those days there was no 
every man did 


thence every man to his in-| that which was right in his own 





_heritance. eyes. 
THE 

233 CHAPTER 1 8 And N4a-06’mi said unto her 
1 Elimelech in Moab. 3 He and his| two daughters in law, Go, re- 
sons die. 19 Naomi returns with| turn each to her mother’s house: 
Ruth. the LORD deal kindly with you, 
OW it came to pass in the| as ye have dealt with the dead, 

days when the judges| and with me. 
ruled, that there was a famine} 9 The LORD grant you that ye 


in the land. And a certain man 
of Béth’—lé-hém-ji’dah went 
to sojourn in the country of 
M0O’ab, he, and his wife, and his 
| two sons. 

2 And the name of the man was 
f-lim’e-léch, and the name of his 
wife Na-6’mi, and the name of 
his two sons Mah‘lon and Chil’i- 
on, Eph’rath-ites of Béth’—lé- 
hém-ji’dah. And they came in- 
to the country of Md6’ab, and 
continued there. 

3 And £&-lim’e-léch Na-6’mi’s 
husband died; and she was left, 
and her two sons. 

4 And they took them wives of 
the women of Md’ab; the name 
of the one was Or’pah, and the 
name of the other Ruth: and 
they dwelled there about ten 
years. 

5 And Mah’lon and Chil’‘i-on 
died also both of them; and the 
woman was left of her two sons 
and her husband. 

6 § Then she arose with her 
daughters in law, that she might 
return from the country of 
Mo’ab: for she had heard in the 
country of Mo’ab how that the 
LORD had visited his people in 
giving them bread. 


may find rest, each of you in 
the house of her husband. Then 
she kissed them; and they lifted 
up their voice, and wept. 

10 And they said unto her, 
Surely we will return with thee 
unto thy people. 

11 And WNa-6’mi said, Turn 
again, my daughters: why will 
ye go with me? are there yet any 
more sons in my womb, that 
they may be your husbands? 

12 Turn again, my daughters, 
£0 your way; for I am too old to 
have an husband. If I should 
say, I have hope, if I should 
have an husband also to night, 
and should also bear sons; 

13 Would ye tarry for them 
till they were grown? would ye 
stay for them from having hus- 
bands? nay, my daughters; for 
it grieveth me much for your 
sakes that the hand of the LORD 
is gone out against me. 

14 And they lifted up their 
voice, and wept again: and 
Or’pah kissed her mother in law; 
but Ruth clave unto her. 

15 And she said, Behold, thy 
sister in law is gone back unto 
her people, and unto her gods: 
return thou after thy sister in 


7 Wherefore she went forth out | law 


of the place where she was, and 
her two daughters in law with 
‘her; and they went on the way 
to return unto the land of Ja’dah. 


16 “And Ruth said, Intreat me 
not to leave thee, or to return 
from following after thee: for 
whither thou goest, I will gos 


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lodge: thy people shall be my 
people, and thy God my God: 

17 Where thou diest, will I die, 
and there will I be buried: the 
LORD do so to me, and more 
also, if ought but death part thee 
and me. 

18 When she saw that she 
was stedfastly minded to go 
with her, then she left speaking 
unto her. 

19 ¢ So they two went until 
they came to Beth’-lé-hem. 
And it came to pass, when they 
were come tc Béth’-lé-hém, 
that all the city was moved 
about them, and they said, Is 
this Na-6/mi? 

20 And she said unto them, 
Call me not Na-6’mi, call me 
Ma’ra: for the Almighty hath 
dealt very bitterly with me. 

21 I went out full, and the 
LORD hath brought me home 
again empty: why then call ye 
me N4-6’mi, seeing the LORD 
hath testified against me, and 
the Almighty _ hath afflicted 
me? La) 

22 So N&-0’mi returned, and 
Ruth the M6/ab-it-ess, her 
daughter in law, with her, which 
returned out of the country of 
Mo’ab: and they came to Béth’— 


lé-hém in the beginning of 
barley harvest. 
234 CHAPTER 2 


1 Ruth gleans in Boaz’s field. 
favours her. 

ND Na-6’mi had a kinsman 

of her husband’s, a mighty 

man of wealth, of the family of 

aoe e-léch; and his name was 

2 And Ruth the MO6’ab-it-ess 

~ gaid unto Na-6’mi, Let me now 


8 He 


go to the field, and glean ears 


of corn after him in whose sight 
I shall find grace. And she said 
unto her, Go, my daughter. 

3 And she went, and came, and 
gleaned in the field after the 
reapers: and her hap was to 
light on a part of the field be- 


Ruth returns to Beth-lehem with Naomi 


and where thou lodgest, I will | longing unto B6’az, who was of 


the kindred of E-lim’ e-léch. 

4 9 And, behold, B6o’az came 
from Béth’-lé-hém, and said un- 
to the reapers, The LORD be 
with you. And they answered 
him, The LORD bless thee. 

5 Then said Bo’az unto his 
servant that was set over the 
reapers, Whose damsel is this? 

6 And the servant that was set 
over the reapers answered and 
said, It is the MoO/ab-it-ish 
damsel that came back with Na-— 
6’mi out of the country of M6’ab: 

7 And she said, I pray you, let 
me glean and gather after the 
reapers among the sheaves: so 
she came, and hath continued 
even from the morning until 
now, that she tarried a little in 
the house. 

8 Then said B6’az unto Ruth, 
Hearest thou not, my daughter? 
Go not to glean in another field, 
neither go from hence, but abide 
here fast by my maidens: 

9 Let thine eyes be on the field 
that they do reap, and go thou 
after them: have I not charged 
the young men that they shall 
not touch thee? and when theu 
art athirst, go unto the vessels, 
and drink of that which the 
young men have drawn. 

10 Then she fell on her face, 
and bowed herself to the ground, 
and said unto him, Why have I 
found grace in thine eyes, that 
thou shouldest take knowledge 
of me, seeing I am a stranger? 

11 And BOo’az answered and 
said unto her, It hath fully been 
shewed me, all that thou hast 
done unto thy mother in law 
since the death of thine husband: 
and how thou hast left thy father 
and thy mother, and the land of — 
thy nativity, and art come unto a 
people which thou knewest not 
heretofore. | 

12 The LORD recompense thy 
work, and a full reward be given 
thee of the LORD God of is’ra-el, 
under whose wings thou art 
come to trust. 


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_ Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz 


_,13 Then she said, Let me find 
favour in thy sight, my lord: for 
that thou hast comforted me, 
and for that thou hast spoken 
friendly unto thine handmiad, 
though I be not like unto one of 
thine handmaidens. 

14 And B6’az said unto her, 
At mealtime come thou hither, 
and eat of the bread, and dip thy 
morsel in the vinegar. And she 
sat beside the reapers: and he 

_Yeached her parched corn, and 
she did eat, and was sufficed, 
and left. 

15 And when she was risen up 
to glean, B6’aAz commanded his 
young men, saying, Let her glean 

-€ven among the sheaves, and 
reproach her not: 


16 And let fall also some of the! th 


handfuls of purpose for her, and 
leave them, that she may glean 
them, and rebuke her not. 
17 So she gleaned in the field 

until even, and beat out that she 
had gleaned: and it was about 
an ephah of barley. _ 
__18 § And she took it un, and 
‘Went into the city: and her 
mother in law saw what she had 
gleaned: and she brought forth, 
and gave to her that she had re- 
served after she was sufficed. 
__19 And her mother in law said 
unto her, Where hast thou 
gieaned to day? and where 
wroughtest thou? blessed be he 
that did take knowledge of thee. 
And she shewed her mother in 
aw with whom she had wrought, 
and said, The man’s name with 
whom I wrought to day is B6’4z. 
20 And Na-6’mi said unto her 
daughter in law, Blessed be he 
of the LORD, who hath not left 
off his kindness to the living and 
to the dead. And Na-6’mi said 
‘unto her, The man is near of kin 
unto us, one of our next kins- 


men. 

21 And Ruth the M@6/ab-it-ess 
‘Said, He said unto me also, Thou 
‘shalt keep fast by my young 
men, until they have ended all 
my harvest. 











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22 And N4-0’mi said unto Ruth 
her daughter in law, It is good, 
my daughter, that thou go out 
with his maidens, that they 
nee thee not in any other 

eld. 


23 So she kept fast by the 
maidens of Bo’az to glean unto 
the end of barley harvest and of 
wheat harvest; and dwelt with 
her mother in law. 


CHAPTER 3 235 

1 Naomi instructs Ruth. 8 Boaz 

admits kinsmanship. 14 His gift 
to Ruth. 


HEN Na4-6’mi her mother in 
law said unto her, My 
daughter, shall I not seek rest 
for thee, that it may be well with 
ee? 

2 And now is not B6o’az of our 
kindred, with whose maidens 
thou wast? Behoid; he winnow- 
eth barley to night in the thresh- 
ingfloor. 

3 Wash thyself therefore, and 
anoint thee, and put thy raiment 
upon thee, and get thee down to 
the floor: but make not thyself 
known unto the man, until he 
shall have done eating and 
drinking. 

4 And it shall be, when he lieth 
down, that thou shalt mark the 
place where he shall lie, and 
thou shalt go in, and uncover 
his feet, and lay thee down; and 
Be will tell thee what thou shalt. 

re) 


5 And she said unto her, All 
aes thou sayest unto me I will 


0. 
6 And she went down unto 
the floor, and did according to 

Pe that her mother in law bade 
er. 

7 And when B6’az had eaten 
and drunk, and his heart was 
merry, he went to lie down at the 
end of the heap of corn: and she 
came softly, and uncovered his 
feet, and laid her down. 

And it came to pass at 
midnight, that the man was 
afraid, and turned himself: 


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RUTH, 4 
and, behold, 2 woman lay at his 


eet. 

9 And he said, Who art thou? 
And she answered, I am Ruth 
thine handmaid: spread there- 
fore thy skirt over thine hand- 
maid; for thou art a near 
kinsman. 

10 And he said, Blessed be 
thou of the LORD, my daughter: 
for thou hast shewed more kind- 
ness in the latter end than at 
the beginning, inasmuch as thou 
followedst not young men, 
whether poor or rich. 

11 And now, my _ daughter, 
fear not; I will do to thee all 
that thou requirest: for all the 
city of my people doth know 
that thou art a virtuous woman. 

12 And now it is true that I 
am thy near kinsman: howbeit 
there is a kinsman nearer 
than I. f 

13 Tarry this night, and it shall 
be in the morning, that if he will 
perform unto thee the part of a 
kinsman, well; let him do the 
kinsman’s part: but if he will 
not do the part of a kinsman to 
thee, then will I do the part of a 
kinsman to thee, as the LORD 
liveth: lie down until the morn- 


ing. 

14 4 And she lay at his feet 
until the morning: and she rose 
up before one could know an- 
other. And he said, Let it not 
be known that a woman came 
into the floor. . ‘ 

15 Also he said, Bring the veil 
that thou hast upon thee, and 
hold it. And when she held it, 
he measured six measures of 
barley, and laid if on her: an 
she went into the city. 

16 And when she came to her 
mother in law, she said, Who art 
thou, my daughter? And she 
told her all that the man had 
done to her. ; ; 

17 And she said, These six 
measures of barley gave he me; 
for he said to me, Go not empty 
unto thy mother in law. . 

18 Then said she, Sit still, my 


Boaz’s gift to Ruth 


daughter, until thou know how 
the matter will fall: for the man 
will not be in rest, until he have 
finished the thing this day. 


CHAPTER 4 


1 Boaz redeems the inheritance. 
He marries Ruth. i 
tions. 

HEN went Bo’az up to the 
gate, and sat him down 
there: and, behold, the kins- 
man of whom B6’az spake came 
by; unto whom he said, Ho, - 
such a one! turn aside, sit down 
here. And he turned aside, and 
sat down. 

2 And he took ten men of the 
elders of the city, and said, Sit 
yedownhere. Andtheysatdown. 

3 And he said unto the kins- 
man, Na-6’mi, that is come again 
out of the country of Mo6’ab, 
selleth a parcel of land, which 
was our brother &-lim’e-léch’s: 

4 And I thought to advertise 
thee, saying, Buy it before the 
inhabitants, and before the elders 
of my people. If thou wilt re- 
deem it, redeem if: but if thou 
wilt not redeem it, then tell me, 
that I may know: for there is 
none to redeem if beside thee; 
and I am after thee. And he 
said, I will redeem if. 

5 Then said B6é’az, What day 
thou_buyest the field of the hand 
of Na-6’mi, thou must buy if 
also of Ruth the Mo’ab-it-ess, 
the wife of the dead, to raise up 
the name of the dead upon his 
inheritance. | 

6 4 And the kinsman said, I 
cannot redeem it for myself, lest 
I mar mine own inheritance: re- 
deem thou my right to thyself; 
for I cannot redeem it. | 
_7 Now this was the manner 
in former time in Is’ra-el con- 
cerning redeeming and con- 
cerning changing, for to confirm 
all things; a man plucked off 
his shoe, and gave it to his neigh- 
bour: and this was a testimony 
in Is’ra-el. | 

8 Therefore the kinsman said 


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13 Their genera- 





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Boaz marries Ruth 


1 SAMUEL, 1 


unto Bo’az, Buy it for thee. So gave her conception, and she 


he drew off his shoe. 

9 § And BOo’az said unto the 
elders, and unto all the people, 
Ye are witnesses this day, that 
I have bought all that was 
E-lim’e-léch’s, and all that was 
Chil’/i-on’s and Mah’lon’s, of the 
hand of Na-6’mi. 

10 Moreover Ruth the M6’ab- 

it-ess, the wife of Mah’lon, have 
I purchased to be my wife, to 
raise up the name of the dead 
upon his inheritance, that the 
name of the dead be not cut off 
from among his brethren, and 
from the gate of his place: ye 
are witnesses this day. 
_11 And ail the people that were 
in the gate, and the elders, said, 
We are witnesses. The LorD 
make the woman that is come 
into thine house like Ra’chel and 
like Lé’ah, which two did build 
the house of Is’ra-el: and do 
thou worthily in Eph’ra-tah, and 
be famous in Béth’-lé-hém: 

12 And let thy house be like 
the house of Pha’réz, whom 
Ta’mar bare unto Ji’dah, of the 
seed which the LORD shall give 
thee of this young woman. 

13 { So Bo’az took Ruth, and 
she was his wife: and when he 
went in unto her, the LORD 


bare a son. 

14 And the women said unto 
Na-0’mi, Blessed be the LORD, 
which hath not left thee this 
day without a kinsman, that his 
name may be famous in Is’ra-el. 

15 And he shall be unto thee a 
restorer of thy life, and a 
nourisher of thine old age: 
thy daughter in law, which 
loveth thee, which is better to 
Hie than seven sons, hath born 


im. 

16 And N4-6’mi took the child, 
and laid it in her bosom, and be- 
came nurse unto it. ; 

17 And the women her neigh- 
bours gave it a name, saying, 
There is a son born to Na-0’mi; 
and they called his name O’bed: 
he is the father of Jés’se, the 
father of Da’vid. 

18 { Now these are the gen- 
erations of Pha’réz: Pha’réz 
begat Héz’ron, | 7 

19 And Héz’ron begat Ram, 
and Ram begat Am-min’a-dab, 

20 And Am-min’a-dab begat 
Nah’shon, and Na&h’shon begat 
Sal’mon, ‘ f 

21 And Sal’mon begat Bo’az, 
and Bo’az begat O’bed, 

22 And O’bed begat Jés’se, and 
Jés’se begat Da’vid. 


FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL 


OTHERWISE CALLED 
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS 


CHAPTER 1 


9 Hannah’s 


237 
1 Elkanah and Hannah. 
prayer. 19\She bears Samuel. 

OW there was a certain man 

of Ra-math-a’im—zd’phim, 

of mount E’phra-im, and his 

name was El’ka-nah, the son of 

Jér’o-ham, the son of £-li’/ht, 

the son of T6’hu, the son of Ziiph, 
an Eph’rath-ite: 

2 And he had two wives; the 

‘name of the one was Han’nah, 


and the name of the other Pé- 
nin’‘nah: and Pé-nin’nah had 
children, but Han’nah had no 
children. 

3 And this man went up out of 
his city yearly to worship and 
to sacrifice unto the LORD of 
hosts in Shi/loh. And the two 
sons of £’/li, Héph’ni and Phin’e- 
has, the priests of the LORD, 
were there. ; 

4 4 And when the time was 


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1 SAMUEL, 1 


that El’ka-nah offered, he gave 
to Pé-nin’nah his wife, and to 
all her sons and her daughters, 
portions: ae 

5 But unto Han/nah he gave a 
worthy portion; for he loved 
Han/nah: but the LORD had 
shut up her womb. 

6 And her adversary also pro- 
voked her sore, for to make her 
fret, because the LORD had shut 
up her womb. |. 

7 And as he did so year by 


year, when she went up to the; h 


house of the LORD, so she pro- 


voked her; therefore she wept, 
and did not eat. 
8 Then said El’ka-nah her 


husband to her, Han’nah, why 
weepest thou? and why eatest 
thou not? and why is thy heart 
grieved? am not I better to 
thee than ten sons? 

9 4 So Han’nah rose up after 
they had eaten in Shi/loh, and 
after they had drunk. Now E'li 
the priest sat upon a seat by a 
post of the temple of the LORD. 

10 And she was in bitterness 
of soul, and prayed unto the 
LORD, and wept sore. 

11 And she vowed a vow, and 
said, O LORD of hosis, if thou 
wilt indeed look on the affliction 
of thine handmaid, and remem- 
ber me, and not forget thine 
handmaid, but wilt give unto 
thine handmaid a_ man child, 
then I will give him unto the 
LORD all the days of his life, 
and there shall no razor come 
upon his head. 

12 And it came to pass, as she 

continued praying before the 
LORD, that E/li marked her 
mouth. 
_13 Now Han’nah, she spake 
in her heart; only her lips 
moved, but her voice was not 
heard: therefore £’/li thought she 
had been drunken. 

14 And £’li said unto her, 
How long wilt thou be drunken? 
put away thy wine from thee. 

15 And Han’nah answered and 
said, No, my lord, I am a 


Hannah’s prayer and vow. Samuel born 


woman of a sorrowful spirit: 
I have drunk neither wine nor 
strong drink, but have poured 
out my soul before the LORD. 

16 Count not thine handmaid 
for a daughter of Bé’li-al: for 
out of the abundance of my com- 
plaint and grief have I spoken 
hitherto. 

17 Then £/li answered and 
said, Go in peace: and the 
God of is’ra-el grant thee thy 
petition that thou hast asked of 


im. 

18 And she said, Let thine 
handmaid find grace in thy 
sight. So the woman went her 
way, and did eat, and her coun- 
tenance was no more sad. | 

19 ¢ And they rose up in the 
morning early, and worshipped 
before the LORD, and returned, 
and came to their house to Ra’=- 
mah: and El’ka4-nah knew Han’- 
nah his wife; and the LORD re- 
membered her. 

20 Wherefore it came to pass, 
when the time was come about 
after Han’nah had conceived, 
that she bare a son, and called 
his name Sam/u-el, saying, 
Because I have asked him of 
the LORD. : 

21 And the man El’ka-nah, and 
all his house, went up to offer 
unto the LORD the yearly sacri- 
fice, and his vow. 

22 But Han’nah went not up; 
for she said unto her husband, 
I will not go up until the child be 
weaned, and then I will bring 
him, that he may appear before 
the LORD, and there abide for 


ever. 

' 23 And £l’ka-nah her husband 
said unto her, Do what seemeth 
thee good; tarry until thou have 
weaned him; only the LORD 
establish his word. So the 
woman abode, and gave her son 
suck until she weaned him. 

24 4 And when she had weaned 
him, she took him up with her, 
with three bullocks, and one 
ephah of flour, and a bottle of 
wine, and brought him unto the 


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house of the LORD in Shi/loh: 
and the child was young. 

25 And they slew a bullock, 
and brought the child to E’ll. 

26 And she said, Oh my lord, 
as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am 
the woman that stood by thee 
here, praying unto the LORD. 

27 For this child I prayed; 
and the LORD hath given me 
my petition which I asked of 


im: 

28 Therefore also I have lent 
him to the LORD; as long as he 
liveth he shall be lent to the 
Lorpb. And he worshipped the 
LORD there. 


238 CHAPTER 2 
3 Hannah's song. 12 Eli’s wicked 
sons. 18 Samuel’s ministry. 
AN? Han’nah prayed, and 
said, My heart rejoiceth in 
the LORD, mine horn is exalted 
in the LORD: my mouth is en- 
larged_over mine enemies; be- 
cause I rejoice in thy salvation. 

2 There is none holy as the 
LorpD: for there is none beside 
thee: neither is there any rock 
like our God. : 

3 Talk no more so exceeding 
proudly; let not arrogancy 
come out of your mouth: for the 
LORD is a God of knowledge, 
and by him actions are weighed. 

4 The bows of the mighty men 
are broken, and they that stum- 
bled are girded with strength. 

5 They that were full have 
hired out themselves for bread; 
and they that were hungry 
ceased: so that the barren hath 
born seven; and she that hath 
many children is waxed feeble. 

6 The LorD killeth, and mak- 
eth alive: he bringeth down to 
the grave, and bringeth up. 

7 The LORD maketh poor, 
and maketh rich: he bringeth 
low, and lifteth up. 

8 He raiseth up the poor out 
of the dust, and lifteth up the 
beggar from the dunghill, to 
set them among princes, and to 


make them inherit the throne of ! 


1 SAMUEL, 2 


glory: for the pillars of the 
earth are the LORD’S, and he 
hath set the world upon them. 

9 He will keep the feet of his 
saints, and the wicked shall be 
silent in darkness; for by 
strength shall no man prevail. 

10 The adversaries of the LORD 
shall be broken to pieces; out of 
heaven shall he thunder upon 
them: the LORD shall judge the 
ends of the earth; and he shail 
give strength unto his king, and 
exalt the horn of his anointed. 

11 And El’k4-nah went to Ra’- 
mah to his house. And _the child 
did minister unto the LORD be- 
fore &’li the priest. 

12 4 Now the sons of Ell were 
sons of Bé@/li-al; they knew 
not the LORD. 

13 And the priest’s custom 
with the people was, that, when 
any man offered sacrifice, the 
priest’s servant came, while the 
flesh was in seething, with 4 
fleshhook of three teeth in his 
hand; 

14 And he struck ié into the 
pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; 
all that the fleshhook brought 
up the priest took for himself. 
So they_ did in Shiloh unto 
all the fIs’ra-el-ites that came 
thither. 

15 Also before they burnt the 
fat, the priest’s servant came, 
and said to the man that sacri- 
ficed, Give flesh to roast for the 
priest; for he will not have sod- 
den flesh of thee, but raw. 

16 And if any man said unto 
him, Let them not fail to burn 
the fat presently, and then take 
as much as thy soul desireth; 
then he would answer him, Nay; 
but thou shalt give if me now: 
and if not, I will take it by force. 

17 Wherefore the sin of the 
young men was very great be- 
fore the LorpD: for men ab- 
horred the offering of the LORD. 

18 4 But Sadm/u-el ministered 
before the LorD, being a child, 
girded with a linen ephod. 

19 Moreover his mother made 


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him a little coat, and brought 2¢ 
to him from year to year, when 
she came up with her husband 
to offer the yearly sacrifice. 

20 §| And £’li blessed El’ka-nah 
and his wife, and said, The 
LORD give thee seed of this 
woman for the loan which is 
lent to the LORD. And they 
went unto their own home. | 

21 And the LorD visited 
Han’nah, so that she conceived, 
and bare three sons and two 
daughters. And the child Sam/’- 
u-el grew before the LORD. 

22 §| Now E’li was very old, 
and heard all that his sons did 
unto all Is’ra-el; and how they 
lay with the women that as- 
sembled at the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

23 And he said unto them, 
Why do ye such things? for I 
hear of your evil dealings by all 
this people. bt 

24 Nay, my sons; for if is no 
good report that I hear: ye make 
the LORD’S people to transgress. 

25 If one man sin against an- 
other, the judge shall judge him: 
but if a man sin against the 
LORD, who shall intreat for him? 
Notwithstanding they heark- 
ened not unto the voice of their 
father, because the LORD would 
slay them. ; 

26 And the child Sam/u-el 
grew on, and was in favour both 
with the LORD, and also with 
men. 

27 § And there came a man of 
God unto E’li, and said unto him, 
Thus saith the Lorpb, Did I 
plainly appear unto the house of 
thy father, when they were in 
E’géypt in Pha’/radh’s house? 

28 And did I choose him out 
of all the tribes of Is’ra-el to be 
my priest, to offer upon mine 
altar, to burn incense, to wear 
an ephod before me? and did 
I give unto the house of thy fa- 
ther all the offerings made by 
fire of the children of is’ra-el? 

29 Wherefore kick ye at my 
sacrifice and at mine offering, 


A prophecy against Eli’s house 


which I have commanded in 
my habitation; and honourest 
thy sons above me, to make 
yourselves fat with the chiefest 
of all the offerings of Is’ra-el my 
people? 

_30 Wherefore the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el saith, I said indeed that 
thy house, and the house of thy 
father, should walk before me 
for ever: but now the LORD 
saith, Be it far from me; for 
them that honour me, I will 
honour, and they that despise — 
me shall be lightly esteemed. 

31 Behold, the days come, 
that I will cut off thine arm, and 
the arm of thy father’s house, 
that there shall not be an old 
man in thine house. 

32 And thou shalt see an 
enemy in my habitation, in all 
the wealth which God shall give 
Is’ra-el: and there shall not be 
an old man in thine house forever. 

33 And the man of thine, whom 
I shall not cut off from mine 
altar, shall be to consume thine 
eyes, and to grieve thine heart: 
and all the increase of thine 
house shall die in the flower of 
their age. 

34 And this shall be a sign 
unto thee, that shall come upon 
thy two sons, on Hoéph’ni and 
Phin’e-has;_ in one day they 
shall die both of them. 

35 And I will raise me up a 
faithful priest, that shall do 
according to that. which is in 
mine heart and in my mind: 
and I will build him a sure 
house; and he shall walk before 
mine anointed for ever. 

36 And it shall come to pass, 
that every one that is left in thine 
house shall come and crouch to 
him for a piece of silver and a 
morsel of bread, and shall say, 
Put me, I pray thee, into one 
of the priests’ offices, that I may 
eat a piece of bread. 


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1 Samuel's vision toldto Eli. 19 Same 
uel recognized as a prophet. 


350 


The Lord calls Samuel 


ND the child Sam/u-el min- 
istered unto the LORD be- 
fore E’li. And the word of the 
LORD was precious in those 
days; there was no open vision. 
2 And it came to pass at that 
time, when E’li was laid down 
in his place, and his eyes began 
to wax dim, that he could not 
see; 

3 And ere the lamp of God 
went out in the temple of the 
LORD, where the ark of God 
was, and Sam’ u-el was laid 
down fo sleep; 

4 That the ORD called Sam/’- 
u-el: and he answered, Here 
am I. 

5 And he ran unto Eli, and 
said, Here am I; for thou 
calledst me. And he said, I 
called not; lie down again. 
And he went and lay down. 

6 And the LORD called yet 
again, Sam/’u-el. And Sam/u-el 
arose and went to E’'ll, and said, 
Here am I; for thou didst call 
me. And he answered, I called 
not, my son: lie down again. 

7 Now Sam/u-el did not yet 
know the LORD, neither was 
the word of the LORD yet re- 
vealed unto him. 

8 And the LORD called Sam/’u- 
el again the third time. And he 
arose and went to E'll, and said, 
Here am I; for thou didst call 
me. And B/li perceived that the 
LORD had called the child. 

9 Therefore E'li said unto Sam’- 
u-el, Go, lie down: and it shali 
be, if he call thee, that thou 
shalt say, Speak, LORD; for 
thy servant heareth. So Sam/- 
u-el went and lay down in his 
place. 

10 And the LORD came, and 
stood, and called as at other 
times, Sam/u-el, Sam/u-el. Then 
Sam/u-el answered, Speak; for 
thy servant heareth. } 

11 4 And_the LORD said to 
Sam/u-el, Behold, I will do a 
thing in is’ra-el, at which both 
the ears of every one that hear- 
eth it shall tingle. 


1 SAMUEL, 4 


12 In that day I will perform 
against E/li all things which I 
have spoken concerning his 
house: when I begin, I will also 
make an end. 

13 For I have told him that I 
will judge his house for ever fot 
the iniquity which he knoweth; 
because his sons made them- 
selves vile, and he restrained 
them not. 

14 And therefore I have sworn 
unto the house of £’li, that the 
iniquity of E’li’s house shall not 
be purged with sacrifice nor offer- 
ing for ever. 

15 § And Sam/’u-el lay until the 
morning, and opened the doors of 
the house of the Lorp. And 
Sam/u-el feared to shew E’li the 
vision. 

16 Then_E’li called Sam/u-el, 
and said, Sam/’u-el, my son. And 
he answered, Here am I. 

17 And he said, What is the 
thing that the LORD hath said 
unto thee? I pray thee hide if 
notfrom me: God do so to thee, 
and more also, if thou hide any 
thing from me of all the things 
that he said unto thee. 

18 And Sam/’u-eltold him every 
whit, and hid nothing from him. 
And he said, It is the LORD: let 
him do what seemeth him good. 

19 4§ And Sam/u-el grew, and 
the LORD was with him, and 
did let none of his words fall to 
the ground. 

20 And all Is’ra-el from Dan 
even to Bé’er—shé’ba knew that 
Sam/u-el was established fo be 
a prophet of the LORD. 

21 And the LORD appeared 
again in Shi/loh: for the LORD 
revealed himself to Sam/u-el in 
Shil6h by the word of the 
LORD. 


CHAPTER 4 240 

1 Israel smitten. 11 The ark captured. 
12 Death of Eli. 

ND the word, of Sam/‘u-el 

came to all is’ra-el. Now 

Is’ra-el went out against the 

Phi-lis’tines to battle, and pitched 


351 


1 SAMUEL, 4 


beside Eb’en-é@’zér: and 
Er eS A pitched in A’phek. 

2 And the Phi-lis’tines put 
themselves in array against Is’- 
ra-el: and when they joined 
battle, Is’ra-el was smitten be- 
fore the Phi-lis’tines: and they 
slew of the army in the field 
about four thousand men. 

3 4 And when the people were 
come into the camp, the elders of 
Is’ra-el said, Wherefore hath the 
LORD smitten us to day before 
the Phi-lis’tines? Let us fetch 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD out of Shi’/loh unto us, that, 
when it cometh among us, it may 
save us out of the hand of our 
enemies. 

4 So the people sent to Shiloh, 
that they might bring from thence 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD of hosts, which dwelleth 
between the cherubims: and 
the two sons of £’li, Héph’ni and 
Phin’e-has, were there with the 
ark of the covenant of God. 

5 And when the ark of the cove- 
nant of the LORD came into the 
camp, all Is’ra-el shouted with a 
great shout, so that the earth 
rang again. 

6 And when the Phi-lis’tines 
heard the noise of the shout, they 
said, What meaneth the noise of 
this great shout in the camp of 
the Hé’brews? And they under- 
stood that the ark of the LORD 
was come into the camp. 

And the Phi-lis’tines were 
afraid, for they said, God is come 
into the camp. And they said, 
Woe unto us! for there hath not 
been such a thing heretofore. 

8 Woe unto us! who shall de- 
liver us out of the hand of these 
mighty Gods? these are the Gods 
that smote the &£-g¥p’tians with 
all the plagues in the wilderness. 

9 Be strong, and quit your- 
selves like men, O ye Phi-lis’- 
tines, that ye be not servants 
unto the Hé’brews, as' they have 
been to you: quit yourselves like 
men, and fight. y 

10 ¢ And the Phi-lis’tines 


: 
Israel smitten. Death of Eli 


e|fought, and fs’ra-el was smit- 


ten, and they fled every man into 
his tent: and there was a very 
great slaughter; for there fell of 
Is’ra-el thirty thousand foot- 
men. 

11 And the ark of God was 
taken; and the two sons of E’li, 
Hoph’ni and Phin’e-has, were 
slain. 

12 § And there ran a man of 
Bén’ja-min out of the army, and 
came to Shi’loh the same day 
with his clothes rent, and with 
earth upon his head. 

13 And when he came, lo, F’ll 
sat upon a seat by the wayside 
watching: for his heart trembled 
for the ark of God. And when 
the man came into the city, and 
told it, all the city cried out. 

14 And when E£/’li heard the 
noise of the crying, he said, What 
meaneth the noise of this tumult? 
And the man came in hastily, and 
told E’ll. 

i5 Now E’li was ninety and 
eight years old; and his eyes 
were dim, that he could not see. 

16 And the man said unto E’li, 
I am he that came out of the 
army, and I fled to day out of the 
army. And he said, What is 
there done, my son? 

17 And the messenger answered 
and said, Is’ra-el is fled before 
the Phi-lis’tines, and there hath 
been also a great slaughter among 
the people, and thy two sons also, 
Hoph’ni and hin’e-has, are 
dead, and the ark of God is taken. 

18 And it came to pass, when 
he made mention of the ark of 
God, that he fell from off the 
seat backward by the side of the 
gate, and his neck brake, and he 
died: for he was an oid man, and 
heavy. And he had judged is’- 
ra-el forty years. 

19 ¥ And his daughter in law, 
Phin’e-has’ wife, was with child, 
near to be delivered: and when 
she heard the tidings that the ark 
of God was taken, and that her 
father in law and her husband 
were dead, she bowed herself 


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The ark of God among the Philistines 





and travailed; for her pains 
came upon her. 

20 And about the time of her 
death the women that stood by 
her said unto her, Fear not; for 
thou hast born a son. But she 
answered not, neither did she 
regard it. i 
_21 And she named the child 
i’—cha-bod, saying, The. glory 
is departed from Is’ra-el: be- 
cause the ark of God was taken, 
and because of her father in law 
and her husband. : 

22 And she said, The glory is 
departed from is’ra-el: for the 
ark of God is taken. 


241 CHAPTER 5 


1 The ark in the house of Dagon. 6 
Philistines smitten on account of the 
ark. 

’ AND the Phi-lis’tines took the 
ark of God, and brought it 
from Eb’en—é’zér unto Ash’dod. 

2 When the Phi-lis’tines took 
the ark of God, they brought it 
into the house of Da’gon, and set 
it by Da’gon. és 

- 3 g¢ And when they of Ash’déd 
arose early on the morrow, be- 
hold, Da’gon was fallen upon 
his face to the earth before the 
ark of the LORD. And they took 

Da’gon, and set him in his place 

again. 

4 And when they arose early 
on the morrow morning, behold, 
Da’gon was fallen upon his face 
to the ground before the ark of 
the LORD; and the head of 
Da’gon and both the palms of 
his hands weve cut off upon the 
threshold; only the stump of 
Da’gon was left to him. 

5 Therefore neither the priests 
of Da’gon, nor any that come into 
Da’gon’s house, tread on the 
es 01g OF Da’gon in Ash’d6d 
unto this day. 

6 But the hand of the LORD 
was heavy upon them of Ash’d6d, 
and he destroyed them, and 
smote them with emerods, even 
Ash’déd and the coasts thereof. 

7 And when the men of Ash’déod 


23 


1 SAMUEL, 5, 6 


saw that it was so, they said, 
The ark of the God of Is’ra-el 
shall not abide with us: for his 
hand is sore upon us, and upon 
Da’gon our god. 

8 They sent therefore and 
gathered all the lords of the Phi- 
lis’tines unto them, and said, 
What shall we do with the ark 
of the God of Is’ra-el? And they 
answered, Let the ark of the God 
of Is’ra-el be carried about unto 
Gath. And they carried the ark 
of the God of is’ra-el about 
thither. | 

9 And it was so, that, after they 
had carried it about, the hand of 
the LORD was against the city 
with a very great destruction: 
and he smote the men of the 
city, both small and great, and 
they had emerods in their secret 
parts. 

10 ¢ Therefore they sent the 
ark of God to Ek’rén. And it 
came to pass, as the ark of God 
came to Ek’ron, that the Ek’ron- 
ites cried out, saying, They have 
brought about the ark of the God 
of Is’ra-el to us, to slay us and 
our people. 

11 So they sent and gathered 
together all the lords of the Phi- 
lis’tines, and said, Send away 
the ark of the God of Is’ra-el, 
and let it go again to his own 
place, that it slay us not, and 
our people: for there was a 
deadly destruction throughout al! 
the city; the hand of God was 
very heavy there. 

12 And the men that died not 
were smitten with the emerods: 


and the cry of the city went up 
to heaven. 

CHAPTER 6 242 
1 Philistines return the ark. 19 The 


curious smitten. 


ND the ark of the LORD was 
in the country of the Phi- 
lis’tines seven months. 

2 And the Phi-lis’tines called 
for the priests and the diviners, 
saying, What shall we do to the 
ark of the LORD? tell us where- 


353, 


1 SAMUEL, 6 
with we shall send it to his 


place. 3 

3 And they said, If ye send 
away the ark of the God of 
is’ra-el, send it not empty; but 
in any wise return him a trespass 
offering: then ye shall be healed, 
and it shall be known to you why 
his hand is not removed from 


you. 

4 Then said they, What shall be 
the trespass offering which we 
shall return to him? They an- 
swered, Five golden emerods, 
and five golden mice, according 
fo the number of the lords of the 
Phi-lis’tines: for one plague was 
on you all, and on your lords. 

5 Wherefore ye shall make im- 
ages of your emerods, and images 
of your mice that mar the land; 

and ye shall give glory unto the 
God of Is’ra-el: peradventure 
he will lighten his hand from off 
you, and from off your gods, and 
from off your land. 

6 Wherefore then do ye harden 
your hearts, as the &£-éyp’tians 
and Pha’radh hardened their 
hearts? when he had wrought 
wonderfully among them, did 
they not let the people go, and 
they departed? 

7 Now therefore make a new 
cart, and take two Caen kine, 
on which there hath come no 
yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, 
and bring their calves home from 


them: 

8 And take the ark of the LORD, 
and lay it upon the cart; and put 
the jewels of gold, which ye re- 
turn him for a trespass offering, 
in a coffer by the side thereof; 
and send it away, that it may go. 

0 And see, if it goeth up by the 
way of his own oe to Béth— 
shé’mesh, then he hath done us 
this great evil: but if not, then 
we shall know that if is not his 
hand that smote us; it wasa 
chance that happened to us. 

10 § And the men did so; and 
took two milch kine, and tied 
them to the cart, and shut up 
their calves at home: 


The ark returned 4 


11 And they laid the ark of the 
LORD upon the cart, and the 
coffer with the mice of gold and 
the images of their emerods. 

12 And the kine took the 
straight way to the way of Béth— 
shé’mesh, and went along the 
highway, lowing as they went, 
and turned not aside fo the right 
hand or to the left; and the lords 
of the Phi-lis’tines went after 
them unto the border of Béth— 
shé’/mesh. 

13 And they of Béth-shé’mesh 
were reaping their wheat harvest 
in the valley: and they lifted up 
their eyes, and saw the ark, and 
peioiceG to see it. 

4 And the cart came into the 
field of Josh’u-a, a Béth—shé’- 
mite, and stood these: where 
there was a great stone: and 
they clave the wood of the cart, 
and offered the kine a burnt of- 
fering unto the LORD. 

15 And the Lé’vites took down 
the ark of the LORD, and the 
coffer that was with it, wherein 
the jewels of gold were, and put 
them on the great stone: and the . 
men of Béth—-shé’mesh offered 
burnt offerings and_ sacrificed 
sacrifices the same day unto the 
LORD. 

16 ..nd when the five lords of 
the Phi-lis’tines had seen it, they 
returned to Ek’ron the same day. 

And these are the golden 
emerods which the Phi-lis’tines 
returned for a trespass offering 
unto the LORD; for Ash’déd one, 
for Ga’za one, for As’ke-lon one, 
for Gath one, for Ek’r6n one; 

18 And the golden mice, ac- 
cording to the number of all the 
cities of the Phi-lis’tines belong- 
ing to the five lords, both of 
fenced cities, and of country vil- 
lages, even unto the great sfone 
of A’bél, whereon they set down 
the ark of the LORD: which 
stone remaineth unto this day 
in the field of Josh’u-a, the Béth— 
shé’mite. 

19 4 And he smote the men of 
Béth-shé’mesh, because they 


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The Philistines subdued 


1 SAMUEL, 7 


had looked into the ark of the | against the LorD. And Sdm- 


LORD, even he smote of the 
people fifty thousand and three- 
score and ten men and the 
people lamented, because the 
LORD had smitten many of the 
people with a great slaughter. 

20 And the men of Béth—shé’- 
mesh said, Who is able to stand 
before this holy LORD God? and 
to whom shall he go up from us? 

21 4 And they sent messengers 
to the inhabitants of Kir’jath- 
_jé’a-rim, saying, The Phi-lis’- 
tines have brought again the ark 
of the LORD; come ye down, 
and fetch it up to you. 


243 CHAPTER’ 7 
41 Therestoredark. 13 Philistines sub- 
dued. 15 Samuel judges Israel. 
ND the men of Kir’jath— 
| jé’a-rim came, and fetched 
up the ark of the LORD, and 
brought it into the house of A- 
_pin’a-dab in the hill, and sancti- 
_ fied E-le-a’zar his son to keep the 
ark of the LORD. 
_ 2 And it came to pass, while the 
ark abode in Kir’jath-jé’a-rim, 
that the time was long; for it 
was twenty years: and all the 
house of Is’ra-el lamented after 
the LORD. 
_ 3 9 And Sam/u-el spake unto 
all the house of Is’ra-el, saying, 
If ye do return unto the LORD 
with all your hearts, then put 
away the strange gods and Ash’- 
ta-roth from among you, and 
prepare your hearts unto the 
LORD, and serve him only: and 
he will deliver you out of the 
hand of the Phi-lis’tines. | 

4 Then the children of Is’ra-el 
did put away Ba’al-im and Ash’- 
ta-roth, and served the LORD 


only. 

5 And Sdm/u-el said. Gather 
all Iis’ra-el to Miz’peh, and I will 
pray for you unto the LORD. 

6 And they gathered together 
to Miz’peh, and drew water, and 
poured if out before the LORD, 
and fasted on that day, and 
said there, We have sinned 


u-el judged the children of Is’- 
ra-el in Miz’peh. 

And when the Phi-lis’tines 
heard that the children of is’ra-el 
were gathered together to Miz’- 
peh, the lords of the Phi-lis’tines 
went up against Is’ra-el. And 
when the children of Is’ra-el 
heard it, they were afraid of the 
Phi-lis’tines. 

8 And the children of is’ra-el 
said to Sam/u-el, Cease not to 
cry unto the LORD our God for 
us, that he will save us out of the 
hand of the Phi-lis’tines. 

_9 § And Sam/u-el took a suck- 
ing lamb, and offered if for a 
burnt offering wholly unto the 
LORD: and Sam/u-el cried unto 
the LORD for is’ra-el; and the 
LORD heard him. 

_10 And as Sam/u-el was offer- 
ing up the burnt offering, the Phi- 
lis’tines_ drew near to battle 
against Is’ra-el: but the LorRD 
thundered with a great thunder 
on that day upon the Phi-lis’- 
tines, and discomfited them; and 
they were smitten before Is’ra-el. 

11 And the men of is’ra-el went 
out of Miz’peh, and pursued the 
Phi-lis’tines, and smote them, 
until they came under Béth’—car. 

12 Then Sam’u-el took a stone, 
and set it between Miz’peh and 
Shén, and called the name of it 
Eb’en-—€/zér, saying, Hitherto 
hath the LORD helped us. 

13 § So the Phi-lis’tines were 
subdued, and they came no 
more into the coast of Is’ra-el: 
and the hand of the LORD was 
against the Phi-lis’tines all the 
days of Sam’u-el.. ‘ 

14 And the cities which the 
Phi-lis’tines had taken from Is’- 
ra-el were restored to Is’ra-el, 
from_ Ek’rén even unto Gath; 
and the coasts thereof did Is’ra-el 
deliver out of the hands of the 
Phi-lis’tines. And there was 
peace between Is’ra-el and the 
Am/6r-ites. . : 

15 And Sam/u-el judged Is’ 
ra-el all the days of his life. 


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1 SAMUEL, 8 


16 And he went from year to 
year in circuit to Béth’-el, and 
Gil’gal, and Miz’peh, and judged 
Is’ra-el in all those places. 

17 And his return was to Ra’- 
mah; for there was his house; 
and there he judged Is’ra-el; and 
ence he built an altar unto the 

ORD. 


244 CHAPTER 8 
1 Israel desires a king. 10 Samuel 
tries to dissuade them. 22 God inter- 

poses. 

ND it came to pass, when 
Sam/u-el was old, that he 
made his 
Is’ra-el. : 

2 Now the name of his firstborn 
was Jo’el; and the name of his 
second, A-bi’/ah: they were 
judges in Bé’er—shé’ba. : 

3 And his sons walked not in 
his ways, but turned aside after 
lucre, and took bribes, and 
perverted judgment. 

4 Then all the elders of fs’ra-el 
gathered themselves together, and 
came to Sam’u-el unto Ra’mah, 

5 And said unto him, Behold, 
thou art old, and thy sons walk 
‘not in thy ways: now make us 
a king to judge us like all the 
nations. eis tab 

6 {But the thing displeased 
Sam/u-el, when they said, Give 
usa king tojudgeus. And Sam/’- 
u-el prayed unto the LORD. 

7 And the LORD said unto 
Sam/u-el, Hearken unto the voice 
of the people in all that they say 
unto thee: for they have not re- 
jected thee, but they have re- 
jected me, that I should not reign 
over them. 

8 According to all the works 
which they have done since the 
day that I brought them up out 
of E’éypt even unto this day, 
wherewith they have forsaken 
me, and served other gods, so 
do they also unto thee. 

9 Now therefore hearken unto 
their voice: howbeit yet protest 
solemnly unto them, and shew 
them the manner of the king that 
shall reign over them. 


sons judges over 


The Israelites desire a king 


10 § And Sam/’u-el told all the 
words of the LORD unto the peo- 
ple that asked of him a king. 

11 And he said, This will be 
the manner of the king that shall 
reign over you: He will take 
your sons, and appoint them for 
himself, for his chariots, and to 
be his horsemen; and some 
shall run before his chariots. 

12 And he will appoint him 
captains over thousands, and 
captains over fifties; and will 
set them to ear his ground, and 
to reap his harvest, and to make 
his instruments of war, and in- 
struments of his chariots. 

13 And he will take your 
daughters to be confectionaries, 
and to be cooks, and fo be 
bakers. 

14 And he will take your fields, 
and your vineyards, and your 
oliveyards, even the best of them, 
and give them to his servants. 

15 And he will take the tenth of 
your seed, and of your vineyards, 
and give to his officers, and to 
his servants. 

16 And he will take your men- 
servants, and your maidser- 
vants, and your goodliest young 
men, and your asses, and put 
them to his work. 

17 He will take the tenth of 
your sheep: and ye shall be his 
servants. 

18 And ye shall cry out in that 
day because of your king which 
ye shall have chosen you; and 
the LORD will not hear you in 
that day. 

19 4 Nevertheless the people 
refused to obey the voice of 
Sam/u-el; and they said, Nay; 
but we will have a king over us; 

20 That we also may be like all 
the nations; and that our king 
may judge us, and go out before 
us, and fight our battles. 

21 And Sdm/u-el heard all the 
words of the people, and he re- 
hearsed them in the ears of the 
LORD. 

22 And the LORD said to Sam’= 
u-el, Hearken unto their voice, 


356 


Saul seeks Samuel 


and make them a king. 
Sam/’u-el said unto the men of 
Is’ra-el, Go ye every man unto 
his city. 


245 CHAPTER 9 

1 Saul meets Samuel. 19 Samuel’s 
entertainment. 25 They commune 
together. 

OW there was a man of Bén’- 
| ja-min, whose mame was 
Kish, the son of A-bi’el, the son 
of Zé’rér, the son of Bé-ch6’rath, 
the son of A-phi’ah, a Bén’ja- 
mite, a mighty man of power. 

he had a son, whose 
name was Saul, a choice young 
man, and a goodly: and there 
was not among the children of 
Is’ra-el a goodlier person than 
he: from his shoulders and up- 
ward he was higher than any of 
the people. 

3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s 
father were lost. And Kish said 
to Saul his son, Take now one of 
the servants with thee, and arise, 
go seek the asses. 

4 And he passed through mount 
E’phra-im, and passed through 
the land of Shal’i-sha, but they 
found them not: then they passed 
through the land of Sha’lim, and 
there they were not: and he 
passed through the land of the 
Bén’ja-mites, but they found 
them not. 

5 And when they were come to 
the land of Ziph, Saul said to 
his servant that was with him, 
Come, and let us return; lest my 
father leave caring for the asses, 
and take thought for us. 

6 And he said unto him, Behold 
now, there is in this city a man 
of God, and he is an honourable 
man; all that he saith cometh 
surely to pass: now let us go 
thither: peradventure he can 
shew us our way that we should 


£0. 

7 Then said Saul to his servant, 
But, behold, if we go, what shall 
we bring the man? for the bread 
is spent in our vessels, and there 
is not a present to bring to the 
man of God: what have we? 


1 SAMUEL, 9 


And| 8 And the servant answered 


Saul again, and said, Behold, I 
have here at hand the fourth part 
of a shekel of silver: that will I 
give to the man of God, to tell us 
our way. 

9 (Beforetime in Is’ra-el, when 
aman went to enquire of God, 
thus he spake, Come, and let us 
go to the seer: for he that is now 
called a Prophet was beforetime 
called a Seer.) 

10 Then said Saul to his ser- 
vant, Well said; come, let us go. 
So they went unto the city where 
the man of God was. 

11 § And as they went up the 
hill to the city, they found young 
maidens going out to draw water, 
and said unto them, Is the seer 
here? 

12 And they answered them, 
and said, He is; behold, he is 
before you: make haste now, for 
he came to day to the city; for 
there is a sacrifice of the people 
to day in the high place: 

13 As soon as ye be come into 
the city, ye shall straightway find 
him, before he go up to the high 
place to eat: for the people will 
not eat until he come, because he 
doth bless the sacrifice; and 
afterwards they eatthat be bidden. 
Now therefore get you up; for 
about this time ye shall find him. 

14 And they went up into the 
city: and when they were come 
into the city, behold, Sam/’u-el 
came out against them, for to go 
up to the high place. 

15 ¢ Now the LorD had told 
S4m/u-el in his ear a day before 
Saul came, saying, 

16 To morrow about this time I 
will send thee a man out of the 
land of Bén’ja-min, and thou 
shalt anoint him fo be captain 
over my people Is’ra-el, that he 
may save my people out of the 
hand of the Phi-lis’tines: for I 
have looked upon my people, 
because their cry is come unto 


me. 
17 And when Sam/u-el saw 
Saul, the LoRD said unto him, 


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1 SAMUEL, 10 


Behold the man whom I spake 
to thee of! this same shall reign 
over my people. 

i8 Then Saul. drew near to 
Sam/u-el in the gate, and said, 
Tell me, I pray thee, where the 
5eer’s house is. 

19 And Sam/’u-el answered 
Saul, and said, I am the seer: go 
up before me unto the high place; 
for ye shall eat with me to day, 
and to morrow I will let thee go, 
and will tell thee all that is in 
thine heart. : 

20 And as for thine asses that 
were lost three days ago, set not 
thy mind on them; for they are 
found. And on whom is all the 
desire of is’ra-el? Js it not on 
_ thee, and on all thy father’s 
house? 

21 And Saul answered and 
said, Am not I a Bén’ja-mite, of 
the smallest of the tribes of fs’- 
ra-el? and my family the least 
of all the families of the tribe 
of Bén’ja-min? wherefore then 
speakest thou so to me? 

22 And Sam/’u-el took Saul and 
his servant, and brought them 
into the parlour, and made them 
sit in the chiefest place among 
them that were bidden, which 
were about thirty persons. 

23 And Sam/u-el said unto the 
cook, Bring the portion which I 
gave thee, of which I said unto 
thee, Set it by thee. 

24 And the cook took up ‘the 
shoulder, and that which was 
upon it, and set it before Saul. 
And Sa@m/u-el said, Behold that 
which is left! set i¢ before thee, 
and eat: for unto this time hath 
it been kept for thee since I said, I 
have invited the people. So Saul 
did eat with Sam/u-el that day. 

25 4] And when they were come 
down from the high place into the 
city, Sdm/’u-el communed with 
Saul upon the top of the house. 

26 And they arose early: and 
it came to pass about the spring 
of the day, that Saim/’u-el called 
Saul to the top of the house, say- 
ing, Up, that I may send thee 


Samuel anoints Saul king 


away. And Saul arose, and they | 
went out both of them, he and 
Sam/u-el, abroad. 

27 And as they were going down 
to the end of the city, Sam/u-el 
said to Saul, Bid the servant pass 
on before us, (and he passed on,) 
but stand thou still a while, that 
Imay shew thee the word of God. 


CHAPTER 10 246 


1 Samuel anoints Saul. 9 Saul pro- 
phesies. 17 He is chosen by lot. 
HEN Sam/u-el took a vial of — 
oil, and poured if upon his 
head, and kissed him, and said, 
Is it not because the LORD hath 
anointed thee to be captain over 
his inheritance? 

2 When thou art departed from 
me to day, then thou shalt find 
two men by Ra’chel’s sepulchre 
in the border of Bén’ja-min at 
Zél’zah; and they will say unto 
thee, The asses which thou went- 
est to seek are found: and, lo, 
thy father hath left the care of 
the asses, and sorroweth for you, 
saying, What shall I do for my 
son? 

3 Then shalt thou go on for- 
ward from thence, and thou shalt 
come to the plain of Ta’boér, and 
there shall meet thee three men 
going up to God to Béth’—el, one 
carrying three kids, and another 
carrying three loaves of bread, 
and another carrying a bottle 
of wine: 

4 And they will salute thee, 
and give thee two loaves of 
bread; which thou shalt receive 
of their hands. 

5 After that thou shalt come to 
the hill of God, where is the 
garrison of the Phi-lis’tines: and 
it shall come to pass, when thou 
art come thither to the city, that 
thou shalt meet a company of 
prophets coming down from the 
high place with a psaltery, and a 
tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, 
before them; and they shall 
prophesy: — 

6 And the Spirit of the LorD 
will come upon thee, and thou 


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Samuel presents Saul to Israel 


shalt prophesy with them, and 
shalt be turned into another man. 

7 And let it be, when these 

signs are come unto thee, that 
thou do as occasion serve thee; 
for God is with thee. 
8 And thou shalt go down be- 
fore me to Gil’gal; and, behold, 
I will come down unto thee, to 
offer burnt offerings, and to sac- 
rifice sacrifices of peace offer- 
ings: seven days shalt thou 
tarry, till I come to thee, and 
shew thee what thou shalt do. 

9 { And it was so, that when he 
had turned his back to go from 
Sam/u-el, God gave him another 
heart: and all those signs came 
_ to pass that day. ‘ 

10 And when they came thither 
to the hill, behold, a company of 
prophets met him; and the Spirit 
of God came upcn him, and he 
prophesied among them. 

11 And it came to pass, when 
all that knew him beforetime saw 
that, behold, he prophesied among 
the prophets, then the people said 
one to another, What is this that 
is come unto the son of Kish? 
Is Saul also among the prophets? 

12 And one of the same place 
answered and said, But who is 
their father? Therefore it be- 
came a proverb, Js Saul also 
among the prophets? 

_ 13 And when he had made an 
end of prophesying, he came to 
the high place. 

14 ¢ And Saul’s uncle said 
unto him and to his servant, 
Whither went ye? And he said, 
To seek the asses: and when we 
saw that they were no where, we 
came to Sam/u-el. 

15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell 
me, I pray thee, what Sam/u-el 
said unto you. 

16 And Saul said unto his uncle, 
He told us plainly that the asses 
were found. But of the matter 
_ of the kingdom, whereof Sam’u- 
el spake, he told him not. 

17 ¢ And Sam/’u-el called the 
people together unto the LORD 
to Miz’peh; 


1 SAMUEL, 10 


18 And said unto the children 

of is’ra-el, Thus saith the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el, I brought up Is’- 
ra-el out of E’gypt, and delivered 
you out of the hand of the E-zy¥p’- 
tians, and out of the hand of all 
kingdoms, and of them that 
oppressed you: 
19 And ye have this day re- 
jected your God, who himself 
saved you out of all your adver- 
sities and your tribulations; and 
ye have said unto him, Nay, but 
set a king over us. Now there- 
fore present yourselves before 
the LORD by your tribes, and by 
your thousands. 

20 And when Sam/u-el had 
caused all the tribes of Is’ra-el 
to come near, the tribe of Bén’- 
ja-min was taken. 

; en he had caused the 
tribe of Bén’ja-min to come near 
by their families, the family of 
Ma’tri was taken, and Saul the 
son of Kish was taken: and 
when they sought him, he could 
not be found. 

22 Therefore they enquired of 
the LORD further, if the man 
should yet come thither. And 
the LORD answered, Behold, he 
hath hid himself among the stuff. 

23 And they ran and fetched 
him thence: and when he stood 
among the people, he was higher 
than any of the people from his 
shoulders and upward. 

24 And Sam’u-el said to all the 
people, See ye him whom the 
LORD hath chosen, that there is 
none like him among all the peo- 
ple? And all the people shouted, 
and said, God save the king. 

25 Then Sam/u-el told the peo- 
ple the manner of the kingdom, 
and wrote if in a book, and laid it 
up before the LORD. And Sam/’- 
u-el sent all the people away, 
every man to his house. 

26 ¥ And Saul also went home 
to Gib’e-ah; and there went with 
him a band of men, whose hearts 
God had touched. : 

27 But the children of Bé’li-al 
said, How shall this man save 


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1 SAMUEL, 11, 12 


us? And they despised him, 
and brought him no presents. 
But he held his peace. 


CHAPTER 11 


247 
1 Nahash and the men of Jabesh. 11 
Saul defeats the Ammonites. 12 He 


is confirmed king at Gilgal. 


HEN WNa’hash the Am’mon- 

ite came up, and encamped 

against Ja’besh-gil’e-Ad: and 

all the men of Ja’besh said unto 

Na’hash, Make a covenant with 
us, and we will serve thee. 

2 And Na’hash the Am’mon-ite 
answered them, On this condi- 
tion will I make a covenant with 
you, that I may thrust out all 
your right eyes, and lay it for a 
reproach upon all fis’ra-el. 

3 And the elders of Ja’besh said 
unto him, Give us seven days’ 
respite, that we may send mes- 
sengers unto all the coasts of 
Is’ra-el: and then, if there be no 
man to save us, we will come out 
to thee. 

4 9 Then came the messengers 
to Gib’e-ah of Saul, and told the 
tidings in the ears of the people: 
and all the people lifted up their 
voices, and wept. 

And, behold, Saul came after 
the herd out of the field; and 
Saul said, What aileth the people 
that they weep? And they told 
him the tidings of the men of 
Ja’besh. 

6 And the Spirit of God came 
upon Saul when he heard those 
tidings, and his anger was kin- 
dled greatly. 

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, 
and hewed them in pieces, and 
sent them throughout all the 
coasts of Is’ra-el by the hands of 
messengers, Saying, Whosoever 
cometh not forth after Saul and 
after Sam/u-el, so shail it be done 
unto his oxen. And the fear of 
the LORD fell on the people, and 
they came out with one consent. 
_8 And when he numbered them 
in Bé’zék, the children of {s’- 
ra-el were three hundred thou- 


Saul confirmed king at Gilgal 
sand, and the men of Ji’dah 


thirty thousand. 

9 And they said unto the mes- 
sengers that came, Thus shall ye 
say unto the men of Ja’besh-il’- 
e-ad, To morrow, by that time 
the sun be hot, ye shall have 
help. And the messengers came 
and shewed it to the men of Ja’- 
besh; and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Ja’besh 
said, To morrow we will come 
out unto you, and ye shall do 
with us all that seemeth good 
unto you. 

11 And it was so on the mor- 


'row, that Saul put the people in 


three companies; and they came 
into the midst of the host in the 
morning watch, and slew the 
Am/mon-ites until the heat of the 
day: and it came to pass, that 
they. which remained were scat- 
tered, so that two of them were 
not left together. ; 

12 4 And the people said unto 
Sam/u-el, Who is he that said, 
Shall Saul reign over us? bring 
the men, that we may put them 
to death. 

13 And Saul said, There shail 
not a man be put to death this 
day: for to day the LorD hath 
wrought salvation in fs’ra-el. 

14 Then said Sam/’u-el to the 
people, Come, and let us go to 
Gil’gal, and renew the kingdom 
there. 
_15 And all the people went to 
Gil’gal; and there they made 
Saul king before the LORD in 
Gil’gal; and there they sacrificed 
sacrifices of peace offerings be- 
fore the LORD; and there Saul 
and all the men of is’ra-el re- 
joiced greatly. 


CHAPTER 12 248 


1 Samuel reasons with Israel. 16 He 
admonishes them. 20 Comfort in 
God’s mercy. 


/ Nil Sam/u-el said unto all 
Is’ra-el, Behold, I have 
hearkened unto your voice in 
all that ye said unto me, and 
have made a king over you. 


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Samuel reasons with the Israelites 


2 And now, behold, the king 
walketh before you: and I am 
old and grayheaded; and, be- 
hold, my sons are with you: and 
I have walked before you from 
my childhood unto this day. 

3 Behold, here I am: witness 
against me before the LORD, and 
before his anointed: whose ox 
have I taken? or whose ass have 
I taken? or whom have I de- 
frauded? whom have I op- 
pressed? or of whose hand have 
I received any bribe to blind 
mine eyes therewith? and I will 
restore it you. 

4 And they said, Thou hast not 
defrauded us, nor oppressed us, 
neither hast thou taken ought of 
any man’s hand. 

And he said unto them, The 
LORD is witness against you, and 
his anointed is witness this day, 
that ye have not found ought in 
my hand. And they answered, 
He is witness. 


1 SAMUEL, 12 


liver us out of the hand of our 
enemies, and we will serve thee. 

11 And the LORD sent Jé-rib’- 
ba-al, and Bé’dan, and Jéph’- 
thah, and Sam/u-el, and deliv- 
ered you out of the hand of your 
enemies on every side, and ye 
dwelled safe. 

12 And when ye saw that Na’- 
hash the king of the children of 
Am’mon came against you, ye 
said unto me, Nay; but a king 
shall reign over us: when the 
LORD your God was your king. 

13 Now therefore behold the 
king whom ye have chosen, and 
whom ye have desired! and, 
behold, the LORD hath set a 
king over you. 

14 If ye will fear the LorRpD, 
and serve him, and obey his 
voice, and not rebel against the 
commandment of the LORD, 
then shall both ye and also the 
king that reigneth over you con- 
tinue following the LORD your 


6 § And Sam/’u-el said unto the | God: 


people, /¢ is the LORD that ad- 
vanced M6o’ses and Aar’on, and 
that brought your fathers up out 
of the land of E’gypt. 

7 Now therefore stand still, 
that I may reason with you be- 
fore the LORD of all the right- 
eous acts of the LORD, which he 
did to you and to your fathers. 

8 When Ja’cob was come into 
E’/gypt, and your fathers cried 
unto the LORD, then the LORD 
sent Mo’ses and Aar’on, which 
brought forth your fathers out of 
F’/zypt, and made them dwell in 
this place. 

9 And when they forgat the 
LorpD their God, he sold them 
into the hand of Sis’ e-ra, captain 
of the host of Ha’zér, and into 
the hand of the Phi-lis’tines, and 
into the hand of the king of 
MOo’ab, and they fought against 


them. 

10 And they cried unto the 
LORD, and said, We have sinned, 
because we have forsaken the 


15 But if ye will not obey the 
voice of the LORD, but rebel 
against the commandment of 
the LORD, then shall the hand 
of the LORD be against you, as 
it was against your fathers. 

Now therefore stand and 
see this great thing, which the 
LORD will do before your eyes. 

17 Is it not wheat harvest to 
day? I will call unto the LORD, 
and he shall send thunder and 
rain; that ye may perceive and 
see that your wickedness is 
great, which ye have done in the 
sight of the LORD, in asking you 

a king. 

“18 So Sam/u-el called unto the 
LORD; and the LORD sent thun- 
der and rain that day: and ail 
the people greatly feared the 
LORD and Sam/u-el. 

19 And all the people said unto 
S4m/u-el, Pray for thy servants 
unto the LORD thy God, that we 
die not: for we have added unto 
all our sins this evil, to ask us a 


LORD, and have served Ba’al-im | king 


and Ash’ta-roth: but now de- 


20 q And Sam/u-el said unto 


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the people, Fear not: ye have 


done all this wickedness: yet 
turn not aside from following 
the LORD, but_serve the LORD 
with all your heart; 

21 And turn ye not aside: for 
then should ye go after vain 
things, which cannot profit nor 
deliver; for they are vain. 

22 For the LORD will not for- 
sake his people for his great 
name’s sake: because it hath 
pleased the LORD to make you 
his people. 

23 Moreover as for me, God 
forbid that I should sin against 
the LORD in ceasing to pray for 
you: but I will teach you the 
good and the right way: 

24 Only fear the LORD, and 
serve him in truth with all your 
heart: for consider how great 
things he hath done for you. | 

25 But if ye shall still do wick- 


edly, ye shall be consumed, 
both ye and your king. 
249 CHAPTER 13 


1 Israel in distress. 8 Saul presumes 
to sacrifice. 11 Samuel’s reproof. 
AUL reigned one year: and 

when he had reigned two 

years over Is’ra-el, . 

2 Saul chose him three thou- 
sand men of is’ra-el; whereof 
two thousand were with Saul in 
Mich’mash and in mount Béth’— 
el, and a thousand were with 
Jon’a-than in Gib’e-ah of Bén’- 
ja-min: and the rest of the 
people he sent every man to his 
tent. ; 

3 And Jon’a-than smote the 
garrison of the Phi-lis’tines that 
was in Gé’ba, and the Phi-lis’- 
tines heard of it. And Saul blew 
the trumpet throughout all the 
land, saying, Let the Hé’brews 
hear. J 

4 And all Is’ra-el heard say 
that Saul had smitten a garrison 
of the Phi-lis’tines, and that is’- 
ra-el also was had in abomina- 
tion with the Phi-lis’tines. And 
the people were called together 
after Saul to Gil’gal. 


Saul presumptuously offers sacrifice 





5 § And the Phi-lis’tines gath- 
ered themselves together to fight 
with Is’ra-el, thirty thousand 
chariots, and six thousand horse- 
men, and people as the sand 
which is on the sea shore in mul- 
titude: and they came up, and 
pitched in Mich’mash, eastward 
from Béth—a’ven, | 

6 When the men of is’ra-el saw 
that they were in a strait, (for 
the people were distressed.) then 
the people did hide themselves 
in caves, and in thickets, and in 
dee and in high places, and in 
pits. 

7 And some of the Hé’brews 
went over Jor’dan to the land of 
Gad and Gil’e-ad. As for Saul, 
he was yet in Gil’gal, and all the 
people followed him trembling. 

8 4 And he tarried seven days, 
according to the set time that 
Sam’u-el had appointed: but 
Sam/’u-el came not to Gil’gal3 
and the people were scattered 
from him. ‘ 

9 And Saul said, Bring hither a 
burnt offering to me, and peace 
offerings. And he offered the 
burnt offering. 

10 And it came to pass, that as 
soon as he had made an end of 
offering the burnt offering, be- 
hold, Sam/’u-el came: and Saul 
went out to meet him, that he 
might salute him. 

11 4 And Sam/’u-el said, What 
hast thou done? And Saul said, 
Because I saw that the people 
were scattered from me, and that 
thou camest not within the days 
appointed, and that the Phi-lis’- 
tines gathered themselves to- 
gether at Mich’mash; 

12 Therefore said I, The Phi- 
lis’tines will come down now 
upon me to Gil’gal, and I have 
not made supplication unto the 
LORD: I forced myself therefore, 
and offered a burnt offering. 

13 And Sam/’u-el said to Saul, 
Thou hast done foolishly: thou 
hast not kept the commandment 
of the LORD thy God, which he 
commanded thee: for now would 


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kingdom upon Is’ra-el for ever. 
14 But now thy kingdom shall 
not continue: the LORD hath 
sought him a man after his own 
heart, and the LORD hath com- 
manded him fo be captain over 
his people, because thou hast not 
kept that which the LORD com- 
manded thee. 

15 And Sam’u-el arose, and gat 
him up from Gil’gal unto Gib’e-ah 
of Bén’ja-min. And Saul num- 

_bered the people that were pres- 
ent with him, about six hundred 





men. 
16 And Saul, and Jén’a-than | M 


his son, and the people that were 
present with them, abode in 
Gib’e-ah of Bén’ja-min: but the 
Phi-lis’tines encamped in Mich’- 


mash. 

17 4 And the spoilers came out 
of the camp of the Phi-lis’tines in 
three companies: one company 
turned unto the way that leadeth 
to Oph’rah, unto the land of 
Shu/al: 

18 And another company turned 
the way fo Béth-ho’ron: and 
another company turned fo the 
way of the border that looketh to 
the valley of Ze-b6’/im toward 
the wilderness. s 

19 ¥ Now there was no smith 
found throughout all the land of 
ts’ra-el: for the Phi-lis’tines 
said, Lest the Hé’brews make 
them swords or spears: 

20 But all the Is’ra-el-ites went 
down to the Phi-lis’tines, to 
sharpen every man his share, and 
his coulter, and his ax, and his 
mattock. 

21 Yet they had a file for the 
-mattocks, and for the coulters, 
and for the forks, and for the 
axes, and to sharpen the goads. 
- 22 Soitcame to pass in the day 
of battle, that there was neither 
sword nor spear found in the 
hand of any of the people that 
were with Saul and Jon’a-than: 
but with Saul and with Jién’a- 
than his son was there found. 

23 And the garrison of the 


1 SAMUEL, 14 


the LorpD have established thy | Phi-lis’tines went out to the pas- 


sage of Mich’mash. 
CHAPTER 14 


1 Jonathan’s exploit. 27 s - 
bidden food. 45 The pre Nahe 
Now it came to pass upon a 

day, that Jon’a-than the son 
of Saul said unto the young man 
that bare his armour, Come, and 
let us go over to the Phi-lis’ tines? 
garrison, that is on the other side. 
But he told not his father. 

2 And Saul tarried in the utter- 
most part of Gib’e-ah under a 
pomegranate tree which is in 
ig’ron: and the people that 
were with him were about six 
hundred men; 

3 And A-hi’ah, the son of A-hi’- 
tub, I/-cha-bod’s brother, the 
son of Phin’e-has, the son of 
E’/li, the LORD’S priest in Shi/loh, 
wearing an ephod. And the 
people knew not that Jon’a-than 
was gone. 

4 4 And between the passages, 
by which Jon’a-than sought to go 
over unto the Phi-lis’tines’ gar- 
rison, there was a sharp rock on 
the one side, and a sharp rock on 
the other side: and the name of 
the one was Bo’zéz, and the name 
of the other Sé’neh. 

5 The forefront of the one was 
situate northward over against 
Mich/mash, and the other south- 
ward over against Gib’e-ah. 

6 And Joén’a-than said to the 
young man that bare his armour, 
Come, and let us go over unto the 
garrison of these uncircumcised: 
it may be that the LorD will 
work for us: for there is no re- 
straint to the LORD to save by 
many or by few. | 

And his armourbearer said 
unto him, Do all that is in thine 
heart: turn thee; behold, I am 
with thee according to thy heart. 

8 Then said J6n’a-than, Be- 
hold, we will pass over unto 
these men, and we will discover 
ourselves unto them. 

9 If they say thus unto us, 
Tarry until we come to you; 


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1 SAMUEL, 14 


then we will stand still in our 
place, and will not go up unto 


em. 

10 But if they say thus, Come 
up unto us; then we will go up: 
for the LORD hath delivered them 
into our hand: and this shail be 
a sign unto us. 

11 And both of them discovered 
themselves unto the garrison of 
the Phi-lis’tines: and the Phi- 
lis’tines said, Behold, the Hé’- 
brews come forth out of the holes 
where they had hid themselves. 

12 And the men of the garrison 
answered Jon’a-than and his ar- 
mourbearer, and said, Come up 
to us, and we will shew you a 
thing. And J6én’a-than said unto 
his armourbearer, Come up after 
me: for the LORD hath delivered 
them into the hand of is’ra-el. 

13 And J6n’a-than climbed up 
upon his hands and upon his feet, 
and his armourbearer after him: 
and they fell before J6n’a-than; 
and his armourbearer slew after 


im. 

14 And that first slaughter, 
which J6én’a-than and his ar- 
mourbearer made, was about 
twenty men, within as it were an 
half acre of land, which a yoke of 
oxen might plow. 

15 And there was trembling in 
the host, in the field, and among 
all the people: the garrison, and 
the spoilers, they also trembled, 
and the earth quaked: so it was 
a very great trembling. 

16 And the watchmen of Saul 
in Gib’e-ah of Bén’ja-min looked; 
and, behold, the multitude melted 
away, and they went on beating 
down one another. 

17 Then said Saul unto the 
people that were with him, Num- 
ber now, and see who is gone 
from us. And when they had 
numbered, behold, J6n’a-than 
and his armourbearer were not 
there. 

18 And Saul said unto A-hi’ah, 
Bring hither the ark of God. For 
the ark of God was at that time 
with the children of Is’ra-el. 


Jonathan’s disobedience 


19 4 And it came to pass, while 
Saul talked unto the priest, that 
the noise that was in the host of 
the Phi-lis’tines went on and in- 
creased: and Saul said unto the 
priest, Withdraw thine hand. 

20 And Saul and all the people 
that were with him assembled 
themselves, and they came to the 
battle: and, behold, every man’s 
Sword was against his fellow, 
and there was a very great dis- 
comfiture. 

21 Moreover the Hé’brews that 
were with the Phi-lis’tines before 
that time, which went up with 
them into the camp from the 
country round about, even_ they 
also turned to be with the is’ra- 
el-ites that were with Saul and 
Jon’a-than. 

22 Likewise all the men of fs’- 
ra-el which had hid themselves 
in mount E’phra-im, when they 
heard that the Phi-lis’tines fled, 
even they also followed hard after 
them in the battie. : 

23 So the LORD saved Is’ra-el 
that day: and the battle passed 
over unto Béth-a’ven. | 

24 {And the men of fs’ra-el 
were distressed that day: for 
Saul had adjured the people, 
saying, Cursed be the man that 
eateth any food until evening, 
that I may be avenged on mine 
enemies. So none of the people 
tasted any food. 

25 And all they of the land 
came to a wood; and there was 
honey upon the ground. 

26 And when the people were 
come into the wood, behold, the 
honey dropped; but no man put 
his hand to his mouth: for the 
people feared the oath. 

27 But Jon’a-than heard not 
when his father charged the 
people with the oath: wherefore 
he put forth the end of the rod 
that was in his hand, and dipped 
it in an honeycomb, and put his 
hand to his mouth; and his eyes 
were enlightened. 

28 Then answered one of the 
people, and said, Thy father 


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Saul discovers Jonathan’s disobedience 


1 SAMUEL, 14 


straitly charged the people with | Phi-lis’tines? wilt thou deliver 


an oath, saying, Cursed be the 
man that eateth any food this 
day. And the people were faint. 
29 Then said Jon’a-than, My 
father hath troubled the land: 
see, I pray you, how mine eyes 


have been enlightened, because I | d 


tasted a little of this honey. 

30 How much more, if haply 
the people had eaten freely to day 
of the spoil of their enemies 
which they found? for had there 
not been now a much greater 
slaughter among the Phi-lis’- 


es? 

31 And they smote the Phi-lis’- 
tines that day from Mich’mash 
to Aij’a-lon: and the people were 
very faint. 

32 And the people flew upon the 
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, 
and calves, and slew them on the 
ground: and the people did eat 
them with the blood. 

33 {_Then they told Saul, say- 
ing, Behold, the people sin 
against the LORD, in that they 
eat with the blood. And he said, 
Ye have transgressed: roll a 
great stone unto me this day. 

34 And Saul said, Disperse 
yourselves among the people, and 
say unto them, Bring me hither 
every man his ox, and every man 
his sheep, and slay them here, 
and eat; and sin not against the 
LORD in eating with the blood. 
And all the people brought every 
man his ox with him that night, 
and slew them there. 

35 And Saul built an altar unto 
the LorpD: the same was the 
first altar that he built unto the 


ORD. 

36 ¢ And Saul said, Let us go 
down after the Phi-lis’tines by 
night, and spoil them until the 
morning light, and let us not 
leave a man of them. And they 
said, Do whatsoever seemeth 
good unto thee. Then said the 
priest, Let us draw near hither 
unto God. 

37 And Saul asked counsel of 
God, Shall I go down after the 


them into the hand of fs’ra-el? 
Butihe answered:him not that day. 
38 And Saul said, Draw ye 
near hither, all the chief of the 
people: and know and see 
wherein this sin hath been this 


ay. 

39 For, as the LORD liveth, 
which saveth is’ra-el, though it 
be in Jon’a-than my son, he shall 
surely die. But there was not a 
man among all the people that 
answered him. 

40 Then said he unto all fs’- 
ra-el, Be ye on one side, and I 
and Jon’a-than my son will be on 
the other side. And the peopie 
said unto Saul, Do what seemeth 
good unto thee. 

41 Therefore Saul said unto the 
LORD God of is’ra-el, Give a 
perfect lof. And Saul and Jén’- 
a-than were taken: but the 
people escaped. | 

43 And Saul said, Cast lots be- 
tween me and Jon’a-than my 
son. And Jon’a-than was taken. 

43 Then Saul said to Jén’a- 
than, Tell me what thou hast 
done. And Jjon’a-than told him, 
and said, I did but taste a little 
honey with the end of the rod 
that was in mine hand, and lo, 
I must die. 

44 And Saul answered, God do 
so and more also: for thou shalt 
surely die, J6n’a-than. 

45 And the people said unto 
Saul, Shall Jon’a-than die, who 
hath wrought this great salva- 
tion in Is’ra-el? God forbid: as 
the LORD liveth, there shall not 
one hair of his head fall to the 
ground; for he hath wrought 
with God this day. So the 
people rescued Jon’a-than, that 
he died not. 

46 Then Saul went up from fol- 
lowing the Phi-lis’tines: and the 
Phj-lis’tines went to their own 


place. 

47 { So Saul took the kingdom 
over Is’ra-el, and fought against 
all his enemies on every side, 
against M6o’ab, and against the 


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children, of Am’mon, and against 
E’dom, and against the kings of 
Zo'bah, and against the Phi-lis’- 
tines: and whithersoever he 
turned himself, he vexed them. 

48 And he gathered an_ host, 
and smote the Am/a-lék-ites, 
and delivered Is’ra-el out of the 
hands of them that spoiled them. 

49 Now the sons of Saul were 
Jon’a-than, and ish’u-i, and 
Mél’chi-shu’a: and the names of 
his two daughters were these; 
the name of the firstborn Mé’rab, 
and the name of the younger 
Mi’chal: 

50 And the name of Saul’s wife 
was A-hin’o-am, the daughter of 
A-him’a-4z: and the name of the 
captain of his host was Ab’‘nér, 
the son of Nér, Saul’s uncle. 

51 And Kish was the father of 
Saul; and Nér the father of Ab’- 
nér was the son of A-bi’el. 

52 And there was sore war 
against the Phi-lis’tines all the 
days of Saul: and when Saul 
saw any strong man, or any val- 
iant man, he took him unto him. 


251 CHAPTER 15 


i Saul spares Agag. 
nounces Saul. 32 Agag killed. 
oe re also said unto Saul, 

The LORD sent me to anoint 
thee to be king over his people, 
over Is’ra-el: now therefore 
hearken thou unto the voice of 
the words of the Lorp. 

2 Thus saith the LoRD of hosts, 
I remember that which Am/a-lék 
did to Is’ra-el, how he laid wait 
for him in the way, when he came 
up from E’s¥pt. 

3 Now go and smite Am/a-lék, 
and utterly destroy all that they 
have, and spare them not: but 
slay both man and woman, in 
fant and suckling, ox and sheep, 
camel and ass. 

4 And Saul gathered the people 
together, and numbered them in 
Tél’a-im, two hundred thousand 
footmen, and ten thousand men 
of Ja’dah. ; 

S And Saul came to a city of 





10 Samuel de- 


Saul and the Amalekites 


Am/a-lék, and laid wait in the 
valley. . 

6 §_And Saul said unto the 
Ken‘ites, Go, depart, get you 
down from among the Am/a-lék- 
ites, lest I destroy you with them: 
for ye shewed kindness to all 
the children of Is’ra-el, when 
they came up out of £’g¥pt. So 
the Kén/ites departed from among 
the Am/a-lék-ites, . 

7 And Saul smote the Am/’a- 
lék-ites from Hav’i-lah until 
thou comest to Shir, that is over - 
against E’gypt. i 

8 And he took A’gdg the king 
of the Am’a-lék-ites alive, and 
utterly destroyed all the people 
with the edge of the sword. 

9 But Saul and the people 
spared A’gag, and the best of the 
Sheep, and of the oxen, and of 
the fatlings, and the lambs, and 
all that was good, and would not 
utterly destroy them: but every 
thing. that was vile and refuse, 
that they destroyed utterly. 

10 4 Then came the word of the 
LORD unto Sam/u-el, saying, 

11 It repenteth me that I have 
set up Saul fo be king: for he is 
turned back from following me, 
and hath not performed my 
commandments. And it grieved 
Sam/u-el; and he cried unto the 
LORD all night. 

12 And when Sd&m/’u-el rose 
early to meet Saul in the morn- 
ing, it was told Sam/’u-el, saying, 
Saul came to Car’mel, and, be- 
hold, he set him up a place, and 
1S gone about, and passed on, 
and gone down to Gil’gal. 

13 And Sam/u-el' came to Saul: 
and Saul said unto him, Blessed 
be thou of the LorpD: T have 
performed the commandment of 
the LorD. 

14 And Sam/’u-el said, What 
meaneth then this bleating of the 
sheep in mine ears, and the low- 
ing of the oxen which I hear? 

15 And Saul said, They have 
brought them from the Am/a-lék- 
ites: for the people spared the 
best of the sheep and of the OXENs 


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Saul denounced by Samuel 


to sacrifice unto the LorD thy 
God; and the rest we have utter- 
ly destroyed. 

-16 Then Sdam/’u-el said unto 
Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee 
what the LORD hath said to me 
this night. And he said unto 
him, Say on. 

17 And Sam/u-el said, When 
thou wast little in thine own 
sight, wast thou not made the 
head of the tribes of is’ra-el, and 
the LORD anointed thee king 
over Is’ra-el? 

18 And the LORD sent thee ona 
journey, and said, Go and utterly 
destroy the sinners the Am/’a-lék- 
ites, and fight against them until 
they be consumed. 

19 Wherefore then didst thou 
not obey the voice of the LorpD, 
but didst fly upon the spoil, and 
didst evil in the sight of the 
LORD? 

20 And Saul said unto Sam/’u- 
el, Yea, I have obeyed the voice 
of the LORD, and have gone the 
way which the LORD sent me, 
and have brought A’gdg the king 
of Am/’a-lék, and have utterly 
destroyed the Am/’a-lék-ites. 

21 But the people took of the 
spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief 
of the things which should have 
been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice 
unto the LORD thy God in Gil’zgal. 

22 And Sam/u-el said, Hath 
the LORD as great delight in 
burnt offerings and sacrifices, as 
in obeying the voice of the LORD? 
Behold, to obey is better than 
sacrifice, and to hearken than the 
fat of rams. : 

23 For rebellion is as the sin of 
Witchcraft, and stubbornness is 
as iniquity and idolatry. Be- 
cause thou hast rejected the 
word of the LORD, he hath also 
rejected thee from being king. 

24 4 And Saul said unto Sam/’- 
u-el, I have sinned: for I have 
transgressed the commandment 
of the LORD, and thy words: be- 
cause I feared the people, and 
obeyed their voice. 

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, 


| childless among women. 


1 SAMUEL, 16 


pardon my sin, and turn again 
with me, that I may worship the 
LORD. 

26 And Sam/u-el said unto Saul, 
I will not return with thee: for 
thou hast rejected the word of 
the LORD, and the LorpD hath 
rejected thee from being king 
over Is’ra-el. 

27 And as S&am/’u-el turned 
about to go away, he laid hold 
upon the skirt of his mantle, and 
it rent. 

28 And Sam/u-el said unto him, 
The LORD hath rent the king- 
dom of is’ra-el from thee this 
day, and hath given it to a neigh- 
bour of thine, that is better than 
thou. 

_29 And also the Strength of 
Is’ra-el will not lie nor repent: 
for he is not a man, that he 
should repent. 

30 Then he said, I have sinned: 
yet honour me now, I pray thee, 
before the elders of my people, 
and before Is’ra-el, and turn 
again with me, that I may wor- 
ship the LORD thy God. 

31 So Sam/u-el turned again 
after Saul; and Saul worshipped 
the LORD. 

32 4 Then said Sam’u-el, Bring 
ye hither to me A’gag the king of 
the Am/a-lék-ites. And A’gag 
came unto him delicately. And 
A’gag said, Surely the bitterness 
of death is past. 

33 And Sam/u-el said, As thy 
sword hath made women child- 
less, so shall thy mother be 

-_ . And 
Sam/’u-el hewed A’gag in pieces 
before the LORD in Gil’gal. 

34 4 Then Sam/u-el went to 
Ra’/mah; and Saul went up to 
his house to Gib’e-ah of Saul. 

35 And Sam/’u-el came no more 
to see Saul until the day of his 
death: nevertheless Sam/u-el 
mourned for Saul: and the LORD 
repented that he had made Saul 
king over Is’ra-el. 

CHAPTER 16 252 


1 Samuel and Jesse’s sons. 13 David 
anointed. 19 Saul favours David. 


367 


1 SAMUEL, 16 


David anointed by Samuel 


ND the LORD said unto SAm’- | And he said, There remaineth 


u-el, How long wilt thou 
mourn for Saul, seeing I have 
rejected him from reigning over 
ts’ra-el? fill thine horn with 
oil, and go, I will send thee to 
Jés’se the Béth’-lé-hém-ite: for 
have provided me a king 
among his sons. 

2 And Sam/‘u-el said, How can 
Igo? if Saul hear it, he will kill 
me. And the LORD said, Take 
an heifer with thee, and say, I 
am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 

3 And call Jés’se to the sacri- 
fice, and I will shew thee what 
thou shalt do: and thou shalt 
anoint unto me him whom I 
name unto thee. _ 1 

4 And Sam/u-el did that which 
the LORD spake, and came to 
Béth’-lé-hém. And the elders 
of the town trembled at his 
coming, and said, Comest thou 
peaceably? _ 

5 And he said, Peaceably: Iam 
come to sacrifice unto the LORD: 
sanctify yourselves, and come 
with me to the sacrifice. And he 
sanctified Jés’se and his sons, 
and called them to the sacrifice. 

6 4 And it came to pass, when 
they were come, that he looked 
on E-li’ab, and said, Surely the 
LORD’S anointed is before him. 

7 But the LORD said unto 
Sam/u-el, Look not on his coun- 
tenance, or on the height of his 
stature; because I have refused 
him: for the LORD seeth not as 
man seeth; for man looketh on 
the outward appearance, but the 
LORD looketh on the heart. 

8 Then Jés’se called A-bin’a- 
dab, and madé him pass before 
Sam/u-el. And he said, Neither 
hath the LORD chosen this. 

9 Then Jés’se made Sham’mah 
to pass by. And he said, Neither 
hath the LORD chosen this. 

10 Again, Jés’se made seven of 
his sons to pass before Sam/u-el. 
And Sam/’u-el said unto Jés’se, 
The LORD hath not chosen these. 

11 And Sam/u-el said unto 
Jés’se, Are here all thy children? 


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yet the youngest, and, behold, he 
keepeth the sheep. And Sam/- 
u-el said unto Jés’se, Send and 
fetch him: for we will not sit 
down till he come hither. 

12 And he sent, and brought 
him in. Now he was ruddy, 
and withal of a beautiful coun- 
tenance, and goodly to look to. 
And the LorD said, Arise, anoint 
him: for this is he. 

13 Then Sam/’u-el took the horn 
of oil, and anointed him in the 
midst of his brethren: and the 
Spirit of the LORD came upon 
Da’vid from that day forward. 
So Sam/u-el rose up, and went to 
Ra’mah. 

14 ¢ But the Spirit of the 
LORD departed from Saul, and 
an evil spirit from the LorRD 
troubled him. 

15 And Saul’s servants said 
unto him, Behold now, an evil 
spirit from God troubleth thee. 

16 Let our lord now command 
thy servants, which are before 
thee, to seek out a man, who is a 
cunning player on an harp: and 
it shall come to pass, when the 
evil spirit from God is upon thee, 
that he shall play with his hand, 
and thou shalt be well. 

17 And Saul said unto his ser- 
vants, Provide me now a man 
that can play well, and bring him 
to me. 

18 Then answered one of the 
servants, and said, Behold, I 
have seen a son of Jés’se the 
Beéth’-lé-hém-ite, that is cun- 
ning in playing, and a mighty 
valiant man, and a man of war, 
and prudent in matters, and a 
comely person, and the LORD is 
with him. 

19 § Wherefore Saul sent mes- 
sengers unto Jés’se, and said, 
Send me Da’vid thy son, which 
is with the sheep. 

20 And Jés’se took an ass laden 
with bread, and a bottle of wine, 
and a kid, and sent them by 
Da’vid his son unto Saul. 

21 And Da’vid came to Saul, | 


Goliath’s challenge 


and stood before him: and he 
loved him greatly; and he be- 
‘came his armourbearer. 

22 And Saul sent to Jés’se, say- 
ing, Let Da’vid, I pray thee, stand 
before me; for he hath found 
favour in my sight. 

23 And it came to pass; when 
the evil spirit from God was upon 
Saul, that Da’vid took an harp, 
and played with his hand: so 
Saul was refreshed, and was 
well, and the evil spirit departed 
from him. 


253 CHAPTER 17 
1 Goliath’s challenge. 49 David slays 
him. 55 Saul’s notice of David. 


OW the Phi-lis’tines gath- 

ered together their armies 
to battle, and were gathered to- 
gether at Sh6d’choh, which be- 
longeth to Jia’dah, and pitched 
between Sho’choh and A-zé’kah, 
in E’phes—dam/mim. 
_2 And Saul and the men of 
Is‘ra-el were gathered together, 
and pitched by the valley of 
Elah, and set the battle in array 
against the Phi-lis’tines. 

3 And the Phi-lis’tines stood on 
a@ mountain on the one side, and 
is’ra-el stood on a mountain on 
the other side: and there was a 
valley between them. 

4.4 And there went out a cham- 
pion out of the camp of the Phi- 
lis’tines, named Gd-li’ath, of 
Gath, whose height was six 
cubits and a span. 

And he had an helmet of 
brass upon his head, and he was 
armed with a coat of mail: and 
the weight of the coat was five 
thousand shekels of brass. 

6 And he had greaves of brass 
upon his legs, and a target of 
brass between his shoulders. 

7 And the staff of his spear 
was like a weaver’s beam; and 
his spear’s head weighed six 
hundred shekeis of iron: and 
one bearing a shield went before 


im. 
8 And he stood and cried unto 
the armies of Is’ra-el, and said 
24 


1 SAMUEL, 17 


unto them, Why are ye come out 
to set your battle in array? am 
not I a Phi-lis’tine, and ye ser- 
vants to Saul? choose you a 
man for you, and let him come 
down to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, 
and to kill me, then will we be 
your servants: but if I prevail 
against him, and kill him, then 
shall ye be our servants, and 
serve us. 

10 And the Phi-lis’tine said, I 
defy the armies of is’ra-el this 
day; give me aman, that we may 
fight together. é 

11 When-Saul and all fs’ra-el 
heard those words of the Phi- 
lis’tine, they were dismayed, and 
greatly afraid. 

12 4 Now Da’vid was the son 
of that Eph’rath-ite of Béth’—lé- 
hém-jii’dah, whose name was 
Jés’se; and he had eight sons: 
and the man went among men 
(ee ete old man in the days of 


aul. 

13 And the three eldest sons of 
Jés’se went and followed Saul 
to the battle: and the names of 
his three sons that went to the 
battle were £-li’ab the firstborn, 
and next unto him A-bin’a-dab, 
and the third Sham’mah. 

14 And Da’vid was the young- 
core and the three eldest followed 

aul. 

15 But Da’vid went and re- 
turned from Saul to feed his 
father’s sheep at Béth’-lé-hém. 
16 And the Phi-lis’tine drew 
near morning and evening, and 
presented himself forty days. 

17 And Jés’se said unto Da’vid 
his son, Take now for thy breth- 
ren an ephah of this parched corn, 
and these ten loaves, and run to 
the camp to thy brethren; 

18 And carry these ten cheeses 
unto the captain of their thou- 
sand, and look how thy brethren 
fare, and take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and all 
the men of Is’ra-el, were in the 
valley of &’lah, fighting with the 
Phi-lis’tines. 


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20 4 And Da’vid rose up early 
in the morning, and left the sheep 
with a keeper, and took, and 
went, as Jés’se had commanded 

; and he came to the trench, 
as the host was going forth to the 
fight, and shouted for the battle. 

21 For Is’ra-el and the Phi-lis’- 
tines had put the battle in array, 
ay against army. 

2 And Da’vid left his car- 
La in the hand of the keeper of 
the carriage, and ran into the 
army, and came and saluted his 
brethren. 4 

23 And as he talked with them, 
behold, there came up the cham- 
pion, the Phi-lis’tine of Gath, 
Go-li’ath by name, out of the 
armies of the Phi-lis’tines, and 
spake according to the same 
words: and Da’vid heard them. 

24 And all the men of is’ra-el, 
when they saw the man, fled 
from him, and were sore afraid. 

25 And the men of Is’ra-el said, 
Have ye seen this man that is 
come up? surely to defy Is’ra-el 
is he come up: and it shall be, 
that the man who killeth him, 
the king will enrich him with 
great riches, and will give him 
his daughter, and make his 

father’s house free in Is’ra-el. 

26 And Da’vid spake to the men 
that stood by him, saying, What 
shall be done to the man that 
killeth this Phi-lis’tine, and 
taketh away the reproach from 
{s’ra-el? for who is this un- 
circumcised Phi-lis’tine, that he 
should defy the armies of the 
living God? 

27 And the people answered 
him after this manner, saying, 
So shall it be done to the man 
that killeth him 

28 4 And £-lv’ab his eldest 
brother heard when he spake un- 
to the men; and E-li’ab’s anger 
was kindled against Da’vid, and 
he said, Why camest thou down 
hither? and with whom hast 
thou left those few sheep in the 
wilderness? I know thy pride, 
and the naughtiness of thine 


David accepts Goliath’s challenge 


heart; for thou art come down 
that thou mightest see the 
battle. 

29 And Da’vid said, What have 
I now done? Js there not a 
cause? 

30 4 And he turned from him 
toward another, and spake after 
the same manner: and the 
people answered him again after 
the former manner. 

31 And when the words were 
heard which Da’vid spake, they 
rehearsed them before Saul: and 
he sent for him. 

32 ¢ And Da’vid said to Saul, 
Let no man’s heart fail because 
of him; thy servant will go and 
fight with this Phi-lis’tine. 

33 And Saul said to Da’vid, 
Thou art not able to go against 
this Phi-lis’tine to fight with him: 
for thou arf but a youth, and he a 
man of war from his youth. 

34 And Da’vid said unto Saul, 
Thy servant kept his father’s 
sheep, and there came a lion, and 
a bear, and took a lamb out of 
the flock: 

35 And I went out after him, 
and smote him, and delivered it 
out of his mouth: and when he 
arose against me, I caught him 
by his beard, and smote him, and 
slew him. 

36 Thy servant slew both the 
lion and the bear: and this un- 
circumcised Phi-lis’tine shall be 
as one of them, seeing he hath 
ceed the armies of the living 

od. 

37 Da’vid said moreover, The 
LORD that delivered me out of 
the paw of the lion, and out of the 
paw of the bear, he will deliver 
me out of the hand of this Phi- 
lis’tine. _ And Saul said unto 
Da’vid, Go, and the LORD be 
with thee. 

38 § And Saul armed Da’vid 
with his armour, and he put an 
helmet of brass upon his head; 
aia armed him with a coat of 
mai 

39 And Da’vid girded his sword 
upon his armour, and he assayed 


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to go; for he had not proved it. 
And Da’vid said unto Saul, I can- 
not go with these; for I have not 
proved them. And Da’vid put 
them off him. ; 

40 And he took his staff in his 
hand, and chose him five smooth 
stones out of the brook, and put 
them in a shepherd’s bag which 
he had, even in a scrip; and his 
sling was in his hand: and he 
drew near to the Phi-lis’tine. 

41 And the Phi-lis’tine came on 
and drew near unto Da’vid; and 
the man that bare the shield went 
before him. 

42 And when the Phi-lis’tine 
looked about, and saw Da’vid, 
he disdained him: for he was 
but a youth, and ruddy, and of 
a fair countenance. 

43 And the Phi-lis’tine said 
unto Da’vid, Am I a dog, that 
thou comest to me with staves? 
And the Phi-lis’tine cursed Da’- 
vid by his gods. 

44 And the Phi-lis’tine said to 
Da’vid, Come to me, and I will 
give thy flesh unto the fowls of 
Aas and to the beasts of the 


eld. 

45 Then said Da’vid to the Phi- 
Jis’tine, Thou comest to me with 
a sword, and with a spear, and 
with a shield: but I come to 
thee in the name of the LORD of 
hosts, the God of the armies of 
is’ra-el, whom thou hast defied. 

46 This day will the LORD de- 
liver thee into mine hand; and I 
will smite thee, and take thine 
head from thee; and I will give 
the carcases of the host of the 
Phi-lis’tines this day unto the 
fowls of the air, and to the wild 
beasts of the earth; that all the 
earth may know that there is a 
God in Is’ra-el. 

47 And all this assembly shall 
know that the LORD saveth not 
with sword and spear: for the 
battle is the LORD’S, and he will 
give you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when 
the Phi-lis’tine arose, and came 
and drew nigh to meet Da’vid, 


1 SAMUEL, 17 


that Da’vid hasted, and ran to- 
ward the army to meet the Phi- 
lis’tine. 

49 And Da’vid put his hand in 
his bag, and took thence a stone, 
and slang if, and smote the Phi- 
lis’tine in his forehead, that the 
stone sunk into his forehead; 
and he fell upon his face to the 
earth. 

50 So Da’vid prevailed over 
the Phi-lis’tine with a sling and 
with a stone, and smote the Phi- 
lis’tine, and slew him; but there 
was no sword in the hand of 
Da’vid. 

51 Therefore Da’vid ran, and 
stood upon the Phi-lis’tine, and 
took his sword, and drew it out 
of the sheath thereof, and slew 
him, and cut off his head there- 
with. And when the Phi-lis’- 
tines saw their champion was 
dead, they fled. i 

52 And the men of Iis’ra-el and 
of Ju’dah arose, and shouted, 
and pursued the Phi-lis’tines, 
until thou come to the valley, and 
to the gates of Ek’rén. And the 
wounded of the Phi-lis’tines fell 
down by the way to Sha-a-ra’im, 
even unto Gath, and unto Ek’ron. 

53 And the children of Is’ra-el 
returned from chasing after the 
Phi-lis’tines, and they spoiled 
their tents. 

54 And Da’vid took the head of 
the Phi-lis’tine, and brought it to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; but he put his 
armour in his tent. 

55 § And when Saul saw Da’- 
vid go forth against the Phi-lis’= 
tine, he said unto Ab’nér, the cap- 
tain of the host, Ab’nér, whose 
son is this youth? And Ab’/nér 
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, 
I cannot tell. | F } 

56 And the king said, Enquire 
thou whose son the stripling is. 

57 And as Da’vid returned from 
the slaughter of the Phi-lis’tine, 
Ab’/nér took him, and brought 
him before Saul with the head of 
the Phi-lis’tine in his hand. 

58 And Saul said to him, 
Whose son art thou, thou young 


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1 SAMUEL, 18 


man? And Da’vid answered, J 
am the son of thy servant Jés’se 
the Béth’-lé-hém-ite. 


254 CHAPTER 18 


4 Jonathan loves David. 5 Saul’s 
envy and fear. 22 Michal’s dowry. 
ND it came to pass, when he 
had made an end of speak- 
ing unto Saul, that the soul of 
Jon’a-than was knit with the 
soul of Da’vid, and Jon’a-than 
loved him as his own soul. 

2 And Saul took him that day, 
and would let him go no more 
home to his father’s house. 

3 Then Jon’a-than and Da’vid 
made a covenant, because he 
loved him as his own soul. 

4 And Jon’a-than stripped him- 
self of the robe that was upon 
him, and gave it to Da’vid, and 
his garments, even to his sword, 
and to his bow, and to his 
girdle. 

5 ¢ And Déa’vid went out 
whithersoever Saul sent him, 
and behaved himself wisely: and 
Saul set him over the men of war, 
and he was accepted in the sight 
of all the people, and also in the 
sight of Saul’s servants. 

6 And it came to pass as they 
came, when Da’vid was returned 
from the slaughter of the Phi- 
lis’tine, that the women came 
out of all cities of is’ra-el, sing- 
ing and dancing, to meet king 
Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and 
with instruments of musick. 

7 And the women answered 
one another as they played, and 
said, Saul hath slain his thou- 
sands, and Da’vid his ten thou- 
sands. 

8 And Saul was very wroth, 
and the saying displeased him; 
and hesaid, They have ascribed 
unto Da’vid ten thousands, and 
to me they have ascribed but 
thousands: and what can he 
have more but the kingdom? 

9 And Saul eyed Da’vid from 
that day and forward. 

10 4 And it came to pass on the 


morrow, that the evil spirit from ! 


Jonathan loves David 


God came upon Saul, and he 
prophesied in the midst of the 

ouse: and Da’vid played with 
his hand, as at other times: and 
there was a javelin in Saul’s 
hand, ; 
11 And Saul cast the javelin; 
for he said, I will smite Da’vid 
even to the wall with it. And 
Da’vid avoided out of his pres- 
ence twice. 

12 § And Saul was afraid of 
Da’vid, because the LORD was 
with him, and was departed 
from Saul. 

13 Therefore Saul removed him 
from him, and made him his cap- 
tain over a thousand; and he 
went out and came in before the 
people. ; ose 

14 And Da’vid behaved him- 
self wisely in all his ways; an 
the LORD was with him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul saw 
that he behaved himseif very 
wisely, he was afraid of him. 

16 But all Is’ra-el and Ji’dah 
loved Da’vid, because he went 
out and came in before them. 

17 ¢ And Saul said to Da’vid, 
Behold my elder daughter Mé’- 
rab, her will I give thee to wife: 
only be thou valiant for me, and 
fight the LORD’s battles. For 
Saul said, Let not mine hand be 
upon him, but let the hand of the 
Phi-lis’tines be upon him. 

18 And Da’vid said unto Saul, 
Who am I? and what is my 
life, or my father’s family in fs’~ 
ra-el, that I should be son in law 
to the king? 

19 But it came to pass at the 
time when Mé’rab Saul’s daugh- 
ter should have been given to 
Da’vid, that she was given unto 
peer the Mé-h6l’ath-ite to 


wife. 

20 And Mi’chal Saul’s daugh- 
ter loved Da’vid: and they told 
Saul, and the thing pleased 


im. A 
21 And Saul said, I will give 
him her, that she may be a snare 
to him, and that the hand of the 
Phi-lis’tines may be against him. 


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Saul seeks David’s life — 
Wherefore Saul said to Da’vid, 


Thou shalt this day be my son in |1 Saul seeks David's life. 


law in the one of the twain. 

22 § And Saul commanded his 
servants, saying, Commune with 
David secretly, and say, Behold, 
the king hath delight in thee, and 
all his servants love thee: now 
therefore be the king’s son in 


aw. 

23 And Saul’s servants spake 
those words in the ears of Da’vid. 
And Da’vid said, Seemeth it to 
you a light thing to be a king’s 
son in law, seeing that I am 
a@ poor man, and lightly 
esteemed? 

24 And the servants of Saul 
told him, saying, On this man- 
ner spake Da’vid. 

25 And Saul said, Thus shall 
ye say to Da’vid, The king de- 
‘sireth not any dowry, but an 
hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis’- 
‘tines, to be avenged of the king’s 
enemies. But Saul thought to 
make D4’vid fall by the hand of 
the Phi-lis’tines. 

26 And when his servants told 
Da’vid these words, it pleased 
Da’vid well to be the king’s son 
in law: and the days were not 
expired. 

27 Wherefore Da’vid arose and 
went, he and his men, and slew 
of the Phi-lis’tines two hundred 
men; and Da’vid brought their 
foreskins, and they gave them in 
full tale to the king, that he might 
be the king’s son in law. 
Saul gave him Mi’chal his daugh- 
ter to wife. 

28 4 And Saul saw and knew 
that the LORD was with Da’vid, 
and that Mi’chal Saul’s daughter 
loved him. 

29 And Saul was yet the more 
afraid of Da’vid; and Saul be- 
came Da’vid’s enemy continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Phi- 
lis’tines went forth: and it came 
to pass, after they went forth, 
that Da’vid_ behaved himself 
more wisely than all the servants 
of Saul; so that his name was 
much set by. 


nd | voice of Jon’a-than: 


1 SAMUEL, 19 

CHAPTER 19 255 

4 Jonathan 

interposes. 12 Michal’s ruse. 23 


Saul’s prophecy. 


JNO D Saul spake to Jién’a-than . 
his son, and to all his ser- 
vants, that they should kill 
Da’vid. 


2 But Jon’a-than Saul’s son de- 
lighted much in Da’vid: and 
Jon’a-than told Da’vid, saying, 
Saul my father seeketh to kill 
thee: now therefore, I pray thee, 
take heed to thyself until the 
morning, and abide in a secret 
blace, and hide thyself: 

3 And I will go out and stand 
beside my father in the field 
where thou arf, and I will com- 
mune with my father of thee; 
thee, what I see, that I will tell 

ee 

4 4 And Jon’a-than spake good 
of Da’vid unto Saul his father, 
and said unto him, Let not the 
king sin against his servant, 
against Da’vid; because he hath 
not sinned against thee, and be- 
cause his works have been to 
thee-ward very good: 

5 For he did put his life in his 
hand, and slew the Phi-lis’tine, 
and the LORD wrought a great 
salvation for all Is’ra-el: thou 
sawest if, and didst rejoice: 
wherefore then wilt thou sin 
against innocent blood, to slay 
Da’vid without a cause? 

6 And Saul hearkened unto the 
and Saul 
sware, As the LORD liveth, he 
shall not be slain. 

7 And Jon’a-than called Da’vid, 
and Jon’a-than shewed him ail 
those things. And J6n’a-than 
brought Da’vid to Saul, and he 
wes in his presence, as in times 


ee qj And there was war again: 
and Da’vid went out, and fought 
with the Phi-lis’tines, and slew 
them with a great slaughter; and 
they fled from him. 

9 And the evil spirit from the 
LORD was upon Saul, as he sat 
in his house with his javelin in 


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1 SAMUEL, 20 


his hand: and. Da’vid played 
with his hand. : 

10 And Saul sought to smite 
Da’vid even to the wall with the 
javelin; but he slipped away out 
of Saul’s presence, and he smote 
the javelin into the wall: and 
Da’vid fled, and escaped that 
night. 

11 Saul also sent messengers 
unto Da’vid’s house, to watch 
him, and to slay him in the morn- 
ing: and Mi’chal Da’vid’s wife 
told him, saying, If thou save not 
thy life to night, to morrow thou 
shalt be slain. ) 
112 §So Michal let Da’vid 
down through a window: and 
he went, and fled, and escared. 

13 And Mi’chal took an image, 
and laid i¢ in the bed, and puta 
pillow of goats’ hair for his bol- 
ster, and covered it with a cloth. 

14 And when Saul sent mes- 
sengers to take Da’vid, she said, 
He is sick. . 

15 And Saul sent the messen- 
gers again to see Da’vid, saying, 
Bring him up to me in the bed, 
that I may slay him. 


16 And when the messengers. 


were come in, behold, there was 
an image in the bed, with a pil- 
low of goats’ Aair for his bolster. 

17 And Saul said unto Mi’chal, 
Why hast thou deceived me so, 
and sent away mine enemy, that 
he is escaped? And Mi’ch 
answered Saul, He said unto me, 
Let me go; why should I kill 
thee? } 

18 § So Da’vid fled, and es- 
caped, and came to Sam/‘u-el to 
Ra’mah, and told him all that 
Saul had done to him. And he 
and Sam/’u-el went and dwelt in 
Na‘ioth. | ¢ 

19 And it was told Saul, saying, 
Behold, Da’vid is at Na‘ioth in 
- Ra’/mah. 

20 And Saul sent messengers 
to take Da’vid: and when they 
saw the company of the prophets 
prophesying.and Sam/u-el stand- 
ing as appointed over them, the 
Spirit of God was upon the mes- 


Michal’s ruse to save David 


sengers of Saul, and they also 
prophesied. | 

21 And when it was told Saul, 
he sent other messengers, and 
they prophesied likewise. And 
Saul sent messengers again the 
Mi time, and they prophesied 

SO. 

22 Then went he also to Ra’- 

mah, and came to a great well 
that is in Sé’chu: and he asked 
and said, Where are Sdém/’u-el 
and Da’vid? And one said, Be- 
hold, they be at Na‘ioth in 
Ra’/mah. 
_23 And he went thither to Na’- 
ioth in Ra’mah: and the Spirit 
of God was upon him also, and 
he went on, and prophesied, until 
he came to Na‘ioth in Ra’mah. 

24 And he stripped off his 
clothes also, and prophesied be- 
fore Sam/u-el in like manner, and 
lay down naked all that day 
and all that night. Wherefore 
they say, Js Saul also among the 
prophets? 


CHAPTER 20 
1 Jonathan. cov } i i 

His token to Dad, oa Sat 

anger. 

David. 
pane Da’vid fied from Na’ioth 

4 in Ra’mah, and came and 
said before Jén’a-than, What 
have I done? what is mine ini- 
iquity? and what is my sin be- 
fore thy father, that he seeketh 
my life? 

2 And he said unto him, God 
forbid; thou shalt not die: be- 
hold, my father will do nothing 
either great or small, but that he 
will shew it me: and why 
should my father hide this thing 
from me? it is not so. 

3 And Da’vid sware moreover, 
and said, Thy father certainly 
knoweth that I have found grace 
in thine eyes; and he saith, Let 
not Jon’a-than know this, lest he 
be grieved: but truly as the LORD 


256 


18 
p 24 Saul’s great 
35 Parting of Jonathan and 


liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 


there is but a step between me 
and death. 


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Jonathan’s covenant with David 


4 Then said Jon’a-than unto 
Da’vid, Whatsoever thy _ soul 
poet I will even do it for 

Ber 

5 And Da’vid said unto Jén’a- 
than, Behold, to morrow is the 
new moon, and I should not fail 
to sit with the king at meat: but 
let me go, that Imay hide myself 
in the field unto the third day at 


even. 

6 If thy father at all miss me, 
then say, Da’vid earnestly asked 
leave of me that he might run to 
Béth’—lé-hém his city: for there 
is a yearly sacrifice there for all 
the family. ; 

7 If he say thus, [tis well; thy 
servant shall have peace: but if 
he be very wroth, then be sure 
that evil is determined by him. 

8 Therefore thou shalt deal 
‘Kindly with thy servant; for 
thou hast brought thy servant 
into a covenant of the LORD with 
thee: notwithstanding, if there 
be in me iniquity, slay me thy- 
self; for why shouldest thou 
bring me to thy father? 

9 And Jén’a-than said, Far be 
it from thee: for if I knew cer- 
tainly that evil were determined 
by my father to come upon thee, 
then would not I tell it thee? 

10 Then said Da’vid to Jon’a- 
than, Who shall tell me? or 
what if thy father answer thee 
roughly? ; 

11 4 And Jon’a-than said unto 
Da’vid, Come, and let us go out 
into the field. And they went 
out both of them into the field. 

12 And _ Jon’a-than said unto 
Da’vid, O LORD God of Is’ra-el, 
when I have sounded my father 
about to morrow any time, or the 
third day, and, behold, if there 
be good toward Da’vid, and I 
then send not unto thee, and 
shew it thee; 

13 The LORD do so and much 
more to Jén’a-than: but if it 
please my father to do thee evil, 
then I will shew it thee, and send 
thee away, that thou mayest go 
in peace: and the LORD he with 


1 SAMUEL, 20 


thee, as he hath been with my 
father. 

14 And thou shalt not only 
while yet I live shew me the 
kindness of the LorD, that I 
die not: 

15 But also thou shalt not cut 
off thy kindness from my house 
for ever: no, not when the LORD 
hath cut off the enemies of Da’- 
vid every one from the face of the 
earth. : 

16 So Jon’a-than made a cove- 
nant with the house of Da’vid, 
saying, Let the LORD even re- 
quire it at the hand of Da’vid’s 
enemies. __ 

17 And Jon’a-than caused Da’- 
vid to swear again, because he 
loved him: for he loved him as 
he loved his own soul. 

18 Then Jon’a-than said to 
Da’vid, To morrow is the new 
moon: and thou shalt be missed, 
because thy seat will be empty. 

19 And when thou hast stayed 
three days, then thou shalt go 
down quickly, and come to the 
place where thou didst hide thy- 
self when the business was in 
hand, and shalt remain by the 
stone E’zél, 

20 And I will shoot three ar- 
rows on the side thereof, as 
though I shot at a mark. 

21 And, behold, I will send a 
lad, saying, Go, find out the ar- 
rows. If I expressly say unto 
the lad, Behold, the arrows are 
on this side of thee, take them: 
then come thou: for there is 
peace to thee, and no hurt; as 
the LORD liveth. 

22 But if I say thus unto the 
young man, Behold, the arrows 
are beyond thee; go thy way: 
for the LORD hath sent thee 


away. 

23 And as touching the matter 
which thou and I have spoken of, 
behold, the LORD be between 
thee and me forever. _ I 

24 4 So Da’vid hid himself in 
the field: and when the new 
moon was come, the king sat 
him down to eat meat. 


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1 SAMUEL, 21 


25 And the king sat upon his 


seat, as at other times, even upon 
a seat by the wall: and Jén’a- 
than arose, and Ab’nér sat by 
Saul’s side, and Da’vid’s place 
was empty. 

26 Nevertheless Saul spake not 
any thing that day: for 
thought, Something hath befal- 
len him, he zs not clean; surely 
he is not clean. 

27 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, which was the second 


Parting of Jonathan and David 


eat no meat the second day of the 
month: for he was grieved for 
Da’vid, because his father had 
done him shame. 

35 § And it came to pass in the 
morning, that Jon’a-than went 
out into the field at the time ap- 


e | pointed with Da’vid, and a little 


lad with him. 

36 And he said unto his lad, 
Run, find out now the arrows 
which I shoot. And as the lad 
ran, he shot an arrow beyond 


day of the month, that Da’vid’s | him 


place was empty: and Saul said 
unto Jén’a-than his son, Where- 
fore cometh not the son of Jés’se 
to meat, neither yesterday, nor 
to day? 

28 And J6n’a-than answered 
Saul, Da’vid earnestly asked 
leave of me to go to Béth’—lé- 


ém: 

29 And he said, Let me go, I 
pray thee; for our family hath a 
sacrifice in the city; and my 
brother, he hath commanded 
me to be there: and now, if I 
have found favour in thine eyes, 
let me get away, I pray thee, and 
see my brethren. Therefore he 
cometh not unto the king’s table. 

30 Then Saul’s anger was 
kindled against Jén’a-than, and 
he said unto him, Thou son of 
the perverse rebellious woman, 
do not I know that thou hast 
chosen the son of Jés’se to thine 
own confusion, and unto the con- 
fusion of thy mother’s nakedness? 

31 For, as long as the son of 
Jés’se liveth upon the ground, 
thou shalt not be established, nor 
thy kingdom. Wherefore now 
send and fetch him unto me, for 
he shall surely die. 

And Jon’a-than answered 
Saul his father, and said unto 

im, Wherefore shall he be 
slain? what hath he done? 

33 And Saul cast a javelin at 
him to smite him: whereby Jén’~ 
a-than knew that it was deter- 
mined of his father to slay Da’vid. 

34 So J6n’a-than arose from 
the table in fierce anger, and did 


37 And when the lad was come 
to the place of the arrow which 
Jon’a-than had shot, Jon’a-than 
cried after the lad, and said, Js 
not the arrow beyond thee? 

38 And Jon’a-than cried after 
the lad, Make speed, haste, stay 
not. And Joén’a-than’s lad gath- 
ered up the arrows, and came to 
his master. 

39 But the lad knew not any 
thing: only Jon’a-than and Da’- 
vid knew the matter. : 

40 And Jon’a-than gave his. 
artillery unto his lad, and said 
unt him, Go, carry them to the 
city. 

41 {_And as soon as the lad was 
gone, Da’vid arose out of a place 
toward the south, and fell on his 
face to the ground, and bowed 
himself three times: and they 
kissed one another, and wept one 
with another, until Da’vid ex- 
ceeded. 

42 And Jon’a-than said to Da’= 
vid, Go in peace, forasmuch as 
we have sworn both of us in the 
name of the LORD, saying, The 
LORD be between me and thee, 
and between my seed and thy 
seed forever. And he arose and 
departed: and Jén’a-than went 
into the city. 


CHAPTER 21 257 

1 David at Nob. 10 He flees to Gath. 
13 Feigns madness. 

‘THEN came Da’vid to Nob to 

A-him’e-léch the priest: 

and A-him’e-léch was afraid at 

the meeting of Da’vid, and said 


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David at Nob; flees to Gath 


unto him, Why art thou alone, | that here. 


and no man with thee? 

2 And Da’vid said unto A-him’- 
e-léch the priest, The king hath 
commanded me a business, and 
hath said unto me, Let no man 
know any thing of the business 
whereabout I send thee, and 
what I have commanded thee: 
and I have appointed my ser- 
vants to such and such a place. 

3 Now therefore what is under 
thine hand? give me five loaves 
of bread in mine hand, or what 
there is present. 

4 And the priest answered Da’- 
vid, and said, There is no com- 
mon bread under mine hand, but 
there is hallowed bread; if the 


young men have kept themselves | h 


at least from women. 

5.And Da’vid answered the 
priest, and said unto him, Of a 
truth women have been kept 
from us about these three days, 
since I came out, and the ves- 
sels of the young men are holy, 
and the bread is in a manner 
common, yea, though it were 
sanctified this day in the vessel. 

6 So the priest gave him hal- 
lowed bread: for there was no 
bread there but the shewbread, 
that was taken from before the 
LORD, to put hot bread in the day 
when it was taken away. 

7 Now a certain man of the ser- 
vants of Saul was there that day, 
detained before the LORD; and 
his name was D6’eg, an E’dom- 
ite, the chiefest of the herdmen 
that belonged to Saul. 

8 7 And Da’vid said untoA-him’- 
e-léch, And is there not here un- 
der thine hand spear or sword? 
for I have neither brought my 
Sword nor my weapons with me, 
because the king’s business re- 
quired haste. ’ 

9 And the priest said, The 
sword of Go-li’ath the Phi-lis’- 
tine, whom thou slewest in the 
valley of E’/lah, behold, it is here 
wrapped in a cloth behind the 
ephod: if thou wilt take that, 
take it: for there is no other save 


1 SAMUEL, 22 


And Da’vid said, 
There is none like that; give 
it me. 

10 § And Daé’vid arose, and 
fled that day for fear of Saul, and 
went to A’chish the king of Gath. 

11 And the servants of A’chish 
said unto him, Js not this Da’vid 
the king of the land? did they 
not sing one to another of him in 
dances, saying, Saul hath slain 
his thousands, and Da’vid his ten 
thousands? 

12 And Da’vid laid up these 
words in his heart, and was sore 
aad of A’chish the king of 


a eo 

13 And he changed his be- 
haviour before them, and feigned 
imself mad in their hands, and 
scrabbled on the doors of the 
gate, and let his spittle fall down 
upon his beard. 

14 Then said A’chish unto his 
servants, Lo, ye see the man is 
mad: wherefore then have ye 
brought him to me? 

15 Have I need of mad men, 
that ye have brought this fellow 
to play the mad man in my pres- 
ence? shall this fellow come 
into my house? 


CHAPTER 22 258 


1 David at Adullam. 11 Saul’s ven- 
geance on the priests of Nob. 20 
David hears the news. 


A’VID therefore departed 

thence, and escaped to 

the cave A-duil’lam: and when 

his brethren and all his father’s 

house heard if, they went down 
thither to him. ; 

2 And every one that was in 
distress, and every one that was 
in debt, and every one that was 
discontented, gathered them- 
selves unto him; and he became 
a captain over them: and there 
were with him about four hun- 
dred men. 

3 § And Da’vid went thence to 
Miz’peh of Mo’ab: and he said 
unto the king of Mé’ab, Let my 
father and my mother, I pra 
thee, come forth, and be wi 


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t SAMUEL, 22 


for me. 

4 And he brought them before 
the king of M6’ab: and they 
dwelt with him all the while that 
Da’vid was in the hold. ‘ 

5 4 And the prophet Gad said 
unto Da’vid, Abide not in the 
hold; depart, and get thee into 
the land of Ja’dah. Then Da’- 
vid departed, and came into the 
forest of Ha’reth. 

6 § When Saul heard that Da’- 
vid was discovered, and the men 
that were with him, (now Saul 
abode in Gib’e-ah under a tree in 
Ra’mah, having his spear in his 
hand, and all his servants were 
standing about him;) 

7 Then Saul said unto his ser- 
vants that stood about him, Hear 
now, ye Bén’ja-mites; will the 
son of Jés’se give every one of 
you fields and vineyards, and 
make you all captains of thou- 
sands, and captains of hundreds; 

8 That all of you have con- 
spired against me, and there is 
none that sheweth me that my 
son hath made a league with the 
son of Jés’se, and there is none 
of you that is sorry for me, or 
sheweth unto me that my son 
hath stirred up my _ servant 
against me, to lie in wait, as at 
pe day? 

9 4 Then answered Dd’eg the 
E’dom-ite, which was set over 
the servants of Saul, and said, I 
saw the son of Jés’se coming to 
Nob, to A-him/’e-léch the son of 
A-hi’tub. 

10 And he enquired of the 
LORD for him, and gave him 
victuals, and gave him the sword 
of Go-li’ath the Phi-lis’ tine. 

11 Then the king sent to call 
A-him’e-léch the priest, the son 
of A-hi’tub, and all his father’s 
house, the priests that were in 
Nob: and they came all of them 
to the king. 

12 And Saul said, Hear now, 
thou son of A-hi’tub. And he 
answered, Here I am, my lord. 

13 And Saul said unto him, 


Saul’s vengeance on the priests of Nob 
you, till I know what God will do 


Why have ye consi aes against 
me, thou and the son of Jés’se, 
in that thou hast given him bread, 
and a sword, and hast enquired 
of God for him, that he should 
rise against me, to lie in wait, as 
at this day? _ 

14 Then A-him’e-léch  an- 
swered the king, and said, And 
who is so faithful among all thy 
servants as Da’vid, which is the 
king’s son in law, and goeth at 
thy bidding, and is honourable in 
thine house? 

15 Did I then begin to enquire 
of God for him? be it far from 
me: let not the king impute any 


thing unto his servant, nor to all 


the house of my father: for thy 
servant knew nothing of all this, 
less or more. _ : 

16 And the king said, Thou 
shalt surely die, A-him/e-léch, 
thou, and all th y father’s house. 

17 § And the king said unto the 
footmen that stood about him, 
Turn, and slay the priests of the 
LORD; because their hand also 
is with Da’vid, and because they 
knew when he fled, and did not 
shew it tome. But the servants 
of the king would not put forth 
their hand to fall upon the priests 
of the LORD. 

18 And the king said to D6’eg, 
Turn thou, and fall upon the 
priests. And Dd6’eg the E’dom- 
ite turned, and he fell upon the 
priests, and slew on that day 
fourscore and five persons that 
did wear a linen ephod. 

19 And Nob, the city of the 
priests, smote he with the edge 


of the sword, both men and 
women, children and sucklings, 


and oxen, and asses, and sheep, 
pak the edge of the sword. 


And one of the sons of. 


0 4 
aChin’ e-léch the son of A-hi’tub, 


named A-bi’a-thar, escaped, and | 


fled after Da’vid. 


21 And A-bi’a-thar shewed Da’= 


vid that Saul had slain the 
LORD’S priests. 


22 And Da’vid said unto A-bi’a= 


thar, I knew if that day, when 


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Saul pursues David 


Do’eg the E’dom-ite was there, 
that he would surely tell Saul: 
I have occasioned the death of 
all the persons of thy father’s 


house. 

23 Abide thou with me, fear 
not: for he that seeketh my life 
seeketh thy life: but with me 
thou shalt be in safeguard. 


259 CHAPTER 23 


1 David saves Keilah. 7 Saul pursues 
David. 13 David's escape. 


HEN they told Da’vid, say- 

ing, Behold, the Phi-lis’- 

tines fight against Kéi’/lah, and 
they rob the threshing efloors. 

2 Therefore Da’vid enquired of 
the LORD, saying, Shall I go and 
smite these Phi-lis’tines? And 
the LORD said unto Da’vid, Go 
and smite the Phi-lis’tines, and 
save Kéi‘lah. 

3 And Da’vid’s men said unto 
him, Behold, -we be afraid here in 
Ja’dah: how much more then if 
we come to Kéi’lah against the 
armies of the Phi-lis’tines? 

4 Then Da’vid enquired of the 
LORD yet again. And the LORD 
answered him and said, Arise, go 
down to Kéi’lah; for I will de- 
pret, the Phi-lis’tines into thine 

and. 

5 So Da’vid and his men went 
to Kéi’lah, and fought with the 


'Phi-lis’tines, and brought away 


their cattle, and smote them with 
a great slaughter. So D4a’vid 
eyed the inhabitants of Kéi/lah. 

6 And it came to pass, when 
A-bi’a-thar the son of A-him/’é- 
léch fled to Da’vid to Kéilah, 


that he came down with an ephod 
a his hand. 


7 And it was told Saul that 


‘Da’vid was come to Kéi/lah. And 
‘Saul 


said, God hath delivered 
into mine hand; for he is 
‘shut in, by entering into a town 
that hath gates and bars. 

8 And Saul called all the people 


together to war, to go down to 
‘Kei tab to besiege Da’/vid and 


hi 
0 4 9 4 q And Da’vid knew that Saul 


1 SAMUEL, 23 


secretly practised mischief against 
him; and he said to A-bi’a-thir 
the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 

10 Then said Da’vid, O LorD 
God of Is’ra-el, thy servant hath 
certainly heard that Saul seeketh 
to come to Kéi’lah, to destroy 
the city for my sake. 

11 Will the men of Kéi’lah de- 
liver me up into his hand? will 
Saul come down, as thy servant 
hath heard? O LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, I beseech thee, tell thy 
servant. And the LORD said, He 
will come down. 

12 Then said Da’vid, Will the 
men of Kéi’/lah deliver me and 
my men into the hand of Saul? 
And the LORD said, They will 
deliver thee up 

13 § Then Da'vid and his men, 
which were about six hundred, 
arose and departed out of Kéi’- 
lah, and went whithersoever they 
could go. And it was told Saul 
that Da’/vid was escaped from 
Kéi/lah; and he forbare to go 
forth. 

14 And Da’vid abode in the 
wilderness in strong holds, and 
remained in a mountain in the 
wilderness of Ziph. And Saul 
sought him every Cay, but God 
delivered him not into his hand. 

15 And Da’vid saw that Saul 
was come out to seek his life: 
and Da’vid was in the wilder- 
ness of Ziph in a wood. 

16 §¢ And Jon’a-than Saul’s son 
arose, and went to Da’vid into 
the wood, and strengthened his 
hand in God. ; 

17 And he said unto him, Fear 
not: for the hand of Saul my 
father shall not find thee; and 
thou shalt be king over Is’ra-el, 
and I shall be next unto thee; 
and that also Saul my father 
knoweth. 

18 And they two made a cove- 
nant before the LORD: and Da’- 
vid abode in the wood, and Jon’- 
a-than went to his house. 

19 4 Then came up the Ziph’- 
ites to Saul to Gib’e-ah, saying, 
Doth not Da’vid hide himself 


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1 SAMUEL, 24 


with us in strong holds in the 
wood, in the hill of Hach’i-lah, 
which is on the south of Jésh’- 
i-mon? ’ : 

20 Now therefore, O king, 
come down according to all the 
desire of thy soul to come down; 
and our part shali be to deliver 
him into the king’s hand. 

21 And Saul said, Blessed be 
ye of the Lorp; for ye have 
compassion on me. 

22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, 
and know and see his place where 
his haunt is, and who hath seen 
him there: for it is told me ¢hat 
he dealeth very subtilly. 

23 See therefore, and take 
knowledge of all the lurking 
places where he hideth himself, 
and come ye again to me with 
the certainty, and I will go with 
you: and it shall come to pass, if 
he be in the land, that I will 
search him out throughout all 
the thousands of Ji’dah. 

24 And they arose, and went to 
Ziph before Saul: but Da’vid and 
his men were in the wilderness 
of Ma’on, in the plain on the 
south of Jésh’i-mon. 

25 Saul also and his men went 


to seek him. And they told Da’-|S 


vid: wherefore he came down 
into a rock, and abode in the 
wilderness of Ma’on. And when 
Saul heard that, he pursued after 
Da’vid in the wilderness of 
Ma’on. iit 

26 And Saul went on this side 
of the mountain, and Da’vid and 
his men on that side of the moun- 
tain: and Da’vid made haste to 
get away for fear of Saul; for 
Saul and his men compassed 
Da’vid and his men round about 
to take them. 

27 4 But there cameamessen- 
ger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, 
and come; for the Phi-lis’tines 
have invaded the land. 

28 Wherefore Saul returned 
from pursuing after Da’vid, and 
went against the Phi-lis’tines: 
therefore they called that place 
Sé’la—ham-mah-lé’koth. 


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29 §| And Da’vid went up from 
thence, and dweitin strong holds 
at En-gé’di. 


CHAPTER 24 260 


1 David at En-gedi. 4 Hespares Saul’s 
life. 16 David’s oath to Saul. 
fie it came to pass, when 

Saul was returned from 
following the Phi-lis’tines, that 
it was told him, saying, Behold, 
Da’vid is in the wilderness of 
En-gé’di. 

2 Then Saul took three thous- 
and chosen men out of all is’- 
ra-el, and went to seek Da’vid 
and his men upon the rocks of 
the wild goats. 

3 And he came to the sheep- 
cotes by the way, where was a 
cave; and Saul went in to cover 
his feet: and Da’vid and his 
men remained in the sides of the 
cave. 

4 And the men of Da’vid said 
unto him, Behold the day of 
which the LORD said unto thee, 
Behold, I will deliver thine 
enemy into thine hand, that thou 
mayest do to him as it shall seem 
gcod unto thee. Then Da’vid 
arose, and cut off the skirt of 
aul’s robe privily. 

And it came to pass after- 
ward, that Da’vid’s heart smote 
him, because he had cut off 
Saul’s skirt. 

6 And he said unto his men, 
The LORD forbid that I should 
do this thing unto my master, the 
LORD’S anointed, to stretch forth 
mine hand against him, seeing he 
is the anointed of the LORD. 

So Da’vid stayed his ser- 
vants with these words, and suf= 
fered them not to rise against 
Saul. But Saul rose up out of. 
the cave, and went on his way. 

8 Da’vid also arose afterward, 
and went out of the cave, and 
cried after Saul, saying, My lord 
the king. And when Saul looked 
behind him, Da’vid stooped with 
his face to the earth, and bowed 
himself. 


9 | And Da’vid said to Saul, 


Death of Samuel 


Wherefore hearest thou men’s 
words, saying, Behold, Da’vid 
seeketh thy hurt? 

10 Behold, this day thine eyes 
have seen how that the LorD 
had delivered thee to day into 
mine hand in the cave: and some 
bade me kill thee: but mine eye 
spared thee; and I said, I will 
not put forth mine hand against 
my lord; for he is the LORD’S 
anointed. 

11 Moreover, my father, see, 
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in 
my hand: for in that I cut off the 
skirt of thy robe, and killed thee 
not, know thou and see that there 
is neither evil nor transgression 
in mine hand, and I have not 
sinned against thee; yet thou 
huntest my soul to take it. 

12 The LORD judge between 
me and thee, and the LorRD 
avenge me of thee: but mine 
hand shall not be upon thee. 

13 As saith the proverb of the 
ancients, Wickedness proceedeth 
from the wicked: but mine hand 
shall not be upon thee. 

14 After whom is the king of 
¥s’ra-el come out? after whom 
dost thou pursue? after a dead 
dog, after a flea. 

15 The Lorp therefore be 
judge, and judge between me and 
thee, and see, and plead my 
cause, and deliver me out of 
thine hand. 

16 ¥ And it came to pass, when 
Da’vid had made an end of 
speaking these words unto Saul, 
that Saul said, fs this thy voice, 
my son Da’vid? And Saul 
lifted up his voice, and wept. 

17 And he said to Da’vid, Thou 
art more righteous than I: for 
thou hast rewarded me good, 
whereas I have rewarded thee 


evil. 

18 And thou hast shewed this 
day how that thou hast dealt well 
with me: forasmuch as when 
the LORD had delivered me into 
thine hand, thou killedst me not. 

19 For if a man find his enemy, 
will he let him go well away? 


1 SAMUEL, 25 


wherefore the LORD reward thee 
good for that thou hast done 
unto me this day. 

20 And now, behold, J none 
well that thou shalt surely be 
king, and that the kingdom of 
Is’ra-el shall be established in 
thine hand. 

21 Swear now therefore unto 
me by the LORD, that thou wilt 
not cut off my seed after me, and 
that thou wilt not destroy my 
name out of my father’s house. 

22 And Da’vid sware unto Saul. 
And Saul went home; but Da’- 
vid and his men gat them up 
unto the hold. 


CHAPTER 25 
1 Death of Samuel. _14 Abigail paci- 
fies David. 39 He marries her. 

ND Sam/u-el died; and all 

the is’ra-el-ites were gath- 
ered together, and Jamented 
him, and buried him in his house 
at Ra’mah. And DaAa’vid arose, 
and went down to the wilder- 
ness of Pa’ran. 

2 And there was a man in 
Ma’on, whose possessions were 
in Car’mel; and the man was 
very great, and he had three 
thousand sheep, and a thousand 
goats: and he was shearing his 
sheep in Cir’mel. 

3 Now the name of the man 
was Na’bal; and the name of his 
wife Ab’/i-gail: and she was a 
woman of good understanding, 
and of a beautiful countenance: 
but the man was churlish and 
evil in his doings; and he was of 
the house of Ca’leb. 

4 9 And Da’vid heard in the 
wilderness that Na’bal did shear 
his sheep. 

5 And Da’vid sent out ten 
young men, and D4a’vid said unto 
the young men, Get you up to 
Car’mel, and go te Ne bel and 
greet him in myn 

6 And thus shally va say to him 
that liveth in prosperity, Peace 
be both to thee, and peace be to 
thine house, and peace be unto 
all that thou hast. 


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1 SAMUEL, 25 


7 And now I have heard that 


thou hast shearers: now thy 
shepherds which were with us, 
we hurt them not, neither was 
there ought missing unto them, 
all the while they were in Car’mel. 

8 Ask thy young men, and they 
will shew thee. Wherefore let 
the young men find favour in 
thine eyes: for we come ina 
good day: give, I pray thee, 
whatsoever cometh to thine hand 
unto thy servants, and to thy son 
David. ; 

9 And when Da’vid’s young 
men came, they spake to Na’bal 
according to all those words in 
the name of Da’vid, and ceased. 

10 4 And Na’bal answered Da’- 
vid’s servants, and said, Who is 
Da’vid? and who is the son of 
Jés’se? there be many servants 
now a days that break away 
every man from his master. 

11 Shall I then take my bread, 
and my water, and my fiesh 


Nabal’s churlishness 


while we were with them keeping 
the sheep. 

17 Now therefore know and 
consider what thou wilt do: for 
evil is determined against our 
master, and against all his house- 
hold: for he is such a son of 
Bé'li-al, that a man cannot speak 
to him. 

18 4 Then Ab’i-gail made haste, 
and took two hundred loaves, 
and two bottles of wine, and five 
sheep ready dressed, and five 
measures of parched corn, and 
an hundred clusters of raisins, 
and two hundred cakes of figs, 
and laid them on asses. 

19 And she said unto her ser- 
vants, Go on before me; behold, 
I come after you. But she told 
not her husband Na’bal 

20 And it was so, as she rode 
on the ass, that she came down 
by the covert of the hill, and, be- 
hold, Da’vid and his men came 
down against her; and she met 


that I have killed for my shearers, | them 


and give if unto men, whom I 
know not whence they be? 

12 So Da’vid’s young men 
turned their way, and went 
again, and came and told him 
all those sayings. 

13 And Da’vid said unto his 
men, Gird ye on every man his 
sword. And they girded on 
every man his sword; and Da/’- 
vid also girded on his sword: 
and there went up after Da’vid 
about four hundred men; and 
two hundred abode by the 
ee 

4 § But one of the young men 
told Ab’i-gail, Na’bal’s wife, say- 
ing, Behold, Da’vid sent mes- 
sengers out of the wilderness to 
salute our master; and he railed 
on them. 

15 But the men were very good 
unto us, and we were not hurt, 
neither missed we any thing, as 
long as we were conversant with 
them, when we were in the 
fields: 

16 They were a wall unto us 
both by night and day, all the 


21 Now Da’vid had said, Surely 
in vain have I kept all that this 
fellow hath in the wilderness, so 
that nothing was missed of all 
that pertained unto him: and he 
hath requited me evil for 
good. 

22 So and more also do’ God 
unto the enemies of Da’vid, if I 
leave of all that pertain to him by 
the morning light any that pis- 
seth against the wall. 

23 And when Ab‘i-gail saw Da’- 
vid, she hasted, and lighted off 
the ass, and fell before Da’vid on 
her face, and bowed herself to the 


ground, 

24 And fell at his feet, and said, 
Upon me, my lord, upon me let 
this iniquity be: and let thine 
handmaid, I pray thee, speak in 
thine audience, and hear the 
words of thine handmaid. | 

25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, 
regard this man of Bé’li-al, 
even Na’bal: for as his name is, 
so is he; Na’bal is his name, 
and folly is with him: but I thine 
handmaid saw not the young 


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Abigail pacifies David. Nabal dies 


pen of my lord, whom thou didst 
send. 

26 Now therefore, my lord, as 
the LORD liveth, and as thy soul 
liveth, seeing the LORD hath 
withholden thee from coming to 
shed blood, and from avenging 
thyself with thine own hand, 
now let thine enemies, and they 
that seek evil to my lord, be as 
Na’bal. 

27 And now this blessing 
which thine handmaid hath 
brought unto my lord, let it even 
be given unto the young men that 
follow my lord. ; 

28 I pray thee, forgive the tres- 
pass of thine handmaid: for the 
LORD will certainly make my 
lord a sure house; because my 
lord fighteth the battles of the 
LORD, and evil hath not been 
found in thee all thy days. 

29 Yet a man is risen to pursue 
thee, and to seek thy soul: but 
the soul of my lord shall be 
pound in the bundle of life with 
the Lorp thy God; and the 
souls of thine enemies, them 
shall he sling out, as out of the 
middle of a sling. 

30 And it shall come to pass, 
when the LORD shall have done 
to my lord according to all the 
good that he hath spoken con- 
cerning thee, and shali have ap- 
pointed thee ruler over is’ra-el; 

31 That this shall be no grief 
unto thee, nor offence of heart 
unto my lord, either that thou 
hast shed blood causeless, or 


1 SAMUEL, 25 


which hath kept me back from 
hurting thee, except thou hadst 
hasted and come to meet me, 
surely there had not been left 
unto Na’bal by the morning light 
any that pisseth against the 
wall. : 

35 So Da’vid received of her 
hand that which she had brought 
him, and said unto her, Go up in 
peace to thine house; see, I have 
hearkened to thy voice, and have 
accepted thy person. 

36 ¥ And Ab’i-gail came to Na’- 
bal; and, behold, he held a 
feast in his house, like the feast 
of a king; and Na’bal’s heart 
was merry within him, for he 
was very drunken: wherefore 
she told him nothing, less or 
more, until the morning light. 

37 But it came to pass in the 
morning, when the wine was 
gone out of Na’bal, and his wife 
had told him these things, that 
his heart died within him, and 
he became as a stone. 

38 And it came to pass about 
ten days after, that the LORD 
smote Na’bal, that he died. 

39 ¢ And when Da’vid heard 
that Na’bal was dead, he said, 
Blessed be the LORD, that hath 
pleaded the cause of my re- 
proach from the hand of Na’bal, 
and hath kept his servant from 
evil: for the LORD hath re- 
turned the wickedness of Na’bal 
upon his own head. And Da’- 
vid sent and communed with 
Ab’i-gail, to take her to him to 


that my lord hath avenged him- | wif 


self: but when the LORD shall 
have dealt well with my lord, 
then remember thine handmaid. 

32 § And Da’vid said to Ab’i- 
gail, Blessed be the LORD God 
of is’ra-el, which sent thee this 
day to meet me: 

33 And blessed be thy advice, 
and blessed be thou, which hast 
kept me this day from coming to 
shed blood, and from avenging 
myself with mine own hand. 

34 For_in very, deed, as the 
Lorp God of is’ra-el liveth, 


ife. 

40 And when the servants of 
Da’vid were come to Ab’i-gail to 
Car’mel, they spake unto her, 
saying, Da’vid sent us unto thee, 
to take thee to him to wife. 

41 And she arose, and bowed 
herself on her face to the earth, 
and said, Behold, let thine hand- 
maid be a servant to wash the 
feet of the servants of my lord. 

42 And Ab‘i-gail hasted, and 
arose, and rode upon an 4ss, 
with five damsels of hers that 
went after her; and she went 


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after the messengers of Da’vid, 
and became his wife. _ 

43 Da’vid also took A-hin’o-am 
of Jéz’re-el; and they were 
also both of them his wives. 

44 4 But Saul had given Mi’- 
chal his daughter, Da’vid’s wife, 
to Phal’ti the son of La’ish, 
which was of Gal’lim. 


262 CHAPTER 26 
1 Saul pursues David. 5 David spares 
him. 21 Saul’s penitence. 
ND the Ziph’ites came unto 
Saul to Gib’e-ah, saying, 
Doth not Da’vid hide himself in 
the hill of Hach’i-lah, which is 
before Jésh’i-min? 

2 Then Saul arose, and went 
down to the wilderness of Ziph, 
having three thousand chosen 
men of Is’ra-el with him, to seek 
Da’vid in the wilderness of Ziph. 

3 And Saul pitched in the hill of 
Hach/i-lah, which is before 
Jésh’i-mén, by the way. But 
Da’vid abode in the wilderness, 
and hesaw that Saul came after 

im into the wilderness. 

4 Da’vid therefore sent out 


Saul pursues Dad 


vid, God hath delivered thine 
enemy into thine hand this day: 
now therefore let me smite him, 
I pray thee, with the spear even 
to the earth at once, and I will 
not smite him the second time. 

9 And Da’vid said to A-bish’4-1, 
Destroy him not: for who can 
stretch forth his hand against the 
LORD’S~ anointed, and be 
guiltless? 

10 Da’vid said furthermore, As 
the LORD liveth, the LORD shall 
smite him; or his day shall 
come to die; or he shall descend 
into battle, and perish. 

11 The LORD forbid that I 
Should stretch forth mine hand 
against the LORD’S anointed: 
but, I pray thee, take thou now 
the spear that is at his bolster, 
and the cruse of water, and let 


us go. 
12 So Da’vid took the spear and. 
the cruse of water from Saul’s 
bolster; and they gat them away, 
and no man saw if, nor knew it, 
neither awaked: for they were 
all asleep; because a deep sleep 
from the LORD was fallen upon 


spies, and understood that Saul | them 


was come in very deed. 

5 § And Da’vid arose, and 
came to the place where Saul had 
pitched: and Da’vid beheld the 
place where Saul lay, and Ab’nér 
the son of Nér, the captain of his 
host: and Saul lay in the trench, 
and the people pitched round 
about him. 

6 Then answered Da’vid and 
said to A-him’e-léch the Hit’tite, 
and to A-bish’a-i the son of 
Zér-u-i’ah, brother to J6’ab, say- 
ing, Who will go down with me 
to Saul _to the camp? And 
A-bish’a-1 said, I will go down 
with thee. 

7 So Da’vid and A-bish’a-i 
came to the people by night: and, 
behold, Saul lay sleeping within 
the trench, and his spear stuck 
in the ground at his bolster: but 
Ab’nér and the people lay round 
about him. 

& Then said A-bish’4-i to Da’- 


em. 

13 § Then Da’vid went over to 
the other side, and stood on the 
top of an hill afar off; a great 
space being between them: 

14 And Da’vid cried to the 
people, and to Ab’nér the son of 
Nér, saying, Answerest thou not, 
Ab’nér? Then Ab’nér answered 
and said, Who aré thou that cri- 
est to the king? 

15 And Da’vid said to Ab’nér, 
Artnot thou a valiantman? and 
who is like to thee in is’ra-el? 
wherefore then hast thou not 
kept thy lord the king? for 
there came one of the people in 
to destroy the king thy lord. 

16 This thing is not good that 
thou hast done. As the LORD 
liveth, ye are worthy to die, be- 
cause ye have not kept your 
master, the LORD’S anointed. 
And now see where the king’s 
spear is, and the cruse of water 
that was at his bolster. 


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Saul’s penitence 


17 And Saul knew Da’vid’s 

voice, and said, Js this thy voice, 
my son Da’vid? And Da’vid 
It is my voice, my lord, O 


18 beand he said, Wherefore 
doth my lord thus pursue after 
his servant? for what have I 
done? or what evil is in mine 
hand? 

19 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
let my lord the king hear the 
words of his servant. If the 
LORD have stirred thee up 
against me, let him accept an 
offering; but if they be the chil- 
dren of men, cursed be they be- 
fore the LORD; for they have 
driven me out this day from 
abiding in the inheritance of the 
LORD, saying, Go, serve other 


gods. 

20 Now therefore, let not my 
blood fall to the earth before the 
face of the LORD: for the king 
of Is’ra-el is come out to seek 
a flea, as when one doth hunt a 
partridge in the mountains. 

21 4 Then said Saul, I have 
Sinned: return, my son Da’vid: 
for I will no more do thee harm, 
because my soul was precious in 
thine eyes this day: behold, 
have played the fool, and have 
erred exceedingly. 

22 And Da’vid answered and 
said, Behold the king’s spear! 
and let one of the young men 
come over and fetch it. 

23 The LORD render to every 
man his righteousness and his 
faithfulness: for the LORD de- 
livered thee into my hand to day, 
but I would not stretch forth 
mine hand against the LORD’S 
anointed. 

24 And, behold, as thy life was 
much set by this day in mine 
eyes, so let my life be much set 
by in the eyes of the LORD, and 
let him deliver me out of all 
tribulation. 2 : 

25 Then Saul said to Da’vid, 
Blessed be thou, my son Da’vid: 
thou shalt both do great things, 
and also shalt still prevail.. So 

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1 SAMUEL, 27 © 


Da’vid went on his way, and 
Saul returned to his place. 


CHAPTER 27 263 
1 David dweils at Gath. . Achish gives 
him Ziklag 


ANP Da’vid said in his heart,. 
I shail now perish one day 
by the hand of Saul: there is 
nothing better for me than that 
I should speedily escape into the 
land of the Phi-lis’tines; and 
Saul shall despair of me, to seek 
me any more in _any coast of 
Is’ra-el: so shall I escape out of 
his hand. 

2 And Da’vid arose, and he 
passed over with the six hundred 
men that were with him unto 
foe sh, the son of Ma’ich, king 
re) 

3 Aaa Da’vid dweit with A’chish 
at Gath, he and his men, every 
man with his household, even 
Da’vid with his. two. wives, 
A-hin’o-am the Jéz’re-el-it-ess, 
and Ab/’i-gail the Cir’mel-it-ess, 
WNa/bal’s wife. 

4 Andit was told Saul that Da’- 
vid was fled to Gath: and he 
sought no more again for 


im. 

5 ¢ And _ Da/’vid said unto 
A’chish, If I have now found 
grace in thine eyes, let them give 
me a place in some town in the 
country, that I may dwell there: 
for why should thy servant dwell 
in the royal city with thee? 

6 Then A’chish gave him Zik’- 
lag that day: wherefore Zik’lag 
pertaineth unto the kings of 
Ja’dah unto this day. ; 

7 And the time that Da’vid 
dwelt in the country of the Phi- 
lis’tines was a full year and four 
months. 

8 ¢ And Da’vid and his men 
went up, and invaded the Gésh’- 

u-rites, and the Géz’rites, and 
the Am/’a-lék-ites: for those na- 
tions were of old the inhabitants 
of the land, as thou goest to 
Shir, even unto the land of 
E’gypt. 

9 And Da’vid smote the land 


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1 SAMUEL, 28 


Saul seeks the witch of En-dor 


and left neither man nor woman| 5 And when Saul saw the host 


alive, and took away the sheep, 
and the oxen, and the asses, and 
the camels, and the apparel, and 
returned, and came to A’chish. 

10 And A’chish said, Whither 
have ye made a road to day? 
And Da’vid said, Against the 
south of Ji’dah, and against the 
south of the. Jé-rah’me-~el-ites, 
and against the south of the 
Ken ‘ites. 

11 And Da’vid saved neither 
man nor woman alive, to bring 
tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they 
should tell on us, saying, So did 
Da’vid, and so will be his man- 
ner all the while he dwelleth in 
the country of the Phi-lis’tines. 

12 And A’chish believed Da’vid, 
saying, He hath made his people 
Is’ra-el utterly to abhor him; 
therefore he shall be my servant 
for ever. 


264 CHAPTER 28 
1 Achish confides in David. 7 Saul at 
Ein-dor. 14 Samuel appears. 15 
Saul’s fate foretold. 
ND it came to pass in those 
days, that the Phi-lis’tines 
gathered their armies together 
for warfare, to fight with Is’ra-el. 
And A’chish said unto Da’vid, 
Know thou assuredly, that thou 
shalt go out with me to battle, 
thou and thy men. 

2 And Da’vid said to A’chish, 
Surely thou shalt know what 
thy servant can do. And 
A’chish said to Da’vid, Therefore 
will I make thee keeper of mine 
head for ever. 

3 4 Now Sam/u-el was dead, 
and all is’ra-el had lamented 
him, and buried him in Ra’mah, 
even in his own city. And Saul 
had put away those that had 
familiar spirits, and the wizards, 
out of the land. 

4 And the Phi-lis’tines gath- 


ered themselves together, and|A 


came and pitched in Shu’nem: 
and Saul gathered all Is’ra-el 
together, and they pitched in 
Gil-b6’a. 


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of the Phi-lis’tines, he was 
afraid, and his heart greatly 
trembled. ! 

6 And when Saul enquired of 
the LORD, the LORD answered 
him not, neither by dreams, nor 
by U’rim, nor by prophets. 

7 4 Then said Saul unto his 
servants, Seek me a woman that 
hath a familiar spirit, that I may 
go to her, and enquire of her. 
And his servants said to him, 
Behold, there is a woman that 
hath a familiar spirit at En’—dér. 

8 And Saul disguised himself, 
and put on other raiment, and 
he went, and two men with him, 
and they came to the woman by 
night: and he said, I pray thee, 
divine unto me by the familiar 
spirit, and bring me him up, 
whom I shall name unto thee. 

9 And the woman said unto 
him, Behold, thou knowest what 
Saul hath done, how he hath cut 
off those that have familiar 
spirits, and the wizards, out of 
the land: wherefore then layest 
thou a snare for my life, to cause 
me to die? 

10 And Saul sware to her by 
the LORD, saying, As the LORD 
liveth, there shall no punishment 
happen to thee for this thing. 

11 Then said the woman, 
Whom shall I bring up unto 
thee? And he said, Bring me 
up Sam/’u-el. 

12 And when the woman saw 
Sam/u-el, she cried with a loud 
voice: and the woman spake to 
Saul, saying, Why hast thou de- 
ceived me? for thou art Saul. 

13. And the king said unto her, 
Be not afraid: for what sawest 
thou? And the woman said 
unto Saul, I saw gods ascend- 
ing out of the earth. 

14 And he said unto her, What 
form is he of? And she said, 
An old man cometh up; and he 
is covered with a mantle. And 
Saul perceived that it was Sam’- 
u-el, and he stooped with his face 
to the ground, and bowed himself. 





Saul’s doom foretold 


15 { And Sam’u-el said to Saul, 
Why hast thou disquieted me, to 
bring me up? And Saul an- 
swered, I am sore distressed; 
for the Phi-lis’tines make war 
against me, and God is departed 
from me, and answereth me no 
more, neither by prophets, nor 
by dreams: therefore I 
called thee, that thou mayest 
make known unto me what I 
shall do. 

16 Then said Sam/’u-el, Where- 
fore then dost thou ask of me, 
seeing the LORD is departed 
from thee, and is become thine 
enemy? 

17 And the LORD hath done to 
him, as he spake by me: for 
the LORD hath rent the kingdom 
out of thine hand, and given 
it to thy neighbour, even to 
Da’vid: 

18 Because thou obeyedst not 
the voice of the LORD, nor exe- 
cutedst his fierce wrath upon 
Am/a-lék, therefore hath the 
LORD done this thing unto thee 
this day. 

19 Moroever the LORD will also 
deliver Iis’ra-el with thee into the 
hand of the Phi-lis’tines: and to 
morrow shalt thou and thy sons 
be with me: the LORD also shall 
deliver the host of Is’ra-el into 
the hand of the Phi-lis’tines. 

20 Then Saul fell straightway 
all along on the earth, and was 
sore afraid, because of the words 
of Sam/’u-el: and there was no 
strength in him; for he had eaten 
no bread ail the day, nor all the 
night. 4 

21 ¢ And the woman came 
unto Saul, and saw that he was 
sore troubled, and said unto him, 
Behold, thine handmaid hath 
obeyed thy voice, and I have put 
my life in my hand, and have 
hearkened unto thy words which 
thou spakest unto me. 

22 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
hearken thou also unto the voice 
of thine handmaid, and let me 
Set a morsel of bread before thee; 
and eat, that thou mayest have 


have |b 


1 SAMUEL, 29 


strength, when thou goest on 
thy way. 

23 But he refused, and said, I 
will not eat. But his servants, 
together with the woman, com- 
pelled him; and he hearkened 
unto their voice. So he arose 
oy the earth, and sat upon the 


e ® 

24 And the woman had a fat 
calf in the house: and she 
hasted, and killed it, and took 
flour, and kneaded it, and did 
bake unleavened bread thereof: 
25 And she brought it before 
Saul, and before his servants; 
and they did eat. Then they 
rose up, and went away that 
night. 


CHAPTER 29 265 

1 The Philistines mistrust David. 6 
Achish dismisses him. 

OW the Phi-lis’tines gath- 

ered together all their ar- 

mies to A’phek: and the Is’ra-el- 

ites pitched by a fountain which 

is in Jéz’re-el. 

2 And the lords of the Phi-lis’- 
tines passed on by hundreds, and 
by thousands: but Da’vid and 
his men passed on in the rere- 
ward with A’chish. | 

3 Then said the princes of the 
Phi-lis’tines , What do these Hé’- 
brews here? And A’chish said 
unto the princes of the Phi-lis’- 
tines, Js not this Da’vid, the ser- 
vant of Saul the king of Is’ra-el, 
which hath been with me these 
days, or these years, and I have 
found no fault in him since he 
fell unto me unto this day? 

4 And the princes of the Phi- 
lis’tines were wroth with him; 
and the princes of the Phi-lis’- 
tines said unto him, Make this 
fellow return, that he may go 
again to his place which thou 
hast appointed him, and let him 
not go down with us to battle, 
lest in the battle he be an adver- 
sary to us: for wherewith should 
he reconcile himself unto his 
master? should it not be with 
the heads of these men? 


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1 SAMUEL, 30 


5 Is not this Da’vid, of whom 
they sang one to another in 
dances, saying, ~Saul slew his 
thousands, and Da’vid his ten 
thousands? 

6 § Then A’chish called Da’vid, 
and said unto him, Surely, as the 
LORD liveth, thou hast been up- 
right, and thy going out and thy 
coming in with me in the host is 
good in my sight: forl have not 
found evil in thee since the day 
of thy coming unto me unto this 
day: nevertheless the lords fa- 
vour thee not. 

7 Wherefore now return, and 
zo in peace, that thou displease 
mat the lords of the Phi-lis’ tines. 

8 § And Da’vid_ said unto 
A’chish, But what have I done? 
and what hast thou found in thy 
servant so long as I have been 
with thee unto this day, that I 
may not go fight against the 
enemies of my lord the king? 

0 And A/chish answered and 
said to Da’vid, I know that thou 
art goodin my sight, as an angel 
of God: notwithstanding the 
princes of the Phi-lis’tines have 
said, He shall not go up with us 
to the battle. 

10 Wherefore now rise up early 
in the morning with thy master’s 
servants that are come with thee: 
and as soon as ye be up early in 
the morning, and have light, 
depart. 

11 So Déa’vid and his men rose 
up early to depart in the morning, 
to return into the land of the Phi- 
lis’‘tines. And the Phi-lis’tines 
went up to Jéz’re-el. 


266 CHAPTER 30 


1 Amalekite despoiiers. 10 David's 
pursuit. 22 The law of spoils. 
ND it came to pass, when 

Da’vid and his men were 
come to Zik’lag on the third day, 
that the Am/a-lék-ites had in- 
vaded the south, and Zik’lag, and 
smitten Zik’lag, and burned it 
with fire; 

2 And had taken the women 


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Amalekite raiders pursued by David 


captives, that were _ therein: 
they slew not any, either great 
or small, but carried them away: 
and went on their way. 

3 ¢So Da’vid and his men 
came to the city, and, behold, it 
was burned with fire; and their 
wives, and their sons, and their 
daughters, were taken captives. 

4 Then Da’vid and the people 
that were with him lifted up 
their voice and wept, until they 
had no more power to weep. 

5 And Da’vid’s two wives 
were taken captives, A-hin’o-am 
the Jéz’re-el-it-ess, and Ab’i-gail 
the wife of Na’bal the Car’mel-ite. 

6 And Da’vid was greatly dis- 
tressed: for the people spake of 
stoning 
all the people was grieved, every 
man for his sons and for his 
daughters: but Da’vid encour- 
eos himself in the LORD his 


7 And Da’vid said to A-bi’a- 


thar the priests A-him/e-léch’s 

son, I pray thee, bring me hither 
the ephod. A-bi’a-thar 
brought thither the ephod to 
Da’vid. 

8 And Da’vid enquired at the 
LORD, saying, Shall I pursue 
after this troop? 
take them? And he answered 
him, Pursue: for thou shalt 
surely overtake them, and with- 
out fail recover all. 

9 So Da’vid went, he and the 
six hundred men that were with 
him, and came to the brook Bé’- 
sor, where those that were left 
behind stayed. 


10 But Da’vid pursued, he and 
for two hun-_ 


four hundred men: 


shall I over- 


him, because the soul of 


dred abode behind, which were 


so faint that they could not go 
over the brook Bé’s6r. 

11 {| And they found an E-syp’- 
tian in the field, and brought him 
to Da’vid, and gave him bread, 
and he did eat; and they made 
him drink waiter; 

12 And they gave him a piece of 
a cake of figs, and two clusters 0 
raisins: and when he had 


David recovers the spoil 


eaten, his spirit came again to 
him: for he had eaten no bread, 
nor drunk any water, three days 
and three nights. : 

13 And Da’vid said unto Him, 
To whom belongest thou? and 
whence art thou? And he said, 
I am a young man of k’éyot, 
servant to an Am/a-lék-ite; and 
my master left me, because three 
days agone I fell sick. | 

14 We made an invasion upon 
the south of the Chér’e-thites, 
and upon the coast which be- 
longeth to Ji’dah, and upon the 
south of Ca’leb; and we burned 
Zik’lag with fire. 

15 And Da’vid said to him, 
Canst thou bring me down to this 
company? he said, Swear 
unto me by God, that thou wilt 
neither kill me, nor deliver me 
into the hands of my master, an 
I will bring thee down to this 
company. 

16 § And when he had brought 
him down, behold, they were 
spread abroad upon all the earth, 
eating and drinking, and danc- 

ing, because of all the great spoil 
that they had taken out of the 
land of the Phi-lis’tines, and out 
of the land of Ji/’dah. 

17 And Da’vid smote them 
from the twilight even unto the 
evening of the next day: and 
there escaped not a man of them, 
save four hundred young men, 
which rode upon camels, and 


ed. 

18 And Da’vid recovered ail 
that the Am/’a-lék-ites had car- 
ried away: and Da’vid rescued 
his two wives. 

19 And there was nothing lack- 
ing to them, neither small nor 
great, neither sons nor daugh- 
ters, neither spoil, nor any thing 
that they had taken to them: 
David recovered all. 

20 And Da’vid took all the 
flocks and the herds, which they 
drave before those other cattle, 
and said, This is Da’vid’s spoil. 
2k 7 And Da’vid came to the 
_ two hundred men, which were so 


1 SAMUEL, 30 


faint that they could not follow 
Da’/vid, whom they had made 
also to ‘abide at the brook Bé’s6r: 
and they went forth to meet Da’- © 
vid, and to meet the people that 
were with him: and when Da’- 

vid came near to the people, he 
Ciited them. 

22 Then answered all the 
wicked men and men of Bé'll-al, 
of those that went with Da’vid, 
and said, Because they went not 


‘with us, we will not give them 


ought of the spoil that we have 
recovered, save to every man his 
wife and his children, that they 
may lead them away, and depart. 

23 Then said Da’vid, Ye shall 
not do so, my brethren, with that 
which the LORD hath given us, 
who hath preserved us, and de- 
livered the company that came 


and | against us into our hand. 


24 For who will hearken unto 
you in this matter? but as his 
part is that goeth down to the 
battle, so shall his part be that 
tarrieth by the stuff: they shall 
part alike. 

25 And it was so from that day 
forward, that he made it a 
statute and an ordinance for 
Is’ra-el unto this day. 

26 § And when Da’vid came to 
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto 
the elders of Ja’dah, even to his 
friends, saying, Behold a pres- 
ent for you of the spoil of the 
enemies of the LORD; 

27 To them which were in 
Béth’—-el, and to them which 
were in south Ra’moth, and to 
them which were in Jat’tir, 

28 And to fhem which were in 
Ar’6-ér, and to them which were 
in Siph’moth, and to them which 
were in Esh-te-m0’a, : 

29 And to them which were in 
Ra’chal, and to them which were 
in the cities of the Jé-raih’me-el- 
ites, and to them which were in 
the cities of the Kén‘ites, § 

30 And to them which were in 
Hér’mah, and to them which 
were in Chor—a’shan, and to 
them which were in A’thach, 


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1 SAMUEL, 31; 2 SAMUEL, 1 


31 Andto them which were in 
Hé’bron, and to all the places 
where Da’vid himself and his 
men were wont to haunt. 


267 CHAPTER 31 


1 Saul’s death. 11 His body burned 
and bones buried. 


OW the Phi-lis’tines fought 

against Is’ra-el: and_the 
men of Is’ra-el fled from before 
the Phi-lis’tines, and fell down 
slain in mount Gil-b0’a. 

2 And the Phi-lis’tines fol- 
lowed hard upon Saul and upon 
his sons; and the Phi-lis’tines 
slew Jon’a-than, and A-bin’a- 
dab, and Meél’chi-shu’a, Saul’s 
sons. 

3 And the battle went sore 
against Saul, and the archers 
hit him; and he was sore 
wounded of the archers. 

4 Then said Saul unto his 
armourbearer, Draw thy sword, 
and thrust me through there- 
with; lest these uncircumcised 
come and thrust me through, 
and abuse me. But his armour- 
bearer would not; for he was 
sore afraid. Therefore Saul 
took a sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armourbearer 
saw that Saul was dead, he fell 
likewise upon his sword, and 
died with him. 

6 So Saul died, and his three 
sons, and his armourbearer, and 


Death of Saut 


all his men, that same day 
together. : 

7 4 And when the men of Is’ra- 
el that were on the other side of 
the valley, and they that were on 
the other side Jér’dan, saw that 
the men of Is’ra-el fled, and that 
Saul and his sons were dead, 
they forsook the cities, and fled; 
and the Phi-lis’tines came and 
dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, when the Phi-lis’tines 
came to strip the slain, that they 
found Saul and his three sons 
fallen in mount Gil-b6’a. 


9 And they cut off his head, and — 


stripped off his armour, and sent — 
into the land of the Phi-lis’tines 
round about, to publish it in the 
house of their idols, and among 
the people. : f 

10 And they put his armour in 
the house of Ash’ta-roth: and — 
they fastened his body to the wall 
of Béth’-shan. ; 4 

11 4 And when the inhabitants 
of Ja’besh—gil’e-ad heard of that 
which the Phi-lis’tines had done 
to Saul; 

12 All the valiant men arose, 
and went all night, and took the 
body of Saul and the bodies of 
his sons from the wall of Beth’— 
shan, and came to Ja’besh, and 
burnt them there. : 

13 And they took their bones, 
and buried them under a tree at 
Ja’besh, and fasted seven days. 


THE 


SECOND BOOK OF 
SAMUEL 


OTHERWISE CALLED 
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS 


268 CHAPTER 1 


of the Am/a-lék-ites, and Da’vid 


1 The Amalekite informer. 17 David’s | had abode two days in Zik’lag; 


lamentation. 


It came even to pass on the 


2 
Nee it came to pass after the | third day, that, behold, a man 
death of Saul, when Da’vid | came out of the camp from Saul 
was returned from the slaughter! with his clothes rent, and earth 
390 


David's lament for Saul and Jonathan 


upon his head: and so it was, 
when he came to Da’vid, that he 
fell to the earth, and did obei- 
sance. 

3 And Da’vid said unto him, 
From whence comest thou? 
And he said unto him, Out of the 
camp of Is’ra-el am I escaped. 
_4 And Da’vid said unto him, 
How went the matter? I pray 
thee, tell me. And he answered, 
That the people are filed from the 
battle, and many of the people 
also are fallen and dead; and 
Saul and Jon’a-than his son are 
dead also. ; 

5 And Da’vid said unto the 
young man that told him, How 
knowest thou that Saul and Jon’- 
a-than his son be dead? 

6 And the young man that told 
him said, As I happened by 
chance upon mount Gil-b0’a, be- 
hold, Saul leaned upon his 
spear; and, lo, the chariots and 
horsemen followed hard after 


im. 

7 And when he looked behind 
him, he saw me, and called unto 
me. And I answered, Here 


am I. 

8 And he said_ unto me, Who 
art thou? And I answered him, 
I am an Am/a-lék-ite. ; 

9 He said unto me again, 
Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and 
slay me: for anguish is come 
upon me, because my life zs yet 
whole in me. : 

10 So I stood upon him, and 
slew him, because I was sure 
that he could not live after that 
he was fallen: and I took the 
crown that was upon his head, 
and the bracelet that was on his 
arm, and have brought them 
- hither unto my lord. 

11 Then Da’vid took hold on 
his clothes, and rent them; and 
likewise all the men that were 
with him: 

12 And they mourned, and 
wept, and fasted until even, for 
Saul, and for Jon’a-than his son, 
and for the people of the LORD, 


2 SAMUEL, 1 


cause they were fallen by the 
sword. 

13 ¢ And Da’vid said unto the 
young man that told him, 
Whence ari thou? And he an- 
swered, I am the son of a 
stranger, an Am/’a-lék-ite. 

14 And Da’vid said unto him, 
How wast thou not afraid to 
stretch forth thine hand to de- 
stroy the LORD’S anointed? 

15 And Da’vid called one of 
the young men, and said, Go 
near, and fall upon him. And 
he smote him that he died. 

16 And Da’vid said unto him, 
Thy blood be upon thy head; for 
thy mouth hath testified against 
thee, saying, I have slain the 
rhage anointed. 

And Da’vid lamented with 
ne amentation over Saul and 
over Jon’a-than his son: 

18 (Also he bade them teach the 
children of Ja’dah the use of the 
bow: ee itis written in the 
book of Ja’shér.) 

19 The beauty of Is’ra-el is 
slain upon thy high places: how 
are the mighty fallen! 

20 Tell it not in Gath, publish 
it not in the streets of As’ke-lén; 
lest the daughters of the Phi- 
lis’ tines rejoice, lestthe daughters 
of the uncircumcised triumph. 

21 Ye mountains of Gil-b6’a, 
let there be no dew, neither fet 
there be rain, upon you, nor 
fields of offerings: for there the 
shield of the mighty is vilely cast 
away, the shield of Saul, as 
though he had not been an- 
ointed with oil. 

22 From the blood of the slain, 
from the fat of the mighty, the 
bow of Jon’a-than turned not 
back, and the sword of Saul re- 
turned not empty. 

23 Saul and Jon’a-than were 
lovely and pleasant in their lives, 
and in their death they were not 
divided: they were swifter than 
pele they were stronger than 
ions 

24 Ye daughters of {Is’ra-el, 


and for the house of is’ra-el; be- | weep over Saul, who clothed you 
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2 SAMUEL, 2 


‘jin scarlet, with other delights, 
who put on ornaments of gold 
upon your apparel. _ 

25 How are the mighty fallen 
in the midst of the battle! O 
Jon’a-than, thou wast slain in 
thine high places. 

26 I am distressed for thee, my 
brother Jon’a-than: very pleas- 
ant hast thou been unto me: 
thy love to me was wonderful, 
passing the love of women. 

27 How are the mighty fallen, 
and the weapons of war perished! 


269 CHAPTER 2 
1 David anointed king of Judah. 8 
‘  Ish-bosheth rules Israel. 18 Asahel 
is killed. : 
ND it came to pass after this, 
that Da’vid enquired of the 
LORD, saying, Shall I go up into 
any of the cities of Ja’dah? And 
the LORD said unto him, Go up. 
And Da’vid said, Whither shall 
I go up? And he said, Unto 
Hé’bron. 


2 So Da’vid went up thither, | M 


and his two wives also, A-hin’o- 
am the Jéz’re-el-it-ess. and Ab’i- 
gail Na’bal’s wife the Car’mel-ite. 

3 And his men that were with 
him did Da’vid bring up, every 
man with his household: and 
they dwelt in the cities of 
Hé’bron. 

4 And the men of Ji’dah 
came, and there they anointed 
Da’vid king over the house of 
Ji’dah. And they told Da’vid, 
saying, That the men of Ja’- 
besh-gil’e-ad were they that 
buried Saul. : 

5 § And Da’vid sent messen- 
gers unto the men of Ja’besh— 
gil’e-ad, and said unto them, 
Blessed be ye of the Lorp, that 
ye have shewed this kindness 
unto your lord, even unto Saul, 
and have buried him. 

6 And now the Lorp shew 
kindness and truth unto you: 
and I also will requite you this 
kindness, because ye have done 
this thing. 

7 Therefore now let your hands 


David anointed king of Judah 


be strengthened, and be ye 
valiant: for your master Saul is 
dead, and also the house of 
Ji’dah have anointed me king 
over them. 

8 {| But Ab’nér the son of Nér, 
captain of Saul’s host, took Ish— 
bo’sheth the son of Saul, and 
brought him over to Ma-ha- 
na’/im; i it 

9 And made him king over Gil’- 
e-ad, and over the Ash’tr-ites, 
and over Jéz’re-el, and over 
E/phra-im, and over Bén’ja-min, 
and over all Is’ra-el. 

10 Ish—b6d’sheth Saul’s son was 
forty years old when he began to 
reign over is’ra-el, and reigned 
two years. But the house of 
Ji’dah followed Da’vid. 

11 And the time that Da’vid 
was king in Hé’bron over the 
house of Ji’dah was seven years 
and six months. 

12 4 And Ab’nér the son of Nér, 

and the servants of Ish-b6’sheth 
the son of Saul, went out from 
a-ha-na’im to Gib’e-on. 
_13 And J6’ab the son of Zér-u- 
ah, and the servants of Da’vid, 
went out, and met together by 
the pool of Gib’e-on: and they ~ 
sat down, the one on the one side 
of the pool, and the other on the 
other side of the pool. 

And Ab’nér said to Jé’xb, 
Let the young men now arise, 
and play before us. And Jo’ab 
said, Let them arise. 

15 Then there arose and went 
over by number twelve of Bén’- 
ja-min, which perfained to ish— 
bd’sheth the son of Saul, and — 
twelve of the servants of 
Da’vid. 

16 And they caught every one — 
his fellow by the head, and thrust — 
his sword in his fellow’s side: 
so they fell down together: 
wherefore that place was called 
Hel’kath-haz’zu-rim, which is 
in Gib’e-on. 

17 And there was a very sore 
battle that day; and Ab’nér was 
beaten, and the men of fs’ra-el, 
before the servants of Da’vid. 


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18 §j And there were three sons 
of Zeér-u-i’ah there, Jo’ab, and 
A-bish’a-i, and A’sa-hél: and 
A’sa-hél was as light of foot asa 
wild roe. _ 4 

19 And A’sa-hél pursued after 
Ab’nér; and in going he turned 
not to the right hand nor to the 
left from following Ab/nér. __ 

20 Then Ab’nér looked behind 

, and said, Art thou A’sa-hél? 
And he answered, I am. 

21 And Ab’nér said to him, Turn 
thee aside to thy right hand or to 
thy left, and lay thee hold on one 
of the young men, and take 
thee his armour. But A’sa-hél 
would not turn aside from fol- 
lowing of him. 

22 And Ab’/nér said again to 
A’sa-hél, Turn thee aside from 


2 SAMUEL, 3 


people had gone up every one 
from following his brother. 

28 So Jo’ab blew a trumpet, 
and all the people stood still, and 
pursued after Is’ra-el no more, 
neither fought they any more. 

29 And Ab’nér and his men 
walked all that night through the 
plain, and passed over Jér’dan, 
and went through all Bith’ron, 
and they came to Ma-ha-na’im. 

30 And J6’4b returned from 
following Ab’nér: and when he 
had gathered all the people to- 
gether, there lacked of Da’vid’s 
servants nineteen men and 
A’sa-hél. 

31 But the servants of Da’vid 
had smitten of Bén’ja-min, and 
of Ab’nér’s men, so that three 
hundred and threescore men 


following me: wherefore should | died 


I smite thee to the ground? how 
then should I hold up my face to 
Jo’ab thy brother? 
23 Howbeit he refused to turn 
aside: wherefore Ab’nér with the 
hinder end of the spear smote 
him under the fifth rib, that the 
spear came out behind him; and 
he fell down there, and died in 
the same place: and it came to 
pass, that as many as came to the 
place where A’sa-hél fell down 
and died stood still, re 
24 Jo’ab also and A-bish’a-i 
pursued after Ab’nér: and the 
sun went down when they were 
come to the hill of Am’mah, that 
lieth before Gi’ah by the way of 
the wilderness of Gib’e-on. | 
25 4 And the children of Bén’- 
ja-min gathered themselves to- 
gether after Ab’nér, and became 
one troop, and stood on the top 
of an hill. h 
26 Then Ab/nér called to J6’ab, 
and said, Shall the sword devour 
forever? knowest thou not that 
it will be bitterness in the latter 
end? how long shall it be then, 
ere thou bid the people return 
from following their brethren? 
27 And Jo’ab said, As God 
liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, 
surely then in the morning the 


ied. 

32 { And they took up A’sa- 
héi, and buried him in the sepul- 
chre of his father, which was in 
Béth’-lé-hém. And Jé’ab and 
his men went all night, and they 
came to Hé’bron at break of day. 


CHAPTER 3 


1 The rival kings. 
Joab. 


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22 Abner killed by 
31 David mourns Abner. 


OW there was long war be- 

tween the house of Saul and 

the house of Da’vid: but Da’vid 

waxed stronger and stronger, 

and the house of Saul waxed 
weaker and weaker. 

2 4 And unto Da’vid were sons 

born in Hé’bron: and his first- 
born was Am/’non, of A-hin’o-4m 
the Jéz’re-el-it-ess; 
_3 And his second, Chil’e-ab, of 
Ab’/i-gail the wife of Na’bal the 
Car’mel-ite; and the third, Ab/- 
sa-lom the son of Ma’a-cah the 
daughter of Tal’mai king of 
Gé’shir; ee 

4 And the fourth, Ad-o-ni’jah 
the son of Hag’gith; and the 
fifth, Shéph-a-ti’ah the son of 
Ab’‘i-tal; ‘ 

_9 And the sixth, Ith’re-am, by 
Eg/lah Da’vid’s wife. These 
were born to Da’vid in Hé’bron. 


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6 4 And it came to pass, while 
there was war between the house 
of Saul and the house of Da’vid, 
that Ab’nér made himself strong 
for the house of Saul. : 

7 And Saul had a concubine, 
whose name was Riz’pah, the 
daughter of A-i’ah: and Ish—bo’- 
sheth said to Ab’nér, Wherefore 
hast thou gone in unto my 
father’s concubine? 

8 Then was Ab’nér very wroth 
for the words of ish—bd’sheth, 
and said, 4m I a dog’s head, 
which against Ji’dah do shew 
kindness this day unto the house 
of Saul thy father, to his breth- 
ren, and to his friends, and have 
not delivered thee into the hand 
of Da’vid, that thou chargest me 
to day with a fault concerning 
this woman? i 

9 So do God to Ab’nér, and 
more also, except, as the LORD 
hath sworn to Da’vid, even so I 
do to him; : 

10 To translate the kingdom 
from the house of Saul, and to 
set up the throne of Da’vid over 
is’ra-el and over Ji’dah, from 
Dan even to Bé’er—shé’ba. 

_11 And he could not answer 
Ab’nér a word again, because he 
feared him. 

12 {And Ab’nér sent messen- 
gers to Da’vid on his behalf, say- 
ing, Whose is the land? saying 
also, Make thy league with me, 


and, behold, my hand shall be|p 


with thee, to bring about all 
is’ra-el unto thee. : 

13 § And he said, Wells I will 
make a league with thee: but 
one thing I require of thee, that 
is, Thou shalt not see my face, 
except thou first bring Mi’chal 
Saul’s daughter, when thou com- 
est to see my face. 

14 And Da’vid sent messengers 
to Ish—bd’sheth Saul’s son, say- 
ing, Deliver me my wife Mi’chal, 
which I espoused to me for an 
hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis’- 


tines. 
15 And ish—bd’sheth sent, and 
took her from her husband, 


Abner seeks to make David king of Israet 


even from Phal’ti-el the son of 
a’ish. 

16 And her husband went with 

her along weeping behind her to 

Ba-hi’rim. Then said Ab’nér 

unto him, Go, return. And he 

returned. | , 

17. ¥ And Ab’nér had communi- 
cation with the elders of Is’ra-el, 
saying, Ye sought for Da’vid in 
times past to be king over you: 

18 Now then do if: for the 
LORD hath spoken of Da’vid, 
saying, By the hand of my ser- 
vant Da’vid I will save my people 
Is’ra-el out of the hand of the 
Phi-lis’tines, and out of the hand 
of all their enemies. 

19 And Ab’/nér also spake in the 
ears of Bén’ja-min: and Ab’nér 
went also to speak in the ears of 
Da’vid in Hé’bron all that 
seemed good to is’ra-el, and 
that seemed good to the whole 
house of Bén’ja-min. 

20 So Ab’nér came to Da’vid to 
Hé’bron, and twenty men with ~ 
him. And Da’vid made Ab’nér 
and the men that were with him 
afeast. | 

21 And Ab’nér said unto Da’- 
vid, I will arise and go, and will 
gather all Is’ra-el unto my lord 
the king, that they may make a 
league with thee, and that thou 
mayest reign over all that thine 
heart desireth. And Da’vid sent 
Ab’nér away; and he went in 


eace. 

22 9 And, behold, the servants 
of Da’vid and J6’ab came from 
pursuing a troop, and brought in 
a great spoil with them: but 
Ab’nér was not with Da’vid in 
Hé’bron; for he had sent him 
away, and he was gone in 
peace. 

23 When Jo’ab and all the host 
that was with him were come 
they told Jo’ab, saying, Ab’nét 
the son of Nér came to the king, 
and he hath sent him away, an 
he is gone in peace. ‘ 

24 Then J6’ab came to the kin 
and said, What hast thou done 
behold, Ab’nér came unto thee; 


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why is it that thou hast sent him 
away, and he is quite gone? 

25 Thou knowest Ab’nér the 
son of Nér, that he came to de- 
ceive thee, and to know thy go- 
ing out and thy coming in, and 
to know all that thou doest. 

26 And when Jo’ab was come 
out from Da’vid, he sent mes- 
sengers after Ab’nér, which 
brought him again from the well 
of Si’rah: but Da’vid knew 7t not. 

27 And when Ab’/nér was re- 
turned to Hé’bron, J6’ab took 
him aside in the gate to speak 
with him quietly, and smote him 
there under the fifth rib, that he 
died, for the blood of A’sa-hél 
his brother. 

28 4 And afterward when Da’- 
vid heard it, he said, I and my 
kingdom are guiltless before the 
LORD for ever from the blood of 
Ab/nér the son of Nér 

29 Let it rest on the head of 
Jo’ab, and on all his father’s 
house; and let there not fail 
from the house of J6’ab one that 
hath an issue, or that is a leper, 
or that leaneth on a staff, or that 
falleth on the sword, or that 
lacketh bread. 

30 So J6’ab and A-bish’4-i his 
brother slew Ab’nér, because he 
had slain their brother A’sa-hél 
at Gib’e-on in the battle. 

31 §Y And Da’vid said to J6’ab, 
and to all the people that were 
with him, Rend your clothes, 
and gird you with sackcloth, and 
mourn before Ab’nér. And king 
Da’vid himself followed the 


bier. 

32 And they buried Ab’nér in 
Hé’bron: and the king lifted up 
his voice, and wept at the grave 
of Ab’nér; and all the people 


wept. 
33 And the king lamented over 
Ab’nér, and said, Died Ab’nér as 
_a fool dieth? 
_ 34 Thy hands were not bound, 
nor thy feet put into fetters: as 
-a man falleth before wicked 
men, so fellest thou. And all the 
people wept again over him. 


2 SAMUEL, 4 


35 And when all the people 
came to cause D§a’vid to eat 
meat while it was yet day, Da’- 
vid sware, saying, So do God to 
me, and more also, if I taste 
bread, or ought else, till the sun 
be down. 

36 And all the people took no- 
tice of it, and it pleased them: 
as whatsoever the king did 
pleased all the people. 

_37 For all the people and all 
Is’ra-el understood that day that 
it was not of the king to slay 
Ab’nér the son of Nér. 

38 And the king said unto his 
servants, Know ye not that there 
is a prince and a great man fallen 
this day in Is’ra-el? 

39 And I am this day weak, 
though anointed king; and these 
men the sons of Zér-u-i’/ah be 
too hard for me: the LORD shall 
reward the doer of evil according 
to his wickedness. 


CHAPTER 4 271 

1 Ish-bosheth is murdered. 9 David 
slays the murderers. 

ND when Saul’s son heard 

that Ab’nér was dead in 

Hé’bron, his hands were feeble, 

and all the Is’ra-el-ites were 

troubled. 

2 And Saul’s son had two men 
that were captains of bands: the 
name of the one was Ba/’a-nah, 
and the name of the other Ré’- 
chab, the sons of Rim’mon a 
Bé-é’roth-ite, of the children of 
Bén’ja-min: (for Bé-é’roth also 
was reckoned to Bén’ja-min. 

3 And the Bé-é’roth-ites fled 
to Git’ta-im, and were sojourners 
there until this day.) 

4 And Joén’a-than, Saul’s son, 
had a son that was lame of his 
feet. He was five years old 
when the tidings came of Saul 
and Jon’a-than out of Jéz’re-el; 
and his nurse took him up, and 
fled: and it came to pass, as she 
made haste to flee, that he fell; 
and became lame. And _ his 
name was Mé-phib’o-shéth. ’ 

5 And the sons of Rim’mon the 


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2 SAMUEL, 5 


Bé-é’roth-ite, Ré’chab and Ba’a- 
nah, went, and came about the 
heat of the day to the house of 

Ish—bdo’sheth, who lay on a bed 
at noon. ; 

6 And they came thither into 
the midst of the house, as 
though they would have fetched 
wheat; and they smote him 
under the fifth rib: and Ré’chab 
and Ba’a-nah his brother es- 
caped. 7 . 

7 For when they came into the 
house, he lay on his bed in his 
bedchamber, and they smote 
him, and slew him, and be- 
headed him, and took his head, 
and gat them away through the 
plain all night. 

8 And they brought the head of 
ish—bd’sheth unto Da’vid to Hé’- 
bron, and said to the king, Be- 
hold the head of Ish—b6’sheth the 
son of Saul thine enemy, which 
sought thy life; and the LORD 
hath avenged my lord the king 
this day of Saul, and of his seed. 

9 4 And Da’vid answered Ré’- 
chab and Ba’a-nah his brother, 
the sons of Rim’mon the Bé-é’- 
roth-ite, and said unto them, As 
the LORD liveth, who hath re- 
deemed my soul out of ail 
adversity, 

10 When one told me, saying, 
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking 
to have brought good tidings, I 
took hold of him, and slew him 
in Zik/lag, who thought that I 
would have given him a reward 
for his tidings: 

11 How much more, when 
wicked men have slain a right- 
eous person in his own house 
upon his bed? shall I not there- 
fore now require his blood o 
your hand, and take you away 
from the earth? 

12 And Da’vid commanded his 
young men, and they slew them, 
and cut off their hands and their 
feet, and hanged them_up over 
the pool in Hé’bron. But they 
took the head of Ish—bdé’sheth, 
and buried it in the sepulchre of 
Ab’nér in Hé’bron. 


f | shall 


David anointed king of all Israel 


CHAPTER 5 272 


1 David anointed king of all Israel. 6 
He dwells at Jerusalem. 138 Eleven 
sons are born to him. 

HEN came_all the tribes of 

Is’ra-el to Da’vid unto Hé’- 

bron, and spake, saying, Behold, 
we are thy bone and thy flesh 

2 Also in time past, when Saul 
was king over us, thou wast he 
that leddest out and broughtest 
in Is’ra-el: and the LORD said 
to thee, Thou shalt feed my 
people Is’ra-el, and thou shalt 
be a captain over Is’ra-el._ 

3 So all the elders of _is’ra-el 
came to the king to Hé’bron; 
and king Da’/vid made a league 
with them in Hé’bron before the 
LORD: and they anointed Da’- 
vid king over Is’ra-el. 

4 { Da’vid was thirty years old 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned forty years. 

5 In Hé’bron he reigned over 
Ja’dah seven years and six 
months: and in Jé-ru’sd4-lém he 
reigned thirty and ae years 
over all Is’ra-el and Jia’d 

6 4 And the king and pp men 
went to Jé-ru’sa-lém unto the 
Jéb’u-sites, the inhabitants of 
the land: which spake unto Da’- 
vid, saying, Except thou take 
away the blind and the lame, thou 

shalt not come in hither: think- 
ing, Da’vid cannot come in hither. 

7 Nevertheless Da’vid took the 
strong hold of Zi’6n: the same is 
the city of Da’vid. 

8 And D4a’vid said on that day, 
Whosoever getteth up to the gut- 
ter, and smiteth the Jéb’u-sites, 
and the lame and the blind, that 
are hated of Da’vid’s soul, he 
be chief and_ captain. 
Bette they said, The blind 
and the lame shall not come into 
the house. 

9 So Da’vid dwelt in the fort, 
and called it the city of Da’vid. 
And Da’vid built round about 
from Mil’/lé and inward. 

10 And Da’vid went on, and 
grew great, and the LORD God 
of hosts was with him. 


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11 § And Hi’ram king of Tyre 
sent messengers to Da’vid, and 
cedar trees, and carpenters, and 
masons: and they built Da’vid 
an house. : 

12 And Da’vid perceived that 
the LORD had established him 
king over Is’ra-el, and that he 
had exalted his kingdom for his 
people Is’ra-el’s sake. ; 

13 { And Da’vid took him 
more concubines and wives out 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, after he was 
come from Hé’bron: and there 
were yet sons and daughters 
born to Da’vid. 

14 And these be the names of 
those that were born unto him in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; Sham-mi’ah, and 
Sho’bab, and Na’than, and Sor- 


o-mon, 2 

15 ib’har also, and El-i-shy’a, 
and Né’pheg, and Ja-phi’a,  __ 

16 And £-lish’a-ma, and £-li’- 
a-da, and E-liph’a-lét. 

17 § But when the Phi-lis’- 
tines heard that they had 
anointed Da’vid king over Is’- 
ra-el, all the Phi-lis’tines came 
up to seek Da’vid; and Da’vid 
heard of zt, and went down to 
the hold. ¢ 

18 The Phi-lis’tines also came 
and spread themselves in the 
valley of Réph’a-im. | 

19 And Da’vid enquired of the 
LORD, saying, Shall I go up to 
the Phi-lis’tines? wilt thou de- 
liver them into mine hand? And 
the LORD said unto Da’vid, Go 
up; for I will doubtless deliver 
the Phi-lis’tines into thine hand. 

20 And Da’vid came to Ba’al— 
pér’a-zim, and D4a’vid smote 
them there, and said, The LORD 
hath broken forth upon mine ene- 
mies before me, as the breach of 
waters. Therefore he called the 
name of that place Ba’al—pér’- 
a-zim 

21 And there they left their 
images, and Da’vid and his men 
burned them. 

22 § And the Phi-lis’tines came 
up yet again, and spread them- 
selves in the valley of Réph’a-im. 


2 SAMUEL, 6 


23 And when Da’vid enquired 
of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt 
not go up; but fetch a compass 
behind them, and come upon 
them over against the mulberry 
trees. 

24 And let it be, when thou 
hearest the sound of a going in 
the tops of the mulberry trees, 
that then thou shalt bestir thy- 
self: for then shall the LORD go 
out before thee, to smite the host 
of the Phi-lis’tines. 

25 And Da’vid did so, as the 
LORD had commanded him; and 
smote the Phi-lis’tines from 
Gé’ba until thou come to Ga’zér. 


CHAPTER 6 273 
1 The ark brought to Jerusalem. i2 

David's joy. 20 Michal’s reproof. 

JANee ae Da’vid gathered to- 
gether all the chosen men 
of Is’ra-el, thirty thousand. 

2 And Da’vid arose, and went 
with all the people that were with 
him from Ba/al-é of Ju’dah, to 
bring up from thence the ark of 
God, whose name is called by 
the name of the LORD of hosts 
that dwelleth between the cher- 
ubims. 

3 And they set the ark of God 
upon a new cart, and brought it 
out of the house of A-bin’a-dab 
that was in Gib’e-ah: and Uz’- 
zah and A-hi’6, the sons of A-bin’- 
a-dab, drave the new cart. 

4 And they brought it out of the 
house of A-bin’a-dab which was 
at Gib’e-ah, accompanying the 
ark of God: and A-hi’6 went be- 
fore the ark. 

5 And Da’vid and all the house 
of Iis’ra-el played before the LORD 
on ail manner of instruments 
made of fir wood, even on harps, 
and on psalteries, and on tim- 
brels, and on cornets, and on 
cymbals. 

6 4 And when they came to 
Na’chon’s threshing floor, Uz’zah 
put forth his hand to the ark of 
God, and took hold of it; for the 
oxen shook it 

7 And the anger of the LORD 


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2 SAMUEL, 7 


was kindled against Uz’zah; and 
God smote him there for his 
error; and there he died by the 
arkof God. ~ t 

8 And Da’vid was displeased, 
because the LORD had 
breach upon Uz’/zah: 
called the name of the place 
Pé’rez—tiz’zah to this day. 

9 And Da’vid was afraid of the 
LORD that day, and said, How 
shall the ark of the LORD come 
to me? 

10 So Da’vid would not remove 
the ark of the LORD unto him 
into the city of Da’vid: but 
Da’vid carried it aside into the 
house of O’bed—é’dom the Git’tite. 

11 And the ark of the LoRD 
continued in the house of 6’bed— 
é’dom the Git’tite three months: 
and the LORD blessed 0’bed— 
é’dom, and all his household. 

12 § And it was told king Da’- 
vid, saying, The LORD hath 
blessed the house of 0’bed—é’dom, 
and all that pertaineth unto him, 
because of the ark of God. So 
Da’vid went and brought up the 
ark of God from the house of 
O’bed—é’dom into the city of 
Da’vid with gladness. 

13 And it was so, that when 
they that bare the ark of the 
LORD had gone six paces, he 
sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 

14 And Da’vid danced before 
the LORD with all his might; and 
Da’vid was girded with a linen 
ephod. 

15 So Da’vid and all the house 
of Is’ra-el brought up the ark of 
the LORD with shouting, and 
with the sound of the trumpet. 

16 And as the ark of the LoRD 
came into the city of Da’vid, 
Mi’chal Saul’s daughter looked 
through a window, and saw king 
Da’vid leaping and dancing be- 
fore the LORD; and she despised 
him in her heart. 

17 § And they brought in the 
ark of the LORD, and set it in 
his place, in the midst of 
the tabernacle that Da’vid had 
pitched for it: and Da’vid 


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David's joy; Michal’s reproof 


offered burnt offerings and 
peace offerings before the LORD. 

18 And as soon as Da’vid had 
made an end of offering burnt 
offerings and peace offerings, he 
blessed the people in the name 
of the LORD of hosts. 

19 And he dealt among all the 
people, even among the whole 
multitude of Is’ra-el, as well to 
the women as men, to every one 
a cake of bread, and a good piece 
of fiesh, and a flagon of wine. 
So all the people departed every 
one to his house. | 

20 § Then Da’vid returned to 
bless his household. And Mi’chal 
the daughter of Saul came out 
to meet Da’vid, and said, How 
glorious was the king of Is’ra-el 
to day, who uncovered himself 
to day in the eyes of the hand- 
maids of his servants, as one of 
the vain fellows shamelessly 
uncovereth himself! 

21 And Da’vid said unto Mi’- 
chal, Jé was before the LorD, 
which chose me before thy fa- 
ther, and before all his house, to 
appoint me ruler over the people 
of the LORD, over Is’ra-el: there- 
fore will I play before the LoRD. 

22 And I will yet be more vile 
than thus, and will be base in 
mine own sight: and of the 
maidservants which thou hast 
spoken of, of them shall I be had 
in honour. | 

23 Therefore Mi’chal the daugh- 
ter of Saul had no child unto the 
day of her death. | 


CHAPTER 7 274 


1 Nathan approves the purpose of Da- 
vid. 4 David not to build a temple. 
18 His prayerful submission. | 

ND it came to pass, when the 
king sat in his house, and 
the LORD had given him rest | 
round about from all his enemies; 
2 That the king said unto Na’- 

than the prophet, See now, I 

dwell in an house of cedar, but — 

the ark of God dwelleth within | 

curtains. ; i 

3 And Na’than said to the king, 








David forbidden to build the temple 


Go, do all that is in thine heart; 
for the LORD is with thee. 
4 4 And it came to pass that 


night, that the word of the LORD | shall 


came unto Na’than, saying, 

5 Go and tell my servant Da’- 
vid, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt 
thou build me an house for me 
to dwell in? ; 

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in 
any house since the time that I 
brought up the children of Is’ra-el 
out of E’gypt, even to this day, 
but have walked in a tent and in 
a tabernacle. : 

7 In all the places wherein I 
have walked with all the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el spake I a word 
with any of the tribes of Is’ra-el, 
whom I commanded to feed my 
people fIs’ra-el, saying, Why 

ild ye not me an house of cedar? 

8 Now therefore so shalt thou 
say unto my servant Da’vid, Thus 
saith the LORD of hosts, I took 
thee from the sheepcote, from 
following the sheep, to be ruler 
over my people, over is’ra-el: 

9 And I was with thee whither- 
soever thou wentest, and have 
cut off all thine enemies out of 
thy sight, and have made thee a 
great name, like unto the name 
of the great men that are in the 
earth. : ; 

10 Moreover I will appoint a 
place for my people Is’ra-el, and 
will plant them, that they may 
dwell in a place of their own, and 
move no more; neither shall the 
children of wickedness afflict 
them any more, as beforetime, 

11 And as since the time that I 
commanded ‘udges to be over my 
people Is’ra-el, and have caused 
thee to rest from all thine ene- 
mies. Also the LORD telleth 
thee that he will make thee an 
house. 

12 ¢ And when thy days be 
fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep 
with thy fathers, I will set up thy 
seed after thee, which shall pro- 
ceed out of thy bowels, and I will 
establish his kingdom. 

13 He shall build an house for 


2 SAMUEL, 7 


my name, and I will stablish the 
throne of his kingdom for ever. 

14 I will be his father, and he 
shall be my son. If he commit 
iniquity, I will chasten him with 
the rod of men, and with the 
stripes of the children of men: 

15 But my mercy shall not de- 
part away from him, as I took 
it from Saul, whom I put away 
before thee. 

16 And thine house and thy 
kingdom shall be established for 
ever before thee: thy throne shall 
be established for ever. 

17 According to all these words, 
and according to all this vision, 
so did Na’than speak unto Da’vid, 

18 § Then went king Da’vid in, 
and sat before the LORD, and he 
said, Who am I, O Lord Gop? 
and what is my house, that thou 
hast brought me hitherto? 

19 And this was yet a small 
thing in thy sight, O Lord Gop; 
but thou hast spoken also of thy 
servant’s house for a great while 
to come. And is this the man- 
ner of man, O Lord Gop? 

20 And what can Da’vid say 
more unto thee? for thou, Lord 
GOD, knowest thy servant 

21 For thy word’s sake, and 
according to thine own heart, 
hast thou done all these great 
things, to make thy servant know 
them. 

22 Wherefore thou art great, O 
LORD God: for there is none 
like thee, neither is there any 
God beside thee, according to all 
that we have heard with our ears. 

23 And what one nation in the 
earth is like thy people, even like 
Is’ra-el, whom God went to re- 
deem for a people to himself, and 
to make him a name, and to do 
for you great things and terrible, 
for thy land, before thy people, 
which thou redeemedst to thee 
from E’gypt, from the nations and 
their gods? 

24 For thou hast confirmed to 
thyself thy people Is’ra-el to bea 
people unto thee for ever: and 
thou, LORD, art become their God, 


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25 And now, O LORD God, the 
word that thou hast spoken con- 
cerning thy servant, and concern- 
ing his house, establish i¢ for ever, 
and do as thou hast said. f 

26 And let thy name be magni- 
fied for ever, saying, The LORD 
of hosts is the God over Is’ra-el: 
and let the house of thy servant 
Da’vid be _ established before 
thee. 
27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, 
God of Is’ra-el, hast revealed to 
thy servant, saying, I will build 
thee an house: therefore hath 
thy servant found in his heart to 
pray this prayer unto thee. 

28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou 
art that God, and thy words be 
true, and thou hast promised this 
goodness unto thy servant: 

29 Therefore now let it please 
thee to bless the house of thy 
servant, that it may continue for 
ever before thee: for thou, O 
Lord GOD, hast spoken if: and 
with thy blessing let the house of 
thy servant be blessed for ever. 


275 CHAPTER 8 


1 David's victories. 9 Toi sends pres- 
ents to bless him. 14 David gets a 
name among nations. 

iAP after this it came to pass, 

that Da’vid smote the Phi- 
lis’tines, and subdued them: and 

Da’vid took Mé’theg—am’mah 

outof the hand of the Phi-lis’tines. 

2 And he smote M6d/ab, and 
measured them with a line, cast- 
ing them down to the ground; 
even with two lines measured he 
to put to death, and with one full 
line to keep alive. And so the 
MOo’ab-ites became DAa’vid’s serv- 
ants, and brought gifts. 

_3 4] Da’vid smote also Had-ad- 

é’zér, the son of Ré’hob, king of 

ZO’bah, as he went to recover 

his border at the river Ea- 

phra’tés. 

4 And Da’vid took from him a 
thousand chariots, and seven 
hundred horsemen, and twenty 
thousand footmen: and Da’vid 
houghed all the chariot horses, 


David’s victories 


but reserved of them for an hun- 
dred chariots. ‘i 

5 And when the Syr’i-ans of 
Da-mas’cus came to succour 
Had-ad-é’zér king of Z6’bah, 
Da’vid slew of the Syr’i-ans two 
and twenty thousand men. 

6 Then Da’vid put garrisons in 
Syr’i-a of Da-mas/cus: and the 
Syr’i-ans became servants to 
Da’vid, and brought gifts. And 
the LORD preserved D§a’vid 
whithersoever he went. ‘ 

And Da’vid took the shields 

of gold that were on the servants 
of Had-ad-é’zér, and brought 
them to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

8 And from Bé’tah, and from 
Bér’o-thai, cities of Had-ad-é’- 


zér, king Da’vid took exceeding 


much brass. 

9 ¥ When TO’l king of Ha’math 
heard that Da’vid had smitten all 
the host of Had-ad-é’zér, Y 

10 Then T6’i sent J6’ram his 
son unto king Da’vid, to salute 
him, and to bless him, because ha 
had fought against Had-ad-é’- 
zér, and smitten him: for Had- 
ad-é’zér had wars with T0’i. 
And Jo’ram brought with him 
vessels of silver, and vessels of 
gold, and vessels of brass: ; 

11 Which also king Da’vid did — 
dedicate unto the LORD, with 
the silver and gold that he had 
dedicated of all nations which he 
subdued; 

12 Of Syr’i-a, and of M6é’ab. and 
of the children of Am’m6n, and of © 
the Phi-lis’tines, and of Am/a- 
lék, and of the spoil of Had-ad- 
é’zér, son of Ré’hob, king of © 
Z06’bah. i 

13 And Da’vid gat him a name — 
when he returned from smiting — 
of the S¥r’i-ans in the valley of 
salt, being eighteen thousand 


men. 
_14 7 And he put garrisons in — 
E’dom; throughout all E’dom put 
he garrisons, and all they of © 
E’dom became DA@’vid’s servants. — 
And the LorD preserved Da’vid 
whithersoever he went. 
15 And Da’vid reigned over ail 


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David’s favours to the house of Saul 


Is‘ra-el; and Da’vid executed 
judgment and justice unto all his 
people. : 
_16 And J6’ab the son of Zér-y- 
ah was over the host; and 
Jé-hosh’a-phat the son of A-hi’- 
lud was recorder; iy 

17 And Za’dok the son of A-hi’- 
tub, and A-him’e-léch the son of 
A-bi’a-thar, were the priests; and 
Sér-a-i’ah was the scribe; 

18 And Bé-na’iah the son of 
Jé-hoi’a-da was over both. the 
Chér’e-thites_ and the Pél’e- 
thites; and Da’vid’s sons were 
chief rulers. 


276 CHAPTER 9: 


1 David restores Saul’s possessions to 
Mephibosheth. 9 Ziba becomes his 
farmer. 

ND D4a’vid said, Is there yet 
any that is left of the house 

of Saul, that I may shew him 
kindness for Jon’a-than’s sake? 
2 And there was of the house of 

Saul a servant whose name was 

Zi’ba. And when they had 

called him unto Da’vid, the king 

said unto him, Art thou Zi’ba? 

And he said, Thy servant is he. ° 
3 And the king said, Js there 

not yet any of the house of Saul, 

that I may shew the kindness of 

God unto him? And Zi’ba said 

unto the king, Jon’a-than hath 

yet a son, which is lame on his 


feet. 
4 And the king said unto him, 
ere is he? And Zi’ba said 
unto the king, Behold, he is in 
the house of Ma/chir, the son of 
Am/mi-el, in L6—dé’bar. 

5 § Then king Da’vid sent, and 
fetched him out of the house of 
Ma’chir, the son of Am/mi-el, 
from Léo—dé’bar. 

6 Now when 'Mé-phib’o-shéth, 
the son of Jon’a-than, the son of 
Saul, was come unto Da’vid, he 
fell on his face, and did rever- 
ence. And Da’vid said, Mé- 
phib’o-shéth. And he answered, 
Behold thy servant! | ; 

7 4 And Da’vid said unto him, 
Fear not: for I will surely shew 

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2 SAMUEL; 9, 10 


thee kindness for Jén’a-than thy 


father’s sake, and will restore 
thee all the land of Saul thy 
father; and thou shalt eat bread 
at my table continually. 

8 And he bowed himself, and 
said, What is thy servant, that 
thou shouldest look upon such a 
dead dog as I am? 

9 | Then the king called to 
Zi’ba, Saul’s servant, and said 
unto him, I have given unto thy 
master’s son all that pertained to 
Saul and to all his house. 

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, 
and thy servants, shall till the 
land for him, and thou shalt 
bring in the fruits, that thy 
master’s son may have food to 
eat: but Mé-phib’o-shéth thy 
master’s son shall eat bread al- 
way atmy table. Now Zi’ba had 
fifteen sons and twenty servants. 

11 Then said Zi’ba unto the 
king, According to all that my 
lord the king hath commanded 
his servant, so shall thy servant 
do. As for Mé-phib’o-shéth, 
said the king, he shall eat at my 
table, as one of the king’s sons. 

12 And Mé-phib’o-shéth had a 
young son, whose name was 
Mi’cha. And all that dwelt in 
the house of Zi’ba were servants 
unto Mé-phib’o-shéth. : 

13 So Mé-phib’o-shéth dwelt in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: for he did eat 
continually at the king’s table; 
and was lame on both his feet. 


CHAPTER 10 Zee 
1 David's messengers insulted. 13 The 
Syrians smitten. 
ND it came to pass after this, 
that the king of the children 
of Am/mon died, and Ha’nin his 
son reigned in his stead. | 
2 Then said Da’vid,I will shew 
kindness unto Ha’ntn the son of 
Na’hash, as his father shewed 
kindness unto me. And Da’vid 
sent to comfort him by the hand 
of his servants for his father. 
And Da’vid’s servants came into 
the land of the children of Am’- 
mon. 


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2 SAMUEL, 11 


3 And the princes of the chil- 
dren of Am/’mon said unto Ha’- 
nun their lord, Thinkest thou 
that Da’vid doth honour thy 
father, that he hath sent com- 
forters unto thee? hath not 
Da’vid rather sent his servants 
unto thee, to search the city, and 
to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 

4 Wherefore Ha’ntin took Da’- 
vid’s servants, and shaved off the 
one half of their beards, and cut 
off their garments in the middle, 
even to their buttocks, and sent 
them away. : f 

5 When they told it unto Da’vid, 
he sent to meet them, because the 
then were greatly ashamed: and 
the king said, Tarry at Jér’i-cho 
until your beards be grown, and 
then return. 

6 § And when the children of 
Am’mon saw that they stank 
before Da’vid, the children of 
Am/’mén sent and hired the Syr’- 
i-ans of Béth-ré’hdb, and the 
Syr’i-ans of Z6’ba, twenty thou- 
Soe footmen, and of king Ma’a- 

a thousand men, and of 
foh’-t8b twelve thousand men. 

7 And when Da’vid heard of it, 
he sent Jo’ab, and all the host of 
the mighty men. J 

8 And the children of Am’mon 
came out, and put the battle in 
array at the entering in of the 
gate: and the Syr’i-ans of Z0’ba, 
and of Ré’hob, and Ish’—tob, and 
Ma’a-cah, were by themselves in 
the field. 

9 When Jo’ab saw that the 
front of the battle was against 
him before and behind, he chose 
of all the choice men of Is’ra-el, 
and put them in array against the 
Syr’i-ans: 

10 And the rest of the people he 
delivered into the hand of A-bish’- 
a-i his brother, that he might put 
them in array against the chil- 
dren of Am’m6n. 

11 And he said, If the S¥r’i-ans 
be too strong for me, then thou 
shalthelp me: butif the children 
of Am’mon be too strong for thee, 
then I will come and help thee. 


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12 Be of good courage, and let 


us play the men for our people, — 
and for the cities of our God: 
and the LORD do that which 
seemeth him good. 

13 And J6’ab drew nigh, and 
the people that were with him, 
unto the battle against the Syr’i- 
ans: and they fled before him. 

14 And when the children of 
Am’mon saw that the Syr’i-ans_ 
were fied, then fled they also” 
before A-bish’a-i, and entered in-— 
to the city. So Jo’ab returned 
from the children of Am’m6n, and 
came to Jé-ru’s4-lém. 

15 § And when the S¥r’i-ans 
saw that they were smitten be- 
fore is’ra-el, they gathered them= 
selves together. 

16 And Had-dr-6’zér sent, and © 
brought out the Syr’i-ans that 
were beyond the river: and they ; 
came to Hé/lam; and Sho’bach — 
the captain of the host of Had-— 
ar-é’zér went before them. 

17 And when it was told Da’= 
vid, he gathered all Is ‘ra-el 
together, and passed over Jor’= 
dan, and came to Hé’lam. And 
the S¥r’i-ans set themselves in ; 
array against Da’vid, and fought 
with him. § 

18 And the Syr’i-ans fled before - 
Is‘ra-el; and Da’vid slew the” 
men of seven hundred chariots of - 
the Syr’i-ans, and forty thousand — 
horsemen, and smote Shd’bach 
the captain of their host, who | 
died there. ¥ 

19 And when all the kings that 
were servants to Had-ar-é’zér 
saw that they were smitien be- 
fore Is’ra-el, they made peace 
with Is’ra-el, and served them. : 
So the Syr’i-ans feared to help 
the children of Am’m6n any more. 


CHAPTER 11 278 
1 David's Boas | 6 His treatment 
of Uriah. 26 Marries Bath-sheda. — 
ND it came to pass, after the if 
year was expired, at the time 
when kings go forth fo battle, — 
that Da’vid sent J6’ab, and his 
servants with him, and all Is’ : 


) 
~ 

pit 

%, 





David’s treatment of Uriah 


ra-el; and they destroyed the 
children of Am’mon, and besieged 

-Rab’bah. But Da’vid tarried still 
at Jé-ru’s4-lém. 

2 4, And it came to pass in an 
eveningtide, that Da’vid arose 
from off his bed, and walked 
upon the roof of the king’s house: 
and from the roof he saw a wo- 
man washing herself; and the 
woman was very beautiful to 
look upon. 

_ 3 And Da’vid sent and enquired 
after the woman. And one said, 
Is not this Bath’-shé-ba, the 
daughter of f-li’am, the wife of 
U-ri’ah the Hit’tite? 

4 And Da’vid sent messengers, 
and took her; and she came in 
unto him, and he lay with her: 
for she was purified from her 
uncleanness: and she returned 
unto her house. 

5 And the woman conceived, 

and sent and told Da’vid, and 

said, I am with child. 

6 § And Da’vid sent to Jo’ab, 

saying, Send me U-ri’ah the Hit’- 

ite. And Jo’ab sent U-ri’ah to 

‘Da’vid. 

_7 And when U-ri’/ah was come 

unto him, Da’vid demanded of 

him how J6’ab did, and how the 
people did, and how the war 
prospered. | 

8 And Da’vid said to U-ri’ah, 

Go down to thy house, and 

‘wash thy feet. And U-ri’ah de- 

parted out of the king’s house, 

and there foilowed him a mess 
of meat from the king. 

9 But U-ri’ah slept at the door 
of the king’s house, with all the 
servants of his lord, and went 
not down to his house. 

10 And when_they had told 
Da’vid, saying, U-ri/ah went not 
down unto his house, Da’vid said 
unto U-ri/ah, Camest thou not 
from thy journey? why then 
didst thou not go down unto 
thine house? 

11 And U-ri’ah said unto Da’- 
vid, The ark, and Is’ra-el, and 
Ja’dah, abide in tents; and my 
lord J6’ab, and the servants of 








2 SAMUEL, 11 


my lord, are encamped in the 
open fields; shall I then go into 
mine house, to eat and to drink, 
and to lie with my wife? as thou 
livest, and as thy soul liveth, I 
will not do this thing. 

12 And Da’vid said to U-ri’ah, 
Tarry here to day also, and to 
morrow I will let thee depart. So 
U-ri’‘ah abode in Jé-ru’s4-lém 
that day, and the morrow. 

13 And when Da’vid had called 
him, he did eat and drink before 
him; and hemadehim drunk: and 
at even he went out to lie on his 
bed with the servants of his lord, 
but went not down to his 
house. 

14 4 And it came to pass in the 
morning, that Da’vid wrote a 
letter to J6’ab, and sent if by the 
hand of U-ri’ah. 

15 And he wrote in the letter, 
Saying, Set ye U-ri’ah in the fore- 
front of the hottest battle, and 
retire ye from him, that he may 
be smitten, and die. 

16 And it came to pass, when 
J6’ab observed the city, that he 
assigned U-ri’ah unto a place 
where he knew that valiant men 
were. ' 

17 And the men of the city 
went out, and fought with J6’ab: 
and there fell some of the people 
of the servants of Da’vid; and 
U-ri’ah the Hit’tite died also. 

18 §| Then J6’ab sent and told 
Da’vid all the things concerning 
the war; 

19 And charged the messenger, 
saying, When thou hast made an 
end of telling the matters of the 
war unto the king, ; 

20 And if so be that the king’s 
wrath arise, and he say unto thee, 
Wherefore approached ye so nigh 
unto the city when ye did fight? 
knew ye not that they would 
shoot from the wali?_ f 

ho smote A-bim’e-léch 
the son of Jé-rtib’be-shéth? did 
not a woman cast a piece of a 
millstone upon him from_ the 
wall, that he died in Thé’béz? 
why went ye nigh the wall? then 


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Nathan rebukes David 





say thou, Thy servant U-ri’ah the 
Hit’tite is dead also. 

22 4 So the messenger went, 
and came and shewed Da’vid all 
that Jo’ab had sent him for. 

23 And the messenger said unto 
Da’vid, Surely the men prevailed 
against us, and came out unto us 
into the field, and we were upon 
them even unto the entering of 
the gate. 

24 And the shooters shot from 
off the wall upon thy servants; 
and some of the king’s servants 
be dead, and thy servant U-ri’ah 
the Hit’tite is dead also. 

25 Then D4a’vid said unto the 
messenger, Thus shalt thou say 
unto Jo’ab, Let not this thing 
displease thee, for the sword 
‘devoureth one as well as an- 
other: make thy battle more 
strong against the city, and over- 
throw it: and encourage thou 


26 § And when the wife of 
U-ri’‘ah heard that U-ri’ah her 
husband was dead, she mourned 
for her husband. 

27 And when the mourning was 
past, Da’vid sent and fetched her 
to his house, and she became his 
wife, and bare him a son. But 
the thing that Da’vid had done 
displeased the LORD. 


279 CHAPTER 12 
1 Nathan rebukes David. 183 David's 
penitence. 24 Birth of Solomon. 
ND the LORD sent Na’than 
unto Da’vi nd he came 
unto him, and said unto him, 
There were two men in one city; 
the one rich, and the other poor. 

2 The rich man had exceeding 
many flocks and herds: 

3 But the poor man had nothing, 
save one little ewe lamb, which 
he had bought and nourished up: 
and it grew up together with 
him, and with his children; it 
did eat of his own meat, and 
drank of his own cup, and lay in 
his bosom, and was unto him as 
a daughter. 


4 And there came a traveller! than, I 


unto the rich man, and he spared 
to take of his own flock and of his 
own herd, to dress for the way- 
faring man that was come unto 
him; but took the poor man’s 
lamb, and dressed it for the man 
that was come to him. 

And Da’vid’s anger was 
greatly kindled against the man; 
and he said to Na’than, As the 
LORD liveth, the man that hath 
done this thing shall surely die: 

6 And he shall restore the lamb 
fourfold, because he did this 
syed and because he had no 


7 "q And Na’than said to Da’- 
vid, Thou art the man. Thus 
saith the LORD God of Is’ra-el, 
I anointed thee king over Is’- 
ra-el, and I delivered thee out of 
the hand of Saul; 

8 And I gave thee thy master’s 
house, and thy master’s wives 
into thy bosom, and gave thee 
the house of is’ra-el and of Ji’- 
dah; and if that had been too 
little, I would moreover have 
given unto thee such and such 
things. 

9 Wherefore hast thou de- 
spised the commandment of the 
LORD, to do evil in his sight? 
thou hast killed U-ri’ah the Hit’- 
tite with the sword, and hast 
taken his wife fo be thy wife, and 
hast slain him with the sword of 
the children of Am’/m6n. 

10 Now therefore the sword 
shall never depart from thine 
house; because thou hast de- 
spised me, and hast taken the 
wife of U-ri’ah the Hit-tite to be 
thy wife. 

11 Thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, I will raise up evil against 
thee out of thine own house, and 
I will take thy wives before thine 
eyes, and give them unto thy 
neighbour, and he shall lie with 
thy wives in the sight of this sun. 

12 For thou didst it secretly: 
=e I will do this thing before all 

Is’ra-el, and before the sun. 

13 And Da’vid said unto Na’- 
have sinned against the 


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David's penitence. Birth of Solomon 


LORD. And Na’than said unto 
Da’vid, The LoRD also hath put 
away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 
14 Howbeit, because by this 
deed thou hast given great oc- 
casion to the enemies of the 
LORD to blaspheme, the child 
also that is born unto thee shall 
surely die. 

15 4 And Na’than departed un- 
to his house. And the LorpD 
struck the child that U-ri’ah’s 
wife bare unto Da’vid, and it was 
very sick. 

16 Da’vid therefore besought 
God for the child; and Da’vid 
fasted, and went in, and lay all 
night upon the earth. 

17 And the elders of his house 
arose, and went to him, to raise 
him up from the earth: but he 
would not, neither did he eat 
bread with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the 
seventh day, that the child died. 
And the servants of Da’vid feared 
to tell him that the child was 
dead: for they said, Behold, 
while the child was yet alive, we 
spake unto him, and he would 
not hearken unto our voice: how 
will he then vex himself, if we 
tell him that the child is dead? 

19 But when Da’vid saw that 
his servants whispered, Da’vid 
perceived that the child was 
dead: therefore Da’vid said unto 
his servants, Is the child dead? 
And they said, He is dead. 

20 Then DAa’vid arose from the 
earth, and washed, and anointed 
himself, and changed his apparel, 
and came into the house of the 
LORD, and worshipped: then he 
came to his own house; and 
when he required, they set bread 
before him, and he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto 
him, What thing is this that thou 
hast done? thou didst fast and 
weep for the child, while it was 
alive; but when the child was 
dead, thou didst rise and eat 
bread. 

22 And he said, While the child 
was yet alive, I fasted and wept: 


2 SAMUEL, 13 


for I said, Who can tell whether 
GOD will be gracious to me, that 
the child may live? 

23 But now he is dead, where- 
fore should I fast? can I bring 
him back again? I shall go to 
him, but he shall notreturn to me. 

24 4 And Da’vid comforted 
Bath’—shé-ba his wife, and went 
in unto her, and lay with her: 
and she bare a son, and he 
called his name Sol’o-mon: and 
the LORD loved him. 

25 And he sent by the hand of 
Na’than the prophet; and he 
called his name Jéd-i-di’ah, be- 
cause of the LORD. 

26 { And J6’ab fought against 
Rab’bah of the children of Am’= 
mon, and took the royal city. 

27 And Jo’ab sent messengers 
to Da’vid, and said, I have 
fought against Rab’bah, and have 
taken the city of waters. 

28 Now therefore gather the 
rest of the people together, and 
encamp against the city, and take 
it: lest I take the city, and it be 
called after my name. 

29 And Da’vid gathered all the 
people together, and went to 
Rab/bah, and fought against it, 
and took it. j 

30 And he took their king’s 
crown from off his head, the 
weight whereof was a talent of 
gold with the precious stones: 
and it was set on Da’vid’s head. 
And he brought forth the spoil of 
the city in great abundance. 

31 And he brought forth the 
people that were therein, and 
put them under saws, and under 
harrows of iron, and under axes 
of iron, and made them pass 
through the brickkiln: and thus 
did he unto all the cities of the 
children of Am’m6én. So Da’vid 
and all the people returned unto 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

CHAPTER 13 280 


1 Amnon's crime. 29 Absalom slays 
Amnon. 37 Absalom’s flight. 


ND it came to pass after this, 
that Ab’sa-lom the son of 


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2 SAMUEL, 13 


Da’vid had a fair sister, whose 
name was Ta’mar; and Am/n6n 
the son of Da’vid loved her. 

2 And Am/’non was so vexed, 
that he fell sick for his sister 
Ta’mar; for she was a virgin; 
and Am/non thought it hard for 
him to do any thing to her. _ 

3 But Am’non had a friend, 
whose name was Jén’a-dab, the 
son of Shim’e-ah DaAa’vid’s 
brother: and Jén’a-dab was a 
very subtil man. i 

And he said unto him, Why 
art thou, being the king’s son, 
lean from day to day? wilt thou 
not tell me? And Am/’/n6n said 
unto him, I love Ta’mar, my 
brother Ab’sa-l6ém’s sister. 

5 And Jon’/a-dab said unto him, 
Lay thee down on thy bed, and 
make thyself sick: and when 
thy father cometh to see thee, say 
unto him, I pray thee, let my 
sister Ta’mar come, and give me 
meat, and dress the meat in my 
sight, that I may see it, and eat 
it at her hand. 

6 4 So Am’non lay down, and 
made himself sick: and when 
the king was come to see him, 
Am/’nOon said unto the king, I pray 
thee. let Ta’mar my sister come, 
and make me a couple of cakes 
in my sight, that I may eat at her 


and. 

7 Then Da’vid sent home to 
Ta’/mar, saying, Go now to thy 
brother Am/’/non’s house, and 
dress him meat. 

8 So Ta’mar went to her 
brother Am’n6n’s house; and he 
was laid down. And she took 
flour, and kneaded it, and made 
cakes in his sight, and did bake 
the cakes. 

9 And she took a pan, and 
poured them out before him; but 
he refused to eat. And Am’n6n 
said, Have out all men from me. 
And they went out every man 
fromhim. | i 

10 And Am/’non said unto Ta’- 
mar, Bring the meat into the 
chamber, that I may eat of thine 
hand. And Ta’mar took the 


Amnon’s crime 


cakes which she had made, and 
brought them into the chamber to 
Am/non her brother. 

11 And when she had brought 
them unto him to eat, he took 
hold of her, and said unto her, 
Come lie with me, my sister. 

12 And she answered him, Nay, 
my brother, do not force me; for 
no such thing ought to be done in 
Is’ra-el: do not thou this folly. 

13 And I, whither shall I cause 
my shame to go? and as for thee, 
thou shalt be as one of the fools 
in Is’ra-el. Now therefore, I 
pray thee, speak unto the king; 
rls he will not withhold me from 

ee. 

14 Howbeit he would not 
hearken unto her voice: but, 
being stronger than she, forced 
her, and lay with her. 

15 § Then Am/’nén hated her 
exceedingly; so that the hatred 
wherewith he hated her was 
greater than the love wherewith 
he had loved her. And Am’n6on 
said unto her, Arise, be gone. 

16 And she said unto him, 
There is no cause: this evil in 
sending me away is greater than 
the other that thou didst unto 
me. But he would not hearken 
unto her. 

17 Then he called his servant 
that ministered unto him, and 
said, Put now this woman out 
from me, and bolt the door after 


er. | 

18 And she had a garment of 
divers colours upon her: for with 
such robes. were the king’s 
daughters that were virgins ap- _ 
parelled. Then his. servant 
brought her out, and bolted the 
door after her. 

19 4 And Ta’mar put ashes on 
her head, and rent her garment 
of divers colours that was on her, 
and laid her hand on her head, 
and went on crying. 

20 And Ab’sa-loém her brother 
said unto her, Hath Am’n6n thy 
brother been with thee? but hold 
now thy peace, my sister: he is 
thy brother; regard not this 


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Absalom slays Amnon 


thing. So Ta’mar_ remained 
desolate in her brother Ab’sa- 
ous house. 

But when king Da’vid 
hear of all these things, he was 
very wroth. 

22 And Ab’sa-lom spake unto 
his brother Am’n6n neither good 
nor bad: for Ab’sa-l6m hated 
Am/nodn, because he had forced 
his sister Ta’mar. 

23 4 And it came to pass after 


2 SAMUEL, 14 


tare his garments, and lay on 
the earth; ano all his servants 
stood by with their clothes rent. 

32 And Jon’a-dab, the son of 
Shim’e-ah Da’vid’s brother, an- 
swered and said, Let not my lord 
suppose that they have slain all 
the young men the king’s sons; 
for Am’nOon only is dead: for by 
the appointment of Ab’sa-lom 
this hath been determined from 
the day that he forced his sister 


/ 


two full years, that Ab’sa-lom |! Ta’mar 


had sheepshearers in Ba’al-ha’- 
z6r, which is beside E’phra-im: 
and Ab’sa-ldbm invited all the 
king’s sons. 

24 And Ab’sa-l6m came to the 
king, and said, Behold now, thy 
servant hath sheepshearers; let 
the king, I beseech thee, and his 
servants go with thy servant. 

25 And the king said to Ab’sa- 
lom, Nay, my son, let us not all 
now go, lest we be chargeable 
unto thee. And he pressed him: 
howbeit he would not go, but 
blessed him 

26 Then tenid Ab’sa-lom, If not, 
I pray thee, let ay brother Am’- 
non go with u And the king 
said unto him, » Why should he go 
with thee? : 

27 But Ab’sa-lom pressed him, 
that he let Am’non and all the 
oe s sons go with him. 

Now Ab’sa-lém had com- 
eS ed his servants, saying, 


Mark ye now when Am/’non’s| da 


heart is merry with wine, and 
when I say unto you, Smite Am’- 
non; then kill him, fear not: 
have not I commanded you? be 
courageous, and be valiant. 

29 And the servants of Ab’sa- 
lo6m did unto Am’nOon as Ab’sa- 
l6ém had commanded. Then all 
the king’s sons arose, and every 
man gat him up upon his mule, 
and fled. 

30 § And it came to pass, while 
they were in the way, that tidings 
came to Da’vid, saying, Ab’sa- 
lom hath slain all the king’s sons, 
and there is not one of them left. 

31 Then the king arose, and 


33 Now therefore let not my 
lord the king take the thing to 
his heart, to think that all the 
king’s sons are dead: forAm/non 
only is dead. 

34 ButAb’sa-lom fled. And the 
young man that kept the watch 
lifted up his eyes, and looked, 
and, behold, there came much 
people by the way of the hill side 
behind him. 

35 And Jén’a-dab said unto the 
king, Behold, the king’s sons 
come: as thy servant said, so 


it is. 

36 And it came to pass, as soon 
as he had made an end of speak- 
ing, that, behold, the king’s sons 
came, and lifted up their voice 
and wept: and the king also and 
all his servants wept very sore. 

37 § But Ab’sa-lom fled, and 
wentto Tal’mai, the son of Am- 
mi’/hid, king of Gé’shir. And 
Da’vid mourned for his son every 


y. 
38 So Ab’sa-lom fled, and went 
to Gé’shtr, and was there three 


years. 
39 And the soul of king Da’vid 

longed to go forth unto Ab’sa- 

lom: for he was comforted con- 

Bsns Am/’non, seeing he was 
ea 


CHAPTER 14 281 
1 The wise woman of Tekoah. 23 Ab- 
salom’s return to Jerusalem. 33 He 


comes before the king. 
No Jo’ab the son of Zer- Us 
i’ah perceived that the king’s 
heart was toward Ab’sa-lom. 
2 And Jo’ab sent to Té-k6’ah, 


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2 SAMUEL, 14 


and fetched thence a wise woman, 


and said unto her,. I pray thee, 
feign thyself to be a mourner, 
and put on noW mourning ap- 
parel, and anoint not thyself with 
oil, but be as a woman that hada 
long time mourned for the dead: 

3 And come to the king, and 
speak on this manner unto him. 
So Jo’ab put the words in her 
mouth. 

4 § And when the woman of 
Té-k6’ah spake to the king, she 
fell on her face to the ground, 
and did obeisance, and said, 
Help, O king. F 

5 And the king said unto her, 
What aileth thee? And she 
answered, I am indeed a widow 
woman, and mine husband is 


ead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two 
sons, and they two strove to- 
gether in the field, and there was 
none to part t':em, but the one 
smote the other, and slew him. 

7 And, behold, the whole fam- 
ily is risen against thine hand- 
maid, and they said, Deliver him 
that smote his brother, that we 
may kill him, for the life of his 
brother whom he slew; and we 
will destroy the heir also: andso 
they shall quench my coal which 
is left, and shall not leave to my 
husband neither name nor re- 
mainder upon the earth. 

8 And the king said unto the 
woman, Go to thine house, and 
I will give charge concerning 


ee. 

9 And the woman of Té-k6’ah 
said unto the king, My lord, O 
king, the iniquity be on me, and 
on my father’s house: and the 
king and his throne be guiltless. 

10 And the king said, Whoso- 
ever saith ought unto thee, bring 
him to me, and he shall not touch 
thee any more. 

11 Then said she, I pray thee, 
let the king remember the LORD 
thy God, that thou wouldest not 
suffer the revengers of blood to 
destroy any more, lest they de- 
Stroy my son. And he said, As 


The wise woman of Tekoah 


the LORD liveth, there shall not 
one hair of thy son fall to the 
earth. 

12 Then the woman said, Let 
thine handmaid, I pray thee, 
speak one word unto my lord the 
king. And he said, Say on. 

13 Andthe womansaid, Where- 
fore then hast thou thought such 
a thing against the people of 
God? for the king doth speak 
this thing as one which is faulty, 
in that the king doth not fetch 
home again his banished. 

14 For we must needs die, and 
are as water spilt on the ground, 
which cannot be gathered up 
again; neither doth God respect 
any person: yet doth he devise 
means, that his banished be not 
expelled from him. 

15 Now therefore that I am 
come to speak of this thing unto 
my lord the king, it is because the 
people have made me afraid: and 
thy handmaid said, I will now 
speak unto the king; it may be 
that the king will perform the re- 
quest of his handmaid. 

16 For the king will hear, to 
deliver his handmaid out of the 
hand of the man that would de- 
stroy me and my son together out 
of the inheritance of God. 

17 Then thine handmaid said, 
The word of my lord the king 
shall now be comfortable: for 
as an angel of God, so is my lord 
the king to discern good and 
bad: therefore the LORD thy 
God will be with thee. | 

18 Then the king answered and > 
said unto the woman, Hide not | 
from me, I pray thee, the thing 
that I shall ask thee. And the 
woman said, Let my lord the king 
now speak. 

19 And the king said, Js not the 
hand of J6’ab with thee in all 
this? And the woman answered 
and said, As thy soul liveth, my 
lord the king, none can turn to 
the right hand or to the left from 
ought that my lord the king hath 
spoken: for thy servant J6’ab, he 
bade me, and he put all these 


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Absalom returns home 
words in the mouth of thine 


handmaid: : 

20 To fetch about this form of 
speech hath thy servant Jd’ab 
done this thing: and my lord is 
wise, according to the wisdom 
_of an angel of God, to know all 
_things that are in the earth. 

21 4 And the king said unto 
Jo’/ab, Behold now, I have done 
this thing: go therefore, bring 
the young man Ab’sa-lém 
again. 

22 And Jdé’ab fell to the ground 
on his face, and bowed himself, 
and thanked the king: and 
Jo’ab said, To day thy servant 
knoweth that I have found grace 
in thy sight, my lord, O king, in 
that the king hath fulfilled the re- 
quest of his servant. 

-23 So J6’ab arose and went to 
Gé’shtr, and brought Ab’sa-lom 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

24 And the king said, Let him 
turn to his own house, and let 
him not see my face. So Ab’sa- 
16m returned to his own house, 
and saw not the king’s face. 

25 {] But in all Is’ra-el there 
was none to be so much praised 
as Ab’sa-lom for his beauty: 
from the sole of his foot even to 
the crown of his head there was 
no blemish in him. : 

26 And when he polled his 
head, (for it was at every year’s 
end that he polled if: because 
the hair was heavy on him, 
therefore he polled it:) he 
weighed the hair of his head at 
two hundred shekels after the 
king’s weight. _ m 

27 And unto Ab’sa-lom there 
were born three sons, and one 
daughter, whose name was Ta’- 
mar: she was a woman of a fair 
countenance. : 

28 {So Ab’sa-lom dwelt two 
full years in Jé-ru’sd-lém, and 
saw not the king’s face. 

29 Therefore Ab’sa-l6m sent for 
J6’ab, to have sent him to the 
king; but he would not come to 

im: and when he sent again the 
second time, he would not come. 


2 SAMUEL, 15 


30 Therefore he said unto his 
servants, See, J6’ab’s field is 
near mine, and he hath barley 
there; go and setiton fire. And 
Ab’sa-lom’s servants set the field 
on fire. 

31 Then J6’ab arose, and came 
to Ab’sa-l6m unto his house, and 
said unto him, Wherefore have 
thy servants set my field on fire? 

32 And Ab’sa-l6m answered 
J6’ab, Behold, I sent unto thee, 
saying, Come hither, that I may 
scnd thee to the king, to say, 
Wherefore am I come from Gé’- 
shir? it had been good for me 
to have been there still: now 
therefore let me see the king’s 
face; andif there be any iniquity 
in me, let him kill me. 

33 So J60’ab came to the king, 
and told him: and when he had 
called for Ab’sa-lom, he came to 
the king, and bowed himself on 
his face to the ground before the 


king: and the king kissed 
Ab’sa-l6m. 
CHAPTER 15 282 


1 Absalom conspires against his father. 
es hae flight. 29 Return of the 
ark. 


ND it came to pass after this, 

.& that Ab’sa-l6m prepared 
him chariots and horses, and 
fifty men to run before him. 

2 And Ab’sa-lom rose up early, 
and stood beside the way of the 
gate: and it was so, that when 
any man that had a controversy 
came to the king for judgment, 
then Ab’sa-lom called unto him, 
and said, Of what city art thou? 
And he said, Thy servant is of 
one of the tribes of Is’ra-el. 

3 And Ab’sa-l6m said unto him, 
See, thy matters are good and 
right; but there is no man de- 
puted of the king to hear thee. 

4 Ab’sa-l6m said moreover, Oh 
that I were made judge in the 
land, that every man which hath 
any suit or cause might come 
unto me, and I would do him 
justice! 

5 And it was so, that when any 
man came nigh to him to do him 


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2 SAMUEL, 15 


Absalom conspires against David 
ants are ready to do whatsoever 


obeisance, he put forth his hand, 


and took him, and kissed him. 

6 And on this manner did Ab’- 
sa-lom to all Is’ra-el that came 
to the king for°judgment: so 
Ab’sa-lom stole the hearts of the 
men of is’ra-el. 

7 4 And it came to pass after 
forty years, that Ab’sa-lom said 
unto the king, I pray thee, let 
me go and pay my vow, whichI 
have vowed unto the LORD, in 
Hé’bron. 

8 For thy servant vowed a 
vow while I abode at Gé ‘shur 
in Syr’i-a, saying, If the LORD 
shall bring me again indeed to 
Jé-ru’sd-lém, then I will serve 
the LORD. : 

9 And the king said unto him, 
Go in peace. So he arose, and 
went to Hé’bron. ‘ 

10 § But Ab’sa-l6m_ sent spies 
throughout all the tribes of. Is’- 
ra-el, saying, As soon as ye hear 
the sound of the trumpet, then ye 
pees say, Ab’sa-lom reigneth in 

11 And with Ab’sa-lom went 
two hundred men out of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, that, were called; and 
they went in their simplicity, 
and they knew not any thing. 

12 And Ab’sa-lém sent _for 
A-hith’o-phél the Gi/l-onite, Da’- 
vid’s counsellor, from his city, 
even from Gi’/loh, while he of- 
fered sacrifices. And the con- 
spiracy was strong; for the 
people increased continually 
with Ab’sa-lom. 

13 4 And there came a messen- 
ger to Da’vid, saying, The 
hearts of the men of Is’ra-el are 
after Ab’sa-lom. 

14 And Da’vid said unto all his 
servants that were with him at 
jJé-ru’sa-lém, Arise, and let us 
ee; for we shall not else es- 
cape from Ab’sa-l6m: make 
speed to depart, lest he overtake 
us suddenly, and bring evil upon 
us, and smite the city with the 
edge of the sword. 

15 And the king’s servants said 


my lord the king shall appoint. 

16 And the king went forth, 
and all his household after him. 
And the king left ten women, 
which were concubines, to keep 
the house. 

17 And the king went forth, and 
all the people after him, and tar- 
ried in a place that was far off. 

18 And all his servants passed 
on beside him; and all the 
Chér’e-thites, and all the Pél’e- 
thites, and all the Git’tites, six 
hundred men which came after 
him from Gath, passed on before 
the king 

19 Then said the king to 
It’ta-1 the Git’tite, Wherefore 
goest thou also with us? return 
to thy place, and abide with the 
king: for thou art astranger, and 
also an exile. | 

20 Whereas thou camest but 
yesterday, should I this day 
make thee go up and down with 
us? seeing I go whither I may, 
return thou, and take back thy 
brethren: mercy and truth be 
with thee. | 

21 And iIt’ta-1 answered the 
king, and said, As the LORD 
liveth, and as my lord the king 
liveth, surely in what place my 
lord the king shall be, whether in 
death or life, even there also will 
thy servant be. 

22 And Da’vid said to it’ta-1, 
Go and pass over. And It’ta-i 
the Git’tite passed over, and all 
his men, and all the little ones 
that were with him. 

23 And all the country wept 
with a loud voice, and ali the 
people passed over: the king 
also himself passed over the 
brook Kid’ron, and all the 
people passed over, toward the 
way of the wilderness. 

24 4 And lo Za’d6k also, and 
all the Lé’vites were with him, 
bearing the ark of the covenant 
of God: and they set down the 
ark of God; and A-bi’a-thir 
went up, until all the people had 


unto the king, Behold, thy serv- | done passing out of the city. 
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Ahithophel deserts David 


25 And the king said unto Za’- 
dok, Carry back the ark of God 
into the city: if I shall find fa- 
vour in the eyes of the LORD, he 
will bring me again, and shew 
me both it, and his habitation. 

26 But if he thus say, I have no 
delight in thee; behold, here am 
I, let him do to me as seemeth 
good unto him. 

27 The king said also unto Za’- 
dok the priest, Art not thou a 
seer? return into the city in 
peace, and your two sons with 
you, A-him’a-az thy son, and 
Jon’a-than the son of A-bi’a-thar. 

28 See, I will tarry in the plain 
of the wilderness, until there 
come word from you to certify 


- me. 

29 Za’dok therefore and A-bi’a- 
thar carried the ark of God again 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém: and they tar- 
ried there. ‘ 

30 § And Da’vid went up by the 

ascent of mount Ol’i-vét, and 
wept as he went up, and had his 
head covered, and he went bare- 
foot: and all the people that was 
with him covered every man his 
head, and they went up, weeping 
as they went up. 
_31 { And one told Da’vid, say- 
ing, A-hith’o-phél is among the 
conspirators with Ab’sa-lom. 
And Da’vid said, O LORD, I pray 
thee, turn the counsel of A-hith’- 
o-phél into foolishness. 

32 4 And it came to pass, that 
when Da’vid was come to the top 
of the mount, where he wor- 
shipped God, behold, Ht’shai the 
Ar’chite came to meet him with 
his coat rent, and earth upon his 


ead: 

33 Unto whom Da’vid said, If 
thou passest on with me, then 
thou shalt be a burden unto me: 

34 Butif thou return to the city, 
and say unto Ab’sa-lom, I will be 
thy servant, O king; as I have 
beenthy father’s servant hitherto, 
so will I now also be thy servant: 
then mayest thou for me defeat 
the counsel of A-hith’o-phél. | 

35 And hast thou not there with 


2 SAMUEL, 16 


thee Za’d6k and A-bi’a-thar the 
priests? therefore it shall be, 
that what thing soever thou shalt 
hear out of the king’s house, thou 
shalt tell it to Za’d6k and A-bi’a- 
thar the priests. 

36 Behold, they have there with 
them their two sons, A-him’a-az 
Za’dok’s son, and Jon’a-than 
A-bi’a-thar’s son; and by them 
ye shall send unto me every thing 
that ye can hear. 

37 So Hi’shai Da’vid’s friend 
came into the city, and Ab’sa- 
lom came into Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


CHAPTER 16 283 


1 Ziba’s deceit. 5 Shimei curses Da-=- 
vid. 15 Absalom enters Jerusalem. 


ND when Da’vid was a little 
past the top of the hill, be- 
hold, Zi’ba the servant of Mé- 
phib’o-shéth met him, with a 
couple of asses saddled, and 
upon them two hundred loaves 
of bread, and an hundred 
bunches of raisins, and an hun- 
dred of summer fruits, and a 
bottle of wine. E 

2 And the king said unto Zi’ba, 
What meanest thou by these? 
And Zi’ba said, The asses be for 
the king’s household to ride on; 
and the bread and summer fruit 
for the young men to eat; and 
the wine, that such as be faint in 
the wilderness may drink. 

3 And the king said, And where 
is thy master’s son? And Zi’ba 
said unto the king, Behold, he 
abideth at Jé-ru’sd-lém: for he 
said, To day shall the house of 
Is’ra-el restore me the kingdom 
of my father. i an 

4 Then said the king to Zi’ba, 
Behold, thine are all that per- 
tained unto Mé-phib’o-shéth. 
And Zi’ba said, I humbly beseech 
thee that I may find grace in thy 
sight, my lord, O king. ae 

5 ¢ And when king Da’vid 
came to Ba-ht’rim, behold, 
thence came out a man of the 
family of the house of Saul, 
whose name was Shim’e-i, the 


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2 SAMUEL, 17 


son of Gé’ra: he came forth, and 
cursed still as he came. 

6 And he cast stones at Da’vid, 
and at all the servants of king 
Da’vid: and all the people and 
all the mighty men were on his 
right hand and on his left. 


7 And thus said Shim/’e-i when | k 


he cursed, Come out, come out, 
thou bloody man, and thou man 
of Bé’li-al: 

8 The LorRD hath returned 
upon thee all the blood of the 
house of Saul, in whose stead 
thou hast reigned; and the LORD 
hath delivered the kingdom into 
the hand of Ab’sa-lém thy son: 
and, behold, thou art taken in 
thy mischief, because thou art a 
bloody man. 

9 4 Then said A-bish’4-i the son 
of Zer-u-i’ah unto the king, Why 
should this dead dog curse my 
lord the king? let me go over, I 
pray thee, and take off his head. 

10 And the king said, What 
have I to do with you, ye sons of 
Zér-y-i’ah? so let him curse, 
because the LORD hath said 
unto him, Curse Da’vid. Who 
shall then say, Wherefore hast 
thou done so? : . 

11 And Da’vid said to A-bish’- 
a-i, and to all his servants, Be- 
hold, my son, which came forth 
of my bowels, seeketh my life: 
how much more now may this 
Bén’ja-mite do it? let him alone, 
and let him curse; for the LORD 
hath bidden him. ; 

12 It may be that the LORD will 
look on mine affliction, and that 
the LORD will requite me good 
for his cursing this day. . 

13 And as Da’vid and his men 
went by the way, Shim’e-i went 
along on the hill’s side over 


. against him, and cursed as he 


went, and threw stones at him, 
and cast dust. 4 

14 And the king, and all the 
people that were with him, came 
weary, and refreshed themselves 


there. 
15 § And Ab’sa-lém, and all the 
people the men of Is’ra-el, came 


Shimet curses David 


to Jé-ru’sa-lém, and A-hith’o- 
phél with him. 

16 And it came to pass, when 
Hiu’shai the Ar’chite, Da’vid’s 
friend, was come unto Ab’sa-lém, 
that Hi’shai said unto Ab’sa-lém, 
God save the king, God save the 


ing. 
17 And Ab’sa-lom said to Hi’- 
shai, Js this thy kindness to thy 
friend? why wentest thou not 
with thy friend? | ff 

18 And Hi’shai said unto Ab’- 
sa-lom, Nay; but whom _the 
LORD, and this people, and all 
the men of is’ra-el, choose, his 
will I be, and with him will I 
abide. k 

19 And again, whom should I 
serve? should Inot serve inthe . 
presence of his son? as I have 
served in thy father’s presence, 
so will I be in thy presence. . 
20 § Then said_Ab’sa-lém to 
A-hith’o-phél, Give counsel 
among you what we shall do. 
_21 And A-hith’o-phél said unto 
Ab’sa-lbm, Go in. unto thy 
father’s concubines, which he 
hath left to keep the house; and 
all Is’ra-el shall hear that thou 
art abhorred of thy father: then 
shall the hands of all that are 
with thee be strong. | 

22 So they spread Ab’sa-lim a 
tent upon the top of the house; 
and Ab’sa-l6m went in unto his 
father’s concubines in the sight 
of all Is’ra-el. - f 

23 And the counsel of A-hith’o- 
phél, which he counselled in 
those days, was as if a man had 
enquired at the oracle of God: 
so was all the counsel of A-hith’- 
o-phél both with Da’vid and 
with Ab’sa-l6m. 


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1 Hushai's counsel. 23 Ahithophel 
hangs himself. 24 David crosses 


Jordan. 
OREOVER _— A-hith’o-phél 
said unto Ab’sa-lém, Let 
me now choose out twelve thou- 
sand men, and I will arise and 
pursue after Da’vid this night: 


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_ Hushai’s counsel pleases Absalom 


2 And I will come upon him 
while he is weary and weak 
handed, and will make him 
afraid: and all the people that 
are with him shall flee; and I 
will smite the king only: 

3 And I will bring back all the 
people unto thee: the man whom 
thou seekest is as if all returned: 
so all the people shall be in peace. 

4 And the saying pleased Ab’- 
sa-lom well, and all the elders of 
is’ra-el. 

5 Then said Ab’sa-lom, Call 
now Hia’shai the Ar’chite also, 
and let us hear likewise what he 
saith. 

6 And when Hi’shai was come 
to Ab’sa-lom, Ab’sa-lom spake 
unto him, saying, A-hith’o-phél 
hath spoken after this manner: 
shall we do after his saying? if 
not; speak thou. 

7 And Hi’shai said unto Ab’sa- 
l6m, The counsel that A-hith’o- 
phél hath given is not good at 
this time. | 

8 For, said Hi’shai, thou know- 
est thy father and his men, that 
they be mighty men, and they be 
chafed in their minds, as a bear 
robbed of her whelps in the field: 
and thy father is a man of war, 

and will not lodge with the 
people. 

9 Behold, he is hid now insome 
pit, or in some other place: and 
it will come to pass, when some 
of them be overthrown at the 
first, that whosoever heareth it 

‘will say, There is a slaughter 
among the people that follow 
Ab’sa-lom. 

10 And he also that is valiant, 

whose heart is as the heart of a 
lion, shall utterly melt: for all 
Is’ra-el knoweth that thy father 
is amighty man, and they which 
be with him are valiant men. 
_11 Therefore I counsel that all 
{s/ra-el be generally gathered 
unto thee, from Dan even to 
Bé’er—shé’ba, as the sand that is 
by the sea for multitude; and 
that thou go to battle in thine 
own person. 


2 SAMUEL, 17 


12 So shall we come upon him 
in some place where he shall be 
found, and we will light upon 
him as the dew falleth on the 
ground: and of him and of all 
the men that are with him there 
shall not be left so much as one. 

13 Moreover, if he be gotten 
into a city, then shall all is’ra-el 
bring ropes to that city, and we 
will draw it into the river, until 
there be not one small stone 
found there. 

14 And Ab’sa-lom and all the 
men of is’ra-el said, The counsel 
of Hu’shai the Ar’chite is better 
than the counsel of A-hith’o-phél. 
For the LORD had appointed to 
defeat the good counsel of A- 
hith’o-phél, to the intent that the 
LORD might bring evil upon 
Ab’sa-l6m. 

15 § Then said Hi’ shai unto 
Za’dok and to A-bi’a-thar the 
priests, Thus and thus did A- 
hith’o-phél counsel Ab’sa-lom 
and the elders of Is’ra-el; and 
thus and thus have I counselled. 

16 Now therefore send quickly, 
and tell Da’vid, saying, Lodge 
not this night in the plains of the 
wilderness, but speedily pass 
over; lest the king be swallowed 
up, and all the people that are 
with him 

17 Now Jo 6n’a-than and A-him’- 
a-az stayed by En-ro’gel; for 
they might not be seen to come 
into the city: and a wench went 
and told them; and they went 
and told king Da’vid. 

18 Nevertheless a lad saw 
them, and told Ab’sa-lom: but 
they went both of them away 
quickly, and came to a man’s 
house in Ba-ht’rim, which had 
a well in his court; whither they 
went down. 

19 And the woman took and 
spread a covering over the well’s 
mouth, and spread ground corn 
paSreOR and the thing was not 

now 

20 And when Ab’sa-l6m’s ser- 
vants came to the woman to the 
house, they said, Where is 


413 


2 SAMUEL, 18 


A-him’a-az and Jon’a-than? And 
the woman said unto them, 


They be gone over the brook of 


water. And when they had 
sought and could not find them, 
they returned to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
And it came to pass, after 
they were departed, that they 
came up out of the well, and went 
and told king Da’vid, and said 
unto Da’vid, Arise, and pass 


quickly over the water: for thus 


hath A-hith’o-phél 
against you. 
22 Then Da’vid arose, and all 


counselled 


David crosses Jordan 


29 And honey, and butter, and 
sheep, and cheese of kine, for 
Da’vid, and for the people that 
were with him, to eat: for they 
said, The people is hungry, and 
weary, and thirsty, in the wilder- 
ness. 


CHAPTER 18 285 

1 Defeat of Absalom’s army. 14 Absa- 

lom slain. 33 David’s lament. — 

JOS Da’vid numbered the 

people that were with him, 

and set captains of thousands 

and captains of hundreds over 
em. 


the people that were with him, | th 


and they passed over Jér’dan: 


by the morning light there lacked 


not one of them that was not 
gone over Jor’dan. 


23 4 And when A-hith’o-phél 
saw that his counsel was not 


followed, he saddled his ass, 
and arose, and gat him home to 
his house, to his city, and put 
his household in order, and 
hanged himself, and died, and 
was buried in the sepulchre of 
his father. 

24 Then Da’vid came to Ma- 
ha-na’im. And Ab’sa-lém passed 
over JOr’dan, he and all the men 
of Is’ra-el with him.. 3 

25 4 And Ab’sa-l6m made Am’- 
a-sa Captain of the host instead 
of Jo’ab: which Am/’a-sa was a 
man’s son, whose name was 
Ith’ra an_ Is’ra-el-ite, that went 
in to Ab’i-gail the daughter of 
Na’hash, sister to Zér-u-i’/ah 
J0’ab’s mother. i i 

26 So _Is’ra-el and Ab’sa-lém 
pitched in the land of Gil’e-ad. 

27 4 And it came to pass, when 
Da’vid was come to Ma-ha- 
na’im, that Sho’bi the son of 
Na’hash of Rab’bah of the chil- 
dren of Am’mon, and Ma’chir 
the son of Am’mi-el of Lé—-dé’bar, 
and Bar-zil/la-i the Gil’e-ad-ite 
of R6-gé’lim, 

28 Brought beds, and basons, 
and earthen vessels, and wheat, 
and barley, and flour, and 
parched corn, and beans, and 
lentiles, and parched pulse, 





2 And Da’vid sent forth a third 
part of the people under the hand 
of Jo’ab, and a third part under 
the hand of A-bish’4-i the son of 
Zér-u-i’ah, J6’ab’s brother, and 
a third part under the hand of 
It’ta-i the Git’tite. And the king 
said unto the people, I will surely 
go forth with you myself also. 

3 But the people answered, 
Thou shalt not go forth: for if 
we flee away, they will not care 
for us; neither if half of us die, 
will they care for us: but now 
thou art worth ten thousand of 
us: therefore now it is better 
ee thou succour us out of the 
city. 

4 And the king said unto them, 

hat seemeth you best I will do. 
And the king stood by the gate 
side, and all the people came out 

y hundreds and by thousands. 

5 And the king commanded 
Jo’ab and A-bish’a-i and it’ta-i, 
saying, Deal gently for my sake 
with the young man, even with 
Ab’sa-lém. And all the people 
heard when the king gave all the 
captains charge concerning Ab’- 
sa-lom. 

6 4 So the people went out into 
the field against Is’ra-el: and the 
battle was in the wood of 
E’phra-im; f 

7 Where the people of {s’ra-el 
were slain before the servants of 
Da’vid, and there was there a 
great slaughter that day of 
twenty thousand men. 


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Absalom slain 


8 For the battle was there 
scattered over the face of all the 
country: and the wood de- 
voured more people that day than 
the sword devoured. 
9 4 And Ab’sa-lom met the ser- 
vants of Da’vid. And Ab’sa-lom 
rode upon a mule, and the mule 
went Bates the thick boughs of a 
reat oak, and his head caught 
d of the oak, and he was taken 
up between the heaven and the 
earth; and the mule that was 
under him went away. 
10 And a certain man saw it, 
and told J6’ab, and said, Behold, 
I saw Ab’sa-lom hanged in an 


oak. 

11 And J6’ab said unto the man 
that told him, And, behold, thou 
sawest him, and why didst thou 
not smite him there to the 
ground? andI would have given 
thee ten shekels of silver, anda 


girdie. 

12 And the man said unto 
Jo’ab, Though I should receive a 
thousand shekels of silver in 
mine hand, yet would I not put 
forth mine hand against the 
king’s son: forin our hearing the 
king charged thee and A-bish’a-i 
and it’ta-i, saying, Beware that 
none touch the young man Ab’- 
sa-lom. 

13 Otherwise I should have 
wrought falsehood against mine 
own life: for there is no matter 
hid from the king, and thou thy- 
self wouldest have set thyself 
against me. 

14 Then said J6’ab, I may not 
tarry thus with thee. And he 
took three darts in his hand, and 
thrust them through the heart of 
Ab’sa-lom, while he was yet alive 
in the midst of the oak. 

15 And ten young men that 
bare J6’ab’s armour compassed 
about and smote Ab’sa-lom, and 
slew him 

16 Pend Ja 6’ab blew the trumpet, 
and the people returned from 
pursuing after Is’ra-el: for J6’ab 
beld back the people. 

17 And they took Ab’sa-lom, 


2 SAMUEL, 18 


and cast him into a great pit in 
the wood, and laid a very great 
heap of stones upon him: and all 
Is’ra-el fled every one to his 
tent. 5 

18 §| Now Ab’sa-l6om in his life- 
time had taken and reared up for 
himself a pillar, which is in the 
king’s dale: for he said, I have 
no son to keep my name in re- 
membrance: and he called the 
pillar after his own name: and 
it is called unto this day, Ab’sa- 
lom’s place. 

19 4 Then said A-him’a-az the 
son of Za’dok, Let me now run, 
and bear the king tidings, how 
that the LORD hath avenged him 
of his enemies. 

20 And Joé’ab said unto him, 
Thou shalt not bear tidings this 
day, but thou shalt bear tidings 
another day: but this day thou 
shalt bear no tidings, because the 
king’s son is dead. 

21 Then said J6’ab to Cu’shi, 
Go tell the king what thou hast 
seen. And Cu’shi bowed him- 
self unto Jo’ab, and ran. 

22 Then said A-him’a-az the 
son of Za’dok yet again to J6’ab, 
But howsoever, let me, I pray 
thee, also run after Cu’shi. And 
Jo’ab said, Wherefore wilt thou 
run, my son, seeing that thou 
hast no tidings ready? _ 

23 But howsoever, said he, let 
merun. And he said unto him, 
Run. Then A-him’a-az ran by 
the way of the plain, and overran 
Cu/’shi. 

24 And Da’vid sat between the 
two gates: and the watchman 
went up to the roof over the gate 
unto the wall, and lifted up his 
eyes, and looked, and behold a 
man running alone. 

25 And the watchman cried, 
and told the king. And the king 
said, If he be alone, there is 
tidings in his mouth. And he 
came apace, and drew near. 

26 And the watchman saw an- 
other man running: and the 
watchman called unto the porter, 
and said, Behold another man 


415 


2 SAMUEL, 19° 


running alone. And the king 
said, He also bringeth tidings, 

27 And the watchman said, 
Me thinketh the running of the 
foremost is like the running of 
A-him’a-az the’ son_of Za’ddk. 
And the king said, He is a good 
man, and cometh with good 
tidings. _ j 

28 And A-him’a-az called, and 
said unto the king, All is well. 
And he fell down to the earth 
upon his face before the king, and 
said, Blessed be the LORD thy 
God, which hath delivered up 
the men that lifted up their hand 
against my lord the king. 

29 And the king said, Is the 
young man Ab’sa-l6m safe? And 
A-him’a-az answered, When Jo’- 
ab sent the king’s servant, and 
me thy servant, I saw a great 
tumult, but I knew not what 


it was. 

30 And the king said unto him, 
Turn aside, and stand here. And 
e turned aside, and stood still. 
31 And, behold, Cu’shi came; 
and Cu’shi said, Tidings, my 
lord the king: for the LORD 
hath avenged thee this day of 
all them that rose up against 

& 


ee. ; 

32 And the king. said unto 
Cu’shi, Js the young man Ab’sa- 
lom safe? And Cu’shi answered, 
The enemies of my lord the king, 
and all that rise against thee to 
do thee hurt, be as that young 
man is. 

33 Y And the king was much 
moved, and went up to the cham- 
ber over the gate, and wept: and 
as he went, thus he said, O my 
son Ab’sa-l6m, my son, my son 
Ab’sa-lbm! would God I had 
died for thee, O Ab’sa-lém, my 
son, my son! 


286 CHAPTER 19 
1 Joab chides David's indifference. 13 
Amasa made leader. 
escort. 32 Barzillai dismissed. 
y ibe it was told J6’ab, Behold, 
the king weepeth and 
mourneth for Ab’sa-lém. 


16 David's 





David’s lament for Absalom 


2 And the victory that day was 
turned into mourning unto all 
the people: for the people heard 
say that day how the king was 
grieved for his son. 

3 And the people gat them by 
stealth that day into the city, as 
people being ashamed steal away 
when they flee in battle. 

4 But the king covered his 
face, and the king cried with a 
loud voice, O my son Ab’sa-lém, 
O Ab’sa-lém, my son, my son! 

5 And Jé’ab came into the 
house to the king, and said, Thou 
hast shamed this day the faces of 
all thy servants, which this day 
have saved thy life, and the lives 
of thy sons and of thy daughters, | 
and the lives of thy wives, and > 
the lives of thy concubines; 

6 In that thou lovest thine ene- 
mies, and hatest thy friends. For 
thou hast declared this day, that 
thou regardest neither princes 
nor servants: for this day I per- 
ceive, that if Ab’sa-l6m had lived, 
and ali we had died this day, 
then it had pleased thee well. 

7 Now therefore arise, go forth, 

and speak comfortably unto thy 
servants: for I swear by the 
LORD, if thou go not forth, there 
will not tarry one with thee this 
night: and that will be worse 
unto thee than all the evil that 
befell thee from thy youth until 
now. 
_8 Then the king arose, and sat 
in the gate. And they told unto 
all the people, saying, Behold, the 
king doth sit in the gate. And 
all the people came before the 
king: for Is’ra-el had fled every 
man to his tent. 

9 § And all the people were at 
strife throughout all the tribes of 
Is’ra-el, saying, The king saved 
us out of the hand of our ene- 
mies, and he delivered us out of 
the hand of the Phi-lis’tines: and 
now he is fled out of the land for 
Ab’sa-lém. 

10 And Ab’sa-lém, whom we 
anointed over us, is dead in 
battle. Now therefore why 


416 





David returns home 


speak ye not a word of bringing 
the king back? : 

11 § And king Da’vid sent to 
Za’dok and to A-bi’a-thér the 
priests, saying, Speak unto the 
elders of Ji’dah, saying, Why are 
ye the last to bring the king back 


to his house? seeing the speech | k 


of all Is’ra-el is come to the king, 
even to his house. 

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are 
my bones and my flesh: where- 
fore then are ye the last to bring 
back the king? 

13 And say ye to Am/’a-sa, Art 
thou not of my bone, and of my 
fiesh? God do so to me, and 
more also, if thou be not captain 
of the host before me continually 
in the room of J6’ab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of 
all the men of Jii’dah, even as 
the heart of one man; so that 
they sent this word unto the 


king, Return thou, and all thy |h 


servants. " 

15 So the king returned, and 
came to Jér’dan. And Ju’dah 
came to Gil’gal, to go to meet the 
king, to conduct the king over 
J6r’dan. 5 
_16 4 And Shim’e-i the son of 
Gé’ra, a Bén’ja-mite, which was 
of Ba-hi’rim, hasted and came 
down with the men of Ji’dah to 
meet king Da’vid. 

17 And there were a thousand 
men of Bén’ja-min with him, and 
Zi'/ba the servant of the house of 
Saul, and his fifteen sons and his 
twenty servants with him; and 
they went over Jor’dan before the 


ing. 

18 And there went over a ferry 
boat to carry over the king’s 
household, and to do what he 
thought good. And Shim’e-i the 
son of Gé’ra fell down before the 
king, as 
Jor’dan; . 

19 And said unto the king, Let 
not my lord impute iniquity unto 
me, neither do thou remember 
that which thy servant did per- 
versely the day that my lord the 
king went out of Jé-ru’sd-lém, 

27 


he was come over 


2 SAMUEL, 19 


thatthe king should take it to 
his heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know 
that I have sinned: therefore, 
behold, I am come the first this 
day of ail the house of J6’seph 
to go down to meet my lord the 


ing. 

21 ButA-bish’a-i the son of Zér- 
u-i’ah answered and said, Shall 
not Shim/e-i be put to death for 
this, because he cursed the 
LORD’S anointed? 

22 And Da’vid said, What 
have I to do with you, ye sons of 
Zér-y-i’ah, that ye should this 
day be adversaries unto me? 
shall there any man be put to 
death this day in Is’ra-el? for 
do not I know that I am this day 
king over Is’ra-el? 

23 Therefore the king said 
unto Shim/’e-i, Thou shalt not 
die. And the king sware unto 


im. 
24 4 And Mé-phib’o-shéth the 
son of Saul came down to meet 
the king, and had neither dressed 
his feet, nor trimmed his beard, 
nor washed his clothes, from the 
day the king departed until the 
day he came again in peace. 

25 And it came to pass, when 
he was come to Jé-ru’sa-lém to 
meet the king, that the king said 
unto him, Wherefore wentest 
not thou with me, Mé-phib’o- 
shéth? 

26 And he answered, My lord, 
O king, my servant deceived me: 
for thy servant said, I will saddle 
me an ass, that I may ride there- 
on, and go to the king; because 
thy servant is lame. 

27 And he hath slandered thy 
servant unto my lord the king; 
but my lord the king is as an 
angel of God: do therefore what 
is good in thine eyes. 

28 For all of my father’s house 
were but dead men before my 
lord the king: yet didst thou 
set thy servant among them that 
did eat at thine own table. What 
right therefore have I yet to cry 
any more unto the king? 


417 


2 SAMUEL, 20 


29 And the king said unto him, 
Why speakest thou any more of 
thy matters? I have said, Thou 
and Zi’ba divide the land. 

30 And Mé-phib’o-shéth said 
unto the king, Yea, let him take 
all, forasmuch as my lord the 
king is come again in peace unto 
his own house. g 

31 § And Bar-zil’la-i the Gil’- 
e-ad-ite came down from R6-gé’- 
lim, and went over Jér’dan with 
the king, to conduct him over 
Jor’dan. 

32 Now Bar-zil’la-i was a very 
aged man, even fourscore years 
old: and he had provided the 
king of sustenance while he lay 
at Ma-ha-na’im; for he was a 
very great man. | 

33 And the king said unto 
Bar-zil’la-i, Come thou over with 
me, and I will feed thee with me 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

34 And Bar-zil’/la-i said unto 
the king, How long have I to 
live, that I should go up with the 
king unto Jé-ru’sa-lém? 

35 1 am this day fourscore 
years old: and can I discern be- 
tween good and evil? can thy 
servant taste what I eat or what 

drink? can I hear any more 
the voice of singing men and 
singing women? wherefore then 
should thy servant be yet a bur- 
den unto my lord the king? _ 

36 Thy servant will go a little 
way over Jér’dan with the king: 
and why should the king recom- 
pense it me with such a reward? 

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, 
turn back again. that I may die in 
mine own city, and be buried by 
the grave of my father and of my 
mother. But behold thy servant 
Chim’ham; let him go over with 
my lord the king; and do to him 
what shall seem good unto thee. 

38 And the king answered, 
Chim’ham shall go over with me, 
and I will do to him that which 
shall seem good unto thee: and 
whatsoever thou shalt require 
of me, that will I do for thee. 

39 And ali the people went over 


Barzillai blessed by David 


Jor’dan. And when the king 
was come over, the king kissed 
Bar-zil’la-1, and blessed him; 
and he returned unto his own 
place. 

40 Then the king went on to 
Gil’gal, and Chim’ham went on 
with him: and all the people of 
Ju’dah conducted the king, and 
also half the people of is’ra-el. 

41 4 And, behold, all the men 
of Is’ra-el came to the king, and 
said unto the king, Why have our 
brethren the men of Ji’dah 
stolen thee away, and have 
brought the king, and his house- 
hold, and all Da’vid’s men with 
him, over Jér’dan? 

42 And all the men of_Ja’dah 
answered the men of {fs’ra-el, 
Because the king is near of kin 
to us: wherefore then be ye 
angry for this matter? have we 
eaten at all of the king’s cost? 
or hath he given us any gift? 

43 And the men of {fs’ra-el 
answered the men of Ja’dah, and 
said, We have ten parts in the 
king, and we have also more 
right in Da’vid than ye: why 
then did ye despise us, that our 
advice should not be first had in 
bringing back our king? And 
the words of the men of Jii’dah 
were fiercer than the words of the 
men of Is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 20 287 


1 Sheba’s revolt. 4 Amasa’s tardiness. 
10 Joab kills him. 22 Sheba be- 
headed. 

aS D there happened to be 

there a man of Bé’li-al, 
whose name was Shé’ba, the son 
of Bich’ri, a Bén’ja-mite: and he 
blew a trumpet, and said, We 
have no part in Da’vid, neither 
have we inheritance in the son of 

Jés’se: every man to his tents, 

O Is’ra-el. ; 

2 So every man of Is’ra-el went 
up from after Da’vid, and fol- 
lowed Shé’ba the son of Bich’ri: 
but the men of Ja’dah clave unto 
their king, from Jér’dan even to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


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, Amasa slain by Joab 


3 4 And Da’vid came to his 
house at Jé-ru’sa-lém; and the 
king took the ten women his 
concubines, whom he had left 
to keep the house, and put them 
in ward, and fed them, but went 
not in unto them. So they were 
shut up unto the day of their 
death, living in widowhood. 

4 9 Then said the king to 
Am’a-sa, Assemble me the men 
of Ja’dah within three days, and 
be thou here present. 

5 So Am/a-sa went to assemble 
the men of Ji’dah: but he 

tarried longer than the set time 
which he had appointed him, 

6 And Da’vid said to A-bish’- 
a-i, Now shall Shé’ba the son of 
Bich’ri do us more harm than did 
Ab’sa-lom: take thou thy lord’s 
servants, and pursue after him, 
lest he get him fenced cities, and 
escape us. f 

7 And there went out after him 
Jo’ab’s men, and the Chér’e- 
thites, and the Pél’e-thites, and 
all the mighty men: and they 
went out of Jé-ru’sa-lém, to pur- 
sue after Shé’ba the son of 
Bich’r1. 

8 When they were at the great 
stone which is in Gib’e-on, 
Am/’a-sa went before them. And 
Jo’ab’s garment that he had put 
on was girded unto him, and 
upon it a girdle with a sword 
fastened upon his loins in the 
sheath thereof; and as he went 
forth it fell out. 

9 And Jo’ab said to Am’a-sa, 
Art thou in health, my brother? 
And Jo’ab took Am’a-sa by the 
beard with the right hand to kiss 


im. 

10 But Am/a-sa took no heed to 
the sword that was in J6’ab’s 
hand: so he smote him there- 
with in the fifth rib, and shed 
out his bowels to the ground, 
and struck him not again; and 
he died. So J6’4b and A-bish’- 
a-i his brother pursued after 
Shé’ba the son of Bich’ri. 

11 And one of J0’ab’s men 
stood by him, and said, He that 








2 SAMUEL, 20 


favoureth J6’ab, and he that is 
for Da’vid, let him go after J6’ab. 

12 And Am’a-sa wallowed in 
blood in the midst of the high-: 
way. And when the man saw 
that all the people stood still, he 
removed Am’a-sa out of the high- 
way into the field, and cast a 
cloth upon him, when he saw 
that every one that came by him 
stood still. 

13 When he was removed out 
of the highway, all the people 
went on after Jo’ab, to pursue 
after Shé’ba the son of Bich’ri. 

14 ¢ And he went through all 
the tribes of Is’ra-el unto A’bél, 
and to Béth-mda’a-chah, and ail 
the Bé’rites: and they were 
gathered together, and went also 
after him. . 

15 And they came and besieged 
him in A’bél of Béth-ma’a-chah, 
and they cast up a bank against 
the city, and it stood in the 
trench: and all the people that 
were with J6’ab battered the 
wall, to throw it down. 

16 4 Then cried a wise woman 
out of the city, Hear, hear; say, 
I pray you, unto J6’ab, Come near 
hither, that I may speak with 


ee. 

17 And when he was come near 
unto her, the woman said, Arf 
thou Jo’ab? And he answered, 
I am he. Then she said unto 
him, Hear the words of thine 
handmaid. And he answered, I 
do hear. 

18 Then she spake, saying, 
They were wont to speak in old 
time, saying, They shall surely 
ask counsel at A’bél: and so they 
ended the matter. 

19 I am one _of them that are 
peaceable and faithful in Is’ra-el: 
thou seekest to destroy a city and 
a mother in Is’ra-el: why wilt 
thou swallow up the inheritance 
of the LORD? 

20 And Jo’ab answered and 
said, Far be it, far be it from me, 
that I should swallow up or 
destroy. } 

21 The matter is not so: buta 


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Saul’s sons hanged 


man of mount E’phra-im, Shé’b4|I make the atonement, that ye 


the son of Bich’ri by name, hath 
lifted up his hand against the 
king, even against Da’vid: de- 
liver him only, and I will depart 
from the city. And the woman 
said unto J6’ab, Behold, his 
head shall be thrown to thee over 
the wall. 

22 Then the woman went unto 
all the people in her wisdom. 
And they cut off the head of 
Shé’ba the son of Bich’ri, and 
cast it out to Jo’ab. And he 
blew a trumpet, and they re- 
tired from the city, every man to 
his tent. And J6’ab returned to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém unto the king. 

23 {| Now _J6’ab was over all 
the host of Is’ra-el: and Bé-na’- 
’ jah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da was 
over the Chér’e-thites and over 
the Pél’e-thites: 

24 And A-d6’ram was over the 
tribute: and Jé-hosh’a-phat the 
son of A-hi’lud was recorder: 

25 And Shé’va was scribe: and 
Za'dok and A-bi’a-thar were the 
priests: b 

26 And I’ra also the Ja’ir-ite 
was a chief ruler about Da’vid. 


288 CHAPTER 21 


1 Hanging of Saul’s sons. 10 Rizpah’s 
watch. 12 Burial of Saul’s bones. 


HEN there was a famine in 
the days of Da’vid three 
years, year after year; and Da’- 
vid enquired of the LORD. And 
the LORD answered, /t is for 
Saul, and for his bloody house, 
because he slew the Gib’e-on-ites. 
2 And the king called the Gib’e- 
on-ites, and said unto them; 
(now the Gib’e-on-ites were not 
of the children of is’ra-el, but of 
the remnant of the Am/6r-ites; 
and the children of is’ra-el had 
sworn unto them: and Saul 
sought to slay them in his zeal to 
the children of is’ra-el and 
Ja’dah.) 
3 Wherefore Da’vid said unto 
the Gib’e-on-ites, What shall I 
do for you? and wherewith shall 


may bless the inheritance of the 
LORD? af K 

4 And the Gib’e-on-ites said 
unto him, We will have no silver 
nor gold of Saul, nor of his 
house; neither for us shalt thou 

ill any man in Is’ra-el. And he 
said, What ye shall say, that will 
I do for you. é 

5 And they answered the king, 
The man that consumed us, and 
that devised against us that we 
should be destroyed from re- 
maining in any of the coasts of 
Is'ra-el, 5 

6 Let seven men of his sons be 
delivered unto us, and _we will 
hang them up unto the LORD in 
Gib’e-ah of Saul, whom_ the 
LORD did choose. And the king 
said, I will give them. 

7 But the king spared Mé-phib’- 
o-shéth, the son of Jén’a-than 
the son of Saul, because of the 
LORD’S oath that was between 
them, between Da’vid and Jén’a- 
than the son of Saul. 

8 But the king took the two 
sons of Riz’pah the daughter of 
A-i’ah, whom she bare unto Saul, 
Ar-m6’ni and Mé-phib’o-shéth; 
and the five sons of Mi’chal the 
daughter of Saul, whom she 
brought up for A’dri-el the son 
of Bar-zil‘la-i the Mé-hol’ath-ite: 

9 And he delivered them into 
the hands of the Gib’e-on-ites, 
and they hanged them in the hill 
before the LORD: and they fell 
all seven together, and were put 
to death in the days of harvest, 
in the first days, in the beginning 
of barley harvest. 

10 4 And Riz’pah the daughter 
of A-i’ah took sackcloth, and 
spread it for her upon the rock, 
from the beginning of harvest 
until water dropped upon them 
out of heaven, and_ suffered 
neither the birds of the air to 
rest on them by day, nor the 
beasts of the field by night. 

11 And it was told Da’vid what 
Riz’pah the daughter of A-i’ah, 
the concubine of Saul, had done, 


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2 SAMUEL, 22 


12 4 And Da’vid went and took | 20 And there was yet a battle 


the bones of Saul and the bones 
of Jén’a-than his son from the 
men of Ja’besh-gil’e-ad, which 
had stolen them from the street 
of Béth’-shan, where the Phi- 
lis’‘tines had hanged them, when 
the Phi-lis’tines had slain Saul in 
Gil-b6’a: 

13 And he brought up from 
thence the bones of Saul and the 
bones of Jon’a-than his son; and 
they gathered the bones of them 
that were hanged. 

14 And the bones of Saul and 
Jén’a-than his son buried they in 
the country of Bén’ja-min_ in 
Zé'lah, in the sepulchre of Kish 
his father: and they performed 
all that the king commanded. 
And after that God was in- 
treatedfortheland. |. 

15 § Moreover the Phi-lis’tines 
had yet war again with Is’ra-el; 
and Da’vid went down, and his 
servants with him, and fought 


against the Phi-lis’tines: and 
Da’vid waxed faint. 
16 And ish’bi-bé’ndb, which 


was of the sons of the giant, the 
weight of whose spear weighed 
three hundred shekels of brass 
in weight, he being girded with a 
new sword, thought to have 
slain Da’vid.. | _ 

17 But A-bish’a-i the son of 
Zér-u-i'ah succoured him, and 
smote the Phi-lis’tine and killed 
him. Then the men of Da’vid 
sware unto him, saying, Thou 
shalt go no more jout with us to 
battle, that thou quench not the 
light of Is’ra-el. 

18 And it came to pass after 
this, that there was again a battle 
with the Phi-lis’tines at Gob: 
then Sib’be-chai the Hi’shath- 
ite slew Saph, which was of the 
sons of the giant. : 

19 And there was again a battle 
in Géb with the Phi-lis’tines, 
where El-ha/nan the son of Ja- 
Zr’e—or’e-Zim, a Béth’—lé-hém- 
ite, slew the brother of Go-li’ath 
the Git’tite, the staff of whose 
spear was like a weaver’s beam. 


in Gath, where was a man of 
great stature, that had on every 
hand six fingers, and on every 
foot six toes, four and twenty in 
number; and he also was born 
the giant. 

21 And when he defied Is’- 
ra-el, Jon’a-than the son of 
Shim’e-ah the brother of Da’vid 
slew him. 

22 These four were born to the 
giant in Gath, and fell by the 
hand of Da’vid, and by the hand 
of his servants. 


CHAPTER 22 289 


David's song of thanks for deliverance. 


ND Da’vid spake unto the 
LORD the words of this 
song in the day that the LORD 
had delivered him out of the hand 
of all his enemies, and out of the 
hand of Saul: 

2 And he said, The LORD is 
my rock, and my fortress, and 
my deliverer: 

3 The God of my rock; in him 
will I trust: he is my shield, and 
the horn of my salvation, my 
high tower, and my refuge, my 
saviour; thou savest me from 
violence. 

4 I will call on the LORD, who 
is worthy to be praised: so shall 
I be saved from mine enemies. 

5 When the waves of death 
compassed me, the floods of un- 
godly men made me afraid; 

6 The sorrows of hell com- 
passed me about; the snares of 
death prevented me; 

7 In my distress I called upon 
the LORD, and cried to my God: 
and he did hear my voice out of 
his temple, and my cry did enter 
into his ears. 

8 Then the earth shook and 
trembled: the foundations of 
heaven moved and shook, be- 
cause he was wroth. 

9 There went up a smoke out 
of his nostrils, and fire out of his 
mouth devoured: coals were 
kindled by it. , 


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10 He bowed the heavens also, 
and came down; and darkness 
was under his feet. 

11 And he rode upon a cherub, 
and did fly: and he was seen 
upon the wings of the wind. 

12 And he made _ darkness 
Pavilions round about him, dark 
waters, and thick clouds of the 
skies. 

13 Through the brightness be- 
fore him were coals of fire 
kindled. 

14 The LORD thundered from 
heaven, and the most High 
uttered his voice. 

And he sent out arrows, 
and scattered them; lightning, 
and discomfited them. 

16 And the channels of the sea 
appeared, the foundations of the 
world were discovered, at the 
rebuking of the LORD, at the 
blast of the breath of his nostrils. 

17 He sent from above, he took 
me; he drew me out of many 
waters. 

18 He delivered me from my 
strong enemy, and from them 
that hated me: for they were too 
strong for me. 

19 They prevented me in the 
day of my calamity: but the 
LORD was my stay. ~ 

20 He brought me forth also 
into @ large place: he delivered 
me, because he delighted in 


me. 

21 The LORD rewarded me 
according to my righteousness: 
according to the cleanness of my 
hands hath he recompensed me. 

22 For I have kept the ways of 
the LORD, and have not wickedly 
departed from my God. 

23 For all his judgments were 
before me: and as for his stat- 
utes, I did not depart from them. 

24 I was also upright before 
him, and have kept myself from 
mine iniquity. 

25 Therefore the LORD hath 
recompensed me according to my 
righteousness; according to my 
cleanness in his eye sight. 

26 With the merciful thou wilt 


David's song of thanksgiving 


shew thyself merciful, and with 
the upright man thou wilt shew 
thyself upright. 

27 With the pure thou wilt 
shew thyself pure; and with 
the froward thou wilt shew thy- 
self unsavoury. 

28 And the afflicted people 
thou wilt save: but thine eyes 
are upon the haughty, that thou 
mayest bring them down. 

29 For thou art my lamp, O 
LORD: and the LorRpD will 
lighten my darkness. 

For by thee I have run 
through a troop: by my God 
have I leaped over a wall. ; 

31 As for God, his way is 
perfect; the word of the LORD 
is tried: he is a buckler to all 
them that trust in him. 

32 For who is God, save the 
LORD? and whois arock, save 
our God? | 

33 God is my strength and 
power: and he maketh my way 
perfect. 

34 He maketh my feet like 
hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon 
my high places. 

35 He teacheth my hands to 
war; so that a bow of steel is 
broken by mine arms. 

36 Thou hast also given me the 
shield of thy salvation: and thy 
gentleness hath made me great. 

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps 
under me; so that my feet did 
not slip. 

38 I have pursued mine ene- 
mies, and destroyed them; and 
turned not again until I had con- 
sumed them. 

39 And I have consumed them, 
and wounded them, that they 
could not arise: yea, they are 
fallen under my feet. 

40 For thou hast girded me 
with strength to battle: them 
that rose up against me hast thou 
subdued under me. 

41 Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies, that I 
might destroy them that hate me. 

42 They looked, but there was 
none to save; even unto the 


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LORD, but he answered them 


not. 

43 Then did I beat them as 
small as the dust of the earth, I 
did stamp them as the mire of 
the street, and did spread them 
abroad. 

44 Thou also hast delivered me 
from the strivings of my people, 
thou hast kept me fo be head of 
the heathen: a people which I 
knew not shall serve me. f 

45 Strangers shall submit 
themselves unto me: as soon as 
they hear, they shall be obedient 
unto me. 

46 Strangers shall fade away, 
and they shall be afraid out of 
their close places. 

47 The LorRD liveth; and 
blessed be my rock; and exalted 
be the God of the rock of my 
salvation. 

48 Itis God that avengeth me, 
and that bringeth down the 
people under me, 

49 And that bringeth me forth 
from mine enemies: thou also 
hast lifted me up on high above 
them that rose up against me: 
thou hast delivered me from the 
violent man. tte § 

50 Therefore I will give thanks 
unto thee, O LORD, among the 
heathen, and I will sing praises 
unto thy name. 

51 He is the tower of salvation 
for his king: and sheweth mercy 
to his anointed, unto Da’vid, and 
to his seed for evermore. 


290 CHAPTER 23 


1 David's last_song. | 6 State of the 
wicked. 8& Roster of David’s mighty 
men. 


OW these be the last words 

of Da’vid. Da’vid the son 

of Jés’se said, and the man who 

was raised up on high, the an- 

ointed of the God of Ja’cob, and 

ae sweet psalmist of Is’ra-el, 

said, 

2 The Spirit of the LORD spake 

by me, and his word was in my 
tongue. 


2 SAMUEL, 23 


3 The God of Is’ra-el said, the 
Rock of Is’ra-el spake to me, He 
that ruleth over men must be 
just, ruling in the fear of God. 

4 And he shall be as the light 
of the morning, when the sun 
riseth, even a morning without 
clouds; as the tender grass 
springing out of the earth by 
clear shining after rain. 

Although my house be not 
so with God; yet he hath made 
with me an everlasting covenant, 
ordered in all things, and sure: 
for this is all my salvation, and 
all my desire, although he make 
it not to grow. 

6 | But the sons of Bé'li-al 
Shall be all of them as thorns 
thrust away, because they can- 
not be taken with hands: 

7 But the man that shall touch 
them must be fenced with iron 
and the staff of aspear; and they 
shall be utterly burned with fire 
in the same place. 

8 J These be the names of the 
mighty men whom Da’vid had: 
The Tach’mo-nite that sat in the 
seat, chief among the captains; 
the same was Ad’i-no the Ez’nite: 
he lift up his spear against eight 
hundred, whom he slew at one 
time. 

9 And after him was E-le-a’zar 
the son of DOo’do the A-hd‘hite, 
one of the three mighty men with 
Da’vid, when they defied the 
Phi-lis’tines that were there 
gathered together to battle, and 
the men of Is’ra-el were gone 
away: 

10 He arose, and smote the 
Phi-lis’tines until his hand was 
weary, and his hand clave unto 
the sword: and the LORD 
wrought a great victory that day; 
and the people returned after 
him only to spoil. 

11 And after him was Sham’- 
mah the son of Ag’e-é the Ha’ra- 
rite. And the Phi-lis’tines were 
gathered together into a troop, 
where was a piece of ground full 
of lentiles: and the people fied 
from the Phi-lis’tines. 


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12 But he stood 
the ground, and defended it, and 
slew the Phi-lis’tines: and the 
LORD wrought a great victory. 

13 And three of. the thirty chief 
went down, and came to Da’vid 
in the harvest time unto the cave 
of A-dtl’/lam: and. the troop of 
the Phi-lis’tines pitched in the 
valley of Réph’a-im. 

14 And Da’vid was then in an 
hold, and the garrison of, the 
Phi-lis’tines was then in Béth’- 
1é-hém. 

15 And Da’vid longed, and 
said, Oh that one would give me 
drink of the water of the well of 
US eae which is by the 
fate! 

16 And the three mighty men 
brake through the host of the 
Phi-lis’ tines, and drew water out 
of the well of Béth’—lé-hém, that 
was by the gate, and took if, and 
brought it to Da’vid: neverthe- 
less he would not drink thereof, 
but poured it out unto the 
LORD. 

17 And he said, Be it far from 
me, O LORD, that I should do 


this: is not this the blood of the | G 


men that went in jeopardy of 
their lives? therefore he would 
not drink it. These things did 
these three mighty men. 

18 And A-bish’a-i, the brother 
of J6’ab, the son of Zér-u-i’ah, 
was chief among three. And he 
lifted up his spear against three 
hundred, and slew them, and 
had the name among three. 

19 Was he not most honourable 
of three? therefore he was their 
captain: howbeit he attained not 
unto the first three. 

20 And Bé-na’‘iah the son of 
Jé-hoi’a-da, the son of a valiant 
man, of Kab’ze-el, who had 
done many acts, he slew two 
lionlike men of Mé’ab: he went 
down also and slew a lion in the 
midst of a pit in time of 
snow: Pane e 

21 And he slew an £-£¥p’tian, 
a goodly man: and the £-gyp’- 
tian had a spear in his hand; but 


David's mighty men 


in the midst of |he went down to him with a 


staff, and plucked the spear out 
of the £-gyp’tian’s hand, and 
slew him with his own spear, 

22 These things did Bé-na’iah 
the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, and had 
the name among three mighty 
men. 

23 He was more honourable 
than the thirty, but he attained 
not to the first three. And Da’- 
vid set him over his guard. 

24 A’sa-hél the brother of 
Jo’ab was one of the thirty; 
El-ha’nan the son of D6’dé of 
Béth’-lé-hém, _ 

_29 Sham’/mah the Ha’rod-ite, 
EV/i-ka the Ha’rod-ite, 

26 Hé’léz the Pal’tite, i’ra the 
son of tk’késh the Té-k@‘ite, 
_27 A-bi-é’zér_ the An’e-thoth- 
ite, Mé-biin’nai the Hi’shath-ite, 

28 Zal’mén the A-hd’hite, Ma- 
har’a-i the Né-todph’a-thite, 

29 Hé’léb the son of Ba’a-nah, 
a Né-toph’a-thite, it’ta-i the son 
of Ri’bai out of Gib’e-ah of the 
children of Bén’ja-min, 

_30 Bé-na’iah the Pir’a-thon- 
ite, Hid’da-i of the brooks of 
a’ash, 

_31 A’bi-al’bon_the Ar’bath-ite, 
Az’ma-véth the Bir-hti’mite, 

32 E-li’ah-ba the Sha-al’bo- 
nite, of the sons of Ja’shen, 
Jon’a-than, 

33 Sham’mah the H4’ra-rite, 
A-hi’am the son of Sha’rar the 
Ha’ra-rite, 

34 E-liph’e-lét the son of A-has’- 
ba-i, the son of the Ma-ach’a- 
thite, £-li’am the son of A-hith’o- 
phél the Gi’lo-nite, 

35 Héz’ra-i the 
Pa’a-rai the Ar’bite, 

36 I’gal the son of Na’than of 
Z6’bah, Ba’ni the Gad ‘ite, 

37 Zé’lek the Am’mon-ite, Na’- 

a-ri the Bé-é’roth-ite, armour- 
bearer to J6’ab the son of Zér- 
u-i’ah, 

_398 Vra an Ith’rite, Ga’réb an 
Ith’rite, 

39 U-ri’ah the Hit’tite: thirty 
and seven in all. 


Car’mel-ite, 


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Numbering the people. 


291 CHAPTER 24 


1 The numbering. 10 The plague. 
Jerusalem escapes. 
stayed. 


ND again the anger of the 
LORD was kindled against 
Is’ra-el, and he moved Da’vid 
against them to say, Go, num- 
ber Is’ra-el and Ji’dah. 

2 For the king said to J6’ab the 
captain of the host, which was 
with him, Go now through all 
the tribes of Is’ra-el, from Dan 
even to Bé’er-—shé’ba, and num- 
ber ye the people, that I may 
know the number of the people. 

3 And J6’ab said unto the king, 
Now the LORD thy God add unto 
the people, how many soever they 
be, an hundredfold, and that the 
eyes of my lord the king may see 
it: but why doth my lord the king 
delight in this thing? 

4 Notwithstanding the king’s 
word prevailed against Jdé’ab, 
and against the captains of the 
host. And J6’ab and the cap- 
tains of the host went out from 
the presence of the king, to num- 
ber the people of is’ra-el. 

5 4 And they passed over Jér’- 
dan, and pitched in Ar’6-ér, on 
the right side of the city that 
lieth in the midst of the river of 
Gad, and toward Ja’zér: 

6 Then they came to Gil’e-ad, 
and to the land of Tah’tim— 
hod’shi; and they came to Dan— 
ja’an, and about to Zi’don, 

7 And came to the strong hold 
of Tyre, and to all the cities of 
the Hi’vites, and of the Ca’naan- 
ites: and they went out to the 
south of Ju’dah, even to Bé’er-— 
shé’ba. 

8 So when they had gone 
through all the land, they came 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém at the end of 
nine months and twenty days. 

9 And J6’ab gave up the sum of 
the number of the people unto the 
king: and there were in {s’ra-el 
eight hundred thousand valiant 
men that drew the sword; and 
the men of Ji’dah were five hun- 
dred thousand men. 


16 
21 The plague 


The plague 


2 SAMUEL, 24 


10 § And Da’vid’s heart smote 
him after that he had numbered 
the people. And DAa’vid said 
unto the LORD, I have sinned 
greatly in that I have done: and 
now; I beseech thee, O LORD, 
take away the iniquity of thy ser- 
vant; for I have done very 
foolishly. 

11 For when Da’vid was up in 
the morning, the word of the 
LORD came unto the prophet 
Gad, Da’vid’s seer, saying, 

12 Go and say unto Da’vid, 
Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee 
three things; choose thee one of 
them, that I may do it unto 
thee. 

13 So Gad came to Da’vid, and 
told him, and said unto him, 
Shall seven years of famine 
come unto thee in thy land? or 
wilt thou flee three months before 
thine enemies, while they pursue 
thee? or that there be three 
days’ pestilence in thy land? 
now advise, and see what answer 
I shall return to him that sent me. 

14 And Da’vid said unto Gad, 
I am in a great strait: let us fall 
now into the hand of the LORD; 
for his mercies are great: and 
let me not fall into the hand of 


man. 

15 {So the LORD sent a pes- 
tilence upon fIs’ra-el from the 
morning even to the time ap- 
pointed: and there died of the 
people from Dan even to Bé’er— 
shé’ba seventy thousand men. 

16 And when the _ angel 
stretched out his hand upon Jé- 
ru’sd-lém to destroy it, the 
LORD repented him of the evil, 
and said to the angel that de- 
stroyed the people, It is enough: 
stay now thine hand.. And the 
angel of the LORD was by the 
threshingplace of A-rau’nah the 
Jéb’u-site. 

17 And Da’vid spake unto the 
LORD when he saw the angel 
that smote the people, and said, 
Lo, I have sinned, and I have 
done wickedly: but these sheep, 
what have they done? let thine 


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The plague stayed 


a 
hand, I pray thee, be against me, | and offer up what seemeth good 


and against my father’s house. 


18 § And Gad came that day|f 


to Da’vid, and said unto him, 
Go up, rear an altar unto the 
LORD in the threshingfloor of 
A-rau/nah the Jéb’u-site. 

i9 And Da’vid, according to the 
saying of Gad, went up as the 
LORD commanded. 

20 And A-rau’nah looked, and 
saw the king and his servants 
coming on toward him: and 
A-rau’nah went out, and bowed 
himself before the king on his 
face upon the ground. 

21 And A-rau’nah said, Where- 
fore is my lord the king come to 
his servant? And Da’vid said, 
To buy the threshingfloor of 
thee, to build an altar unto the 


LORD, that the plague may be|b 


stayed from the people. 
22 And A-rau’nah said unto 
Da’vid, Let my lord the king take 


unto him: behold, here be oxen 
or burnt sacrifice, and threshing 
instruments and other instru- 
ments of the oxen for wood. 

23 All these things did A-rau’- 

nah, as a king, give unto the 
king. And A-rau’nah said unto 
the king, The LorD thy God 
accept thee. 
,24 And the king said unto 
A-rau’nah, Nay; butI will surely 
buy it of thee at a price: neither 
will I offer burnt offerings unto 
the LORD my God of that which 
doth cost me nothing. So Da’- 
vid bought the threshingfloor and 
the oxen for fifty shekels of 
silver. 

25 And Da’vid built there an 
altar unto the LORD, and offered 
urnt offerings and peace offer- 
ings. So the LORD was in- 
treated for the land, and the 
plague was stayed from Is’ra-el. 





THE 


FIRST BOOK OF THE 
KINGS 


COMMONLY CALLED 
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS 


292 CHAPTER 1 


i Adonijah’s usurpation. 15 Bath- 
Sheba intercedes for Solomon. 32 
Solomon anointed king. 

OW king Da’vid was old and 

stricken in years; and they 

covered him with clothes, but he 
gat no heat. ; 

2 Wherefore his servants said 

unto him, Let there be sought 

for my lord the king a young 
virgin: and let her stand before 
the king. and let her cherish 
him, and let her lie in thy bosom, 
that my lord the king may get 


eat. 
3 Sothey sought for a fair dam- 


sel throughout all the coasts of 
Is‘ra-el, and found Ab/i-shag a 
Shu’/nam-mite, and brought her 
to the king. 

4 And the damsel was very 
fair, and cherished the king, and 
ministered to him: but the king 
knew her not. } 

5 4 Then Ad-o-ni’/jah the son 
of Hag’zith exalted himself, say- 
ing, I will be king: and he 
prepared him chariots and horse- 
men, and fifty men to run before 


im. 
6 And his father had not dis- 
pleased him at any time in say- 
ing, Why hast thou done so? 


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_ Pleadings for Solomon 


and he also was a very goodly 


man; and his mother bare him 
after Ab’sa-lom. 

7 And he conferred with J6’ab 
the son of Zér-u-i’ah, and with 
_ A-bi’a-thar the priest: and they 

omans Ad-o-ni’/jah helped 

im. 

8 But Za’dok the priest, and 
Bé-na’iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, 
and Na’than the prophet, and 
Shim’e-i, and Ré%i, and the 
mighty men which belonged to 
David, were not with Ad-o- 


9 And Ad-o-ni’jah slew sheep 
and oxen and fat cattle by the 
stone of Zo’he-léth, which is by 
En-ro’zel, and called all his 
brethren the king’s sons, and all 
the men of Jia’dah the king’s 
servants: 

10 But Na’than the prophet, 
and Bé-na’iah, and the mighty 
men, and S6l’o-mon his brother, 
he called not. 

11 § Wherefore Na’than spake 
unto Bath’—shé-ba the mother of 
S6l’o-mon, saying, Hast thou not 
heard that Ad-o-ni’jah the son of 
Hag’zith doth reign, and Da’vid 
our lord knoweth it not? 

12 Now therefore come, let me, 
I pray thee, give thee counsel, 
that thou mayest save thine own 
life, and the life of thy son Sol’o- 


mon. 

13 Go and get thee in unto king 
Da’vid, and say unto him, Didst 
not thou, my lord, O king. swear 
unto thine handmaid, saying, 
Assuredly Sd6l’o-mon thy son 
shall reign after me, and he shall 
sit upon my throne? why then 
doth Ad-o-ni’jah reign? 

14 Behold, while thou yet talk- 
est there with the king, I also will 
come in after thee, and confirm 
thy words. 

15 ¢ And Bath’-shé-ba went in 
unto the king into the chamber: 
and the king was very old; and 
Ab’i-shag the Shu’/nam-mite min- 
istered unto the king. 

16 And Bath’-shé-ba_ bowed, 
and did obeisance unto the king. 


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And the king 


What 
wouldest thou? 

17 And she said unto him, My 
lord, thou swarest by the LORD 
thy God unto thine handmaid, 
saying, Assuredly S6l’o-mon thy 
son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne. 

_18 And now, behold, Ad-o-ni’- 
jah reigneth; and now, my lord 
the king, thou knowest if not: 

19 And he hath slain oxen and 
fat cattle and sheep in abun- 
dance, and hath called all thesons 
of the king, and A-bi’a-thar the 
priest, and J6’ab the captain of 
the host: but Sol’o-mon thy ser- 
vant hath he not called. 

20 And thou, my lord, O king, 
the eyes of all Is’ra-el are upon 
thee, that thou shouldest tell 
them who shall sit on the throne 
of my lord the king after him. 

21 Otherwise it shall come to 
pass, when my lord the king 
shall sleep with his fathers, that 
Iand my son S6l’o-mon shall be 
counted offenders. | 

22 ¢ And, lo, while she yet 

talked with the king, Na’than the 
prophet also came in. 
_23 And they told the king, say- 
ing, Behold Na’than the prophet. 
And when he was come in before 
the king, he bowed himself before 
the king with his face to the 
ground. . 

24 And Na’than said, My lord, 
O king, hast thou said, Ad-o-ni’- 
jah shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne? 

25 For he is gone down this 
day, and hath slain oxen and fat 
cattle and sheep in abundance, 
and hath called all the king’s 
sons, and the captains of, the 
host, and A-bi’a-thar the priest: 
and, behold, they eat and drink 
before him, and say, God save 
king Ad-o-ni’jah. 

26 But me, even me thy ser- 
vant, and Za’dok the priest, and 
Bé-na’iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, 
and thy servant S6l’o-mon, hath 
he not called. 

27 Is this thing done by my lord 


said, 


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the king, and thou hast not 
shewed it unto thy servant, who 
should sit on the throne of my 
lord the king after him? 

28 4 Then king Da’vid an- 
swered and said, Call me Bath’— 
shé-ba. And she came into 
the king’s presence, and stood 
before the king. | 

29 And the king sware, and 
said, As the LORD liveth, that 
hath redeemed my soul out of 
all distress, 

30 Even as I sware unto thee 
by the LORD God of Is’ra-el, say- 
ing, Assuredly S6l’o-mon thy 
son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne in my 
stead; even so will I certainly do 
this day. 

31 Then Bath’—-shé-ba bowed 
with her face to the earth, and 
did reverence to the king, and 
said, Let my lord king Da’vid 
a for ever. 

2 qAnd king Déa’vid said, 
ei me Za’dok the priest, 
Na’than the prophet, and Bé-na’- 
iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da. And 
they came before the king. 

33 The king also said unto 
them, Take with you the ser- 
vants of your lord, and cause 
Sol’o-mon my son to ride upon 
mine own mule, and bring him 
down to Gi’hon: i 

34 And let Za’dok the priest 
and Na’than the prophet anoint 
him there king over Is’ra-el: and 
blow ye with the trumpet, and 
say, God save king Sdl’o- 
mon. 

35 Then ye shall come up after 
him, that he may come and sit 
upon my throne; for he shall be 
king in my stead: and I have 
appointed him to be ruler over 
Is’ra-el and over Ji’dah. 

36 And Bé-na’iah the son of 
Jé-hoi’a-da answered the king, 
and said, A-mén’: the LORD 
God of my lord the king say 


so too. 

37 As the LORD hath been 
with my lord the king, even so be 
he with S6l’o-mon, and make his 


Solomon anointed king 


throne greater than the throne of 
my lord king Da’vid. 

38 So Za’d6k the priest, and 
Na’than the prophet, and Bé- 
na/iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, 
and the Chér’e-thites, and the 
Pél’e-thites, went down, and 
caused Sol’o-mon to ride upon 
king Da’vid’s mule, and brought 
him to Gi’hon. 

39 And Za’dok the priest took 
an horn of oil out of the taber- 
nacle, and anointed S6l’o-mon. 

they blew the trumpet: 
and all the people said, God save 
king S6l’o-mon. 

40 And all the people came up 
after him, and the people piped 
with pipes, and rejoiced with 
great joy, so that the earth rent 
with the sound of them. 

41 4 And Ad-o-ni’jah and _ all 
the guests that were with 
heard it as they had made an et 
of eating. And when Jé’ab 
heard the sound of the trumpet, 


and he said, Wherefore is this noise 


of the city being in an uproar? 

42 And while he yet spake, be- 
hold, Jon’a-than the son of 
A-bi’a-thar the priest came: and 
Ad-o-ni’jah said unto him, Come 
in; for thou art a valiant man, 
and bringest good tidings. 

43 And Jon’a-than answered 
and said to Ad-o-ni’jah, Verily 
our lord king Da’vid hath made 
Sol’o-mon king. 

44 And the king hath sent with 
him Za’dok the priest, and Na’- 
than the prophet, and Bé-na’iah 
the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, and the 
Chér’e-thites, and the Pél’e- 
thites, and they have caused him 
to ride upon the king’s mule: 

45 And Za’dok the priest and 
Na’than the prophet have an- 
ointed him king in Gi’hon: and 
they are come up from thence re- 
joicing, so that the city rang 
again. This is the noise that ye 
have heard. ; 

46 And also S6l’o-mon sitteth 
on the throne of the kingdom. 

47 And moreover the king’s 
servants came to bless our lord 


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David's charge to Solomon 


king Da’vid, saying, God make 
the name of SOol’o-mon better 
than thy name, and make his 
throne greater than thy throne. 
And the king bowed himself 
upon the bed. 

48 And also thus said the king, 
Blessed be the LoRD God of 
Is’ra-el, which hath given one 
to. sit on my throne this day, 
mine eyes even seeing it. 

49 And all the guests that were 
with Ad-o-ni’jah were afraid, and 
rose up, and went every man his 


way. 

50 4 And Ad-o-ni’jah feared be- 
cause of Sdl’o-mon, and arose, 
and went, and caught hold on 
the horns of the altar. 

51 And it was_told Sdél’o-mon, 
saying, Behold, Ad-o-ni’jah fear- 
eth king Sdl’o-mon: for, lo, he 
hath caught hold on the horns of 
the altar, saying, Let king Sol’o- 
mon swear unto me to day that 
he will not slay his servant with 
the sword. ' 

52. And Sdl’o-mon said, If he 
will shew himself a worthy man, 
there shall not an hair of him 
fall to the earth: but if wicked- 
ness shall be found in him, he 
shall die. 

53 So king Sdl’o-mon sent, and 
they brought him down from the 
altar. And he came and bowed 
himself to king Sol’o-mon:_ and 
S6l’o-mon said unto him, Go to 
thine house. 


293 CHAPTER 2 


1 David's charge to Solomon. 10 His 
death. 25 Solomon’s severe policy. 
36 Treatment of Shimei. 

OW the days of Da’vid drew 

nigh that he should die; 
and he charged Sdl’o-mon his 
son, saying, 

2 I go the way of all the earth: 
be thou strong therefore, and 
shew thyself a man; 

3 And keep the charge of the 
LORD thy God, to walk in his 


ways, to keep his statutes, and | fathers, and 
| city of Da’vid. 


his commandments, and his 
judgments, and his testimonies, 


1 KINGS, 2 


as it is written in the law of 
MO’ses, that thou mayest pros- 
per in all that thou doest, and 
whithersoever thou turnest thy- 


self: 

4 That the LORD may con- 
tinue his word which he spake 
concerning me, saying, If thy 
children take heed to their way, 
to walk before me in truth with 


| all their heart and with all their 


soul, there shall not fail thee 
(said he) a man on the throne of 
Is’ra-el. 

5 Moreover thou knowest also 
what Jo’ab the son of Zér-u-i’/ah 
did to me, and what he did to 
the two captains of the hosts of 
ts’ra-el, unto Ab’nér the son of 
Nér, and unto Am/a-sa the son 
of Jé’thér, whom he slew, and 
shed the blood of war in peace, 
and put the blood of war upon his 
girdle that was about his loins, 
and in his shoes that were on 


his feet. 


6 Do therefore according to 
thy wisdom, and let not his hoar 
head go down to the grave in 
peace. : 

7 But shew kindness unto the 
sons of Bar-zi)’la-1 the Gil’e-ad- 
ite, and let them be of those that 
eat at thy table: for so they 
came to me when I fled because 
of Ab’sa-lém thy brother. 

8 And, behold, thou hast with 
thee Shim’e-i the son of Gé’ra, a 
Bén’ja-mite of Ba-hi’rim, which 
cursed me with a grievous curse 
in the day when I went to Ma-ha- 
na’/im: but he came down to 
meet me at Jér’dan, and I sware 
to him by the LORD, saying, I 
will not put thee to death with the 
sword. ; 

9 Now therefore hold him not 
guiltless: for thou art a wise 
man, and knowest what thou 
oughtest to do unto him; but his 
hoar head bring thou down to the 
grave with blood. ; : 

10 So Da’vid slept with his 
and was buried in the 


11 And the days that Da’vid 


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reigned over Is’ra-el were forty 
years: seven years reigned he in 
Hé’bron, and thirty and three 
hate reigned he in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
2 4 Then sat_S6l’o-mon upon 
the throne of Da’vid his father; 
and his kingdom was established 
greatly, ie 
3 ¥ And Ad-o-ni’jah the son of 
Haeg’zith came to Bath’—shé-ba 
the mother of S6l’o-mon. And 
she said, Comest thou peace- 
ably? And he said, Peaceably. 

14 He said moreover, I have 
somewhat to say unto thee. And 
she said, Say on. 

15 And he said, Thou knowest 
that the kingdom was mine, and 
that all Is’ra-el set their faces on 
me, that I should reign: howbeit 
the kingdom is turned about, and 
is become my brother’s: for it 
was his from the LORD. 

16 And now I ask one petition 
of thee, deny me not. And she 
said unto him, Say on. 

17 And he said, Speak, I pray 
thee, unto Sol’o-mon the king, 
(for he will not say thee nay,) 
that he give me Ab/’i-shag the 
Shu’nam-mite to wife. 

18 And Bath’—-shé-ba _ said, 
Well; : will speak for thee unto 
the kin 

19 ¥ Bath’-shé-b4 therefore 
went unto king Sol’o-mon, to 
speak unto him for Ad-o-ni’jah. 
And the king rose up to meet her, 
and bowed himself unto her, 
and sat down on his throne, and 
caused a seat to be set for the 
king’s mother; and she sat on 
his right hand. ; 

20 Then she said, I desire one 
small petition of thee; J pray 
thee, say me not nay. And the 
king said unto her, Ask on, my 
mother: for I will not say thee 


nay. 
-21 And she said, Let Ab’i-shag 
the Shu’nam-mite be given to 
Ad-o-ni’jah thy brother to wife. 
22 And king Sol’o-mon an- 
swered and said unto his mother, 
And why dost thou ask Ab’/i-shag 
the Shu’nam-mite for Ad-o-ni’- 


Solomon’s severe policy 


jah? ask for him the kingdom 
also; for he is mine elder brother; 
even for him, and for A-bi’a-thir 
the priest, and for J6’ab the son 
of Zér-u-i’ah. 

23 Then king S6l’o-mon sware 
by the LORD, saying, God do so 
to me, and more also, if Ad-o-ni’- 
jah have not spoken this word 
against his own life. 

24 Now therefore, as the LORD 
liveth, which hath established 
me, and set me on the throne of 
Da’vid my father, and who hath 
made me an house, as he prom- 
ised, Ad-o-ni’jah shall be put to 
death this day. 

25 And king Sol’o-mon sent by 
the hand of Bé-na’iah the son of 
Jé-hoi’a-da; and he fell upon 
him that he died. 

26 § And unto A-bi’a-thdr the 
priest said the king, Get thee to 
An’a-thoth, unto thine own 
fields; for thou art worthy of 
death: but I will not at this time 
put thee to death, because thou 
barest the ark of the Lord Gop 
before Da’vid my father, and be- 
cause thou hast been afflicted in 
all wherein my father was 
afflicted. | 
_27 So. Sdl’o-mon_ thrust out 
A-bi’a-thar from being priest 
unto the LORD; that he might 
fulfil the word of the LorRD, 
which he spake concerning the 
house of E£’li in Shiloh. 

28 | Then tidings came to 
Jo’ab: for Jo’ab had turned 
after Ad-o-ni’/jah, though he 
turned not after Ab’sa-ldm. And 
J6’ab fled unto the tabernacle of 
the LORD, and caught hold on 
the horns of the altar. 

29 And it was told kine Sdl’o- 
mon that J6’ab was fled unto the 
tabernacle of the LORD; and, 
behold, he is by the altar. Then 
Sél’o-mon_ sent Bé-na’iah the 
son of Jé-hoi’a-da, saying, Go, 
fall upon him. 

30 And Bé-na’iah came to the | 
tabernacle of the LORD, and said 
unto him, Thus saith the king, 
Come forth. And he said, Nay; 


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Solomon’s treatment of Shimet 


but I will die here. And Bé- 
na’/iah brought_the king word 
again, saying, Thus said J6’ab, 
and thus he answered me. 

31 And the king said unto him, 
Do as he hath said, and fall upon 
him, and bury him; that thou 
mayest take away the innocent 
blood, which J6’ab shed, from 
me, and from the house of my 
father. 

32 And the LORD shall return 
his blood upon his own head, 
who fell upon two men more 
righteous and better than he, and 
slew them with the sword, my 
father Da’vid not knowing there~ 
of, to wit, Ab’nér the son of Nér, 
captain of the host of Is’ra-el, 
and Am/’a-sa the son of Jé’thér, 
captain of the host of Ja’dah. 

33 Their blood shall therefore 
return upon the head of. Jo’ab, 
and upon the head of his seed 
for ever: but upon Da’vid, and 
upon his seed, and upon his 
house, and upon his throne, shall 
there be peace for ever from the 
LORD. : 

34 So Bé-na’iah the son of Jé- 
hoi’a-da went up, and fell upon 
him, and slew him: and he was 
buried in his own house in the 
wilderness. 

35 § And the king put Bé-na’- 
iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da in his 
room over the host: and Za’d6k 
the priest did the king put in the 
poor of A-bi’a-thdr. 

And the king sent and 
one for Shim’e-1, and said un- 
to him, Build thee an house in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and dwell there, 
and go not forth thence any 
whither. 

37 For it shall be, that on the 
day thou goest out, and passest 
over the brook Kid’ron, thou 
shalt know for certain that thou 
shalt surely die: thy blood shall 
be upon thine own head. 

38 And Shim’e-i said unto the 
king, The saying is good: as my 
lord the king hath said, so will 
thy servant do. And Shim/e-i 
dweltin Jé-ru’sa-lém many days. 


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39 And it came to pass at the 
end of three years, that two of 
the servants of Shim’e-i ran away 
unto A’chish son of Ma’a-chah 
king of Gath. And they told 
Shim/’e-1, saying, Behold, thy 
servants be in Gath. 

40 And Shim’e-i arose, and 
saddled his ass, and went to 
Gath to A’chish to seek his ser- 


vants: and Shim/’e-i went, and 
brought his servants from 
Gath. 


41 And it was told S6l’o-mon 
that Shim/’e-i had gone from Jé- 
ru’sa-lém to Gath, and was come 


again. 

42 And the king sent and called 
for Shim’e-i, and said unto him, 
Did I not make thee to swear by 
the LORD, and protested unto 
thee, saying, Know for a certain, 
on the day thou goest out, and 
walkest abroad any whither, that 
thou shalt surely die? and thou 
saidst unto me, The word that I 
have heard is goo 

43 Why then hast thou not 
kept the oath of the LORD, and 
the commandment that I have 
charged thee with? 

44 The king said moreover to 
Shim/’e-i, Thou knowest all the 
wickedness which thine heart is 
privy to, that thou didst to Da’- 
vid my father: therefore the 
LORD shall return thy wicked- 
ness upon thine own head; 

45 And king Sdl’o-mon shall be 
blessed, and the throne of Da’- 
vid shall be established before 
the LORD for ever. 

46 So the king commanded 
Bé-na’iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da; 
which went out, and fell upon 
him, that he died. And the king- 
dom was established in the hand 
of Sol’o-mon. 


CHAPTER 3 294 

1 Solomon’s league with Pharaoh. 5 

His choice of wisdom. 16 His judg- 
ment. 

ND_Sol’o-mon made affinity 

£% with Pha’rach king of 

E’/éypt, and took Pha’radh’s 


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1 KINGS, 3 


daughter, and brought her into 
the city of Da’vid, until he had 
made an end of building his own 
house, and the house of the 
LORD, and the wall of Jé-ru’s4- 
1ém round about. - f 

2 Only the people sacrificed in 
high places, because there was no 
house built unto the name of the 
LORD, until those days. 

3 And S6l’o-mon loved the 
LORD, walking in the statutes of 
Da’vid his father: only he sacri- 
ficed and burnt iricense in high 
places. ; i 

4 And the king went to Gib’e-on 
to sacrifice there; for that was 
the great high place: a thousand 
burnt offerings did Sd6l’o-mon 
offer upon that altar. 

5 {In Gib’e-on the LORD ap- 
peared to Sol’o-mon in a dream 
by night: and God said, Ask 
what I shall give thee. 

6 And Sol’o-mon said, Thou 
hast shewed unto thy servant 
Da’vid my father great mercy, 
according as he walked before 
thee in truth, and in righteous- 
ness, and in uprightness of heart 
with thee; and thou hast kept for 
him this great kindness, that 
thou hast given him a son to 
sit on his throne, as i¢ is this day. 

And now, O LORD my God, 
thou hast made thy servant king 
instead of Da’vid my father: 
and I am but a little child: I 
know not how to go out or come 


in. 

8 And thy servant is in the 
midst of thy people which thou 
hast chosen, a great people, 
that cannot be numbered nor 
counted for multitude. 

9 Give therefore thy servant 
an understanding heart to 
judge thy people, that I may dis- 
cern between good and bad: for 
who is able to judge this thy so 
great a people? 

10 And the speech pleased the 
LORD, that Sol’o-mon had asked 
this thing. J 

11 And God said unto him, Be- 
cause thou hast asked this thing, 


Solomon’s choice of wisdom 


and hast not asked for thyself 
long life; neither hast asked 
riches for thyself, nor hast asked 
the life of thine enemies; but 
hast asked for thyself under- 
standing to discern judgment; 

12 Behold, I have done ac- 
cording to thy words: lo, I have 
given thee a wise and an under- 
standing heart; so that there 
was none like thee before thee, 
neither after thee shall any arise 
like unto thee. 

13 And I have also given thee 
that which thou hast not asked, 
both riches, and honour: so 
that. there shall not be any 
among the kings like unto thee 
all thy days. 

14 And if thou wilt walk in my 
ways, to keep my statutes and 
my commandments, as thy father 
Da’vid did walk, then I will 
lengthen thy days. 

15 And Sol’o-mon awoke; and, 
behold, 7t was a dream. And he 
came to Jé-ru’sa-lém, and stood 
before the ark of the covenant of 
the LORD, and offered up burnt 
offerings, and offered peace offer- 
ings, and made a feast to all his 
servants. 

16 § Then came there two 
women, that were harlots, unto 
the king, and stood before him. 

17 And the one woman said, 
O my lord, I and this woman 
dwell in one house; and I was 
delivered of a child with her in 
the house. 

18 And it came to pass the 
third day after that I was de- 
livered, that this woman was de- 
livered also: and we were to- 
gether; there was no stranger 
with us in the house, save we two 
in the house. J 
_19 And this woman’s child died 
in the night; because she over- 
laid it, es 3: 

20 And she arose at midnight, 
and took my son from beside me, 
while thine handmaid slept, and 
laid it in her bosom, and laid her 
dead child in my bosom. . 

21 And when I rose in the 


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Solomon’s prinees and officers 


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SN I SESE Di an ae RISES IP 
morning to give my child Rent Jé-hoi’a-da was over the host: 


behold, it was dead: but when 
had considered it in the morning, 
behold, it was not my son, which 
I did bear. 

22 And the other woman said, 
Nay; but the living is my son, 
and the dead is thy son. { 
this said, No; but the dead is 
thy son, and the living is my son. 
Thus they spake before the king. 

23 Then said the king, The one 
saith, This is my son that liveth, 
and thy son is the dead: and the 
other saith, Nay; but thy son is 
the dead, and my son is the 


iving. 

24 And the king said, Bring me 
a sword. And they brought a 
sword before the king. tis 

25 And the king said, Divide 
the living child in two, and give 
half to the one, and half to the 
other. 

26 Then spake the woman 
whose the living child was unto 
the king, for her bowels yearned 
upon her son, and she said, O my 
lord, give her the living child, and 
in no wise slay it. But the other 
said, Let it be neither mine nor 
thine, but divide it. 

27 Then the king answered and 
said, Give her the living child, 
and in no wise slay it: she is 
the mother thereof. 

28 And all Is’ra-el heard of the 
judgment which the king had 
judged; and they feared the 
king: for they saw that the wis- 
dom of God was in him, to do 
judgment. 


295 CHAPTER 4 
1 Solomon's princes and Sea 22 
His daily jaRelgas A. 24 His great- 
ness and wisdom. 
O king S6l’o-mon was king 
over all Is’ra-el. ‘ 

2 And these were the princes 
which he had; Az-a-ri’ah the son 
of Za’dok the priest, 

3 El-i-hd’reph and A-hi’ah, the 
sons of Shi’sha, scribes; Jé- 
hosh’a-phat the son of A-hi/lud, 
the recorder. _ 

And Bé-naiah the son of 


28 


And | f 


and Za’dok and A-bi’a-thar were 
the priests: 

5 And Az-a-ri’ah the son of Na’- 
than was over the officers: and 
Za’bud the son of Na’than was 
principal officer, and the king’s 
riend: 

6 And A-hi’shar was over the 
household: and  Ad-o-ni’ram 
the son of Ab’da was over the 
eles 

7 4 And Sol’o-mon had twelve 
officers over all fs’ra-el, which 
provided victuals for the king and 
his household: each man his 
month in a year made provision. 

8 And these are their names: 
The son of Har, in mount 
E’phra-im 

0 The son of Dé’kdr, in Ma’- 
kaz, and in Sha-al’bim, and 
Béth—shé’/mesh and E’/lon—béth— 
ha’nan: 

10 The son of Hé’sed, in Ar’u- 
both; to him pertained So’ choh, 
ana all the land of Hé’phér: i 

11 The son of A-bin’a-dab, in ~ 
all the region of Dér; which had 
Ta’phath the daughter of S6l’o- 
mon to wife: 

12 Ba’a-na the son of A-hi/lud; 
to him pertained Ta’a-nach and 
Mé-gid’d6, and all Béth—-shé’an, 
which is by Zar’ta-nah beneath 
Jéz’re-el, from Béth-shé’an to 
A’bel-mé-h6/lah, even unto the 
a: that is beyond Jok’ne- 


ae} The son of Gé’bér, in Ra’- 
moth-gil’e-ad; to him pertained 
the towns of Ja’ir the son of 
Ma-nas’seh, which are in Gil’- 
e-ad; to him also pertained the 
region of Ar’g6b, which is in Ba’- 
shan, threescore great cities with 
walls and brasen bars: Eciigy tt 

14 A-hin’a-dab the son of Id’do 
had Ma-ha-na/im: i 

15 A-him’a-4z was in Naph’- 
ta-li; he also took Bas’math the 
daughter of S6l’o-mon to wife: _, 

16 Ba’a-nah the son of Ht’shai 
was in Ash’ér and in A’léth: 

17 Jé-hésh’a-phat the son of 
Par’u-ah, in Is’sa-char: 


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Solomon’s greatness and wisdom 
heart, even as the sand that is on 


18 Shim/’e-i the son of E’lah, in 


Bén’ja-min: 

19 Gé’bér the son of U’ri was in 
the country of Gil’e-ad, in the 
country of Si’/hon king of the 
Am/6r-ites, and of Og king of 
Ba’shan; and he was the only 
officer which was in the land. 

20 § Ju’dah and Is’ra-el were 
many, as the sand which is by 
the sea in multitude, eating and 
drinking, and making merry. 

21 And Sol’o-mon reigned over 
all kingdoms from the river unto 
the land of the Phi-lis’tines, and 
unto the border of E’gypt: they 
brought presents, and served 
Bees all the days of his 


22 q And Sol’o-mon’s provi- 
sion for one day was thirty 
measures of fine flour, and 
threescore measures of meal, 

23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty 
oxen out of the pastures, and an 
hundred sheep, beside harts, and 
roebucks, and fallowdeer, and 
fatted fow 

24 For ic had dominion over 
all the region on this side the 
river, from Tiph’sah even _to 
Az’zah, over all the kings on this 
side the river: and he had peace 
on all sides round about him. 

25 And Jia’dah and _ {Is’ra-el 
dwelt safely, every man under 
his vine and under his fig tree, 
from Dan even to Bé’er-shé’ba, 
all the days of S6l’o-mon. 

6 { And Sol’o-mon had forty 
thousand stalls of horses for his 
chariots, and twelve thousand 
horsemen. 4 

27 And those officers provided 
victual for king Sdl’/o-mon, and 
for all that came unto king Sol’o- 
mon’s table, every man in his 
month: they lacked nothing. 

28 Barley also and straw for the 
horses and dromedaries brought 
they unto the place where the 
officers were, every man accord- 
ing to his charge. 

29 ¢ And God gave S6l’o-mon 
wisdom and understanding ex- 
ceeding much, and largeness of 


the sea shore. 

30 And S6l’o-mon’s wisdom 
excelled the wisdom of all the 
children of the east country, and 
all the wisdom of E’gypt. 

31 For he was wiser than all 
men; than &’than the Ez’ra-hite, 
and Hé’man, and Chal’cél, and 
Dar’da, the sons of Ma’hol: and 
his fame was in all nations round 
about. 

32 And he spake three thou- 
sand proverbs: and his songs 
were a thousand and five. 

33 And he spake of trees, from 
the cedar tree that is in Léb’ a-non 
even unto the hyssop that spring- 
eth out of the wall: he spake also 
of beasts, and of fowl, and of 
creeping things, and of fishes. 

34 And there came of. all 
people to hear the wisdom of 
Sol’o-mon, from all kings of the 
earth, which had heard of his 
wisdom. 


CHAPTER 5 


1 Solomon contracts with Hiram. 
Preparing to build the temple. 


sah Hi’ram king of Tyre sent 
his servants unto S6l’o- 
mon; for he had heard that they 
had anointed him king in the 
room of his father: for Hi’ram 
was ever a lover of Da’vid. 

2 And S6l’o-mon sent to Hi’- 
ram, saying, 

Thou knowest how that Da’- 
vid my father could not build an 
house unto the name of the LORD 
his God for the wars which were 
about him on every side, until the 
LORD put them under the soles 
of his feet. 

4 But now the LORD my God 
hath given me rest on every side, 
so that there is neither adversary 
nor evil occurrent. 

5 And, behold, I purpose to 
build an house unto the name of 
the LORD my God, as the LORD 
spake unto Da’vid my father, 
saying, Thy son, whom I will set 
upon thy throne in thy room, he 


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Solomon prepares to build the temple 


shall build an house unto my 
name. 

_ 6 Now therefore command thou 
that they hew me cedar trees out 
of Léb’a-non; and my servants 
shall be with thy servants: and 
unto thee will I give hire for thy 
servants according to all that 
thou shalt appoint: for thou 
knowest that there is not among 
us any that can skill to hew tim- 
ber like unto the Si-d6/’ni-ans. 

7 § And it came to pass, when 
Hi’ram heard the words of S6l’o- 
mon, that he rejoiced greatly, and 
said, Blessed be the LORD this 
day, which hath given unto Da’- 
vid a wise son over this great 
people. 

8 And Hi’ram sent to S6ol’o- 
mon, saying, I have considered 
the things which thou sentest to 
me for: and I will do all thy 
desire concerning timber of cedar, 
and concerning timber of fir. 

0 My servants shall bring them 
down from Léb’a-non unto the 
sea: and I will convey them by 
sea in floats unto the place that 
thou shalt appoint me, and will 
cause them to be discharged 
there, and thou shalt receive 
them: and thou shalt accomplish 
my desire, in giving food for my 
household. 

10 So Hi’ram_gave S6l’o-mon 
cedar trees and fir trees according 
fo all his desire. 

11 And Sol’o-mon gave Hi’- 
ram twenty thousand measures 
of wheat for food to his house- 
hold, and twenty measures of 
pure oil: thus gave Sol’o-mon to 
Hi’ram year by year. 

12 And the LORD gave Sol’o- 
mon wisdom, as he! promised 
him: and there was peace be- 
tween Hi’ram and Sol’o-mon; 
and they two made a league 
together. | 

13 § And king Sol’o-mon raised 
a levy out of all is’ra-el; and the 
levy was thirty thousand men. 

14 And he sent them to Léb’a- 
non, ten thousand a month by 
courses: a month they were in 


1 KINGS, 6 


Léb’a-non, and two months at 
home: and Ad-o-ni’ram was 
over the levy. 

15 And S6l’o-mon had three- 
score and ten thousand that bare 
burdens, and fourscore thousand 
hewers in the mountains; 

16 Beside the chief of Sdl’o- 
mon’s officers which were over 
the work, three thousand and 
three hundred, which ruled over 
the people that wrought in the 


work. 

17 And the king commanded, 
and they brought great stones, 
costly stones, and hewed stones, 
to lay the foundation of the house. 

18 And Sol’o-mon’s builders 
and Hi’ram’s builders did hew 
them, and the stonesquarers: so 
they prepared timber and stones 
to build the house. 


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1 The temple begun. 5 Its style. 16 

Its dimensions. 21 Its ornaments. 

ND it came to pass in the four 

hundred and eightieth year 
after the children of is’ra-el were 
come out of the land of E’é¥pt, in 
the fourth year of Sol’o-mon’s 
reign over Is’ra-el, in the month 
Zif, which is the second month, 
that he began to build the house 
of the LORD. ‘ 

2 And the house which king 
Sol’o-mon built for the LORD, the 
length thereof was threescore 
cubits, and the breadth thereof 
twenty cubits, and the height 
thereof thirty cubits. 

And the porch before the 
temple of the house, twenty 
cubits was the length thereof, 
according to the breadth of the 
house; and ten cubits was the 
breadth thereof before the house. 

4 And for the house he made 
windows of narrow lights. 

5 4 And against the wall of the 
house he built chambers round 
about, against the walls of the 
house round about, both of the 
temple and of the oracle: and he 
made chambers round about: 

6 The nethermost chamber was 


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five cubits broad, and the middle 
was six cubits broad, and the 
third was seven cubits broad: 
for without in the wail of the 
house he made narrowed rests 


round about, that the beams |l 


should not be fastened in the 
walls of the house. 

And the house, when it was 
in building, was built of stone 
made ready before it was brought 
thither: so that there was neither 
hammer nor ax nor any tool of 
iron heard in the house, while it 
was in building. ‘ 

8 The door for the middle 
chamber was in the right side 
of the house: and they went up 
with winding stairs into the 
middle chamber, and out of the 
middle into the third. 

9 So he built the house, and 
finished it; and covered the 
house with beams and boards 
of cedar. 

10 And then he built chambers 
against all the house, five cubits 
high: and they rested on the 
house with timber of cedar. 

11 { And the word of the LORD 
came to Soi’o-mon, saying, | 

12 Concerning this house which 
thou art in building, if thou wilt 
walk in my statutes, and execute 
my judgments, and keep all my 
commandments to walk in them; 
then will I perform my word 
with thee, which I spake unto 
Da’vid thy father: 

13 And I will dwell among the 
children of is’ra-el, and will not 
forsake my people Is’ra-el . 

14 So Sol’o-mon built the house, 
and finished it. 

15 And he built the walls of the 
house within with boards of 
cedar, both the floor of the 
house, and the walls of the ciel- 
ing: and he covered them on the 
inside with wood, and covered 
the floor of the house with planks 


of fir. 

16 And he built twenty cubits 
on the sides of the house, both 
the floor and the walls with 
boards of cedar: he even built 


Building of the temple 


them for it within, even for the 
oracle, even for the most holy 
place. 

17 And the house, that is, the 
temple before it, was forty cubits 


ong. 

18 And the cedar of the house 
within was carved with knops 
and open flowers: all was 
cedar; there was no stone seen. 
_19 And the oracle he prepared 
in the house within, to set there 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD. : 

20 And the oracle in the fore- 
part was twenty cubits in length, 
and twenty cubits in breadth, and 
twenty cubits in the height there- 
of: and he overlaid it with pure 
gold; and so covered the altar 
which was of cedar. ; 

21 So Sol’o-mon overlaid the 
house within with pure gold: 
and he made a partition by the 
chains of gold before the oracle; 
and he overlaid it with gold. 

And the whole house he 
overlaid with gold, until he had 
finished all the house: also the 
whole altar that was by the 
oracle he overlaid with gold. 

23 4 And within the oracle he 
made two cherubims of olive 
tree, each ten cubits high. 

4 And five cubits was the one 
wing of the cherub, and five cubits 
the other wing of the cherub: 
from the uttermost part of the 
one wing unto the uttermost 
part of the other were ten 
cubits. 

25 And the other cherub was ten 
cubits: both the cherubims were 
of one measure and one size. 

26 The height of the one cherub 
was ten cubits, and so was it of 
the other cherub. 

27 And he set the cherubims 
within the inner house: and 
they stretched forth the wings 
of the cherubims, so that the 
wing of the one touched the one 
wall, and the wing of the other 
cherub touched the other wall; 
and their wings touched one an- 
other in the midst of the house. 


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Solomon’s palace 


28 And he overlaid the cheru- 
bims with gold. 

_ 29 And he carved ali the walls 
of the house round about with 
carved figures of cherubims and 
palm trees and open flowers, 

within and without. 

_ 30 And the floor of the house he 
overlaid with gold, within and 
without. } 

31 4 And for the entering of 
the oracle he made doors of olive 
tree: the lintel and side posts 
were a fifth part of the wall. 

32 The two doors also were 
of olive tree; and he carved upon 
them carvings of cherubims and 
palm trees and open flowers, 
and overlaid them with gold, and 
spread gold upon the cherubims, 
and upon the palm trees. 

33 So also made he for the door 
of the temple posts of olive tree, 
a fourth part of the wall. 

34 And the two doors were of 
fir tree: the two leaves of the 
one door were folding, and the 
two leaves of the other door were 
folding. 

35 And he carved thereon cher- 
ubims and palm trees and open 
flowers: and covered them with 
gold fitted upon the carved work. 

36 ¢ And he built the inner 
court. with three rows of hewed 
stone, and a row of cedar beams. 

37 4 In the fourth year was the 
foundation of the house of the 
LorD laid, in the month Zif: 

38 And in the eleventh year, in 
the month Bul, which is the 
eighth month, was the house 
finished throughout all the 
parts thereof, and according to 
all the fashion of it. So was he 
seven years in building it. 


298 CHAPTER 7 


1 Solomon’s palace. 15 The pillars 
at brass. 23 The molten sea. 27 
ther work for the temple. 
UT Sol’o-mon was building 
his own house _ thirteen 
years, and he finished all his 


house. 
2 4 He built also the house of 


1 KINGS, 7 


the forest of Léb’a-non; the 
length thereof was an hundred 
cubits, and the breadth thereof 
fifty cubits, and the height there- 
of thirty cubits, upon four rows 
of cedar pillars, with cedar 
beams upon the pillars. 

3 And if was covered with 
cedar above upon the beams, 
that lay on forty five pillars, 
fifteen in a row. 

4 And there were windows in 
three rows, and light was 
against light in three ranks. 

And all the doors and posts 
were square, with the windows: 
and light was against light in 
three ranks. 

6 § And he made a porch of 
pillars; the length thereof was 
fifty cubits, and the breadth 
thereof thirty cubits: and the 
porch was before them: and the 
other pillars and the thick beam 
were before them. 

7 4% Then he made a porch for 
the throne where he might 
judge, even the porch of judg- 
ment: and it was covered with 
cedar from one side of the floor 
to the other. 

8 ¢ And his house where he 
dwelt had another court within 
the porch, which was of the like 
work. S0ol’o-mon made also an 
house for Pha’raoh’s daughter, 
whom he had taken fo wife, like 
unto this porch. 

9 All these were of costly 
stones, according to the meas- 
ures of hewed stones: sawed 
with saws, within and without, 
even from the foundation unto 
the coping, and so on the outside 
toward the great court. 

10 And the foundation was of 
costly stones, even great stones, 
stones of ten cubits, and stones 
of eight cubits. 

11 And above were costly 
stones, after the measures of 
hewed stones, and cedars. 

12 And the great court round 
about was with three rows of 
hewed stones, and a row of cedar 
beams, both for the inner court 


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1 KINGS, 7 


of the house of the LORD, and 
for the porch of the house. 

13 § And king S6l’o-mon sent 
and fetched Hi’ram out of Tyre. 

14 He was a*widow’s son of 
the tribe of Naph’ta-li, and his 
father was a man of Tyre, a 
worker in brass: and he was 
filled with wisdom, and under- 
standing, and cunning to work 
all works in brass. And he 
came to king Sol’o-mon, and 
wrought all his work. 

15 For he cast two pillars of 
brass, of eighteen cubits high 
apiece: and a line of twelve 
cubits did compass either of 
them about. 

16 And he made two chapiters 
of molten brass, to set upon the 
tops of the pillars: the height of 
the one chapiter was five cubits, 
and the height of the other chapi- 
ter was five cubits: 

17 And nets of checker work, 
and wreaths of chain work, for 
the chapiters which were upon 
the top of the pillars; seven for 
the one chapiter, and seven for 
the other chapiter. ; 

18 And he made the pillars, and 
two rows round about upon the 
one network, to cover the chapi- 
ters that were upon the top, with 
pomegranates: and so did he for 
the other chapiter. 

19 And the chapiters that were 
upon the top of the pillars were of 
lily work in the porch, four cubits. 

20 And the chapiters upon the 
two pillars had pomegranates 
also above, over against the belly 
which was by the network: and 
the pomegranates were two 
hundred in rows round about 
upon the other chapiter. | ; 

21 And he set up the pillars in 
the porch of the temple: and he 
set up the right pillar, and called 
the name thereof Ja’chin: and 
he set up the left pillar, and called 
the name thereof Bd’iz. 

22 And upon the top of the 
pillars was lily work: so was the 
work of the pillars finished. 

23 ¢ And he made a molten 


Ornaments and sacred vessels 


sea, ten cubits from the one 
brim to the other: if was round 
all about, and his height was five 
cubits: and a line of thirty cubits 
did compass it round about. 

24 And under the brim of it 
round about there were knops 
compassing it, ten in a cubit, 
compassing the sea round about: 
the knops were cast in two rows, 
when it was cast. 

25 It stood upon twelve oxen, 
three looking toward the north, 
and three looking toward the 
west, and three looking toward 
the south, and three looking to- 
ward the east: and the sea was 
set above upon them, and all 
their hinder parts were inward. 

26 And it was an hand breadth 
thick, and the brim thereof was 
wrought like the brim of a cup, 
with flowers of lilies: it con- 
tained two thousand baths. 

27 4 And he made ten bases of 
brass; four cubits was the length 
of one base, and four cubits the 
breadth thereof, and three cubits 
the height of it. 

28 And the work of the bases 
was on this manner: they had 
borders, and the borders were 
between the ledges: 

29 And on the borders that 
were between the ledges were 
lions, oxen, and cherubims: and 
upon the ledges there was a base 
above: and beneath the lions and 
oxen were certain additions 
made of thin work. 

30 And every base had four 
brasen wheels, and plates of 
brass: and the four corners 
thereof had undersetters: under 
the laver were undersetters 


molten, at the side of every | 


addition. 


31 And the mouth of it within — 


the chapiter and above was. a 
cubit: but the mouth thereof 
was round after the work of the 
base, a cubit and an half: and 
also upon the mouth of it were 
gravings with their borders, 
foursquare, not round. 

32 And under the borders were 


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Building of the temple finished 


four wheels; and the axletrees 
of the wheels were joined to the 
base: and the height of a wheel 
-was a cubit and half a cubit. 

33 And the work of the wheels 
was like the work of a chariot 
wheel: their axletrees, and their 
naves, and their felloes, and 
their spokes, were all molten. 

34 And there were four under- 
setters to the four corners of one 
base: and the undersetters were 
of the very base itself. 

35 And in the top of the base 
was there a round compass of 
half a cubit high: and on the top 
of the base the ledges thereof and 
the borders thereof were of the 
same. 

36 For on the plates of the 
ledges thereof, and on the bor- 
ders thereof, he graved cheru- 
bims, lions, and palm trees, ac- 
cording to the proportion of 
every one, and additions round 
about. , 

37 After this manner he made 
the ten bases: all of them had 
one casting, one measure, and 
one size. 

38 ¥ Then made he ten lavers 
of brass: one laver contained 
forty baths: and every laver was 
four cubits: and upon every one 
of the ten bases one laver. 

39 And he put five bases on the 
right side of the house, and five 
on the left side of the house: and 
he set the sea on the right side of 
the house eastward over against 
the south. 4 

40 § And Hi’ram made the 
lavers, and the shovels, and the 
basons. So Hi’ram made an 
end of doing all the work that he 
made king Sol’o-mon for the 
house of the LORD: 

41 The two pillars, and the two 
bowls of the chapiters that were 
on the top of the two pillars; and 
the two networks, to cover the 
two bowls of the chapiters which 
were upon the top of the pillars; 

42 And four hundred pome- 
granates for the two networks, 
even two rows of pomegranates 


i KINGS, & 


for one network, to cover the two 
bowls of the chapiters that were 
upon the pillars; 

43 And the ten bases, and ten 
lavers on the bases; . 

44 And one sea, and twelve 
oxen under the sea; 

45 And the pots, and the shov 
els, and the basons: and all these 
vessels, which Hi’ram made to 
king S0ol’o-mon for the house 
of the LORD, were of bright 
brass. { 

46 In the plain of Jor’dan did 
the king cast them, in the clay 
ground between Suc’coth and 
Zar’than. 

47 And Sol’o-mon left all the 
vessels unweighed, because 
they were exceeding many: 
neither was the weight of the 
brass found out, 

48 And S6l’o-mon made all the 
vessels that pertained unto the 
house of the LORD: the altar of 
gold, and the table of gold, 
whereupon the shewbread was, 

49 And the candlesticks of pure 
gold, five on the right side, and 
five on the left, before the oracle, 
with the flowers, and the lamps, 
and the tongs of gold, 

50 And the bowls, and the 
snuffers, and the basons, and the 
spoons, and the censers of pure 
gold; and the hinges of gold, 
both for the doors of the inner 
house, the most holy place, and 
for the doors of the house, to 
wit, of the temple. 

51 So was ended all the work 
that king S6l’o-mon made for the 
house of the LORD. And Sol’o- 
mon. brought in the things 
which Da’vid his father had 
dedicated; even the silver, and 
the gold, and the vessels, did he 
put among the treasures of the 
house of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 8 299 

1 Dedication of the temple. 4 The ark 

deposited. 14 Solomon’s_ biessing 
and prayer. 62 His sacrifice. 

HEN Sol’o-mon assembled 

the elders of Is’ra-el, and all 


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1 KINGS, 8 


the heads of the tribes, the chief 
of the fathers of the children of 
Is’ra-el, unto king Sol’o-mon in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, that they might 
bring up the ark of the covenant 
of the LORD out of the city of 
Da’vid, which is Zion. | 

2 And all the men of Is’ra-el 
assembled themselves unto king 
Sol’o-mon at the feast in the 
month Eth’a-nim, which is the 
seventh month. : 

3 And all the elders of Is’ra-el 
came, and the priests took up 
the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark 
of the LORD, and the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and all the 
holy vessels that were in the 
tabernacle, even those did the 
priests and the Lé’vites bring up. 

5 And king Sol’o-mon, and all 
the congregation of Is’ra-el, that 
were assembled unto him, were 
with him before the ark, sacri- 
ficing sheep and oxen, that could 
not be told nor numbered for 
multitude. i 

6 And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD 
unto his place, into the oracle of 
the house, to the most holy place, 
even under the wings of the 
cherubims. : 

7 For the cherubims spread 
forth their two wings over the 
place of the ark, and the cheru- 
bims covered the ark and the 
staves thereof above. 

8 And they drew out the 
Staves, that the ends of the 
staves were seen out in (the holy 
place before the oracle, and they 
were not seen without: and there 
they are unto this day. | 

There was nothing in the ark 
Save the two tables of stone, 
which MOo’ses put there at H6’- 
reb, when the LORD made a 
covenant with the children of 
Ts’ra-el, when they came out of 
the land of E’gypt. 

10 And it came to pass, when 
the priests were come out of the 


holy place, that the cloud filled |£E 


the house of the LORD, 


Dedication of the temple 


11 So that the priests could not 
stand to minister because of the 
cloud: for the glory of the LoRD 
had filled the house of the LorD. 

12 | Then spake S6l’o-mon, 
The LORD said that he would 
dwell in the thick darkness. 
+13 I have surely built thee an 
house to dwell in, a_ settled 
place for thee to abide in for ever. 

And the king turned his face 
about, and blessed all the con 
gregation of Is’ra-el: (and all 
the congregation of is’ra-el 
stood;) 

15 And he said, Blessed be the 
LORD God of, Is’ra-el, which 
spake with his mouth unto 
Da’vid my father, and hath with 
his hand fulfilled it, saying, 

16 Since the day that I brought 
forth my people Is’ra-el out of 
E’éypt, I chose no city out of all 
the tribes of is’ra-el to build an 
house, that my name might be 
therein; but I chose Da’vid to be 
over my people Is’ra-el. 

17 And it was in the heart of 
Da’vid my father to build an 
house for the name of the LoRD 
God of Is’ra-el. 

18 And the LORD said unto 
Da’vid my father, Whereas it was 
in thine heart to build an house 
unto my name, thou didst well 
that it was in thine heart. 

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not 
build the house; but thy son that 
shall come forth out of thy loins, 
he shall build the house unto my 
name. 

20 And the LORD hath per- 
formed his word that he spake, 
and I am risen up in the room of 
Da’vid my father, and sit on the 
throne of Is’ra-el, as the LORD 
promised, and have built an 
house for the name of the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el. 

21 And I have set there a place 
for the ark, wherein is the cove- 
nant of the LORD, which he made 
with our fathers, when he 
brought them out of the land of 


‘gypt. 
23 4 And Sol’o-mon stood be 


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_ Solomon’s prayer at the dedication 


fore the altar of the LORD in the 
presence of all the congregation 
of is’ra-el, and spread forth his 
hands toward heaven: 

23 And he said, LORD God of 
is’ra-el, there is no God like 
thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest 
covenant and mercy with thy 
servants that walk before thee 
with all their heart: | 

24 Who hast kept with thy serv- 
ant Da’vid my father that thou 
promisedst him: thou spakest 
also with thy mouth, and hast 
fulfilled it with thine hand, as it 
is this day. 

25 Therefore now, LORD God 
of Is’ra-el, keep with thy servant 
Da’vid my father that thou prom- 
isedst him, saying, There shall 
not fail thee a man in my sight to 
sit on the throne of is’ra-el; so 
that thy children take heed to 
their way, that they walk before 
measthou hast walked before me. 

26 And now, O God of Is’ra-el, 
let thy word, I pray thee, be veri- 
fied, which thou spakest unto thy 
servant Da’vid my father. 

27 But will God indeed dwell 
onthe earth? behold, the heaven 
and heaven of heavens cannot 
contain thee; how much less 
this house that I have builded? 

28 Yet have thou respect unto 
the prayer of thy servant, and to 
his supplication, O LORD my 
God, to hearken unto the cry and 
to the prayer, which thy servant 
prayeth before thee to day: 

29 That thine eyes may be open 
toward this house night and day, 
even toward the place of which 
thou hast said, My name shall be 
there: that thou mayest hearken 
unto the prayer which thy ser- 
aes shall make toward this 
pia 

30 And hearken thou to the 
supplication of thy servant, and 
of thy people Is’ra-el, when they 
shall pray toward this place: and 
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling 
place: and when thou hearest, 
forgive. 


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31 § If any man trespass against 
his neighbour, and an oath be 
laid upon him to cause him to 
swear, and the oath come before 
thine altar in this house: 

32 Then hear thou in heaven, 
and do, and judge thy servants, 
condemning the wicked, to 
bring his way upon his head; and 
justifying the righteous, to give 
ee according to his righteous- 


"33 q When thy people is’ra-el 
be smitten down before the 
enemy, because they have sinned 
against thee, and shall turn 
again to thee, and confess thy 
name, and pray, and make sup- 
plication unto thee in this house: 

Then hear thou in heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy people 

{s’ra-el, and bring them again 
unto the land which thou gavest 
ee Me fathers. 

ae hen heaven is shut up, 
viene there is no rain, because they 
have sinned against thee; if they 
pray toward this place, and con- 
fess thy name, and turn from 
their sin, when thou afflictest 
them: 

36 Then hear thou in heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy serv- 
ants, and of thy people Is’ra-el, 
that thou teach them the good 
way wherein they should walk, 
and give rain upon thy land, 
which thou hast given to thy 
people for an inheritance. 

37 4 If: there be in the land 
famine, if there be pestilence, 
blasting, mildew, locust, or if 
there be caterpiller; if their 
enemy besiege them in the land 


of their cities; whatsoever 
plague, whatsoever sickness 
there be; 


38 What prayer and supplica- 
tion soever be made by any man, 
or by all thy people Is’ra-el, 
which shall know every man the 
plague of his own heart, and 
spread forth his hands toward 
this house: 

39 Then hear thou in heaven 
thy dwelling place, and forgive, - 


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Solomon’s prayer at the dedication 


and do, and give to every man| their soul, in the land of their 


according to his ways, whose 
heart thou knowest; (for thou, 
even thou only, knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men;) 

40 That they may fear thee all 
the days that they live in the land 
which thou gavest unto our 
fathers. j 

41 Moreover. concerning a 
stranger, that is not of thy people 
Is’ra-el, but cometh out of a far 
country for thy name’s sake; 

42 (For they shall hear of thy 
great name, and of thy strong 
hand, and of thy stretched out 
arm:) when he shall come and 
pray toward this house; 

43 Hear thou in heaven thy 
dwelling place, and do according 
to all that the stranger calleth to 
thee for: that all people of the 
earth may know thy name, to 
fear thee, as do thy people is’ra- 
el; and that they may know that 
this. house, which have 
builded, is called by thy name. 

44 (if thy people go out to 
battle against their enemy, 
whithersoever thou shalt send 
them, and shall pray unto the 
LORD toward the city which 
thou hast chosen, and toward 
the house that I have built for 
thy name: ; j 

45 Then hear thou in heaven 
their prayer and their supplica- 
tion, and maintain their cause. 

46 If they sin against. thee, 
(for there is no man that sinneth 
not,) and thou be angry with 
them, and deliver them to the 
enemy, so that they carry them 
away captives unto the land of 
the enemy, far or near; 4 

47 Yet if they shall bethink 
themselves in the land whither 
they were carried captives, and 
repent, and make supplication 
unto thee in the land of them 
that carried them captives, say- 
ing, We have sinned, and have 
done perversely, we have com- 
mitted wickedness; 

48 And so return unto thee 
with all their heart, and with all 


enemies, which led them away 
Captive, and pray unto thee to- 
ward their land, which thou 
gavest unto their fathers, the 
city which thou hast chosen, and 
the house which I have built for 
thy name: f 

49 Then hear thou their prayer 
and their supplication in heaven 
thy dwelling place, and maintain 
their cause, . 

50 And forgive thy people that 
have sinned against thee, and all 
their transgressions wherein they 
have transgressed against thee, 
and give them compassion be- 
fore them who carried them cap- 
tive, that they may have com- 
passion on them: 

51 For they be thy people, and 
thine inheritance, which thou 
broughtest forth out of E’éypt, 
from the midst of the furnace of 
iron: 

52 That thine eyes may be open 
unto the supplication of thy ser- 
vant, and unto the supplication 
of thy people Is’ra-el, to hearken 
unto them in all that they call for 
unto thee, ; 

53 For thou didst separate 
them from among all the people 
of the earth, fo be thine inherit- 
ance, as thou spakest by the hand 
of M6’ses thy servant, when thou 
broughtest our_fathers out of 
Egypt, O Lord Gop. 

54 And it was so, that when 
Sol’o-mon had made an end of 
praying all this prayer and sup- 
plication unto the LORD, he | 
arose from before the altar of the 
LORD, from. kneeling on his 
knees with his hands spread up 
to heaven. 

55 And he stood, and blessed 
all the congregation of Is’ra-el 
with_a loud voice, saying, 

56 Blessed be the LORD, that 
hath given rest unto his people 
Is’ra-el, according to all that he 
promised: there hath not failed 
one word of all his good promise, 
which he promised by the hand 
of M6’ses his servant. 


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57 The LoRD our God be with 
us, as he was with our fathers: 
Ae him not leave us, nor forsake 


"38 That he may incline our 
hearts unto him, to walk in all 
his ways, and to keep his com- 
mandments, and his statutes, 
and his judgments, which he 
commanded our fathers. 

59 And let these my words, 
wherewith I have made suppli- 
cation before the LORD, be nigh 
unto the LORD our God day and 
night, that he maintain the cause 
of his servant, and the cause of 
his people Is’ra-ei at all times, 
as the matter shall require: 

60 That all the people of the 
earth may know that the LORD 
is God,and that there is none else. 

61 Let your heart therefore be 
perfect with the LORD our God, 
to walk in his statutes, and to 
_ keep his commandments, as at 
this day. 

62 § And the king, and all Is’- 
ra-el with him, offered sacrifice 
before the LORD. 

63 And Sd6l’o-mon_ offered, a 
sacrifice of peace offerings, which 
he offered unto the LORD, two 
and twenty thousand oxen, and 
an hundred and twenty thousand 
sheep. So the king and all the 
children of Is’ra-el dedicated the 
house of the LORD. ; 

64 The same day did the king 
hallow the middle of the court 
that was before the house of the 
LorRpD: for there he offered burnt 
offerings, and meat offerings, and 
the fat of the peace offerings: 
because the brasen altar that 
was before the LORD was too 
little to receive the burnt offer- 
ings, and meat offerings, and the 
fat of the peace offerings. 

65 And at that time Sdol’o-mon 
held a feast, and all Is’ra-el 
with him, a great congregation, 
from the entering in of Ha’math 
unto the river of E’gypt, before the 
LORD our God,seven days and 
seven days, even fourteen days. 

66 On the eighth day he sent 


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the people away: and _ they 
blessed the king, and went unto 
their tents joyful and glad of 
heart for all the goodness that 
the LORD had done for Da’vid 
his servant, and for Is’ra-el 
his people. 


CHAPTER 9 300 


1 God's covenant with Solomon. 12 Hi- 
ram’s disappointment. 17 Solomon's 
new cities. 26 His navy brings gold 
from Ophir. 

ND_ it came to pass, when 
& Sol’o-mon had finished the 
building of the house of the 

LORD, and the king’s house, and 

all S6l’o-mon’s desire which he 

was pleased to do, 

2 That the LORD appeared to 
Sol’o-mon the second time, as 
he had appeared unto him at 
Gib’e-on. ; 

3 And the LORD said unto 
him, I have heard thy prayer and 
thy supplication, that thou hast 
made before me: I have hai- 
lowed this house, which thou 
hast built, to put my name there 
for ever; and mine eyes and 
mine heart shall be there per- 
petually. 

4 And if thou wilt walk before 
me, as Da’vid thy father walked, 
in integrity of heart, and in up- 
rightness, to do according to all 
that I have commanded thee, and 
wilt keep my statutes and my 
judgments: 

5 Then I will establish the 
throne of thy kingdom upon Is’- 
ra-el for ever, as I promised to 
Da’vid thy father, saying, There 
shall not fail thee a man upon the 
throne of Is’ra-el. 

6 But if ye shall at all turn 
from following me, ye or your 
children, and will not keep my 
commandments and my statutes 
which I have set before you, but 
go and serve other gods, and 
worship them: 

7 Then will I cut off ie: 
out of the land which I have 
given them; and this house, 
which I have hallowed for my 


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1 KINGS, 9 


name, will I cast out of my sight; 
and Is’ra-el shall be a proverb 
and a byword among all 
people: 


8 And at this “house, which is | 1 


high, every one that passeth by it 
shall be astonished, and shall 
hiss; and they shall say, Why 
hath the LORD done thus unto 
this land, and to this house? 

9 And they shall answer, Be- 
cause they forsook the LORD 
their God, who brought forth 
their fathers out of the land of 
E’gypt, and have taken hold upon 
other gods, and have worshipped 
them, and served them: there- 
fore hath the LORD brought upon 
them all this evil. 

10 q And it came to pass at the 
end of twenty years, when S6l’o- 
mon had built the two houses, 
the house of the LORD, and the 
king’s house, : 

11 (Now Hi’ram the king of 
Tyre had furnished S6l’o-mon 
with cedar trees and fir trees, and 
with gold, according to all his 
desire,) that then king S6l’o-mon 
gave Hi’ram twenty cities in the 
land of Gal’i-lee. 

12 And Hi’ram came out from 
Tyre to see the cities which S6l’o- 
mon had given him; and they 
pleased him not. Meh 

13 And he said, What cities are 
these which thou hast given me, 
my brother? And he_ called 
them the land of Ca’btil unto 
this day. ’ 

14 And Hi’ram sent to the king 
sixscore talents of gold. 

15 q And this is the reason of 
the levy which king Sél’o-mon 
raised; for to build the house of 
the LORD, and his own house, 
and Mil’lé, and the wall of Jé- 
ru’/sa-lém, and WHa’zér, 
Mé-gid’do, and Gé’zér. 

16 For Pha’rach king of E’é¥pt 

ad gone up, and taken Gé’zér, 
and burnt it with fire, and slain 
the Ca’naan-ites that dwelt in the 
city, and given it for a present 


and 


unto his daughter, Sol’o-mon’s 


wife. 


Hiram disappointed 


17 And Sol’o-mon built Gé’zér, 
and Béth-h6o’rén the nether. 
18 And Ba/al-ath, and Tad’- 
mor in the wilderness, in the 


and, 

19 And all the cities of store 
that S6l’o-mon had, and cities 
for his chariots, and cities for his 
horsemen, and that which S6l’o- 
mon desired to build in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and in Léb’a-non, and in all 
the land of his dominion. 

20 And ali the people that were 
left of the Am’6r-ites, Hit’tites, 
Pér’iz-zites, Hi’vites, and Jéb’u- 
sites, which were not of the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el, 

21 Their children that were 
left after them in the land, whom 
the children of is’ra-el also were 
not able utterly to destroy, upon 
those did S6l’o-mon levy a trib- 
ute of bondservice unto this day. 

22 But of the children of Is’- 
ra-el did S6l’o-mon make no 
bondmen: but they were men of 
war, and his servants, and his 
princes, and his captains, and 
rulers of his chariots, and his 
horsemen. } 

23 These were the chief of the 
officers that were over Sdl’o- 
mon’s work, five hundred and 
fifty, which bare rule over the 
people that wrought in the 
work. 

24 { But Pha’rach’s daughter 
came up out of the city of Da’vid 
unto her house which S6l’o-mon 
had built for her: then did he 
build Mil/lé. 

25 alia three times in a year 
did S6l’o-mon offer burnt offer- 
ings and peace offerings upon the 
altar which he built unto the 
LORD, and he burnt incense 
upon the altar that was before 
the LORD. So he finished the 
house. : ; 

26 4 And king Sol’o-mon made 
a navy of ships in EF’zi-on—gé’- 
bér, which zs beside E/l6th, on the 
shore of the Red sea, in the land 
of E’dom. | 

27 And Hi’ram sent in the 
navy his servants, shipmen that 


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Queen of Sheba’s visit 


had knowledge of the sea, with 


hir, 
old, 


- the servants of S6l’o-mon. 


28 And they came to O’ 
and fetched from thence 


‘four hundred and twenty talents, 


and brought it to king Sol’o-mon. 


301 CHAPTER 10 
1 Queen of Sheba’s visit. 18 Solomon's 
throne. 21 His fleet. 24 His wealth. 


ND when the queen of Shé’- 
ba heard of the fame of Sol’- 
o-mon concerning the name of 
the LORD, she came to prove 
him with hard questions. 

2 And she came to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém with a very great train, with 
camels that bare spices, and very 
much gold, and precious stones: 
and when she was come to Sol’o- 
mon, she communed with him of 
all that was in her heart. 

3 And Sol’o-mon told her all 
her questions: there was not 
any thing hid from the king, 
which he told her not. 

4 when the queen of 


_ Shé’ba had seen all Sol’o-mon’s 


wisdom, and the house that he 
had built, 

5 And the meat of his table, and 
the sitting of his servants, 
the attendance of his ministers, 
and their apparel, and his cup- 
bearers, and his ascent by which 
he went up unto the house of the 
BORD: there was no more spirit 
in 

6 And she said to the king, It 
was a true report that I heard in 
mine own land of thy acts and 
of thy econ 

7 Howbeit I believed not the 
words, until I came, and mine 
eyes had seen it: and, behold, 
the half was not told me: thy 
wisdom and prosperity exceedeth 
the fame which I heard. 

8 Happy are thy men, happy 
are these thy servants, which 
stand continually before thee, 
and that hear thy wisdom. 

9 Blessed be the LORD thy 
God, which delighted in thee, to 
set thee on the throne of [s’ra-el: 
because the LORD loved is’ra-el 


1 KINGS, 10 


for ever, therefore made he thee 
king, to do judgment and 
justice. 

10 And she gave the king an 
hundred and twenty talents Of 
gold, and of spices very great 
store, and precious stones: there 
came no more such abundance of 
spices as these which the queen 
i cae ip gave to king S6dl’o- 


nd ‘And the navy also of Hi’- 
ram, that brought gold from 
O’phir, brought in from O’phir 
great plenty of almug trees, and 
precious stones. 

12 And the king made of the 
almug trees pillars for the house 
of the LORD, and for the king’s 
house, harps also and psalteries 
for singers: there came no such 
almug trees, nor were seen unto 
this day. 

13 And king Sol’o-mon gave 
unto the queen of Shé’ba all her 
desire, whatsoever she asked, 
beside that which S6ol’o-mon 
gave her of his royal bounty. So 
she turned and went to her own 
country, she and her servants. 

14 { Now the weight of gold 


and | that came to S6l’o-mon in one 


year was six hundred threescore 
and six talents of gold, 

15 Beside that he had of the 
merchantmen, and of the traffick 
of the spice merchants, and of 
all the kings of A-ra’bi-a, and of 
the governors of the country. 

16 ¥ And king S6l’o-mon made 
two hundred targets of beaten 
gold: six hundred shekels of 
gold went to one target. 

17 And he made three hun- 
dred shields of beaten gold; 
three pound of gold went to one 
shield: and the king put them in 
the house of the forest of Léb’a- 
non. 

18 Moreover the king made a 
great throne of ivory, and over- 
laid it with the best gold. 

19 The throne had six steps, 
and the top of the throne was 
round behind: and there were 
stays on either side on the place 


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1 KINGS, 11 


of the seat, and two lions stood 
beside the stays. 

20 And twelve lions stood there 
on the one side and on the other 
upon the six steps: there was not 
the like made in any kingdom. 

21 § And all king S6l’o-mon’s 
drinking vessels were of gold, 
and all the vessels of the house 
of the forest of Léb’a-non were 
of pure gold; none were of 
silver: it was nothing accounted 
of in the days of Sdl’o-mon. 

22 For the king had at sea a 
navy of Thir’shish with the 
navy of Hi’ram: once in three 
years came the navy of Thir’- 
shish, bringing gold, and silver, 
ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 

23 So king Sol’o-mon exceeded 
all the kings of the earth for 
riches and for wisdom. 

24 4 And all the earth sought 
to S6l’o-mon, to hear his wisdom, 
which God had putin his heart. 

25 And they brought every 
man his present, vessels of silver, 
and vessels of gold, and gar- 
ments, and armour, and spices, 
horses, and mules, a rate year by 


year. 

26 § And Sol’o-mon gathered 
together chariots and horsemen: 
and he had a thousand and four 
hundred chariots, and twelve 
thousand horsemen, whom he 
bestowed inthe cities for chariots, 
and with the king at Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

27 And the king made silver 
to be in Jé-ru’sa-lém as stones, 
and cedars made he fo be as the 
sycomore trees that are in the 
vale, for abundance. 

. 28 4 And Sol’o-mon __ had 

horses brought out of £’é¥pt, and 
linen yarn: the king’s mer- 
chants received the linen yarn 
at a price. 

29 And a chariot came up and 
went out of E’sypt for six hun- 
dred shekels of silver, and an 
horse for an hundred and fifty: 
and so for all the kings of the 
Hit’tites, and for the kings of 
Syr’1-a, did they bring them out 
_ by their means. 


Solomon’s wives; his idolatry 
CHAPTER 11 302 


1 Solomon's wives. 4 Hisidolatry. 9 

God’s threat. 14 The hostile nations. 

UT king S6l’o-mon loved 

7 Many strange women, to- 
gether with the daughter of Pha’- 
raoh, women of the M6/ab-ites, 
Am’mon-ites, E’dom-ites, Zi-d6’- 
ni-ans, and Hit’tites; 

2 Of the nations concerning 
which the LORD said unto the 
children of is’ra-el, Ye shall not 
go in to them, neither shall they 
come in unto you: for surely 
they will turn away your heart 
after their gods: S6l’o-mon clave 
unto these in love. 

3 And he had seven hundred 
Wives, princesses, and three hun- 
dred concubines: and his wives 
turned away his heart. 

4 For it came to pass, when 
Sdl’o-mon was old, that his 
wives turned away his heart 
after other gods: and his heart 
was not perfect with the LORD 
his God, as was the heart of 
Da’vid his father. 

For Sol’o-mon_ went after 
Ash’to-réth the goddess of the Zi- 
do’ni-ans, and after Mil’com the 
abomination of the Am’mon-ites. 

6 And S6l’o-mon did evil in the 
sight of the LORD, and went not 
fully after the LORD, as did Da’- 
vid his father. 

7 Then did S6l’o-mon build an 
high place for Ché’mésh, the 
abomination of Md’ab, in the 
hill that is before Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and for Md’lech, the abomination 
of the children of Am’mo6n. 

8 And likewise did he for all his 
strange wives, which burnt in- 
oe and sacrificed unto their 
gods. 

9 § And the LORD was angry 
with Sol’/o-mon, because his 
heart was turned from the LORD 
God of fs’ra-el, which had ap- 
peared unto him twice, : 

10 And had commanded him 
concerning this thing, that he 
should not go after other gods: 
but he kept not that which the 
LORD commanded. 


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_ Solomon’s adversaries 


11Wherefore the LORD said 
unto Sol’o-mon, Forasmuch as 
this is done of thee, and thou 
hast not kept my covenant and 
my statutes, which I have com- 
manded thee, I will surely rend 
the kingdom from thee, and will 

give it to thy servant. 

12 Notwithstanding in thy days 
I will not do it for Da’vid thy 
father’s sake: 

out of the hand of thy son. 

13 Howpbeit I will not rend 
away all the kingdom; but will 
give one tribe to thy son for 
Da’vid my servant’s sake, and 
for Jé-ru’sa-lém’s sake which I 
have chosen. 

14 4 And the LORD stirred up 
an adversary unto Sol’o-mon, 
Ha’dad the E’dom-ite: he was 
of the king’s seed in E’dom. 

15 For it came to pass, when 
Da’vid was in E’dom, and J6’ab 
the captain of the host was gone 
up to bury the slain, after he had 
smitten every male in E’dom; 

16 (For six months did J6’a 
remain there with all is Dep 
until he had cut off every male 
in E’dom:) 

17 That Ha’dad fled, he and 
certain E’dom-ites of his father’s 
servants with him, to go into 
E’sypt; Ha’dad being yet a little 
child. 

18 And they arose out of Mid’i- 
an, and came to Pa’ran: and 
they took men with them out of 
Pa’/ran, and they came to E' ‘eypt, 
unto Pha’raoh king of E’gypt; 
which gave him an house, and 
appointed him victuals, and gave 


land. 

19 And Ha’dad found great 
favour in the sight of Pha’rach, 
so that he gave him to wife the 
sister of his own wife, the sister 
of Tah’pen-és the queen. 

20 And the sister of Tah’pen-és 
bare him Gé-nt’/bath his son, 
whom Tdah’pen-és weaned in 
Pha’raoh’s house: and Gé-ni’- 
bath was in Pha’raoh’s house- 
hold among the sons of Pha’réah. 

21 And when Ha’dad heard in 


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1 KINGS, 11 


Egypt that Da’vid slept with his 
fathers, and that Jo’ab the cap- 
tain of the host was dead, Ha’dad 
said to Pha’raoh, Let me depart, 
that I may go to mine own 
country. 

22 Then Pha’raoh said unto 
him, But what hast thou lacked 
with me, that, behold, thou seek- 
est to go to thine own country? 
And he answered, Nothing: 
howbeit let me go in any wise. 

23 4 And God stirred him up 
another adversary, Ré’zon the 
son of E-li‘a-dah, which fled 
from his lord Had-ad-é/zér king 
of Z6’bah: 

24 And he gathered men unto 
him, and became captain over a 
band, when DA’vid slew them of 
ZO bah: and they went to Da- 
mas’cus, and dwelt therein, and 
reigned in Da-mas’cus. 

ley An d he was an adversary 
to Is’ra-el all the days of Sol’o- 
mon, beside the mischief that 
Ha’dad did: and he abhorred 
Is’ra-el, and reigned over Syr’i-a. 

26 4 And Jér-o-b6’am the son 
of Né’bat, an Eph’rath-ite of 
Zér’e-da, Sol’o-mon’s servant, 
whose mother’s name was Zé- 
ru’ah, a widow woman, even he 
lifted up his hand against the king. 

27 And this was the cause that 
he lifted up his hand against the 
king: Sol’o-mon built Mil’lo, and 
repaired the breaches of the city 
of Da’vid his father. 

28 And the man Jér-o-b0d’/am 
was a mighty man of valour: and 
Sol’o-mon seeing the young man 
that he was industrious, he 
made him ruler over all the 
charge of the house of J6’seph. 

29 And it came to pass at that 
time when Jér-o-b6’am went out 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, that the prophet 
A-hi’/jah the Shi’lo-nite found 
him in the way; and he had clad 
himself with a new garment; 
ae they two were alone in the 

eld: 

30 And A-hi’jah caught the new 
garment that was on him, and 
rent it in twelve pieces: 


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31 And he said to Jér-o-bd’am, 
_ Take thee ten pieces: for thus 
saith the LORD, the God of Is’ra- 
el, Behold, I will rend the king- 
dom out of the hand of Sél’o- 
mon, and will give ten tribes to 


ee: 

32 (But he shall have one tribe 
for my servant Da’vid’s sake, 
and for Jé-ru’s4-lém’s sake, the 
city which I have chosen out of 
all the tribes of Is’ra-el:) 

33 Because that they have for- 
saken me, and have worshipped 
Ash’to-réth the gcddess of the 
Zi-do’ni-ans, Ché’mésh the god 
of the Mo’ab-ites, and Mil’com 
the god of the children of Am’- 
mon, and have not walked in my 
ways, to do that which is right 
in mine eyes, and to keep my 
Statutes and my judgments, as 
did Da’vid his father. 

34 Howbeit I will not take the 
whole kingdom out of his hand: 
but I will make him prince all 


the days of his life for Da’vid my | hi 


servant’s sake, whom I chose, 
because he kept my command- 
ments and my statutes: 

35 But I will take the kingdom 
out of his son’s hand, and will 
give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 

36 And unto his son will I give 
one tribe, that Da’vid my serv- 
ant may have a light alway be- 
fore me in Jé-ry’sa-lém, the city 
which I have chosen me to put 
my name there. 

37 And I will take thee, and 
thou shalt reign according to ail 


that thy soul desireth, and shalt | h 


be king over is’ra-el. 

38 And it shall be, if thou wilt 
hearken unto all that I command 
thee, and wilt walk in my ways 
and do that is right in my sight 
to keep my statutes and my com- 
mandments, as Da’vid my serv- 
ant did; that I will be with 
thee, and build thee a sure 
house, as I built for Da’vid, and 
will give Is’ra-el unto thee. 

39 And I will for this afflict the 
seed of Da’vid, but not for ever. 

40 Sol’o-mon sought therefore 


Solomon dies; Rehodoam succeeds 


to kill Jér-o-b6’am. And Jér-o- 
bd-am arose, and fled into £’g¥pt, 
unto Shi’shak king of &’z¥pt, 
and was in B’g¥pt until the death 
of Sol’o-mon. 

41 4 And the rest of the acts 
of Sol’o-mon, and all that he did, 
and his wisdom, are they not 
written in the book of the acts of 
S6l’o-mon? 

42 And the time that Sdél’o- 
mon reigned in Jé-ru’sd4-lém 
over all is’ra-el was forty years. 

43 And Sdél’o-mon slept with 
his fathers, and was buried in the 
city of Da’vid his father: and 
Ré-ho-b6’am his son reigned in 
his stead. 


CHAPTER 12 


1 Rehoboam succeeds Solomon. 
Ten tribes revolt to Jeroboam. 
Kingdoms of Judah and Israeli. 

ND Ré-ho-bé’am went to 

Shé’chem: for all is’ra-el 
were come to Shé’chem to make 

m king. 

2 And it came to pass, when 
Jér-o-bd’am the son of Né’bat, 
who was yet in E’g¥pt, heard of 
it, (for he was fled from the pres- 
ence of king S6l’o-mon, and Jér- 
o-b6’am dwelt in E’g¥pt;) 

3 That they sent and called 
him. And Jér-o-bé’am and all the 
congregation of Is’ra-el came, and 
spake unto Ré-ho-bo’am, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke 
grievous: now therefore make 
thou the grievous service of thy 
father, and his heavy yoke which 
e put upon us, lighter, and we 
will serve thee. 

And he said unto them, De- 
part yet for three days, then 
come again to me. And the 
people departed. 

6 § And king Ré-ho-bd’am 
consulted with the old men, that 
stood before S6l’o-mon his father 
while he yet lived, and said, 
How do ye advise that I may 
answer this people? 

7 And they spake unto him, 
saying, If thou wilt be a servant 
unto this people this day, and 


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\ Ten tribes revolt 


wilt serve them, and answer 
them, and speak good words to 
_ them, then they will be thy serv- 
ants for ever. 

- 8 But he forsook the counsel of 
. the old men, which they had 
given him, and consulted with 
the young men that were grown 
him, and which stood 
him: 

And he said unto them, 
What counsel give ye that we 
may answer this people, who 
have spoken to me, saying, Make 
the yoke which thy father did 
put upon us lighter? 

10 And the young men that 
were grown up with him spake 
unto him, saying, Thus shalt 
thou speak unto this people that 
spake unto thee, saying, 
father made our yoke heavy, but 
make thou i¢ lighter unto us; 
thus shalt thou say unto them, 
My little finger shall be thicker 
than my father’s loins. 

11 And now whereas my father 
did lade you with a heavy yoke, 
I will add to your yoke: my 
father hath chastised you with 
whips, but I will chastise you 
with scorpions. 

12 4 So Jér-o-b6’am and all 
the people came to R6-ho-b6’am 
the third day, as the king had 
appointed, saying, Come to me 
again the third day. 

13 And the king answered the 
people roughly, and forsook the 
old men’s counsel that they gave 


im; 

14 And spake to them after the 
counsel of the young men, say- 
ing, My father made your yoke 
heavy, and I will add to your 
yoke: my father also chastised 
you with whips, but I will chas- 
tise you with scorpions. 

15 Wherefore the king heark- 
ened not unto the people; for 
the cause was from the LORD, 
that he might perform his saying, 
which the LORD spake by A-hi’- 
jah the Shi’lo-nite unto Jér-o- 
bd’am the son of Né’bat. 

16 {So when all Is’ra-el saw 

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Thy | 1 


1 KINGS, 12 


that the king hearkened not unto 
them, the people answered the 
king, saying, What portion have 
we in Da’vid? neither have we 
inheritance in the son of Jés’se: 
to your tents, O is’ra-el: now 
see to thine own house, Da’vid. 
So Is’ra-el departed unto their 
tents. 

17 But as for the children of 
Is’ra-el which dwelt in the cities 
of Ju’dah, Ré-ho-b6’am reigned 
over them. 

18 Then king Ré-ho-b6’am 
sent A-dd’ram, who was over 
the tribute; and all Is’ra-el 
stoned him with stones, that he 
died. Therefore king Ré-ho- 
bo’am made speed to get him up 
to his chariot, to flee to Jé-ru’sa- 
ém. 

19 So Is’ra-el rebelled against 
ore house of Da’vid unto this 


30 And it came to pass, when 
all Is’ra-el heard that Jér-o-bd’~ 
am was come again, that they 
sent and called him unto the con- 
gregation, and made him king 
over all is’ra-el: there was none 
that followed the house of Da’- 
vid, but the tribe of Jua’dah 
only. 

21 q And when Ré-ho-bd’am 
was come to Jé-ru’sa-lém, he 

assembled all the house of Ju’- 
dah, with the tribe of Bén’ja- 
min, an hundred and fourscore 
thousand chosen men, which 
were warriors, to fight against 
the house of Is’ra-el, to bring the 
kingdom again to Ré-ho-b6’am 
the son of Sdl’o-mon. 

22 But the word of God came 
unto Shém-a-i/ah the man of 
God, saying, 

23 Speak unto Ré-ho-b6’am, 
the son of Sdl’o-mon, king of 
Ja’dah, and unto all the house of 
Ja’dah and Bén’ja-min, and to 
the remnant of the people, saying, 

Thus saith the LORD, Ye 
shall not go up, nor fight against 
your brethren the children of 
Is’ra-el: return every man to his 
house; for this thing is from me, 


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They hearkened therefore to the 
word of the LORD, and returned 
to depart, according to the word 
of the LORD. ; 

25 4 Then Jér-o-bd’am built 
Shé’chem in mount E’phra-im, 
and dwelt therein; and went out 
from thence, and built Pé-nw’el. 

26 And Jér-o-b6o’am said ir. 
his heart, Now shall the king- 
dom return to the house of 
Da'vid: 

27 If this people go up to do 
sacrifice in the house of the LORD 
at Jé-ru’sd-lém, then shall the 
heart of this people turn again 
unto their lord, even unto Ré- 
ho-b6’am king of Ju’dah, and 
they shall kill me, and go again 
to Ré-ho-b6’am king of Ji’dah. 


28 Whereupon the king took! th 


counsel, and made two calves of 
gold, and said unto them, It is 
too much for you to go up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: behold thy gods, 
O Is’ra-el, which brought thee up 
out of the land of E’g¥pt. __ 

29 And he set the one in Béth’— 
el, and the other put he in Dan. 

30 And this thing became a 
sin: for the people went to wor- 
ship before the one, even unto 


an. 

31 And he made an house of 
high places, and made priests of 
the lowest of the people, which 
were not of the sons of Lé’vi. 

32 And Jér-o-b6’am ordained a 
feast in the eighth month, on the 
fifteenth day of the month, like 
unto the feast that is in Jua’dah, 
and he offered upon the altar. 
So did he in Béth’—-el, sacrificing 
unto the calves that he had made: 
and he placed in Béth’-el_ the 
priests of the high places which 
he had made. 

33 So he offered upon the altar 
which he had made in Béth’-el 
the fifteenth day of the eighth 
month, even in the month which 
he had devised of his own heart; 
and ordained a feast unto the 
children of Is’ra-el: and he 
offered upon the altar, and 
burnt incense. 


Jeroboam’s idolatry 


CHAPTER 13 304 

1 Jeroboam’s hand withers. 11 Two 
prophets of Beth-el. 23 Disobedien 
prophet is killed by a lion. 33 Ob- 


Stinacy of Jeroboam. 


ND, behold, there came a 

man of God, out of Ja’dah 

by the word of the LORD unto 

Béth’-el: and Jér-o-b6’am stood 
by the altar to burn incense. 

And he cried against the 
altar in the word of the LORD, 
and said, O altar, altar, thus 
saith the LORD; Behold, a child 
shall be born unto the house of 
Da’vid, Jo-si’ah by name; and 
upon thee shall he offer the 
priests of the high places that 
burn incense upon thee, and 
men’s bones shall be burnt upon 


ee. 
3 And he gave a sign the same 
day, saying, This is the sign 
which the LORD hath spoken; 
Behold, the altar shall be rent, 
and the ashes that are upon it 
shall be poured out. 

4 And it came to pass, when 
king Jér-o-b6’am heard the say- 
ing of the man of God, which had 
cried against the altar in Béth’— 
el, that he put forth his hand 
from the altar, saying, Lay hold 
on him. And his hand, which he 
put forth against him, dried up, 
so that he could not pull it in 
again to him. 

5 The altar also was rent, and 
the ashes poured out from the 
altar, according to the sign 
which the man of God had given 
by the word of the LORD. 

6 And the king answered and 
said unto the man of God, In- 
treat now the face of the LORD 
thy God, and pray for me, that 
my hand may be restored me 
again. And the man of God 
besought the LORD, and the 
king’s hand was restored him 
again, and became as it was 
before. 

7 And the king said unto the 
man of God, Come home with 
me, and refresh thyself, and I 
will give thee a reward. 


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\ 
Two prophets at Beth-el 


8 And the man of God said! drink water. 
unto the king, If thou wilt give | hi 


me half thine house, I will not go 
in with thee, neither will I eat 
bread nor drink water in this 
place: : 

9 For so was it charged me by 
the word of the LORD, saying, 
Eat no bread, nor drink water, 


nor turn again by the same way | b 


that thou camest. 

10 So he went another way, 
and returned not by the way that 
he came to Béth’-el. 

11 § Now there dwelt an old 
prophet in Béth’-el; and his 
sons came and toid him all the 
works that the man of God had 
done that day in Béth’-el: the 
words which he had spoken unto 
the king, them they told also to 
their father. 4 

12 And their father said unto 
them, What way went he?~ For 
his sons had seen what way the 
man of God went, which came 
from Ji’dah. | : 

13 And he said unto his sons, 
Saddle me the ass. So they 
saddled him the ass: and he rode 
thereon, 

14 And went after the man of 
God, and found him sitting under 
an oak: and he said unto him, 
Art thou the man of God that 
camest from Jai’dah? And he 
said, I am. ; i 

15 Then he said unto him, 
Come home with me, and eat 
bread. ; 

16 And he said, I may not re- 
turn with thee, nor go in with 
thee: neither will I eat bread nor 
drink water with thee in this 
place: | ; 

17 For it was said to me by the 
word of the LORD, Thou shalt 
eat no bread nor drink water 
there, nor turn again to go by the 
way that thou camest. 

18 He said unto him, I ama 
prophet also as thou art; and an 
angel spake unto me by the word 
of the LORD, saying, Bring him 
back with thee into thine house, 
that he may eat bread and 








1 KINGS, 13 
But he lied unto 
1m. 


19 So he went back with him, 
and did eat bread in his house, 
and drank water. 

20 § And it came to pass, as 
they sat at the table, that the 
word of the LORD came unto 
the peronhet that brought him 


ack: 
21 And he cried unto the man 
of God that came from Ja’dah, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD, 
Forasmuch as thou hast dis- 
obeyed the mouth of the LORD, 
and hast not kept the command- 
ment which the LORD thy God 
commanded thee, 

22 But camest back, and hast 
eaten bread and drunk water in 
the place, of the which the 
LORD did say to thee, Eat no 
bread, and drink no water; thy 
carcase shall not come unto the 
sepulchre of thy fathers. 

23 4 And it came to pass, after 
he had eaten bread, and after he 
had drunk, that he saddled for 
him the ass, fo wit, for the pro- 
phet whom he had brought back. 

24 And when he was gone, a 
lion met him by the way, and 
slew him: and his carcase was 
cast in the way, and the ass 
stood by it, the lion also stood by 
the carcase. 

25 And, behold, men passed by, 
and saw the carcase cast in the 
way, and the lion standing by the 
carcase: and they came and told 
it in the city where the old 
prophet dwelt. 

26 And when the prophet that 
brought him back from the way 
heard thereof, he said, It is the 
man of God, who was disobedi- 
ent unto the word of the LORD: 
therefore the LORD hath deliv- 
ered him unto the lion, which 
hath torn him, and slain him, 
according to the word of the 
LORD, which he spake unto 


27 And he spake to his sons, 
saying, Saddle me the ass. And 
they saddled him. 


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1 KINGS, 14 


28 And he went and found his 
carcase cast in the way, and the 
ass and the lion standing by the 
carcase: the lion had not eaten 
the carcase, nor torn the ass. 

29 And the prophet took up the 
carcase of the man of God, and 
laid it upon the ass, and brought 
it back: and the old prophet 
came to the city, to mourn and to 
bury him. ae 

30 And he laid his carcase in his 


own grave; and they mourned 
over him, saying, Alas, my 
brother! 


31 And it came to pass, after he 
had buried him, that he spake to 
his sons, saying, When I am 
dead, then bury me in the sepul- 
chre wherein the man of God its 
buried; lay my bones beside his 
bones: 

32 For the saying which he 
cried by the word of the LORD 
against the altar in Béth’—el, and 
against all the houses of the high 
places which are in the cities of 
sae ri-a, shall surely come to 


°33 q After this thing Jér-o- 
bo’am returned not from his evil 
way, but made again of the 
lowest of the people priests of the 
high places: whosoever would, 
he consecrated him, and he be- 
came- one of the priests of the 
high places. ) 

34 And this thing became sin 
unto the house of Jér-o-b6’am, 
even to cut it off, and to destroy 
it from off the face of the earth. 


305 CHAPTER 14 
1J cay - as takes pee oo Bais 
; ijah’s pro = 
eda ’S aie 235) PHL deeppited! 
T that time A-bi’jah the son of 
Jér-o-b6’am fell sick. 

2 And Jér-o-bd’am said to his|o 
wife, Arise, I pray thee, and dis- 
guise thyself, that thou be not 
known to be the wife of Jér-o- 
bo’am; and get thee to Shiloh: 
behold, there is A-hi’jah ae 
prophet, which told me that J 
should be king over this people. 


Prophecy against Jeroboam’s house 


3 And take with thee ten 
loaves, and cracknels, and a 
cruse of honey, and go to him: 
he shall tell thee what shall be- 
come of the child. 

d Jér-o-b6’am’s wife did 
so, and arose, and went to Shi’- 
léh, and came to the house of 
A-hi’jah. But A-hi’jah could not 
see; for his eyes were set by 
reason of his age. 

q And the LORD said unto 
A-hi’jah, Behold, the wife of Jér- 
o-bd6’am cometh to ask a thing of 


thee for her son; for he is sick: 


thus and thus shalt thou say unto 
her: .for it shall be, when she 
cometh in, that she shall feign 
herself fo be another woman. 

6 And it was so, when A-hi’jah 
heard the sound of her feet, as 
she came in at the door, that he 
said, Come in, thou wife of Jér- 
o-b6’am; why feignest thou thy- 
self fo be another? forlamsent 
to thee with heavy tidings. 

Go, tell Jér-o-bd’am, Thus 
saith the LORD God of Is’ra-el, 
Forasmuch as I exalted thee 
from among the people, and 
made thee prince over my people 
Is’ra-el, 

8 And rent the kingdom away 
from the house of Da’vid, and 
gave it thee: and yet thou hast 
not been as my servant Da’vid, 
who kept my commandments, 
and who followed me with all his 
heart, to do that only which was 
right in mine eyes; . 

9 But hast done evil above all 
that were before thee: for thou 
hast gone and made thee other 
gods, and molten images, to pro- 
voke me to anger, and hast cast 
me behind thy back: 

10 Therefore, behold, I will 
bring evil upon the house of Jér- 

o-b6’am, and will cut off from 
Jér-o-bé’am him that pisseth 
against the wall, and him that is 
shut up and left in is’ra-el, and 
will take away the remnant of the 
house of Jér-o-b6’am, as a man 
taketh away dung, till it be all 
gone. 


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11 Him that dieth of Jér-o- 
bo’am in the city shall the dogs 
eat; and him that dieth in the 
field shall the fowls of the air eat: 
for the LORD hath spoken it. 

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee 
to thine own house: and when 

y feet enter into the city, the 
child shall die. 

13 And all Is’ra-el shall mourn 
for him, and bury him: for he 
only of Jér-o-bd’am shall come 
to the grave, because in him 
there is found some good thing 
toward the LORD God of Is’ra-el 
in the house of Jér-o-bd’am. 

14 Moreover the LORD shall 
raise him up a king over Is’ra-el, 
who shall cut off the house of 
Jér-o-b6’am that day: but what? 
even now. : 
15 For the LORD shall smite 
Is’ra-el, as a reed is shaken in the 
water, and he shall root up 
Is‘ra-el out of this good land, 
which he gave to their fathers, 
and shall. scatter them beyond 
the river, because they have 
made their groves, provoking the 
LORD to anger. 

16 And he shall give Is’ra-el up 
because of the sins of Jér-o-b6’- 
am, who did sin, and who made 
Is’ra-el to sin. x 

17 ¢ And Jér-o-bd’am’s wife 
arose, and departed, and came to 
Tir’zah: and when she came to 
the threshold of the door, the 
child died; : ; 

18 And they buried him; and 
all Is’ra-el mourned for him, 
according to the word of the 
LORD, which he spake by the 
hand of his servant A-hi’jah the 
prophet. 

19 And the rest of the acts of 
Jér-o-b6’am, how he warred, 
and how he reigned, behold, they 
are written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of is’ra-el. 

20 And the days which Jér-o- 
bo’am reigned were two and 
twenty years: and he slept with 
his fathers, and Na’dab his son 
reigned in his stead. 

21 4 And Ré-ho-bd’am the son 


1 KINGS, 14 


of Sol’o-mon reigned in Ja’dah. 
Ré-ho-b6’am was forty and one 
years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned seventeen 
years in Jé-ru’sa-lém, the city 
which the LORD did choose out 
of all the tribes of Is’ra-el, to put 
his name there. And _ his 
mother’s name was Na’a-mah, 
an Am’mon-it-ess. 

22 And Ju’dah did evil in the 
sight of the LORD, and they pro- 
voked him to jealousy with their 
sins which they had committed, 
aie all that their fathers had 

one. 


+23 For they also built them 


high places, and images, and 
groves, on every high hill, and 
under every green tree. 

24 And there were also sodom- 
ites in the land: and they did 
according to all the abominations 
of the nations which the LORD 
cast out before the children of 
Is’‘ra-el. 

25 § And it came to pass in the 
fifth year of king Ré-ho-b6’am, 
that Shi’shak king of E’/gypt came 
up against Jé-ru’sa4-lém: 

26 And he took away the treas- 
ures of the house of the LORD, 
and the treasures of the king’s 
house; he even took away all: 
and he took away all the shields of 
gold which S6l’o-mon had made. 

27 And king Ré-ho-b6d’am made 
in their stead brasen shields, and 
committed them unto the hands 
of the chief of the guard, which 
kept the door of the king’s house. 

28 And it was so, when the king 
went into the house of the LORD, 
that the guard bare them, and 
brought them back into the guard 
chamber. 

29 { Now the rest of the acts of 
Ré-ho-b6’am, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Ja’dah? 

30 And there was war between 
Ré-ho-bd’/am and Jér-o-bd’/am 
all their days. ( 

31 And Ré-ho-b6’am slept with 
his fathers, and was buried with 


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1 KINGS, 15 


his fathers in the city of Da’vid. 
And his mother’s name was Na’- 
a-mah an Am’/mon-it-ess. And 
gape his son reigned in his 
stea 


306 CHAPTER 15 


1 Abijam’s reign in Judah. 9 Asa 
succeeds him. 33 Baasha smites 
Jeroboam’s house. 

OW in the eighteenth year of 
king Jér-o-bd’am the son of 

Né’bat reigned A-bi/jam over 

Ju’dah. i 
2 Three years reigned he in 

Jé-ru’sa-lém. And his mother’s 

name was  Ma’a-chah, the 

daughter of A-bish’a-lom. 

3 And he walked in all the sins 
of his father, which he had done 
before him: and his heart was not 
perfect with the LORD his God, 
as the heart of Da’vid his father. 

4 Nevertheless for Da’vid’s 
sake did the LORD his God give 
him a lamp in Jé-ru’sa4-lém, to 
set up his son after him, and to 
establish Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

5 Because Da’vid did _ that 
which was right in the eyes of the 
LORD, and turned not aside from 
any thing that he commanded 
him all the days of his life, save 
only in the matter of U-ri’ah the 
Hit’ tite. 

6 And there was war between 
Ré-ho-b6’am and Jér-o-b6’am 
all the days of his life. 

7 Now the rest of the acts of 
A-bi’jam, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of 
Ji’dah? And there was war be- 
tween A-bi’jam and Jér-o-b0’am. 

8 And A-bi’‘jam slept with his 
fathers; and they buried him in 
the city of Da’vid: and A’sa his 
son reigned in his stead. 

9 § And in the twentieth year 
of Jér-o-bd6’am king of Is’ra-el 
reigned A’sa over Ji’dah 

10 And forty and one years 
reigned he in Jé-ru’sa-lém. And 
his mother’s name was Ma’a- 
ee the daughter of A-bish’a- 

om. 


Reigns of Abijam and Asa 


11 And A’sa did that which 
was right in the eyes of the 
LORD, as did Da’vid his father. 

12 And he took away the sod- 
omites out of the land, and re- 
moved all the idols that his 
fathers had made. 

13 And also Ma’a-chah his 
mother, even her he removed 
from being queen, because she 
had made an idol in a grove; and 
A’sa destroyed her idol, and 
burnt it by the brook Kid’ron. 

14 But the high places were not 
removed: nevertheless A’sa’s 
heart was perfect with the LORD 
all his days. 

15 And he brought in the 
things which his father had 
dedicated, and the things which 
himself had Geen into the 
house of the LORD, silver, and 
gold, and vessels. 

16 4 And there was war be- 
tween A’sa and Ba’a-sha king of 
Is’ra-el all their days. i 

17 And Ba’a-sha king of Iis’- 
ra-el went up against Ja’dah, and 
built Ra’mah, that he might not 
suffer any to go out or come in to 
A’sa king of Ja’dah. 

18 Then A’sa took all the silver 
and the gold that were left in the 
treasures of the house of the 
LORD, and the treasures of the 
king’s house, and delivered them 
into the hand of his servants: 
and king A’sa sent them te 
Bén—-ha’dad, the son of Tab’ri- 
mon, the son of Hé’zi-on, king of 
Syr’'i-a, that dwelt at Da-mas’- 
cus, Saying, 

19 There is a league between 
me and thee, and between my 
father and thy father: behold, I 
have sent unto thee a present ‘of 
silver and gold; come and break 
thy league with Ba’a-sha king of 
Is’ra-el, that he may depart 
from me. 

20 So Bén-ha’dad hearkened 
unto king A’sa, and sent the cap- 
tains of the hosts which he had 
against the cities of Is’ra-el, and 
smote I’jon, and Dan, and 
A’bel—béth-ma’a-chah, and 


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Jehw’s prophecy 


Cin’ne-roth, with all the land of 

Naph’ta-li. 

- 21 And it came to pass, when 
Ba’a-sha heard thereof, that he 
left off building of Ra’mah, and 
dwelt in Tir’zah. 

22 Then kimg A’sa made 
proclamation throughout all Ju’- 
dah; none was exempted: and 
they took away the stones of 
Ra’mah, and the timber thereof, 
wherewith Ba’a-sha had builded; 
and king A’sa built with them 
Gé’ba of Bén’ja-min, and Miz’- 


pah. 

23 The rest of all the acts of 
A’sa, and all his might, and all 
that he did, and the cities which 
he built, are they not written in 
the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Ja’dah? Nevertheless 
in the time of his old age he was 
diseased in his feet. . 3 

24 And A’sa slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of Da’vid his 
father: and Jé-hosh’a-phat his 
son reigned in his stead. 

25 4 And Na’dab the son of 
Jér-o-b6’am began to reign over 
Is’ra-el in the second year of 
A’sa king of Ji’dah, and reigned 
over Is’ra-el two years. 

26 And he did evil in the sight 
of the LORD, and walked in the 
way of his father, and in his sin 
wherewith he made Is’ra-el to 


sin. 

27 § And Ba’a-sha the son of 
A-hi/jah, of the house of Is’sa- 
char, conspired against him; and 
Ba’a-sha smote him at Gib’be- 
thon, which belonged to the Phi- 
lis’tines; for Na’dab and _ all 
Is’ra-el laid siege to Gib’be-thon. 

28 Even in the third year of 
A’sa king of Ji’dah did Ba’a-sha 
slay him, and reigned in his 
stead. i 

29 And it came to pass, when 
he reigned, that he smote all the 
house of Jér-o-bd’am; he left 
not to Jér-o-bd’am any that 
breathed, until he had destroyed 
him, according unto the saying 
of the LORD, which he spake by 


1 KINGS, 16 


He servant A-hi’/jah the Shi’lo- 
nite: 

30 Because of the sins of Jér- 
o-b6’am which he sinned, and 
which he made Is’ra-el sin, by 
his provocation. wherewith he 


a|provoked the LORD God of 


Is’ra-el to anger. 

31 9 Now the rest of the acts 
of Na’dab, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? 

32 And there was war between 
A’sa and Ba’a-sha king of Is’ra-el 
all their days. 

33 In the third year of A’sa king 
of Ja’dah began Ba’a-sha the son 
of A-hi/jah_ to reign over all 
Is‘ra-el in Tir’zah, twenty and 
four years. ae 

34 And he did evil in the sight 
of the LORD, and walked in the 
way of Jér-o-bd’am, and_in his 
an wherewith he made is’ra-el 
oO sin. 


CHAPTER 16 307 


1 Jehu’s prophecy. 15 Death of Zimri. 
23 Omri builds Samaria. 29 Ahab’s 
reign. 34 Fulfilment of Joshua’s 
curse. 


HEN the word of the LORD 

came to Jé’hii the son of 

Ha-na/ni against Ba’a-sha, say- 
ing, 

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee 
out of the dust, and made thee 
prince over my people Is’ra-el; 
and thou hast walked in the way 
of Jér-o-bd’am, and hast made 
my people Is’ra-el to sin, to pro- 
voke me to anger with their sins; 

3 Behold, I will take away the 
posterity of Ba’a-sha, and the 
posterity of his house; and will 
make thy house like the house 
of Jér-o-b6’am the son of Né’bat. 

4 Him that dieth of Ba’a-sha 
in the city shall the dogs eat; and 
him that dieth of his in the fields 
shall the fowls of the air eat. 

Now the rest of the acts of 
Ba’a-sha, and what he did, and 
his might, are they not written 


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1 KINGS, 16 


in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Is’ra-el? 

6 So Ba’a-sha slept with his 
fathers, and was buried in Tir’- 
zah: and E£’lah his son reigned in 
his stead. . 

7 And also by the hand of the 
prophet Jé’ht the son of Ha-na’- 
ni came the word of the LORD 
against Ba’a-sha, and against his 
house, even for all the evil that 
he did in the sight of the LORD, 
in provoking him to anger with 
the work of his hands, in being 
like the house of Jér-o-b6’/am; 
and because he killed him. | 

8 {In the twenty and sixth 
year of A’sa king of Ja’dah began 
E’lah the son of Ba’a-sha to reign 
over Is’ra-el in Tir’zah, two years. 

9 And his servant Zim’ri, cap- 
tain of half his chariots, con- 
spired against him, as he was in 
Tir’zah, drinking himself drunk 
in the house of Ar’za steward of 
his house in Tir’zah. 

10 And Zim’ri went in and 
smote him, and killed him, in the 
twenty and seventh year of A’sa 
king of Ja’dah, and reigned in 
his stead. 

11 4 And it came to pass, when 
he began to reign, as. soon as he 
sat on his throne, that he slew all 
the house of Ba’a-sha: he left 
him not one that pisseth against 
a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, 
nor of his friends. 

12 Thus did Zim’ri destroy all 
the house of Ba’a-sha, according 
to the word of the LORD, which 
he spake against Ba’a-sha by 
Jé’ha the prophet, 

13 For all the sins of Ba’a-sha, 

and the sins of E’lah his son, by 
which they sinned, and by which 
they made Is’ra-el to sin, in pro- 
voking the LORD God of Is’ra-el 
to anger with their vanities. 
_14 Now the rest of the acts of 
E’lah, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? 

15 { In the twenty and seventh 
year of A’sa king of Ja’dah did 


Reign of Omri 


Zim/ri reign seven days in Tir’- 
zah. And the people were en- 
camped against Gib’be-thén, 
ee belonged to the Phi-lis’- 
ines. 


16 And the people that were 


encamped heard say, Zim’ri hath 
conspired, and hath also slain 
the king: wherefore all is’ra-el 
made Om/’ri, the captain of the 
host, king over is’ra-el that day 
in the camp. 

17 And Om’ri went up from 
Gib’be-thon, and all Is’ra-el with 
him, and they besieged Tir’zah. 

18 And it came to pass, when 
Zim’/ri saw that the city was 
taken, that he went into the 
palace“of the king’s house, and 
burnt the king’s house over him 
with fire, and died, 

19 For his sins which he sinned 
in doing evil in the sight of the 
LORD, in walking in the way of 
Jér-o-bd’am, and in his sin 
which he did, to make Is’ra-el 
to sin. 

20 Now the rest of the acts of 
Zim’ti, and his treason that he 
wrought, are they not written in 
the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Is’ra-el? 

_21 4 Then were the people of 
Is’ra-el divided into two parts: 
half of the people followed Tib’ni 
the son of Gi’nath, to make him 
king; and half followed 6m’ri. 
22 But the people that followed 
Omri prevailed against the peo- 
ple that followed Tib’ni the son 
of Gi’nath: so Tib’ni died, and 
Om’ri reigned. 

23 _§ In the thirty and first year 
of A’sa king of Ji’dah began 
6m/ri to reign over is’ra-el, 
twelve years: six years reigned 
he in Tir’zah. . 

24 And he bought the hill Sa- 
ma’ri-a of Shé’mér for two 
talents of silver, and built on the 
hill, and called the name of the 
city which he built, after the 
name of Shé’mér, owner of the 
hill, Sa-ma’ri-a. : 

25 { But Om’ri_ wrought evil 
in the eyes of the LORD, and did 


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Elijah prophesies 
pers than all that were before 


im. 

20 For he walked in all the way 
-of Jér-o-b6’am the son of Né’bat, 
and in his sin wherewith he made 
Is‘ra-el_to sin, to provoke the 
LORD God of_ is’ra-el to anger 
with their vanities. 

.27 Now the rest of the acts of 
Om’ri which he did, and his 
might that he shewed, are they 
not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of is’- 
FA=eLP y 

28 So Om’ri slept with his 
fathers, and was buried in Sa- 
ma’ri-a: and A’hab his son 
reigned in his stead. 

29 { And in the thirty and 
eighth year of A’sa king of Ji’dah 
began A’hab the son of 6m’ri to 
reign over Is’ra-el: and A’hab 
the son of Om/ri reigned over 
_Is’ra-el in Sa-ma’ri-a twenty and 
two years. k 

30 And A’hab the son of 6m‘ri 
did evil in the sight of the LORD 
above all that were before him. 

_31 And it came to pass, as if 
it had been a light thing for him 
to walk in the sins of Jér-o-bé’- 
am the son of Né’bat, that he 
took to wife Jéz’e-bél the daugh- 
ter of Eth-ba’al king of the Zi- 
do/ni-ans, and went and served 
Ba’al, and worshipped him. 

32 And he reared up an altar for 
Ba’al in the house of Ba’al, 
which he had buil&in Sa-ma’ri-a. 

33 And A’hab made a grove; 
and A’hab did more to provoke 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el to 
anger than all the kings of Is’ra- 
el that were before him. _ 

34 § In his days did Hi’el the 
Béth’—el-ite build, Jér’i-ché: he 
laid the foundation thereof in 
A-bi’ram his firstborn, and set up 
the gates thereof in his youngest 
son Sé’gub, according to the 
word of the LORD, which he 
spake by Josh’u-a the son of Nun. 


308 CHAPTER 17 


1 Elijah’s advent. 6 He is fed by 
ravens. 17 Widow's son raised. 


1 KINGS, 17 


ND £-li’jah the Tish’bite, 

- who was of the inhabitants 
of Gil’e-Ad, said unto A’hab, As 
the LORD God of is’ra-el liveth, 
before whom I stand, there shall 
not be dew nor rain these years, 
but according to my word. 

And the word of the LorpD 
came unto him, saying, 

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee 
eastward, and hide thyself by the 
brook Ché’rith, that is before 
Jor’dan. | 

4 And it shall be, that thou 
shalt drink of the brook; and I 
have commanded the ravens to 
feed thee there. 

5 So he went and did according 
unto the word of the LorRD: for 
he went and dwelt by the brook 
Ché’rith, that is before Jér’dan. 

6 And the ravens brought him 
bread and flesh in the morning, 
and bread and flesh in the even- 
ing; and he drank of the brook. 

And it came to pass after a 
while, that the brook dried up, 
because there. had been no rain 
in the land. 

8 § And the word of the LorD 
came unto him, saying, 

9 Arise, get thee to Zar’e- 
phath, which belongeth to Zi'- 
don, and dwell there: behold, I 
have commanded a widow 
woman there to sustain thee. 

10 So he arose and went to 
Zar’e-phath. And when he 
came to the gate of the city, be- 
hold, the widow woman was 
there gathering of sticks: and he 
called to her, and said, Fetch 
me, I pray thee, a little water in 
a vessel, that I may drink. 

11 And as she was going to 
fetch if, he called to her, and 
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a 
morsel of bread in thine hand. 

12 And she said, As the LORD 
thy God liveth, I have not a 
cake, but an handful of meal in a 
barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: 
and, behold, I am gathering two 
sticks, that I may go in and dress 
it for me and my son, that we 
may eat it, and die. 


457 


1 KINGS, 18 


Elijah raises the widow’s son 


13 And E-li’jah said unto her, | and E-li/jah said, See, thy son 


Fear not; go and do as thou hast 
said: but make me thereof a 
little cake first, and bring it unto 
me, and after make for thee and 
for thy son. : 

14 For thus saith the LorD 
God of Is’ra-el, The barrel of 
meal shall not waste, neither 
shall the cruse of oil fail, until 
the day that the LORD sendeth 
rain upon the earth. k 

15 And she went and did ac- 
cording to the saying of E-li’jah: 
and she, and he, and her house, 
did eat many days. 

16 And the barrel of meal 
wasted not, neither did the cruse 
of oil fail, according to the word 
of the LORD, which he spake by 
E-li’jah. 

17 § And it came to pass after 
these things, that the son of the 
woman, the mistress of the 
house, fell sick; and his sickness 
was so sore, that there was no 
breath left in him. pe 

18 And she said unto E-li’jah, 
What have I to do with thee, O 
thou man of God? art thou come 
unto me to call my sin to re- 
membrance, and to slay my son? 

19 And he said unto her, Give 
me thy son. 
out of her bosom, and carried 
him up into a loft, where he 
abode, and laid him upon his 
own bed. 

20 And he cried unto the 
LORD, and said, O LORD my 
God, hast thou also brought evil 
upon the widow with whom I 
sojourn, by slaying her son? 

And he stretched himself 
upon the child three times, and 
cried unto the LORD, andsaid, O 
LORD my God, I pray thee, let this 
child’s soul come into him again. 

22 And the LorD heard the 
voice of E-li’jah; and the soul of 
the child came into him again, 
and he revived. 

23 And E-li’/jah took the child, 
and brought him down out of the 
chamber into the house, and 
delivered him unto his mother: 


And he. took him | b 


liveth. : 

_24 § And the woman said to 
E-li’jah, Now by this I know that 
thou art a man of God, and that 


the word of the LORD in thy 
mouth is truth. 
CHAPTER i18 309 


1 Elijah meets Obadiah and Ahab. 17 
Test of Baal’s prophets. 40 They 
are slain. 


ND it came to pass after 

many days, that the word 

of the LORD came to E-li’jah in 

the third year, saying, Go, shew 

thyself unto A’hab; and I will 
send rain upon the earth. 

And E-li’/jah went to shew 
himself unto A’hab. And there 
was a sore famine in Sa-ma’ri-a. 

3 And A’hab called 6-ba-di’ah, 
which was the governor of his 
house. (Now O-ba-di’ah feared 
the LORD greatly: 

4 For it was so, when Jéz’e- 
bél cut off the prophets of the 
LORD, that O-ba-di’ah took an 
hundred prophets, and hid them 
by fifty in a cave, and fed them 
with bread and water.) , 

And A’hab said unto 6-ba- 


‘di’ah, Go into the land, unto all 


fountains of water, and unto all 
rooks: peradventure we may 
find grass to save the horses and 
mules alive, that we lose not all 
the beasts. _ 

6 So they divided the land be- 
tween them to pass throughout 
it: A’hab went one way by him- 
self, and O-ba-di’ah went an- 
other way by himself. 

7 4 And as 0-ba-di/ah was in 
the way, behold, £&-li’/jah met 
him: and he knew him, and fell 
on his face, and said, Art thou 
that my lord £-li’jah? 

8 And he answered him, I am: 
go, tell thy lord, Behold, £-li’jah 
is here. . 

9 And he said, What have I 
sinned, that thou wouldest de- 
liver thy servant into the hand 
of A’hab, to slay me? F 

10 As the LORD thy God liveth, 
there is no nation or kingdom, 


458 


Elijah and the prophets of Baal 


whither my lord hath not sent to 
seek thee: and when they said, 
He is not there; he took an oath 
of the kingdom and nation, that 
they found thee not. 

11 And now_thou sayest, Go, 
tell thy lord, Behold, E-li’jah is 


ere. 

12 And it shall come to pass, as 
soon as I am gone from thee, that 
the Spirit of the LORD shall 
carry thee whither I know not; 
and so when I come and tell 
A’hab, and he cannot find thee, 
he shall slay me: but I thy serv- 
ant fear the LORD from my 
youth. 

13 Was it not told my lord what 
I did when Jéz’e-bél slew the 
prophets of the LORD, how I hid 
an hundred men of the LORD’S 
prophets by fifty in a cave, and 
fed them with bread and water? 

14 And now _thou sayest, Go, 
tell thy lord, Behold, E-li’jah is 
here: and he shall slay me. 

15 And E-li’jah said, As the 
LORD of hosts liveth, before 
whom I stand, I will surely shew 
myself unto him to day. 

16 So O-ba-di’ah went to meet 
A’hab, and told him: and A’hab 
went to meet E-li’jah. 

17 4 And it came to pass, when 
A’hab saw E-li’jah, that A’hab 
said unto him, Art thou he that 
troubleth Is’ra-el? 

18 And he answered, I have not 
troubled is’ra-el; but thou, and 
thy father’s house, in that ye 
have forsaken the command- 
ments of the LORD, and thou 
hast followed Ba’al-im. 

19 Now therefore send, and 
gather to me all Is’ra-el unto 
mount Cir’mel, and the prophets 
of Ba’al four hundred and fifty, 
and the prophets of the groves 
four hundred, which eat at Jéz’e- 
bél’s table. 

20 So A’hab sent unto all the 
children of Is’ra-el, and gath- 
ered the prophets together unto 
mount Car’mel. 


1 KINGS, 18 


halt ye between two opinions? 
if the LORD be God, follow him: 

but if Ba’al, then follow him. 

And the people answered him not 
a word. 

22 Then said £-li’/jah unto the 
people, I, even I only, remain a 
prophet of the LORD; but Ba’al’s 
prophets are four hundred and 
fifty men. 

23 Let them therefore give us 
two bullocks; and let them 
choose one bullock for them- 
selves, and cut it in pieces, and 
lay it on wood, and put no fire 
under: and I will dress the other 
bullock, and lay if on wood, and 
put no fire under: 

24 And call ye on the name of 
your gods, and I will call on the 
name of the LORD: and the God 
that answereth by fire, let him 

e God. And all the people 
answered and said, It is well 
spoken. 

25 And £E-li’/jah said unto the 
prophets of Ba’al, Choose you one 
bullock for yourselves, and dress 
it first: for ye are many; and 
call on the name of your gods, 
but put no fire under 

26 And they tepid ‘the bullock 
which was given them, and they 
dressed if, and called on the 
name of Ba’al from morning even 
until noon, saying, Ba/al, 
hear us. But there was no 
voice, nor any that answered. 
And they leaped upon the altar 
which was made. 

27 And it came to pass at noon, 
that £-li’/jah mocked them, and 
said, Cry aloud: for he is a 
god; either he is talking, or he 
is pursuing, or he is in a jour- 
ney, or peradventure he sleepeth, 
and must be awaked. 

28 And they cried aloud, and 
cut themselves after their man- 
ner with knives and lancets, til) 
the blood gushed out upo1 
them. 

29 And it came to pass, when 
midday was past, and they 


21 And £-li’jah came_unto all| prophesied until the time of the 
the people, and said, How long/! offering of the evening sacrifice, 
459 


1 KINGS, 19 


that there was neither voice, nor 
any to answer, nor any that 
regarded.  —s 

30 And £-li’jah said unto all the 
people, Come near unto me. And 
all the people came near unto 
him. And he repaired the altar 
of the LORD that was broken 
down. 

31 And £-li’jah took twelve 
stones, according to the number 
of the tribes of the sons of Ja’cob, 
unto whom the word of the LORD 
came, saying, Is’ra-el shall be 
thy name: f 

32 And with the stones he built 
an altar in the name of the 
LORD: and he made a trench 
about the altar, as great as would 
contain two measures of seed. © 

33 And he put the wood in 
order, and cut the bullock in 
pieces, and laid him on the wood, 
and said, Fill four barrels with 
water, and pour it on the burnt 
sacrifice, and on the wood. 

34 And he said, Do it the second 
time. And they did if the second 


time. And he said, Do it the 
third time. And they did it the 
third time. 


35 And the water ran round 
about the altar; and he filled the 
trench also with water. 

36 And it came to pass at the 
time of the offering of the eve- 
ning sacrifice, that £-li’jah the 
prophet came near, and said, 
LORD God of A’bra-ham, I’saac, 
and of Is’ra-el, let it be known 
this day that thou art God in 
Is’ra-el, and that I am thy serv- 
ant, and that I have done all 
these things at thy word. 

37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, 
that this people may know that 
thou art the LORD God, and that 
thou hast turned their heart 
back again. 

38 Then the fire of the LorD 
fell, and consumed the burnt 
sacrifice, and the wood, and the 
stones, and the dust, and licked 
up the water that was in the 
trench. 

39 And when all the people saw 


Baal’s prophets slain 


it, they fell on their faces: and 
they said, The LORD, he is the 
God; the LORD, he is the God. 

40 And £-li’/jah said unto them, 
Take the prophets of Ba’al; let 
not one of them escape. And 
they took them: and #-li’jah 
brought them down to the brook 
Ki’shon, and slew them there. 
41 4 And £-li’jah said unto 
A’hab, Get thee up, eat and 
drink; for there is a sound of 


}abundance of rain. 


42 So A’hab went up to eat and 
to drink. And £-li’/jah went up 
to the top of Cir’mel; and he 
cast himself down upon the 
earth, and put his face between 
his knees, 

43 And said to his servant, Go 
up now, look toward the sea. 
And he went up, and looked, and 
said, There is nothing. And he 
said, Go again seven times. 

44 And it came to pass at the 
seventh time, that he said, Be- 
hold, there ariseth a little cloud 
out of the sea, like a man’s hand. 
And he said, Go up, say unto 
A’hab, Prepare thy chariot, and 
get thee down, that the rain stop 
thee not. | 

45 And it came to pass in the 
mean while, that the heaven was 
black with clouds and wind, and 
there was a great rain. And 
A’hab rode, and went to Jéz’re-el. 

46 And the hand of the Lorp 
was on E-li’jah; and he girded 
up his loins, and ran before A’hab 
to the entrance of Jéz’re-el. 


CHAPTER 19 310 

1 Jezebel threatens Elijah. 4 His flight 

to Horeb. 15 Jehu anointed. 19 

Elisha chosen. 

ND A’hab told Jéz’e-bél all 

that £-li’jah had done, and 

withal how he had slain all the 
prophets with the sword. 

2 Then Jéz’e-bél sent a mes- 
senger unto E-li’/jah, saying, So 
let the gods do to me, and more 
also, if I make not thy life as the 
life of one of them by to morrow 
about this time. 


460 


Elijah flees to Horeb 


3 And when he saw fhat, he 
arose, and went for his life, and 
came to Bé’er—shé’ba, which be- 
longeth to Ju’dah, and left his 
servant there. 

4 J But he himself went a day’s 
journey into the wilderness, and 
came and sat down under a juni- 
per tree: and he requested for 
himself that he might die; and 
said, It is enough; now, 
LORD, take away my life; for I 
am not better than my fathers. 

5 And as he lay and slept under 
a juniper tree, behold, then an 
angel touched him, and said unto 
him, Arise and eat. 

6 And he looked, and, behold, 
there was a cake baken on the 
coals, and a cruse of water at his 
head. And he did eat and drink, 
and laid him down again. 

7 And the angel of the LORD 
came again the second time, and 
touched him, and said, Arise and 
eat; because the journey is too 
great for thee. : 

‘8 And he arose, and did eat and 
drink, and went in the strength 
of that meat forty days and 
forty nights unto HO6’reb the 
mount of God. ! 

9 § And he came thither unto 
a cave, and lodged there; and, 
behold, the word of the LORD 


came to him, and he said unto 
him, What doest thou here, 
£-li’/jah? 


10 And he said, I have been 
very jealous for the LORD God 
of hosts: for the children of 
Is’ra-el have forsaken thy cove- 
nant, thrown down thine altars, 
and slain thy prophets with the 
sword; and I, even I only, am 
left; and they seek my life, to 
take it away. | 

11 And he said, Go forth, and 
stand upon the mount before the 
Lorp. And, behold, the LORD 
passed by, and a great and 
strong wind rent the mountains, 
and brake in pieces the rocks be- 
fore the LORD; but the LORD 
was not in the wind: and after 
the wind an earthquake; but 


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the LORD was not in the earth- 
quake: 

12 And after the earthquake a 
fire; but the LORD was not in the 
fire: and after the fire a still 
small voice. 

13 And it was so, when E-li’jah 
heard if, that he wrapped his 
face in his mantle, and went out, 
and stood in the entering in of the 
cave. And, behold, there camea 
voice unto him, and said, What 
doest thou here, £-li’/jah? 

14 And he said, I have been 
very jealous for the LORD God 
of hosts: because the children of 
Is’ra-el have forsaken thy cove- 
nant, thrown down thine altars, 
and slain thy prophets with the 
sword; and I, even I only, am 
left; and they seek my life, to 
take it away. 

15 And the LORD said unto 
him, Go, return on_ thy way to 
the wilderness of Da-mas’cus: 
and when thou comest, anoint 
Haz’a-el to be king over 
Syr'i-a: 

16 And Jé’ht the son of Nim’- 
shi shalt thou anoint to be king 
over is’ra-el: and £E-li’sha the 
son of Sha’phat of A’bel—mé- 
ho’lah shalt thou anoint fo be 
prophet in thy room. 

17 And it shall come to pass, 
that him that escapeth the sword 
of Haz’a-el shall Jé’ht slay: and 
him that escapeth from the sword 
of Jé’ha shall £-li’sha slay. 

18 Yet I have left me seven 
thousand in Is’ra-el, all the knees 
which have not bowed unto 
Ba’al, and every mouth which 
hath not kissed Rim. 

19 | So he departed thence, 
and found E-li’sha the son of 
Sha’phat, who was plowing with 
twelve yoke of oxen before him, 
and he with the twelfth: and 
E-li’/jah passed by him, and cast 
his mantle upon him. 

20 And he left the oxen, and 
ran after £-li’/jah, and said, Let 
me, I pray thee, kiss my father 
and my mother, and then I will 
follow thee. And he said unto 


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Samaria besieged 


him, Go back again: for what! and for my silver, and for my 


have I done to thee? 

21 And he returned back from 
him, and took a yoke of oxen, and 
slew them, and boiled their flesh 
with the instruments of the oxen, 
and gave unto the people, and 
they did eat. Then he arose, 
and went after. Eo jah, and 
ministered unto 


311 CHAPTER 20 


1 Samaria besieged. 13 Ahab deleas 
Ben-hadad. 34 A_ covenant. 
The prophet’s reproof. 


ND Bén-ha’dad the king of 
Syr’i-a gathered all his host 
together: and there were thirty 
and two kings with him, and 
horses, and chariots: and he 
went up and besieged S4-m4a’ri-a, 
and warred against it. 

2 And he sent messengers to 
A’hab king of Is’ra-el into the 
city, and said unto him, Thus 
saith Bén—ha’dad, j 

3 Thy silver and thy gold is 
mine; thy wives also and thy 
children, even the goodliest, are 


mine. 

4 And the king of Is’ra-el an- 
swered and said, My lord, O 
king, according to thy saying, I 
am thine, and all that I have. 

And the messengers came 
again, and said, Thus speaketh 
Bén-ha’dad, saying, Although I 
have sent unto thee, saying, 
Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, 
and thy gold, and thy wives, and 
thy children; 

6 Yet I will send my servants 
unto thee to morrow about this 
time, and they shall search thine 
house, and the houses of thy serv- 
ants; and it shall be, that what- 
soever is pleasant in thine eyes, 
they shall put it in their hand, 
and take if away. 

7 Then the king of {Is’ra-el 
called all the elders of the land, 
and said, Mark, I pray you, and 
see how this man seeketh mis- 
chief: for he sent unto me for 
my wives, and for my children, 


gold; and I denied him not. 

8 And all the elders and all the 
people said unto him, Hearken 
not unto him, nor consent. 

9 Wherefore he said unto the 
messengers of Béen—ha’dad, Tell 
my lord the king, All that thou 
didst send for to thy servant at 
the first I will do: but this thing 
Imay not do. And the messen- 
gers departed, and brought him 
word again. 

10 And Bén—-ha’dad sent unto 
5|him, and said, The gods do so 
unto me, and more also, if the 
dust of Sa-mda’ri-a shall suffice 
for handfuls for all the people 
that follow me. ; 

11 And the king of Is’ra-el 
answered and said, Tell him, 
Let not him that girdeth on his 
harness boast himself as he that 
putteth it off. 

12 And it came to pass, when 
Bén—hda’dad heard this message, 
as he was drinking, he and the 
kings in the pavilions, that he 
said unto his servants, Set your- 
selves in array. And they set 
pueneelves in array against the 
ci 

13 4 And, behold, there came 
a prophet unto Aha b king of 
Is’ra-el, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD, Hast thou seen all this 
great multitude? behold, I w 
deliver it into thine hand 
day; and thou shalt know ine 
I am the LORD. 

14 And A’hab said, By whom? 
And he said, Thus saith the 
LORD, Even by the young men 
of the princes of the provinces. 
Then he said, Who shall order the 
battle? And he answered, Thou. 

15 Then he numbered the young 
men of the princes of the prov- 
inces, and they were two hun- 
dred and thirty two: and after 
them he numbered all the people, 
even all the children of is’ra-el, 
being seven thousand. 

16 And they went out at noon. 
But Bén—-ha’dad was drinking 
himself drunk in the pavilions, 


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The Syrians defeated 


he and the kings, the thirty and 
two kings that helped him. 

17 And the young men of the 
princes of the provinces went out 
first; and Bén—ha’dad sent out, 
and they told him, saying, There 
are men come out of Sa-ma’ri-a. 

18 And he said, Whether they 
be come out for peace, take them 
alive; or whether they be come 
out for war, take them alive. 

19 So these young men of the 
princes of the provinces came out 
of the city, and the army which 
followed them. 

20 And they slew every one his 
man: and the Syr’i-ans fled; 
and Is’ra-el pursued them: and 
Bén-ha/’dad the king of Syr’i-a 
escaped on an horse with the 
horsemen. : f 

21 And the king of iIs’ra-el 
went out, and smote the horses 
and chariots, and slew the Syr’‘i- 
ans with a great slaughter. 

22 4 And the prophet came to 
the king of Is’ra-el, and said unto 
him, Go, strengthen thyself, and 
mark, and see what thou doest: 
for at the return of the year the 
king of Syr’i-a will come up 

against thee. , 

' 23 And the servants of the king 
of Syr’i-a said unto him, Their 
gods are gods of the hills; there- 
fore they were stronger than we; 
but let us fight against them in 
the plain, and surely we shall be 
stronger than they. | 

24 And do this thing, Take the 
kings away, every man out of 
his place, and put captains in 
their rooms: 

25 And number thee an army, 
like the army that thou hast 
lost, horse for horse, and chariot 
for chariot: and we will fight 
against them in the plain, and 
surely we shall be stronger than 
they. And he hearkened unto 
their voice, and did so. 

26 And it came to pass at the 
return of the year, that Bén—ha’- 
dad numbered the Syr’i-ans, and 
went up to A’phek, to fight 
against Is’ra-el. 


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27 And the children of Is’ra-el 
were numbered, and were all 
present, and went against them: 
and the children of fs’ra-el 
pitched before them like two Jittle 
flocks of kids; but the Syr’i-ans 
filled the country. 

28 § And there came a man of 
God and spake unto the king of 
Is’ra-el, and said, Thus saith the 
LORD, Because the Syr’i-ans 
have said, The LORD is God of 
the hills, but he is not God of the 
valleys, therefore will I deliver 
all this great multitude into thine 
hand, and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD. 

29 And they pitched one over 
against the other seven days. 
And so it was, that in the seventh 
day the battle was joined: and 
the children of Is’ra-el slew of 
the Syr’i-ans an hundred thou- 
sand footmen in one day. | 

30 But the rest fled to A’phek, 
into the city; and there a wall 
fell upon twenty and seven thou- 
sand of the men that were left. 
And Bén-ha’dad fled, and came 
into the city, into an inner 
chamber. 

31 § And his servants said unto 
him, Behold now, we have heard 
that the kings of the house of 
Is’ra-el are merciful kings: let 
us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on 
our loins, and ropes upon our 
heads, and go out to the king of 
Is’ra-el: peradventure he will 
save thy life. | 

32 So they girded sackcloth on 
their loins, and put ropes on their 
heads, and came to the king of 
Is’ra-el, and said, Thy servant 
Bén-ha’dad saith, I pray thee, 
let me live. And he said, Js he 
yet alive? he is my brother. 

33 Now the men did diligently 
observe whether any thing would 
come from him, and did hastily 
catch it: and they said, Thy 
brother Bén-ha’dad. Then he 
said, Go ye, bring him. Then 
Bén—ha’dad came forth to him; 
and he caused him to come up 
into the chariot. 


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1 KINGS, 21 


34 And Bén-ha'ddd said unto 


him, The cities, which my father 
took from thy father, I will re- 
store; and thou shalt make 
streets for thee “in Da-mas’cus, 
as my father made in Sa-mda’ri-a. 
Then said A’hab, I will send thee 
away with this covenant. So 
he made a covenant with him, 
and sent him away. 

35 § And a certain man of the 
sons of the prophets said unto 
his neighbour in the word of 
the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. 
And the man refused to smite 


him. 

36 Then said he unto him, Be- 
cause thou hast not obeyed the 
voice of the LORD, behold, as 
soon as thou art departed from 
me, a lion shall slay thee. And 
as soon as he was departed from 
him, a lion found him, and slew 


im. 

37 Then he found another man, 
and said, Smite me, I pray thee. 
And the man smote him, so 
that in smiting he wounded him. 

38 So the prophet departed, and 
waited for the king by the way, 
and disguised himself with ashes 
upon his face. 

39 And as the king passed by, 
he cried unto the king: and he 
said, Thy servant went out into 
the midst of the battle; and, be- 
hold, a man turned aside, and 
brought a man unto me, and 
said, Keep this man: if by any 
means he be missing, then shall 
thy life be for his life, or else thou 
shalt pay a talent of silver. 

40 And as thy servant was busy 
here and there, he was gone. 
And the king of fs’ra-el said unto 
him, So shall thy judgment be; 
thyself hast decided it. 

41 And he hasted, and took the 
ashes away from his face; and 
the king of Is’ra-el discerned him 
that he was of the prophets. 

42 And he said unto him, Thus 
saith the LORD, Because thou 
hast let go out of thy hand a man 
whom I appointed to utter de- 
struction, therefore thy life shall 


Ahab desires Naboth’s vineyard 


go for his life, and thy people for 


his peopie. 

43 And the king of {Is’ra-el 
went to his house heavy and dis- 
pleased, and came to Sa-mA’ri-a. 


CHAPTER 21 312 
1 Naboth condemned and stoned. 15 
His vineyard taken. 17 Elijah’s 
denunciation. 
ND it came to pass after these 
things, that Na’béth the 
Jéz’re-el-ite had a vineyard, 
which was in Jéz’re-el, hard by 
the palace of A’hab king of 
S4-ma’ri-a. 

2 And A’hab_ spake unto Na’- 
both, saying, Give me thy vine- 
yard, that I may have it for a 
garden of herbs, because it is 
near unto my house: and I will 
give thee for it a better vineyard 
than it; or, if it seem good to 
thee, I will give thee the worth of 
it in money 

3 And d Na’bdth said to A’hab, 
The LORD forbid it me, that I 
should give the inheritance of my 
fathers unto thee. 

4 And A’hab came into his 
house heavy and displeased be- 
cause of the word which Na’both 
the Jéz’re-el-ite had spoken to 
him: for he had said, I will not 
give thee the inheritance of my 
fathers. And he laid him down 
upon his bed, and turned away 
his face, and would eat no 
bread. ste 

5 4 But Jéz’e-bél his wife came 
to him, and said unto him, Why 
is thy spirit so sad, that thou 
eatest no bread? 

6 And he said unto her, Be- 
cause I spake unto Na’both the 
Jéz’re-el-ite, and said unto him, 
Give me thy vineyard for money; 
or else, if it please thee, I will 
give thee another vineyard for it: 
and he answered, I will not give 
thee my vineyard.  —s_— ( 

7 And Jéz’e-bél his wife said 
unto him, Dost thou now govern 
the kingdom of Is’ra-el? arise, 
and eat bread, and let thine 
heart be merry: I will give thee 


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Naboth slain. 


the vineyard of Na’both the 
Jéz’re-el-ite. 7 

8 So she wrote letters in 
A’hab’s name, and sealed them 
with his seal, and sent the letters 
unto the elders and to the nobles 
that were in his city, dwelling 
with Na’both. 

9 And she wrote in the letters, 
saying, Proclaim a fast, and set 
Na’both on high among the 
people: | 

10 And set two men, sons of 
Bé'li-al, before him, to bear_wit- 
mess against him, saying, Thou 
didst blaspheme God and the 
king. And then carry him out, 
and stone him, that he may die. 

11 And the men of his city, 
even the elders and the nobles 
who were the inhabitants in his 
city, did as Jéz’e-bél had sent 
unto them, and as it was written 
in the letters which she had sent 
unto them. 

12 They proclaimed a fast, and 
set Na’both on high among the 
people. 

13 And there came in two men, 
children of Bé’li-al, and sat be- 
fore him: and the men of Bé’- 
li-al witnessed against him, even 
against Na’both, in the presence 
of the people, saying, Na’both 
did blaspheme God and the king. 
Then they carried him forth out 
of the city, and stoned him with 
stones, that he died. 

14 Then they sent to Jéz’e-bél, 
saying, Na’both is stoned, and 
is dead. 

15 4 And it came to pass, when 
Jéz’e-bél heard that Na’béth was 
stoned, and was dead, that Jéz’e- 
bél said to A’hab, Arise, take 
possession of the vineyard of 
Na’both the Jéz’re-el-ite, which 
he refused to give thee for money: 
for Na’both is not alive, but dead. 

16 And it came to pass, when 
A’hab heard that Na’both was 
dead, that A’hab rose up to go 


- down to the vineyard of Na’both 


the Jéz’re-el-ite, to take posses- 
sion of it. 
Hf Rl And the word of the 


Elijah denounces Ahab 


the city the dogs shail eat; 


1 KINGS, 21 


LORD came to E-li’jah the Tish’ 
bite, saying, 

18 Arise, go, down to meet 
A’hab king of Is’ra-el, which is 
in Sa-m4a’ri-a: behold, he is in 
the vineyard of Na’both, whither 
he is gone down to possess it. 

19 And thou shalt speak unto 
him, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD, Hast thou killed, and 
also taken possession? And 
thou shalt speak unto him, say- 
ing, Thus saith the LORD, In the 
place where dogs licked the 
blood of Na’béth shall dogs lick 
thy blood, even thine. | 

20 And A’hab said to E-li’jah, 
Hast thou found me, O mine 
enemy? he answered, I 
have found thee: because thou 
hast sold thyself to work evil 
in the sight of the LORD. 

21 Behold, I will bring evil 
upon thee, and will take away 
thy posterity, and will cut off 
from A’hab him that pisseth 
against the wall, and him that 
is shut up and left in Is’ra-el, 

22 And will make thine house 
like the house of Jér-o-b6’am 
the son of Né’bat, and like the 
house of Ba’a-sha the son of 
A-hi’jah, for the provocation 
wherewith thou hast provoked me 
to anger, and made Is’ra-elto sin. 

23 And of Jéz’e-bél also spake 
the LORD, saying, The dogs shail 
eat Jéz’e-bél by the wall of 
Jéz’re-el. z i 

24 Him that dieth of A’hab re 
anc 
him that dieth in the field shail 
the fowls of the air eat. 

25 4 But there was none like 
unto A’hab, which did sell him- 
self to work wickedness in the 
sight of the LORD, whom Jéz’e- 
bél his wife stirred up. , 

26 And he did very abominably 
in following idols, according to 
all things as did the Am’6r-ites, 
whom the LORD cast out before 
the children of Is’ra-el. 

27 And it came to pass, when 

A’hab heard those words, that he 
rent his clothes, and put sack-~ 


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1 KINGS, 22 


oe upon his flesh, and fasted, 
lay in sackcloth, and went 
catty: 

28 And the word of the LORD 
came to E-li/jah- the Tish’bite, 
Saying, 

29 Seest thou how A’hab hum- 
bleth himself before me? _ be- 
cause he humbleth himself be- 
fore me, I will not bring the evil 
in his days: but in his son’s 
days will I bring the evil upon 
his house. 


313 CHAPTER 22 
1 Ahab’s false prophets. 34 He is 
slain in battle. 41 Jehoshaphat’s 
reign. 51 Reign of Ahaziah. 
ND they continued three 
years without war between 
Syr’i-a and Is’ra-el. 

2 And it came to pass in the 
third year, that Jé-hdsh’a-phat 
the king of Ji’dah came down to 
the king of Is’ra-el. | 

3 And the king of Is’ra-el said 
unto his servants, Know ye that 
Ra’moth in Gil’e-ad is ours, and 
we be still, and take it not out 
of the hand of the king of Syr’i-a? 

4 And he said unto Jé-hdsh’a- 
phat, Wilt thou go with me to 
battle to Ra’moth—gil’e-ad? And 
Jé-hosh’a-phat said to the king 
of Is’ra-el, I am as thou art, my 
people as thy people, my horses 
as thy horses. 

5 And Jé-hdsh’a-phat said unto 
the king of Iis’ra-el, Enquire, I 
pray thee, at the word of the 
LORD to day. 4 

6 Then the king of Is’ra-el 
gathered the prophets together, 
about four hundred men, and 
said unto them, Shall I go against 
Ra’moth—gil’e-ad to battle, .or 
shall I forbear? And they said, 
Go up; for the Lord shall deliver 
it into the hand of the king. 

d Jé-hosh’a-phat said, Is 
there not here a prophet of the 
LORD besides, that we might en- 
quire of him? 

8 And the king of Is’ra-el said 
unto Jé-hosh’a-phat, There is 
yet one man, Mi-ca/iah the son 


Ahab’s false prophets 


of Im‘lah, by whom we may en- 
quire of the LORD: but I hate 
him; for he doth not prophesy 
good concerning me, but evil. 
And Jé-hosh’a-phat said, Let not 
the king say so. _ 

9 Then the king of is’ra-el 
called an officer, and _ said, 
Hasan hither Mi-ca’iah the son 
of im’ 

10 And the king of is’ra-el and 
Jé-hosh’a-phat the king of Ji’- 
dah sat each on his throne, hay- 
ing put on their robes, in a void 
place in the entrance of the gate 
of Sa-ma’ri-a; and all the proph- 
ets prophesied before them. 

11 And Zéd-e-ki’/ah the son of 
Ché-na’a-nah made him horns 
of iron: and he said, Thus saith 
the LORD, With these shalt thou 
push the Syr’i-ans, until thou 
have consumed them. 

12 And all the prophets proph- 
esied so, saying, Go up to 
Ra’/moth-sil’e-ad, and prosper: 
for the LORD shall deliver i¢ into 
the king’s hand. 

13 And the messenger that was 
gone to call Mi-ca’iah spake unto 

» saying, Behold now, the 
words of the prophets declare 
good unto the king with one 
mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, 
be like the word of one of them, 
and speak that which as Reads 

14 And Mi-ca’iah said, As the 
LORD liveth, what the LORD 
saith unto me, that will I speak. 

15 4 So he came to the king. 
And the king said unto him, Mi- 
ca/iah, shall we go against "Ra’- 
moth-gil’e-ad to battle, or shal 
we forbear? And he answered 
him, Go, and prosper: for the 
LORD shall deliver zt into the 
hand of the king. ih %G, 

16 And the king said unto him, 
How many times shall I adjure 
thee that thou tell me nothing 
but that which is true in the 
name of the LORD? 4 

17 And he said, I saw all Is’ra- 
el scattered upon the hills, as 
sheep that have not a shepherd: 
and the LORD said, These have 


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Ahab slain at Ramoth-gilead 


no master: let them return every | hath not spoken by me. 


man to his house in peace. 

18 And the king of Is’ra-el said 
unto Jé-hosh’a-phat, Did I not 
-tell thee that he would prophesy 
no good concerning me, but evil? 

19 And he said, Hear thou 
therefore the word of the LORD: 
I saw the LORD sitting on his 
throne, and _ all pe host of 
heaven standing by him on his 
right hand and on his left. 

20 And the LORD said, Who 
shall persuade A’hab, that he 
may go up and fall at Ra’moth— 
gil’e-ad? And one said on this 
manner, and another said on 
“hat manner. 

21 And there came forth a 
spirit, and stood before the LORD, 
and said, I will persuade him. 

22 And the LORD said unto 
him, Wherewith? And he said, 
I will go forth, and I will be a 
lying spirit in the mouth of all 
his prophets. he said, 
Thou shalt persuade him, and 
prevail also: go forth, and do 


0. 

23 Now therefore, behold, the 
LORD hath put a lying spirit in 
the mouth of all these thy proph- 
ets, and the LORD hath spoken 
evil concerning thee. 

24 But Zéd-e-ki’ah the son of 
Ché-na’a-nah went near, and 
smote Mi-ca’iah on the cheek, 
and said, Which way went the 
Spirit of the LORD from me to 
speak unto thee? : 

5 And Mi-ca’iah said, Behold, 
thou shalt see in that day, when 
thou shalt go into an inner 
chamber to hide thyself. 

26 And the king of Is’ra-el said, 
Take Mi-ca/iah, and carry him 
back unto A’mon the governor of 
the city, and to J6’ash the king’s 


son; 

27 And say, Thus saith the 
king, Put this fellow in the 
prison, and feed him with bread 
of affliction and with water of 
affliction, until I come in peace. 

28 And Mi-ca’iah said, If thou 
return at all in peace, the LORD 


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And he 
said, Hearken, O people, every 
one of you. 

29 So the king of Is’ra-el and 
Jé-hosh’a-phat the king of Ju’- 
dah went up to Ra’moth—éil’e-ad. 

30 And the king of Iis’ra-el said 
unto Jé-hésh’a-phat, I will dis- 
guise myself and enter into the 
battle; but put thou on thy robes. 
And the king of Is’ra-el dis- 
guised himself, and went into 
the battle. 

31 But the king of S¥yr’i-4 com- 
manded his thirty and two cap- 
tains that had rule over his char- 
iots, saying, Fight neither with 
small nor great, save only with 
the king of Is’ra-el. 

32 And it came to pass, when 
the captains of the chariots saw 
Jé-hosh’a-phat, that they said, 
Surely it is the king of Is’ra-el. 
And they turned aside to fight 
against him: and Jé-hosh’a-phat 
cried out. | 

33 And it came to pass, when 
the captains of the chariots per- 
ceived that it was not the king of 
Is’ra-el, that they turned back 
from pursuing him. 

34 And a certain man drew a 
bow at a venture, and smote the 
king of iIs’ra-el between the 
joints of the harness: where- 
fore he said unto the driver of 
his chariot, Turn thine hand, and 
carry me out of the host; for I 
aim wounded. e 

35 And the battle increased 
that day: and the king was 
stayed up in his chariot against 
the Syr’i-ans, and died at even: 
and the blood ran out of the 
wound into the midst of the 
chariot. 

36 And there went a proclama- 
tion throughout the host about 
the going down of the sun, say- 
ing, Every man to his city, and 
every man to his own country. 

37 YSo the king died, and 
was brought to Sa-ma’ri-a: and 
they buried the king in Sa-ma’- 
ri-a. 

38 And one washed the chariot 


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in the pool of Sa-ma’ri-a; and 
the dogs licked up his blood; and 
they washed his armour; ac- 
cording unto the word of the 
LORD which he spake. 

39 Now the rest of the acts of 
A’hab, and ali that he did, and 
the ivory house which he made, 
and ali the cities that he built, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? 

40 So A’hab slept with his 
fathers; and A-ha-zi’ah his son 
reigned in his stead. 

41 9 And Jé-hosh’a-phat the 
son of A’sa began to reign over 
Ji’dah in the fourth year of 
A’hab king of Is’ra-el. é 

42 Jé-hosh’a-phat was thirty 
and five years old when he began 
to reign; and he reigned twenty 
and five years in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
And his mother’s name was A- 
zu’bah the daughter of Shil’hi. 

43 And he walked in all the 
ways of A’sa his father; he 
turned not aside from it, doing 
that which was right in the eyes 
of the LORD: nevertheless the 
high places were not taken away; 
for the people offered and burnt 
incense yet in the high places. 

44 And Jé-hdsh’a-phat made 
peace with the king of Is’ra-el. 

45 Now the rest of the acts of 
Jé-hésh’a-phat, and his might 
that he shewed, and how he/r 
warred, are they not written in 


Jehoshaphat’s reign 


the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Ja’dah? 

46 And the remnant of the 
sodomites, which remained in 
the days of his father A’sa, he 
took out of the land. . 

47 There was then no king in 
E/dom: a deputy was king. 

48 Jé-hdosh’a-phat made ships of 
Thar’shish to goto O’phir for gold: 
but they went not; for the ships 
were broken at E’zi-on—é’bér, 

49 Then said A-ha-zi’ah the son 
of A’hab unto Jé-hdsh’a-phat. 
Let my servants go with thy 


servants in the ships. But 
J epee o Phat would not. 
50 4 And Jé-hésh’a-phat slept 


with his fath ers, and was buried 
with his fathers in the city of 
Da’vid his father: and Jé-hd’- 
ram his son reigned in his stead. 

51 4 A-ha-zi’ah the son_of A’- 
hab began to reign over Is’ra-el 
in Sa-ma’ri-a the seventeenth 
year of Jé-hosh’a-phat king of 
Ji’dah, and reigned two years 
over Is’ra-el. 

52 And he did evil in the sight 
of the LORD, and walked in the 
way of his father, and in the way 
of his mother, and in the way of 
Jér-o-b6’am the son of Né’bat, 
who made Is’ra-el to sin: 

53 For he served Ba’al, and 
worshipped him, and provoked 
to anger the LORD God of Is’- 

ra-el, according to all that his 
father had done. 


SECOND BOOK OF THE 
5. RaENIGS 


COMMONLY CALLED 
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS 


314 CHAPTER 1 
1 Rebellion of Moab. 9 Ahaziah’s fif- 
ties slain. 


17 Jehoram succeeds him. 


HEN M0O’ab rebelled against | messengers, 
Is’ra-el after the death of | them, 


A’hab. 


468 


2 And A-ha-zi’ah fell down 


och a lattice in his upper 
16 Death of Ahaziah.| Chamber that was in Sa-ma’ri-a, 


was sick: and he sent 
and said _ unto 
enquire of Ba’al- 
god of &Ek’ron 


and 


Go, 


zé/bub_ the 


Elijah’s prophecy against Ahaziah 


whether I shall recover of this 
disease. 

3 But the angel of the LORD 
said to £-li’/jah the Tish’bite, 
Arise, go up to meet the messen- 
gers of the king of Sa-ma’ri-a, 
and say unto them, Is it not be- 
cause there is not a God in Is’ra- 
el, that ye go to enauire of Ba’al— 
zé’bub the god of Ek’ron? | 

4 Now therefore thus saith the 
LORD, Thou shalt not come 
down from that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt surely 
die. And E-li’jah departed. 

5 4 And when the messengers 
turned back unto him, he said 
unto them, Why are ye now 
turned back? 

6 And they said unto him, 
There came a man up to meet us, 
and said unto us, Go, turn again 
unto the king that sent you, and 
say unto him, Thus saith the 
LORD, Is it not because there is 
not a God in Is’ra-el, that thou 
sendest to enquire of Ba/’al— 
zé/biib the god of &k’rén? 
therefore thou shalt not come 
down from that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt 
surely die. 

. 7 And he said unto them, 
What manner of man was he 
which came up to meet you, and 
told you these words? 

8 And they answered him, He 
was an hairy man, and girt with 
a girdle of leather about his loins. 
And he said, It is E-li’jah the 
Tish’bite. 

9 Then the king sent unto him 

a captain of fifty with his fifty. 
And he went up to him: and, be- 
hold, he sat on the top of an hill. 
And he spake unto him, Thou 
man of God, the king hath said, 
Come down. 

10 And £-li’jah answered and 
said to the captain of fifty, If I be 
aman of 
down from heaven, and consume 
thee and thy fifty. And there 
came down fire from heaven, and 
consumed him and his fifty. 

11 Again also he sent unto 


2 KINGS, 1 


him another captain of fifty with 

s fifty. And he answered and 
said unto him, O man of God, 
thus hath the king said, Come 
down quickly. 

12 And &-li/jah answered and 
said unto them, If I be a man of 
God, let fire come down from 
heaven, and consume thee and 
thy fifty. And the fire of God 
came down from heaven, and 
consumed him and his fifty. 

13 § And he sent again 2 cap- 
tain of the third fifty with his 
fifty. And the third captain of 
fifty went up, and came and fell 
on his knees before E-li’jah, and 
besought him, and said unto him, 
O man of God, I pray thee, let my 
life, and the life of these fifty thy 
pernants: be precious in thy 


ight. 

wid Behold, there came fire down 
from heaven, and burnt up the 
two captains of the former fifties 
with their fifties: therefore let 
my life now be precious in thy 
sight. 

15 And the angel of the LORD 
said unto E-li’/jah, Go down with 
him: be not afraid of him. 
And he arose, and went down 
with him unto the king. 

16 And he said unto him, Thus 
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as 
thou hast sent messengers to en- 
quire of Ba’al—zé’bub the god of 
Ek’ron, is it not because there is 
no God in Is’ra-el to enquire of 
his word? therefore thou shalt 
not come down off that bed on 
which thou art gone up, but shalt 
surely die. 

17 4 So he died according to 
the word of the LORD which 
E-li‘jah had spoken. And Jé- 
hod/ram reigned in his stead in 
the second year of Jé-hé’ram the 
son of Jé-hdsh’a-phat king of 
Ji’dah; because he had no 


God, then let fire come | son 


18 Now the rest of the acts of 


A-ha-zi’ah which he did, are they 


not written in the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? 


469 


2 KINGS, 2 


315 CHAPTER 2 


1 Elijah divides the Jordan. 11 He is 
taken up to heaven. 12 Elisha suc- 
ceeds him. af Waters of Jericho 
healed. 


ND it came e pass, when the 

LORD would take up E-li’- 

jah into heaven by a whirlwind, 

that £-li’/jah went with E-li’sha 
from Gil’gal. 

2 And £-li’/jah said unto E-li’- 
sha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for 
the LORD hath sent me to 
Béth’—el. And &-li’sha said unto 
him, As the LORD liveth, and as 
thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they went down to 
Béth’—el. 

3 And the sons of the prophets 
that were at Béth’-el came forth 
to E-li’sha, and said unto him, 
Knowest thou that the LORD will 
take away thy master from thy 
head to day? And he said, Yea, 
I know it; hold ye your peace. 

4 And £-li’ jah said unto him, 
£-li’sha, tarry here, I pray thee; 
for the LORD hath sent me to 
Jér’i-ch6. And he said, As the 
LORD liveth, and as thy soul 
liveth, I will not leave thee. So 
they came to Jér’i-ché. 

5 And the sons of the prophets 
that were at Jér’i-cho came to 
E-li’sha, and said unto him, 
Knowest thou that the LORD will 
take away thy master from thy 
head to day? And he answered, 
Yea, I know it; hold ye your 
DEACE As te ‘ 

6 And £-li’/jah said unto him, 
Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the 
LORD hath sent me to J6ér’dan. 
And he said, As the LORD liveth, 
and as thy soul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. And they two went on. 

7 And fifty men of the sons of 
the prophets went, and stood to 
view afar off: and they two stood 
by Jor’dan 

8 And ei jah took his mantle, 
and wrapped if together, and 
smote the waters, and they were 
divided hither and thither, so 
that they two went over on dry 
ground. 


BF-li’sha. 


Elijah divides Jordan; ascends to heaven 


9 § And it came to pass, when 
they were gone over, that E-li’/jah 
said unto £E-li/sha, Ask what I 
shall do for thee, before I be taken 
away from thee. And E-li’sha 
said, I pray thee, let a double 
portion of thy spirit be upon me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast 
asked a hard thing: mneverthe- 
less, if thou see me when I am 
taken from thee, it shall be so 
unto thee; but if not, it shall not 
be so. 

11 And it came to pass, as they 
still went on, and talked, that, 
behold, there appeared a chariot 
of fire, and horses of fire, and 
parted them both asunder; and 

E-li’jah went up by a whirlwind 
into heaven. 

12 { And #-li’sha saw it, and he 

cried, My father, my father, the 
chariot of Is’ra-el, and the horse- 
men thereof. And he saw him 
no more: and he took hold of his 
own clothes, and rent them in 
two pieces. 
13 He took up also the mantle 
of £-li’jah that fell from him, and 
went back and stood by the bank 
of Jér’dan; 

14 And he took the mantle of 

E-li’/jah that fell from him, an 
smote the waters, and _ said, 
Where is the LORD God of £-li’- 
jah? and when he also had 
smitten the waters, they, parted 
hither and thither: and E-li’sha 
went over. 

15 And when the sons of the 
prophets which were to view at 
Jér’i-chd saw him, they said, 
The spirit of £-li’-jah doth rest on 
And they came to meet 
him, and bowed themselves to 
the ground before him. 

16 § And they said unto him, 
Behold now, there be with thy 
servants fifty strong men; let 
them go, we pray thee, and seek 
thy master: lest peradventure 
the Spirit of the LORD hath taken 
him up, and cast him upon some 
mountain, or into some valley. 
god he said, Ye shall not 
send. 


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| 


Reign of Jehoram 


17 And when they urged him 
till he was ashamed, he said, 
Send. They sent therefore fifty 
men; and they sought three 
days, but found him not. t 

18 And when they came again 
to him, (for he tarried at Jeér’i- 
choé,) he said unto them, Did I 
not say unto you, Go not? 

19 § And the men of the city 
said unto E-li’sha, Behold, I pray 
thee, the situation of this city is 
pleasant, as my lord seeth: but 
the water is naught, and the 
ground barren. 

20 And he said, Bring me a new 
cruse, and put salt therein. And 
they brought if to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the 
spring of the waters, and cast 
the salt in there, and said, Thus 
saith the LORD, I have healed 
these waters; there shall not be 
from thence any more death or 
barren land. 

22 So the waters were healed 
unto this day, according to the 
saying of #-li’sha which he 
spake. 

23 7 And he went up from 
thence unto Béth’—-el: and as he 
was going up by the way, there 
‘came forth little children out of 
the city, and mocked him, and 
said unto him, Go up, thou bald 
head; go up, thou bald head. 

24 And he turned back, and 
looked on them, and cursed them 
in the name of the LORD. And 
there came forth two she bears 
out of the wood, and tare forty 
and two children of them. 

25 And he went from thence to 
mount Car’mel, and from thence 
he returned to Sa-ma‘ri-a. 


316 CHAPTER 3 
1 Reign of Jehoram. 6 Judah's league 
with Israel. 13 Elisha’s prophecy. 
21 Moab smitten. 
OW Jé-hd’ram the son of 
A’hab began to reign over 
Is’ra-el in Sa-ma’ri-a the eight- 
eenth year of Jé-hdsh’a-phat 
king of Ji’dah, and reigned 
twelve years. 


2 KINGS, 3 


2 aaa he wrought evil in the 
sight of the LORD; but not like 
his father, and like his mother: 
for he put away the image of 
Ba’al that his father had made. 

3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto 
the sins of Jér-o-bd’am the son 
of Né’bat, which made Is’ra-el to 
sin; he departed not therefrom. 

4 § And Mé’sha king of M6’ab 
was a sheepmaster, and rendered 
unto the king of is’ra-el an hun- 
dred thousand lambs, and an 
hundred thousand rams, with 
the wool. 

5 But it came to pass, when 

A’hab was dead, that the king of 
Mo’ab rebelled against the king 
of Is’ra-el. 

6 4 And king Jé-hd’ram went 
out of Sa-ma’ri-a the same time, 
and numbered all Is’ra-el. 

7 And he went and sent to Jé- 
hosh’a-phat the king of Ja’dah, 
saying, The king of M6o’ab hath 
rebelled against me: wilt thou go 
with me against MO’ab to battle? 
And he said, I will go up: Lam 
as thou art, my people as thy 
people, and my horses as thy 
horses. 

8 And he said, Which way shall 
we go up? And he answered, 
The way through the wilderness 
ofE’dom. _. : 

9 So the king of Is’ra-el went, 
and the king of Ji’dah, and the 
king of E’dom: and they fetched 
a compass of seven days’ jour- 
ney: and there was no water for 
the host, and for the cattle that 
followed them. | F 

10 And the king of Is’ra-el 
said, Alas! that the LORD hath 
called these three kings together, 
to deliver them into the hand of 
Mo/’ab! 

11 But Jé-hdsh’a-phat said, Js 
there not here a prophet of the 
LORD, that we may enquire of 
the LORD byhim? And one of 
the king of Is’ra-el’s servants an- 
swered and said, Here is E-li’sha 
the son of Sha’ phat, which poured 
water on the hands of E-li’jah. 

12 And Jé-hodsh’a-phat said, 


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2 KINGS, 4 


The word of the LORD is with 
him. So the king of Is’ra-el and 
Jé-hésh’a-phat and the king of 
F’/dom went down to him. 

13 And E-li’sha said unto the 
king of Is’ra-el, What have I to 
do with thee? get thee to the 
prophets of thy father, and to the 
prophets of thy mother. And 
the king ofIs’ra-el said unto him, 
Nay: for the LORD hath called 
these three kings together, to de- 
liver ise into the hand of 

0’a 

14 And £-li’sha said, As the 
LORD of hosts liveth, before 
whom I stand, surely, were it not 
that I regard the presence_ of 
Jé-hosh’a-phat the king of Ji’- 
dah, I would not look toward 
thee, nor see thee. t 

15 But now bring me a min- 
strel. And it came to pass, when 
the minstrel played, that the 
hand of the LORD came upon him. 

16 And he said, Thus saith the 
LORD, Make this valley full of 
ditches. 

17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye 
shall not see wind, neither shall 
ye see rain; yet that valley shall 
be filled with water, that ye may 
drink, both ye, and your cattle, 
and your beasts. ! 

18 And this is but a light thing 
in the sight of the LORD: he 
will deliver the M06/’ab-ites also 
into your hand. 

19 And ye shall smite every 
fenced city, and every chcice city, 
and shall fell every good tree, and 
stop all wells of water, and mar 
every good piece of land with 
stones. 

20 And it came to pass in the 
morning, when the meat offering 
was offered, that, behold, there 
came water by the way of E’dom, 
and the country was filled with 
water. 

21 4 And when all the M6’ab- 
ites heard that the kings were 
come up to fight against them, 
they gathered all that were able 
to put on armour, and upward, 
and stood in the border. 


Moab smitten 


22 And they rose up early in the 
morning, and the sun shone upon 
the water, and the MO6/’ab-ites 
saw the water on the other side 
as red as blood: ; 

23 And they said, This is blood: 
the kings are surely slain, and 
they have smitten one another: 
now therefore, Md’ab, to the 
spoil. 

24 And when they came to the 
camp of is’ra-el, the Is’ra-el-ites 
rose up and smote the MO’ab-ites, 
so that they fled before them: 
but they went forward smiting 
the M6’ab-ites, even in their 
country. 

25 And they beat down the 
cities, and on every good viece of 
land cast every man his stone, 
and filled it; and they stopped all 
the wells of water, and felled all 
the good trees: only in Kir-—- 
har’a-séth left they the stones 
thereof; howbeit the slingers 
went about if, and smote it. 

26 4 And when the king of 
MO6O’ab saw that the battle was 
too sore for him, he took with 
him seven hundred men that 
drew swords, to break through 
even unto the king of E’dom: 
but they could not. 

27 Then he took his eldest son 
that should have reigned in his 
stead, and offered him for a 
burnt. offering upon the wail. 
And there was great indignation | 
against Is’ra-el: and they de- 
parted from him, and returned 
to their own land. 


CHAPTER 4 317 
1 The widow’s oil multiplied. 34 The 
Shunammite’s son raised. 42 An 
hundred fed'on twenty loaves. 
OW there cried a certain 
woman of the wives of the 
sons of the prophets unto £-li’- 
sha, saying, Thy servant my 
husband is dead; and thou 
knowest that thy servant did 
fear the LORD: and the creditor 
is come to take unto my 
two sons to be bondmen. 
2 And E-li’sha said unto her, 


472 


The widow’s oil multiplied 


What shall I do for thee? tell me, 
what hast thou in the house? 
And she said, Thine handmaid 
hath not any thing in the house, 
Save a pot of oil. 

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee 
vessels abroad of all thy neigh- 
bours, even empty vessels; bor- 
row not a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, 
thou shalt shut the door upon 
thee and upon thy sons, and shalt 
pour out into all those vessels, 
and thou shalt set aside that 
which is full. 

5 So she went from him, and 
shut the door upon her and upon 
her sons, who brought the vessels 
to her; and she poured out. 

6 And it came to pass, when 
the vessels were full, that she 
said unto her son, Bring me yet 
a vessel. And he said unto her, 
There is not a vessel more. And 
the oil stayed. 

7 Then she came and toid the 
man of God. And hesaid, Go, sell 
the oil, and pay thy debt, and live 
thou and thy children of the rest. 

8 | And it fell on a day, that 
f-li’sha passed to Shu’nem, 
where was a great woman; and 
‘she constrained him to eat 
bread. And so it was, that as 
oft as he passed by, he turned in 
thither to eat bread. 

9 And she said unto her hus- 
band, Behold now, I perceive 
that this is an holy man of God, 
Which passeth by us continually. 

10 Let us make a little cham- 
ber, I pray thee, on the wall; and 
let us set for him there a bed, and 
a table, and a stool, and a candle- 
stick: and it shall be, when he 
cometh to us, that he shall turn 
in thither. 

11 And it fell on a day, that he 
came thither, and he turned into 
the chamber, and lay there. 

12 And he said to Gé-ha’zi his 
servant, Call this Shu’nam-mite. 
And when he had called her, she 
Stood before him. ; 

13 And he said unto him, Say 
now unto her, Behold, thou hast 


2 KINGS, 4 


been careful for us with all this 
care; what is to be done for thee? 
wouldest thou be spoken for to 
the king, or to the captain of the 
host? And she answered, I dwell 
among mine own people. 

14 And he said, What then is to 
be done for her? And Gé-ha’zi 
answered, Verily she hath no 
child, and her husband is old. 

15 And he said, Call her. And 
when he had called her, she stood 
in the door. 

16 And he said, About this 
season, according to the time of 
life, thou shalt embrace a son. 
And she said, Nay, my lord, thou 
man of God, do not lie unto thine 
handmaid. 

17 And the woman conceived, 
and bare a son at that season that 
E-li’sha had said unto her, ace 
cording to the time of life. 

18 § And when the child was 
grown, it fell on a day, that he 
went out to his father to the 
reapers. 

19 And he said unto his father, 
My head, my head. And he said 
to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, 
and brought him to his mother, 
he sat on her knees till noon, and 
then died. 

21 And she went up, and laid 
him on the bed of the man of 
God, and shut the door upon 
him, and went out. 

22 And she called unto her 
husband, and said, Send me, I 
pray thee, one of the young men, 
and one of the asses. that I may 
run to the man of God, and come 


again. 

23 And he said, Wherefore wilt 
thou go to him to day? it is 
neither new moon, nor sabbath. 
And she said, It shall be well. 

24 Then she saddled an ass, 
and said to her servant, Drive, 
and go forward; slack not thy 
riding for me, except I bid thee. 

25 So she went and came unto 
the man of God to mount Car’- 
mel. And it came to pass, when 
the man of God saw her afar off, 


473 


2 KINGS, 4 


that he said to Gé-ha’zi his ser- 
vant, Behold, yonder is that 
Shu’nam-mite: 

26 Run now, I pray thee, to 
meet her, and say unto her, Is it 
well with thee? is i¢ well with thy 
husband? is it well with the 
sneer And she answered, It is 
well. 

27 And when she came to the 
man of God to the hill, she caught 
him by the feet: but Gé-ha’zi 
came near to thrust her away. 
And the man of God said, Let 
her alone; for her soul is vexed 
within her: and the LORD hath 
hid it from me, and hath not told 


mei! by 

28 Then she said, Did I desire a 
son of my lord? did I not say, Do 
not deceive me? | (i 

29 Then he said to Gé-ha/zi, 
Gird up thy loins, and take my 
staff in thine hand, and go thy 
way: if thou meet any man, 
salute him not; and if any salute 
thee, answer him not again: and 
lay By staff upon the face of the 
child. 

30 And the mother of the child 
said, As the LORD liveth, and as 
thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. And he arose, and followed 


er. 

31 And Gé-ha’zi passed on be- 
fore them, and laid the staff upon 
the face of the child; but there 
was neither voice, nor hearing. 
Wherefore he went again to meet 
him, and told him, saying, The 
child is not awaked. 

32 And when E-li’sha was come 
into the house, behold, the child 
was dead, and laid upon his bed. 

33 He went in therefore, and 
shut the door upon them twain, 
and prayed unto the LORD. 

34 And he went up, and lay up- 
on the child, and put his mouth 
upon his mouth, and his eyes 
upon his eyes, and his hands upon 
his hands: and he stretched 
himself upon the child; and the 
flesh of the child waxed warm. 

35 Then he returned, and 
walked in the house to and fro; 


The Shunammite’s son raised 


and went up, and stretched him- 
self upon him: and the child 
sneezed seven times, and the 
child opened his eyes. 

36 And he called Gé-ha’zi, and 
said, Call this Shu’nam-mite. So 
he called her. And when she 
was come in unto him, he said, 
Take up thy son. 

37 Then she went in, and fell at 

his feet, and bowed herself to the 
ground, and took up her son, 
and went out. ; 
38 J And E-li’sha came again to 
Gil’gal: and there was a dearth 
in the land; and the sons of the 
prophets were sitting before 
him: and he said unto his ser- 
vant, Set on the great pot, and 
seethe pottage for the sons of the 
prophets. 

39 And one went out into the 
field to gather herbs, and found a 
wild vine, and gathered thereof 
wild gourds his lap full, and came 
and shred them into the pot of 
pottage: 
not. | 

40 So they poured out for the 
men to eat. And it came to pass, | 
as they were eating of the pottage 
that they cried out, and said, O 
thou man of God, there is death 
in the pot. And they could not 
eat thereof. 


41 But he said, Then bring 
meal. And he cast it into the 
pot; and he said, Pour out for the 
people, that they may eat. And. 
there was no harm in the pot. 

42 4 And there came a man 
from Ba’al—shal’i-sha, and 
brought the man of God bread of 
the firstfruits, twenty loaves of 
barley, and full ears of corn in 
the husk thereof. And he said, 
Give unto the people, that they 
may eat. 

43 And his servitor said, What, 
should I set this before an hun- 
dred men? He said again, Give 
the people, that they may eat: 
for thus saith the LorD, They 
shall eat, and shall leave thereof, 

44 So he set it before them, and 
they did eat, and left thereof, 


for they knew them 


474 ; 


Naaman the leper 


“according to the word of the 
LORD. 


318 CHAPTER 5 


1 Naaman goes to Samaria. 8 He is 
cured of leprosy. 20 Gehazi’s ava- 
rice. 27 He becomes leprous. 

OW Na’a-man, captain of 
the host of the king of 

Syr'i-a, was a great man with 

his master, and honourable, be- 
cause by him the LorD had 
given deliverance unto Syr’i-a: 

he was also a mighty man in 
valour, but he was a leper. 

2 And the Syr’i-ans had gone 
out by companies, and had 
brought away captive out of the 
land of Is’ra-el a little maid; and 
she waited on Na’a-man’s wife. 

3 And she said unto her mis- 
tress, Would God my lord were 
with the prophet that is in Sa- 
ma/ri-a! for he would recover 
him of his leprosy. 

4 And one went in, and told his 
lord, saying, Thus and thus said 
the maid that is of the land of 
Iis’ra-el. 

5 And the king of Syr’i-a said, 
Go to, go, and I will send a letter 
unto the king of Is’ra-el. And he 
departed, and took with him ten 
talents of silver, and six thousand 
pieces of gold, and ten changes of 
raiment. 

6 And he brought the letter to 
the king of is’ra-el, saying, Now 
when this letter is come unto 
thee, behold, I have therewith 
sent Na’a-man my servant to 
thee, that thou mayest recover 
him of his leprosy. 

7 And it came to pass, when the 
king of Is’ra-el had read the let- 
ter, that he rent his clothes, and 
said, Am I God, to kill and to 
make alive, that this man doth 
send unto me to recover a man of 
his leprosy? wherefore consider, 
I pray you, and see how he 
seeketh a quarrel against me. 

8 4 And it was so, when £-li’- 
sha the man of God had heard 
that the king of Is’ra-el had rent 
his clothes, that he sent to the 


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king, saying, Wherefore hast thou 
rent thy clothes? let him come 
now to me, and he shall know 
that there is a prophet in fs’ra-el. 

9 So Na’a-man came with his 
horses and with his chariot, and 
stood at the door of the house of 

E-li’sha. | 

10 And £-li’sha sent a messen- 
ger unto him, saying, Go and 
wash in Jér’dan seven times, 
and thy flesh shall come again to 
thee, and thou shalt be clean. 

11 But Na’a-man was wroth, 
and went away, and said, Be- 
hold, I thought, He will surely 
come out to me, and stand, and 
call on the name of the LORD his 
God, and strike his hand over 
the place, and recover the leper. 

12 Are not Ab’a-na and Phir’- 
par, rivers of Da-mas’cus, better 
than all the waters of is’ra-el? 
may I not wash in them, and be 
clean? So he turned and went 
away in a rage. 

13 And his servants came near, 
and spake unto him, and said, 
My father, if the prophet had bid 
thee do some great thing, would- 
est thou not have done it? how 
much rather then, when he saith 
to thee, Wash, and be clean? 

14 Then went he down, and 
dipped himself seven times in 
Jér’dan, according to the saying 
of the man of God: and his flesh 
came again like unto the flesh 
of alittle child, and he was clean. 

15 4 And he returned to the 
man of God, he and all his com- 
pany, and came, and stood before 
him: and he said, Behold, now 
I know that there is no God in 
all the earth, but in Is’ra-el: now 
therefore, I pray thee, take a 
blessing of thy servant. 

16 But he said, As the LORD 
liveth, before whom I stand, I 
will receive none. And he urged 
him to take if;. but he refused. 

17 And Na’a-man said, Shall 
there not then, I pray thee, be 
given to thy servant two mules’ 
burden of earth? for thy servant 
will henceforth offer neither 


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burnt offering nor sacrifice unto 
other gods, but unto the LORD. 

18 In this thing the LORD par- 
don thy servant, that when my 
master goeth into the house of 
Rim’/mon to worship there, and 
he leaneth on my hand, and I 
bow myself in the house of Rim’- 
mon: when I bow down myself 
in the house of Rim’mon, the 
FORP pardon thy servant in this 
thin 

19 And he said unto him, Go in 
peace. So he departed from him 
a little way. 

20 § But Gé-ha’zi, the servant 
of E-li/sha the man of God, said, 

Behoid, my master hath spared 
Na’a-man this Syr’i-an, in not 
receiving at his bands that which 
he brought: but, as the LORD 
liveth, I will run after him, and 
take somewhat of him. 

21 So Gé-ha/zi followed after 
Na’a-man. And when Na’a-man 
saw him running after him, he 
lighted down from the chariot to 
meet him, and said, Js all well? 

22 And he said, Allis well. My 
master hath sent me, saying, 
Behold, even now there be come 
to me from mount E’phra-im two 
young men of the sons of the 
prophets: give them, I pray thee, 
a talent of silver, and two 
changes of garments. 

23 And Na’a-man said, Be con- 
tent, take two talents. And he 
urged him, and bound two talents 
of silver in two bags, with two 
changes of garments, and laid 
them upon two of his servants; 
and they bare them before him. 

24 And when he came to the 
tower, he took them from their 
hand, and bestowed them in the 
house: and he let the men go, 
and they departed. 

25 But he went in, and stood 
before his master. And £-li’sha 
said unto him, Whence comest 
thou, Gé-ha’zi? And he said, 
Thy servant went no whither. 

26 And he said unto him, 
Went not mine heart with thee, 
when the man turned again from 


Gehazi’s avarice. 


He becomes a leper 


his chariot to meet thee? Js ita 
time to receive money, and to 
receive garments, and oliveyards, 
and vineyards, and sheep, and 
oxen, and menservants, 
maidservants? 

27 The leprosy therefore of Na’- 
a-man shall cleave unto thee, 
and unto thy seed for ever. And 
he went out from his presence a 
leper as white as snow. 


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1 The iron swims. 8 Elisha and the 
Syrians. 24 The famine in Samaria. 
30 A messenger sent to slay Elisha. 

ND the sons of the prophets 

said unto E-li’sha, Behold 

now, the place where we dwell 
with thee is too strait for us. 

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto 
Jér’dan, and take thence every 
man a beam, and let usmakeusa 
place there, where we may dwell. 
And he answered, Go ye. 

3 And one said, Be content, I 
pray thee, and go with thy ser- 
vants. And he answered, I will go. 

4 So he went with them. And 
when they came to Jér’dan, they 
cut down wood. 

5 But as one was felling a beam, 
the ax head fell into the water: 
and he cried, and said, Alas, 
master! for it was borrowed. 

6 And the man of God said, 
Where fell it? And he shewed 
him the place. And he cut down 
a stick, and cast if in thither; 
and the iron did swim. ; 

7 Therefore said he, Take it up 
to thee. And he put out his hand, 
and took it. 

8 4 Then the king of Syr’i-a 
watred against Is’ra-el, and took — 
counsel with his servants, saying, 
In such and such a place shall be 
my camp. 

9 And the man of God sent unto 
the king of Is’ra-el, saying, Be- 
ware that thou pass not such a 
place; for thither the Syr’i-ans 
are come down. 4 

10 And the king of Is’ra-el sent — 
to the place which the man of 
God told him and warned him 


and 


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Elisha and the Syrians 


of, and saved himself there, not 
once nor twice. 

11 Therefore the heart of the 
_ king of Syr’i-a was sore troubled 
for this thing; and he called his 
servants, and said unto them, 
Wil ye not shew me which of us 
is for the king of is’ra-el? 

12 And one of his servants said, 
None, my lord, O king: — but 
£-li’sha, the prophet that is in 
¥s’ra-el, telleth the king of Is’- 
ra-el the words that thou speak- 
est in thy bedchamber. 

13 § And he said. Go and spy 
where he is, that I may send and 
fetch him. And it was told him, 
saying, Behold, heis in DO’than. 

14 Therefore sent he thither 
horses, and chariots, and a great 
host: and they came by night, 
and compassed the city about. 

15 And when the servant of 
the man of God was risen early, 
and gone forth, behold, an host 
compassed the city both with 
horses and chariots. And his 
servant said unto him, Alas, my 
master! how shali we do? 

16 And he answered, Fear not: 
for they that be with us are more 
than they that be with them. 

17 And E-li’sha prayed, and 
said, LORD, I pray thee, open his 
eyes, that he may see. And the 
LORD opened the eyes of the 
young man; and he saw: and, 
behold, the mountain was full of 
horses and chariots of fire round 
about E-li’sha. 

18 And when they came down 
to him, £-li’sha prayed unto the 
LORD, and said, Smite this peo- 
ple, I pray thee, with blindness. 
And he smote them with blind- 
ness according to the word of 
£-li’sha. a ‘ 

19 { And £-li’sha said unto 
them, This is not the way, neither 
is this the city: follow me, and 
I will bring you to the man whom 
ye seek. But he ied them to Sa- 
ma/ri-a. 

20 And it came to pass, when 
they were come into Sa-ma’ri-a, 
that E-li’sha said, LORD, open 


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the eyes of these men, that they 
may see. And the LORD opened 
their eyes, and they saw; and, 
behold, they were in the midst of 
Sa-ma’ri-a. 

21 And the king of Is’ra-el said 
unto E-li’sha, when he saw them, 
My father, shall I smite them? 
shall I smite them? 

22 And he answered, Thou 
shalt not smite them: wouldest 
thou smite those whom thou hast 
taken captive with thy sword 
and with thy bow? set bread 
and water before them, that they 
may eat and drink, and go to 
their master. 

23 And he prepared great pro- 
vision for them: and when they 
had eaten and drunk, he sent 
them away, and they went to 
their master. So the bands of 
Syr/i-a came no more into the 
land of Is’ra-el. 

24 4 And it came to pass after 
this, that Bén—-ha’dad king of 
Syr/i-a gathered all his host, and 
went up, and besieged Sa-ma/ri-a. 

And there was a_ great 
famine in Sa-mda’ri-a4: and, 
behold, they besieged it, until an 
ass’s head was sold for fourscore 
pieces of silver, and the fourth 
part of a cab of dove’s dung for 
five pieces of silver. : 

26 And as the king of Is’ra-el 
was passing by upon the wall, 
there cried a woman unto him, 
saying, Help, my lord, O king. 

And he said, If the LORD do 
not help thee, whence shall I 
help thee? out of the barnfloor, 
or out of the winepress? 

28 And the king said unto her, 
What aileth thee? And she an- 
swered, This woman said unto 
me, Give thy son, that we may 
eat him to day, and we will eat 
my son to morrow. 

29 So we boiled my son, and 
did eat him: and I said unto her 
on the next day, Give thy son, 
that we may eat him: and she 
hath hid her son. 

30 § And it came to pass, when 
the king heard the words of the 


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woman, that he rent his clothes: 
and he passed by upon the wall, 
and the people looked, and, be- 


hold, he had sackcloth within | 


upon his flesh. 

31 Then he said, God do so 
and more also to me, if the head 
of &-li’sha the son of Sha’phat 
shall stand on him this day. 

32 But E-li’sha sat in his 
house, and the elders sat with 
him; and the king sent a man 
from hefdre him: but ere the 
messenger came to him, he said 
to the elders, See ye how this 
son of a murderer hath sent to 
take away mine head? look, when 
the messenger cometh, shut the 
door, and hold him fast at the 
door: is not the sound of his 
master’s feet behind him? 

33 And while he yet talked with 
them, behold, the messenger 
came down unto him: and he 
said, Behold, this evil is of the 
LORD; what should I wait for 
the LORD any longer? 


320 CHAPTER 7 


1 Elisha promises plenty. 6 Flight of 
the Syrians. 17 Plenty comes. 
HEN E-li’sha said, Hear ye 

the word of the LORD; Thus 
saith the LORD, To morrow 
about this time shall a measure 
of fine flour be sold for a shekel, 

and two measures of barley for a 

shekel, in the gate of Sa-ma’ri-a. 

2 Then a lord on whose hand 
the king leaned answered the 
man of God, and said, Behold, 
if the LORD would make 
windows in heaven, might this 
thing be? And he said, Behold, 
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, 
but shalt not eat thereof. 

3 4 And there were four leprous 
men at the entering in of the gate: 
and they said one to another, 
Why sit we here until we die? 

4 If we say, We will enter into 
the city, then the famine is in the 
city, and we shail die there: and 
if we sit still here, we die also. 
Now therefore come, and let us 
fall unto the host of the Syr’i-ans: 


Flight of the Syrians 


if they save us alive, we shall 
lives and if they kill us, we shall 
but die. 

5 And they rose up in the twi- 
light, to go unto the camp of the 
Syr’i-ans: and when they were 
come to the uttermost part of the 
camp of Syr’i-a, behold, there 
was no man there. 

6 For the Lord had made the 
host of the Syr’i-ans to hear a 
noise of chariots, and a noise of 
horses, even the noise of a great 
host: and they said one to an- 
other, Lo, the king of Is’ra-el 
hath hired against us the kings 
of the Hit’-tites, and the kings of 
the E-gyp’tians, to come upon us. 

7 Wherefore they arose and 
fied in the twilight, and left their 
tents, and their horses, and their 
asses, even the camp as it was, 
and fled for their life. 

8 And when these lepers came 
to the uttermost part of the camp, 
they went into one tent, and did 
eat and drink, and carried thence 
silver, and gold, and raiment, 
and went and hid it; and came 
again, and entered into another 
tent, and carried thence also, and 
went and hid if. 

9 Then they said one to an- 
other, We do not well: this day 
is a day of good tidings, and we 
hold our peace: if we tarry till 
the morning light, some mischief 
will come upon us: now there- 
fore come, that we may go and 
tell the king’s household. 

10 So they came and called 
unto the porter of the city: .and 
they told them, saying, We came 
to the camp of the Syr’i-ans. and, 
behold, there was no man there, 
neither voice of man, but horses 
tied, and asses tied, and the tents 
as they were 

11 And he called the porters; 
and they told it to the king’s 
house within 

12 ¢ And AP king arose in the 
night, and said unto his servants, 
I will now shew you what the 
Syr’i-ans have done to us. They 
know that we be hungry; there- 


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Famine succeeded by plenty 
fore are they gone out of the camp 


| to hide themselves in the field, 


| saying, When 


they come out of 
the city, we shall catch them 
alive, and get into the city. 

13 And one of his servants an- 
swered and said, Let some take, 
I pray thee, five of the horses that 
remain, which are left in the city, 
(behold, they are as all the multi- 
tude of Is’ra-el that are left in it: 
behold, J say, they are even as all 
the multitude of the Is’ra-el-ites 
that are consumed:) and let us 
send and see. 

14 They took therefore two 
chariot horses; and the king sent 
after the host of the Syr’i-ans, 
saying, Go and see. 

15 And they went after them 
unto J6r’dan: and, lo, all the way 
was full of garments and vessels, 
which the Syr’i-ans had cast 
away in their haste. And the 
messengers returned, and told 
the king. 

16 And the people went_out, 
and spoiled the tents of the Syr’i- 
ans. So a measure of fine flour 
was sold for a shekel, and two 
measures of barley for a shekel, 
sreoein et to the word of the LORD. 

17 ¢ And the king appointed 
the lord on whose hand he leaned 
to have the charge of the gate: 
and the people trode upon him in 
the gate, and he died, as the man 
of God had said, who spake when 
the king came down to him. 

18 And it came to pass as the 
man of God had spoken to the 
king, saying, Two measures of 
barley for a shekel, and a mea- 
sure of fine flour for a shekel, 
shall be to morrow about this 
time in the gate of Sa-ma’ri-a: 

19 And that lord answered the 
man of God, and said, Now, 
behold, if the LORD should make 
windows in heaven, might such 
athing be? And he said, Behold, 
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, 
but shalt not eat thereof. 

20 And so it fell out unto him: 
for the people trode upon him in 
the gate, and he died. 


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CHAPTER 8 321 


1 Land of the Shunammite restored. 7 
Hazael kills Ben-hadad. 20 Edom’s 
revoll. 25 Wicked reign of Ahaziah. 

HEN spake £-li’sha unto the 
woman, whose son he had 
restored to life, saying, Arise, and 
go thou and thine household, and 
sojourn wheresoever thou canst 
sojourn: for the LORD hath 
called for a famine; and it shall 
also come upon the land seven 
years. 

2 And the woman arose, and 
did after the saying of the man of 
God: and she went with her 
household, and sojourned in the 
land of the Phi-lis’tines seven 
years. 

3 And it came to pass at the 
seven years’ end, that the woman 
returned out of the land of the 
Phi-lis’tines: and she went forth 
to cry unto the king for her house 
and for her land. 

4 And the king talked with 
Gé-ha’zi the servant of the man 
of God, saying, Tell me, I pray 
thee, all the great things that 
E-li’‘sha hath done. 

5 And it came to pass, as he 
was telling the king how he had 
restored a dead body to life, 
that, behold, the woman, whose 
son he had restored to life, cried 
to the king for her house and for 
her land. And Gé-ha’zi said, My 
lord, O king, this is the woman, 
and this is her son, whom E-li’- 
sha restored to life. 

6 And when the king asked the 
woman, she told him. So the 
king appointed unto her a certain 
officer, saying, Restore all that 
was hers, and all the fruits of the 
field since the day that she left 
the land, even until now. 

74 And é-li’sha came to Da- 
mas’cus; and Bén—ha’dad the 
king of Syr’i-a was sick; and it 
was told him, saying, The man of 
God is come hither. 

8 And the king said unto Haz’- 
a-el, Take a present in thine 
hand, and go, meet the man of 
God, and enquire of the LORD 


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by him, saying, Shall I recover of 
this disease? 

9 So Haz’a-el went to meet 
him, and took a present with 
him, even of every good thing of 
Da-mas’cus, forty camels’ bur- 
den, and came and stood before 
him, and said, Thy son Bén-ha’- 
dad king of Syr’i-a hath sent me 
to thee, saying, Shall I recover of 
this disease? 

10 And &-li’sha said unto him, 
Go, say unto him, Thou mayest 
certainly recover: howbeit the 
LORD hath shewed me that he 
shall surely die. 

11 And he settled his counte- 
nance stedfastly, until he was 
ashamed: and the man of God 
wept. 

12 And Haz’a-el said, Why 
weepeth my lord? And he an- 
swered, Because I know the evil 
that thou wilt do unto the chil- 
dren of {s’ra-el: their strong 
holds wilt thou set on fire, and 
their young men wilt thou slay 
with the sword, and wilt dash 
their children, and rip up their 
women with child. 

13 And Haz’a-el said, But 
what, is thy servant a dog, that 
he should do this great thing? 
And f£-li‘sha answered, The 
LORD hath shewed me that thou 
Shalt be king over Syr’i-a 

14 So he departed from £-li’- 
sha, and came to his master; 
who said to him, What said E-li’- 
sha to thee? And he answered, 
He told me that thou shouldest 
surely recover. 

15 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that he took a thick 
cioth, and dipped if in water, and 
spread if on his face, so that he 
died: and Haz’a-el reigned in 
his stead. 

16 4 And in the fifth year of 
Jo’ram the son of A’hab king of 
Is’ra-el, Jé-hdsh’a-phat being 
then king of Ji’dah, Jé-hd’/ram 
the son of Jé-hdsh’a-phat king of 
Jua’dah began to reign. 

17 Thirty and two years old 
was he when he began to reign; 


Hazael kilis Ben-hadad 


and he reigned eight years in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

18 And he walked in the way of 
the kings of Is’ra-el, as did the 
house of A’hab: for the daughter 
of A’hab was his wife: and he 
did evil in the sight of the LORD. 

19 Yet the LORD would not 
destroy Ja’dah for Da’vid his 
servant’s sake, as he promised 
him to give him alway a light, 
and to his children. 

20 4 In his days E’dom re- 
volted from under the hand of 
Ji’dah, and made a king over 
themselves. 

21 So Jo’ram went over to 
Za’‘ir, and all the chariots with 
him: and he rose by night, and 
smote the E’dom-ites which com- 
passed him about, and the cap- 
tains of the chariots: and the 
people fled into their tents. 

22 Yet E’dom revolted from 
under the hand of Ji’dah unto 
this day. Then Lib’nah re- 
volted at the same time. 

23 And the rest of the acts of 
JO’ram, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of 
Ji’dah? 

24 And Jod’ram slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of Da’vid: and 
A-ha-zi’ah his son reigned in his 
stead. 

25 4 In the twelfth year of J6’- 
ram the son of A’hab king of 
is’ra-el did A-ha-zi’ah the son of 
Jé-ho/ram king of Ji’dah begin 
to reign. 

26 Two and twenty years old 
was A-ha-zi’ah when he began to 
reign; and he reigned one year in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. And his mother’s 
name was Ath-a-li’ah, the daugh- 
ter of Omri king of Is’ra-el. 

27 And he walked in the way 
of the house of A’hab, and did 
evil in the sight of the LORD, as 
did the house of A’hab: for he 
was the son in law of the house 
of A’hab. 

28 § And he went with Jé’ram 
the son of A’hab to the war 


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Jehu anointed king 


against Haz/a-el king of Syr’i-a 
in Ra’moth-—gil’e-ad; and the 
Syr’‘i-ans wounded Jo’ram. 

29 And king J6’ram went back 
to be healed in Jéz’re-el of the 
wounds which the Syr’i-ans had 
given him at Ra’mah, when he 
fought against Haz’a-el king of 
Syr’i-a. And A-ha-zi’ah the son 
of Jé-ho’ram king of Jii’/dah went 
down to see Jé’ram the son of 
A’hab in Jéz’re-el, because he 
Was Sick, 


322 CHAPTER 9 
1 Jehu anointed king. 24 He siays 
. Joram and Ahaziah. 30 Jezebel is 
killed. 
ND E-li’sha the prophet called 
one of the children of the 
prophets, and said unto him, 
Gird up thy loins, and take this 
box of oil in thine hand, and go 
to Ra’moth-—éil’e-ad: 

2 And when thou comest thith- 
er, look out there Jé’ha the son of 
Jé’-hosh’a-phat the son of Nim’- 
shi, and go in, and make him 
arise up from among his breth- 
ren, and carry him to an inner 
chamber; 

3 Then take the box of oil, and 
pour it on his head, and say, 
Thus saith the LORD, I have 
anointed thee king over Is’ra-el. 
Then open the door, and flee, and 
tarry not. 

4 4 So the young man, even the 
young man the prophet, went to 
Ra’moth-—il’e-ad. 

5 And when he came, behold, 
the captains of the host were sit- 
ting; and he said, I have an 
errand to thee, O captain. And 
Jé’ht said, Unto which of ali us? 
And he said, To thee, O cap- 


ain. 
6 And he arose, and went into 
the house; and he poured the oil 
on his head, and said unto him, 
Thus saith the LORD God of 
fs’ra-el, I have anointed thee 
king over the people of the LORD, 

even over Is’ra-el. f 
And thou shalt smite the 
house of A’hab thy master, that 
31 


2 KINGS, 9 


I may avenge the blood of my 
servants the prophets, and the 
blood of all the servants of the 
LORD, at the hand of Jéz’e-bél. 

8 For the whole house of A’hab 

shall perish: and I will cut off 
from A’hab him that pisseth 
against the wall, and him that 
is shut up and left in Is’ra-el: 
_9 And I will make the house of 
A’hab like the house of Jér-o- 
bo’am the son of Né’bat, and like 
the house of Ba’a-sha the son of 
A-hi’/jah: . 

10 And the dogs shali eat 
Jéz’e-bél in the portion of Jéz’re- 
el, and there shall be none to 
bury her. And he opened the 
door, and fied. 

11 4 Then Jé’ht came forth to 
the servants of his lord: and one 
said unto him, Zs all well? 
wherefore came this mad fellow 
to thee? And he said unto them, 
Ye know the man, and his com- 
munication. } ‘ 

12 And they said, /t is faise; 
tell us now. And he said, Thus 
and thus spake he to me, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD, I have 
anointed thee king over Is’ra-el. 

13 Then they hasted, and took 
every man his garment, and put 
it under him on the top of the 
stairs, and blew with trumpets, 
saying, Jé’hii is king. 

14 So Jé’hi the son of Jé- 
hosh’a-phat the son of Nim’shi 
conspired against JO’/ram. (Now 
Jo’ram had kept Ra’moth-éil’e- 
ad, he and all Is’ra-el, because of 
Haz’a-el king of Syr’i-a. 

15 But king Jo’ram was re- 
turned to be healed in Jéz’re-el of 
the wounds which the Syr’i-ans 
had given him, when he fought 
with Haz’a-el king of Syr’i-a.) 
And Jé’ht said, If it be your 
minds, then iet none go forth 
nor escape out of the city to go 
to tell it in Jéz’re-el. ; 

16 So Jé’hi rode in a cheriot, 
and went to Jéz’re-el; for Jo’ram 
lay there. And A-ha-zi’ah king 
of Ji’dah was come down to see 
Jé’ram. 


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Jezebel slain 


17 And there stood a watchman | Na’both the Jéz’re-el-ite: for re- 


on the tower in Jéz’re-el, and he 

spied the company of J é/hii as he 
came, and said, I see a company. 
And Jo/ram said, Take an horse- 
man, and send to meet them, and 
let him say, Is it peace? 

18 So there went one on horse- 
back to meet him, and said, Thus 
saith the king, Js it peace? And 
Jé’ha said, What hast thou to do 
with peace? turn thee behind 
me. And the watchman ‘told, 
saying, The messenger came to 
them, but he cometh not again. 

19 Then he sent out a second on 
horseback, which came to them, 
and said, Thus saith the king, Is 
it peace? And Jé’ht answered, 
What hast thou to do with peace? 
turn thee behind me. 

20 And the watchman told, 
saying, He came even unto them, 
and cometh not again: and the 
driving is like the driving of 
Jé’ha the son of Nim’shi; for he 
driveth furiously. 

21 And Jé’ram said, Make 
ready. And his chariot was 
made ready. And J6’ram king 
of is’ra-el and A-ha-zi’ah king of 
Ji’dah went out, each in his 
chariot, and they. went out 
against Jé’hu, and met him in 
ae portion of Na’both the Jéz’re- 
el-ite. 

22 And it came to pass, when 
J6’/ram saw Jé’ha, that he said, 
Is it peace, Jé’-ha? And he 
answered, What peace, so long 
as the whoredoms of thy mother 
Jéz’e-bél and her witchcrafts are 
so many? 

23 And Jd’ram turned his 
hands, and fled, and said to 
A-ha-zi/ah, There is treachery, 
O 4-ha-zi’ah. 

24 And Jé’ha drew a bow with 
his full strength, and smote Jé- 
ho’ram between his arms, and 
the arrow went out at his heart, 
and he sunk down in his 
chariot. 

25 Then said Jé’hu to Bid’kar 
his captain, Take up, and cast 

in the portion of the field of 


member how that, when I and 
thou rode together after A’hab 
his father, the LORD laid this 
burden upon him; 

26 Surely I have seen yesterday 
the blood of Na’both, and the 
blood of his sons, saith the 
LORD; and I will requite thee 
in this plat,: saith the LORD. 
Now therefore take and cast him 
into the plat of ground, according 
to the word of the LORD. 

27 § But when A-ha-zi’ah the 
king of Ji’dah saw this, he fled 
by the way of the garden house. 
And Jé’ht followed after him, 
and said, Smite him also in the 
chariot. And they did so at the 
going up to Gir, which is by 
Ib’le-am. And he fled to Mé- 
gid’d6, and died there. 

28 And his servants carried 
him in a chariot to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and buried him in his sepulchre 
with his fathers in the city of 
Da’vid. 

29 And in the eleventh year of 
Jo’/ram the son of A’hab began 
A-ha-zi’ah to reign over Ja’dah. 

30 4 And when Jé’ht was come 
to Jéz’re-el, Jéz’e-bél heard of 
it; and she painted her face, 
and tired her head, and looked 
out at a window. 

31 And as Jé’hii entered in at 
the gate, she said, Had Zim’ri 
peace, who slew his master? 

32 And he lifted up his face to 
the window, and said, Who is on 
my side? who? And there 
looked out to him two or three 
eunuchs. 

33 And he said, Throw her 
down. So they threw her down: 
and some of her blood was 
sprinkled on the wall, and on the 
paca and he trode her under 

oot. 

34 And when he was come in, 
he did eat and drink, and said, 
Go, see now this cursed woman, 
and bury her: for she is a king’s 
daughter. 

35 And they went to bury her: 
but they found no more of her 


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\ Ahab’s sons slain 


\than the skull, and the feet, and 
the palms of her hands. ; 

36 Wherefore they came again, 
and told him. And he said, 
This is the word of the LORD, 
which he spake by his servant 
#-li/jah the Tish’bite, saying, In 
the portion of Jéz’re-el shall dogs 
eat the flesh of Jéz’e-bél: 

37 And the carcase of Jéz’e-bel 
shall be as dung upon the face of 
the field in the portion of Jéz’re- 
el; so that they shall not say, 
This. is Jéz’e-bel. 

323 CHAPTER 10 

1 Ahab’s house extinguished. 12 Aha- 
ziah’s brethren slain. 18 Jehu de- 
stroys Baal-worship. 32 Oppression 
of Israel. 

ND A’‘hab had seventy sons in 

Sa-ma’ri-a. And Jé’hia 
wrote letters, and sent to Sa-ma’- 
ri-a, unto the rulers of Jéz’re-el, 
to the elders, and to them that 
brought up A’hab’s children, say- 
ing, 

2 Now as soon as this letter 
cometh to you, seeing your mas- 
ter’s sons are with you, and there 
are with you chariots and horses, 
a fenced city also, and armour; 

, 3 Look even out the best and 
*meetest of your master’s sons, 
and set him on his father’s 
throne, and fight for. your mas- 
ter’s house. 

4 But they were exceedingly 
afraid, and said, Behold, two 
kings stood not before him: how 
then shall we stand? 

And he that was over the 
house, and he that was over the 
city, the elders also, and the 
bringers up of the children, sent 
to Jé’ha, saying, We are thy ser- 
vants, and will do all that thou 
shalt bid us; we will not make 
any king: do thou that which is 
good in thine eyes. 

6 Then he wrote a letter the 
second time to them, saying, If 
ye be mine, and if ye will 
hearken unto my voice, take ye 
the heads of the men your mas- 
ter’s sons, and come to me to 
Jéz’re-el by to morrow this 


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time. Now’the king’s sons, 
being seventy persons, were with 
the great men of the city, which 
brought them up. 

7 And it came to pass, when the 
letter came to them, that they 
took the king’s sons, and slew 
seventy persons, and put their 
heads in baskets, and sent 
them to Jéz’re-el. 

8 4 And there came a messen- 
ger, and told him, saying, They 
have brought the heads of the 
king’s sons. And he said, Lay 
ye them in two heaps at the en- 
tering in of the gate until the 
morning. f 

9 And it came to pass in the 
morning, that he went out, and 
stood, and said to all the people, 
Ye be righteous: behold, I con- 
spired against my master, and 
slew him: but who slew 
these? 

10 Know now that there shall 
fall unto the earth nothing of the 
word of the LORD, which the’ 
LORD spake concerning the 
house of A’hab: for the LORD 
hath done that which he spake 
by his servant E-li’jah. 

11 So Jéhai slew all that re- 
mained of the house of A’hab in 
Jéz’re-el, and all his great men, 
and his kinsfolks, and his 
priests, until he left him none 
remaining 

12 | And he arose and de- 
parted, and came to Sa-ma’ri-a. 
And as he was at the shearing 
house in the way, 

13 Jé’ha met with the breth- 
ren of A-ha-zi’ah king of Ja’dah, 
and said, Who are ye? And they 
answered, We are the brethren of 
A-ha-zi’ah; and we go down to 
salute the children of the king 
and the children of the queen. 

14 And he said, Take them 
alive. And they took them 
alive, and slew them at the pit 
of the shearing house, even two 
and forty men; neither left he 
any of them. 

15 ¢ And when he was de- 
parted thence, he lighted on 


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chab coming to meet him: and 
he saluted him, and said to him, 
Is thine heart right, as my heart 
is with thy heart? And Jé-hén’- 
a-dab answered, It is. If it be, 
give me thine hand. And he 
gave him his hand; and he took 
him up to him into the chariot. 

16 And he said, Come with me, 
and see my zeal for the LORD. 
So they made him ride in his 
charyiot. 

17 And when he came to S4- 
ma/ri-a, he slew all that re- 
mained unto A’/hab in Saé-ma/- 
ri-a, till he had destroyed him, 
according to the saying of 
the LORD, which he spake to 
B-li’jah. 

18 4 And Jé’hu gathered all the 
people together, and said unto 
them, A’hab served Ba’al a little; 
but Jé’ht shall serve him much. 

19 Now therefore call unto me 
ail the prophets of Ba’al, all his 
servants, and all his priests; let 
none be wanting: for I have a 
great sacrifice to do to Ba/al; 
whosoever shall be wanting, he 
shall not live. But Jé’hu did it 
in subtilty, to the intent that he 
ee destroy the worshippers of 

a’al. 

20 And Jé’hai said, Proclaim a 
solemn assembly for Ba’al. And 
they proclaimed it. 

21 And Jé’hii sent through all 
¥s’ra-el: and all the worshippers 
of Ba’al came, so that there was 
not a man left that came not. 
And they came into the house of 
Ba’/al; and the house of Ba/al 
was full from one end to an- 
other. 

22 And he said unto him that 
was over the vestry, Bring forth 
vestments for all the worshippers 
of Ba’al. And he brought them 
forth vestments. 

23 And Jé’hi went, and Jé- 
hon/a-dab the son of Ré’chab, 
into the house of Ba’al, and said 
unto the worshippers of Ba/al, 
Search, and look that there be 
here with you none of the ser- 


Jehu destroys Baal-worship 
Jé-hon’a-dab the son of Ré’-| vants of the LORD, but the wor-_ 


shippers of Ba/al only. 


i 


And when they went in to. 


offer sacrifices and burnt offer- 
mgs, Jé’hi appointed fourscore 
men without, and said, Jf any of 


the men whom I have brought - 
into your hands escape, he that 


letteth him go, his life shall be 
for the life of him. 


25 And it came to pass, as soon 


as he had made an end of offering - 
the burnt offering, that Jé’hi 
said to the guard and to the cap- — 


tains, Go in, and slay them; let 
none come forth. And they 
smote them with the edge of the 
sword; and the guard and the 
captains cast them out, and went 
to the city of the house of Ba’al. 
_26 And they brought forth the 
images out of the house of Ba’al, 
and burned them. 

27 And they brake down the 
image of Ba’al, and brake down 
the house of Ba’al, and made it 
a draught house unto this day. 


28 Thus Jé’hi destroyed Ba’al 


out of is’ra-el. 


29 * Howbeit from the sins of 
Jér-o-bd’am the son of Né’bat, 
who made {is’ra-el to sin, Jé’/ht 


departed not from after them, fo 
wit, the golden calves that were 


in Beéth’-el, and that were in 
atl. | 
30 And the LORD said unto. 


Jé’hu, Because thou hast done 
well in executing that which is 
right in mine eyes, and hast done 


unto the house of A’hab accord-— 


ing to all that was in mine heart, 
thy children of the fourth gener- 
ation shall sit on the throne of 
is’ra-el. 

31 But Jé’hti took no heed 
to walk in the law of the LorD 


God of is’ra-el with ali his heart: 





for he departed not from the | 


sins of Jér-o-b6’am, which made 
Is’ra-el to sin. 

32 4 In those days the LORD 
began to cut fs’ra-el short: and 


Haz’a-el smote them in all the 


coasts of Is’ra-el; 


33 From Jér’dan eastward, all 


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. the land of Gil’e-ad, the Gad ites, 
and the Reuw’ben-ites, and the 
Ma-nas’sites, from Ar’0-€r, which 
is by the river Ar’non, even 
Gil’e-ad and Ba’shan. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of 
Je’hu, and all that he did, and 
all his might, are they not writ- 
ten in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Is’ra-el? 

35 And Jé’hu slept with his 
fathers: and they buried him in 
Sa-ma’ri-a. And _Jé-hd’ a-haz 
his son reigned in his stead. 

36 And the time that Jé’hu 
reigned over Is’ra-el in Sa-ma’- 
ri-a was twenty and eight years. 


324 CHAPTER 11 
1 Massacre by Athaliah. 

saved. 12 He becomes king. 

Athaliah slain. 

ND when Ath-a-liiah the 

mother of A-ha-zi/ah saw 

that her son was dead, she arose 

and destroyed all the seed royal. 

2 But Jé-hésh’e-ba, the daugh- 
ter of king JO’ram, sister of A-ha- 
zi/ah, took Jo’ash the son of 

A-ha-zi’ah, and stole him from 
among the king’s sons which 
were slain; and they hid him, 
even him and his nurse, in the 
bedchamber from Ath-a-ili’ah, so 
that he was not slain. 

3 And he was with her hid in 
the house of the LORD six years. 
And Ath-a-li’ah did reign over 
the land. 

4 4 And the seventh Tee Jé- 
hoi’a-da sent and fetched the 
rulers over hundreds, with the 
captains and the guard, and 
brought them to him into the 
house of the LORD, and made a 
covenant with them, and took an 
oath of them in the house of the 
LORD, and shewed them the 
king’s son. 

5 And he commanded them, 
saying, This is the thing that ye 
shall do; A third part of you that 
enter in on the sabbath shail 
even be keepers of the watch of 
the king’s house 

6 Anda third part shall be at 


2 Joash 
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2 KINGS, 11 


the gate of Sir; and a third part 
at the gate behind the guard: so 
shall ye keep the watch of the 
house, that it be not broken 
down. 

7 And two parts of all you that 
go forth on the sabbath, even 
they shall keep the watch of the 
house of the LORD about the 
king. 

8 And ye shall compass the king 
round about, every man with his 
weapons in his hand: and he 
that cometh within the ranges, 
let him be slain: and be ye with 
the king as ne goeth out and as 
he cometh in 

9 And thes captains over the 
Reatiidé did according to ail 
things that Jé-hoi’a-da the priest 
commanded: and they took 
every man his men that were to 
come in on the sabbath, with 
them that should go out on the 
sabbath, and came to Jé-hoi’a-da 
the priest. 

10 And to the captains over 
hundreds did the priest give king 
Da’vid’s spears and_ shields, 
that were in the temple of the 
LORD 

i1 And the guard stood, every 
man with his weapons in his 
hand, round about the king, 
from the right corner of the 
temple to the left corner of the 
temple, along by the altar and the 
temple. 

12 And he brought forth the 
king’s son, and put the crown 
upon him, and gave him the 
testimony; and they made him 
king, and anointed him; and 
they clapped their hands, and 
said, God save the king. 

13 ¢ And when Ath-a-li’ah 
heard the noise of the guard and 
of the people, she came to the 
peopleinto the temple of the LORD. 

14 And when she looked, be- 
hold, the king stood by a pillar, 
as the manner was, and the 
princes and the trumpeters by the 
king, and all the people of the 
land rejoiced, and blew with 
trumpets: and Ath-a-li’ah rent 


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her clothes, and cried, Treason, 
Treason. : ; 
15 But Jé-hoi’a-da the priest 
commanded the captains of the 
hundreds, the officers of the 
host, and said unto them, Have 


her forth without the ranges:|h 


and him that followeth her kill 
with the sword. For the priest 
had said, Let her not be slain in 
the house of the LORD. 

16 And they laid hands on her; 
and she went by the way by the 
which the horses came into the 
king’s house: and there was 
she slain. i 

17 ¥ And Jé-hoi’a-da made a 
covenant between the LORD and 
the king and the people, that they 
should be the LORD’S people; 
between the king also and the 
people. 

18 And all the people of the land 
went into the house of Ba/al, 
and brake it down; his altars 
and his images brake they in 
pieces thoroughly, and slew 
Mat’tan the priest of Ba’al-before 
the altars. And the priest ap- 
pointed officers over the house 
of the LORD. 

19 And he took the rulers over 
hundreds, and the captains, and 
the guard, and all the people of 
_ theland; and they brought down 
the king from the house of the 
LORD, and came by the way of 
the gate of the guard to the king’s 
house. And he sat on the throne 
of the kings. 

20 And all the people of the 
land rejoiced, and the city was in 
quiet: and they slew Ath-a-li’ah 
with the sword beside the king’s 
house. 

21 Seven years old was Jé-hd’- 
ash when he began to reign. 


J20 CHAPTER 12 


2 Jehoash’s reign. 4 He repairs the 
temple. 17 His presents to Hazael. 
19 Servanis slay Jehoash. 

N the seventh year of Jehu 
Jé-ho’ash began to reign; 
and forty, years reigned he in 

Jé-ru’sd-lém. And his mother’s 


Reign of Jehoash 


name was Zib/i-ah of Bé’er- 
shé’ba. j ; 

2 And Jé-h6’ash did that which 
was right in the sight of the 
LORD all his days wherein Jé- 
hoi’a-da the priest instructed 


im. 
3 But the high places were not 
taken away: the people still 
sacrificed and burnt incense in 
the high places. | : 

4 4 And Jé-ho’ash said to the 
priests, All the money of the 
dedicated things that is brought 
into the house of the LORD, even 
the money of every one that 
passeth the account, the money 
that every man is set at, and all 
the money that cometh into any 
man’s heart to bring into the 
house of the LORD, 

5 Let the priests take it to them, 
every man of his acquaintance: 
and let them repair the breaches 
of the house, wheresoever any 
breach shall be found. 

6 But it was so, that in the 
three and twentieth year of king 
Jé-ho/ash the priests had not re- 
paired the breaches of the house. 

Then king Jé-hd’ash called 
for Jé-hoi’a-da the priest, and 
the other priests, and said unto 
them, Why repair ye not the 
breaches of the house? now 
therefore receive no more money 
of your acquaintance, but deliver 
it for the breaches of the house. 

8 And the priests consented to 
receive no more money of the 
people, neither to repair the 
breaches of the house. 

9 But Jé-hoi’a-da the priest 
took a chest, and bored a hole 
in the lid of it, and set it beside 
the altar, on the right side as one 
cometh into the house of the 
LORD: and the priests that kept 
the door put therein all the 
money that was brought into the 
house of the LORD. 

10 And it was so, when they 
saw that there was much money 
in the chest, that the king’s 
scribe and! the high priest came 
up, and they put up in bags, and 


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told the money that was found 
in the house of the LORD. 

11 And they gave the money, 
being told, into the hands of 
them that did the work, that had 
the oversight of the house of the 
LORD: and they laid it out to 
the carpenters and builders, that 
wrought upon the house of the 
LORD, 

12 And to masons, and hewers 
of stone, and to buy timber and 
hewed stone to repair the 
breaches of the house of the 
LORD, and for all that was laid 
out for the house to repair it. 

13 Howbeit there were not 
made for the house of the LORD 


bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, | 


trumpets, any vessels of gold, or 
vessels of silver, of the money 
that was brought into the house 
of the LORD: 

14 But they gave that to the 
workmen, and repaired therewith 
the house of the LORD. 


15 Moreover they reckoned not 


with the men, into whose hand 
they delivered the money to be 
bestowed on workmen: for they 
dealt faithfully. i 

16 The trespass money and sin 
money was not brought into the 
house of the LORD: it was the 
priests’. 

17 Then Haz’a-el king of 
Syr’i-a went up, and fought 
against Gath, and took it: and 
H4z’a-el set his face to go up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. : 

18 And Jé-h6é’ash king of Ja’-|t 
dah took all the hallowed things 
that Jé-hosh’a-phat, and Jé-ho’- 
tam, and A-ha-zi’ah, his fathers, 
kings of Ja’dah, had dedicated, 
and his own hallowed things, 
and all the gold that was found 
in the treasures of the house of 
the LORD, and in the_king’s 
house, and sent if to Haz’a-el 
king of Syr’i-a: and he went 
away from Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

9 ¥ And the rest of the acts of 
Jo’ash, and all that he did, are 
they not writtenin the book of the 
chronicles of the kings of Ji’dah? 


2 KINGS, 13 


20 And his servants arose, and 
made a conspiracy, and slew 
J6’ash in the house of Mil’/l6, 
which goeth down to Silla. 

21 For J6éz’a-chaér_ the son of 
Shim’e-ath, and Jé-h6z’a-bad 
the son of Shd’mér, his serv- 
ants, smote him, and he died; 
and they buried him with his 
fathers in the city of Da’vid: and 
Am-a-zi’ah his son reigned in 
his stead. 


CHAPTER 13 326 


1 Jehoahaz’s reign. 10 Joash as king. 
14 Elisha’s dying prophecy. 20 
Invasion of the Moabites. 

| 4 oo the three and twentieth 
year of J6’ash the son of A-ha- 
zi’ah king of Ji’dah Jé-ho’a-haz 
the son of Jé’hi_ began to reign 
over Is’ra-elin Sa-ma’ri-a, and 
reigned seventeen years. — 

2 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, and 
followed the sins of Jér-o-b0’/am 
the son of Né’bat, which made 
Is’ra-el to sin; he departed not 
therefrom. 

3 § And the anger of the LORD 
was kindled against Is’ra-el, and 
he delivered them into the hand 
of Haz’a-el king of Syr’i-a, and 
into the hand of Bén—ha’dad the 
son of Haz’a-el, ail their days. 

4 And Jé-hod’a-haz besought 
the LORD, and the LORD heark- 
ened unto him: for he saw the 
oppression of iIs’ra-el, because 
ne king of Syr’i-a oppressed 


em. 
5 (And the LORD gave Is’ra-el 
a saviour, so that they went out 
from under the hand of the Syr’i- 
ans: and the children of Is’ra-el 
dwelt in their tents, as before- 
time. 

6 Nevertheless they departed 
not from the sins of the house of 
Jér-o-bd’am, who made {s’ra-el 
sin, but walked therein: and 
there remained the grove also in 
Sa-ma’ri-a.) 

7 Neither did he leave of the 
people to Jé-hé’a-haz but fifty 
horsemen, and ten chariots, and 


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ten thousand footmen; for the 
king of Syr’i-a had destroyed 
them, and had made them like 
the dust by threshing. 

8 4 Now the rest of the acts of 


Jé-h6’a-haz, and all that he did, | till 


and his might, are they not writ- 
ten in the book of the chronicles 
of the kings of Is’ra-el? ‘ 

9 And Jé-h6’a-haz slept with 
his fathers; and they buried him 
in Sa-ma/ri-a4: and Jé’ash his 
son reigned in his stead. 

10 4 In the thirty and seventh 
year of JO’ash king of Ja’dah be- 
gan Jé-hé’ash the son of Jé-hd’- 
a-haz to reign over is’ra-el in 
Sa-ma’ri-a, and reigned sixteen 
years. i 

11 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD; he 
departed not from all the sins of 
Jér-o-bd’am the son of Né’bat, 


who made Is’ra-el sin: but hel y 


walked therein. 
12 And the rest of the acts of 


Death of Elisha 


And he shot. And he said, The 
arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, 
and the arrow of deliverance 
from Syr’i-a: for thou shalt 
smite the Syr’i-ans in A’phek, 
1 thou have consumed 
them. 
18 And he said, Take the ar- 
rows. And he took them. And 
he said unto the king of is’ra-el, 
Smite upon the ground. And 
he smote thrice, and stayed. 

19 And the man of God was 
wroth with him, and said, Thou 
shouldest have smitten five or six 
times; then hadst thou smitten 
Syr’i-a till thou hadst consumed 
it: whereas now thou shalt 
smite Syr’i-a but thrice. 

20 ¢ And £#-li’sha died, and 
they buried him. And the 
bands of the Mo’ab-ites invaded 
the land at the coming in of the 


ear. 
21 And it came to pass, as they 
were burying a man, that, be- 


Jo’ash, and all that he did, and | hold 


his might wherewith he fought 
against Am-a-zi’ah king of Ji’- 
dah, are they not written in the 
book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Is’ra-el? 

i3 And J6’ash_ slept with his 
fathers; and Jér-o-bd’am sat 
upon his throne: and Jé’ash was 
buried in Sa-ma’ri-a with the 
kings of Is’ra-el. 

14 4 Now E-li’sha was fallen 
sick of his sickness whereof he 
died. And J6’ash the king of 
Is‘ra-el came down unto him, 
and wept over his face, and said, 
O my father, my father, the 
chariot of Is’ra-el, and the horse- 
men thereof. 

15 And £-li’sha said unto him, 
Take bow and arrows. And he 
took unto him bow and arrows. 
_16 And he said to the king of 
Is’ra-el, Put thine hand upon 
the bow. And he put his hand 
upon it: and E-li’sha put his 
hands upon the king’s hands. 

17 And he said, Open the win- 
dow eastward. And he opened 
at. Then £-li’sha said, Shoot. 


old, they spied a band of men; 
and they cast the man into the 
sepulchre of E-li’sha: and when 
the man was let down, and 
touched the bones of £-li’sha, he 
revived, and stood up on his 
feet. 

22 {But Haz’a-el king of 
Syr’i-a oppressed Is’ra-el all the 
days of Jé-ho’a-haz. 

23 And the LORD was gracious 
unto them, and had compassion 
on them, and had respect unto 
them, because of his covenant 
with A’bra-ham, i’saac, and Ja’- 
cob, and would not destroy them, 
neither cast he them from his 
presence as yet. 

24 So Haz’a-el king of Syr’i-a 
died; and Bén-ha’dad his son 
reigned in his stead. 

25 And Jé-hd’ash the son of 
Jé-h6’a-haz took again out of 
the hand of Bén—ha’dad the son 
of Haz’a-el the cities, which he 
had taken out of the hand of Jé- 
ho’a-haz his father by war. 
Three' times did J0/ash beat him, 
pnd, fecovered the cities of Is’- 
ra-el. 


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327 CHAPTER 14 
1 Amaziah’s reign. 8 Jehoash defeats 
him. 14 The temple spoiled. 17 


Amaziah slain. 


N the second year of Jo’ash 
A son of Jé-hd’a-haz king of 
Is’ra-el reigned Am-a-zi’ah the 
son of J6’ash king of Ja’dah. 

2 He was twenty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and 
reigned twenty and nine years in 
Jé-ry’sa-lém. And his mother’s 
mame was Jé-hié-ad’dan of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém. } 

3 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
yet not like Da’vid his father: he 
did according to all things as 
Jo‘ash his father did. 

4 Howbeit the high places 
were not taken away: as yet the 
people did sacrifice and burnt 
incense on the high places. 

5 4 And it came to pass, as 
soon as the kingdom was con- 
firmed in his hand, that he slew 
his servants which had slain the 
king his father. 

6 But the children of the mur- 
derers he slew not: according 
unto that which is written in the 
book of the law of M6’ses, where- 
in the LORD commanded, saying, 
The fathers shall not be put to 
death for the children, nor the 
children be put to death for the 
fathers; but every man shall be 
put to death for his own sin. 

7 He slew of E’dom in the val- 
ley of salt ten thousand, and 
took Sé’/lah by war, and called 
the name of it Jok’the-el unto 
this day. "i 

8 | Then Am-a-zi’ah sent mes- 
sengers to Jé-h6’ash, the son of 
Jé-hd’a-haz son of Jé’hu, king 
of Is’ra-el, saying, Come, let us 
look one another in the face. 

9 And Jé-hd’ash the_king of 
fs’ra-el sent to Am-a-zi’ah king 
of Ju’dah, saying, The thistle 
that was in Léb’a-non sent to the 
cedar that was in Léb’a-non, 
saying, Give thy daughter to my 
son to wife: and there passed by 
a wild beast that was in Léb’a- 


2 KINGS, 14 
non, and trode down the 
thistle. 


10 Thou hast indeed smitten 
E’dom, and thine heart hath 
lifted thee up: glory of this, and 
tarry at home: for why should- 
est thou meddle to thy hurt, 
that thou shouldest fall, even 
thou, and Ja’dah with thee? 

11 But Am-a-zi’ah would not 
hear. Therefore Jé-h6’ash king 
of is’ra-el went up; and he and 


Am-a-zi’ah king of Ji’dah looked 


one another in the face at Béth— 
shé’mesh, which belongeth to 
Ja’dah. 

12 And Ji’dah was put to the 
worse before Is’ra-el; and they 
fled every man to their tents. 

13 And Jé-ho’ash king of Is’ra- 
el took Am-a-zi’/ah king of Jii’- 
dah, the son of Jé-h6’ash the son 
of A-ha-zi’ah, at Béth—shé’mesh, 
and came to Jé-ru’sd-lém, and 
brake down the wall of Jé-ru’sa- 
lem from the gate of E’phra-im 
unto the corner gate, four hun- 
dred cubits. 

14 And he took all the gold 
and silver, and all the vessels 
that were found in the house of 
the LORD, and in the treasures 
of the king’s house, and hos- 
tages, and returned to Sa-m4a’ri-a. 

15 § Now the rest of the acts 
of Jé-héo’ash which he did, and 
his might, and how he fought 
with Am-a-zi’/ah king of Ji’dah, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? ‘eae 

16 And Jé-hé’ash slept with 
his fathers, and was buried in 
Sa-ma’ri-a with, the kings of 
is’ra-el; and Jér-o-bd’am his 
son reigned in his stead. 

17 4 And Am-a-zi’ah the son 
of Jéd’ash king of Ji’dah lived 
after the death of Jé-ho’ash son 
of Jé-hd’a-haz king of Is’ra-el 
fifteen years. 

18 And the rest of the acts of 
Am-a-zi’ah, are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Ja’dah? ‘ 

19 Now they made a conspir~ 


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2 KINGS, 15 


acy against him in Jé-ru’sa-lém: 
and he fled to La’chish; but 
they sent after him to La’chish, 
and slew him there. : 

20 And they brought him on 
horses: and he was buried at Jé- 
ru’sd-lém with his fathers in the 
city of Da’vid. 

21 ¥ And all the people of Ju’- 
dah took A-za-ri/ah, which was 
sixteen years old, and made him 
Binks instead of his father Am-a- 
Zi’ 

22 He built E’lath, and re- 
stored it to Ja’dah, after that the 
king slept with his fathers. 

23 § In the fifteenth year of 
eto the son of J6’ash king 
of Ji’dah Jér-o-bd’am the son of 
J6’ash king of Is’ra-el began to 
reign in Sa-ma’ri-a, and reigned 
forty and one years. ; 

24 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD: he 
departed not from all the sins of 
Jér-o-b6’am the son of Né’bat, 
who made Is’ra-el to sin. 

.29 He restored the coast of 
Is‘ra-el from the entering of 
Ha’math unto the sea of the 
plain, according to the word of 
the LORD God of is’ra-el, which 


Azariah’s good reign 


his fathers, even with the kings 
of Is’ra-el; and Zach-a-ri’ah his 
son reigned in his stead. 


CHAPTER 15 


1 Azariah’s long reign. 7 Israel’s 
quent kings. 13 enahem slays 
Shallum. 29 Assyrian domination 
begun. 

De the twenty and seventh year 

Jér-o-b6’am king of Is’ra-el 
began Az-a-ri’ah son of Am-a- 
zi’ah king of Ji’dah to reign. 

2 Sixteen years old was he 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned two and fifty years in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém. And his mother’s 
fe was Jéch-o-li’ah of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lé 

3 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
according to all that his father 
Am-a-zi’ah had done; 

4 Save that the high places 
were not removed: the people 
sacrificed and burnt incense still 
He the high places. 

5 | And the LORD smote the 
king, so that he was a leper unto 
the day of his death, and dwelt 
in a several house. And Jé’- 
tham the king’s son was over the 
house, judging the people of the 


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re- 


he spake by the hand of his ser- | lan 


vant Jo’nah, the son of A-mit’- 
ta-i, the prophet, which was of 
Gath—hé’phér. 

26 For the LORD saw the afflic- 
tion of Is’ra-el, that it was very 
bitter: for fhere was not any 
shut up, nor any left, nor any 
helper for Is’ra-el. 

27 And the LORD said not that 
he would blot out the name of 
Is’ra-el from under heaven: but 
he saved them by the hand of 
Jér-o-b6’am the son of J6’ash. 

28 4 Now the rest of the acts of 
Jér-o-b6’am, and all that he did, 
and his might, how he warred, 
and how he recovered Da-mas’- 
cus, and Ha’math, which be- 
longed to Ju’dah, for Is’ra-el, are 
they not written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? ; 

29 And Jér-o-bd’am slept with 


$ And the rest of the acts of 
Az-a-ri’ah, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book 
ques the chronicles of the kings of 

ud 

7 a bpaecd slept with his 
fathers; and they buried him 
with his fathers in the city of 
Da’/vid: and Jo’tham his son 
reigned in his stead. 

8 {In the thirty and eighth 
year of Az-a-ri’ah king of Jii’dah 
did Zach-a-ri’ah the son of Jér- 

o-b0’am reign over Is’ra-el in 
$4-m4a’ri-a six months. 

9 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, as 
his fathers had done: he de- 
parted not from the sins of Jér- 
o-bd’am the son of Né’bat, who 
made Is’ra-el to sin. 

10 And Shal’lum the son_ of 
Ja’besh conspired against him, 


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Reigns of Shallum, Menahem and Pekahiah 


and smote him before the people, 
and slew him, and reigned in his 
stead. 

11 And the rest of the acts of 
Zach-a-ri’ah, behold, they are 
written in the book of the chron- 
icles of the kings of Is’ra-el. 

12 This was the word of the 
LORD which he spake unto Jé’- 
hu, saying, Thy sons shall sit 
on the throne of Is’ra-el unto the 
fourth generation. And so it 
came to pass. 

13 4 Shal’lum the son of Ja’- 
besh began to reign in the nine 
and thirtieth year of Uz-zi’ah 
‘king of Ja’/dah; and he reigned 
a full month in Sa-m4a’ri-a. 

14 For Mén’a-hém the son of 
Ga/’di went up from Tir’zah, and 
came to Sa-ma’ri-a, and smote 
Shail’/lum the son of Ja’besh in 
S4-m4a’ri-a, and slew him, and 
reigned in his stead. 

15 And the rest of the acts of 
Shal’/lum, and his conspiracy 
which he made, behold, they are 
written in the book of the chron- 
icles of the kings of Is’ra-el. 

16 § Then Mén’a-hém smote 
Tiph’sah, and all that were 
therein, and the coasts thereof 
from Tir’zah: because they 
opened not fo him, therefore he 
smote if: and all the women 
therein that were with child he 
ripped up. 

17 In the nine and thirtieth 

’ year of Az-a-ri’ah king of Ja’dah 
began Mén’a-hém the son of 
Ga’di to reign over Is’ra-el, and 
reigned ten years in Sa-ma’ri-a. 

18 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD: he 
departed not all his days from the 
sins of Jér-o-b6’am the son of 
Né’bat, who made Ifs’ra-el to sin. 
19 And Pul the king of As- 
syr/i-a came against the land: 
and Mén’a-hém gave Pul a thou- 
sand talents of silver, that his 
hand might be with him to con- 
firm the kingdom in his hand. 

20 And Mén’a-hém exacted the 
money of Is’ra-el, even of all the 
mighty men of wealth, of each 


2 KINGS, 15 


man fifty shekels of silver, to 

give to the king of As-syr’ i-a. So 
the king of As-s¥r’i-a turned 
Weert and stayed not there in the 

an 

21 4 And the rest of the acts of 
Mén/a-hém, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el? 

22 And Mén’a-hém slept with 
his fathers; and Pék-a-hi’ah his 
son reigned in his stead. 

23 ¥ In the fiftieth year of Az-a- 
ri‘ah king of Ji’dah Pék-a-hi’ah 
the son of Mén’a-hém began to 
reign over Is’ra-el in Sa-ma’ri-a, 
and reigned two years. 

24 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD: he 
departed not from the sins of Jér- 

o-bé6’am the son of Né’bat, who 
made Is’ra-el to sin. 

25 But Pé’kah the son of Rém- 
a-li’ah, a captain of his, con- 
spired against him, and smote 
him in Sa-ma@’ri-a, in the palace 
of the king’s house, with Ar’g6b 
and A-ri’eh, and with him fifty 
men of the Gil’e-ad-ites: and he 
killed him, and reigned in his 
room. 

26 And the rest of the acts of 
Pék-a-hi’ah, and all that he did, 
behold, they are written in the 
book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Is’ra-el. 

27 { In the two and fiftieth year 
of Az-a-ri’ah king of Jai’dah Pé’ 
kah the son of Rém-a-li’ah began 
to reign over Is’ra-el in Sa-ma’- 
ri-a, and reigned twenty years. 

28 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD: he 
departed not from the sins of 
Jér-o-bd’am the son of Né’bat, 
who made Is’ra-el to sin. 

29 In the days of Pé’kah king 
of iIs’ra-el came  Tig’lath—pi- 
lé’ser king of As-syr’i-a, and took 
Vjon, and  A’bel—béth—ma’a- 
chah, and Ja-n6’ah, and Ké’- 
desh, and Ha’zér, and Gil’e-ad, 
and Gal’i-lee, all the land of 
Naph’ta-li, and carried them cap- 
tive to As-sy¥r’i-a. . 


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2 KINGS, 16 


30 And Hoé-shé’a the son of 
E’lah made a conspiracy against 


Pé’kah the son of Rém-a-li’ah, | 1 


and smote him, and slew him, 
and reigned in his stead, in the 
twentieth year of J6’tham the son 
of Uz-zi’ah. 

31 And the rest of the acts of 
Pé’kah, and all that he did, be- 
hold, they are written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Is’ra-el. 

32 4 In the second year of Pé’- 
kah the son of Rém-a-li’ah king 
of Is’ra-el began Jo’tham the son 
of Uz-zi’ah king of Ji’dah toreign. 

33 Five and twenty years old 
was he when he began to reign, 
and he reigned sixteen years in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. And his mother’s 
name was Jé-ru’sha, the daugh- 
ter of Za’d6k. | 

34 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LorD: 
he did according to all that his 
father Uz-zi’ah had done. 

35 | Howbeit the high places 
were not removed: the people 
sacrificed and burned incense 
still in the high places. He 
built the higher gate of the house 
of the LORD. 

36 4 Now the rest of the acts of 
J6’tham, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of 
the chronicles of the kings of 
Ja’dah? 

37 In those days the LorpD 
began to send against Jua’dah 
Ré’/zin the king of S¥r‘i-a, and 
Pé’kah the son of Rém-a-li’ah. 

38 And J6’tham slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of Da’vid his 
father: 


and A’haz his son 
reigned in his stead. 
329 CHAPTER 16 


1 Reign of Ahaz. 10 His strange altar 
andidolatry. 17 Thetemple spoiled. 
19 Hezekiah succeeds him. 

Ee the seventeenth year of Pé’- 

4 kah the son of Rém-a-li’/ah 

A’haz the son of Jé’/tham king of 

Ja’dah began to reign. My 

2 Twenty years old was A’haz 


Reign of Ahaz 


when he began to reign, and 
reigned sixteen years in Jé-ru’sa- 
ém, and did not that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD his 
God, like Da’vid his father. 

3 But he walked in the way of 
the kings of Is’ra-el, yea, and 
made his son to pass through the 
fire, according to the abomina- 
tions of the heathen, whom the 
LORD cast out from before the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

4 And he sacrificed and burnt 
incense in the high places, and 
on the hills, and under every 
green tree. b 3 

5 9 Then R@’zin king of Syr’- 
i-4 and Pé’kah son of Rém-a- 
li’‘ah king of Is’ra-el came up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém to war: and they 
besieged A’haz, but could not 
overcome him. 

6 At that time Ré’zin king of 
Syr’/i-a recovered E/lath to Syr’- 
i-a, and drave the Jews from 
E’lath: and the Syr’i-ans came 
to E’/lath, and dwelt there unto 
this day. 

7 So A’haz sent messengers to 
Tig’lath—pi-lé’ser king of As- 
syr/i-a, saying, I am thy servant 
and thy son: come up, and save 
me out of the hand of the king of 
Syr'i-a4, and out of the hand of 
the king of Is’ra-el, which rise 
up against me. 

8 And A’haz took the silver and 
gold that was found in the house 
of the LORD, and in the treasures 
of the king’s house, and sent it for 
a’present to the king of As-syr/i-a. 
9 And the king of As-syr’/i-a 
hearkened unto him: for the king 
of As-syr/l-A4 went up against 
Da-mas’cus, and took it, and 
carried the people of it captive 
to Kir, and slew Ré@’zin. 

10 | And king A’haz went to 
Da-mas’cus to meet Tig’lath— 
pi-lé’ser king of As-syr’i-a, and 
saw an altar that was at Da- 
mas’cus: and king A’haz sent to 
U-ri’jah the priest the fashion of 
the altar, and the pattern of it, 
according to all the workman- 
ship thereof. 


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Israel carried to Assyria 


11 And U-ri’jah the priest built 
an altar according to all that king 
A’haz had sent from Da-mas’cus: 
so U-ri’/jah the priest made it 
against king A’haz came from 
Da-mas’cus. 

12 And when the king was 
come from Da-mas’cus, the king 
saw the altar: and the king ap- 
proached to the altar, and offered 
thereon. 

13 And he burnt his burnt offer- 
ing and his meat offering, and 
poured his drink offering, and 
sprinkied the blood of his peace 
offerings, upon the altar. 

14 And 
brasen altar, which was before 
the LORD, from the forefront of 
the house, from between the 
altar and the house of the LORD, 
and put it on the north side of 
the altar 

15 And king A’haz commanded 
U-ri/jah the priest, saying, Upon 
the great altar burn the morning 
burnt offering, and the evening 
meat offering, and the king’s 
burnt sacrifice, and his meat 
offering, with the burnt offering 
of ail the people of the land, and 
their meat offering, and their 

.drink offerings; and _ sprinkle 
upon it all the blood of the burnt 
offering, and all the blood of the 
sacrifice: and the brasen altar 
shall be for me to enquire by. 

16 Thus did U-ri’jah the priest, 
according to all that king A’haz 
commanded. 

17 ¢ And king A’haz cut off 
the borders of the bases, and re- 
moved the laver from off them; 
and took down the sea from off 
the brasen oxen that were under 
it, and put it upon a pavement of 
stones. 

18 And the covert for the sab- 
bath that they had built in the 
house, and the king’s entry with- 
out, turned he from the house of 
the LORD for the king of As- 
syr’i-a. 

19 § Now the rest of the acts of 

A’haz which he did they not 


id, are 
written in the book of the 


he brought also the|y 


2 KINGS, 17 
Sais of the of 
Jtu’dah? 


20 And A’haz slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with 
his fathers in the city of Da’vid: 
and Héz-e-ki’ah his son reigned 
in his stead. 


CHAPTER 17 


1 Hoshea’'s reign. 
capture Samaria. 
onists sent. 

N the twelfth year of A’haz 
king of Ji’dah began Ho6- 
shé’a the son of Elah to reign in 

Sa-ma’ri-a over is’ra-el nine 


kings 


330 


5 The Assyrians 
24 Assyrian col- 


ears. 

2 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, but 
not as the kings of Is ‘ra-el that 
were before him. 

3 { Against him came up Shal- 
man-é’sér king of As-syr’i-a; 
and Ho-shé’a became his serv- 
ant, and gave him presents. 

4 And the king of As-syr’i-a 
found conspiracy in Hd-shé’a: 
for he had sent messengers to 
S6 king of E’éypt, and brought no 
present to the king of As-syr’i-a, 
as he had done year by year: 
therefore the king of As-syr’i-a 
shut him up, and bound him in 
prison. 

5 ¢ Then the king of As-syr’i-a 
caime up throughout all the land, 
and went up to Sa-mda’ri-a, and 
besieged it three years. 

6 4 In the ninth year of Hé- 
shé’a the king of As-syr/l-a took 
Sa-ma’ri-a, and carried Is’ra-el 
away into As-syr’i-a, and placed 
them in Ha‘lah and in Ha’bor by 
the river of G6’zan, and in the 
cities of the Médes. 

For so it was, that the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el had _ sinned 
against the LORD their God, 
which had brought them up out 
of the land of E’gypt, from under 
the hand of Pha’raoh king of 
E’sypt, and had feared other 


gods, 
°3 And ‘walked in the statutes 
of the heathen, whom the LORD 
cast out from before the children 


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2 KINGS, 17 


of Is’ra-el, and of the kings of 

Is’ra-el, which they had made. 

9 And the children of is’ra-el 
did secretly those things that 
were not right against the LORD 
their God, and they built them 
high places in all their cities, 
from the tower of the watchmen 
to the fenced city. j 

10 And they set them up im- 
ages and groves in every high 
hill, and under every green tree: 

11 And there they burnt incense 
in all the high places, as did the 
heathen whom the LORD carried 
away before them; and wrought 
wicked things to provoke the 
LORD to anger: ; 

12 For they served idols, 
whereof the LORD had said 
unto them, Ye shall not do this 


thing. j 
13 Yet the LORD _ testified 
against Is’ra-el, and against 


Ju’dah, by all the prophets, and 
by all the seers, saying, Turn 
ye from your evil ways, and keep 
my commandments’ and my 
statutes, according to all the law 
which I commanded your fa- 
thers, and which I sent to you by 
my servants the prophets. 

14 Notwithstanding they would 
not hear, but hardened their 
necks, like to the neck of their 
fathers, that did not believe in 
the LORD their God. 

15 And they rejected his stat- 
utes, and his covenant that he 
made with their fathers, and his 
testimonies which he testified 
against them; and they followed 
vanity, and became vain, and 
went after the heathen that were 
round about them, concerning 
whom the LORD had charged 
them, that they should not do 
like them. 

16 And they left all the com- 
mandments of the LORD their 
God, and made them molten 
images, even two calves, and 
made a grove, and worshipped all 
the host of heaven, and served 


, 


17 And they caused their sons 


Assyrian colonists sent to Samaria 


and their daughters to pass 

rough the fire, and used 
divination and enchantments, 
and sold themselves to do evil 
in the sight of the LORD, to 
provoke him to anger. 

18 Therefore the LORD was 
very angry with Is’ra-el, and re- 
moved them out of his sight: 
there was none left but the tribe 
of Ju’dah only. 

19 Also Jia’dah kept not the 
commandments of the LORD 
their God, but walked in the 
statutes of Is’ra-el which they 
made. 

20 And the LORD rejected all 
the seed of Is’ra-el, and afflicted 
them, and delivered them into 
the hand of spoilers, until he had 
cast them out of his sight. 

21 For he rent is’ra-el from the 
house of Da’vid; and they made 
Jér-o-b6’am the son of Né’bat 
king: and Jér-o-bd’am drave 
Is’ra-el from following the Lorp, 
and made them sin a great sin. 

22 For the children of fs’ra-el 

walked in all the sins of Jér-o- 
b6’am which he did; they de- 
parted not from them; 
_23 Until the LORD removed 
Is’ra-el out of his sight, as he 
had said by_all his servants the 
prophets. So was Is’ra-el car- 
ried away out of their own land 
to As-syr’i-a unto this day. 

24 4 And the king of As-s¥r’i-a 
brought men from Bab’y-lon, and 
from Ci’thah, and from A’va, 
and from Ha’math, and from 
Séph-ar-va’/im, and placed them 
in the cities of Sa-ma’ri-a instead 
of the children of Is’ra-el: and 
they possessed Sa@-mé’ri-a, and 
dwelt in the cities thereof. ; 

25 And so it was at the begin- 
ning of their dwelling there, that 
they feared not the Lorp: 
therefore the LORD sent lions 
among them, which slew some — 
of them. 

26 Wherefore they spake to the 
king of As-s¥r’i-a, saying, The — 
nations which thou hast re- 
moved, and placed in the cities — 


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Hezekiah’s reign 


of Sa-ma’ri-a, know not the 
manner of the God of the land: 
therefore he hath sent lions 
among them, and, behold, they 
slay them, because they know 
por the manner of the God of the 
and. 

27 Then the king of As-syr’i-a 
commanded, saying, Carry thith- 
er one of the priests whom ye 
brought from thence; and let 
them go and dwell there, and let 
him teach them the manner of 
the God of the land. 

28 Then one of the priests 
whom they had carried away 
from Sa-ma’ri-4 came and dwelt 
in Béth’—el, and taught them how 
sie should fear the LORD. 
gods of their own, and put them 
in the houses of the high places 
which the Sa-mar’i-tans had 
made, every nation in their cities 
wherein they dwelt. 

30 And the men of Bab’y-lon 
made Stc’coth—bé’noth, and the 
men of Cith made Nér’gal, and 
the men of Ha’math made 
Ash’i-ma, 

31 And the A’vites made Nib’- 
haz and Tar’tak, and the Séph’- 
‘ar-vites burnt their children in 
fire to A-dram’me-léch and A- 
nam/’me-léch, the gods of Séph- 
ar-va’im. 

32 So they feared the LORD, 
and made unto themselves of 
the lowest of them priests of the 
high places, which sacrificed for 
aoe in the houses of the high 
place 

33 They feared the LORD, and 
served their own gods, after the 
manner of the nations whom 
they carried away from thence. 

34 Unto this day they do after 
the former manners: they fear 
not the LORD, neither do they 
after their statutes, or after their 
ordinances, or after the law and 
commandment which the LORD 
commanded the children of Ja’- 
cob, whom he named is’ra-el; 

35 With whom the LORD had 
made a covenant, and charged 


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them, saying, Ye shall not fear 
other gods, nor bow yourselves 
to them, nor serve them, nor 
sacrifice to them: 

36 But the LORD, who brought 
you up out of the land of E’gypt 
with great power and a stretched 
out arm, him shall ye fear, and 
him shall ye worship, and to him 
aa ye do sacrifice. 

_And the statutes, and the 
Sieiaaeee and the law, and the 
commandment, which he wrote 
for you, ye shall observe to do 
for evermore; and ye shail not 
fear other gods. 

38 And the covenant that I have 
made with you ye shall not for- 
get; neither shall ye fear other 


Howbeit every nation made| gods 


39 But the LORD your God ye 
shall fear; and he shall deliver 
you out of the hand of all your 
enemies. 

40 Howbeit they did not heark- 
en, but they did after their 
former manner. 

41 So these nations feared the 
LORD, and served their graven 
images, both their children, and 
their children’s children: as did 
their fathers, so do they unto 
this day. 


CHAPTER 18 331 
1 Hezekiah’s reign. 4 Idolatry de- 
stroyed. 13 Sennacherib invades 

Judah. 15 He receives much tribute. 

OW it came to pass in the 

third year of Hé-shé’a son 
of E’/lah king of Is’ra-el, that 
Héz-e-ki’ah the son of A’/haz 
king of Ji’dah began to reign. 

2 Twenty and five years old 
was he when he began to reign; 
and he reigned twenty and nine 
years in Jé-ru’sa-lém. His 
mother’s name also was A’bi, 
the daughter of Zach-a-ri’ah. 

3 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
according to all that Da’vid his 


ioitttis did. 
4 ¢He removed the high 
places, and brake the images, 


and cut down the groves, and 


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2 KINGS, 18 


brake in pieces the brasen ser- 
pent that Mo’ses had made: for 
unto those days the children of 
is’ra-el did burn incense to it: 
and he called it Né-hush’tan. 

5 He trusted in the LORD God 
of Iis’ra-el; so that after him 
was none like him among all the 
kings of Ja’dah, nor any that 
were before him. 

6 For he clave to the LORD, 
and departed not from following 
him, but kept his command- 
ments, which the LORD com- 
manded MO’ses. 

7 And the LORD was_ with 
him; and he prospered whither- 
soever he went forth: and he 
rebelled against the king of 
As-syr’i-a, and served him not. 

8 He smote the Phi-lis’tines, 
even unto Ga’za, and the bor- 
ders thereof, from the tower of 
the watchmen to the fenced city. 

9 4 And it came to pass in the 
fourth year of king Héz-e-ki’ah, 
which was the seventh year of 
H6-shé’a son of E’/lah king of Is’- 
ra-el, that Shal-man-é’sér king 
of As-syr’i-a came up against Sa- 
ma’ri-a, and besieged it. 

_ 10 And at the end of three years 
they took it: even in the sixth 
year of Héz-e-ki’ah, that is the 
ninth year of H6-shé’ a king of 
Is’ra-el, Sa-ma’ri-a was taken. 

11 And the king of As-syr/I-a 
did carry away Is’ra-el unto As- 
syr’i-a, and put them in Ha’lah 
and in Ha’bér by the river of G6’- 
zan, and in the cities of the Médes: 

12 Because they obeyed not the 
voice of the LORD their God, but 
transgressed his covenant, and 
all that M6’ses the servant of the 
LORD commanded, and would 
not hear them, nor do them. 

13 § Now in the fourteenth 
year of king Héz-e-ki’/ah did 
Sén-nach’e-rib king of As-s¥r’i-a 
come up against all the fenced 
cities of Ja’dah, and took them. 

14 And Héz-e-ki’ah king of 
Ja’dah sent to the king of As- 
syr’1-a to La’chish, saying, I have 
offended; return from me: that 


Sennacherib invades Judah 


which thou puttest on me will I 
bear. And the king of As-s¥r’i-4 
appointed unto Héz-e-ki’ah king © 
of Ji’dah three hundred talents 
of silver and thirty talents of gold. 
15 And Héz-e-ki’ah gave him 
all the silver that was found in 
the house of the LORD, and in the 
treasures of the king’s house. 

16 At that time did Héz-e-ki’ah 
cut off the gold from the doors of 
the temple of the LORD, and from 

e pillars which Héz-e-ki’ah 
king of Ja’dah had overlaid,. and 
gave it to the king of As-syr’ i-d. 

17 ¥ And the king of As-syr’i-a 
sent Tar’tan and Rab’sa-ris and 
Rab’/—sha-keh from La’chish to 
king Héz-e-ki’/ah with a great 
host against Jé-ru’sa-lém. And 
they went up and came to Jé-ru’- 
sd4-lém. And when they were 
come up, they came and stood by 
the conduit of the upper pool, 
which is in the highway of the 
fuller’s field. 

18 And when they had called to 
the king, there came out to them 
E-li’a-kim the son of Hil-ki’ah, 
which was over the household, 
and Shéb’na the scribe, and 
J6’ah the son of A’saph the re- 
corder. 

19 And Rab’-sha-keh said unto 
them, Speak ye now to Héz-e- 
ki/ah, Thus saith the great king, 
the king of As-s¥r’il-a, What 
confidence is this wherein thou 
trustest? 

20 Thou sayest, (but they are 
but vain words,) J have coun- 
sel and strength for the war. 
Now en whom dost thou trust, 
that thou rebellest against me? 

21 Now, behold, thou trust- 
est upon the staff of this bruised 
reed, even upon E’gypt, on which 
if a man lean, it will go into his 
hand, and pierce it: so is Pha’- 
raoh king of E’sypt unto all that 
trust on him. 

22 But if ye say unto me, We 
trust in the LORD our God: is 
not that he, whose high places 
and whose altars Héz-e-ki’a 
hath taken away, and hath said 


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Rab-shakeh’s boasting 


to Ju’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, Ye 
shall worship before this altar in 
Jé-ru’sa4-lém? 

23 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
give pledges to my lord the king 
of As-syr’i-a, and I will delives 
thee two thousand horses, if thou 
be able on thy part to set riders 
upon them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn 
away the face of one captain of 
the least of my master’s servants, 
and put thy trust on E’gypt for 
chariots and for horsemen? 

Am I now come up without 
the LORD against this place to 
destroy it? The LORD said to 
me, Go up against this land, and 
destroy it. 

26 Then said E-li’a-kim the son 


of Hil-ki’ah, and Shéb’na, and|/h 


J6’ah, unto Rab’—sha-keh, Speak, 
I pray thee, to thy servants in the 
Syr’i-an language; for we under- 
stand if: and talk not with us 
in the Jews’ language in the ears 
of the people that are on the wall. 

But Rab’—sha-keh said unto 
them, Hath my master sent me 
to thy master, and to thee, to 
speak these words? hath he not 
sent me to the men which sit on 
‘he wall, that they may eat their 
own dung, and drink their own 
piss with you? 

28 Then Rab’-sha-keh stood 
and cried with a loud voice in the 
Jews’ language, and spake, say- 
ing, Hear the word of the great 
king, the king of As-syr’i-a: 

29 Thus saith the king, Let not 
Héz-e-ki’ah deceive you: for he 
shall not be able to deliver you 
out of his hand: ; 

30 Neither let Héz-e-ki’ah make 
you trust in the LORD, saying, 
The LORD will surely deliver us, 
and this city shall not be deliv- 
ered into the hand of the king of 
As-syr’i-a. 

31 Hearken not to Héz-e-ki’ah: 
for thus saith the king of As-s¥r’- 
i-a, Make an agreement with 
me by a present, and come out 
to me, and then eat ye every man 
of his own vine, and every one of 

32 


2 KINGS, 19 


his fig tree, and drink ye every 
one the waters of his cistern: 

32 Until I come and take you 
away to a land like your own 
land, a land of corn and wine, a 
land of bread and vineyards, a 
land of oil olive and of honey, 
that ye may live, and not die: 
and hearken not unto Héz-e- 
ki’ah, when _he persuadeth you, 
saying, The LORD will deliver us. 

33 Hath any of the gods of the 
nations delivered at all his land 
out of the hand of the king of 
As-syr/i-a? 

34 Where are the gods of Ha’- 
math, and of Ar’pad? where are 
the gods of Séph-ar-va’im, Hé’- 
na, and f’vah? have they de- 
livered Sa-m4a’ri-a out of mine 
and? 

35 Who are they among all the 
gods of the countries, that have 
delivered their country out of 
mine hand, that the _ LORD 
should deliver Jé-ru’sa-lém out 
of mine hand? : 

36 But the people held their 
peace, and answered him not a 
word: for the king’s command- 
ment was, saying, Answer him 


not. 

37 Then came #£-li’a-kim the 
son of Hil-ki’ah, which was over 
the household, and Shéb’na the 
scribe, and J6’ah the son of 
A’saph the recorder, to Héz-e-. 
ki’ah with their clothes rent, 
and told him the words of Rab’— 
sha-keh. 


CHAPTER 19 332 
1 Hezekiah sends to Isaiah. 8 Sennach- 
evib’s letter to Hezekiah. 14 Heze- 
kiah’s prayer. 20 Isaiah's prophecy. 
35 Assyrian host destroyed. 
ND it came to pass, when 
king Héz-e-ki’ah heard it, 
that he rent his clothes, and cov- 
ered himself with sackcloth, and 
went into the house of the LORD. 
2 And he sent E-li’a-kim, which 
was over the household, and 
Shéb’na the scribe, and the 
elders of the priests, covered 
with sackcloth, to_I-sa’/iah the 
prophet the son of A’m6z. 


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2 KINGS, 19 


3 And they said unto him, 
Thus saith Héz-e-ki’/ah, This 
day is a day of trouble, and of 
rebuke, and blasphemy: for the 
children are come to the birth, 
and there is not strength to bring 
forth. 

4 It may be the LORD thy God 
will hear all the words of Rab’- 
sha-keh, whom the king of As- 
syr’i-a his master hath sent to 
reproach the living God; and 
will reprove the words which 
the LORD thy God hath heard: 
wherefore lift up thy prayer for 
the remnant that are left. 

5 So the servants of king Héz- 
e-ki’ah came to I-sa/iah. 

6 4 And I-sa’iah said unto 
them, Thus shall ye say to your 
master, Thus saith the LORD, 
Be not afraid of the words 
which thou hast heard, with 
which the servants of the king of 
As-syr’i-a have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast 
upon him, and he shall hear a 
rumour, and shall return to his 
own land; and I will cause him 
to fall by the sword in his own 


and. 

3 § So Rab’—-sha-keh returned, 
and found the king of As-syr’i-a 
warring against Lib’nah: for 
he had heard that he was de- 
parted from La’chish. 

. 9 And when he heard. say. of 
Tir’ha- kah king of E-thi-0’pi-a, 
Behold, he is come out to fight 
against thee: he sent messengers 
again unto Héz-e-ki’ah, saying, 

10 Thus nan ye speak to Héz- 
e-ki/ah king of Ji’dah, saying, 
Let not thy God in whom thou 
trustest deceive thee, saying, Jé- 
ru’sd4-lém shall not be delivered 
into the hand of the king of 
As-syr’i-a. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard 
what the kings of As-syr’1-a 
- have done to all lands, by de- 
stroying them utterly: and shalt 
thou be delivered? 

12 Have the gods of the nations 
delivered them which my fathers 
have destroyed; as G6/zan, and 


Hezekiah’s prayer 


Ha’ran, and Ré’zeph, and the 
children of E’dén which were in 
Thé-la’sar? | 

13 Where is the king of Ha’- 
math, and the king of Ar’pad, and 
the king of the city of Séph-ar- 
va’'im, of Hé’na, and I’vah? 

14 ¢ And Héz-e-ki’ah received 
the letter of the hand of the mes- 
sengers, and read it: and Héz- 
e-ki’/ah went up into the house 
of the LORD, and spread it before 
the LORD. 

15 And Héz-e-ki’ah prayed be- 
fore the LORD, and said, O LORD 
God of is’ra-el, which dwellest 
between the cherubims, thou 
art the God, even thou alone, of 
all the kingdoms of the earth; 
thou hast made heaven and 


earth. 

16 LORD, bow down thine ear, 
and hear: open, LORD, thine 
eyes, and see: and hear the 
words of Sén-nach’e-rib, which 
hath sent him to reproach the 
living God. ; 

17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings 
of As-syr’i-a have destroyed the 
nations and their lands,. 

18 And have cast their gods 
into the fire: for they were no 
gods, but the work of men’s 
hands, wood and stone: there- 
fore they have destroyed them. 

19 Now therefore, O LORD our 
God, I beseech thee, save thou 
us out of his hand, that all the 
kingdoms of the earth may know 
that thou art the LORD God, 
even thou only. 

20 “ Then f-sa’iah the son of 
A’moz_ sent to Héz- e-ki’ah, say- 
ing, Thus saith the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el, That which thou hast 
prayed to me against Sén-nach’- 
nel king of As-syr/i-a I have 


ard. 

21 This is the word that the 
LORD hath spoken concerning 
him; The virgin the daughter of 
Zi’on hath despised thee, and 
laughed thee to scorm; the 
daughter of Jé-ru’sa-lém ha 
shaken her head at thee. 

22 Whom hast thou reproached 


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Isaiah’s prophecy 


and blasphemed? and against 
whom hast thou exalted thy 
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on 
high? even against the Holy One 
of Iis’ra-el. 

23 By thy messengers thou 
hast reproached the Lord, and 
hast said, With the multitude of 
my chariots 1 am come up to the 
height of the mountains, to the 
sides of Léb’a-non, and will cut 
down the tall cedar trees thereof, 
and the choice fir trees thereof: 
and I will enter into the lodgings 
of his borders, and into the 
forest of his Car’mel. 

24 I have digged and drunk 
strange waters, and with the sole 


2 KINGS, 20 


31 For out of Jé-ru’s4-lém shall 
go forth a remnant, and they 
that escape out of mount Zi’én: 
the zeal of the LORD of hosts 
shall do this. 

32 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD concerning the king of 
As-syr’i-a, He shall not come into 
this city, nor shoot an arrow 
there, nor come before it with 
shield, nor cast a bank against it, 

33 By the way that he came, by 
the same shall he return, and 
shall not come into this city, saith 
the LORD. 

34 For I will defend this city, 
to save it, for mine own sake, 
and for my servant Da’vid’s 


of my feet have I dried up all the | sake 


rivers of besieged places. 

25 Hast thou not heard long 
ago how I have done it, and of 
ancient times that I have formed 
it? now have I brought it to pass, 
that thou shouldest be to lay 
waste fenced cities into ruinous 


eaps. 

26 Therefore their inhabitants 
were of smail power, they were 
dismayed and confounded; they 
were as the grass of the field, and 
as the green herb, as the grass 
on the house tops, and as corn 
blasted before it be grown up. 

27 But I know thy abode, and 
thy going out, and thy coming in, 
and thy rage against me. 

_ 28 Because thy rage against me 

and thy tumult is come up into 
mine ears, therefore I will put 
my hook in thy nose, and my 
bridle in thy lips, and I will turn 
thee back by the way by which 
thou camest. 

29 And this shall be a sign 
unto thee, Ye shall eat this year 
such things as grow of them- 
selves, and in the second year 
that which springeth of the same; 
and in the third year sow ye, and 
reap, and plant vineyards, and 
eat the fruits thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is es- 
caped of the house of Jt’dah 
shall yet again take root down- 
ward, and bear fruit upward. 


ake. 
35 § And it came to pass that 
night, that the angel of the LORD 
went out, and smote in the camp 
of the As-syr’i-ans an hundred 
fourscore and five thousand: and 
when they arose early in the 
morning, behold, they were all 
dead corpses. 

_36 So Sén-nach’e-rib king of 
As-syr’i-a4 departed, and went 
and returned, and dwelt at Nin’- 
e-veh. 

37 And it came to pass, as he 
was worshipping in the house of 
Nis’roch his god, that A-dram’- 
me-léch and Sh4-ré’zér his sons. 
smote him with the sword: and 
they escaped into the land of 
Ar-mé’ni-4. (And _E’sar—had’- 
don his son reigned in his stead. 


CHAPTER 20 333 
1 Hezekiah’s days lengthened. 8 A 
shadow goes ten degrees backward. 

14 The captivity foretold. 21 Heze- 

kiah’s death. 

N those days was Héz-e-ki’ah 

sick unto death. And the 
prophet i-sa’iah the son of A’m6z 
came to him, and said unto him, 
Thus saith the LORD, Set thine 
house in order; for thou shalt 
die, and not live. 

2 Then he turned his face to 
the wall, and prayed unto the 
LORD, saying, 

3 I beseech thee, O LORD, 


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2 KINGS, 20 


remember now how I have 
walked before thee in truth and 
with a perfect heart, and have 
done that which is good in thy 
sight. And Héz-e-ki’ah wept 
sore. if 

4 And it came to pass, afore 
I-sa’/iah was gone out into the 
middle court, that the word of 
the LORD came to him, saying, 

Turn again, and tell Héz-e- 
ki/ah the captain of my people, 
Thus saith the LORD, the God of 
Da’vid thy father, I have heard 
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: 
behold, I will heal thee: on the 
third day thou shalt go up unto 
the house of the LORD. 

6 And I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years; and I will deliver 
thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of As-syr’i-a; and I 
will defend this city for mine own 
sake, and for my servant Da’vid’s 


sake. 

7 And f-sa’iah said, Take a 
lump of figs. And they took and 
laid if on the boil, and he re- 
covered. 

8 4 And Héz-e-ki’ah said unto 
1-sa’/iah, What shall be the sign 
that the LORD will heal me, and 
that I shall go up into the house 
of the LORD the third day 

9 And i-sa’iah said, ais sign 
shait thou have of the LORD, 
that the LORD will do the thing 
that he hath spoken: shall the 
shadow go forward ten degrees, 
or go back ten degrees? 

10 And Héz-e-ki’ah answered, 
It is a light thing for the shadow 
to go down ten degrees: nay, 
but let the shadow return back- 
ward ten degrees. 

1 And fI-sa’/iah the prophet 
cried unto the LORD: and he 
brought the shadow ten degrees 
backward, by which it had gone 
down in the dial of A’haz. 

12 4 At that time Bé-r6d’dach— 
bal’a-dan, the son of Bal’a-dan, 
king of Bab’y-lon, sent letters 
and a present unto Héz-e-ki’ah: 
for he had heard that Héz-e-ki’ah 
had been sick. 


Hezekiah’s life lengthened 


13 And Héz-e-ki’ah hearkened 
unto them, and shewed them all 
the house of his precious things, 
the silver, and the gold, and the 
spices, and the precious oint- 
ment, and all the house of his 
armour, and all that was found 
in his treasures: there was no- 
thing in his house, nor in_all 
his dominion, that Héz-e-ki’/ah 
shewed them not. 

14 § Then came I-sa‘iah the 
eee unto king Héz-e-ki’ah, 
and said unto him, What said 
these men? and from whence 
came they unto thee? And 
Heéz-e-ki’ah said, They are come 
from a far country, even from 
Bab’y-lon. 

15 And he said, What have they 
seen in thine house? And Héz- 

e-ki’ah answered, All the things 
that are in mine house have they 
seen: there is nothing among 
my treasures that I have not 
shewed them. | 

16 And I-sa’iah said unto Héz- 
e-ki/ah, Hear the word of the 
LORD. 

17 Behold, the days come, that 
all that is in thine house, and 
that which thy fathers have laid 
up in store unto this day, shall 
be carried into Bab’y-lon: no- 
thing shall be left, saith the LORD. 

18 And of thy sons that shall 
issue from thee, which thou shalt 
beget, shall they take away; 
and they shall be eunuchs in the 
palace of the king of Bab’y-lon. 
_19 Then said Héz-e-ki’ah unto 
I-sa’iah, Good is the word of 
the LORD which thou hast 
spoken. And he said, Js if not 


| good, if peace and truth be in my 


days: 

20 ¥ And the rest of the acts of 
Héz-e-ki’ah, and all his might, 
and how he made a pool, anda 
conduit, and brought water into 
the city, are they not written in 
the book of the chronicles of the 
kings of Ji’dah? : 

21 And Héz-e-ki’ah slept with 
his fathers: and Ma-nas’seh his 
son reigned in his stead. 


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Manasseh’s wicked reign 
334 CHAPTER 21 


1 Manasseh's long reign. 3 His idola- 
try and_ cruelty. 10 Prophecies 
against Judah. 24 Josiah made 
king. 

MiEMAS'SER was twelve 

years old when he began to 
reign, and reigned fifty pug five 
years in Jé-ru’sd-lém. his 
mother’s name was Héph’zi-bah. 
2 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, 
after the abominations of the 
heathen, whom the LORD cast 
out before the children of Is’ra-el. 

3 For he built up again the hig 

places which Heéz-e-ki’ah his 

father had destroyed; and he 
reared up altars for Ba/’al, and 
made a grove, as did A’hab king 
of Is’ra-el; and worshipped all 
the host of heaven, and served 


them. 

4 And he built altars in the 
house of the LORD, of which the 
LORD said, ae Jé-ru’sa-lém will 
I put my na 

5 And he built altars for all the 
host of heaven in the two courts 
of the house of the LORD. 

6 And he made his son pass 
through the fire, and observed 

times, and used enchantments, 
and dealt with familiar spirits 
and wizards: he wrought much 
wickedness in the sight of the 
LORD, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he set a graven image of 
the grove that he had made in the 
house, of which the LORD said to 
Da’vid, and to Sol’o-mon his 
son, In this ‘house, and in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, which I have chosen out 
of all tribes of Is’ra-el, will I put 
my name for ever: 

8 Neither will I make the feet 
of Is’ra-el move any more out of 
the land which I gave their 
fathers; only if they will observe 
_to do according to all that I have 
commanded them, and according 
to all the law that my servant 
M5d’ses commanded them. 

9 But they hearkened not: and 
Ma-nas’seh_ seduced them to do 
more evil than did the nations 


2 KINGS, 21 


whom the LORD destroyed be- 
fore the children of Is’ra-el. 

10 4 And the LORD spake by 
his servants the prophets, saying, 

11 Because Ma-nas’seh king 
of Ji’dah hath done these 
abominations, and hath done 
wickedly above all that the Am/6r- 
ites did, which were before him, 
and hath made Ji’dah also to sin 
with his idols: 

12 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD God of Is’ra-el, Behold, I 
am bringing such evil upon 
Jé-ru’sa-lém and Ji’dah, that 


h| whosoever heareth of it, both 


his ears shall tingle. 

13 And I will stretch over Jé- 
ru’sa-lém the line of Sa-ma’- 
ri-a, and the plummet of the 
house of A’hab: and I will wipe 
Jé-ru’sa-lém as a man wipeth a 
dish, wiping it, and turning it 
upside down. 

14 And I will forsake the rem- 
nant of mine inheritance, and 
deliver them into the hand of 
their enemies; and they shall 
become a prey and a spoil to all 
their enemies; 

15 Because they have done that 
which was evil in my sight, and 
have provoked me to anger, since 
the day their fathers came forth 
out of E’gypt, even unto this day. 
_16 Moreover Ma-nas’seh shed 
innocent blood very much, till he 
had filled Jé-ru’sa-lém from one 
end to another; beside his sin 
wherewith he made Ji’dah to 
sin, in doing that which was evil 
in the sight of the LORD. 

17 | Now the rest of the acts 
of Ma-ndas’seh, and all that he 
did, and his sin that he sinned, 
are they not written in the book 
of the chronicles of the kings of 
Ja’dah? 

18 And Méa-nas’seh slept with 
his fathers, and was buried in 
the garden of his own house, in 
the garden of Uz’za: and A’mon 
his son reigned in his stead. 

19 {A’mon was twenty and 
two years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned two years in 


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Jé-ry’sa-lém. And his mother’s 
name was Mé-shtl’le-méth, the 
daughter of Ha’ruz of Jot’bah. 

20 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, as 
his father Ma-nas’seh did. 

21 And he walked in all the 
way that his father walked in, 
and served the idols that his 
father served, and worshipped 


them: 

22 And he forsook the LORD 
God of his fathers, and walked 
not in the way of the LORD. 

23 ¢ And the servants of 
A’mon conspired against him, 


and slew the king in his own|h 


house. 

24 And the people of the land 
slew all them that had conspired 
against king A’mon; and the 
people of the land made Jo-si’ah 
his son king in his stead. 

25 Now the rest of the acts of 
A’mon which he did, are they not 
written in the book of the chron- 
icles of the kings of Ja’dah? 

26 And he was buried in his 
sepulchre in the garden of Uz’za: 
and Jo-si/ah his son reigned in 
his stead. 


335 CHAPTER 22 
1 Josiah’s reign. _8 Book of the law 
found. 15 Huldah’s prophecy. 


O-SI’AH was eight years old | L 


when he began to reign, and 


he reigned thirty and one. 


years in Jé-ru’sa4-lém. And his 
mother’s name was Jé-di’dah, 
the daughter of Ad-a-i/ah of 
Bos’cath. 

2 And he did that. which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
and walked in all the way of 
_ Da’vid his father, and turned 
not aside to the right hand or to 
the left.) ; 

3 § And it came to pass in the 
eighteenth year of king Jo-si’ah, 
that the king sent Sha’phan the 
son of Az-a-li’ah, the son of 
Mé-shtl/lam, the scribe, to the 
house of the LORD, saying, 

4 Go up to Hil-ki’ah the high 


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Josiah’s good reign 


priest, that he may sum the silver 
which is brought into the house 
of the LORD, which the keepers 
of the door have gathered of the 


people: 

5 And let them deliver it into 
the hand of the doers of the work, 
that have the oversight of the 
house of the LORD: and let 
them give it to the doers of the 
work which is in the house of the 
LORD, to repair the breaches of 
the house, , 

6 Unto carpenters, and builders, 
and masons, and to buy timber 
and hewn stone to repair the 


ouse. 

7 Howbeit there was no reck- 
oning made with them of the 
money that was delivered into 
their hand, because they dealt 
faithfully. 

8 § And Hil-ki’ah the high 
priest said unto Sha’phan the 
scribe, I have found the book of 
the law in the house of the LORD. 
And Hil-ki’ah gave the book to 
Sha’phan, and he read it. 

9 And Sha’phan the scribe came 

to the king, and brought the king 
word again, and said, Thy serv- 
ants have gathered the money 
that was found in the house, and 
have délivered it into the hand of 
them that do the work, that have 
the oversight of the house of the 
ORD. 
10 And Sha’phan the scribe 
shewed the king, saying, Hil- 
ki’ah the priest hath delivered me 
a book. And Sha’phan read it 
before the king. 

11 And it came to pass, when 
the king had heard the words of 
the book of the law, that he rent 
his clothes. 

12 And the king commanded 
Hil-ki’ah the priest, and A-hi’- 
kam the son of Sha’phan, and 
Ach’bér the son of Mi-cha’iah, 
and Sha’phan the scribe, and 
A-sa-hi’ah a servant of the king’s, 
saying, : 

13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD 
for me, and for the people, and 
for all Ja’dah, concerning the 


_— 
i 


Book of the law read 


words of this book that is found: 
for great is the wrath of the 
LORD that is kindled against us, 
because our fathers have not 
hearkexed unto the words of this 
book, to do according unto ail 
that which is written concerning 


us. 

14 So Hil-ki’ah the priest, and 
A-hi’kam, and Ach’bér, and Sha’- 
phan, and A-sa-hi’ah, went unto 
Hiul’dah, the prophetess, the 
wife of Shal’/lum the son of Tik’- 
vah, the son of Har’has, keeper 
of the wardrobe; (now she 
dwelt in Jé-ru’sd-lém in the 
college;) and they communed 
with her. ; 

15 ¢ And she said unto them, 
Thus saith the LORD God of 
is’ra-el, Tell the man that sent 
vou to me, 

16 Thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, I will bring evil, upon this 
place, and upon the inhabitants 
thereof, even all the words of the 
book which the king of Ji’dah 
hath read: 

17 Because they have forsaken 
me, and have burned incense 
unto other gods, that they might 
provoke me to anger with all the 
works of their hands; therefore 
my wrath shall be kindled 
against this place, and shall 
not be quenched. | 

18 But to the king of Ji’dah 
which sent you to enquire of the 
LORD, thus shall ye say to him, 
Thus saith the LORD God of 
is’ra-el, As touching the words 
which thou hast heard; 

19 Because thine heart was 
tender, and thou hast humbled 

thyself before the LORD, when 
thou heardest what I spake 
against this place, and against 
the inhabitants thereof, that they 
should become a desolation and 
a curse, and hast rent thy 
clothes, and wept before me; I 
also have heard thee, saith the 
LORD. t 
20 Behold therefore, I will 
gather thee unto thy fathers, and 
thou shalt be gathered into thy 





2 KINGS, 23 


grave in peace; and thine eyes 
shall not see all the evil which I 
will bring upon this place. And 
they brought the king word 
again. 


CHAPTER 23 


1 Reading of the law. 4 Josiah abol- 
ishes idolatry. 21 The passover kept. 

26 Final wrath of God against Judah. 

29 Josiah  siain. 36 Jehoiakim’s 

reign. 

ND the king sent, and they 

gathered unto him all the 

elders of Ji’dah and of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. ; 

2 And the king went up into 
the house of the LorpD, and all 
the men of Ja’dah and all the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’s4-lém with 

» and the priests, and the 
prophets, and all the people, both 
smail and great: and he read in 
their ears all the words of the 
book of the covenant which was 
found in the house of the LorD. 

3 4 And the king stood by a 
pillar, and made a covenant be- 
fore the LORD, to walk after the 
LORD, and to keep his command- 
ments and his testimonies and 
his statutes with all their heart 
and all their soul, to perform the 
words of this covenant that were 
written in this book. And all 
the people stood to the covenant. 

4 And the king commanded 
Hil-ki’ah the high priest, and the 
priests of the second order, and 
the keepers of the door, to bring 
forth out of the temple of the 
LORD all the vessels that were 
made for Ba’al, and for the 
grove, and for all the host of 
heaven: and he burned them 
without Jé-ru’sa-lém in the fields 
of Kid’ron, and carried the ashes 
of them unto Béth’-el. ; 

5 And he put down the idol- 
atrous priests, whom the kings 
of Ja’dah had ordained to burn 
incense in the high places in the 
cities of Ji’dah, and in the places 
round about Jé-ru’sa-lém; them 
also that burned incense unto 
Ba’al, to the sun, and to the 


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2 KINGS, 23 


moon, and to the planets, and to 
all the host of heaven. 

6 And he brought out the grove 
from the house«of the LORD, 
without Jé-ry’sa-lém, unto the 
brook Kid’ron, and burned it at 
the brook Kid’ron, and stamped 
it small to powder, and cast the 
powder thereof upon the graves 
of the children of the people. 

7 And he brake down the houses 


Idolatry abolished 


13 And the high places that 
were before Jé-ru’sa-lém, which 
were on the right hand of the 
mount of corruption, which Sdl’- 
o-mon the king of Is’ra-el had 
builded for Ash’to-réth the abom- 
ination of the Zi-d6é’ni-ans, an 
for Ché’mosh the abominatinic of 
the M6’ab-ites, and for Mil’com 
the abomination of the children 
of one did the king 


of the sodomites, that were by | de 


the house of the LORD, where 
the women wove hangings for 
the grove. ; 

8 And he brought all the priests 
out of the cities of Ja’dah, and 
defiled the high places where the 


. priests had burned incense, from 


Gé’ba to Bé’er—shé’ba, and 
brake. down the high places of the 
gates that were in the entering in 
of the gate of Josh’u-a the gov- 
. ernor of the city, which weve on 

a man’s left hand at the gate of 
the city. j 

9 Nevertheless the priests of 

e high places came not_up to 
the altar of the LORD in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, but they did eat of the 
unleavened bread among their 
brethren. 

10 And he defiled To’pheth, 
which is in the valley of the 
children of Hin’nom, that no 
man might make his son or his 
daughter to pass through the fire 
to Mo’lech. 

11 And he took away the horses 
that the kings of Ju’dah had given 
to the sun, at the entering in of 
the house of the LORD, by the 
chamber of Na’than—mé’lech the 
chamberlain, which was in the 
suburbs, and burned the chariots 
of the sun with fire. 

12 And the altars that were on 
the top of the upper chamber of 
A’haz, which the kings of Ja’dah 
had made, and the altars which 
Ma-nas’seh had made in the two 
courts of the house of the LORD, 
did the king beat down, and 
brake them down from thence, 
and cast the dust of them into 
the brook Kid’ron. 


14 And he brake in pieces the 
images, and cut down the 
groves, and filled their places 

with the bones of men. 

“5 4 Moreover the altar that 
was at Beéth’-el, and the high 
place which Jér-o-b6’am the son 
of Né’bat, who made Is’ra-el to 
sin, had made, both that altar 
and the high place he brake 
down, and burned the high place, 
and stamped if small to powder, 
and burned the grove. ; 

16 And as Jo-si’ah turned him- 
self, he spied the sepulchres that 
were there in the mount, and 
sent, and took the bones out of 
the sepulchres, and burned them > 
upon the altar, and polluted it, 
according to the word of the 
LORD which the man of God pro- 
claimed, who proclaimed these 
words. : 

17 Then he said, What title is 
that that I see? And the men of 
the city told him, Jt is the sepul- 
chre of the man of God, which 
came from Ji’dah, and pro- 
claimed these things that thou 
hast done against the altar of 
Béth’—el. 

18 And he said, Let him alone; 
let no man move his bones. So 
they let his bones alone, with 
the bones of the prophet that 
came out of Sa-ma’ri-a. 

19 And all the houses also of 
the high places that were in the 
cities of Sa-méa’ri-4, which the 
kings of is’ra-el had made to 
provoke the LORD to_ anger, 
Jo-si/ah took away, and did to 
them according to all the acts 
that he had done in Béth’-el. 


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The passover kept 


2 KINGS, 23 


20 And he slew all the priests|the chronicles of the kings of 
Ji’dah? 


of the high places that were there 
upon the altars, and burned 
men’s bones upon them, and 
returned to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

21 4 And the king commanded 
all the people, saying, Keep the 
passover unto the LORD your 
God, as it is written in the book 
of this covenant. 

22 Surely there was not holden 
such a passover from the days of 
the judges that judged is’ra-el, 
nor in all the days of the kings of 
Is’ra-el, nor of the kings of 
Ja’dah; | 

23 But in the eighteenth year of 
king Jo-si’ah, wherein this pass- 
over was holden to the LORD in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

24 (Moreover, the workers 
with familiar spirits, and the 
wizards, and the images, and 
the idols, and all the abomina- 
tions that were spied in the land 
of Ji’dah and in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
did Jo-si’ah put away, that he 
might perform the words of the 
law which were written in the 
book that Hil-ki’ah the priest 
found in the house of the 
LORD. 

25 And like unto him was there 
no king before him, that turned 
to the LORD with all his heart, 
and with all his soul, and with all 
his might, according to all the 
law of MO’ses; neither after him 
arose there any like him. 

26 4 Notwithstanding the LORD 
turned not from the fierceness 
of his great wrath, wherewith 
his anger was kindled against 
Ja’dah, because of all the 
provocations that M4-nas’seh 
had provoked him withal. 

27 And the LORD said, I will 
remove Ju’dah also out, of my 
sight, as I have removed Is’ra-el, 
and will cast off this city Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém which I have chosen, and 
the house of which I said, My 
name shall be there. 

28 Now the rest of the acts of 
J6-si’ah, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of 


29 4 In his days Pha’radh-né’- 
choh king of E’g¥pt went up 
against the king of As-syr’i-a to 
the river Ei-phra’tés: and king 
Jo-si’ah went against him; and 
he slew him at Mé-Zid’dd, when 
he had seen him. 

30 And his servants carried 
him in a chariot dead from Mé- 
gid’do, and brought him to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and buried him in his 
own sepulchre. And the people 
of the land took Jé-h6’a-haz the 
son of Jé-si’ah, and anointed 
him, and made him king in hig 
father’s stead. 

31 ¥ Jé-hd’a-haz was twenty 
and three years old when he 
began to reign; and he reigned 
three months in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
And his mother’s name was 
Ha-mi’tal, the daughter of 
Jér-e-mi’ah of Lib’nah. 

32 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the Lorp, 
according to all that his fathers 
had done. 

33 And Pha’radh—-né’choh put 
him in bands at Rib’lah in the 
land of Ha’math, that he might 
not reign in Jé-ru’sd-lém:; and 
put the land to a tribute of an 
hundred talents of silver, and a 
talent of gold. 

34 And Pha’radh—né’choh made 
E-li’a-kim the son of Jé-si’ah 
king in the room of Joé-si’ah his 
father, and turned his name to 
Jé-hoi’a-kim, and took Jé-hd’a- 
haz away: and he came to 
E’gypt, and died there. 

35 And Jé-hoi’a-kim_ gave the 
silver and the gold to Pha’raoh; 
but he taxed the land to give the 
money according to the com- 
mandment of Pha’rash: he ex- 
acted the silver and the gold of 
the people of the land, of every 
one according to his taxation, to 
give it unto Pha’radh—né’choh. 

36 § Jé-hoi’a-kim was twenty 
and five years old when he began 
to reign; and he reigned eleven 
years in Jé-ru’sa-lém. And his 


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2 KINGS, 24 


Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar 


mother’s name was Ze-bu’dah, | daughter of El’/na-than of Jé-ru’=- 


the daughter of Pé-da’iah of 
Ru’mah. 

37 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, 
pais to all that his fathers 

one. 


337 CHAPTER 24 


1 Jehoiakim’s ruin. 10 Jerusalem 
taken by Nebuchadnezzar. 14 The 
people carried captive. 

N his days Néb-u-chad-néz’- 
zar king of Bab’/y-lon came 
up, and Jé-hoi’a-kim became his 
servant three years: then he 
turned and rebelled against him. 

2 And the LORD sent against 
him bands of the Chal’dees, and 
bands of the Syr’i-ans, and bands 
of the Md’ab-ites, and bands of 
the children of Am’mon, and sent 
them against Ja’dah to destroy 
it, according to the word of the 
LORD, which he spake by his 
servants the prophets. 

3 Surely at the commandment 
of the LORD came this upon Ji’- 
dah, to remove them out of his 
sight, for the sins of Me nie’seh, 
according to all that he did; 

4 And also for the innocent 
blood that he shed: for he filled 
Jé-ru’ sd-l18m withinnocent blood; 
which the LORD would not 
peecou: 

5 4 Now the rest of the acts of 
Jé-hoi’a-kim, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book 
oS the chronicles of the kings of 

ti’d 

6 ah y é-hoi’/a-kim slept with 
his fathers: and Jé-hoi’ a-chin 
his son reigned in his stead. 

7 And the king of E’gypt came 
not again any more out of his 
land: for the king of Bab’y-lon 
had taken from the_ river of 
E’gypt unto the river Et-phra’tés 
all that pertained to the king of 
E’gypt. 

8 4 Jé-hoi’a-chin was eighteen 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned in Jé-ru’sd-lem 
three months. And his mother’s 
name was WNé-htsh’ta, the 


sa-lém 

9 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, 
according to all that his father 
had done. 

10 4 At that time the servants 
of Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon came up against Jé- 
tu’s4-lém, and the city was 
besieged. 

11 And Néb-u-chad-néz'zar 
king of Bab’y-lon came against 
the city, and his servants did 
besiege it. 

12 And Jé-hoi’a-chin the king 
of Ja’dah went out to the king of 
Bab’y-lon, he, and his mother. 
and his servants, and his princes, 
and his officers: and the king 
of Bab’y-lon took him in the 
eighth year of his reign. 

13 And he carried out thence 
all the treasures of the house of 
the LORD, and the treasures of 
the king’s house, and cut in 
pieces all the vessels of gold 


which Sol’o-mon king of is’ra-el 


had made in the temple of the | 
LORD, as the LORD had said. 

14 And he carried away all 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and all the princes, 
and all the mighty men of valour, 
even ten thousand captives, and 
all the craftsmen and smiths: 


none remained, save the poorest © 


sort of the people of the land. 

15 And he carried away Jé- 
hoi’a-chin to Bab’y-lon, and the 
king’s mother, and the king’s 
wives, and his officers, and the > 
mighty of the land, those carried 
he into captivity from Jé-ru’sa- 
lém to Bab’y-lon. 

16 And all the men of might, 
even seven thousand, and crafts- 
men and smiths a thousand, all 
that were strong and apt for war, 
even them the king of Bab’y-lon 
brought captive to Bab’y-lon. 


17 4 And the king of Bab’y-lon 


made Mat-ta-ni’ah his father’s 
brother king in his stead, and 
changed his name to Zéd-e-ki’ah. 


18 Zéd-e-ki’ah was twenty and 
one years old when he began to. 
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Zedekiah and people taken to Babylon 


eleven 
And his 


reign, and he reigned 
years in Jé-ru’/sa-lém. 


2 KINGS, 25 


and bound him with fetters of 
brass, and carried him to Bab’y- 


mother’s name was Ha-mi’tal, oo 


the daughter of Jér-e-mi’ah of 
Lib/nah. 

19 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD, ac- 
ane to all that Jé-hoi’a-kim 

one. 

20 For through the anger of 
the LORD it came to pass in Jé- 
ru/sa-lém and Ji’dah, until he 
had cast them out from his pres- 
ence, that Zéd-e-ki/ah rebelled 
against the king of Bab’y-lon. 


338 CHAPTER 25 
1 Siege and destruction of Jerusalem. 

4 Zedekiah’s eyes put out. 11 The 

remnant led captive te Babyion. 22 

Gedaliah is smitien. 

ND it came to pass in the 
ninth year of his reign, in 
the tenth month, in the tenth day 
of the month, that Néb-u-chad- 
néz’zar king of Bab’y-lon came, 
he, and all his host, against Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and pitched against 
it; and they built forts against it 
round about. | : 

2 And the city was besieged 
unto the eleventh year of king 
Zéd-e-ki’ah. 

3 And on the ninth day of the 
fourth month the famine pre- 
vailed in the city, and there was 
no bread for the people of the land. 

4 ¥ And the city was broken up, 
and ali the men of war fled by 
night by the way of the gate 
between two walis, which is by 
the king’s garden: (now the 
Chal’/dees were against the city 
round about:) and the king went 
the way toward the plain. 

5 And the army of the Chal’dees 
pursued after the king, and 
overtook him in the plains of 
Jér’i-ch6: and ‘all his army 
were scattered from him. 

6 So they took the king, and 
brought him up to the king of 


Bab’y-lon to Rib/lah; and they |L 


gave judgment upon him. 

7 And they slew _the sons of 
Zéd-e-ki’ah before his eyes, | 
put out the eyes of Zéd-e-ki’ah, 


and|was eighteen cubits, 


8 {And in the fifth month, on 
the seventh day of the month, 
which is the nineteenth year of 
king Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon, came Néb’u-zar—a’- 
dan, captain of the guard, a 
servant of the king of Bab’y-lon, 
unto Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

9 And he burnt the house of 
the LORD, and the king’s house, 
and all the houses of Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, and every great man’s house 
pea he with fire. 

d all the army of the 
Chil’dees, that were with the 
captain of the guard, brake 
down the walls of Jé-ru’sa-lém 
round about. 

11 Now the rest of the people 
that were left in the city, and 
the fugitives that fell away Ae 
the king of Bab’y-lon, with t 
remnant of the multitude, ag 
Néb/u-zar—a’dan the captain of 
the guard carry away. 

12 But the captain of the guard 
left of the poor of the land fo be 
vinedressers and husbandmen. 

13 And the pillars of brass 
that were in the house of the 
LORD, and the bases, and the 
brasen sea that was in the house 
of the LORD, did the Chal’dees 
break in pieces, and carried the 
brass of them to Bab’y-lon. 

14 And the pots, and the 
shovels, and the snuffers, and 
the spoons, and all the vessels of 
brass wherewith they ministered, 
took they away. 

15 And the firepans, and the 
bowls, and such things as were 
eh gold, in gold, and of silver, in 
silver, the captain of the guard 
took away. 

16 The two pillars, one sea, 
and the bases which Sol’o-mon 
had made for the house of the 
ORD; the brass of all these 
vessels was without weight. | 

17 The height of the one pillar 
and the 
chapiter upon it was brass: and 


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2 KINGS, 25 


the height of the chapiter three | 


cubits; and the wreathen work, 
and pomegranates upon the 
chapiter round about, all of brass: 
and like unto these had the sec- 
ond pillar with wreathen work. 

18 § And the captain of the 
guard took Sér-a-i’/ah the chief 
priest, and Zéph-a-ni’/ah the 
second priest, and the three 
keepers of the door: 

19 And out of the city he took 
an officer that was set over the 
men of war, and five men of 
them that were in the king’s 
presence, which were found in 
the city, and the principal scribe 
of the host, which mustered the 
people of the land, and three- 
score men of the people of the 
land that were found in the city: 

20 And Néb/u-zdr—a’dan cap- 
tain of the guard took these, and 
brought them to the king of 
Bab’y-lon to Rib’lah: 

21 And the king of Bab’y-lon 
smote them, and slew them at 
Rib/lah in the land of Ha’math. 
So Ja’dah was carried away out 
of their land. 

22 § And as for the people that 
remained in the land of Jti’dah, 
whom WNéb-u-chad-néz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon had left, even over 
them he made Géd-a-li’ah the son 
of A-hi’/kam, the son of Sha’phan, 


ruler. 

23 And when all the captains of 
the armies, they and their men, 
heard that the king of Bab’y-lon 
had made Géd-a-li’ah governor, 
there came to Géd-a-li’ah to 
Miz’pah, even ish’ma-el the son 
of Néth-a-ni’ah, and Jo-ha’nan 
the son of Ca-ré’ah, and Sér-a- 
ah the son of Tan’hu-méth the 


Gedaliah slain 


Né-toph’a-thite, and Ja-az-a- 
ni’/ah the son of a M4-ach’a-thite, 
they and their men. 

24 And Géd-a-li’ah sware to 
them, and to their men, and said 
unto them, Fear not to be the 
servants of the Chal’dees: dwell 
in the land, and serve the king of 
Bab’y-lon; and it shall be well 
with you. 

25 But it came to pass in the 
seventh month, that Iish’ma-el 
the son of N éth-a-ni’ah, the son 
of E-lish’a-ma, of the seed royal, 
came, and ten men with him, and 
smote Géd-a-li’ah, that he died, 
and the Jews and the Chal’dees 
that were with him at Miz’pah. 

26 And all the people, both 
small and great, and the car- 
tains of the armies, arose, and 
came to E’éypt: for they were 
afraid of the Chal’dees. 

27 § And it came to pass in the 
seven and thirtieth year of the 
captivity of Jé-hoi’a-chin king of 
Ji/dah, in the twelfth month, on 
the seven and twentieth day of 
the month, that E’vil-mé-r6/dach 
king of Bab’y-lon i in the year that 
he began to reign did lift up the 
head of Jé-hoi’a-chin king of 
Ja’dah out of prison; 

28 And he spake kindly to 
him, and set his throne above the 
throne of the kings that were 
with him in Bab’y-lon: | 

29 And changed his prison gar- 
ments: and he did eat bread 
continually before him all the 
days of his life. 

30 And his allowance was a 
continual allowance given him of 
the king, a daily rate for every 
at all the days of his 
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339 CHAPTER 1 

1 Adamto Noah. 4 Noah’s sons. 17 
ae le line to Abraham. 35 Esau’s 
ine. 


D’AM, Shéth, £’nosh, 


2 Ké’nan, Ma-ha’la-lé-el, 
jJéred, 
3 Hé’noch, Mé-thu’se-lah, 
L#mech, 
4 Nd’ah, Shém, Ham, and 
Jé’pheth. 
5 § The sons of Ja’pheth; 


GO’mér, and Ma’g6g, and Mad’- 
é-i, and Ja’van, and Tu’bal, and 
Mé’shech, and Ti’ras. 

6 And the sons of G6’mér; 
Ash’che-naz, and Ri/phath, and 
To-gar’mah. 


7 And the sons of Ja’van; E-li’- | 1 


shah, and Tar’shish, Kit’tim, and 
D0’da-nim. . 

8 § The sons of Ham; Cush, 
and Miz’ra-im, Put, and Ca/naan. 

9 And the sons of Cush; Sé’ba, 

.and Hav’i-lah, and Sab’ta, and 

Ra’a-mah, and Sab’te-cha. And 
the sons of R&a’a-mah; Shé’ba, 
and Dé’dan. 

10 And Cush begat Nim’rdd: 
he began to be mighty upon the 
earth. ; 

11 And Miz’ra-im begat Lu’dim, 
and An’a-mim, and Lé’ha-bim, 
and Naph’tu-him, | 

12 And Path-ru’sim, and Cas’- 
lu-him, (of whom came the Phi- 
lis’tines,) and Caph’tho-rim. 

13 And Ca’ndan_begat Zi’don 
his firstborn, and Héth, 

14 The Jéb’u-site also, and the 
Am/6r-ite, and the Gir’ga-shite, 

15 And the Hi’vite, and the 
Ark’ite, and the Sin’ite, 

16 And the Ar’vad-ite, and the 
Zém/a-rite, and the Ha’math-ite. 

17 § Thesonsof Shém; Elam, 
and As’shur, and Ar-phax’ad, and 
Lid, and A’ram, and Uz, and 
Hil, and Gé’thér, and Mé’shech. 


18 And Ar-phax’ad begat Shé’- 
lah, and Shé’lah begat E’bér. 

19 And unto E’bér were born 
two sons: the name of the one 
was Pé’/lég; because in his days 
the earth was divided: and his 
brother’s name was Jok’tan. 

20 And Jék’tan begat Al-m6’- 
dad, and Shé’leph, and Ha’-zar- 
ma/veth, and Jé’rah, 

21 Ha-do’ram also, and U’zal, 
and Dik’lah, . 

22 And E’bal, and A-bim/a-el, 
and Shé’ba, 

23 And O’phir, and Hav’i-lah, 
and Jo’bab. All these were the 
sons of Jok’tan. 

24 9 Shém, Ar-phax’ad, Shé’- 


25 B’bér, Pé'lég, Ré’u, 
26 Sé’rug, Na’hor, Té’rah, 
27 A’bram; the same is A’bra- 


am. 

28 The sons of A’bra-ham; 
I’saac, and Ish’ma-el. 

29 4 These are their genera- 
tions: The firstborn of Ish’- 
ma-el, Né-ba’ioth; then Ké’dar, 
and Ad’bé-el, and Mib’sam, 

30 Mish’ma, and Dt’mah, 
Mas’sa, Ha’dad, and Té’ma, 

31 Jé’tur, Na’phish, and Kéd’- 
e-mah. These are the sons of 
Ish’ma-el. 

32 § Now the sons of Ké-ti’- 
rah, A’bra-ham’s concubine: she 
bare Zim’ran, and Jok’shan, and 
Mé/dan, and Mid/i-an, and Ish’- 
bak, and Shu’ah. And the sons 
of Jok’shan; Shé’ba, and Dé’- 

an. 

_33 And the sons of Mid’i-an; 
E’phah, and E’phér, and Hé’noch, 
and A-bi’da, and El’da-ah. All 
these are the sons of Ké-tii’rah. 

34 And A’bra-ham begat I’saac. 
The sons of I’saac; E’sau and 
Is’ra-el. i 

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phaz, Rew’el, and Jé’ish, and 
Ja-a’/lam, and K6’rah. 

36 The sons of El’i-phaz ; Té’- 
man, and O’mar, Zé’phi, and 
Ga’tam, Ké’naz, and Tim’na, 
and Am’a-lék. ‘ 

37 The sons of Reuw’el; Na’- 
hath, Zé/rah, Sham’mah, and 
Miz’zah. 

38 And the sons of Sé’/ir; LO6’- 
tan, and Sh6o’bai, and Zib’e-on, 
and A’nah, and Di’shon, and 
E’zar, and Di’shan. 

39 And the sons of LO’tan; 

O’ri, and Ho’mam: an 
Tim’na was Lo’tan’s sister. _ 

40 The sons of Shod’bal; A- 
lian, and Man/’a-hath, and E’bal, 
Shé’phi, and O’nam. And the 
sons of Zib’e-on; A-i/ah, and 
A’nah. 

41 The sons of A’nah; Di’shon. 
And the sons of Di’shon; Am’- 
ram, and Esh’ban, and Ith’ran, 
and Ché’ran. 


42 The sons of E’zér; Bil’han, 

and Za’van, and Ja’kan. The 
sons of Di’shan; Uz, and 
A’ teas 


3 4 Now these are the kings 
det reigned in the land of E’dom 
before any king reigned over the 
children of Is’ra-el; Bé/la the 
son of Bé’or: and the name of 
his city was Din’ha-bah. 

44 And when Bé’la was dead, 
J6’bab the son of Zé’rah of Boz’- 
rah reigned in his stead. 

45 And when J6’bab was dead, 
Hit’sham of the land of the Té’- 
man-ites reigned in his stead. 

46 And when Hii’sham was 
dead, Ha’dad the son of Bé’dad, 
which smote Mid’i-an in the 
field of M06’ab, reigned in his 
stead: and the name of his city 
was A’vith. 

47 And when Ha’dad was dead, 
Sam/lah of Mas’re-kah reigned in 
his stead 

48 And when Sam/’lah was 
dead, Sha’ul of Ré-h6’both by the 
river reigned in his stead. 

49 And when Sha’ul was dead, 
Ba’al-ha’nan the son of Ach’bor 
reigned in his stead. 


The sons of Israel 


oa And when Ba’al-ha’nan was 

Ha’dad reigned in his 

stead and the name of his city 

was Pa’1; and his wife’s name 

was Mé-hét’a-bel, the daughter 

of Ma’tred, the daughter of 
Méz’a-hab. 

51 § Ha’dad died also. And 
the dukes of E’dom were; duke 
Tim’/nah, duke A-li’ah, d ike 
Jé’theth, 

52 Duke A-hol-i-ba’mah, dike 

E’lah, duke Pi’ non, 

53 Duke Ké’naz, duke Té’man, 


d| duke Mib’zar, 


54 Duke Mag’di-el, duke l’ran. 
These are the dukes of E’dom. | 


CHAPTER 2 340 


1 The sons of Israel. 3 Posterity of 
Judah. 13 Children of Jesse. 3% 
Posterity of Sheshan. 


HESE are the sons of Is’ra- 
el;  Reu’ben, _Sim’e-on, 
Lé’vi, and Jut’dah, iIs’sa-char, 
and_ Zéb/u-lin, cares 
2 Dan, Jo’seph, and Bén’ja- | 
min, Naph’ta-li, Gad, and Ash’ér. 
34 The sons of Ji’dah; Er, 
and O’nan, and Shé’/lah: which 
three were born unto him of the 
daughter of Shu’a the Ca’naan- 
it-ess. And Er, the firstborn of 
Jui’dah, was evil in the sight of 
the LORD; and he slew him. 
4 And Ta’mar his daughter in 
law bare him Pha’réz and Zé’rah. 


a the sons of Ji’dah were 
ve. 
5 The sons of Pha’réz; 


Héz’ron, and Ha’miul. 

And the sons of Zé’rah; 
Zim’ri, and &’than, and He’- 
man, and Cal’col, and Da’ra: 
five of them in all. 

And the sons of Céar’mi; 
A’char, the troubler of Is’ra-el, 
who transgressed in the thing 
accursed. ; s 
8 And the sons of E’than; Az-a- 
ri’a 

9 The sons also of Héz’ron, 


thet were born unto him; 
Jé-rah’me-el, and Ram, and 
Ché-li’bai. 


10 And Ram begat Am-min’a= 


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- Children of Jesse 


- 


déb; and Am-min’a-dab begat 
Ae nae prince of the children 
of Ju’dah 

1| And N&h’shon begat Sal’- 
mé, and Sal’ma begat Bo’az, 

12 And B6o’az begat O’bed, and 

O’bed begat Jés’se, 

13 { And Jés’se_ begat his first- 
bo:n E-li’ab, and A-bin’a-dab the 
second, and Shim’ma the third, 

1t Né-than’e-el the fourth, 

Réd’da-i the fifth, 

15 O’zem the sixth, Da’vid the 
seventh: 

‘6 Whose sisters were Zér-u- 
ith, and Ab’i-gail. And the 
gns of Zér-u-i’‘ah; A-bish’4-i, 
end J6’ab, and A’sa-hél, three. 

17 And Ab/’i-gail bare Am/’a-sa: 
ind the father of Am’a-sa was 
Jé’thér the Ish’me-el-ite. 

18 q. And Ca’leb the son of 
Héz’r6n begat children of A-zt’- 
bah his wife, and of Jé’ri-oth: 
her sons are these; Jé’shér, and 
Sho’bab, and Ar’don. 

19 And when A-zii’bah was 
dead, Ca’leb took unto him Eph’- 
rath, which bare him Har. 

20 And Hiir begat U’ri, and U’ri 
begat Bé-zal’e-el. 

21 4, And afterward Héz’ron 
went in to the daughter of Ma’- 
chir the father of Gil’e-ad, whom 
he married when he was three- 
score years old; and she bare 
him Sé’gub. 

22 And Sé’gub begat Ja’ir, who 


' had three and twenty cities in the 


land of Gil’e-ad. 

23 And he took Gé’shtr, and 
A’ram, with the towns of Ja’ir, 
from them, with Ké’nath, and 
the towns thereof, even three- 
score cities. ll these belonged 
to the sons of Ma’chir the father 
of Gil’e-ad. 

24 And after that Héz’rén was 
dead in Ca’leb—éph’ra-tah, then 
A-bi’/ah Héz’ron’s wife bare him 
Ash’ur the father of Té-k0’a. 

25 § And the sons of Jé-rah’- 
me-el the firstborn of Héz’ron 
were, Ram the firstborn, and 
Bu/’nah, and O’ren, and O’zem, 
and A-hi’jah. 


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26 Jé-rah’me-el had also an- 
other wife, whose name was 
At’a-rah; she was the mother of 
O’nam. 

27 And the ea of Ram the 
firstborn of Jé-rih’me-el were, 
Ma’az, and Ja’min, and E’kér. 

28 And the sons of 0’nam were, 
Sham/ma-i, and Ja’da. And the 
sons of Sham’ma-i; Na’dab and 
Ab’i-shur. 

_29 And the name of the wife of 
Ab’i-shur was Ab-i-ha’il, and she 
bare him Ah’ban, and MO’lid. 

30 And the sons of Na’dab; 
Sé/léd, and Ap’pa-im: but Sé’/léd 
died without children. 

31 And the sons of Ap’pa-im; 
shi. And-the sons of I’shi; 
Shé’shan. And the children of 
Shé’shan; Ah ‘lai. 

32 And the sons of Ja’da the 
brother of Sham’ma-i; Jé’thér, 
and Joén’a-than: and Jé’thér 
died without children. 

33 And the sons of Jon’a-than; 
Pé'leth, and Za’za. These were 
the sons of Jé-rih’me-el. 

4 9 Now Shé’shan had no 
sons, but daughters. And Shé’- 
shan had a servant, an E-£yp’- 
tian, whose name was Jar’ha. 

35 And Shé’shan gave his 
daughter to Jar’ha his servant to 
wife; and she bare him At’tai. 

36 And At’tai begat WNa’than, 
and Na’than begat Za’bad, 

37 And Za’bad begat Eph lal, 
and Eph’lal begat O’bed. 

38 And O’bed begat Jé’hu, and 
Jé’ht begat Az-a-ri’ah, 

39 And Az-a-ri’ah begat Hé’léz, 
and Hé’léz begat £-lé’a-sah, 

40 And £-lé’a-sah begat Si- 
i, and Si-sdm/a-i begat 


41 And * Shal’lum begat Jék-a- 
mi’ah, and Jék-a-mi’ah begat 
£-lish’a-ma. 

42 ¥ Now the sons of Ca’leb the 
brother of Jé-rah’me-el were, 
Mé’sha his firstborn, which was 
the father of Ziph; and the sons 
of Ma-ré’shah the father of 
Hé’bron. i 

43 And the sons of Hé’bron; 


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Ko’rah, and_ Tap’py-ah, and 
Ré’kem, and Shé’ma. 

44 And Shé’ma begat Ra’ham., 
the father of Jér’ko-4m: and 
Ré’kem begat Sham’ma-i. 4 

45 And the son of Sham’ma-i 
was Ma’on: and Ma’on was the 
father of Beth’—zir. 

46 And E’phah, Ca’leb’s concu- 
bine, bare Ha’ran, and M0/’za, 
Ane Ga’zéz: and Ha’ran begat 

47 And the sons of Jah’da-i; 
Ré’zZém, and Jd’tham, and Gé’- 
sham, and Pé’let, and E’phah, 
and Sha/aph. 

48 Ma’a-chah, Ca’leb’s concu- 
bine, bare Shé’bér,and Tir’ha-nah. 

49 She bare also Sha’aph the 
father of Mad-man’nah, Shé’va 
the father of Mach’be-nah, and 
the father of Gib’e-a: and the 
daughter of Ca’leb was Ach’sa. 

50 4 These were the sons of 
Ca’leb the son of Hir, the first- 
born of Eph’ra-tah; Shd’bal the 
father of Kir’jath—jé’a-rim, 

51 Sal’ma the father of Béth’— 
jé-hém, Ha’reph the father of 
Béth-ga’dér. 

52 And Sh6o’bal the father of 

Kir’jath-jé’a-rim had __ sons; 
Har’o-eh, and half of the 
Ma-na’heth-ites. 
_93 And the families of Kir’jath— 
jé’a-rim; the iIth’rites, and the 
Pi’hites, and the Shu’math-ites, 
and the Mish’ra-ites; of them 
came the Za’re-ath-ites, and the 
Esh’ta-ul-ites. 

54 The sons of Sal’ma; Béth’— 
lé-hém, and the Né-tdph’a- 
thites, At’a-réth, the house of 
Jo’ab, and half of the Ma-na’- 
heth-ites, the Z6’rites. 

55 And the families of the 
scribes which dwelt at Ja’béz; 
the Ti’rath-ites, the Shim/’e-ath- 
ites, and Si’chath-ites. These 
are the Kén/‘ites that came of 
Hé’math, the father of the house 
of Ré’chab. 


341 CHAPTER 3 
1 Sons of David. 10 His successors on 
the throne. 


Sons of David 


OW these were the sons of 

Da’vid, which were born 
unto him in Hé’bron; the first- 
born Am/non, of A-hin’o-4m the 
Jéz’re-el-it-ess; the _ second 
Dan’iel, of Ab’i-gail the Car’nel- 
it-ess: 

2 The third, Ab’sa-lém the son 
of Ma’a-chah the daughter of 
Tal’/mai king of Gé’shir: ‘he 
fourth, Ad-o-ni’/jah the son of 
Hag’gith: 

3 The fifth, Shéph-a-ti’ah of 
Ab’i-tal: the sixth, Ith’re-am »y 
Eg’lah his wife. 

4 These six were born uno 
him in Hé’bron; and there le 
reigned seven years and sk 
months: and in Jé-ru’sa-lém 
reigned thirty and three years. 

And these were born unto 
him in Jé-ru’sa-lém; Shim’e-a, 
and Sho’bab, and Na’than, and 

S6l’o-mon, four, of Bath’-shu-a 
the daughter of Am’mi-el: 

6 ib’har also, and £-lish’a-ma, 
and E-liph’e-lét, 

And N6o’gah, and Né’pheg, 
and Ja-phi’a, 

8 And E-lish’a-ma, and E-li’a- 
da, and E-liph’e-lét, nine. 

9 These were all the sons of 
Da’vid, beside the sons of the 
concubines, and Ta’mar their 
sister. 

10 4¥ And Sol’o-mon’s son was 
Ré-ho-b6’am, A-bi’/a his son, 
A’sa his son, Jé-hésh’a-phat his 
son, 

11 Jo’ram his son, A-ha-zi’ah 
his son, J6’Ash his son, 

Am-a-zi‘ah his son, Az-a- 
ti’ah his son, J6’tham his son, 

13 A’haz his son, Héz-e-ki’ah 
his son, Ma-nas’seh_his son, | 

14 A’mon his son, Jo-si’ah his 


son. 

15 And the sons of Jdé-si’ah 
were, the firstborn J6é-ha’nan, 
the second Jé-hoi’a-kim, the 
third Zéd-e-ki’ah, the fourth 
Shal/lum. mS. 

16 And the sons of Jé-hoi’a- 
kim: Jéc-o-ni/ah his son, 
Zéd-e-ki’ah his son. — 

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ee As’sir, Sa-la’thi-el his 
at Mal-chi’ram also, and 
Pé-da’iah, and Shé-na’zar, 


Jéc- a-mi’ah, Hosh’a-ma, and 
Néd-a-bi’ah. 
19 And the sons of Pé-da’iah 


were, Zé-rttb’ba-bel, and 
Shim’e-i: and the sons of Zé- 
riib’ba-bél; Mé-shil’/lam, and 


Han-a-ni’ah, and Shél’o-mith 
their sister: 

20 And Ha-shw’bah, and O’hel, 
and Bér-e-chi’ah, and Has-a- 
di’/ah, Jai’shab—hé’sed, five. 

21 And the sons of Han-a- 
ni/ah; Pél-a-ti’ah, and Jé-sa’- 
iah: the sons of Réph-a-i’ah, the 
sons of Ar’nan, the sons of O-ba- 
di’ah, the sons of Shéch-a-ni’ah. 

22 And the sons of Shéch-a- 
ni’ah; Shém-a-i’/ah: and the 
sons of Shém-a-i’ah; Hat’tush, 
and {f2’e-al, and Ba-ri’ah, and 
WNé-a-ri’ah, ‘and Sha’phat, six. 

23 And the sons of Né-a-ri’ah; 
k-li-o-é’/na-i, and H6éz-e-ki’ah, 
and Az’ri-kam, three. 

24 And the sons of £-li-o-é’na-i 
were, Héd-a-i’ah, and E-li’a-shib, 
and Pél-a-i/ah, and Ak’kub, and 
Jo-ha’nan, and Dal-a-i’ah, and 
An-a/ni, seven. 


342 CHAPTER 4 

1 Judah's posterity by Caleb. 
terity and cities of Simeon. 
quest of the Amalekites. 

HE sons of Ju’dah; Pha’- 

réz, Héz’ron, and Cdar’mi, 
and Har, and Shd’bal. 

2 And Ré-a-i’/ah the son of 
Shé'bal begat Ja’hath; and Ja’- 
hath begat A-ht’ma-i, and La’- 
had. These are the families of 
the Z6’rath-ites. 

3 And these were of the father 
of E’tam; Jéz’re-el, and Ish’ma, 
and Id’bash: and the name of 
their sister was Haz’e-lél-pd/ni: 
4 And Pé-nii’el the father of 
Gé’dor, and E’zér the father of 
Hia’shah. These are the sons of 
Har, the firstborn of Eph’ra-tah, 
the father of Béth’-1é-hém. 

5 9§ And Ash’tr the father of 

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Té-k6’a had two wives, Hé’/lah 
and Na’a-rah. Yy 

6 And Na’a-rah bare him A-hti’= 
zam, and Hé’phér, and Tém’e-nt, 
and Ha4-a-hash’ta-ri. These 
were the sons of Na’a-rah. 

7 And the sons of Hé’lah were, 
Zé’reth, and Jé-z6’ar, and Eth’- 


nan. 

8 And Coz begat A’/nub, and 
Zo-bé’bah, and the families of 
A-har’hel the son of Ha’rum. 

9 4 And Ja’béz was more 
honourable than his brethren: 
and his mother called his name 
Ja’béz, saying, Because I bare 
him with sorrow. 

10 And Ja’béz called on the 
God of is’ra-el, saying, Oh that 
thou wouldest bless me indeed, 
and enlarge my coast, and that 
thine hand might be with me, and 
that thou wouldest keep me 
from evil, that it may not grieve 
me! And God granted him that 
which he requested. 

11 § And Ché/ltb the brother of 
Shu’ah begat Mé’hir, which was 
the father of Esh’ton. 

12 And Esh’ton begat Béth—ra’- 
pha, and Pa-sé’ah, and Té-hin’- 
nah the father of fr—na’hash. 
These are the men of Ré’chah. 

13 And the sons of Ké’naz; 
Oth’/ni-el, and Sér-a-i/ah: and 
ne sons ‘of Oth’ni- el; Ha’thath. 

4 An é-6n 'o-thai begat 
Beiveah: and Sér-a-i/ah begat 
Jo’ab, the father of the valley of 
Char’a-shim; for they were 
craftsmen. 

15 And the sons of Ca’leb the 
son of Jé-phtin’neh; ru, E’lah, 
and Na’am: and the sons of 
E’/lah, even Ké’naz. 

16 And the sons of Jé’ha-lé’- 
le-el; Ziph, and Zi’phah, Tir’i-a, 
and A-sa’re-el. 

17 And the sons of Ez’ra were, 
Jé’thér, and Mé’red, and E’phér, 
and Ja’/lon: and she bare Mir’i- 
am, and Sham’ma-i, and ish’/bah 
the father of Esh-te-m6’a. 

18 And his wife Jé-hi-di’jah 
bare Jé’red the father of Gé’dor, 
and Hé’bér the father of S6’cho, 


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Sons of Simeon 


and Jé-ku’thi-el the father of} 32 And their villages were, 


Za-n0o’ah. And these are the 
sons of Bith’i-ah the daughter 
of Pha’raoh, which Mé’red took. 

19 And the sons of his wife 
Ho6-di’ah the sister of Na’ham, 
the father of Kéi‘lah the Gidr’- 
mite, and Esh-te-m6’a the Ma- 
ach’a-thite. f 

20 And the sons of Shi’mon 
were, Am/’/non, and _ Rin’nah, 
Bén-ha’/nan, and Ti’lon. And 
the sons of Ishi were, Zd/héth, 
and Bén—z6’héth. 

21 4 The sons of Shé/lah the 
son of Ja’dah were, Er the father 
of Lé’cah, and La’a-dah the 
father of M4a-ré’shah, and the 
families of the house of them 
that wrought fine linen, of the 
house of Ash-bé’a, 

22 And Jo’kim, and the men of 
Cho-zé’ba, and J6’ash, and Sa’- 
raph, who had the dominion in 
Mo’ab, and Jash’u-bi-lé’hém. 
And these are ancient things. 

23 These were the potters, and 
those that dwelt among plants 
and hedges: there they dwelt 
with the king for his work. 

24 4 The sons of Sim’e-on 
were, Né-mi’el, and Ja’min, 
Ja’rib, Zé’rah, and Sha’ul: 

25 Shal’/lum his son, Mib’sam 
his son, Mish’ma his son. 

26 And the sons of Mish’ma; 
Ha-mi’el his son, Zac’chur his 
son, Shim’e-i his son. 

27 And Shim’e-i had sixteen 
sons and six daughters; but his 
brethren had not many children, 
neither did all their family mul- 
tiply, like to the children of 


ti’dah. 
28 And they dwelt at Bé’er— 
shé’ba, and Mb6l’a-dah, and 
Ha’zar-shu’al, 


29 And at Bil’hah, and at/d 


E’/zém, and at To’lad, 

30 And at Béth-u’el, and at 
Ho6r’mah, and at Zik’lag, | 

31 And at Béth—m§4r’ca-both, 
and Ha’zar-sii’sim, and at 
Béth—-bir’e-i, and at Sha-a-ra’im. 
These were their cities unto the 
reign of Da’vid. 


E’tam, and A’in, Rim’mon, and 
To’chen, and  A/shan, five 
cities: 

33 And all their villages that 
were round about the same Cities, 
unto Ba’al. These were their 
habitations, and their gene- 
alogy. 

34 And Mé-sh6’bab, and Jam’- 
lech, and J6d’shah the son of 
Am-a-zi’ah, 

35 And Jé’el, and Jé’ht the son 
of Jés-i-bi/ah, the son of Sér-a- 
i’ah, the son of A’si-el, 

36 And £-li-o-é’na-i, and Ja- 
ak’o-bah, and Jésh-o-ha’iah, and 
A-sa-1/ah, and A/di-el, and Jé- 
sim/i-el, and Bé-na’iah, 

37 And Zi’za theson of Shi’phi, 
the son of Al’/lén, the son of 
Jé-da’iah, the son of Shim’ri, 
the son of Shém-a-i’ah; ‘ 

38 These mentioned by their 
names were princes in their 
families: and the house of their 
fathers increased greatly. 

39 | And they went to the 
entrance of Gé’dér, even unto 
the east side of the valley, to 
seek pasture for their flocks. 

40 And they found fat pasture 
and good, and the land was wide, 
and quiet, and peaceable; for 
they of Ham had dwelt there 
of old. 

41 And these written by name 
came in the days of Héz-e-ki’ah 
king of Ju’dah, and smote their 
tents, and the habitations that 
were found there, and destroyed 
them utterly unto this day, and 
dwelt in their rooms: because 
there was pasture there for their 
flocks. 

42 And some of them, even of 
the sons of Sim’e-on, five hun- 
red men, went to mount Sé‘ir, 
having for their captains Pél-a- 
ti’ah, and Né-a-ri’ah, and Réph- 
a-i’ah, and Uz’zi-el, the sons of 
I’shi. 

43 And they smote the rest of 
the Am/a-lék-ites that were es- 
caped, and dwelt there unto this 

ay. 


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Sons of Reuben and Gad 
343 CHAPTER 5 


1 Reuben’s sons. 11 The chief men of 

Gad. 23 The children of the half of 
- Manasseh. 

OW the sons of Rev’ben the 

firstborn of is’ra-el, (for he 
was the firstborn; but, foras- 
much as he defiled his father’s 
bed, his birthright was given 
unto the sons of J6’seph the son 
of Is’ra-el: and the genealogy is 
not to be reckoned after the 
birthright. $ 

2 For Ja’dah prevailed above 
his brethren, and of him came 
the chief ruler; but the birth- 
right was Jé’seph’s:) 

3 The sons, J say, of Rev’ben 
the firstborn of Is’ra-el were, 
Ha’noch, and Pal/lu, Héz’ron, 
and Car’mi. 

4 The sons of Jo’el; Shém-a- 
Vah his son, Gog his son, 
Shim/’e-i his son, 

5 Mi’cah his son, Ré-a-i’a his 
son. Ba’al his son, 

6 Bé-é’/rah his son, whom 
Til’gath-pil-né’ser king of As- 
syr/i-a carried away cabtive: he 
was prince of the Reu’ben-ites. | 

7 And his brethren by their 
families, when the genealogy of 
their generations was reckoned, 
were tne chief, Jé-i’el, an 
Zéch-a-ri’ah, 

8 And Béla the son of A’zaz, 
the son of Shé’ma, the son of 
Jo’el, who dwelt in A’r6-ér, even 
unto Né’boé and Ba’al—mé’on: 

9 And eastward he inhabited 
unto the entering in of the wilder- 
ness from the river Ei-phra’tés: 
because their cattle were multi- 
plied in the land of Gil’e-ad. 

10 And in the days of Saul they 
made war with the H4a’gar-ites, 
who fell by their hand: and they 
dwelt in their tents throughout 
all the east land of Gil’e-ad. 

11 And the children of Gad 
dwelt over against them, in the 
land of Ba’shan unto Sal’cah: 

12 Jo’el the chief, and_Sha’- 
pham the next, and Ja-a’/nai, and 
Sha/phat in Ba’shan. 

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house of their fathers were, Mi’- 
chaél, and Mé-shtl/lam, and 
Shé’ba, and Jo’rai, and Ja’chan, 
and Z1’a, and Hé’bér, seven. 
_14 These are the children of 
Ab-i-ha’il the son of Hii’ri, the 
son of Ja-ro’ah, the son of Gil’e- 
ad, the son of Mi’chaél, the son 
of Jé-shish’a-i, the son of Jah’do, 
the son of Buz; 

15 A’hi the son of Ab’di-el, the 

son of Gt’ni, chief of the house 
of their fathers. 
_16 And they dweit in Gil’e-ad 
in Ba’shan, and in her towns, 
and in all the suburbs of Shar’on, 
upon their borders. 

17 All these were reckoned by 
genealogies in_ the days of Jo’- 
tham king of Ja’dah, and in the 
days of Jér-o-bo’am king of 
Is’ra-el. 

18 { The sons of Reu’ben, and 
the Gad’ites, and half the tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh, of valiant men, men 
able to bear buckler and sword, 
and to shoot with bow, and skil- 
ful in war, were four and forty 
thousand seven hundred and 
threescore, that went out to the 


war. 
19 And they made war with the 
Ha’gar-ites, with Jé’tir, and 


d| Né’phish, and N6/dab. 


20 And they were helped against 
them, and the Ha’gar-ites were 
delivered into their hand, and all 
that were with them: for they 
cried to God in the battle, and he 
was intreated of them; because 
they put their trust in him. ; 

21 And they took away their 
cattle; of their camels fifty thou- 
sand, and of sheep two hundred 
and fifty thousand, and of asses 
two thousand, and of men an 
hundred thousand. 

22 For there fell down many 
slain, because the war was of 
God. And they dwelt in their 
steads until the captivity. 

23 ¢ And the children of the 
half tribe of Ma-nas’seh dwelt in 
the land: they increased from 
Ba’shan unto Ba’al-hér’mon and 
Sé’nir, and unto mount Hér’mon. 


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24 And these were the heads of | priest’s office in the temple that 
the house of their fathers. even 
E’phér, and I’shi, and £-li’el, and 
Az’ri-el, and Jér-e e-mi’ah, and 
Héd-a-vi'ah, and Jah’ di- el, 
mighty men of valour, famous 
men, and heads of the house of 
Voias fathers. 

5 § And they transgressed 
eons the God of their fathers, 
and went a whoring after the 
gods of the people of the land, 
ator God _ destroyed before 

26 And the God of Iis’ra-el 
stirred up the spirit of Pul king 
of As-syr’i-a, and the spirit of 
Til’gath—pil-né’ ser king of As- 
syr’i-a, and he carried them 
away, even the Reu’ben-ites, and 
the Gad’ites, and the half tribe 
of Ma-nas’seh, and brought them 
unto Ha’lah, and Ha’bér, and 
Ha’ra, and to the river G6o’zan, 
unto this day. 


344 CHAPTER 6 
1 Sons of Levi. 4 Lines of the priests 
unto the captivity. 49 Aaron’s office 
and line. 54 The Levitical cities. 
HE sons of Lé’vi; Gér’shdén, 
Ko’hath, and Mé-ra’ri. 

2 And the sons of K6’hath; 
Am/ram, iIz’har, and Hé’bron, 
and Uz’zi-el. 

3 And the children of Am’ram; 
Aar’on, and Md’ses, and Mir’i- 
am. The sons also of A4ar’on; 
Na’dab, and A-bi’ht, E-le-a’zar, 
and ith’a-mir. 

4 4 E-le-a’zar begat Phin’e-has, 
Phin’e-has begat A-bish’u-a, 

5 And A-bish’u-a4 begat Buk’ki, 
and Buk’ki begat Uz’zi, 

6 And Uz’zi begat Zér-a-hi’ah, 
and Zér-a-hi’/ah begat Mé-ra’- 
ioth, 

7 Mé-ra’ ioth begat Am-a-ri’ah, 
and Am-a-ri’ah begat A-hi’tub, 

8 And A-hi’tub begat Za’ dok, 
and Za’dok begat A-him/a-az, 

9 And A-him’a-az begat Az-a- 
ri’ah, and  Az-a-ri‘ah begat 
Jd-ha’nan, 


10 And Jé-ha’nan begat Az-a-| bi’ 


ri’ah, (he it is that executed the 


Sons of Levi 


priest’s office in the temple that 
may -mon built in Jé-ru’sa-lém:) 

1 And Az-a-ri’ah begat Am-a- 
ivan and Am-a-ri’/ah begat 
A-hi’tub, 

12 And A-hi’tub begat Za’dodk, 
and Za’dok begat Shal/lum, 

13 And Shal’/lum begat Hil- 
ki/ah, and Hil-ki’ah begat 
Az-a-ri’ah, 

14 And Az-a-ri’ah begat! Sér- 
a-l’ah, and Sér-a-i’ah begat 
Jé-hoz’ a-dak, 

15 And Jé-hoz’a-dak went into 
captivity, when the LORD 
carried away Jut’dah and 
Jé-ru’sa-lém by the hand of 
Néb-u-chad-néz’zar. 

16 { The sons of Lé’vi; Gér’- 
shom, Ko’hath, and Mé-ra’ri. 

17 And these be the names of 
the sons of Gér’shom; Lib/ni, 
and Shim ’/e-i. 

18 And the sons of Ko’hath 
were, Am’/ram, and Iz’hir, and 
Hé’bron, and Uz’zi-el. 

19 The sons of Mé-ra’ri; 
Mah’li, and Mi’shi. And these 
are the families of the Lé’vites 
gece aie to their fathers. 

0 Of Gér’shdm; Lib’ni his 
don, Ja’hath his son, Zim’mah 
his son, 

21 Jo’ah his son, Id’d6 his 
son, Zé’/rah his son, Jé-at’e-rai 
his son. 

22 The sons of Ko’hath; Am- 
min ’a-dab his son, Ko’rah his 
son, As’sir his son, 

23 El’ka-nah his son, and £-bi/- 
ensfph his son, and As’sir his 


4 Ta’hath his son, U’ri-el his 
son, Uz-zi’ah his son, and Sha’ul 
his son. 

25 And the sons of pK ES 
A-mas’a-i, and A-hi’méth 

26 As for El’ka-nah: the sons 
of El’ka-nah; Z6’phai his son, 
and Na’hath his son, 

27 &E-li’ab his son, Jér’o-ham 
his son, El’k4-nah his son. 

28 And the sons of Sam/’u-el; 
the oe Vash’ni, and ia 


29 Thesons of Mé-ra’ri; Mah’e 


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Lines of the priests 


li, Lib’ni his son, Shim’e-i his 
son, Uz’za his son, 

30 Shim/’e-a his son, Hag-gi’ah 
his son, A-sa-i’ah his son. 

31 And these are they whom 
Da’vid set over the service of 
song in the house of the LORD, 
after that the ark had rest. 

32 And they ministered before 
the dweiling place of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation with 
singing, until Sdl’/o-mon had 
built the house of the LORD in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: and then they 
waited on their office according 
to their order. 

33 And these are they that 
waited with their children. Of 
the sons of the Kdo’hath-ites: 
Hé’man a singer, the son of Jd’el, 
the son of Shé-mi’el, 

34 The son of El’/ka-nah, the 
son of Jér’o-ham, the son of 
£-li’el, the son of T6’ah, 

- 35 The son of Zuph, the son of 
El’ka-nah, the son of Ma’hath, 
the san of A-mas’a-i, 

36 The son of El’ka-nah, the 
son of Jé’el, the son of_Az-a- 
ri’ah, the son of Zéph-a-ni’ah, 

of The son of Ta’hath, the son 

, of As’sir, the son of E-bi’a-saph, 
the son of K6’rah, 


38 The son of iz’hér, the son of | lot 


KO’hath, the son of Lé’vi, the son 
of Is’ra-el. 

39 And his brother A’saph, who 
stood on his right hand, even 
A’saph the son of Bér-a-chi’ah, 
the son of Shim’e-a, 

40 The son of Mi’chaél, the son 
of Ba-a-sé’iah, the son of Mal- 
chi’ah, ; 

41 The son of Eth’ni, the son 
of Zé’rah, the son of Ad-a-i’ah, 

42 The son of E’than, the! son 
of Zim’mah, the son of Shim’e-i, 

43 The son of Ja’hath, the son 
of Gér’shim, the son of Lé’vi. 

44 And their brethren the sons 
of Mé-ra’ri stood on the left 
hand: &’than the son of Kish’ithe 
son of Ab’di, the son of Mal’luch, 

45 The son of_Hash-a-bi’ah, 
the son of Am-a-zi’ah, the son of 
Hil-ki’ah, 


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46 The son of Am ‘zi, the son of 
Ba’ni, the son of Sha’mér, 

47 The son of Mah’‘li, the son 
of Mu’shi, the son of Mé-ra’ri, 
the son of Lé’vi. 

48 Their brethren also the 
Lé’vites were appointed unto all 
manner of service of the taber- 
nacle of the house of God. 

49 ¢ But Aar’on and his sons 
offered upon the altar of the 
burnt offering, and on the altar 
of incense, and were appointed 
for all the work of the place most 
holy, and to make an atonement 
for is’ra-el, according to all that 
MO6’ses the servant of God had 
commanded. 

50 And these are the sons 
of Aar’on; E-le-a’zar his son, 
ger aet his son, A-bish’u-a 
his so 

51 Bok’ ki his son, z’zi his 
son, Zér-a-hi’ah his son, 

52 Mé-ra’‘ioth his son, Am-a- 
ri’ah his son, A-hi’tub his son, 

53 Za’dok his son, A-him/a-az 
his son. 

54 4 Now these are their dwel- 
ling places throughout their 
castles in their coasts, of the sons 
of Aar’on, of the families of the 
K6’hath-ites, for theirs was the » 


55 And they gave them Hé’- 
bron in the land of Ja’dah, and 
thesuburbsthereofroundaboutit. 

56 But the fields of the city, 
and the villages thereof, they 
gave to Ca’leb the son of Jé- 
phun/neh. 

57 And to the sons of Aar’on 
they gave the cities of Ji’dah, 
namely, Hé’bron, the city of 
refuge, and Lib’nah with her 
suburbs, and Jat’tir, and Esh-te- 
m6’a, with their suburbs, 

58 And Hi’len with her sub- 
urbs, Dé’bir with her suburbs. 

59 And A’shan with her sub- 
urbs, and Béth-shé’mesh with 
her suburbs: 

60 And out of the tribe of Bén’- 
ja-min; Gé’ba with her suburbs, 
and Al’e-méth with her suburbs, 
and An’a-thoth with her suburbs. 


517 


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All their cities throughout their 
families were thirteen cities. 

61 And unto the sons of K6’- 
hath, which were left of the 
family of that tribe, were cities 
given out of the half tribe, 
namely, out of the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh, by lot, ten cities. 

62 And to the sons of Gér’shom 
throughout their families out of 
the tribe of Is’sa-char, and out of 
the tribe of Ash’ér, and out of the 
tribe of Naph’ta-li, and out of the 
tribe of Ma-nas’seh in Ba’shan, 
thirteen cities. 

63 Unto the sons of Mé-ra’ri 
were given by lot, throughout 
their families, out of the tribe of 
Reu’ben, and out of the tribe of 
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zéb’- 
u-lun, twelve cities. 4 

64 And the children of Is’ra-el 
gave to the Lé’vites these cities 
with their suburbs, 

65 And they gave by lot out of 
the tribe of the children of Ji’- 
dah, and out of the tribe of the 
children of Sim’e-on, and out of 
the tribe of the children of Bén’- 
ja-min, these cities, which are 
called by their names. 

66 And the residue of the 
families of the sons of K6’hath 
had cities of their coasts out of 
the tribe of E’phra-im. 

67 And they gave unto them, 
of the cities of refuge, Shé’chem 
in mount E’phra-im with her 
suburbs; they gave also Gé’zér 
with her suburbs, 

68 And Joék’me-Aam with her 
suburbs, and Béth-hd/ron with 
her suburbs, 

69 And Aij’a-lon with her sub- 
urbs, and Gath-rim’mon with 
her suburbs: 

70 And out of the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh; A’nér with her sub- 
urbs, and Bil’e-am with her 
suburbs, for the family of the 
remnant of the sons of K6’/hath. 

71 Unto the sons of Gér’shom 
were given out of the family of 
the half tribe of Ma-nas’seh, GO’- 
lan in Ba’shan with her suburbs, 
andAsh’ta-roth with her suburbs: 


The Levitical cities 


_72 And out of the tribe of 
Is’sa-char; Ké/desh with her 
suburbs, 
suburbs, 


Dab’e-rath with her © 


73 And Ra’moth with her sub- — 


urbs, and A’/nem with 
suburbs: 


her § 


74 And out of the tribe of © 


Ash’ér; Ma’shal with her sub- 
urbs, and Ab’/ddn with her 
suburbs, 

75 And Hi’kok with her sub- 
urbs, 
suburbs: 


and Ré’hob with her — 


76 And out of the tribe of © 


Naph’ta-li; Ké’desh in Gali-lee 
with her suburbs, and Ham’/mon 
with her suburbs, and Kir-jath- 
a’im with her suburbs. 

77 Unto the rest of the children 
of Mé-ra’ri were given out of the 
tribe of Zéb’u-lin, Rim’mon 
with her suburbs, Ta’bor with 
her suburbs: 

78 And on the other side Jor’- 
dan by Jér’i-ch6, on the east side 
of Jér’dan, were given them out 
of the tribe of Reu’ben, Bé’zér in 
the wilderness with her suburbs, 
and Jah’zah with her suburbs, 

79 Kéd’e-moth also with her 
suburbs, and Méph’a-ath with 
her suburbs: 

80 And out of the tribe of Gad; 
Ra’moth in Gil’e-ad with her 
suburbs, and Ma-ha-na/im with 
her suburbs, 

81 And Hésh’b6n with her 
suburbs, and Ja’zér with her 
suburbs. 


CHAPTER 7 345 

1 Sons of TIssachar. 6 Benjamin’s 
sons. 14 Manasseh’s sons. 23 
Beriah is born. 30 Asher’s children. 


OW the sons of Is’sa-char — 


were, To’la, and Pt’ah, 
deshiad: and Shim’rom, four. 

2 And the sons of T6d/la; Uz’zi, 
and Réph-a-i’ah, and Jé’ri-el, 
and Jah’ma-i, and Jib’sam, and 
Shé-mit’el, heads of their fath- 
er’s house, to wit, of T6’la: they 
were valiant men of might in 
their generations; 


whose num- — 


ber was in the days of Da’vid two — 
518 


Sons of Benjamin and Manasseh 


and twenty thousand and six 
hundred. : 3 

3 And the sons of Uz’zi;_ Iz-ra- 
hi’ah: and the sons of Iz-ra-hi’- 
ah; Mi’chaél, and O-ba-di’ah, 


and Jo’el, i-shi’ah, five: all of 
them chief men. 
4 And with them, by their 


generations, after the house of 
their fathers, were bands of 
soldiers for war, six and thirty 
thousand men: for they had 
many wives and sons. 

5 And their brethren among all 
the families of Is’sa-char were 
valiant men of might, reckoned 
in all by their genealogies four- 
score and seven thousand. 

6 § The sons of Bén’ja-min; 
Béla, and Bé’chér, and Jé-di’a- 
el, three. . 

7 And the sons of Bé/la; Ez’- 
bon, and Uz’zi, and Uz/zi-el, and 
Jér/i-moth, and I’ri, five; heads 
of the house of their fathers, 
mighty men of valour; and were 
reckoned by their genealogies 
twenty and two thousand and 
thirty and four. 

8 And the sons of Bé’chér; 
Ze-mi'ra, and J6’ash, and £-li- 
é’zér, and _f-li-o-é’na-i, and 
Om’ri, and Jér’i-moth, and A- 
bi’/ah, and An’a-thoth, and Al’a- 
méth. All these are the sons of 
Bé’cheér. 

9 And the number of them, 
after their genealogy by their 
generations, heads of the house 
of their fathers, mighty men of 
valour, was twenty thousand and 
two hundred. 

10 The sons also of Jé-di’a-el; 
Bil’han: and the sons of Bil’han; 
Jé’ish, and Bén’ja-min, and 
F’htd, and Ché-na’a-nah, and 
Zé’than, and Théar’shish, and 
A-hish’a-hdr. 

11 All these the sons of Jé-di’- 
a-el, by the heads of their fathers, 
mighty men of valour, were 
seventeen thousand and two 
hundred soldiers, fit to go out 
for war and battle. 

12 Ship’pim also, and Hup’- 


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pim, the children of Ir, and 
Ht’shim, the sons of A’hér. 

13 { The sons of Naph’‘ta-li; 
Jah’zi-el, and Gi’ni, and Jé’zér, 
ae Shal’lum, the sons of Bil’- 

ah. 

14° 9 The sons of Ma-ndas’seh; 
Ash’ri-el, whom she bare: (but 
his concubine the A’ram-it-ess 
bare Ma’chir the father of Gil’- 


e-ad: 

15 And Ma’chir took to wife 
the sister of Hup’pim and Shtp’- 
pim, whose sister’s name was 
Ma’a-chah;) and the name of the 
second was Zé-l6’phe-had: and 
Zé-l6’/phe-had had daughters. 

16 And Ma’a-chah the wife of 
Ma’chir bare a son, and she 
called his name Pé’resh; and 
the name of his brother was 
Shé’resh; and his sons were 
Ulam and Ra’kem. 

17 And the sons of U’lam; 
Bé’dan. These were the sons 
of Gil’e-ad, the son of Ma’chir, 
the son of Ma-nas’seh. 

18 And his sister Ham-m6l’e- 
kéth bare I’shdd, and A-bi-é’zér, 
and Ma-ha/lah. 

19 And the sons of Shé-mi’dah 
were, A-hi’an, and Shé’/chem, 
and Lik’hi, and A’ni-am. 

20 4 And the sons of E’phra- 
im; Shu’the-lah, and Bé’red his 
son, and Ta’hath his son, and 
El’a-dah his son, and Ta’hath his 


son, 

21 4 And Za’bad his son, and 
Shu’the-lah his son, and E’zér, 
and E’le-ad, whom the men of 
Gath that were born in that land 
slew, because they came down to 
take away their cattle. 

22 And E’phra-im their father 
mourned many days, and his 
brethren came to comfort him. 

23 4 And when he went in to 
his wife, she conceived, and bare 
a son, and he called his name 
Bé-ri/ah, because it went evil 
with his house. i 

24 (And his daughter was She’- 
rah, who built Béth—hd’ron the 
nether, and the upper, and Uz’/- 
zen—shé’rah.) 


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25 And Ré’phah was his son, | 


also Ré’sheph, and Té’lah his 
son, and Ta’han his son, 


26 La’a-dan his son, Am-mi’- 


hid his son, £-lish’a-ma his son, 

27 Non his son, Jé-hésh’u-ah 
his son. 

28 4 And their possessions and 
habitations were, Béth’-el and 
the towns thereof, and eastward 
N4a’a-ran, and westward Gé’zér, 
with the towns thereof; Shé’- 
chem also and the towns thereof, 
unto Ga’za and the towns 
thereof: 

29 And by the borders of the 
children of Ma-nds’seh, Béth— 
shé’an and her towns, Ta’a-nich 
and her towns, Mé-gid’dé and 
her towns, Dér and her towns. 


In these dwelt the children of 


J6’seph the son of {s’ra-el, 
3 


Q 4 The sons of Ash’ér; tm/’- 
nah, and is’u-ah, and tsh’u-di, 
and Bé-ri/ah, and Sé’rah their 


sister. 
31 And the sons of Bé-ri’ah: 


Hé’bér, and Mal’chi-el, who is 


the father of Bir’za-vith. 


32 And Hé’bér begat Japh’let, 
and Sh6o’mér, and H6’tham, and 


Shu’a their sister. 
33 And the sons of Japhet: 


Pa’sach, and Bim’hal, and Ash’- 
A These are the children of 


vath. 
Japh‘let. i 
34 And the sons of Sha’mér; 

A’hi, and Roéh’gah, Jé-htb’bah, 
and A’ram. 


35 And the sons of his brother 


Hé’lem;: Z6’phah, and tm’na, 
and Shé’lesh, and A’mal. 

36 The sons of Z6’phah; Sii’ah, 
and Har’ne-phér, and Shu/al, 
and Bé’ri, and {m’rah, 

37 Bé’zér, and .Héd, and 
Sham’ma, and Shil’shah, and 
Ith’ran, and Bé-é’ra4. 

38 And the sons of Jé’thér: 
Jé-phtin’neh, and Pis’pah, and 
A’ra. 

39 And the sons of Ul’la; A’rah, 
and Han’i-el, and Ré-zi'a. 

40 All these were the children 
of Ash’ér, heads of their father’s 
house, choice and mighty men of 


Sons of Asher 


valour, chief of the princes. 
And the number throughout the 
genealogy of them that were apt 
to the war and to battle was 
twenty and six thousand men. 


CHAPTER 8 346 
1 Benjamin’s sons and chiefs. 33 
Stock of Saul and Jonathan. 
Ne Bén’ja-min begat Béla 
his firstborn, Ash’bél the 
second, and A-har’ah the third, 

2 No’hah the fourth, and 
Ra’pha the fifth. 

3 And the sons of Béla were, 
Ad’dar, and Gé’ra, and A-bi’hud, 

4 And A-bish’u-4, and Na’a- 
man, and A-h6/ah, 

5 And Gé’ra, and Shé-phi’- 
phan, and Hii’ram. 

6 And these are the sons of 
E’htid: these are the heads of the 
fathers of the inhabitants of 
Gé’ba, and they removed them to 
Man/a-hath: ‘ 

7 And Na’a-man, and A-hi’ah, 
and Gé’ra, he removed them, and 
begat Uz’za, and A-hi’/hud. ‘ 

8 And Sh4-ha-ra’im begat chil- 
dren in the country of Mo’ab, 
after he had sent them away; 
Hi’shim and Ba’a-ra were his 
Wives. 

9 And he begat of Hé’desh his 
wife, J6’bab, and Zib’i-a, and 
Mé’sha, and Mal’cham, 

10 And Jé’iz, and Sha-chi’a, 
and Mir’ma. These were his 
sons, heads of the fathers. 

11 And of Hi’shim he begat 


Ab/i-tib, and El’pa-al. 


12 The sons of El’pa-al; #’bér, 
and Mi’sham, and Sha’méd, who 
built O’nd, and Léd, with the 
towns thereof: 

13 Bé-ri’ah also, and Shé’ma, 
who were heads of the fathers 
of the inhabitants of Aij’a-l6on, 
who drove away the inhabitants 
of Gath: 

14 And A-hi’é, Sha’shak, and 
Jér’e-m6oth, 

15 And Zéb-a-di’ah, and A’rad, 
and A’dér, ‘ 

16 And Mi’chaél, and {fs’pah, 
and J6’ha, the sons of Bé-ri’ah; 


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17 And Zéb-a-di’ah, and Mé- 
shil/lam, and Héz’e-ki, and 
Hé’bér, : i 
18 Iish’me-rai also, and Jez- 
lah, and Jo’bab, the sons of 
El’pa-al; i eae 

19 And Ja’kim, and Zich’ri, and 
Zab’ di, ; . ‘ 

20 And £-li-é’na-1, and Zil’thai, 
and E-li’el, f 

21 And Ad-a-i’ah, and Ber-a- 
i/ah, and Shim’rath, the sons of 
Shim’hi; | : 

22 And ish’pan, and Hé’bér, 
and E-li’el, 

23 And Ab’d6n, and Zich’ri, and 
Ha’nan, 

24 And Has-a-ni’ah, and E’- 
lam, and An-to-thi’jah, 

25 And iph-e-dé’/iah, and Pé- 
nu’el, the sons of Sha’shak; 

26 And Sham-she-ra’i, and 
Shé-ha-ri’ah, and Ath-a-li’ah, 

27 And Jar-e-si’ah, and E-li’ah, 
and Zich’ri, the sons of Jér’o- 
ham. 

28 These were heads of the 
fathers, by their generations, 
chief men. These dwelt in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém._ 

; 29 And at Gib’e-on dwelt the 
father of Gib’e-on; whose 
wife’s name was Ma’a-chah: 

30 And his firstborn son Ab’don, 
and Ziir, and Kish, and Ba’al, 
and Na/dab, y 

31 And Gé’dér, and A-hi’6, and 
Za’chér. 

32 And Mik'loth begat Shim’e- 
ah. And these also dwelt with 
their brethren in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
over against them. 

33 § And Nér begat Kish, and 
. Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat 
Jon’a-than, and Mal’chi-shi’a, 
and A-bin’a-dab, and Esh—ba’al. 

34 And the son of Jon’a-than 
was Mér’ib—ba’al; and Mér’ib— 
ba’al begat Mi’cah. 

35 And the sons of Mi’cah were, 
Pi’thon, and Mé’/lech, an 
Ta’re-a, and A’haz. 

36 And A’haz begat Jé-hd/’a- 
dah; and Jé-ho’a-dah begat 
Al’e-méth, and Az’ma-véth, an 
Zim’ri; and Zim’ri begat Mo’za, 


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37 And MO6’za begat Bin’e-a: 
Ra’pha was his son, E-lé’a-sah 
his son, A’zél his son: 

38 And A’zél had six sons, 
whose names are these, Az’ri- 
kam, Boch’e-ru, and Iish’ma-el, 
and Shé-a-ri’ah, and 0-ba-di’ah, 
and Ha’nan. All these were the 
sons of A’zél. 

39 And the sons of E’shék his 
brother were, U’lam his firstborn, 
Jé’hush the second, and E-liph’e- 
let the third. i 

40 And the sons of U’/lam were 
mighty men of valour, archers, 
and had many sons, and sons’ 
sons, an hundred and fifty. All 
these are of the sons of Bén’ja- 
min. 


CHAPTER 9 347 
1 Book of Israel’s genealogies. 10 The 
priests and Levites. 27 Levitical 
charge. 
O all Is’ra-el were reckoned 
by genealogies; and, behold, 
they were written in the book of 
the kings of Is’ra-el and Ja’dah, 
who were carried away to Bab’- 
y-lon for their transgression. 

2 § Now the first inhabitants 
that dwelt in their possessions in 
their cities were, the Is’ra-el- 
ites, the priests, Lé’vites, and the 
Néth’i-nims. 

3 And in Jé-ru’sa-lém dwelt of 
the children of Ji’dah, and of the 
children of Bén’ja-min, and of 
the children of E’phra-im, and 
Ma-nas’seh; 

4 U’tha-i the son of Am-mi/hud, 
the son of Om’ri, the son of Im’r1, 
the son of Ba’ni, of the children 
of Pha’réz the son of Ja’dah. 

5 And of the Shi’/lo-nites; A-sa- 
i’ah the firstborn, and his sons. 

6 And of the sons of Zé’rah; 
Jé-i’el, and their brethren, six 
hundred and ninety. Tn 

7 And of the sons of Bén’ja- 


d!min; Sal’lu the son of Mé-shuil’- 


lam, the son of H6éd-a-vi’ah, the 
son of Has-e-nt’ah, 
8 And itb-né/iah the son of 


d | Jér’o-ham, and E’lah the son of 


Uz’'zi, the son of Mich’ri, and Mé- 


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shil’/lam the son of Shéph-a- 
thi’ah, the son of Ré-i’el, the 
son of Ib-ni’jah; 

9 And their brethren, according 
to their generations, nine hun- 
dred and fifty and six. All these 
men were chief of the fathers in 
the house of their fathers. a 
10 §] And of the priests; Jé- 
da’/iah, and Jé-hoi’a-rib, and 
Ja’chin, 

11 And Az-a-ri’ah the son of 
Hii-ki’ah, the son of Mé-shiil’- 
lam, the son of Za’dodk, the son 
of Mé-ra’ioth, the son of A-hi’tub, 
the ruler of the house of God; 

12 And Ad-a-i’ah the son of 
Jér’o-ham, the son of Pash/’ir, 
the son of Mal-chi’jah, and Ma- 
as’i-ai the son of A’di-el, the son 
of Jah’ze-rah, the son of Mé- 
shul’lam, the son of Mé-shil’le- 
mith, the son of im’mér; 

13 And their brethren, heads of 
the house of their fathers, a 
thousand and seven hundred and 
threescore; very able men for 
the work of the service of the 
- house of God. 

14 And of the Lé’vites; Shém- 
a-i’/ah the son of Has’shub, the 
son of Az’ri-kam, the son of 
Hash-a-bi’ah, of the sons of 
Mé-ra’ri; 

15 And Bak-bak’kar, Hé’resh, 
and Ga’lal, and Mat-ta-ni’ah the 
son of Mi’cah, the son of Zich’ri, 
the son of A’saph; 

16 And O-ba-di’ah the son of 
Shém-a-i’ah, the son of Ga/lal, 
the son of Jéd’u-thin, and Bér- 
e-chi’ah the son of A’sa, the son 
of El’ka-nah, that dwelt in the 
villages of the N&é-téph’a-thites. 

17 And the porters were, 
Shal/lum, and Ak’ktb, and Tal’- 
mon, and A-hi’man, and their 
brethren: Shal’/lum was the chief; 

18 Who hitherto waited in the 
kine’s gate eastward: they were 
porters in the companies of the 
children of Lé’vi. 

19 And Shal’/lum the son of 
K6’ré, the son of £-bi’a-saph, the 
son of Ko’rah, and his brethren, 
of the house of his father, the 


Priests and Levites 


K06/rah-ites, were over the work 
of the service, keepers of the 
gates of the tabernacle: and 
their fathers, being over the host 
of the LORD, were keepers of the 
entry. 

_20 And Phin’e-has the son of 
E-le-a’/zar was the ruler over 
them in time past, and the 
LORD was with him. 

21 And Zéch-a-ri’ah the son of 
Mé-shél-e-mi’ah was porter of 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. __ 

22 All these which were chosen 
to be porters in the gates were 
two hundred and twelve. These 
were reckoned by their geneal- 
ogy in their villages, whom Da’- 
vid and Sam/u-el the seer did 
ordain in their set office. 

23 So they and their children 
had the oversight of the gates of 
the house of the LORD, namely,the 
house of the tabernacle, by wards. 

24 In four quarters were the 
porters, toward the east, west, 
north, and south. J 

25 And their brethren, which 
were in their villages, were to 
come after seven days from 
time to time with them. 

26 For these Lé’vites, the four 
chief porters, were in their set 
office, and were over the cham- 
bers and treasuries of the house 


of God. 

27 4 And they lodged round 
about the house of God, because 
the charge was upon them, and 
the opening thereof every morn- 
ing pertained to them. 

28 And certain of them had the 
charge of the ministering vessels, 
that they should bring them in 
and out by tale. 

29 Some of them also were ap- 
pointed to oversee the vessels, 
and all the instruments of the 
sanctuary, and the fine flour, and 
the wine, and the oil, and the 
frankincense, and the spices. 

30 And some of the sons of the 
priests made the ointment of the 
spices. 

31 And Mat-ti-thi’ah, one of the 


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_ Lé’vites, who was the firstborn 
of Shal/lum the Ko’rah-ite, had 
the set office over the things 
that were made in the 


pans. 

32 And other of their brethren, 
of the sons of the Ko’hath-ites, 
_ were over the shewbread, to 

prepare it every sabbath 

33 And these are the singers, 
chief of the fathers of the Lé’- 
vites, who remaining in the 
chambers were free: for they 
were employed in that work day 
and night. 

34 These chief fathers of the 
Lé’/vites were chief throughout 
their generations; these dwelt at 
Jé-ru’/sa-lém. 

35 gq And i in Gib’e-on dwelt the 
father of Gib/e-on, Jé-hi’el, 
whose wife’s name was Ma’a- 
chah: 

36 And his firstborn son Ab’dén, 
then Zar, and Kish, and Ba/al, 
and Nér, and Na’dab,_ a 

37 And Gé’dér, and A-hi’0, and 
Zéch-a-ri’ah, and Mik’loth. 

38 And Mik’loth begat Shim’e- 
am. And they also dwelt with 
their brethren at Jé-ru’sd-lém, 
exer against their brethren. 

9 And Nér begat Kish; and 
ich begat Saul; and Saul begat 
Jon’a-than, and Mal’chi-sht’a, 
and A-bin’a-dab, and Esh— 
ba/al. 

40 And the son of Jon’a-than 
was Mér’ib—ba’al: and Mér’ib- 
ba’al begat Mi’cah. 

41 And the sons of Mi’cah 
were, Pi’thon, and Mé@’lech, and 
Tah’re-a, and A’/haz. 

42 And A’‘haz begat Ja’rah; 
and Ja’rah begat Al’e-méth, and 
Az’ma-véth, and Zim/ri; and 
Zim’ri begat M6’za; 

43 And M6d’za begat Bin’e-a; 
and Réph-a-i’ah his son, E-lé’a- 
sah his son, A’zél his son. 

44 And A’/zél had six sons, 
whose names are these, Az’ri- 
- kam, Bodch’e-ru, and ish’ma-el, 
and Shé-a-ri’ah, and 6-ba-di’ah, 
and Ha’/nan: these were the sons 
of A’zél. 


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CHAPTER 10 348 
1 Saul’s defeat and death. 8 Triumph 
of the Philistines. 11 Burial of 
Saul at Jabesh. . 
OW the Phi-lis’tines fought 
against Is’ra-el; and the 
men of Is’ra-el fled from before 
the Phi-lis’tines, and fell down 
slain in mount Gil-b0’a 
2 And the Phi-lis’tines followed 
hard after Saul, and after his 
sons; and the Phi-lis’tines slew 
J6n’a-than, and A-bin’a-dab, and 
ean petra the sons. of 


aul. 

3 And the battle went sore 
against Saul, and the archers 
hit him, and he was wounded 
of the archers. 

4. Then said Saul to his armour- 
bearer, Draw thy sword, and 
thrust me through therewith; 
lest these uncircumcised come 
and abuseme. But his armour- 
bearer would not; for he was 
sore afraid. So Saul took a 
sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armourbearer 
saw that Saul was dead, he fell 
likewise on the sword, and died. 

6 So Saul died, and his three 
sons, and all his house died 
together. 

7 And when all the men of 
is’ra-el that were in the valley 
saw that they fled, and that Saul 
and his sons were dead, then 
they forsook their cities, and 
fied: and the Phi-lis’tines came 
and dwelt in them. 

8 ¢ And it came to pass on the 
morrow, when the Phi-lis’tines 
came to strip the slain, that they 
found Saul and his sons fallen in 
mount Gil-b6’a. 

9 And when they had stripped 
him, they took his head, and his 
armour, and sent into the land of 
the Phi-lis’tines round about. to 
carry tidings unto their idols, and 
to the people. 

10 And they put his armour in 
the house of their gods, an fas- 
Sa his head in the Homey of 

qa’ 

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David anointed king 


zil’e-ad heard all that the Phi-| the son of Zér-u-i’/ah went first 


lis’tines had done to Saul, 

12 They arose, all the valiant 
men, and took away the body of 
Saul, and the bodies of his sons, 
and brought them to Ja’besh, 
and buried their bones under the 
oak in Ja’besh, and fasted seven 


ays. 

13 { So Saul died for his trans- 
gression which he committed 
against the LORD, even against 
the word of the LORD, which he 
kept not, and also for asking 
counsel of one that had a famil- 
iar spirit, to enquire of it; 

14 And enquired not of the 
LORD: therefore he slew him, 
and turned the kingdom unto 
Da’vid the son of Jés’se. 


349 CHAPTER 11 
1 David anointed king. 4 He captures 
Zion. 10 His mighty men. 
HEN all Is’ra-el gathered 
themselves to Da’vid unto 
Hé’bron, saying, Behold, we are 
thy bone and thy flesh. 

2 And moreover in time past, 
even when Saul was king, thou 
wast he that leddest out and 
broughtest in Is’ra-el: and the 
LORD thy God said. unto thee, 
Thou shalt feed my _ people 
Is’ra-el, and thou shalt be ruler 
over my people Is’ra-el. 

3 Therefore came all the elders 
of Is’ra-el to the king to Hé’bron; 
and Da’vid made a covenant 
with them in Hé’bron before the 
LORD; and they anointed Da’- 
vid king over Is’ra-el, according 
to the word of the LORD by 
Sam/u-el. r 

4 4 And Da’vid and all {s’ra-el 
went to Jé-ru’sa-lém, which is 
Jé’bus; where the Jéb’u-sites 
were, the inhabitants of the land. 

5 And the inhabitants of Jé’bus 
said to Da’vid, Thou shalt not 
come hither. Nevertheless Da’- 
vid took the castle of Zi’on, 
which is the city of Da’vid. 

6 And Da’vid said, Whosoever 
smiteth the Jéb’u-sites first shall 
be chief and captain. So Jé’ab 


up, and was chief. 

And Da’vid dwelt in the 
castle; therefore they called it 
the city of Da’vid. 

8 And he built the city round 
about, even from Mil’l6 round 
about: and J6’ab repaired the 
rest of the city. 

9 So Da’vid waxed greater and 
greater: for the LORD of hosts 
was with him. 

10 4 These also are the chief 
of the mighty men whom Da’vid 
had, who strengthened them- 
selves with him in his kingdom, 
and with all Is’ra-el, to make him 
king, according to the word of 
the LORD concerning Is’ra-el. 

11 And this is the number of 
the mighty men whom Da’vid 
had; Ja-shd’be-am, an Hach’- 
mo-nite, the chief of the cap- 
tains: he lifted up his spear 
against three hundred slain by 
him at one time. 

12 And after him was E-le-a’zar 
the son of D6’dé, the A-hO’hite, 
who was one of the three 
mighties. 

13 He was with D§éa’vid at 
Pas-dam’/mim, and there the 
Phi-lis’tines were gathered to- 
gether to battle, where was a 
parcel of ground full of barley: 
and the people fled from before 
the Phi-lis’tines. 

14 And they set themselves in 
the midst of that parcel, and de- 
livered it, and slew the Phi-lis’- 
tines; and the LORD saved them 
by a great deliverance. 

15 § Now three of the thirty 
captains went down to the rock 
to Da’vid, into the cave of 
A-dtl’lam; and the host of the 
Phi-lis’tines encamped in the 
valley of Réph’a-im. 

16 And Da’vid was then in the 
hold, and the Phi-lis’tines’ gar- 
rison was then at Béth’—lé-hém. 

17 And Da’vid longed, and 
said, Oh that one would give me 
drink of the water of the well of 
Béth’—lé-hém, that is at the gate! 

18 And the three brake through 


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the host of the Phi-lis’tines, and 
drew water out of the well of 
Beéth’—lé-hém, that was by the 
gate, and took it, and brought if 
to Da’vid: but Da’vid would not 
drink of it, but poured it out to 
the LORD, ; 

19 And said, My God forbid it 
me, that I should do this thing: 
shall I drink the blood of these 
men that have put their lives in 
jeopardy? for with the jeopardy 
of their lives they brought it. 
Therefore he would not drink it. 
These things did these three 
mightiest. 

20 4 And A-bish’a-i the brother 
of J6’ab, he was chief of the 
three: for lifting up his spear 
against three hundred, he slew 
them, and had a name among 
the three. 

21 Of the three, he was more 
honourable than the two; for he 
was their captain: howbeit he 
attained not to the first three. 

22 Bé-na’iah the son of Jé-hoi’- 
a-da, the son of a valiant man of 
Kab/’ze-el, who had done many 
acts; he slew two lionlike men 
of Mo’ab: also he went down 
and slew a lion in a pit in a 
snowy day. ¢ 

23 And he slew an E-gyp’tian, 
a man of great. stature, five 
cubits high; and in the E-syp’- 
tian’s hand was a spear like a 
weaver’s beam; and he went 
down to him with a staff, and 
plucked the spear out of the 
E-gyp’tian’s hand, and slew him 
with his own spear. 

24 These things did Bé-na’iah 
the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, and had 
the name among the three 
mighties. 

25 Behold, he was honourable 
among the thirty, but attained 
not to the first three: and Da’vid 
set him over his guard. 

26 § Also the valiant men of 
the armies were, A’sa-hél the 


brother of J6’ab, El-ha’nan the 


son of D6’d6 of Béth’—-lé-hém, 
27 Sham’/moth__ the _  Ha’ro- 
rite, Hé’léz the Pel’o-nite, 


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28 I’ra the son of fk’késh the 
Té-ko’ite, A’bi-é’zér the An’- 
toth-ite, 

_29 Sib’be-cai the Hi’shath- 
Ite, I’lai the A-h6‘hite, 

30 Ma-har’a-i the Né-téph’a- 
thite, Hé’led the son of Ba’a- 
nah the Né-toph’a-thite, 

_31 Ith’a-1 the son of Ri’bai of 
Gib’e-ah, that pertained_to the 
children of Bén’ja-min, Bé-na’- 
iah the Pir’a-thon-ite, 

32 Hi’rai of the brooks of 
Ga’ash, A-bi’el the Ar’bath-ite, 
_33 Az’ma-véth the Ba-ha’rum- 
ite, E-li‘ah-ba the Sha-dal’bo- 
nite, 

_34 The sons of Ha’shem the 
Gi’zo-nite, Jon’a-than the son of 
Sha’zé the Ha’ra-rite, 

35 A-hi’am the son of Sa’cir 
the Ha’ra-rite, El’i-phal the son 
of Or, f if 
36 Heé’phér the Mé-ché’rath- 
ite, A-hi’/jah the Pél’o-nite, _ 

37 Héz’rs the Car’mel-ite, 
Na’a-rai the son of Ez’ba-i, 

38 Jo’el the brother of Na’than, 
Mib’har the son of Hag’ge-ri, 

39 Zé’lek the Am’/mon-ite, Na- 
har’a-i the Bé’roth-ite, the ar- 
mourbearer of J6’ab the son of 
Zér-u-i’ah, bs Y 
40 I’ra the ith’rite, Ga’réb the 
Ith’rite,_ : 

41 U-ri’ah the Hit’tite, Za’- 
bad the son of Ah’lai, 

42 Ad’i-na the son of Shi’za the 
Reu’ben-ite, a captain of the 
Reu’ben-ites, and thirty with 
him, 

43 Ha’nan the son of Ma’a- 
chah, and Jésh’a-phat the Mith’- 
nite, 

44 Uz-zi/a the Ash’te-rath-ite, 
Sha’ma and Jé-hi’el the sons of 
HO’than the Ar’o-ér-ite, hp 

45 Jé-di’a-el the son of Shim’- 
ri, and J6’ha his brother, the 
Ti’zite, J 

46 &-li’el the Ma’ha-vite, and 
Jér’i-bai, and Josh-a-vi’ah, the 
sons of El’na-am, and ith’mah 
the Mo’ab-ite,  _ c 

47 f-li’el, and O’bed, and Ja’- 
si-el the Mé-s6’ba-ite. 


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350 CHAPTER 12 


1 David's companies at Ziklag. 
His armies at Hebron. 

OW these are they that 

came to Da’vid to Zik’lag, 

while he yet kept himself close 

because of Saul the son of Kish: 

and they were among the mighty 
men, helpers of the war. 

2 They were armed with bows, 
and could use both the right hand 
and the leftin hurling stones and 
shooting arrows out of a_ bow, 
even of Saul’s brethren of Bén’- 
ja-min. 

3 The chief was A-hi-é’zér, then 
J6’ash, the sons of Shé-ma’ah 
the Gib’e-ath-ite; and Jé/zi-el, 
and Pé@’let, the sons of Az’ma- 
véth; and Bér’a-chah, and Jé’ha 
the An’toth-ite, L 

4 And is-ma-i’ah the Gib’e- 
on-ite, a mighty man among the 
thirty, and over the thirty; and 
Jér-e-mi’ah, and Ja-ha’zi-el, and 
J6-ha’nan, and Jos’a-bad the 
Géd’e-rath-ite, 

5 &-li’za-i, and Jér’i-moth, and 
Bé-a-li’ah, and Shém-a-ri’ah, 
and Shéph-a-ti’/ah the Har’u- 
phite, d 

6 El’ka-nah, and Jé-si’ah, and 
A-zar’e-el, and Jo-é’zér, and Ja- 
sh0o’be-dm, the K6r’hites, | 

7 And Jo-é/lah, and Zéb-a- 
di’ah, the sons of Jér’o-ham of 
Gé’dor. 

8 And of the Gdad’ites_there 
separated themselves unto Da’vid 
into the hold to the wilderness 
men of might, and men of war 
fit for the battle, that could 
handle shield and buckler, whose 
faces were like the faces of 
lions, and were as swift as the 
roes upon the mountains; ; 

9 E’zér the first, O-ba-di’ah the 
’ second, E-li’ab the third, 

10 Mish-man’nah the fourth, 
Jér-e-mi’ah the fifth, 

11 At’tai the sixth, £-li’el the 
seventh, a 

12 Jo-ha’nan the eighth, El’za- 
bad the ninth, \ 

13 Jér-e-mi’ahthetenth, Mach’- 
ba-nai the eleventh. 


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David’s companies at Ziklag 


14 These were of the sons of 
Gad, captains of the host: one 
of the least was over an hundred, 
and the greatest over a thousand. 

15 These are they that went 
over J6r’dan in the first month, 
when it had overflown all his 
banks; and they put to flight all 
them of the valleys, beth toward 
the east, and toward the west. 

16 And there came of the chil- 
dren of Bén’ja-min and Ji’dah 
to the hold unto Da’vid. 

17 And Da’vid went out to 


meet them, and answered and 


said unto them, If ye be come 
peaceably unto me to help me, 
mine heart shall be knit unto 
you: but if ye be come to betray 
me to mine enemies, seeing there 
is no wrong in mine hands, the 
God of our fathers look thereon, 
and rebuke it. 

_18 Then the spirit came upon 
A-mas’a-i, who was chief of the 
captains, and he said, Thine are 
we, Da’vid, and on thy side, thou 
son of Jés’se: peace, peace be 
unto thee, and peace be to thine 
helpers; for thy God helpeth 
thee. Then Da’vid received 
them, and made them captains 
of the band. 

19 And there fell some of Ma- 
nas’seh to Da’vid, when he came 
with the Phi-lis’tines against 
Saul to battle: but they helped 
them not: for the lords of the 
Phi-lis’tines upon advisement 
sent him away, saying, He will 
fall to his master Saul to the 
jeopardy of our heads. 

20 As he went to Zik’lag. there 
fell to him of Ma-nas’seh,Ad/nah, 
and Joz’a-bad, and Jé-di’a-el, 
and Mi’chaél, and Joz’a-bad, and 
E-liv/’ha, and Zil’thai, captains of 
the thousands that were of Ma- 
nas’seh. 

21 And they helped Da’vid 
against the band of the rovers: 
for they were all mighty men of 
valour, and were captains in the 


ost. 
22 For at that time day by day 
there came to Da’vid to help him, 


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David’s armies at Hedron 


until it was a great host, like the 
host of Go 

23 ¥ And these are the num- 
bers of the bands that were 
ready armed to the war, and 
came to Da’vid to Heé’bron, to 
turn the kingdom of Saul to him, 
according to theword of the LORD. 

24 The children of Jua’dah that 
bare shield and spear were six 
thousand and eight hundred, 
ready armed to the war. 

25 Of the children of Sim’e-on, 
mighty men of valour for the war, 
seven thousand and one hundred. 

26 Of the children of Lé’vi four 
thousand and six hundred. 

27 And Jé-hoi’a-da was the 
leader of the Adr’on-ites, and 
with him were three thousand 
and seven hundred; 

28 And Za’dok, a young man 
mighty of valour, and of his fa- 
ther’s house twenty and two 
captains. 

29 And of the children of Bén’- 
ja-min, the kindred of Saul, 
three thousand: for hitherto 
the greatest part of them had 
kept the ward of the house of Saul. 

30 And ofthe children off’phra- 
im twenty thousand and eight 

* hundred, mighty men of valour, 
famous ‘throughout the house 
of their fathers. 

31 And of the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh eighteen thousand, 
which were expressed by name, 
to come and make Da’vid king. 

32 And of the children of f{s’sa- 
char, which were men that had 
understanding of the times, to 
know what Is’ra-el ought to do; 
the heads of them were two 
hundred; and all their brethren 
were at their commandment. 

33 Of Zéb’u-lin, such as went 
forth to battle, expert in war, 
with all instruments of war, fifty 
thousand, which could keep 
rank: they were not of double 


heart. » 
34 And of Naph’ta-li a thou- 
sand captains, and with them 


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35 And of the Dan’ites expert 
in war twenty and eight thou- 
sand and six hundred. 

36 And of Ash’ér, such as went 
forth to battle, expert in war, 
forty thousand. 

37 And on the other side of Jér’- 
dan, of the Reu’ben-ites, and the 
Gad’ites, and of the half tribe of 
Ma-nas’seh, with all manner of 
instruments of war for the battle, 
an hundred and twenty thousand. 

38 All these men of war, that 
could keep rank, came with a per- 
fect heart to Hé’bron, to make 
Da’vid king over all Is’ra-el: and 
all the rest also of Is’ra-el were 
of one heart to make Da’vid king. 

39 And there they were with 
Da’vid three days, eating and 
drinking: for their brethren had 
prepared for them. 

40 Moreoverthey that were nigh 
them, even unto Is’sa-char and 
Zéb’u-lunand Naph’ta-li, brought 
bread on asses, and on camels, 
and on mules, and on oxen, and 
meat, meal, cakes of figs, and 
bunches of raisins, and wine, and 
oil, and oxen, and sheep abun- 
dantly: for there was joy in 
Is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 13 351 
1 Removal of the ark. 9 Uzza is smit- 
ten. 13 The ark with Obed-edom. 
ND Da’vid consulted with 
the captains of thousands 
and hundreds, and with every 
leader. 

2 And Da’vid said unto all the 
congregation of is’ra-el, If it 
seem good unto you, and that it 
be of the LORD our God, let us 
send abroad unto our brethren 
every where, that are left in all 
the land of fs’ra-el, and with 
them also to the priests and Lé’- 
vites which are in their cities and 
suburbs, that they may gather 
themselves unto us: : 

3 And let us bring again the 
ark of our God to us: for we 
enquired not at it in the days of 


with shield and spear thirty and | Sau 


seven thousand. 


aul. 
4 And all the congregation said 


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that they would do so: for the 
thing was right in the eyes of all 
the people. : 

5 So Da’vid gathered all is’- 

ra-el together, from Shi’hér of 
E’gypt even unto the entering of 
H6é’math, to bring the ark of God 
from Kir’ "jath—jée’ a-rim. 

6 And Da’vid went up, and all 

Is’ra-el, to Ba’al-ah, that is, to 
Kir’jath—jé’a-rim, which belong- 
ed to Jia’dah, to bring up thence 
the ark of God the LORD, that 
dwelleth bet ween the cherubims, 
whose name is called on it. 

7 And they carried the ark of 
God in a new cart out of the 
house of A-bin’a-dab: and Uz’za 
and A-hi’6 drave the cart. 

8 And Da’vid and all is’ra-el 
played before God with all their 
might, and with singing, and 
with harps, and with psalteries, 
and with timbrels, and with cym- 
a and with trumpets. 

9 ¢ And when they came unto 
the threshingfloor of Chi’don, 
z’za put forth his hand to hold 
the ark; for the oxen stum- 
bled. 

10 And the anger of the LORD 
was kindled against Uz’za, and 
he smote him, because he put 
his hand to the ark: and there he 
died before God. 

11 And Da’vid was displeased, 
because the LORD had made a 
breach upon Wz’za: 
that place is called Pé’rez—wz’/za 
to this day. 

12 And Da’vid was afraid of 
God that day, saying, How shall 
I bring the ark of God home to 
me? 

13 So Da’vid brought not the 
ark home to himself to the city of 
Da’vid, but carried it aside into 
the house of O’bed-—é’dom the 
Git’ tite. 

14 And the ark of God re- 
mained with the family of O’bed— 
é’dom in his house three months. 
And the LORD blessed the house 
of Oana ‘dom, and all that he 

a 


wherefore | } 


David's victories 
CHAPTER 14 352 


1 Hiram assists David. _ 3 David's 
wives and children. 8 His victories 
in war. 


ING: Hi’ram king of Tyre 
sent messengers to Da’vid, 
and timber of cedars, with ma- 
sons and carpenters, to build him 
an house. 

2 And Da’vid perceived that 
the LorD had co ed him 
king over is’ra-el, for his king- 
dom was lifted up on high, be- 
cause of his people Is’ra-el. 

3 4 And Da’vid took more 
Wives at Jé-ru’sa-lém: and Da’- 
aad begat more sons and daugh- 
ers. 

4 Now these are the names of 
his children which he had in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém; Sham-mt’a, and 
pho bab, Na’than, and S6dl’o- 


"S. Aad Ib’/har, and El-i-shu’ ae 
and El’pa-lét, 

6 And N6 a ‘gah, and Né’pheg, 
Oa Ja-phi 

7 And flichid una. and Bé-él- 
i’a-da, and E-liph’a-lét. 

8 § And when the Phi-lis’tines 
heard that Da’vid was anointed 
king over all Iis’ra-el, all the Phi- 
lis’‘tines went up to seek Da’vid. 
And Da’vid heard of it, and went 
out against them 

9 And the Phi-lis’tines came 
and spread themselves in the val- 
ey of Réph’a-im. 

10 And Da’vid enquired of God, 
saying, Shall I go up against the 
Phi-lis’tines? And wilt thou 
deliver them into mine hand? 
And the LORD said unto him, Go 
up; for I will deliver them into 
thine hand. 

11 So they came up to Ba’al— 
pér’a-zim; and Da’vid smote 
them there. Then Da’vid said, 
God hath broken in upon mine 
enemies by mine hand like the 
breaking forth of waters: there- 
fore they called the name of that 
place Ba’al—pér’a-zim 

12 And when they had left their 
gods there, Da’vid gave a com- 


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The ark again moved 


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SESE RRR RAR POI eh aie SES A AI go SM a PO 
mandment, and they were burned | 7 Of the sons of Gér’shém; 


with fire. iN Mae 

13 And the Phi-lis’tines yet 
again spread themselves abroad 
in the valley. ‘ ‘ 

14 Therefore Da’vid enquired 
again of God; and God said unto 
him, Go not up after them; turn 
away from them, and come upon 
them over against the mulberry 


trees. 

15 And it shall be, when thou 
shalt hear a sound of going in the 
tops of the mulberry trees, that 
then thou shalt go out to battle: 
for God is gone forth before thee 
to smite the host of the Phi-lis’- 


tines. 
16 Da’vid therefore did as God 
commanded him: and_ they 


smote the host of the Phi-lis’- 
tines from Gib’e-on even to 
Ga’zér. 

17 And the fame of Da’vid 
went out into all lands; and the 
LorD brought the fear of him 
upon all nations. 


353 CHAPTER 15 

1 The ark again moved. 15 The Le- 

vites vn charge. 25 The joyful pro- 

cession. 

ND Da’vid made him houses 

in the city of Da’vid, and 

prepared a place for the ark of 
God, and pitched for it a tent. 

2 Then Da’vid said, None 
ought to carry the ark of God 
but the Lé’vites: for them hath 
the LORD chosen to carry the 
ark of God, and to minister unto 
him for ever. | 

3 And Da’vid gathered all fs’- 
ra-el together to Jé-ru’sa-lém, to 
bring up the ark of the LORD unto 
Bie place, which he had prepared 

or it. 

4 And Da’/vid assembled the 
children of Aar’on, and the Lé’- 
vites: 

5 Of the sons of K6o/hath; 
U’ri-el the chief, and his brethren 
an hundred and twenty: 

_6 Of the sons of Mé-ra’ri; A-sa- 

i/ah the chief, and his brethren 

two hundred and twenty: 
34 


Jo/el the chief, and his brethren 
an hundred and thirty: 

8 Of the sons of E-liz’a-phan; 
Shéem-a-l’/ah the chief, and his 
brethren two hundred: 

the sons of Hé’bron; 


9 
E-li’el the chief, and his brethren 


fourscore: : 

10 Of the sons of Uz’zi-el; Am- 
min’a-dab the chief, and his 
brethren an hundred and twelve. 

11 And Da’vid called for Za’dok 
and A-bi’a-thar the priests, and 
for the Lé’vites, for U’ri-el, A-sa- 
i/ah, and Jo’el, Shém-a-i’ah, and 
E-li’el, and Am-min’a-dab, 

12 And said unto them, Ye are 
the chief of the fathers of the 
Lé’vites: sanctify yourselves, 
both ye and your brethren, that 
ye may bring up the ark of the 
LORD God of Is’ra-el unto the 
place that I have prepared for 


it. 

13 For because ye did itnotat - 
the first, the LORD our God 
made a breach upon us, for that 
we sought him not after the due 
order. 

14 So the priests and the Leé’- 
vites sanctified themselves to 
bring up the ark of the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el. 

15 And the children of the Lé’- 
vites bare the ark of God upon 
their shoulders with the staves 
thereon, as M6’ses commanded 
according to the word of the 
LORD. 

16 And Da’vid spake to the 
chief of the Lé’vites to appoint 
their brethren to be the singers 
with instruments of musick, 
psalteries and harps and cym- 
bals, sounding, by lifting up the 
voice with joy. 

17 So the Lé’vites appointed 
Hé’man the son of J6’el; and of 
his brethren, A’saph the son of 
Bér-e-chi’ah; and of the sons of 
Mé-ra’ri their brethren, E’than 


| the son of Ku-sha’iah; 


18 And with them their breth- 
ren of the second degree, Zéch-a- 
rah, Bén, and Ja-a’zi-el, and 


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Shé-mir’a-moth, and Jé-hi’el, 
and Un/ni, E-li’/ab, and Bé-na’- 
iah, and M4a-a-sé’/iah, and Mat- 
ti- thi’ah, and £-liph’e-leh, and 
Mik-né/iah, and O’bed—é’dom, 
and Jé-i’el, the porters. 

19 So the singers, Hé’man, 
A’saph, and E’than, were ap- 
pointed to sound with cymbals 
of brass; See 

20 And Zéch-a-ri’ah, and A’zi- 
el, and Shé-mir’a-moth, and 
Jé-hi’el, and Un/ni, and E-li’ab, 
and Ma-a-sé’iah, and Bé-na’iah, 
with psalteries on Al’a-moth; 

21 And Méat-ti-thi’/ah, and 
E-liph’e-leh, and Mik-né’iah, and 
O’bed—é’dom, and Jé-i’el, and 
Az-a-zi/ah, with harps on the 
Shém’i-nith to excel. : 

22 And Chén-a-ni’ah, chief of 
the Lé’vites, was for song: he 
instructed about the song, be- 
cause he was skilful. pes 

23 And Bér-e-chi’ah and El’ka- 
ee were doorkeepers for the 


Od And Shéb-a-ni’ah, and Jé- 
hosh’a -phat, and Né-than’e-el, 
and A-mdas/a-i, and Zéch-a-ri’ah, 
and Bé-na’iah, and E-li-é’zér, 
the priests, did blow with the 
trumpets before the ark of God: 
and O’bed—é’dom and Jé-hi’ah 
were doorkeepers for the ark. 

25 {So Da’vid, and the elders 
of Is’ra-el, and the captains over 
thousands, went to bring up the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD 
out of the house of O’bed—é’dom 
with joy. 

26 And it came to pass, when 
God helped the Lé’vites that bare 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD, that they offered seven 
bullocks and seven rams. 

27 And Da’vid was clothed with 
a robe of fine linen, and all the 
Lé’vites that bare the ark, and the 
singers, and Chén-a-ni’ah the 
master of the song with the 
singers: Da’vid also had upon 
him an ephod of linen. 

28 Thus all Is’ra-el brought up 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD with shouting, and with 


Festival offerings. 
|sound of the cornet, and with 


Choir appointed 


trumpets, and with cymbals, 
making a noise with psalteries 
and harps. 

29 4 And it came to pass, as 
the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD came to the city of Da’vid. 
that Mi’chal the daughter of Saul 
looking out at a window saw 
king Da’vid dancing and playing: 
and she despised him in her 


heart. 
CHAPTER 16 354 
1 The festival Operas 4 A choir or- 
dered. 7 A psalm of thanksgiving. 
37 Attendants on the ark appointed. 
O they brought the ark of 

God, and set it in the midst 
of the tent that Da’vid had pitched 
for it: and they offered burnt 
sacrifices and peace offerings be- 
fore God. 

2 And when Da’vid had made 
an end of offering the burnt offer- 
ings and the peace offerings, he 
blessed the people in the name of 
the LORD. 

3 And he dealt to every one of 
Is’ra-el, both man and woman, 
to every one a loaf of bread, and 
a good piece of flesh, and a flagon 
wh wine. 

4 § And he appointed certain of 
the Lé’vites to minister before 
the ark of the LORD, and to re- 
cord, and to thank and praise the 
LORD God of Iis’ra-el: 

5 A’saph the chief, and next to 
him Zéch-a-ri’ah, Jé-i’el, and 
Shé-mir’a-moth, and J é-hi’el, 
and Mat-ti-thi’ ah, and E-li’ab, 
and Bé-n@‘iah, and 6’bed—é’- 
dom: and J é-i’el with psalteries 
and with harps; but A’saph made 
a sound with cymbals; 

6 Bé-na’iah also and Ja-ha’- 
zi-el the priests with trumpets 
continually before the ark of the 
covenant of God. 

7 4 Then on that day Da’vid 
delivered first this psalm to 
thank the LORD into the hand of 
A’saph and his brethren. 

8 Give thanks unto the LORD, 
call upon his name, make known 
his deeds among the people. 


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A psalm of thanksgiving 


9 Sing unto him, sing psalms 
unto him, talk ye of all his won- 
drous works. 

-_10 Glory ye in his holy name: 
let the heart of them rejoice that 
seek the LORD. 

11 Seek the LORD and _his 
Set st seek his face continu- 
ally. 

12 Remember his marvellous 
works that he hath done, his 
wonders, and the judgments of 
his mouth; : 

13 O ye seed of Is’ra-el his 
servant, ye children of Ja’cob, 
his chosen ones. 

14 He is the LORD our God; 
his judgments are in all the earth. 

15 Be ye mindful always of his 
covenant; the word which he 
commanded to a thousand gen- 
erations; 

16 Evenof the covenant which 
he made with A’bra-ham, and of 
his oath unto I’saac; 

17 And hath confirmed the 
same to Ja’cob for a law, and to 
Is’ra-el for an everlasting cov- 
enant. 

18 Saying, Unto thee will I give 
the land of Ca’naan, the lot of 
your inheritance; 

19 When ye were but few, 
even a few, and strangers in it. 

20 And when they went from 
nation to nation, and from one 
kingdom to another people; 

21 He suffered no man to do 
them wrong: yea, he reproved 
kings for their sakes, 

22 Saving, Touch not mine 
anointed, and do my prophets no 


arm. 

23 Sing unto the LORD, all the 
earth; shew forth from day to 
day his salvation. 

24 Declare his glory among 
the heathen; his marvellous 
works among all nations. 

25 For great is the LORD, and 
greatly to be praised: he also is 
to be feared above all gods. 

26 For all the gods of the 
people are idols: but the LORD 
made the heavens. VAS 

27 Glory and honour are in his 


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presence; strength and gladness 
are in his place. 

28 Give unto the LORD, ye 
kindreds of the people, give unto 


| the LORD glory and strength. 


29 Give unto the LORD the 
glory due unto his name: bring 
an offering, and come before him: 
worship the LORD in the beauty 
of holiness. 

30 Fear before him, all the 
earth: the world also shall be 
stable, that it be not moved. 

31 Let the heavens be glad, and 
let the earth rejoice: and let men 
say among the nations, The LORD 
reigneth. 

32 Let the sea roar, and the ful- 
ness thereof: let the fields re- 
joice, and all that is therein. 

33 Then shall the trees of the 
wood sing out at the presence of 
the LORD, because he cometh to 
judge the earth. 

34 O give thanks unto the 
LORD; for he is good; for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

35 And say ye, Save us, O God 
of our salvation, and gather us 
together, and deliver us from the 
heathen, that we may give thanks 
to thy holy name, and glory in 
thy praise. 

36 Blessed be the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el forever andever. And 
all the people said, A-mén’, and 
praised the LORD. 

37 4 So he left there before the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD 
A’saph and his brethren, to min- 
ister before the ark continually, 
as every day’s work required: 

38 And O’bed—é’dom with their 
brethren, threescore and eight; 
O’bed—é€’dom also the son of 
Jéd’u-thtn and H6’sah to be 
porters: , : 

39 And Za’dok the priest, and 
his brethren the priests, before 
the tabernacle of the LORD in 
the high place that was at Gib’e- 


on, 

40 To offer burnt offerings unto 
the LORD upon the altar of the 
burnt offering continually morn- 
ing and evening, and fo do ac- 


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cording to all that is written in 
the law of the LORD, which he 
commanded Is’ra-el; 

41 And with them Hé’man and 
Jéd’u-thtin, and the rest that 
were chosen, who were expressed 
by name, to give thanks to the 
LORD, because his mercy en- 
dureth for ever; 


42 And with them Hé’man and |e 


Jéd’y-thiin with trumpets and 
cymbals for those that should 
make a sound, and with musical 
instruments of God. And the 
sons of Jéd’u-thtin were porters. 
43 And all the people departed 
every man to his house: and 
Da’vid returned to bless his 
house. 


355 CHAPTER 17 
1 Nathan approves the purpose of Da- 
vid. 3 David forbidden to build 
God’s house. 11 God’s promise to 

David. 

OW it came to pass, as Da’- 
vid sat in his house, that 
Da’vidsaidto Na’thanthe prophet, 
Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, 
but the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD remaineth under curtains. 

2 Then Na’than said unto Da’- 
vid, Do all that is in thine heart; 
for God is with thee. 

3 4 And it came to pass the 
same night, that the word of God 
came to Na’than, saying, 

4 Go and tell Da’/vid my serv- 
ant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou 
shalt not build me an house to 
dwell in: 

5 For I have not dwelt in an 
house since the day that I brought 
up Is’ra-el unto this day; but 
have gone from tent to tent, and 
from one tabernacle to another. 

6 Wheresoever I have walked 
with all Is’ra-el, spake I_a word 
to any of the judges of Is’ra-el, 
whom I commanded to feed my 
people, saying, Why have ye not 
built me an house of cedars? 

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou 
say unto my servant Da’vid, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I 
took thee from the sheepcote, 


God’s promise to David 


even from following the sheep, 
that thou shouldest be ruler over 
my people Is’ra-el: 

8 And I have been with thee 
whithersoever thou hast walked, 
and have cut off all thine ene- 
mies from before thee, and have 
made thee a name like the name 
of the great men that are in the 


arth. 
9 Also I will ordain a place for 
my people Is’ra-el, and will plant 
them, and they shall dwell in 
their place, and shall be moved 
no more; neither shall the chil- 
dren of wickedness waste them 
any more, as at the beginning, 

10 And since the time that I 
commanded judges to be over 
my people is’ra-el. Moreover 1 
will subdue all thine enemies. 
Furthermore I tell thee that the 
LORD will build thee an house. 

11 4 And it shall come to pass, 
when thy days be expired that 
thou must go fo be with thy fa- 
thers, that I will raise up thy seed 
after thee, which shall be of thy 
sons; and I will establish his 
kingdom. 

12 He shall build me an house, 
and I will stablish his throne for 


ever. 

13 I will be his father, and he 
shall be my son: and I will not 
take my mercy away from him, 
as I took it from him that was 
before thee: 

14 But Tf will settle him in mine 
house and in my kingdom for 
ever: and his throne shall be 
established for evermore. 

15 According to all these words, 
and according to all this vision, 
so did Na’than speak unto 
Da’vid. 

16 § And Da’vid the king came 
and sat before the LORD, and 
said, Who am I, O LORD God, 
and what is mine house, that 
thou hast brought me hitherto? 

17 And yet this was a small 
thing in thine eyes, O God; for 
thou hast also spoken of thy 
servant’s house for a great while 
to come, and hast regarded me 


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Philistines and Moabdites defeated 


according to the estate of a man 
of high degree, O LORD God. 

18 Whatcan Da’vid speak more 
to thee for the honour of thy 
servant? for thou knowest thy 
servant. 

9 O LORD, for thy servant’s 
sake, and according to thine 
own heart, hast thou done all 
this greatness, in making known 
all these great things. 

20 O LORD, there is none like 
thee, neither is there any God 
beside thee, according to all that 
we have heard with our 
ears. 

21 And what one nation in the 
earth is like thy people is’ra-el, 
whom God went to redeem fo be 
his own people, to make thee a 
name of greatness and terrible- 
ness, by driving out nations from 
before thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed out of E’gypt? 

22 For thy people Is’ra-el didst 
thou make thine own people for 
ever; and thou, LORD, becamest 
their God. 

23 Therefore now, LORD, let 
the thing that thou hast spoken 
concerning thy servant and con- 
cerning his house be estab- 
‘ished for ever, and do as thou 
hast said. 

24 Let it even be established, 
that thy name may be magnified 
for ever, saying, The LORD of 
hosts is the God of Is’ra-el, even 
a God to Is’ra-el: and let the 
house of Da’vid thy servant be 
established before thee. 


25 For thou, O my God, hast b 


told ae servant that thou wilt 
build him an house: therefore 
thy servant hath found in his 
heart to pray before thee. 

26 And now, LORD, thou art 
God, and hast promised this 
goodness unto thy servant: 

27 Now therefore let it please 
thee to bless the house of thy 
servant, that it may be before thee 
for ever: for thou blessest, O 
LORD, and it shall be blessed for 
ever. 


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CHAPTER i8 356 
1 Philistines and Moabites defeated. 3 

Syrians smitten. 13 Edom garri- 

soned. 14 David's officers. 
ING after this it came to 

pass, that Da’vid smote the 
Phi-lis’tines, and subdued them, 
and took Gath and her towns out 
of the hand of the Phi-lis’tines. 

And he smote Mod’ab;: and 
ie MO6’ab-ites became Da’vid’s 
servants, and brought gifts. 

3 4 And Da’vid smote Had-dr- 
€’zér king of Z6’bah unto Ha’- 
math, as he went to stablish his 
Cot by the river Et-phra’- 

es. 
4 And Da’vid took from him a 
thousand chariots, and seven 
thousand horsemen, and twenty 
thousand footmen: Da’vid also 
houghed all the chariot horses, 
but reserved of them an hundred 
chariots. 

5 And when the Syr’'i-ans of 
Da-mas’cus came to help _Had- 
ar-é’zér king of Z6’bah, Da’vid 
slew of the Syr’i-ans two and 
twenty thousand men. _ 

6 Then Da’vid put garrisons in 
Syr/i-a—da-mas’cus; and _ the 
Syr’i-ans became Da’vid’s serv- 
ants, and brought gifts. Thus 
the LORD preserved Da’vid 
whithersoever he went. 

And Da’vid took the shields of 
gold that were on the servants of 
Had-adr-é’zér, and brought them 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

8 Likewise from Tib’hath, and 
from Chin, cities of Had-dr-é’- 
zér, brought Da’vid very much 
rass, wherewith Sol’o-mon 
made the brasen sea, and the 
es and the vessels of brass. 

9 ¢ Now when T0d’t king of 

Ha’math heard how Da’vid had 
smitten all the host of Had-dr- 
é’zér king of Z6’bah; : 

10 He sent Ha-dé’ram his son 
to king Da’vid, to enquire of his 
welfare, and to congratulate 
him, because he had fought 
against Had-dr-e’zér, and smit- 
ten him; (for Had-ar-é’zér had 
i war with To’/t;) and with him 


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all manner of vessels of gold and 
silver and brass. 

11 { Them also king Da’vid 
dedicated unto the LORD, with 
the silver and the gold that he 
brought from all these nations; 
from E’dom, and from Mo’ab, and 
from the children of Am/mon, and 
from Me Phi-lis’tines, and from 
Am/a-lé 

12 eae A-bish’a-1 the son 
of Zér-u-i/ah slew of the E’dom- 
ites in the valley of salt eighteen 
thousand. 

13 § And he put garrisons in 
E’dom; and all the E’dom-ites 
became Da’vid’s servants. Thus 
the LORD preserved Da’vid 
whithersoever he went. 

14 § So Da’vid reigned over all 
an el, and executed judgment 
and justice among all his people. 

15 And J6’ab the son of Zér-u- 
ah was over the host; and Jé- 
hosh’a-phat the son of A-hi’lud, 
recorder. 

16 And Za’dok the son of A-hi’- 
tub, and A-bim’e-léch the son of 
A-bi’a-thar, were the priests; 
and Shav’sha was scribe; 

17 And Bé-na’iah the son of 
Jé-hoi’a-da was over the Chér’e- 
thites and the Pél’e-thites; and 
the sons of Da’vid were chief 
about the king. 


357 CHAPTER 19 


1 David’s messengers insulted. 6 De- 
feat of Ammon. 16 Shophach is slain. 
OW it came to pass after 
this, that Na’hash the king 
of the children of Am’mon died, 
and his son reigned in his stead. 
2 And Da’vid said, I will shew 
kindness unto Ha’nin the son of 
Na’hash, because his father 
shewed kindness to me. And 
Da’vid sent messengers to com- 
fort him concerning his father. 
So the servants of Da’vid came 
into the land of the children of 
aes to Ha’niin, to comfort 
im. 
3 But the princes of the chil- 
dren of Am’mon said to Ha’ntn, 
Thinkest thou that Da’vid doth 


Ammon defeated 


honour thy father, that he hath 
sent comforters unto thee? are 
not his servants come unto thee 
for to search, and to overthrow, 
and to spy out the land? 

4 Wherefore Ha’ntn took Da’- 
vid’s servants, and shaved them, 
and cut off their garments in the 
midst hard by their buttocks, and 
sent them away. : 

5 Then there went certain, and 
told Da’vid how the men were 
served. And he sent to meet 
them: for the men were greatly 
ashamed. And the king said, 
Tarry at Jér’i-cho until your 
beards be grown, and then return. 

6 § And when the children of 
Am’mo6n saw that they had made 
themselves odious to Da’vid, 
Ha’/nun and the children of Am’- 
mon sent a thousand talents of 
silver to hire them chariots and 
horsemen out of Més-0-p0- ta’- 
mi-a, and out of Syr’i-a—ma’a- 
chah, and out of Z6’bah. 

7 So they hired thirty and two 
thousand chariots, and the king 
of Ma’a-chah and his people; 
who came and pitched before 
Méd’e-ba. And the children of 
Am/mo6n gathered themselves to- 
gether from their cities, and came 
to battle. x 

8 And when Da’vid heard of it, 
he sent J6’ab, and all the host of 
the mighty men. 

9 And the children of Am’mon 
came out, and put the battle in 
array before the gate of the city: 
and the kings that were come 
were by themselves in the field. 

10 Now when J6’ab saw that 
the battle was set against him 
before and behind, he chose out 
of all the choice of Is’ra-el, and 
put them in array against the 
Syr’i-ans. 

11 And the rest of the people he 
delivered unto the hand _ of 
A-bish’a-i his brother, and they 
set themselves in array against 
the children of Am’mon. 

12 And he said, If the Syr’i-ans 
be too strong for me, then thou 
shalt help me: but if the chil- 


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Rabbah destroyed 


dren of Am’m6n be too strong for 
thee, then I will help thee 

13 Be of good courage, and let 
us behave ourselves valiantly for 
our people, and for the cities of 
our God: and let the LORD do 
that which is good in his sight. 

14 So J6’ab and the people that 
were with him drew nigh before 
the Syr’i-ans unto the battle; and 
they fled before him. | 

15 And when the children of 
Am’/mon saw that the Syr’i-ans 
were flied, they likewise fled be- 
fore A-bish’4-i his brother, and 
entered into the city. Then 
J6’ab came to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

16 § And when the Syjyr’i-ans 
saw that they were put to the 
worse before Is’ra-el, they sent 
messengers, and drew forth the 
Syr’i-ans that were beyond the 
river: and Sh6’phach the cap- 
tain of the host of Had-dr-é’zér 
went before them. 

17 And it was told Da’vid; and 
he gathered all fIs’ra-el, and 
passed over Joér’dan, and came 
upon them, and set the battle in 
array against them. So when 
Da’vid had put the battle in array 
against the Syr’i-ans, they fought 
*with him 

18 But the Syr’i-ans fled be- 
fore is’ra-el; and Da’vid slew of 
the Syr’i-ans seven thousand 
men which fought in chariots, 
and forty thousand footmen, and 
killed Shd’phach the captain of 
the host. 

19 And when the servants of 
Had-dr-é’zér saw that they were 
put to the worse before Is’ra-el, 
they made peace with Da’ vid, 
and became his servants: nei- 
ther would the Syr’i-ans help the 
children of Am’mon any more. 


358 CHAPTER 20 


1 Destruction of Rabbah. 4 The Phi- 
listine giants slain. 

ND it came to pass, that 

after the year was expired, 

at the time that kings go out fo 

battle, Jo’ab led forth the power 

of the army, and wasted the 


1 CHRONICLES, 20, 21 


country of the children of Am’- 
mon, and came and besieged 
Rab’bah. But Da’vid tarried at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. And J6’ab smote 
Rab’bah, and destroyed it. 

2 And Da’vid took the crown 
of their king from off his head, 
and found it to weigh a talent of 
gold, and there were precious 
stones in it; and it was set upon 
Da’vid’s head: and he brought 
also exceeding much spoil out of 
the city. 

3 And he brought out the people 
that were in it, and cut them 
with saws, and with harrows of 
iron, and with axes. Even so 
dealt Da’vid with all the cities of 
the children of Am’mon. And 
Da’vid and all the people re- 
turned to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

4 4 And it came to pass after 
this, that there arose war at 
Gé’zér with the Phi-lis’tines; 
at which time Sib’be-chai the 
Hi’shath-ite slew Sip’pai, that 
was of the children of the giant: 
and they were subdued. : 

5 And there was war again with 
the Phi-lis’tines; and El-ha’nan 
the son of Ja’ir slew Lah’mi the 
brother of Go-li’ath the Git’tite, 
whose spear staff was like a 
weaver’s beam. 

6 And yet again there was war 
at Gath, where was a man of 
great stature, whose fingers and 
toes were four and twenty, six 
on each hand, and six on each 
foot: and he also was the son 
of the giant. 

7 But when he defied _Is’ra-el, 
Jon’a-than the son of Shim’e-a 
Da’vid’s brother slew him. 

8 These_were born unto_the 
giant in Gath; and they fell J 
the hand of Da’ vid, and by th 
hand of his servants. 


CHAPTER 21 359 


1 The numbering. 9 David's choice of 
plagues. 14 Jerusalem spared. 18 
Staying of the pestilence. 

ND Sa’tan stood up against 
Is’ra-el, and provoked Da’=- 
vid to number Is’ra-el. 


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1 CHRONICLES, 21 


2 And Da’vid said to Jo’ab and 
to the rulers of the people, Go, 
number Is’ra-el from Bé’er-shé’- 
ba even to Dan; and bring the 
number of them to me, that I may 
know it. 

3 And Jé’ab answered, The 
LORD make his people an hun- 
dred times so many more as they 
be: but, my lord the king, are 
they not all my lord’s servants? 
why then doth my lord require 
this thing? why will he be a 
cause of trespass to Is’ra-el? 

4 Nevertheless the king’s.word 
prevailed against J6’ab. Where- 
fore J6’ab departed, and went 
throughout all Is’ra-el, and came 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

5 4 And J6’ab gave the sum of 
the number of the people unto 
Da’vid. And all they of Is’ra-el 
were a thousand thousand and an 
hundred thousand men that drew 
sword: and Jai’dah was four 
hundred threescore and ten 
thousand men that drew sword. 

6 But Lé’vi and Bén’ja-min 
counted he not among them: for 
the king’s word was abominable 
to J6’ab. : 

7 And God was. displeased 
with this thing; therefore he 
smote Is’ra-el. 

8 And Da’vid said unto God, I 
have sinned greatly, because I 
have done this thing: but now, 
I beseech thee, do away the in- 
iquity of thy servant; for I have 
done very foolishly. 

9 7 And the LORD spake unto 
Gad, Da’vid’s seer, saying, | 

10 Go and teil Da’vid, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD, I offer 
thee three things: choose thee 
one of them, that I may do 7¢ unto 


ee. 

11 So Gad came to Da’vid, and 
said unto him, Thus saith the 
LORD, Choose thee ‘ 

12 Either three years’ famine; 
or three months to be destroyed 
before thy foes, while that the 
sword of thine enemies over- 
taketh thee; or else three days 


Israel numbered 


pestilence, in the land, and the 
angel of the LORD destroying 
throughout all the coasts of Is’- 
ra-el. Now therefore advise 
thyself what word I shali bring 
again to him that sent me. 

13 And Da’vid said unto Gad, 
I am in a great strait: let me fall 
now into the hand of the LORD; 
for very great are his mercies: 
but let me not fall into the hand 
of man. 

14 {So the LORD sent pesti- 
lence upon Is’ra-el: and there 
fell of is’ra-el seventy thousand 


men. 

15 And God sent an angel unto 
Jé-ru’sd-lém to destroy it: and 
as he was destroying, the LORD 
beheld, and he repented him of 
the evil, and said to the angel 
that destroyed, It is enough, stay 
now thine hand. And the angel 
of the LORD stood by the thresh- 
ingfloor of Or’nan the Jéb’u-site. 

16 And Da’vid lifted up his 
eyes, and saw the angel of the 
LORD stand between the earth 
and the heaven, having a drawn 
sword in his hand stretched out 
over Jé-ru’sa-lém. Then Da’vid 
and the elders of is’ra-el, who 
were clothed in sackcloth, fell 
upon their faces. 

17 And Da’vid said unto God, 
Ts it not I that commanded the 
people to be numbered? even I it 
is that have sinned and done evil 
indeed; but as for these sheep, 
what have they done? let thine 
hand, I pray thee, O LORD my 
God, be on me, and on my fa- 
ther’s house; but not on thy 
people, that they should be 
plagued. 

18 § Then the angel of the 
LORD commanded Gad to say to 
Da’vid, that Da’vid should go 
up, and set up an altar unto the 
LORD in the threshingfloor of 
Or/nan the Jéb’u-site. 

19 And Da’vid went up at the 
saving of. Gad, which he spake 
in the name of the LORD. 

20 And Or’nan turned _ back, 


the sword of the LORD, even the | and saw the angel; and his four 
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and 


* 


The plague. 


sons with him hid themselves. 
Now Or’nan was_ threshing 


21 And as Déa’vid came to 
Or’nan, Or’nan looked and saw 
Da’vid, and went out of the 
threshingfloor, and bowed him- 
self to Da’vid with his face to 
the ground. y 

22 Then Da’vid said to 6r’nan, 
Grant me the place of this thresh- 
ingfloor, that I may build an altar 
therein unto the LorD: thou 
shalt grant it me for the full 


- wheat. 


price: that the plague may be 


stayed from the people. 
23 And Or’nan said unto Da’- 


_vid, Take it to thee, and let my 


lord the king do that which is 


_ good in his eyes: lo, I give thee 


the oxen also for burnt offerings, 
the threshing instruments 
for wood, and the wheat for the 


_ meat offering; I give it all. 


24 And king Da’vid said to 6r’- 
nan, Nay; but I will verily buy it 


for the full price: for I will not 


take that which is thine for the 
LORD, nor offer burnt offerings 


without cost. 


25 So Da’vid gave to Or’nan 
ror the place six hundred shekels 
of gold by weight. 

26 And D§a’vid built there an 
altar unto the LORD, and offered 
burnt offerings and peace offer- 
ings, and called upon the LoRD; 
and he answered him from 
heaven by fire upon the altar of 
burnt offering. 

27 And the LORD commanded 
the angel; and he put up his 
sword again into the sheath 
thereof. 

28 § At that time when Da’vid 
saw that the LORD had answered 
him in the threshingfloor of 
Or’nan the Jéb’u-site, then he 
sacrificed there. 

29 For the tabernacle of the 
LORD, which M6’ses made in the 
wilderness, and the altar of the 
burnt offering, were at that sea- 
son in the high place at Gib’e-on. 

30 But Da’vid could not go be- 
fore it to enquire of God: for he 


Preparations for building 


1 CHRONICLES, 22 


was afraid because of the sword 
of the angel of the Lorp. 


CHAPTER 22 360 

1 David's preparations for building the 
temple. 6 His instructions to Soio- 
mon. 17 Princes to assist Solomon. 

HEN Da’vid said, This is 

the house of the LORD God, 
and this is the altar of the burnt 
offering for Is’ra-el. 

2 And Da’vid commanded to 
gather together the strangers 
that were in the land of fs’ra-el: 
and he set masons to hew 
wrought stones to build the 
house of God. 

3 And Da’vid prepared iron in 
abundance for the nails for the 
doors of the gates, and for the 
joinings; and brass in abundance 
without weight; 

4 Also cedar trees in abun- 
dance: for the Zi-d6’ni-ans and 
they of Tyre brought much cedar 
wood to Da’vid. 

And Da’vid said, Sél’o-mon 
my son 7s young and tender, and 
the house that is to be builded for 
the LORD must be exceeding 
magnifical, of fame and of glory 
throughout all countries: I wiil 
therefore now make preparation 
forit. So Da’vid prepared abun- 
dantly before his death. 

6 § Then he called for Sdl’o- 
mon his son, and charged him to 
build an house for the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el. 

7 And Da’vid said to S68l’o- 
mon, My son, as for me, it was 
in my mind to build an house 
ale the name of the LORD my 


od: 

8 But the word of the Lorp 
came to me, saying, Thou hast 
shed blood abundantly, and hast 
made great wars: thou shalt not 
build an house unto my name, 
because thou hast shed much 
blood upon the earth in my sight. 

9 Behold,a son shall be born to 
thee, who shall be a man of rest; 
and I will give him rest from all 
his enemies round about: for his 
name shall be S6l’o-mon, and I 


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1 CHRONICLES, 23 


will give peace and quietness 
unto Is’ra-el in his days. 

10 He shall build an house for 
my name; and ‘he shall be my 
son, and I will be his father; and 
I will establish, the throne of his 
kingdom over is’ra-el for ever. 

11 Now, my son, the LORD be 
with thee; and prosper thou, and 
build the house of the LORD thy 
God, as he hath said of thee. 

12 Only the LORD give thee 
wisdom and understanding, and 
give thee charge concerning 
ts’ra-el, that thou mayest keep 
the law of the LORD thy God. 

13 Then shalt thou prosper, if 
thou takest heed to fulfil the 
statutes and judgments which 
the LORD charged Mo’ses with 
concerning Is’ra-el: be strong, 
and of good courage; dread not, 
nor be dismayed. 

14 Now, behold, in my trouble 
I have prepared for the house of 
the LORD an hundred thousand 
talents of gold, and a thousand 
thousand talents of silver; and 
of brass and iron without weight; 
for it is an abundance: timber 
also and stone have I prepared; 
and thou mayest add thereto. 

15 Moreover there are work- 
men with thee in abundance, 
hewers and workers of stone and 
timber, and all manner of cun- 
ning men for every manner of 


work. 

16 Of the gold, the silver, and 
the brass, and the iron, there is 
nonumber. Arise therefore, and 
be doing, and the LORD be with 


ee. 

17 | David also commanded 
all the princes of Is’ra-el to help 
Sdl’o-mon his son, saying, 

18 Is not the LORD your God 
with you? and hath he not given 
you rest on every side? for he 
hath given the inhabitants of the 
land into mine hand; and the 
land is subdued before the LORD, 
and before his people. 

19 Now set your heart and 
your soul to seek the LORD your 
God; arise therefore, and build 


The sons of Levi 


ye the sanctuary of the LORD 
God, to bring the ark of the cov- 
enant of the LORD, and the holy 
vessels of God, into the house 
that is to be built to the name of — 
the LORD. 


CHAPTER 23 361 


1 David makes Solomon king. _2 Dis- 
tribution of the Levites. 24 Levitical 
Offices. 

O when Da’vid was old and 
full of days, he made Sdl’o- © 
mon his son king over Is’ra-el. 

2 9 And he gathered together 

all the princes of Is’ra-el, with 

the priests and the Lé’vites. 

3 Now the Lé’vites were num- 
bered from the age of thirty 
years and upward: and their 
number by their polls, man by 
man, was thirty and eight thou- 


sand. 

4 Of which, twenty and four 
thousand were to set forward — 
the work of the house of the 
LORD; and six thousand were 
officers and judges: 

5 Moreover four thousand were 
porters; and four thousand 
praised the LORD with the in- 
struments which I made, said 
David, to praise therewith. 

_6 And Da’vid divided them 
into courses among the sons of 
Lé’vi, namely, Gér’shon, K0O’- 
hath, and Mé-ra’ri. 

7 4 Of the Gér’shon-ites were, 
La’a-dan, and Shim’e-1. 

8 The sons of La’a-dan; the 
chief was Jé-hi’el, and Zé’/tham, 
and Jo’el, three. 

9 The sons of Shim’e-i; Sheél’- 
o-inith, and Ha/zi-el, and Ha’- 
ran, three. These were the chief 
of the fathers of La’a-dan. 

10 And the sons of Shim’e-1 
were, Ja’hath, Zina, and Jé’tsh, 
and Bé-ri’ah. These four were 
the sons of Shim/e-i. 

11 And Ja’hath was the chief, 
and Zi’zah the second: but Jé’- 
ush and Bé-ri’/ah had not many 
sons; therefore they were in one 
reckoning, according to their 
father’s house. 


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The sons of Levi 


12 § The sons of KO’hath; 
Am’ram, iz’/hiér, Hé’bron, and 
Our: 

“13 The sons of Am’ram; A4ar’on 
and Mo’ses: and Adar’on was 
separated, that he should sanctify 
the most holy things, he and his 
sons for ever, to burn incense 
before the LORD, to minister 
unto him, and to bless in his 
name for ever. 

14 Now concerning Mé’ses the 
man of God, his sons were named 
of the tribe of Lé’vi. 

15 The sons of MO’ ae were, 

pe ‘shom, and E-li-é’zér 
* 16 Of the sons of Gér’shém, 

Shesbru-et was the chief. 

17 And the sons of E-li-é’zér 
were, Ré-ha-bi/ah the chief. 

d &-li-é’zér had none other 
sons; but the sons of Ré-ha- 
bi‘ah were very many. | 

18 Of the sons of Iz’hdr; 
Shél’o-mith the chief. 

19 Of the sons of Hé’bron; 
Jé-ri’ah the first, Am-a-ri’ah the 
second, Ja-ha/’zi-el the third, 
and Jék-a-mé’am the fourth 

20 Of the sons of Uz/zi-el; 
Mi’cah the first, and Jé-si’ah 
* the second. 

21 4 The sons of Mé-ra’ri; 
Mah‘li, and Mt’shi. The sons of 
Mah‘li; £-le-a’zar, and Kish. 

22 And E-le-a’zar died, and had 
no sons, but daughters: and 
their brethren the sons of Kish 
took them. 

23 The sons of Mu’shi; Mah’- 
li, and E’dér, and Jér’e-moth, 


three 

24 @ These were the sons of 
Lé’vi after the house of their 
fathers; even the chief of the 
fathers, as they were counted by 
number of names by their polls, 


1 CHRONICLES, 24 


they shall no more carry the 
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it 
for the service thereof. 

27 For by the last words of Da’- 
vid the Lé’vites were numbered 
from twenty years old and above: 

28 Because their office was to 
wait on the sons of Aar’on for the 
service of the house of the LORD, 
in the courts, and in the cham- 
bers, and in the purifying of all 
holy things, and the work of the 
Seance of the house of God; 

9 Both for the shewbread, 
ae for the fine flour for meat 
offering, and for the unleavened 
cakes, and for that which is 
baked in the pan, and for that 
which is fried, and for all mamner 
of measure and size; 

30 And to stand every morning 
to thank and praise the LORD, 
and likewise at even; 

31 And to offer all burnt sacri- 
fices unto the LORD in the sab- 
baths, in the new moons, and on 
the set feasts, by number, ac- 
cording to the order commanded 
unto them, continually before the 


LORD: 

32 And that they should keep 
the charge of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and the charge 
of the holy place, and the charge 
of the sons of Aar’on their bre- 
thren, in the service of the house 
of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 24 362 


1 Division of Aaron's sons into orders. 

20 Division of Kohathites and Mera-~ 
rites. 

OW these are the divisions 

of the sons of Aar’on. The 

sons of Aar’on; Na’dab, and 

A-bi’/ht, E-le-a’zar, and Ith’a- 


that did the work for the service | mar 


of the house of the LORD, from 

the ase of twenty years and 

upwar 

_ 25 For Da’vid said, The LorD 
God of Is’ra-el hath given rest 

unto his people, that they may 

dwell in Jé-ru’sa-lém for ever: 
26 And also unto the Lé’vites; 


2 But Na’dab and A-bi’ht died 
before their father, and had no 
children: therefore E-le-a’zar 
and ith’a-mar executed the 
priest’s office. 

3 And Da’vid distributed them, 
both Za’dok of the sons of E-le- 
a’/zar, and A-him’e-léch of the 


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1 CHRONICLES, 25 


sons of Ith’a-mar, according to 
their offices in their service. 

4 And there were more chief 
men found of the sons of E-le- 
a’zar than of the sons of Ith’a- 
mir; and thus were they divided. 
Among the sons of E-le-a’zar 
there were sixteen chief men of 


Orders of the sons of Aaron 


Dél-a-i’ah, the four and twen- 
tieth to Ma-a-zi’ah 


19 These were the orderings © 


of them in their service to come 
into the house of the LORD, ac- 
cording to their manner, under 
Aar’on their father, as the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el had commanded 


the house of their fathers, and | him 


eight among the sons of Ith’a- 
mir according to the house of 
their fathers. ay 

5 Thus were they divided by 
lot, one sort with another; for 
the governors of the sanctuary, 
and governors of the house of 
God, were of the sons of E-le-a’- 
zar, and of the sons of Ith’a- 


mar. 

6 And Shém-a-i’/ah the son of 
Né-than’e-el the scribe, one of 
the Lé’vites, wrote them before 
the king, and the princes, and 
Za’dok the priest, and A-him’e- 
léch the son of A-bi’a-thar, and 
before the chief of the fathers of 
the priests and Lé’vites: one 
principal household being taken 
for E-le-a’zar, and one taken for 
Ith’a-mar. 

7 Now the first lot came forth to 
Jé-hoi’a-rib, the second to Jé- 
da’iah, 

8 The third to Ha’rim, the 
fourth to Sé-0/rim, : 

9 The fifth to Mal-chi’jah, the 
sixth to Mij’a-min, 

10 The seventh to Hak’koz, 
the eighth to A-bi’jah, 

11 The ninth to J &ésh’u-ah, the 
tenth to Shéc-a-ni’ah, 

12 The eleventh to £-li’a-shib, 
the twelfth to Ja’kim, 

13 The thirteenth to Htip’pah, 
the fourteenth to Jé-shéb’e-ab, 

14 The fifteenth to Bil’gah, the 
sixteenth to Im’mér, 

15 The seventeenth to Hé/zir, 
Ete eighteenth to Aph’sés, 

6 The nineteenth to Péth-a- 
hat, the twentieth to Jé-héz’e- 


17 The one and twentieth to 
gate chin, the two and twentieth to 

a’m 

18 The three and twentieth to 


20 | And the rest of the sons 
of Lé’vi were these: the sons 
of Am’ram; Shu’ba-el: of the 
sons of Shu’ba-el; Jeh-dé/iah. 

21 Concerning Ré-ha-bi’ah: of 
the sons of Ré-ha-bi’ah, the first 
was Is-shi’ah. 

22 Of the Iz’har-ites; 
moth: of the sons of Shél’o- 
moth; Ja’hath. 

23 And the sons of Hé’bron; 
Jé-ri’ah the first, Am-a-ri/ah the 
second, Ja-ha’zi-el the third, 
Jék-a-mé/am the fourth. 

24 Of the sons of Uz’zi-el; Mi’- 
chah: of the sons of Mi’chah; 
Sha’mir 


Shél’o-~* 


25 The brother of Mi’chah was | 


Is-shi’ah: of 
shi/ah; Zéch-a-ri’ah. 


the sons of Is- | 


26 The sons of Mé-ra’ri were — 


Mah’li and Md’shi: 
Ja-a-zi/ah; Bé’nd. 


the sons of | 


27 § The sons of Mé-ra’ri by 
Ja-a-zi/ah; Bé’n6, and Sho’/ham, ~ 


and Zac’cur, and Ib’ri. 


28 Of Mah’li came E-le-a/zar, — 


who had no sons. 


29 Concerning Kish: the son of © 


Kish was Jé-rih’me-el. 

30 The sons also of Mia’ shi; 
Mah’li, and E’dér, 
moth. These were the sons of 


the Lé’vites after the house of 


their fathers. 


and Jér’i- © 


a 
i 


} 


31 These likewise cast lots over _ 


against their brethren the sons of © 
Aar’on in the presence of Da’vid © 


; 


the king, and Za’dok, and A-him’- 4 
e-léch, and the chief of the 
fathers of the priests and Lé’- — 


vites, even the principal fathers 


over against their younger © 


brethren. 


CHAPTER 25 363 


1 Number and offices of the singers. 8 — 


Their divisions into orders. 


540 


Orders of the singers 


OREOVER Da’vid and the 

captains of the host sepa- 
rated to the service of the sons 
-of A’saph, and of Hé’man, and 
of Jéd’y-thin, who — should 
prophesy with harps, with psal- 
teries, and with cymbals: and 
the number of the workmen 
according to their service was: 

2 Of the sons of A’saph; Zac’- 
cur, and Jo’seph, and Neéth-a- 
ni’ah, and As-a-ré/lah, the sons 
of A’saph under the hands of 
A’saph, which prophesied ac- 
Ones to the order of the 

3 Of Jéd’u-thtin: the sons of 
Jéd’u-thin; Géd-a-li’ah, an 
Zé’ri, and Jé-sha’/iah, Hash-a- 
bi’ah, and Mat-ti-thi’ah, Six, 
under the hands of their father 
Jéd’u-thiin, who prophesied with 
a harp, to give thanks and to 
praise the LORD. 

Hé’man: the sons of 
Hé’man; Buk-ki’/ah, Mat-ta- 
ni’ah, Uz’zi-el, Shéb’u-el, and 
Jér’i-moth, Han-a-ni’/ah, Ha- 
na/ni, E-li’a-thah, Gid-dal’ti, and 
RO-mamti-—é’zér, Josh-bék’a- 
shah, Mal’lo-thi, H6’thir, and 
Ma-ha’zi-oth: 

5 All these were the sons of 
Hé’man the king’s seer in the 
words of God, to lift up the 
horn. And God gave to Hé’man 
fourteen sons and three daugh- 


ers. 

6 All these were under the 
‘hands of their father for song in 
the house of the LORD, with 
cymbals, psalteries, and harps, 
for the service of the house of 
God, according to the king’s 
order to A’saph, Jéd’u-thun, and 
Hé’man. 

7 So the number of them, with 
their brethren that were in- 
structed in the songs of the 
LORD, even all that were cun- 
ning, was two hundred four- 
score and eight. 

8 7 And they cast lots, ward 
against ward, as well the small 
as the great, the teacher as the 
scholar. 


d | lah, 


1 CHRONICLES, 25 


9 Now the first lot came forth 
for A’saph to J6’seph: the second 
to Géd-a-li’ah, who with his 
brethren and sons were twelve: 

10 The third to Zac’cur, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve: 

11 The fourth to Iz’ri, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were 


twelve 

12 The fifth to Néth-a-ni’ah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

13 The sixth to Buk-ki’ah, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve: 

14 The seventh to Jé-shar’e- 
he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

15 The eighth to Jé-sha’iah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

16 The ninth to Mat-ta-ni’ah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

17 The tenth to Shim’e-1, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve: 

18 The eleventh to A-zar’e-el, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

19 The twelfth to Hash-a-bi’ah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

20 The thirteenth to Shu’ba-el, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

21 The fourteenth to Mat-ti- 
thi’/ah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

22 The fifteenth to Jér’e-moth, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

23 The sixteenth to Han-a- 
ni’ah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

24 The seventeenth to Josh- 
bék’a-shah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

25 The eighteenth to Ha-na’ni, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

26 The nineteenth to Mal’lo-thi, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

27 The twentieth to £-li’a-thah, 


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1 CHRONICLES, 26 


he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve: 

28 The one and twentieth to 
HO6’thir, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

29 The two and twentieth to 
Gid-dal’ti, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, weretwelve: 

30 The three and twentieth to 
M4-ha’zi-oth, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve: 

31 The four and twentieth to 
R6-mam’ti-é’zér, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve. 


364 CHAPTER 26 


1 Divisions of the porters. 13 Assign- 
ment of gates. 20 Keepers of the 
treasures. 


ONCERNING the divisions 

of the porters: the 
Kor’hites was Mé-shél-e-mi’ah 
the son of K6’ré, of the sons of 
A’saph. 

2 And the sons of Mé-shél-e- 
mi’/ah were, Zéch-a-ri’/ah the 
firstborn, Jé-di’a-el the second, 
Zéb-a-di’ah the third, Jath’ni-el 
the fourth, 

3 Blam the fifth, Jé-ho-ha’/nan 
the sixth, £-li-o- é’na-i the sev- 
enth. 

4 Moreover the sons of O’bed— 
é’/dom were, ém-a-i’/ah the 
firstborn, Jé-h6z’a-bad the sec- 
ond, Jo’ah the third, and Sa’car 
Seas and Né-than’e-el the 

th, 

5 Am/’mi-el the sixth, Is’sa-char 
the seventh, Pé-ul’thai the 
eighth: for God blessed him. 

6 Also unto Shém-a-i’ah his 
son were sons born, that ruled 
throughout the house of their 
father: for they were mighty 
men of valour. 

.7 The sons of Shém-a-i’ah; 

Oth’ni, and Ré’pha-el, and 6’bed, 
El’za-bad, whose brethren were 
strong men, £-li’/hi, and Sém-a- 
chi’ah. f 

8 All these of the sons of O’bed— 
é’dom: they and their sons and 
their brethren, able men for 
strength for the service, were 


Divisions of the porters 


threescore and two of O’bed— 
é’dom. 

9 And Mé-shél-e-mi’ah had 
sons and brethren, strong men, 
eighteen. 

10 Also H6’sah, of the chil- 
dren of Mé-ra’ri, had sons; Sim’- 
ri the chief, (for though he was 
not the firstborn, yet his father 
made him the chief;) 

11 Hil-ki’ah the second, Téb-a- 
li’ah the third, Zéch-a-ri/ah the 
fourth: all the sons and brethren 
of H6’sah were thirteen. 

12 Among these were the divi- 
sions of the porters, even among 
the chief men, having wards one 
against another, to minister in 
the house of the LORD. 

13 § And they cast lots, as 
well the small as the great, ac- 
cording to the house of their 
fathers, for every gate. 

14 And the lot eastward fell to 
Sheél-e-mi’ah. Then for Zéch-a- 
ri’ah his son, a wise counsellor, 
they cast lots; and his lot came 
out northward. 

15 To O’bed—é’dom southward; 
and to his sons the house of 
A-sup’pim. 

16 To Shtip’pim and H6’sah 
the lot came forth weatwards 
with the gate Shal’le-chéth, 
the causeway of the going aie 
ward against ward. 

17 Eastward were six Lé’vites, 
northward four a day, southward 
four a day, and toward A-stp’pim 
two and two. 

18 At Par’bar westward, four at 
sue causeway, and two at Par’- 

ar. 

19 These are the divisions of the 
porters among the sons of K0’ré, 
and among the sons of Mé-ra’ri. 

20 § And of the Lé’vites, A-hi’- 
jah was over the treasures of 
the house of God, and over the 
treasures of the dedicated things. 

21 As concerning the sons of 
La’a-dan; the sons of the Gér’- 
shon-ite La’a-dan, chief fathers, 
even of La’a-dan the Gér’shon- 
ite, were Jé-hi’e-li. 

22 The sons of Jé-hi’e-li; Zé’- 


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Keepers of the treasures 


1 CHRONICLES, 27 


tham, and Jo’el his brother,|seven hundred chief fathers, 


which were over the treasures of 
the house of the LORD._ 

23 Of the Am/ram-ites, and 
the Iz’har-ites, the Hé’bron-ites, 
and the Uz’zi-el-ites: 

24 And Shéb’u-el the son of 
Gér’shom, the son of MO’ses, was 
ruler of the treasures. e 

25 And his brethren by E-li-é’- 
zér; Ré-ha-bi’ah his son, and 
Jé-sha/iah his son, and J6’ram 
his son, and Zich’ri his son, and 
Shél’o-mith his son. 

26 Which Shél’o-mith and his 
brethren were over all the treas- 
ures of the dedicated things, 
which Da’vid the king, and the 
chief fathers, the captains over 
thousands and hundreds, an 
the captains of the host, had 
dedicated. 

27 Out of the spoils won in 
battles did they dedicate to 
maintain the house of the LORD. 

28 And all that Sam/u-el the 
seer, and Saul the son _of Kish, 
and Ab’nér the son of Nér, an 
J6’ab the son of Zér-u-i’/ah, had 
dedicated; and whosoever had 
dedicated any thing, it was under 
the hand of Shél’o-mith, and of 
his brethren. | 3 

29 § Of the Iz’har-ites, Chén- 
a-ni’ah and his sons were for the 
outward business over Is’ra-el, 
for officers and judges. E 

30 And of the Hé’bron-ites, 
Hash-a-bi’ah and his brethren, 
men of valour, a thousand and 
seven hundred, were officers 
among them of Is’ra-el on this 
side Jér’dan westward in all the 
business of the LORD, and in the 
service of the king. é 

31 Among the Hé’bron-ites was 
Jé-ri/jah the chief, even among 
the Hé’bron-ites, according to 
the generations of his fathers. In 
the fortieth year of the reign of 
Da’vid they were sought for, and 
there were found among them 
mighty men of valour at Ja’zér 
of Gil’e-ad. 

32 And his brethren, men of 
valour, were two thousand and 


whom king Da’vid made rulers 
over the Reu’ben-ites, the Gad’- 
ites, and the half tribe of M4- 
nas’seh, for every matter per- 
taining to God, and affairs of 
the king. 


CHAPTER 27 


1 The twelve monthly captains. 
Princes of the tribes. 
bering stopped. 

OW the children of Is’ra-el 

after their number, fo wit, 
the chief fathers and captains of 
thousands and hundreds, and 
their officers that served the king 
in any matter of the courses, 
which came in and went out 


365 


16 
23 The num- 


d|month by month throughout all 


the months of the year, of every 
course were twenty and four 
thousand. 

2 Over the first course for the 
first month was Ja-sh6’be-4m 
the son of Zab’di-el: and in his 
course were twenty and four 


d | thousand. 


3 Ofthe children of Pé’réz was 
the chief of all the captains of the 
host for the first month. 

4 And over the course of the 
second month was D6’da-i an 
A-ho/hite, and of his course was 
Mik’loth also the ruler: in his 
course likewise were twenty and 
four thousand. 

5 The third captain of the host 
for the third month was Bé-na’- 
iah the son of Jé-hoi’a-da, a chief 
priest: and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

6 This is that Bé-na’iah, whe 
was mighty among the thirty, 
and above the thirty: and in his 
course was Am-miz’a-bad his son. 

7 The fourth captain for the 
fourth month was A’sa-hél_ the 
brother of Jo’ab, and Zéb-a-di’ah 
his son after him: and in his 
course were twenty and four 
thousand. 

8 The fifth captain for the fifth 
month was Sham/hitth the Iz’ra- 
hite: and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 


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1 CHRONICLES, 27 


9 The sixth captain for the sixth 
month was Ira the son of Ik’- 
késh the Té-kd/ite: and in his 
course were twenty and four 
thousand. : 

10 The seventh captain for the 
seventh month was Hé’léz the 
Pél’o-nite, of the children of 
E’phra-im: and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

11 The eighth captain for the 
eighth month was Sib’be-cai the 
Hd’shath-ite, of the Zdar’/hites: 
‘and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

12 The ninth captain for the 
ninth month was A-bi-é’zér the 
An-e-toth ‘ite, of the Bén’ja-mites: 
and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

13 The tenth captain for the 
tenth month was Ma-har’a-i the 
Né-toph/’a-thite, of the Zar’hites: 
and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

14 The eleventh captain for the 
eleventh month was Bé-na/’iah 
the Pir’a-thon-ite, of the children 
of E’phra-im: and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

15 The twelfth captain for the 
twelfth month was Hél’da-i the 
Né-toph’a-thite, of  Oth’ni-el: 
and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

16 { Furthermore over the tribes 
of Is’ra-el: the ruler of the Reu’- 
ben-ites was &-li-é’zér the son of 
Zich’ri: of the Sim/’e-on-ites, 
Shéph- “a-tiah the son of Ma’a- 


17 Of the Lé’vites, Hash-a- 
bi’ah the son of Ké-mit’el: of the 
Aar’on-ites, Za’dok: 

18 Of Ja’dah, £-li’hi, one of 
the brethren of Da’vid: of Is’sa- 
char, Omri the son of Mi’chaél: 

9 Of Zéb’u-lin, Ish-ma-i’ah 
the son of O-ba-di/ah: of Naph’- 
ta-li, ? ér/‘i-moth the son of 

7’ri-e 

20 Of the children of E’phra-im, 
H6-shé’a the son of Az-a-zi’ah: 
of the half tribe of oe seh, 
Jé’el the son of Pé-da’ 

21 Of the half tribe of Ma-nas’- 


Captains and princes 


seh in Gil’e-ad, Id’dé the son of 
Zéch-a-ri’ah: of Bén’ja-min, 
Ja-a’si-el the son of Ab’nér: 

Dan, A-zar’e-el the son of 
Jér’o-ham. These were the 
princes of the tribes of Is’ra-el. 

23 § But Da’vid took not the 
number of them from twenty 
years old and under: because 
the LORD had said he would 
increase Is’ra-el like to the stars 
of the heavens. 

24 Jo’ab the son of Zér-u- 
l’ah began to number, but he fin- 
ished not, because there fell 
wrath for it against Is ‘ra-el; 
neither was the number put in 
the account of the chronicles of 
king Da’vid. 

25 4 And over the king’s treas- 
ures was Az’/ma-véth the son of 
A’di-el: and over the storehouses 
in the fields, in the cities, and in 
the villages, and in the castles, 
was Jé-hon’a-than the son of 
Uz-ziah: 

26 And over them that did the 
work of the field for tillage of the 
ground was Ez’ri the son of 
Ché’lub: 

27 And over the vineyards was 
Shim’e-i the Ra’math-ite: over 
the increase of the vineyards for 
the wine cellars was Zab’di the 
Shiph’mite: 

28 And over the olive trees and 
the sycomore trees that were in 
the low plains was Ba’al—ha’nan 
the Géd’e-rite: and over the 
cellars of oil was J6’/ash: 

29 And over the herds that fed 
in Sh4ar’on was Shit’ra-i the 
Shar’on-ite: and over the herds 
that were in the valleys was 
Sha’phat the son of Ad’la-i: 

30 Over the camels also was 
O’bil the Ish’ma-el-ite: and over 
the asses was Jeh-dé’iah the 
Mé-ron/o-thite: 

31 And over the flocks was 
Ja’ziz the Ha’&ér-ite. All these 
were the rulers of the substance 
which was king Da’vid’s. 

2 Also J6én’a-than Da’vid’s 
uncle was a counsellor, -a wise 
man, and a scribe: and Jé-hi’el 


544 


a a 


King’s counsellor: an 
the Ar ‘chite was the king’s com- 


David’s exhortation 


the son of B oo Was with 
the king’s son 

33 And chith’o -phél was the 
and Hit’shai 


panion 
34 Ane after A-hith’o-phél was 


_Jé-hoi’a-da the son of Bé-na’iah, 


and A-bi’a-thaér: and the general 
of the king’s army was JO’ab. 


366 CHAPTER 28 


1 David's exhortation. 11 He gives 
Solomon the temple patterns and 
materials. 

ND Da’vid assembled all the 
princes of is’ra-el, the 
princes of the tribes, and the 
captains of the companies that 
ministered to the king by course, 
and the captains over the thou- 
sands, and captains over the 
hundreds, and the stewards over 
all the substance and possession 
of the king, and of his sons, with 
the officers, and with the 
mighty men, and with all the 
valiant men, unto Jé-ru’sd-lém. 
2 Then Déa’vid the king ee 
up upon his feet, and said, Hear 
me, my brethren, and my people: 

As for me, I had in mine heart to 

build an house of rest for the ark 

of the covenant of the LORD, and 
for the footstool of our God, and 
had made ready for the building: 

3 But God said unto me, Thou 
shalt not build an house for my 

name, because thou hast been a 

f war, and hast shed 


di 
4 Howbeit the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el chose me before all the 
house of my father to be king 
over Is’ra-el forever: for he hath 
chosen Ji’dah fo be the ruler; 
and of the house of Ja’dah, the 
house of my father; and among 
the sons of my father he liked me 
to make me king over all Is’ra-el: 
5 And of all my sons, (for the 
LORD hath given me many sons,) 
he hath chosen S6l’o-mon my 
son to sit upon the throne of the 
kingdom of the LORD over Is’- 
ta-el. 
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6 And he said unto me, Sdl’o- 
mon thy son, he shall build my 
house and my courts: for I have: 
chosen him to be my son, and I 
will be his father. 

7 Moreover I will establish his 
kingdom for ever, if he be con- 
stant to do my commandments 
and my judgments, as at this day. 

8 Now therefore in the sight of 
all Is’ra-el the congregation of 
the LORD, and in the audience 
of our God, keep and seek for all 
the commandments of the LORD 
your God: that ye may possess 
this good land, and leave it for an 
inheritance for your children after 
you for ever. 

9 ¢ And thou, Sol’o-mon my 
son, know thou the God of thy 
father, and serve him with a per- 
fect heart and with a willing 
mind: for the LORD searcheth 
all hearts, and understandeth all 
the imaginations of the thoughts: 
if thou seek him, he will be 
found of thee; but if thou for- 
sake him, he will cast thee off for 
ever. 

10 Take heed now; for the 
LORD hath chosen thee to build 
an house for the sanctuary: be 
strong, and do ?zf. 

11 § Then Da’vid gave to Sdl’o- 
mon his son the pattern of the 
porch, and of the houses thereof, 
and of the treasuries thereof, and 
of the upper chambers thereof, 
and of the inner parlours thereof, 
and of the place of the mercy 


seat, 

12 And the pattern of all that 
he had by the spirit, of the courts 
of the house of the LORD, and of 
all the chambers round about, 
of the treasuries of the house of 
God, and of the treasuries of the 
dedicated things: 

13 Also for the courses of the 
priests and the Lé’vites, and for 
ali the work of the service of the 
house of the LORD, and for all 
the vessels of service in the house 
of the LORD. ; 

14 He gave of gold by weight 
for things of gold, for all instru- 


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ments of all manner of service; 
silver also for all instruments of 
silver by weight, for all instru- 
ments of every kind of service: 

15 Even the weight for the can- 
dlesticks of gold, and for their 
lamps of gold, by weight for 
every candlestick, and for the 
lamps thereof: and for the can- 
dlesticks of silver by weight, 
both for the candlestick, and also 
for the lamps thereof, according 
to the use of every candlestick. 

16 And by weight he gave gold 
for the tables of shewbread, for 
every table; and likewise silver 
for the tables of silver: 

17 Also pure gold for the fiesh- 
hooks, and the bowls, and the 
cups: and for the golden basons 
he gave gold by weight for every 
bason; and likewise silver by 
weight for every bason of silver: 

18 And for the altar of incense 
refined gold by weight; and gold 
for the pattern of the chariot of 
the cherubims, that spread out 
their wings, and covered the ark 
of the.covenant of the LORD. 

19 All this, said Dda’vid, the 
LORD made me understand in 
writing by Ais hand upon me, 
even all the works of this pattern. 

20 And Da’vid said to Sdl’o- 
mon his son, Be strong and of 
good courage, and do it: fear 
not, nor be dismayed: for the 
LORD God, even my God, will be 
with thee; he will not fail thee, 
nor forsake thee, until thou hast 
finished all the work for the serv- 
ice of the house of the LORD. 

21 And, behold, the courses of 
the priests and the Lé’vites, even 
they shall be with thee for all the 
service of the house of God: and 
there shall be with thee for all 
manner of workmanship every 
willing skilful man, for any man- 
ner of service: also the princes 
and all the people will be wholly 
at thy commandment. 


CHAPTER 29 

1 The people’s offerings. _20 Solomon 
pa king. 26 David's reign and 
ea 


The people’s offerings 


URTHERMORE Da’vid the 
king said unto all the con- 
gregation, Sol’o-mon my son, 
whom alone God hath chosen, is 
yet young and tender, and the 
work is great: for the palace is 
pea eS man, but for the LORD 
od. 

2 Now I have prepared with all 
my might for the house of my 
God the gold for things to be 
made of gold, and the silver for 
things of silver, and the brass for 
things of brass, the iron for 
things of iron, and wood for 
things of wood; onyx stones, 
and stones to be set, glistering 
stones, and of divers colours, an 
all manner of precious stones, 
and marble stones in abundance. 

3 Moreover, because I have set 
my affection to the house of my 
God, I have of mine own proper 
good, of gold and silver, which I 
have given to the house of my 
God, over and above all that I 
have prepared for the holy 
house, 

4 Even three thousand talents 
of gold, of the gold of O’phir, and 
seven thousand talents of refined 
silver, to overlay the walls of the 
houses withal: : 

5 The gold for things of gold, 
and the silver for things of silver, 
and for all manner of work to be 
made by the hands of artificers. 
And who then is willing to con- 
secrate his service this day unto 
the LORD? 

6 9 Then the chief of the 
fathers and princes of the tribes 
of Is’ra-el, and the captains of 
thousands ‘and of hundreds, with 
the rulers of the king’s work, 
offered willingly, 

7 And gave for the service of the 
house of God of gold five thou- 
sand talents and ten thousand 
drams, and of silver ten thousand 
talents, and of brass eighteen 
thousand talents, and one hun- 
dred thousand talents of iron. 

8 And they with whom precious 
stones were found gave them to 
the treasure of the house of the 


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LORD, by the hand of Jé-hi’el 
the Gér’shon-ite. 

.9 Then the people rejoiced, for 
that they offered willingly, be- 
cause with perfect heart they 
offered willingly to the LORD: 
and Da’vid the king also rejoiced 
with great joy. 

10 4 Wherefore Da’vid blessed 
the LORD before all the congre- 
gation: and Da’vid said, Blessed 
be thou, LORD God of is’ra-el 

our father, for ever and ever. 

11 Thine, LORD, is the 
greatness, and the power, and 
the glory, and the victory, and 
the majesty: for all that is in the 
heaven and in the earth is thine; 
thine 7s the kingdom, O LORD, 
and thou art exalted as head 
above all. 

12 Both riches and honour 
come of thee, and thou reignest 
over all; and in thine hand is 
power and might; and in thine 
hand it is to make great, and to 
give strength unto a 

13 Now therefore, our God, we 
thank thee, and praise thy glori- 
ous name. 

14 But who am I, and what is 
sny people, that we should be 
able to offer so willingly after this 
sort? for all things come of thee, 
pod of thine own have we given 


is. For we are strangers before 
thee, and sojourners,as were all 
our fathers: our days on the 
earth are as a shadow, and there 
is none abiding. 

16 O LORD our God, all this 
store that we have prepared to 
build thee an house for thine 
holy name cometh of thine hand, 
and is all thine own. 

17 I know also, my God, that 
thou triest the heart, and hast 
pleasure in uprightness. As for 
me, in the uprightness of mine 
heart I have willingly offered all 
these things: and now have I 
seen with joy thy people, which 
are present here, to offer will- 
ingly unto thee. 

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I’saac, and of Is’ra-el, our fa- 
thers, keep this for ever in the 
imagination of the thoughts of 
the heart of thy people, and pre- 
pare their heart unto thee: 

19 And give unto S6l’o-mon 
my son a perfect heart, to keep 
thy commandments, thy testi- 
monies, and thy statutes, and to 
do all these things, and to build 
the palace, for the which I have 
made provision. 

20 4 And Da’vid said to all the 
congregation, Now bless. the 
LORD your God. And all the 
congregation blessed the LORD 
God of their fathers, and bowed 
down their heads, and worship- 
ped the LORD, and the king. 

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices 
unto the LORD, and offered burnt 
offerings unto the LORD, on the 
morrow after that day, even a 
thousand bullocks, a thousand 
rams, and a thousand lambs, 
with their drink offerings, and 
sacrifices in abundance for all 
Is’ra-el: 

22 And did eat and drink before 
the LORD on that day with great 
gladness. And they made Sél’o- 
mon the son of Da’vid king the 
second time, and anointed him 
unto the LORD fo be the chief 
governor, and Za’dok to be 
priest. 

23 Then Sol’o-mon sat on the 
throne of the LORD as king in- 
stead of Da’vid his father, and 
DOSE aa andall Is’ra-el obeyed 


24 ‘And all the princes, and the 
mighty men, and all the sons 
likewise of king Da’vid, sub- 
mitted themselves unto Sol’o- 
mon the king. ; 

25 And the LORD magnified 
Sol’o-mon exceedingly in the 
sight of all Is’ra-el, and be- 
stowed upon him such royal 
majesty as had not been on any 
king poor him in is’ra-el. 

26 q{ Thus Da’vid the son of 
Us és’se reigned over all Is’ra-el. 

And the time that he reigned 
pal Is’ra-el was forty yearss: 


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seven years reigned he in Hé’- 
bron, and thirty and three years 
reigned he in Jé-ru/sa-lém. 

28 And he died in a good old 
age, full of days, riches, and 
honour: and Sol’o-mon his son 
reigned in his stead. 

29 Now the acts of Da’vid the 
king, first and last, behold, they 


Death of David 


are written in the book of Sam’-| 
u-el the seer, and in the book of. 
Na’than the prophet, and in the 
book of Gad the seer, s 
30 With all his reign and his 
might, and the times that went 
over him, and over Is’ra-el, and 
over all the kingdoms of the 
countries. 


THE 


SECOND BOOK OF THE 
CHRONICLES 


368 CHAPTER 1 


1 The offering of Solomon. 7 His 
choice of wisdom. 13 His wealth 
and might. 


ND So6l’o-mon the son of 


Da’vid was strengthened in | th 


his kingdom, and the LORD his 
God was with him, and magni- 
fied him exceedingly. 

2 Then Sol’o-mon spake unto 
all is’ra-el, to the captains of 
thousands and of hundreds, and 
to the judges, and to every gov- 
ernor in all is’ra-el, the chief of 
the fathers. of 

3 So S6dl’o-mon, and all the 
congregation with him, went to 
the high place that was at Gib’e- 
on; for there was the tabernacle 
of the congregation of God, which 
MO’ses the servant of the LORD 

‘had made in the wilderness. 

4 But the ark of God_ had 
Da’vid brought up from Kir’jath— 
jé’a-rim to the place which Da’- 
vid had prepared for it: for he 
had pitched a tent for it at Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. 

5 Moreover the brasen altar, 
that Bé-zal’e-el the son of U’ri, 
the son of Hiéir had made, he put 
before the tabernacle of the 
LORD: and Sdl’o-mon and the 
congregation sought unto it. 

6 Sol’o-mon went up 
thither to the brasen altar before 
the LORD, which was at the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 


and offered a thousand burnt 
offerings upon it. 

7 § In that night did God ap- 
pear unto Sol’o-mon, and said 
unto him, Ask what I shall give 


ee. 
8 And S6l’o-mon said unto God, 
Thou hast shewed great mercy 
unto Da’vid my father, and hast 
made me to reign in his stead. 

9 Now, O LORD God, let thy 
promise unto Da’vid my father be 
established: for thou hast made 
me king over a people like the 
dust of the earth in multitude. 

10 Give me now wisdom and 
knowledge, that I may go out 
and come in before this people: 
for who can judge this thy people, 
that is so great? ; 

11 And God said to Sél’o-mon, 
Because this was in thine heart, 
and thou hast not asked riches, 
wealth, or honour, nor the life 
of thine enemies, neither yet 
hast asked long life; but hast 
asked wisdom and knowledge for 
thyself, that thou mayest judge 
my people, over whom I have 
made thee king: 

12 Wisdom and knowledge is 
granted unto thee; and I will 
give thee riches, and wealth, and 
honour, such as_ none of the 
kings have had that have been 
before thee, neither shall there 
any after thee have the like. 

13 {Then Sol’o-mon came from 


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his journey to the high place that 
was at Gib’e-on to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 


. from before the tabernacle of the 


congregation, and reigned over 
is’ra-el. 

14 And S6ol’o-mon gathered 
chariots and horsemen: and he 
had a thousand and four hundred 
chariots, and twelve thousand 
horsemen, which he placed in the 
chariot cities, and with the king 
at Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

15 And the king made silver 
and gold at Jé-ru’sa-lém as plen- 
feous as stones, and cedar trees 
made he as the sycomore trees 
that are in the vale for abundance. 

16 And Sol’o-mon had horses 
brought out of E’gypt, and linen 
yarn: the king’s merchants re- 
ceived the linen yarn at a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and 
brought forth out of E’gypt a 


chariot for six hundred shekels 


of silver, and an horse for an 
hundred and fifty: and so 
brought they out horses for all 
the kings of the Hit’tites, and for 


the kings of Syr’i-a, by their 
means. 

369 CHAPTER 2 

1 The temple workmen. 3 Solomon 


contracts with Huram. 


ND S6l’o-mon determined to 

build an house for the name 

of the LORD, and an house for 
his kingdom. 

2 And _ Sdol’o-mon told out 
threescore and ten thousand 
men to bear burdens, and four- 
score thousand to hew in the 
mountain, and three thousand 
and six hundred to oversee them. 

3 § And Sol’o-mon sent to Ht’- 
ram the king of Tyre, saying, As 
thou didst deal with Da’vid my 
father, and didst send him cedars 
to build him an house to dwell 
therein, even so deal with me. 

4 Behold, I build an house to 
the name of the LORD my God, 
to dedicate it to him, and to burn 
before him sweet incense, and 


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and on the new moons, and on 
the solemn feasts of the LORD 
our God. This is an ordinance 
for ever to Is’ra-el. 

_5 And the house which I build 
is great: for great is our God 
above all gods. 

6 But who is able to build him 
an house, seeing the heaven and 
heaven of heavens cannot contain 
him? who am I then, that I 
should build him an house, save 
only to burn sacrifice before him? 

7 Send me now therefore a man 
cunning to work in gold, and in 
silver, and in brass, and in iron, 
and in purple, and crimson, and 
blue, and that can skill to grave 
with the cunning men that are 
with me in Ji’dah and in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, whom Da’vid my father 
did provide. 

8 Send me aiso cedar trees, fir 
trees, and algum trees, out of 
Léb’a-non: for I know that thy 
servants can skill to cut timber 
in Léb’a-non; and, behold, my 
servants shall be with thy serv- 
ants, i 

9 Even to prepare me timber in 
abundance: for the house which 
I am about to build shall be 
wonderful great. 

10 And, behold, I will give to 
thy servants, the hewers that cut 
timber, twenty thousand meas- 
ures of beaten wheat, and 
twenty thousand measures of 
barley, and twenty thousand 
baths of wine, and twenty thou- 
sand baths of oil. 

11 § Then Ht’ram the king of 
Tyre answered in writing, which 
he sent to Sol’o-mon, Because the 
LORD hath loved his people, he 
hath made thee king over them. 

12 Hi’ram said moreover, 
Blessed be the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, that made heaven and 
earth, who hath given to Da’vid 
the king a wise son, endued with 
prudence and _ understanding, 
that might build an house for the 
and an house for his 


for the burnt offerings morning | kingdom 


and evening, on the sabbaths, 


13 And now I have sent a cun- 


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ning man, endued with under- 
standing, of Hti’/ram my father’s, 

14 The son of a woman of the 
daughters of Dan,-and his father 
was a man of Tyre, skilful to 
work in gold, and in silver, in 
brass, in iron, in stone, and in 
timber, in purple, in blue, and in 
fine linen, and in crimson; also to 
grave any manner of graving, and 
to find out every device which 
shall be put to him, with thy 
cunning men, and with the cun- 
ning men of my lord Da’vid thy 
father. 

15 Now therefore the wheat, 
and the barley, the oil, and the 
wine, which my lord hath spoken 
of, let him send unto his serv- 
ants: 

16 And we will cut wood out 
of Léb’a-non, as much as thou 
shalt need: and we will bring it 
to thee in floats by sea to JOp’pa; 
and thou shalt carry it up to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém. 

17 4 And Sol’o-mon numbered 
all the strangers that were in the 
land of Is’ra-el, after_the num- 
bering wherewith David his 
father had numbered them; and 
they were found an hundred and 
fifty thousand and three thou- 
sand and six hundred. 

18 And he set threescore and 
ten thousand of them to be 
bearers of burdens, and four- 
score thousand fo be hewers in 
the mountain, and three thou- 
sand and six hundred overseers 
to set the people a work. 


370 CHAPTER 3 


1 Solomon begins the temple. ‘Belts 
dimensions, architecture, and orna- 
ments. 


HEN Sol’o-mon began to 

build the house of the LORD 
at Jé-ru’sa-lém in mount Mé6- 
ri/ah, where the LORD appeared 
unto Da’vid his father, in the 
place that Da’vid had prepared 
in the threshingfloor of Or’nan 
the Jéb’u-site. inst 
2 And he began to build in the 


The temple begun 


second day of the second month, 
in the fourth year of his reign. 

3 § Now these are the things 
wherein S6l’o-mon was in- 
structed for the building of the 
house of God. The length by 
cubits after the first measure was 
threescore cubits, and the breadth 
twenty cubits. . 

4 And the porch that was in the 
front of the house, the length of 
it was according to the breadth 
of the house, twenty cubits, and 
the height was an hundred and 
twenty: and he overlaid it within 
with pure gold. 

And the greater house he 
cieled with fir tree, which he 
overlaid with fine gold, and set 
thereon palm trees and chains. 

6 And he garnished the house 
with precious stones for beauty: 
and the gold was gold of Par- 
va’im. 

7 He overlaid also the house, 
the beams, the posts, and the 
walls thereof, and the doors 
thereof, with gold; and graved 
cherubims on the walls. 

8 And he made the most holy 
house, the length whereof was 
according to the breadth of the 

ouse, twenty cubits, and the 
breadth thereof twenty cubits: 
and he overlaid it with fine gold, 
amounting to six hundred talents. 

9 And the weight of the nails 
was fifty shekels of gold. And he 
pyedieid the upper chambers with 


gold. 
10 And in the most holy house 

he made two cherubims of image 

work, and overlaid them with 


gold. 

11 { And the wings of the 
cherubims were twenty cubits 
long: one wing of the one cherub 
was five cubits, reaching to the 
wall of the house: and the other 
wing was likewise five cubits, 
reaching to the wing of the other 
cherub. 

12 And one wing of the other 
cherub was five cubits, reaching 
to the wall of the house: and 
the other wing was five cubits 


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Furnishings of the temple 


also, joining to the wing of the 
other cherub. 

13 The wings of these cheru- 
bims spread themselves forth 
twenty cubits: and they stood on 
their feet, and their faces were 
inward. 

14 ¢ And he made the veil of 
blue, and purple, and crimson, 
and fine linen, and wrought 
cherubims thereon. 

15 Also he made before the 
house two pillars of thirty and 
five cubits high, and the chapiter 
that was on the top of each of 
them was five cubits. 

16 And he made chains, as in 
the oracle, and put them on the 
heads of the pillars; and made 
an hundred pomegranates, and 
put them on the chains. 

17 And he reared up the pillars 
before the temple, one on the 
right hand, and the other on the 
left; and called the name of that 
on the right hand Ja’chin, and 
ty name of that on the left 

6’az. 


371 CHAPTER 4 


1 The brasen aliar. 2 Molten sea. 9 
Courts. 19 Golden instruments. 
OREOVER he made an 
altar of brass, twenty 
cubits the length thereof, and 
twenty cubits the breadth there- 
of, and ten cubits the height 
thereof. 

2 4 Also he made a molten sea 
of ten cubits from brim to brim, 
round in compass, and five cubits 
the height thereof; and a line of 
thirty cubits did compass it 
round about. 

3 And under it was the simili- 
tude of oxen, which did compass 
it round about: ten in a cubit, 
compassing the sea round about. 
Two rows of oxen were cast, 
when it was cast. 

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, 
three looking toward the north, 
and three looking toward the 
west, and three looking toward 
the south, and three looking to- 
ward the east: and the sea was 


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set above upon them, and ail 
their hinder parts were inward. 

5 And the thickness of it was an 
handbreadth, and the brim of it 
like the work of the brim of a 
cup, with flowers of lilies; and 
it received and held three thou- 
sand baths. 

6 § He made also ten lavers, 
and put five on the right hand, 
and five on the left, to wash in 
them: such things as they of- 
fered for the burnt offering they 
washed in them; but the sea 
was for the priests to wash in. 

And he made ten candlesticks 
of gold according to their form, 
and set them in the temple, five 
on the right hand, and five on the 

eft. 
8 He made also ten tables, and 
placed them in the temple, five on 
the right side, and five on the 
left. And he made an hundred 
basons of gold. 

9 4 Furthermore he made the 
court of the priests, and the great 
court, and doors for the court, 
and overlaid the doors of them 
with brass. 

10 And he set the sea on the 
right side of the east end, over 
against the south. 

And Hiti’ram made the pots, 
and the shovels, and the bascns. 
And Hit’ram finished the work 
that he was to make for king 
S6l’o-mon for the house of God; 

12 To wit, the two pillars, and 
the pommels, and the chapiters 
which were on the top of the two 
pillars, and the two wreaths to 
cover the two pommels of the 
chapiters which were on the top 
of the pillars; 

13 And four hundred pome- 
granates on the two wreaths; 
two rows of pomegranates on 
each wreath, to cover the two 
pommels of the chapiters which 
were upon the pillars. 

14 He made also bases, and 
lavers made he upon the bases; 

15 One sea, and twelve oxen 
under it. 

16 The pots also, and the shov- 


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els, and the fleshhooks, and all | 
their instruments, did Ht’ram 
his father make to king Sdl’o- 
mon for the house of the LORD 
of bright brass. : 

17 In the plain of Jér’dan did 
the king cast them, in the clay 
ground between Sitic’coth and 
Zé-réd’a-thah. 

18 Thus Sol/o-mon made all 
these vessels in great abundance: 
for the weight of the brass could 
not be found out. 

19 § And Sol’o-mon made all 
the vessels that were for the 
house of God, the golden altar 
also, and the tables whereon the 
shewbread was set; 

20 Moreover the candlesticks 
with their lamps, that they should 
burn after the manner before 
the oracle, of pure gold; 

21 And the flowers, and the 
lamps, and the tongs, made he of 
gold, and that perfect gold; 

22 And the snuffers, and the 
basons, and the spoons, and the 
censers, of pure gald: and the 
entry of the house, the inner 
doors thereof for the most holy 
place, and the doors of the house 
of the temple, were of gold. 


372 CHAPTER 5 
1 Dedicated treasures. 2 Induction of 
the ark into the oracle. 11 A sign of 


favour. 


HUS all the work that Sdl’- 
o-mon made for the house 
of the LORD was finished: and 
Sol’o-mon brought in all the 
things that Da’vid his father had 
dedicated; and the silver, and 
the gold, and all the instruments, 
put he among the treasures of the 
house of God. 

2 4]. Then S6l’o-mon assembled 
the elders of is’ra-el, and all the 
heads of the tribes, the chief of 
the fathers of the children of Is’- 
ra-el, unto Jé-ru’sa-lém, to bring 
up the ark of the covenant of the 
LORD out of the city of Da’vid, 
which is Zi’6n. A 

3 Wherefore all the men of fs’- 
ra-el assembled themselves unto 


The ark placed in the oracle | 


the king in the feast which was 
in the seventh month. | 

4 And ail the elders of Is’ra-el 
came; and the Lé’vites took up 
the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, 
and the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and all the holy vessels 
that weve in the tabernacle, these 
did the priests and the Lé’vites 
bring up. 

6 Also king S6l’o-mon, and ali 
the congregation of Is’ra-el that 
were assembled unto him before 
the ark, sacrificed sheep and 
oxen, which could not be told nor 
numbered for multitude. 

7 And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the LORD 
unto his place, to the oracle of 
the house, into the most holy 
place, even under the wings of 
the cherubims: 

8 For the cherubims spread 
forth their wings over the place 
of the ark, and the cherubims 
covered the ark and the staves 
thereof above. 

9 And they drew out the staves 
of the ark, that the ends of the 
staves were seen from the ark 
before the oracle; but they were 
not seen without. And there it 
is unto this day. 

10 There was nothing in the 
ark save the two tables which 
MO’ses put therein at Ho’reb, 
when the LORD made a cove- 
nant with the children of Is’ra-el, 
when they came out of E’é¥pt. 

11 4 And it came to pass, when 
the priests were come out of the 
holy place: (for all the priests 
that were present were sancti- 
fied, and did not then wait by 
course: 

12 Also the Lé’vites which 
were the singers, all of them of 
A’saph, .of Hé’man, of Jéd’y- 
thin, with their sons and their 
brethren, being arrayed in white 
linen, having cymbals and psal- 
teries and harps, stood at the 
east end of the altar, and with 
them an hundred and twenty 
priests sounding with trumpets :) 


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13 It came even to pass, as the 
trumpeters and singers were as 
one, to make one sound to be 
heard in praising and thanking 
the LORD; and when they lifted 
up their voice with the trumpets 
arid cymbals and instruments of 
musick, and praised the LORD, 
saying, For he is good; for his 
mercy endureth for ever: that 
fhen the house was filled with a 
cloud, even the house of the 
LORD; 

14 So that the priests could not 
stand to minister by reason of the 
cloud: for the glory of the LORD 
had filled the house of God. 


373 CHAPTER 6 
1 Solomon blesses God. 12 His dedica- 
tory prayer. 
HEN said Sol’o-mon, The 
LORD hath said that he 
would dwell in the thick dark- 
ness. 

2 But I have built an house of 
habitation for thee, and a place 
for thy dwelling for ever. 

3 And the king turned his face, 
and blessed the whole congrega- 
tion of Is’ra-el: and all the con- 
gregation of Is’ra-el stood. 

4 And he said, Blessed be the 
LORD God of Is’ra-el, who hath 
with his hands fulfilled that 
which he spake with his mouth 
to my father Da’vid, saying, 

5 Since the day that I brought 
forth my people out of the land of 
E’gypt I chose no city among all 
the tribes of Is’ra-el to build an 
house in, that my name might be 
there; neither chose I any man 
to be a ruler over my people 
Is’ra-el: 

6 But I have chosen Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, that my name might be 
there; and have chosen Da’vid 
to be over my people Is’ra-el. 

Now it was in the heart of 
Da’vid my father to build an 
house for the name of the LORD 
God of Is’ra-~el. 

8 But the LORD said to Da’vid 
my father, Forasmuch as it was 
in thine heart to build an house 


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for my name, thou didst well in 
that it was in thine heart: 

9 Notwithstanding thou shalt 
not build the house; but thy son 
which shall come forth out of thy 
loins, he shall build the house for 
my nam 

10 The. ‘LORD therefore hath 
performed his word that he hath 
spoken: for I am risen up in the 
room of Da’vid my father, and 
am set on the throne of Is’ra-el, 
as the LORD promised, and have 
built the house for the name of 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el. 

11 And in it have I put the ark, 
wherein is the covenant of the 
LORD, that he made with the 
children of is’ra-el. 

12 q And he stood before the 
altar of the LORD in the presence 
of all the congregation of Is’ra-el, 
and spread forth his hands: 

13 For S6l’o-mon had made a 

brasen scaffold, of five cubits 
long, and five cubits broad, and 
three cubits high, and had set it 
in the midst of the court: and 
upon it he stood, and kneeled 
down upon his knees before all 
the congregation of Is’ra-el, and 
spread forth his hands toward 
heaven, 
_14 And said, O LoRD God of 
Is’ra-el, there is no God like 
thee in the heaven, nor in the 
earth; which keepest covenant, 
and shewest mercy unto thy 
servants, that walk before thee 
with all thy hearts: : 

15 Thou which hast kept with 
thy servant Da’vid my father 
that which thou hast promised 
him; and spakest with thy 
mouth, and hast fulfilled i¢ with 
thine hand, as it is this day. 

16 Now therefore, O LORD God 
of is’ra-el, keep with thy servant 
Da’vid my father that which thou 
hast promised him, saying, There 
shall not fail thee a man in my 
sight to sit upon the throne of 
Ys’ra-el; yet so that thy chil- 
dren take heed to their way to 
walk in my law, as thou hast 
walked before me. 


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_17 Now then, O LORD God of 
Is’ra-el, let thy word be verified, 
which thou hast spoken unto thy 
servant Da’vid. . 

18 But will God in very deed 
dwell with men on the earth? 
behold, heaven and the heaven 
of heavens cannot contain thee; 
how much less this house which 
I have built! 

19 Have respect therefore to the 
prayer of thy servant, and to his 
supplication, O LORD my God, 
to hearken unto the cry and the 
prayer which thy servant prayeth 
before thee: 

20 That thine eyes may be open 
upon this house day and night, 
upon the place whereof thou hast 
said that thou wouldest put thy 
name there; to hearken unto the 
prayer which thy servant pray- 
eth toward this place. 

21 Hearken therefore unto the 
supplications of thy servant, and 
‘of thy people Is’ra-el, which they 
shall make toward this place: 
hear thou from thy dwelling 
place, even from heaven; and 
when thou hearest, forgive. 

22 {If a man sin against his 
neighbour, and an oath be laid 
upon him to make him swear, 
and the oath come before thine 
altar in this house; 

23 Then hear thou from heaven, 
and do, and judge thy servants, 
by requiting the wicked, by rec- 
ompensing his way upon his 
own head; _ and by justifying the 
righteous, by giving him accord- 
ing to his righteousness. | 

24 9% And if thy people Is’ra-el 
be put to the worse before the 
enemy, because they have sinned 
against thee; and shall return 
and confess thy name, and pray 
and make supplication before 
thee in this house; 

25 Then hear thou from the 
heavens, and forgive the sin of 
thy people Is’ra-el, and bring 
them again unto the land which 
thou gavest to them and to their 
fathers. i 

26 “| When the heaven is shut 


Solomon’s dedicatory prayer 


up, and there is no rain, because 
they have sinned against thee; 
yet if they pray toward this place, 
and confess thy name, and turn 
from their sin, when thou dost 
afflict them; 

27 Then hear thou from heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy serv- 
ants, and of thy people Is’ra-el, 
when thou hast taught them the 
good way; wherein they should 
walk; and send rain upon thy 
land, which thou hast given unto 
thy people for an inheritance. 

28 4 If there be dearth in the 
land, if there be pestilence, if 
there be blasting, or mildew, 
locusts, or caterpillers; if their 
enemies besiege them in the 
cities of their land; whatsoever 
sore or whatsoever sickness 
there be: 

29 Then what prayer or what 
supplication soever shall be made 
of any man, or of all thy people 
Is’ra-el, when every one shall 
know his own sore and his own 
grief, and shall spread forth his 
hands in this house: 

30 Then hear thou from heaven 
thy dwelling place, and forgive, 
and render unto every man ac- 
cording unto all his ways, 
whose heart thou knowest; (for 
thou only knowest the hearts 
of the children of men:) 

31 That they may fear thee, to 
walk in thy ways, so long as 
they live in the land which thou 
gavest unto our fathers. 

32 4 Moreover concerning the 
stranger, which is not of thy 
people Is’ra-el, but is come from 
a far country for thy great name’s 
sake, and thy mighty hand, 
and thy stretched out arm; if 
they come and pray in this 
house; 

33 Then hear thou from the 
heavens, even from thy dwelling 
place, and do according to all 
that the stranger calleth to thee 
for; that all people of the earth 
may know thy name, and feat 
thee, as doth thy people Is’ra-el, 
and may know that this house 


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God’s glory in the temple 


which I have built is called by 
thy name. 

34 If thy people go out to war 
against their enemies by the way 
that thou shalt send them, and 
they pray unto thee toward this 
city which thou hast chosen, and 
the house which I have built for 
thy name; 

35 Then hear thou from the 
heavens their prayer and their 
supplication, and maintain their 
cause. 

36 If they sin against thee, (for 
there is no man which sinneth 
_not,) and thou be angry with 
them, and deliver them over be- 
fore their enemies, and they 
carry them away captives unto 
a land far off or near; 

37 Yet if they bethink them- 
selves in the land whither they 
are carried captive, and turn and 
pray unto thee in the land of their 
captivity, saying, We have sinned, 
we have done amiss, and have 
dealt wickedly; 

38 If they return to thee with 
all their heart and with all their 
soul in the land of their captivity, 
whither they have carried them 
captives, and pray toward their 
land, which thou gavest unto 
their fathers, and toward the city 
which thou hast chosen, and to- 
ward the house which I have 
built for thy name: 

39 Then hear thou from the 
heavens, even from thy dwelling 
place, their prayer and their sup- 
plications, and maintain their 
cause, and forgive thy people 
which have sinned against thee. 

40 Now; my God, let, I beseech 
thee, thine eyes be open, and let 
thine ears be attent unto the 
prayer that is made in this place. 

41 Now therefore arise, O 
LORD God, into thy resting 
place, thou, and the ark of thy 
strength: let thy priests, O LORD 
God, be clothed with salvation, 
and let thy saints rejoice in 
goodness. 

42 O LORD God, turn not away 
the face of thine anointed: re- 


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member the mercies of Da’vid 
thy servant. 


CHAPTER 7 
1 God’s glory in the temple. 3 The peo- 
ple worship. 4 Solomon's sacrifice. 

12 God appears to Solomon. 

OW when S6l’o-mon had 

made an end of praying, the 

fire came down from heaven, 

and consumed the burnt offering 

and the sacrifices; and the glory 
of the LORD filled the house. 

2 And the priests could not 
enter into the house of the LORD, 
because the glory of the LORD 
had filled the LORD’S house. 

_3 And when all the children of 
Is’‘ra-el saw how the fire came 
down, and the glory of the LORD 
upon the house, they bowed 
themselves with their faces to 
the ground upon the pavement, 
and worshipped, and praised the 
LORD, saying, For he is good; 
es his mercy endureth for 


SAG qj Then the king and all the 
veers offered sacrifices before 
the LORD. 

5 And king S6ol’o-mon offered a 
sacrifice of twenty and two thou- 
sand oxen, and an hundred and 
twenty thousand sheep: so the 
king and all the people dedicated 
the house of God. 

6 And the priests waited on 
their offices: the Lé’vites also 
with instruments of musick of 
the LORD, which D4a’vid the king 
had made to praise the LORD, 
because his mercy endureth for 
ever, when Da’vid praised by 
their ministry; and the priests 
sounded trumpets before them, 
and all Iis’ra-el stood. 

7 Moreover SOl’o-mon _hal- 
lowed the middle of the court 
that was before the house of the 
LORD: for there he offered burnt 
offerings, and the fat of the peace 
offerings, because the brasen 
altar which Sol’o-mon had made 
was not able to receive the burnt 
offerings, and the meat offerings, 
and the fat. 


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8 4 Also at the same time Sol’- 
o-mon kept the feast seven days, 
and all Is’ra-el with him, a very 
great congregation, from the en- 
tering in of Ha’niath unto the 
river of E/gy¥pt. 

9 And in the eighth day they 
made a solemn assembly: for 
they kept the dedication of the 
altar seven days, and the feast 
seven days. 

10 And on the three and twen- 
tieth day of the seventh month he 
sent the people away into their 
tents, glad and merry in heart 
for the goodness that the LORD 
had shewed unto Da’vid, and to 
Sél’o-mon, and to Is’ra-el his 


people. 

11 Thus Sol’o-mon finished 
the house of the LORD, and the 
king’s house: and all that came 
into Sdl’o-mon’s heart to make 
in the house of the LORD, and in 
his own house, he prosperously 
effected. 

12 4 And the LORD appeared 
to Sdl’o-mon by night, and said 
unto him, I have heard thy pray- 
er, and have chosen this place to 
myself for an house of sacrifice. 

13 If I shut up heaven that 
there be no rain, or if I command 
the locusts to devour the land, or 
if I send pestilence among my 
people; 

14 If my people, which are 
called by my name, shall humble 
themselves, and pray, and seek 
my face, and turn from their 
wicked ways; then will I hear 
from heaven, and will forgive 
their sin, and will heal their land. 

15 Now mine eyes shall be 
open, and mine ears attent unto 
the prayer that is made in this 
place. 

16 For now have I chosen and 
sanctified this house, that my 
name may be there forever: and 
mine eyes and mine heart shall 
be there perpetually. 

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt 
walk before me, as Da’vid thy 
father walked, and do according 
to all that I have commanded 


God appears to Solomon 


thee, and shalt observe my stat- 
utes and my judgments; 

18 Then will I stablish the 
throne of thy kingdom, according 
as I have covenanted with Da’vid 
thy father, saying, There shall 
not fail thee a man fo be ruler in 
Is’ra-el. 

19 But if ye turn away, and 
forsake my statutes and my com- 
mandments, which I have set be- 
fore you, and shall go and serve 
other gods, and worship them; 

20 Then will I pluck them up 
by the roots out of my land which 
I have given them; and this. 
house, which I have sanctified 
for my name, will I cast out of 
my sight, and will make it to bea 
proverb and a byword among all 
nations. Buy k 

21 And this house, which is 
high, shall be an astonishment to 
every one that passeth by it; so 
that he shall say, Why hath the 
LORD done thus unto this land, 
and unto this house? 

22 And it shall be answered, 
Because they forsook the LORD 
God of their fathers, which 
brought them forth out of the 
land of E’gypt, and laid hold on 
other gods, and worshipped them, 
and served them: therefore hath 
he brought all this evil upon them. 


CHAPTER 8 375 


1 Solomon's buildings. 14 Courses of 
priests and porters. 17 Solomon’s 
navy. 

ND it came to pass at the end 

» of twenty years, wherein 
S6l’o-mon had built the house of 
the LORD, and his own house, 

2 That the cities which Ht’ram 
had restored to Sol’o-mon, S6l’o- 
mon built them, and caused the 
children of Is’ra-el to dwell there. 

3 And S6l’o-mon_ went _ to 
Ha’math-z6’bah, and prevailed 
against it. 

4 And he built Tad’m6r in the 
wilderness, and all the store 
cities, which he built in Ha’math. 

5 Also he built Béth—ho’ron the 
upper, and SBéth-hd’ron the 


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Visit of the queen of Sheba 


2 CHRONICLES, 9 


nether, fenced cities, with walls, | father, the courses of the priests 


gates, and bars; 

6 And Ba’ al-ath, and all the 
Boe cities that Sdl’o-mon had, 
and all the chariot cities, and the 
cities of the horsemen, and all 
that Sol’o-mon desired to build 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém, and in Léb’a- 
non, and throughout all the land 
of his dominion. 

7 4 As for all the people that 
were left of the Hit’tites, and 
the Am/6r-ites, and the Pér’iz- 
zites, and the Hi’vites, and the 
Jéb’u-sites, which were not of 
Is’ra-el, 

8 But of their children, who 
were left after them in the land, 
whom the children of is‘ra-el 
consumed not, them did Sol’o- 
mon make to pay tribute until 
this day 

9 ‘ of the children of is’ra-el 
did Sol’o-mon make no servants 
for his work; but they were men 
of war, and chief of his captains, 
and captains of his chariots and 
horsemen. 

10 And these were the chief of 
king SOol’o-mon’s officers, even 
two hundred and fifty, that bare 
rule over the people. 

* 11 9And Sol’o-mon brought 
up the daughter of Pha’raoh out 
of the city of Da’vid unto the 
house that he had built for her: 
‘for he said, My wife shall not 
dwell in the ‘house of Da’vid king 
of Is’ra-el, because the places are 
holy, whereunto the ark of the 
LORD hath come. 

12 § Then Sol’o-mon_ offered 
burnt offerings unto the LORD on 
the altar of the LORD, which he 
had built before the porch, 

13 Even after a certain rate 
every day, offering according to 
the commandment of M0o’ses, on 
the sabbaths, and on the new 
moons, and on the solemn feasts, 
three times in the year. even in 
the feast of unleavened bread, 
and in the feast of weeks, and in 
the feast of tabernacles. 

14 4 And he appointed, accord- 
ing to the order of Da’vid his 


to their service, and the Lé’vites 
to their charges, to praise and 
minister before the priests, as the 
duty of every day required: the 
porters also by their courses at 
every gate: for so had Da’vid 
the man of God commanded. 

15 And they departed not from 
the commandment of the king 
unto the priests and Lé’vites con- 
cerning any matter, or concern- 
ing the treasures. 

16 Now all the work of Sdl’o- 
mon was prepared unto the day 
of the foundation of the house of 
the LORD, and until it was fin- 
ished. So the house of the LORD 
was perfected. 

17 4 Then went Sol’o-mon to 
f’ni-on-e6' ber, and to E/loth, at 
the sea side in the land of E’dom. 

18 And Hit’/ram sent him by 
the hands of his servants ships, 
and servants that had knowledge 
of the sea; and they went with 
the servants of Sol’o-mon to 
O’phir, and took thence four 
hundred and fifty talents of gold, 
and brought them to king Sol’o- 
mon. 


CHAPTER 9 376 
1 The queen of Sheda’s visit. 13 Solo- 
mon’s wealth and siate. 29 His death. 
ND when the queen of Shé’- 
ba heard of the fame of 
Sdl’o-mon, she came to prove 
S6l’omon with hard questions at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, with a very great 
company, and camels that bare 
spices, and gold in abundance, 
and precious stones: and when 
she was come to SOol’o-mon, she 
communed ect him of all that 
was in her hear 
And Sdl’o ee told her ali 
her questions: and there was 
nothing hid from Sol’o-mon 
which he told her not. 

3 And when the queen of Shé’ba 
had seen the wisdom of Sol’o- 
mo and the house that he had 

uilt 

4 And the meat of his table, and 
the sitting of his servants, an 


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2 CHRONICLES, 9 


the attendance of his ministers, 
and their apparel; his cupbearers 
also, and their apparel; and _ his 
ascent by which he went up into 
the house of the LORD; there 
was no more spirit in her. 

5 And she said to the king, It 
was a true report which I heard 
in mine own land of thine acts, 
and of thy wisdom: : 

6 Howbeit I believed not their 
words, until I came, and mine 
eyes had seen if: and, behold, the 
one half of the greatness of thy 
wisdom was not told me: for 
thou exceedest the fame that I 
heard. 

7 Happy are thy men, and happy 
are these thy servants, which 
stand continually before thee, 
and hear thy wisdom. 

8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, 
which delighted in thee to set 
thee on his throne, fo be king for 
the LORD thy God: because thy 
God loved Is’ra-el, to establish 
them for ever, therefore made he 
thee king over them, to do judg- 
ment and justice. 

9 And she gave the king an hun- 
dred and twenty talents of gold, 
and of spices great abundance, 
and precious stones: neither was 
there any such spice as the queen 
of Shé’ba gave king Sol’o-mon. 

10 And the servants: also of 
Hi’ram, and the servants of Sol’- 
o-mon, which brought gold from 
O’phir, brought algum trees and 
precious stones. 

11 And the king made of the 
algum trees terraces to the house 
of the LORD, and to the king’s 
palace, and harps and psalteries 
for singers: and there were none 
such seen before in the land of 
Jt’dah. 

12 And king S6l’o-mon gave to 
the queen of Shé’ba all her de- 
sire, whatsoever she asked, be- 
side that which she had brought 
unto the king. So she turned, 
and went away to her own land, 
she ave her servants. 

13 4 Now the weight of gold 
that came to Sol’o-mon in one 


Solomon’s wealth and glory 


year was six hundred and three- 
score and six talents of gold; 

14 Beside that which chapmen 
and merchants brought. And all 
the kings of A-ra’bi-a and gov- 
ernors of the country brought 
gold and silver to Sol’/o-mon. 

15 § And king Sol’o-mon made 
two hundred targets of beaten 
gold: six hundred shekels of 
beaten gold went to one target. 

16 And three hundred shields 
made he of beaten gold: three 
hundred shekels of gold went to 
one shield. And the king put 
them in the house of the forest of 
Léb’a-non. 

17 Moreover the king made a 
great throne of ivory, and over- 
laid it with pure gold 

18 And there were six steps to 
the throne, with a footstool of 
gold, which were fastened to the 
throne, and stays on each side of 
the sitting place, and two lions 
standing by the stays: 

19 And twelve lions stood there 
on the one side and on the other 
upon the six steps. There was 
not the like made in any kingdom. 

20 4 And all the drinking ves- 
sels of king S6l’o-mon were of 
gold, and all the vessels of the 
house of the forest of Léb’a-non 
were of pure gold: none were 
of silver; it was not any thing 
ae of in the days of Sdl’o- 


21 For the king’s ships went to 
Tar’shish with the servants of 
Hii’ram: every three years once 
came the ships of Tar’shish bring- 
ing gold, and silver, ivory, and 
apes, and peacocks. 

22 And king S6l’o-mon passed 
all the kings of the earth in riches 
and wisdom. 
k23 9 And all the kings of the 
earth sought the presence of S6l’- 
o-mon, to hear his wisdom, that 
God had put in his heart. 

24 And they brought every 
man his present, vessels of silver, 
and vessels of gold, and raiment, 
harness, and spices, horses, and 
mules, a rate year by year. 


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Solomon dies. 


25 § And Sol’o-mon had four 
thousand stalls for horses and 
chariots, and twelve thousand 
horsemen; whom he bestowed in 
the chariot cities, and with the 
king at Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

26 §| And he reigned over all 
the kings from the river even 
unto the land of the Phi-lis’tines, 
and to the border of Egypt. | 

27 And the king made silver 
in Jé-ru’sa-lem as stones, and 
cedar trees made he as the syco- 
more trees that are in the low 
plains in abundance. 

28 And they brought unto Sol’- 
o-mon horses out of E’gypt, and 
out of all lands. 

29 { Now the rest of the acts 
of So!l’o-mon, first and last, are 
they not written in the book of 
Na’than the prophet, and in the 
prophecy of A-hi’jah the Shi’lo- 
nite, and in the visions of Id’d6 
the seer against Jér-o-b6’am the 
son of Né’bat? 

30 And Sol’o-mon reigned in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém over all {Is’ra-el 
forty years. 

3 d Sol’o-mon slept with 
his fathers, and he was buried in 
the city of Da’vid his father: and 
‘26-ho-bd’am his son reigned in 
his stead. 


377 CHAPTER 10 


1 Rehoboam succeeds Solomon. 13 His 
foolish decision. 16 Revolt of the ten 
tribes. 18 Flight of Rehoboam. 

ND Ré-ho-b6’am went to 

Shé’chem: for to Shé’chem 

were all is’ra-el come to make 
him king. 

2 And it came to pass, when 
Jér-o-bd0’am the son of Né’bat, 
who was in E’gypt, whither he 
had fled from the presence of 
S6l’o-mon the king, heard if, that 
Jér-o-b6’/am returned out of 
E/gypt. 

3 And they sent and called him. 
So Jér-o-bd’am and all Is’ra-el 
came and spake to Ré-ho-b6’am, 
saying, . 

4 Thy father made our yoke 
grievous: now therefore ease 


Rehoboam succeeds 


2 CHRONICLES, 10 


thou somewhat the grievous ser- 
vitude of thy father, and his 


heavy yoke that he put upon us, 


and we will serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Come 
again unto me after three days. 
And the people departed. 

6 § And king Ré-ho-bd’am took 
counsel with the old men that 
had stood before Sdl’o-mon his 
father while he yet lived, saying, 
What counsel give ye me to re- 
turn answer to this people? 

7 And they spake unto him, 
saying, If thou be kind to this 
people, and please them, and 
speak good words to them, they 
will be thy servants for ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel 
which the old men gave him, an 
took counsel with the young men 
that were brought up with him, 
that stood before him. 

9 And he said unto them, What 
advice give ye that we may return 
answer to this people, which have 
spoken to me, saying, Ease some- 
what the yoke that thy father did 
put upon us? 

10 And the young men that 
were brought up with him spake 
unto him, saying, Thus shalt 
thou answer the people that 
spake unto thee, saying, Thy 
father made our yoke heavy, but 
make thou it somewhat lighter 
for us; thus shalt thou say unto 
them, My little finger shall be 
thicker than my father’s loins. 

11 For whereas my father put 
a heavy yoke upon you, I will put 
more to your yoke: my father 
chastised you with whips, but I 
will chastise you with scorpions. 

12 So Jér-o-b6’am and all the 
people came to Ré-ho-b6’am on 
the third day, as the king bade. 
saying, Come again to me on the 
third day. 

13 And the king answered 
them roughly; and king Ré-ho- 
bo’am forsook the counsel of the 
old men, 

14 And answered them after 
the advice of the young men, say- 
ing, My father made your yoke 


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2 CHRONICLES, 11 


heavy, but I will add thereto: my 
father chastised you with whips, 
but I will chastise you with 
scorpions. 

15 So the king hearkened not 
unto the people: for the cause 
was of God, that the LORD might 
perform his word, which he 
spake by the hand of A-hi’jah the 
Shi/lo-nite to Jér-o-b6d’am the 
son of Né’bat. 

16 § And when all Is’ra-el saw 

that the king would not hearken 
unto them, the people answered 
the king, saying, What portion 
have we in Da’vid? and we have 
none inheritance in the son of 
Jés’se: every man to your tents, 
O is’ra-el: and now, Da’vid, see 
to thine own house. So all Is’- 
ra-el went to their tents. 
_17 But as for the children of 
is’ra-el that dwelt in the cities of 
Ji’dah, Ré-ho-bd’am _ reigned 
over them. 

18 Then king Ré-ho-b6’am sent 
Ha-d6’ram that was over the 
tribute; and the children of Is’- 
ra-el stoned him with stones, 
that he died. But king Ré-ho- 
b0’am made speed to get him up 
to his chariot, to flee to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. 

19 And {s’ra-el rebelled against 
the house of Da’vid unto this day. 


378 CHAPTER 11 
1 Rehoboam dissuaded from battle. _13 
The priests and Levites strengthen 
Judah. 18 Rehoboam’s family. 
ND when Ré-ho-b6’am was 
come to Jé-ru’sd-lém, he 
gathered of the house of Ji’dah 
and Bén’ja-min an hundred and 
fourscore thousand chosen men, 
which were warriors, 
against Is’ra-el, that he might 
bring the kingdom again to Ré- 
ho-b6’am. 

2 But the word of the LORD 
came to Shém-a-i’ah the man of 
God, saying, 

3 Speak unto Ré-ho-b6’am the 
son of Sol’o-mon, king of Ja’dah, 
and to all Is’ra-el in Ja’dah and 
Bén’ja-min, saying, 


to fight|h 


Ten tribes revolt 


4. Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall 
not go up, nor fight against your 
brethren: return every man to 
his house: for this thing is done 
of me. they obeyed the 
words of the LORD, and returned 
from bate against Jér-o-bé’am. 

5 § And Ré-ho-b6’am dwelt in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and built cities for 
defence in Ji’dah 

6 He built even "Béth’-lé-hém, 
and E’tam, and 7Té-k0/’a, 

7 And Béth’-zar, and Sh6’co, 
and A-dil’lam, 

8 And Gath, and Ma-ré’shah, 
and Ziph, 

9 And Ad-o-ra’im, and La’chish, 
and A-zé’kah, 

10 And Zo'rah, and Aij’a-lon, 
and Hé’bron, which are in Ju’- 
dah and in Bén’ja-min fenced 
cities. 

11 And he fortified the strong 
holds, and put captains in them, 
and store of victual, and of oil 
and wine. 

12 And in every several city he 
put shields and spears, and made 
them exceeding strong, having 
Ja’dah and Bén’ja-min on his 


side 

13 § And the priests and the 
Lé’vites that were in all Is’ra-el 
resorted to him out of all their 
coasts. 

14 For the Lé’vites left their 
suburbs and _ their Possession, 
and came to Jii’/dah and Jé-ru’sa- 
lém: for Jér-o-bd’am and his 
sons had cast them off from exe- 
cuting the priest’s office unto the 
LORD: 

15 And he ordained him priests 

for the high places, and for the 
devils, and for the calves which 
e had made. 
.16 And after them out of all 
the tribes of Is’ra-el such as set 
their hearts to seek the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el came to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, to sacrifice unto the LORD 
God of their fathers. 

17 So they strengthened the 
kingdom of Ja’dah, and made 
Ré-ho-bd’am the son of S6l’o- 
mon strong, three years: for 


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three years they walked in the 

way of Da’vid and S6l’o-mon. 
18 ¢ And Ré6é-ho-b6’am_ took 
him Ma’ha-lath the daughter of 
Jér’i-moth the son of Da’vid to 
wife, and Ab-i-ha’il the daughter 
of E-li’ab the son of Jés’se; 

19 Which bare him children; 
Jé/lsh, and Sham-a-ri’ah, and 
Za’ham. 

20 And after her he took Ma’a- 
chah the daughter of Ab’sa-lém; 
which bare him A-bi’jah, and 
pete: and Zi’za, and Shél’o- 
mit 


21 And Ré-ho-b6’am loved Ma’- 
a-chah the daughter of Ab’sa-lo6m 
above all his wives and his con- 
cubines: (for he took eighteen 
Wives, and threescore concu- 
bines; and begat twenty and 
ees sons, and threescore daugh- 

ers.) 

22 And Ré-ho-bd’am made 
A-bi’/jah the son of Ma’a-chah the 
chief, fo be ruler among his breth- 
ren: for he thought to make him 


ing. 

23 And he dealt wisely, and dis- 
persed of all his children through- 
out all the countries of Jia’dah 
and Bén’ja-min, unto every 
fenced city: and he gave them 
victual in abundance. And he 
desired many wives. 


379 CHAPTER 12 
1 Shishak invades Judah. 9 He spoils 
the temple. 13 Rehoboam’s death. 
ND it came to pass, when 
Ré-ho-b6’/am had _ estab- 
lished the kingdom, 
strengthened himself, he forsook 
the law of the LORD, and all js’- 

ra-el with him. ¢ 
2 And it came to pass, that in 
the fifth year of king Ré-ho-bo’- 
am Shi’shak king of E’éypt came 
up against Jé-ru’sd-lém, because 
they had transgressed against 
the LORD, | 
3 With twelve hundred chari- 
ots, and threescore thousand 
horsemen: and the people were 
without number that came with 
him out of E’gypt; the Lu’bims, 
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and had|h 


2 CHRONICLES, 12 


the Suk’ki-ims, and the #-thi- 
0’pi-ans. 

4 And he took the fenced cities 
which pertained to Ja’dah, and 
came to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

5 9 Then came Shém-a-i’ah 
the prophet to Ré-ho-b6’am, and 
to the princes of Ji’dah, that 
were gathered together to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém because of Shi’shak, and 
said unto them, Thus saith the 
LORD, Ye have forsaken me, 
and therefore have I also left you 
in the hand of Shi’shak. ‘ 

6 Whereupon the princes of {s’- 
ra-el and the king humbled 
themselves; and they said, The 
LORD is righteous. 

7 And when the LORD saw that 
they humbled themselves, the 
word of the LORD came to Shém- 
a-i’ah, saying, They have hum- 
bled themselves; therefore I will 
not destroy them, but I will grant 
them some deliverance; and my 
wrath shall not be poured out 
upon Jé-ru’sa-lém by the hand of 
Shi’shak. 

8 Nevertheless they shall be 
his servants; that they may know 
my service, and the service of 
the kingdoms of the countries. 

9 So Shi’shak king of E’g¥pt 

came up against Jé-ru’sd-lém, 
and took away the treasures of 
the house of the LORD, and the 
treasures of the king’s house; he 
took all: he carried away also 
the shields of gold which S6l’o- 
mon had made. 
10 Instead of which king Ré- 
o-b6’am made shields of brass, 
and committed them to the 
hands of the chief of the guard, 
that kept the entrance of the 
king’s house. : 

11 And when the king entered 
into the house of the LORD, the 
guard came and fetched them, 
and brought them again into the 
guard chamber. . 

12 And when he humbled him- 
self, the wrath of the LORD 
turned from him, that he would 
not destroy him altogether: and 
also in Ja’dah things went well. 


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2 CHRONICLES, 13 


13 § So king Ré-ho-bd’am 
strengthened himself in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and reigned: for Ré-ho- 
bo’am was one and forty years 
old when he began to reign, an 
he reigned seventeen years in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, the city which the 
LORD had chosen out of all the 
tribes of Is’ra-el, to put his name 
there. And his mother’s name 
was Na’a-mah an Am’/mon-it-ess. 

14 And he did evil, because he 
prepared not his heart to seek 
the LORD. 

15 Now the acts of Ré-ho-b6’- 
am, first and last, are they not 
written in the book of Shém-a- 
ah the prophet, and of Id’do 
the seer concerning genealogies? 
And there were wars between 
Ré-ho-b6’am and Jér-o-bd’/am 
continually. 

16 And Ré-ho-bd’am slept with 
his fathers, and was buried in 
the city of Da’vid: and A-bi’jah 
his son reigned in his stead. 


380 CHAPTER 13 


1 Abijah succeeds Rehoboam. 13 He 
defeats Jeroboam. 21 His wives and 
children. 


OW in the eighteenth year of 
king Jér-o-bd’/am began A- 
bi’jah to reign over Ja’dah. 

2 He reigned three years in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. His mother’s 
name also was  Mi-cha’iah the 
daughter of U’ri-el of Gib’e-ah. 
And there was war between A-bi’- 
jah and Jér-o-bd’am, 

3 And A-bi’jah set the battle in 
atray with an army of valiant 
men of war, even four hundred 
thousand chosen men: Jér-o- 
b0’am also set the battle in array 
against him with eight hundred 
thousand chosen men, being 
mighty men of valour. 

4 { And A-bi’jah stood up upon 
mount Zém-a-ra’/im, which is in 
mount E’phra-im, and said, Hear 
me, thou Jér-o-bd’am, and all 
Is’ra-el; 

5 Ought ye not to know that the 
LORD God of Is’ra-el gave the 
kingdom over is’ra-el to Da’vid 


Abijah succeeds Rehoboam 


for ever, even to him and to his 
sons by a covenant of salt? 

6 Yet Jér-o-b6’am the son of 
Né’bat, the servant of Sol’o-mon 


and | the son of Da’vid, is risen up, and 


hath rebelled against his lord. 

7 And there are gathered unto 
him vain men, the children of 
Bé‘li-al, and have strengthened 
themselves against Ré-ho-b6’am 
the son of Sdl’o-mon, when Ré- 
ho-b6’am was young and tender- 
hearted, and could not withstand 
them. 

8 And now ye think to with- 
stand the kingdom of the LORD 
in the hand of the sons of Da’vid; 
and ye be a great multitude, and 
feare are with you golden calves, 
which . Jér-o-b6’am made you 
for gods. 

9 Have ye not cast out the 
priests of the LORD, the sons of 
Aar’on, and the Lé’vites, and 
have made you priests after the 
manner of the nations of other 
lands? so that whosoever com- 
eth to consecrate himself with a 
young bullock and seven rams, 
the same may be a priest of them 
that are.no gods. 

10 But as for us, the LORD is 
our God, and we have not for- 
saken him; and the priests, 
which minister unto the LORD, 
are the sons of Aar’on, and the 
Lé’vites wait upon their business: 

11 And they burn unto the 
LORD every morning and every 
evening burnt sacrifices and 
sweet incense: the shewbread 
also set they in order upon the 
pure table; and the candlestick 
of gold with the lamps thereof, 
to burn every evening: for we 
keep the charge of the LORD our 
God; but ye have forsaken him. 
_12 And, behold, God himself 
is with us for our captain, and 
his priests with sounding trump- 
ets to cry alarm against you. O 
children of Iis’ra-el, fight ye not 
against the LORD God of your 
fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 

13 § But Jér-o-bd’am caused 
an ambushment to come about 


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all 


Asa succeeds Abijah 


behind them: so they were be- 
fore Ji’dah, and the ambush- 
ey was behind them. 

d when Ji’dah looked 
erie behold, the battle was be- 
fore and behind: and they cried 
unto the LORD, and the priests 
sounded with the trumpets. 

15 Then the men of Ji’dah gave 
a shout: and as the men of Ji’- 
dah shouted, it came to pass, 
that God smote Jér-o-bd’am 
and all Is’ra-el before A-bi’jah 
and Jia’dah. 

16 And the children of Is’ra-el 
fled before Ja’dah: and God de- 
livered them into their hand. 

17 And A-bi’jah and his people 
slew them with a great slaughter: 
so there fell down slain of Is’ra-el 
five hundred thousand chosen 


men. 

18 Thus the children of is’ra-el 
were brought under at that time, 
and the children of Ja’dah pre- 
vailed, because they relied upon 
the LORD God of their fathers. 

19 And A-bi’jah pursued after 
Jér-o-b6’am, and took cities from 
him, Béth’—el with the towns 
thereof, and Jésh’a-nah with the 
towns thereof, and _ E’phra-in 
with the towns thereof. 

20 Neither did J ér-o-bd’am re- 
cover strength again in the days 
of A-bi’/jah: and the LORD struck 

, and he died. 

21 { But A-bi’jah waxed mighty, 
and married fourteen wives, and 
begat twenty and two sons, and 
sixteen daughters. 

22 And the rest of the acts of 
A-bi/jah, and his ways, and his 
sayings, are written in the story 
of the prophet Id’do. 


381 CHAPTER 14 

1 Asa succeeds Abijah. 6 He strength- 
ens his kingdom. 9 Defeats Zerah. 

O A-bi/jah slept with his fa- 
thers, and they buried him in 
the city of Da’vid: and A’sa his 
son reigned in his stead. In his 
cae the land was quiet ten 


"3 mand A’sa did that which was 


2 CHRONICLES, 14 


good and right in the eyes of the 
LORD his God: 

3 For he took away the altars of 
the strange gods, and the high 


places, and brake down the 
images, and cut down the 
groves: 


4 And commanded Ji’dah to 
seek the LORD God of their fa- 
thers, and to do the law and the 
commandment. 

5 Also he took away out of all 
the cities of Ji’dah the high 
places and the images: and the 
kingdom was quiet before him. 

6 § And he built fenced cities 
in Ju’dah: for the land had rest, 
and he had no war in those years: 
Legg the LORD had given him 
rest. 

7 Therefore he said unto Ja’dah, 
Let us build these cities, and 
make about them walls, and 
towers, gates, and bars, while 
the land is yet before us; because 
we have sought the LORD our 
God, we have sought him, and he 
hath given us rest on every side. 
So they built and prospered. 

8 And A’sa had an army of men 
that bare targets and spears, out 
of Ja’dah three hundred thou- 
sand; and out of Bén’ja-min, 
that bare shields and drew bows, 
two hundred and fourscore thou- 
sand: all these were mighty men 
of valour. 

9 ¥ And there came out against 
them Zé’rah the E-thi-0’pi-an 
with an host of a thousand thou- 
sand, and three hundred chari- 
ots; and came unto Ma-ré’shah. 

10 Then A’sa went out against 
him, and they set the battle in 
array in ae valley of Zéph’a-thah 
at Ma-ré’sh 

11 And A’sa cried unto the 
LORD his God, and said, LORD, 
it is nothing with thee to help, 
whether with many, or with them 
that have no power: help us, O 
LORD our God; for we rest on 
thee, and in thy name we go 
against this multitude. O LORD, 
thou art our God; let not man 
prevail against thee. 


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2 CHRONICLES, 15 


12 So the LORD smote the 
E-thi-6’pi-ans before A’sa, and 
before Ju’dah; and the E-thi-0’- 
pi-ans fled. 

13 And A’sa and the people that 
were with him pursued them 
unto Gé’rir: and the E-thi-d6’- 
pi-ans were overthrown, that 
they could not recover them- 
selves; for they were destroyed 
before the LORD, and before his 
host; and they carried away very 
much spoil. 

14 And they smote all the cities 
round about Gé’rar; for the fear 
of the LORD came upon them: 
and they spoiled all the cities; for 
there was exceeding much spoil 
in them 

15 They smote also the tents of 
cattle, and carried away sheep 
and camels in abundance, and 
returned to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


382 CHAPTER 15 
1 Asa abolishes idolatry. .12 A cove- 
nant to seek the Lord. 

ND the_ Spirit of God came 
£“% upon Az-a-ri’ah the son of 
O’ded: 

2 And he went out to meet 
A’sa, and said unto him, Hear ye 
me, A’sa, and all Ji’dah and Bén’- 
ja-min; The LORD is with you, 
while ye be with him; and if ye 
seek him, he will be found of you; 
but if ye forsake him, he will for- 
sake you. 

3 Now*for a long season Is/’- 
ra-el hath been without the true 
God, and without a teaching 
priest, and without law. 

4 But when they in their trou- 
ble did turn unto the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el, and sought him, he 
was found of them. 

5 And in those times there was 
no peace to him that went out, 
nor to him that came in, but great 
vexations were upon all the in- 
habitants of the countries. 

6 And nation was destroyed of 


nation, and city of city: for 
God did vex them with ail 
adversity. 


7 Be ye strong therefore, and 


Asa abolishes idolatry 


let not your hands be weak: for 
your work shall be rewarded. 

8 And when A’sa heard these 
words, and the prophecy of O’ded 
the prophet, he took courage, and 
put away the abominable idols 
out of all the land of Ja’dah and 
Bén’ja-min, and out of the cities 
which he had taken from mount 
F’phra-im, and renewed the altar 
of the LORD, that was before the 
porch of the LORD. 

9 And he gathered all Ja’dah 
and Bén’ja-min, and the stran- 
gers with them out of E’phra-im 
and Ma-nas’seh, and out of Sim’- 
e-on: for they fell to him out of 
is’ra-el in abundance, when they 
saw that the LORD his God was 
with him 

10 So they gathered themselves 
together at Jé-ru’sa-lém in the 
third month, in the fifteenth year 
_ the reign ‘of A’sa 

1 And they afered unto the 
orp the same time, of the spoil 
which they had brought, seven 
hundred oxen and seven thou- 
sand sheep. 

12 And they entered into a 
covenant to seek the LORD God 
of their fathers with all their 
heart and with all their soul; 

13 That whosoever would not 
seek the LORD God of is’ra-el 
should be put to death, whether 
small or great, whether man or 
woman. 

14 And they sware unto the 
LORD with a loud voice, and with 
shouting, and with trumpets, and 
with cornets. 

15 And all Ja’dah rejoiced at 
the oath: for they had sworn 
with all their heart, and sought 
him with their whole desire; and 
he was found of them: and the 
LORD gave them rest round 
about. 

16 Y And also concerning Ma’a- 
chah the mother of A’sa the king, 
he removed her from being queen, 
because she had made an idol in 
a grove: and A’sa cut down her 
idol, and stamped if, and burnt 
it at the brook Kid’ron. 


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te ei 


Asa’s league with Syria 


17 But the high places were 
not taken away out of Is’ra-el: 
nevertheless the heart of A’sa was 
perfect all his days. 

18 § And he brought into the 
house of God the things that his 
father had dedicated, and that he 
himself had dedicated, silver, and 
gold, and vessels. 

19 And there was no more war 
unto the five and thirtieth year of 
the reign of A’sa. 


383 CHAPTER 16 
1 Asa’s league with Syria. 10 Hanani 
imprisoned. 13 Asa’s death. 
N the six and thirtieth year of 
the reign of A’sa Ba’a-sha 
king of Is’ra-el came up against 
Ja’dah, and built Ra’mah, to the 
intent that he might let none go 
out or come in to A’sa king of 
Ji’dah. : 

2 Then A’sa brought out silver 
and gold out of the treasures of 
the house of the LORD and of the 
king’s house, and sent to Bén— 
ha’dad king of Syr’1-a, that dwelt 
at Da-mas’/cus, saying, 

3 There is a league between me 
and thee, as there was between 
,my father and thy father: be- 
‘hold, I have sent thee silver and 
gold; go, break thy league with 
Ba’a-sha king of Is’ra-el, that he 
may depart from me 

4 And Bén-ha’dad hearkened 
ne king A’sa, and sent the cap- 
tains of his armies against the 
cities of Is’ra-el; and they smote 

Vjon, and Dan, and A’bel—ma’im, 
ats all the store cities of Naph’- 

a-il 

5 And it came to pass, when 
Ba’a-sha heard if, that he left off 
building of Ra’mah, and let his 
work cease. 

6 Then A’sa the king took all 
Ja’dah; and they carried away 
the stones of Ra’mah, and the 


timber thereof, wherewith Ba’a-| _ 
and he built | ° 


sha was building; 
ye est Gé’ba and Miz’pah. 

7 4 And at that time Ha-na/ni 
the seer came to A’sa king of Ju’- 
dah, and said unto him, Because 


2 CHRONICLES, 16, 17 


thou hast relied on the king of 
Syr’i-a, and not relied on the 
LORD thy God, therefore is the 
host of the king of Syr’i-a escaped 
out of thine hand. 

8 Were not the E&-thi-6d’pi-ans 
and the Lu’bims a huge host, 
with very many chariots and 
horsemen? yet, because thou 
didst rely on the LORD, he de- 
livered them into thine hand. 

9 For the eyes of the LORD run 
to and fro throughout the whole 
earth, to shew himself strong in 
the behalf of them whose heart is 
perfect toward him. Herein 
thou hast done foolishly: there- 
fore from henceforth thou shalt 
have wars. 

10 Then A’sa was wroth with 
the seer, and put him in a prison 
house; for he was in a rage with 
him because of this thing. And 
A’sa oppressed some of the peo- 
ple the same time. 

11 4 And, behold, the acts of 
A’sa, first and last, lo, they are 
written in the book of the kings 
of Ja’dah and Is’ra-el. 

12 And A’sa in the thirty and 
ninth year of his reign was dis- 
eased in his feet, until his disease 
was exceeding great: yet in his 
disease he sought not to the 
LORD, but to the physicians. 

13 q And A’sa slept with his 
fathers, and died in the one and 
fortieth year of his reign. 

14 And they buried him in his 
own sepulchres, which he had 
made for himself in the city of 
Da’vid, and laid him in the bed 
which was _ filled with sweet 
odours and divers kinds of spices 
prepared by the apothecaries’ art: 
and they made a very great burn- 
ing for him. 


CHAPTER 17 384 

1 Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa. 7 He 

teaches Judah. 12 Strength of his 
armies. 

/ 1S Jé-hosh’a-phat his son 

reigned in his stead, and 

strengthened himself against 
Is’ra-el. 


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2 CHRONICLES, 18 


2 And he placed forces in all 
the fenced cities of Ja’dah, and 
set garrisons in the land of Jui’- 
dah, and in the cities of E’phra- 
aes which A’sa his father had 
a 
Bena the LORD was with Jé- 
hésh’a-phat, because he walked 


in the first ways of his father 
Da/vid, and, sought not unto 
Ba’al-im; 


4 But sought to the LORD God 
of his father, and walked in his 
commandments, and not after 
the doings of Is’ra-el. 

5 Therefore the LORD stab- 
lished the kingdom in his hand: 
and all Ji’dah brought to Jé- 
hosh’a-phat presents; and he 
had quiches and honour in abun- 


dan 

6 ee his heart was lifted up 
in the ways of the LORD: more- 
over he took away the high 
places and groves out of Ja’dah. 

7 4 Also in the third year of his 
reign he sent to his princes, even 
to Bén—-ha’il, and to O-ba-di’ah, 
and to Zéch-a-ri’ah, and to Né- 
than’e-el, and to Mi-cha/’iah, to 
teach in the cities of Ja’dah 

8 And with them he sent Lé’- 
vites, even Shém-a-i’ah, and 
Néth-a-ni’ah, and Zéb-adi'ah, 
and A’ sa-hél, and Shé-mir’a- 
moth, and Jé-hon’a-than, and 
Ad-o-ni’jah, and Toé-bi’jah, and 
Tob’—ad-o-ni’jah, Lé’vites;_ and 
with them £E-lish’a-ma and Jé- 
h6o’/ram, priests. 

9 And they taught in Ji’dah, 
and had the book of the law of 
the LORD with them, and went 
about throughout all the cities of 
LS aol and taught the people. 

10 % And the fear of the LORD 
fell upon all the kingdoms of the 
lands that were round about Jt’- 
dah, so that they made no war 
against Jé-hdsh’a-phat. 

11 Also some of the Phi-lis’- 
tines brought Jé’-hdsh’a-phat 
presents, and tribute silver; and 
the A-ra’bi-ans brought him 
flocks, seven thousand and seven 
hundred rams, and seven thou- 


Jehoshaphat’s reign 


sence and seven hundred he 
oats 

12 ¢ And Jé-hosh’a-phat waxed 
great exceedingly; and he built 
in Ja’dah castles, and cities of 
store. 

13 And he had much business 
in the cities of Ja’dah: and the 
men of war, mighty men of val- 
oe were in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

4 And these are the numbers 
°. them according to the house of 
their fathers: Of Ji’dah, the 
captains of thousands; Ad’nah 
the chief, and with him mighty 
men of valour three hundred 
thousand. 

15 And next to him was Jé-ho- 
ha’nan the captain, and with him 
two hundre and fourscore 
thousand. 3 

16 And next him was Am-a- 
sah the son of Zich’ri, who 
willingly offered himself unto the 
LORD; and with him two hun- 
dred thousand mighty men of 
valour. i ‘et 

17 And of Bén’ja-min; E-li’a- 
da a mighty man of valour, and 
with him armed men with bow 
and shield two hundred thou- 


sand. 

18 And next him was Jé-h6z’a- 

bad, and with him an hundred 
and fourscore thousand ready 
prepared for the war. 
‘19 These waited on the king, 
beside those whom the king put 
in the fenced cities throughout ail 
Ja’dah. 


CHAPTER 18 385 
1 Jehoshaphat joins Ahab. 18 Mica- 
iah’s vision. 33 Ahab is slaim 
OW Jé-hdésh’a-phat had 
riches and honour in abun- 
dance, and joined affinity with 
A’hab. 

2 And after certain years he 
went down to A’hab to Sa-ma’- | 
ri-a. And A’hab killed sheep and 
oxen for him in abundance, and 
for the people that he had with 
him, and persuaded him to go up 
with him to Ra’moth-gil’e-ad. 

3 And A’hab king of is’ra-el 


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Micaiah sent for 


said unto Jé-hésh’a-phat king of 
Ju’dah, Wilt thou go with me to 
Ra’moth-gil’e-ad? he an- 
swered him, I am as thou art, 
and my people as thy people; and 
we will be with thee in the war. 

4 4 And Jé-hosh’a-phat said 
unto the king of Is’ra-el, En- 
quire, I pray thee, at the word of 
the LORD to day. i 

5 Therefore the king of Is’ra-el 
gathered together of prophets 
four hundred men, and said unto 
them, Shall we go to Ra’moth-— 
gil’e-ad to battle, or shall I for- 
bear? And they said, Go up; 
for God will deliver it into the 
king’s hand. 

6 But Jé-hosh’a-phat said, Is 
there not here a prophet of the 
LORD besides, that we might 
enquire of him? 

And the king of Is’ra-el said 
unto Jé-hdsh’a-phat, There is 
yet one man, by whom we may 
enquire of the LORD: but I hate 
him; for he never prophesied 
good unto me, but always evil: 
the same is Mi-ca’iah the son of 
Im/la. And Jé-hdsh’a-phat:said, 
Let not the king say so. 

8 And the king of Is’ra-el called 
for one of his officers, and said, 
Fetch quickly Mi-ca’iah the son 
of Im‘la. 

9 And the king of Is’ra-el and 
Jéehosh’a-phat king of Ju’dah 
sat either of them on his throne, 
clothed in their robes, and they 
satin a void place at the entering 
in of the gate of Sa-ma’ri-a; and 
all the prophets prophesied before 


them 

10 yeAnid Zéd-e-ki’ah the son of 
Ché-na’a-nah had made him 
horns of iron, and said, Thus 
saith the LORD, With these thou 
shalt push Syr’i-a until they be 
consumed. 

11 And all the prophets prophe- 
sied so, saying, Go up to Ra’- 
moth-gil’e-ad, and prosper: for 
the LORD shall deliver if into the 
hand of the king. 

. 12 And the messenger that went 
to call Mi-ca’iah spake to him, 


2 CHRONICLES, 18 


saying, Behold, the words of the 
prophets declare good to the king 
with one assent; let thy word 
therefore, I pray thee, be like one 
of theirs, and speak thou good. 

13 And Mi-ca’iah said, As the 
LORD liveth, even what my God 
saith, that will I speak. 

14 And when he was come to 
the king, the king said unto him, 
Mi-ca’iah, shall we go to Ra’- 
moth-éil’e-ad to battle, or shall I 
forbear? And he said, Go ye up, 
and prosper, and they shall be de- 
livered into your hand. 

And the king said to him, 
How many times shall I adjure 
thee that thou say nothing but 
the truth to me in the name of the 
LORD? 

16 Then he said, I did see all 
Is’ra-el scattered upon the moun- 
tains, as sheep that have no shep- 
herd: and the LORD said, These 
have no master; let them return 
therefore every man to his house 
in peace. is 

17 And the king of Is’ra-el said 
to Jé-hdosh’a-phat, Did I not tell 
thee that he would not prophesy 
good unto me, but evil? 

18 Again he said, Therefore 
hear the word of the LORD; [I 
saw the LORD sitting upon his 
throne, and all the host of heaven 
standing on his right hand and 
on his left. 

19 And the LORD said, Who 
shall entice A’hab king of Is’ra-el, 
that he may go up and fall at Ra’- 
moth-—éil’e-ad? And one spake 


|saying after this manner, and 


another saying after that manner. 

20 Then there came out a spir- 
it, and stood before the LORD, 
and said, I will entice him. And 
bn ED said unto him, Where- 
wi 

21 And he said, I will go out, 
and be a lying spirit in the mouth 
of all his prophets. And the 
LORD said, Thou shalt entice 
him, and thou shalt also prevail: 
go out, and do even so. 

22 Now therefore, behold, the 
LORD hath put a lying spirit in 


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the mouth of these thy prophets, 
and the LORD hath spoken evil 
against thee 

23 Then Zed-e-ki/ah the son of 
Ché-na’a-nah came near, an 
smote Mi-ca’iah upon the cheek, 
and said, Which way went the 
Spirit of the LORD from me to 
speak unto thee? 

24 And Mi-ca’iah said, Behold, 
thou shalt see on that day when 
thou shalt go into an inner 
chamber to hide thyself. 

25 Then the king of fs’ra-el 
said, Take ye Mi-ca’‘iah, and 
carry him back to A’mon the 
governor of the city, and to J0’ash 
the king’s son; 

26 And say, Thus saith the 
king, Put this fellow in the 
prison, and feed him with bread 
of affliction and with water of 
affliction, until I return in peace. 

27 And Mi-ca’iah said, If thou 
certainly return in peace, then 
hath not the LORD spoken by me. 
And he said, Hearken, all ye 
people. 

28 So the king of is’ra-el and 
Jé-hosh’a-phat the king of Ja’dah 
went up to Ra’moth—éil’e-ad. 

29 And the king of Is’ra-ei said 
unto Jé-hosh’a-phat, I will dis- 
guise myself, and will go to the 
battle; but put thou on thy robes. 
So the king of Is’ra-el disguised 
himself; 
battle. 

30 Now the king of Syr’t-a had 
commanded the captains of the 
chariots that were with him, say- 
ing, Fight ye not with small or 
great, save only with the king of 
Is’ra-el. 

31 And it came to pas when 
the captains of the chariots saw 
Jé-hosh’a-phat, that they_said, 
It is the king of Is’ra-el. There- 
fore they compassed about him 
to fight: but Jé-hdsh’a-phat 
cried out, and the LORD helped 
him; and God moved them fo 
depart from him. 

32 For it came to pass, that, 
when the captains of the chariots 
perceived that it was not the king 


and they went to the 


Ahab slain. Jehoshaphat reproved 


of As’ra-el, they turned back 
again from pursuing 

33 And a certain man drew a 
bow at a venture, and smote the 
king of Is’ra-el between the 
joints of the harness: therefore 
he said to his chariot man, Turn 
thine hand, that thou mayest 
carry me out of the host; forlam 
wounded. 

34 And the battle increased that 
day: howbeit the king of is’ra-el 
stayed himself up in his chariot 
against the Syr’i-ans until the 
even: and about the time of the 
sun going down he died 


CHAPTER 19 386 
1 Jehoshaphat reproved by Jehu. 5 He 
instructs judges, priests, and Levites. 

ND Jé-hosh’a-phat the king 

of Ja’dah returned to his 
house in ee to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

Zz And Jé’hii the son of Ha- 
na’ni the seer went out to meet 

, and said to king Jé-hdsh/a- 
phat, Shouldest thou help the un- 
godly, and love them that hate 
the LORD? therefore is wrath 
upon thee from before the LORD. 
3 Nevertheless there are good 
things found in thee, in that thou 
hast taken away the groves out 
of the land, and hast prepared 
thine heart to seek God. 

4 And Jé-hésh’a-phat dwelt at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: and he went out 
again through the people from 
Bé’er-shé’ba to mount E’phra- 
im, and brought them back unto 
ne LORD God of their fathers. 

5 § And he set judges in the 
land throughout all the fenced 
cities of Ji’dah, city by city, 

6 And said to the judges, Take 
heed what ye do: for ye judge 
not for man, but for the LORD, 
who is with you in the judg- 
ment. 

7 Wherefore now let the fear of 
the LORD be upon you; take 
heed and do if: for there is no 
iniquity with the LORD our Ged, 
nor respect of persons, nor tak- 
ing of gifts. : ’ 

8 § Moreover in Jé-ru’sa-lém 


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Jehoshaphat’s fast and prayer 


did Jé-hdsh’a-phat set of the 
Lé’vites, and of the priests, and 
of the chief of the fathers of Is’- 
ra-el, for the judgment of the 
LORD, and for controversies, 
when they returned to Jé-ru’sa- 


ém. 

9 And he charged them, saying, 
Thus shall ye do in the fear of 
the LORD, faithfully, and with a 
perfect heart. 

10 And what cause  soever 
shall come to you of your breth- 
ren that dwell in their cities, be- 
tween blood and blood, between 
law and commandment, statutes 
and judgments, ye shall even 
warn them that they trespass not 
against the LORD, and so wrath 
come upon you, and upon your 
brethren: this do, and ye shall 
not trespass. 

11 And, behold, Am-a-ri’ah the 
chief priest is over you in all mat- 
ters of the LORD; and Zéb-a- 
di’/ah the son of Ish’ma-el, the 
ruler of the house of Ja’dah, for 
all the king’s matters: also the 
Lé’vites shall be officers before 
you. Deal courageously, and 
the LORD shall be with the good. 


387 CHAPTER 20 


1 Jehoshaphat’s fast and prayer. 
His triumphs. His reign. 
His ships perish. 


T came to pass after this also, 

that the children of M0’ab, and 
the children of Am’m6n, and with 
them other beside the Am’mon- 
ites, came against Jé-hdsh’a- 
phat to battle. 

2 Then there came some that 
told Jé-hosh’a-phat, saying, There 
cometh a great multitude against 
thee from beyond the sea on this 
side Syr’i-4; and, behold, they 
be_in Haz’a-zon-ta’mar, which 
is En-£é’di. 

3 And Jé-hdsh’a-phat feared, 
and set himself to seek the LORD, 
and proclaimed a fast through- 
out all Ji’dah. 

4 And Ji’dah gathered them- 
selves together, to ask help of the 


20 
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2 CHRONICLES, 20 


LORD: even out of all the cities of 
Ji’dah they came to seek the 
LORD. 

5 g¢ And Jé-hosh’ ey ge 
in the congregation of Ji’dah and 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, in the house of the 
LORD, before the new court, 

6 And said, O LORD God of our 
fathers, art not thou God in 
heaven? and rulest not thou 
over all the kingdoms of the 
heathen? and in thine hand is 
there not power and might, so 
aegis none is able to withstand 

ee? 

7 Art not thou our God, who 
didst drive out the inhabitants of 
this land before thy people Is’- 
ra-el, and gavest it to the seed of 
A’bra-ham thy friend for ever? 

8 And they dwelt therein, and 
have built thee a sanctuary there- 
in for thy name, saying, 

9 If, when evil cometh upon 
us, as the sword, judgment, or 
pestilence, or famine, we stand 
before this house, and in thy 
presence, (for thy name is in this 
house,) and cry unto thee in our 
affliction, then thou wilt hear and 


elp. 

10 And now, behold, the chil- 
dren of Am’mon and M6’ab and 
mount Sé’ir, whom thou would- 
est not let Is’ra-el invade, when 
they came out of the land of 
E’gypt, but they turned from 
them, and destroyed them not; 

11 Behold, J say, how they re- 
ward us, to come to cast us out 
of thy possession, which thou 
hast given us to inherit. 

12 O our God, wilt thou not 
judge them? for we have no 
might against this great company 
that cometh against us; neither 
know we what to do: but our 
eyes are upon thee 

13 And all Ja’dah stood before 
the LORD, with their little ones; 
their wives, and their children. 

14 § Then upon Ja-ha’zi-el the 
son of Zéch-a-ri’ah, the son of 
Bé-na’iah, the son of Jé-i’el, the 
son of Mat-ta-ni’ah, a Lé’vite of 
the sons of A’saph, came the 


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2 CHRONICLES, 20 


Spirit of the LORD in the midst 
of the congregation; 

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all 
Ja’dah, and ye inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and thou king Jé- 
hésh’a-phat, Thus saith the LORD 
unto you, Be not afraid nor dis- 
mayed by reason of this great 
multitude; for the battle zs not 
yours, but God’s. 

16 To morrow go ye down 
against them: behold, they come 
up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye 
shall find them at the end of the 
brook, before the wilderness of 
Jér’u-el. 

17 Ye shall not need to fight in 
this battle: set yourselves, stand 
ye sfill, and see the salvation of 
the LORD with you, O Ji’dah 
and Jé-ru’sa-lém: fear not, nor 
be dismayed; to morrow go out 
against them: for the LORD will 
be with you. | 

18 And Jé-hdsh’a-phat bowed 
his head with his face to the 
ground: and all Ja’dah and the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém fell 
before the LORD, worshipping 
the LORD. 

19 And the Lé’vites, of the chil- 
dren of the K6’hath-ites, and of 
the children of the Kor’hites, 
stood up to praise the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el with a loud voice on 


gh. 

20 { And they rose early in the 
morning, and went forth into the 
wilderness of Té-k0’a: and as 
they went forth, Jé-hosh’a-phat 
stood and said, Hear me, O Ji’- 
dah, and ye inhabitants of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém; Believe in the LORD 
your God, so shall ye be estab- 
lished; believe his prophets, so 
shall ye prosper. 

21 And when he had consulted 
with the people, he appointed 
singers unto the LORD, and that 
should praise the beauty of holi- 
ness, as they went out before the 


army, and to say, Praise the 
LorpD; for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 


22 4 And when they began to 
sing and to praise, the LORD set 


Jehoshaphat’s triumphs 


ambushments against the chil- 
dren of Am’mon, MO6’ab, and 
mount Sé/ir, which were come 
against Ju’dah; and they were 
smitten. 

23 For the children of Am’/mon 
and MOo’ab stood up against the 
inhabitants of mount Sé‘ir, ut- 
terly to slay and destroy them: 
and when they had made an end 
of the inhabitants of Sé’ir, every 
one helped to destroy another. 

24 And when Ju’dah came to- 
ward the watch tower in the wil- 
derness, they looked unto the 
multitude, and, behold, they 
were dead bodies fallen to the 
earth, and none escaped. 

25 And when Jé-hosh’a-phat 
and his people came to take away 
the spoil of them, they found 
among them in abundance both 
riches with the dead bodies, and 
precious jewels, which they 
stripped off for themselves, more 
than they could carry away: and 
they were three days in gathering 
of the spoil, it was so much. 

26 { And on the fourth day they 
assembled themselves in the val- 
ley of Bér’a-chah; for there 
they blessed the LORD: there- 
fore the name of the same place 
was called, The valley of Bér’a- 
chah, unto this day. 

27 Then they returned, every 
man of Jii’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and Jé-hésh’a-phat in the fore- 
front of them, to go again to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém with joy; for the LORD 
had made them to rejoice over 
their enemies. 

28 And they came to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém with psalteries and harps 
and trumpets unto the house of 
the LORD. 

29 And the fear of God was on 
all the kingdoms of those coun- 
tries, when they had heard that 
the LorD fought against the 
enemies of Is’ra-el. 

30 Sothe realm of Jé-hosh’a- 
phat was quiet: for his God 
gave him rest round about. | 

31 4 And Jé-hésh’a-phat reign- 
ed over Ja’dah: he was thirty and 


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* 


Jehoram succeeds Jehoshaphat 


five years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned twenty and 
five years in Jé-ru’sa-lém. And 
his mother’s name was A-zt’bah 
the daughter of Shil’hi. 

32 And he walked in the way of 
A’sa his father, and departed not 
from it, doing that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD. 

33 Howbeit the high places 
were not taken away: for as yet 
the people had not prepared 
their hearts unto the God of their 
fathers. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of 
Jé-hosh’a-phat, first and last, 
behold, they are written in the 
book of Jé’ht the son of Ha- 
na’ni, who is mentioned in the 
book of the kings of is’ra-el. 

35 4 And after this did Jé- 
hoésh’a-phat king of Ja’dah join 
himself with A-ha-zi/ah king of 
is’ra-el, who did very wickedly: 

36 And he joined himself with 
him to make ships to go to Tar’- 
shish: and they made the ships 
in E’zi-on—ga’bér. 

37 Then £-li-é’zér the son of 
D6’da-vah of Ma-ré’shah proph- 
esied against Jé-hosh’a-phat, 
saying, Because thou hast joined 
thyself with A-ha-zi’ah, the LORD 
hath broken thy works. And 
the ships were broken, that they 
were not able to go to Tar’shish. 


388 CHAPTER 21 
1 Jehoram succeeds Jehoshaphat. 12 
Elijah prophesies against him. 18 
His death. 
OW Jé-hésh’a-phat | slept 


with his fathers, and was 
buried with his fathers in the 
city of Da’vid. And Jé-hd/ram 
his son reigned in his stead. 

2 And he had brethren the sons 
of Jé-hodsh’a-phat, Az-a-ri’ah, 
and Jé-hi’el, and Zéch-a-ri ah, 
and Az-a-ri’ah, and Mi’chaél, and 
Shéph-a-ti’ah: all these were 
the sons of Jé-hdsh’a-phat king 
of is’ra-ei. 

3 And their father gave them 
great gifts of silver, and of gold, 
and of precious things, with 


2 CHRONICLES, 21 


fenced cities in Ji’/dah: but the 
kingdom gave he to Jé-hd/ram; 
because he was the firstborn. 

4 Now when Jé-ho’ram was 
risen up to the kingdom of his 
father, he strengthened himself, 
and slew all his brethren with 
the sword, and divers also of the 
princes of Is’ra-el. 

5 9 Jé-ho’ram was thirty and 
two years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned eight years 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

6 And he walked in the way of 
the kings of is’ra-el,.like as did 
the house of A’hab: for he had 
the daughter of A’hab to wife: 
and he wrought that which was 
evil in the eyes of the LORD. 

7 Howbeit the LORD would not 
destroy the house of Da’vid, be- 
cause of the covenant that he had 
made with Da’vid, and as he 
promised to give a light to him 
and to his sons for ever. 

8 4 In his days the E’dom-ites 
revolted from under the domin- 
ion of Ji’dah, and made them- 
selves a king. 

9 Then J é-ho’ram went forth 
with his princes, and all his char- 
iots with him: and he rose up by 
night, and smote the E’dom-ites 
which compassed him in, and the 
captains of the chariots. 

10 So the E’dom-ites revolted 
from under the hand of Ji’dah 
unto this day. The same time 
also did Lib’nah revolt from un- 
der his hand; because he had 
forsaken the LORD God of his 
fathers. 

11 Moreover he made _ high 
places in the mountains of Ji’- 
dah, and caused the inhabitants 
of Jé-ru’sa4-lém to commit forni- 
cation, and compelled Jua’dah 
thereto. 

12 § And there came a writing 
to him from £-li’jah the prophet, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD God 
of Da’vid thy father, Because 
thou hast rot walked in the ways 
of J é-hosh’a-phat thy father, nor 
in the ways of A’sa king of Ju’ dah, 

13 But hast walked in the way 


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2 CHRONICLES, 22 


of the kings of Is’ra-el, and hast 
made Ji’dah and the inhabitants 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém to go a whoring, 
ike to the whoredoms of the 
ouse of A’hab, and also hast 
slain thy brethren of thy father’s 
house, which were better than 


yself: 

14 Behold, with a great plague 
will the LORD smite thy people, 
and thy children, and thy wives, 
and all thy goods: 

5 And thou shalt have great 
sickness by disease of thy bowels, 
until thy bowels fall out by reason 
of the sickness day by day. 

16 § Moreover the LORD stirred 
up against Jé-hd’/ram the spirit 
of the Phi-lis’tines, and of the 
A-ra’bi-ans, that were near the 
E-thi-0’pi-ans: 

17 And they came up into Ju’- 
dah, and brake into it, and car- 
ried away all the substance that 
was found in the king’s house, 
and his sons also, and his wives; 
so that there was never a son 
left him, save Jé-hd’a-haz, the 
youngest of his sons. 

18 ¢ And after all this the LORD 
smote him in his bowels with an 
incurable disease. ; 

19 And it came to pass, that in 
process of time, after the end of 
two years, his bowels fell out by 
reason of his sickness: so ne 
died of sore diseases. And h 
people made no burning for Hei 
like the burning of his fathers. 

20 Thirty and two years old 
was he when he began to reign, 
and he reigned in Jé-ru’sa-lém 
eight years, and departed with- 
out being desired. Howbeit 
they buried him in the city of Da’- 
vid, but not in the sepulchres of 
the kings. 


389 CHAPTER 22 

1 Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram. 5 Heis 

slain by Jehu. 10 Athaliah’s reign. 

ND the inhabitants of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém made A-ha-zi’ah his 

youngest son king in his stead: 
for the band of men that came 
with the A-ra’bi-ans to the camp 


Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram 


had slain all the eldest. So 
A-ha-zi’ah the son of Jé-h6d’ram 
king of Ja’dah reigned. 

2 Forty and two years old was 
A-ha-zi/ah when he began to 
reign, and he reigned one year 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém. His mother’s 
name also was Ath-a-li’ah the 
daughter of Om’ri. 

3 He also walked in the ways 
of tthe house of A’hab: for his 
mother was his counsellor to do 
wickedly. 

4 Wherefore he did evil in the 
sight of the LORD like the house 
of A’hab: for they were his coun- 
sellors after the death of his fa- 
ther to his destruction. 

5 § He walked also after their 
counsel, and went with Jé-h6’- 
ram the son of A’hab king of 
Is’ra-el to war against Haz’a-el 
king of Syr’i-a4 at Ra’moth—Zil’e- 
ad: and the Syr’i-ans smote 
JO’ram. 

6 And he returned to be healed 
in Jéz’re-el because of the wounds 
which were given him at Ra’- 
mah, when he fought with Haz’a- 
el king of Syr’i-a. And Az-a- 
ri’ah the son of Jé-hd’ram king 
of Ji’dah went down to see 
Jé-ho’ram the son of A’hab at 
Jéz’re-el, because he was sick. 

7 And the destruction of A-ha- 
zi’ah was of God by coming to 


| J6’‘ram: for when he was come, 


he went out with Jé-hd’/ram 
against Jé’ha the son of Nim/shi, 
whom the LORD had anointed 
to cut off the house of A’hab. 

8 And it came to pass, that, 
when Jé’ht was executing juds- 
ment upon the house of A’hab, 
and found the princes of Ja’dah, 
and the sons of the brethren of 
A-ha-zi’ah, that ministered to 
4-ha-zi’ah, he slew them. 

9 And he sought A-ha-zi’ah: 
and they caught him, (for he was 
hid in Sa-ma’ri-4,) and brought 
him to Jé’/ha: and when they 
had slain him, they buried 
Because, said they, he is the son 
of Jé-hdsh’a-phat, who sought 
the LORD with all his heart. So 


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Joash made king 


the house of A-ha-zi’ah had no 
power to keep still the kingdom. 
10 {But when Ath-a-li’ah the 


mother of A-ha-zi’ah saw that 


her son was dead, she arose and 
destroyed all the seed royal of 
the house of Ja’dah. 

11 But Jé/hd-shab’e-ath, the 
daughter of the king, took J6’ash 
the. son of A-ha-zi’ah, and stole 


him from among the king’s sons | 


that were slain, and put him and 
his nurse in a bedchamber. So 
Jé’ho-shab’e-ath, the daughter 
of king Jé-hé’ram, the wife of 
Jé-hoi’a-da the priest, (for she 
was the sister of A-ha-zi’ah,) hid 
him from Ath-a-li’ah, so that she 
slew him not. 

12 And he was with them hid in 
the house of God six years: and 
Ath-a-li’ah reigned over the land. 


390 CHAPTER 23 
1 Jehoiada makes Joash king. 12 
Athaliah is slain. 16 Worship of 
God restored. 
ND in the seventh year Jé- 
hoi’a-da strengthened him- 
self, and took the captains of 
hundreds, Az-a-ri’ah the son of 
Jér’o-ham, and ish’ma-el the son 
of Jé-hd-ha’nan, and Az-a-ri’ah 
the son of O’bed, and Ma-a-sé’iah 
the son of Ad-a-i’ah, and £-lish’a- 
phat the son of Zich’ri, into cove- 
nant with him. } 

2 And they went about in Ji’- 
dah, and gathered the Lé’vites 
out of all the cities of Ja’dah, and 
the chief of the fathers of Is’ra-el, 
and they came to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 Andall the congregation made 
a covenant with the king in the 
house of God. And he said unto 
them, Behold, the king’s son 
shall reign, as the LORD hath 
said of the sons of Da’vid. 

4 This is the thing that ye shall 
do; A third part of you entering 
on the sabbath, of the priests and 
of the Lé’vites, shall be porters of 
the doors; 

5 And a third part shall be at 
the king’s house; and a third 
part at the gate of the founda- 


2 CHRONICLES, 23 


tion: and all the people shall be 
in the courts of the house of the 
LORD. 

6 But let none come into the 
house of the LORD, save the 
priests, and they that minister 
of the Lé’vites; they shall go in, 
for oe are holy: but all the. 
people shall keep the watch of 
the LORD 

7 And the Lé’vites shall com- 
pass the king round about, every 
man with his weapons in his 
hand; and whosoever else com- 
eth into the house, he shall be put 
to death: but be ye with the king | 
when he cometh in, and when he 
goeth out. 

8 So the Lé’vites and all Jii’dah 
did according to all things that 
Jé-hoi’a-da the priest had com- 
manded, and took every man his 
men that were to come in on the 
sabbath, with them that were to 
go out on the sabbath: for Jé- 
hoi’a-da the priest dismissed not 
the courses. 

9 Moreover Jé-hoi’a-da the 
priest delivered to the captains 
of hundreds spears, and buck- 
lers, and shields, that had been 
king Da’vid’s, which were in the 
house of God. 

10 And he set all the people, 
every man having his weapon in 
his hand, from the right side of 
the temple to the left side of the 
temple, along by the altar and the 
pecioks by the king round about. 

11 Then they brought out the 
king’s son, and put upon him the 
crown, and gave him the testi- 
mony, and made him king. And 
Jé-hoi’a-da and his sons anointed 
him, and said, God save the king. 

12 § Now when Ath-a-li’ah 
heard the noise of the people 
running and praising the king, 
she came to the people into the 
house of the LORD 

13 And she looked, and, behold, 
the king stood at his pillar at the 
entering in, and the princes and 
the trumpets by the king: and all 
the people of the land rejoiced, 
and sounded with trumpets, also 


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2 CHRONICLES, 24 


the singers with instruments of 
musick, and such as _ taught to 
sing praise. Then Ath-a-li’ah 
rent her clothes, and said, Trea- 
son, Treason. } 

14 Then Jé-hoi’a-da the priest 
brought out the captains of hun- 
dreds that were set over the host, 
and said unto them, Have her 
forth of the ranges: and whoso 
followeth her, let him be slain 
with the sword. For the priest 
said, Slay her notin the house of 
the LORD. 

15 So they laid hands on her; 
and when she was come to the 
entering of the horse gate by the 
king’s house, they slew her 
there. 

16 4 And Jé-hoi’a-da made a 
covenant between him, and be- 
tween all the people, and between 
the king, that they should be the 
LORD’S people. 

17 Then all the people went to 
the house of Ba’al, and brake it 
down, and brake his altars and 
his images in pieces, and slew 
Mat’tan the priest of Ba’al before 
the altars. 

18 Also Jé-hoi’a-da appointed 
the offices of the house of the 
LORD by the hand of the priests 
the Lé’vites, whom Da’vid had 
distributed in the house of the 
LORD, to offer the burnt offerings 
of the LORD, as it is written in 
the law of M6’ses, with rejoicing 
and with singing, as it was or- 
dained by Da’vid. 

19 And he set the porters at 
the gates of the house of the 
LORD, that none which was 
unclean in any thing should 
enter in. 

20 And he took the captains 
of hundreds, and the nobles, and 
the governors of the people, and 
all the people of the land, and 
brought down the king from the 
house of the LORD: and they 
came through the high gate into 
the king’s house, and set the king 
upon the throne of the kingdom. 

21 And all the people of the 
land rejoiced: and the city was 


_ Joash repairs the temple 


quiet, after that they had slain 
Ath-a-li’/ah with the sword. 


CHAPTER 24 391 

1 Joash repairs the temple. 17 Idola- 

try. 23 He is defeated and slain by 
the Syrians. 

O’ASH was seven years old 

when he began to reign, and he 

reigned forty years in Jé-ru’sa- 
ém. His mother’s name also 
was Zib’i-ah of Bé’er—shé’ba. _ 

2 And Jo’ash did that which 
was right in the sight of the LORD 
all the days of Jé-hoi’a-da the 
priest. ; : 

3 And Jé-hoi’a-da took for him 
two wives; and he begat sons 
and daughters. 

4 § And it came to pass after 
this, that Jo’ash was minded to 
repair the house of the LORD. 

5 And he gathered together the 
priests and the Lé’vites, and said 
to them, Go out unto the cities of 
Ji’dah, and gather of all Is’ra-el 
money to repair the house of your 
God from year to year, and see 
that ye hasten the matter. How- 
beit the Lé’vites hastened it not. 

6 And the king called for Jé- 
hoi’a-da the chief, and said unto 
him, Why hast thou not required 
of the Lé’vites to bring in out of 
Ju’dah and out of Jé-ru’s4-lém 
the collection, according to the 
commandment of MO6’ses the 
servant of the LORD, and of the 
congregation of Is’ra-el, for the 
tabernacle of witness? 

For the sons of Ath-a-li’ah, 
that wicked woman, had broken 
up the house of God; and also 
all the dedicated things of the 
house of the LorD did they be- 
stow upon Ba’al-im. 

8 And at the king’s command- 
ment they made a chest, and set 
it without at the gate of the house 
of the LORD. 

9 And they made a proclama- 
tion through Ji’dah and Jé-ry’- 
sa-lém, to bring in to the LORD 
the collection that M6’ses the 
servant of God /aid upon Is’ra-el 
in the wilderness. 


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People fall to idolatry 


10 And all the princes and ail 
the people rejoiced, and brought 
in, and cast into the chest, until 
they had made an end. 

11 Now it came to pass, that at 
what time the chest was brought 
unto the king’s office by the hand 
of the Lé’vites, and when they 
saw that there was much money, 
the king’s scribe and the high 
priest’s officer came and emptied 
the chest, and took it, and carried 
it to his place again. Thus they 
did day by day, and gathered 
money in abundance. 
12 And the king and Jé-hoi’a- 

da gave it to such as did the work 
of the service of the house of the 
LORD, and hired masons and 
carpenters to repair the house of 
the LORD, and also such as 
wrought iron and brass to mend 
the house of the LORD. 

13 So the workmen wrought, 
and the work was perfected by 
them, and they set the house of 
God in his state, and strength- 
ened it. 

_14 And when they had finished 
it, they brought the rest of the 
money before the king and Jé- 
hoi’a-da, whereof were made 
vessels for the house of the LORD, 
even vessels to minister, and to 
offer withal, and spoons, and 
vessels of gold and silver. And 
they offered burnt offerings in 
the house of the LORD contin- 
ually all the days of Jé-hoi’a-da. 

15 § But Jé-hoi’a-da waxed 
old, and was full of days when 
he died; an hundred and thirty 
years old was he when he 
died. 4 
16 And they buried him in the 
city of Da’vid among the kings, 
because he had done good in Is’- 
ra-el, both toward God, and to- 
ward his house. iy 

17 Now after the death of Jé- 
hoi’a-da came the princes of Ji’- 
dah, and made obeisance to the 
king. Then the king hearkened 
unto them. 

18 And they left the house of 
the LORD God of their fathers, 


2 CHRONICLES, 24 


and served groves and idols: 
and wrath came upon Ju’dah 
and Jé-ru’sa-lem for this their 
trespass. 

19 Yet he sent prophets to 
them, to bring them again unto 
the LORD; and they testified 
against them: but they would 
not giveear. si. 

20 And the Spirit of God came 
upon Zéch-a-ri’ah the son of Jé- 
hoi’a-da the priest, which stood 
above the people, and said unto 
them, Thus saith God, Why 
transgress ye the commandments 
of the LORD, that ye cannot 
prosper? because ye have for- 
saken the LORD, he hath also 
forsaken you. 

21 And they conspired against 
him, and stoned him with stones 
at the commandment of the king 
in the court of the house of the 
LORD. 

22 Thus J6’adsh the king re- 
membered not the kindness 
which Jé-hoi’a-da his father had 
done to him, but slew his son. 
And when he died, he said, The 
LORD look upon if, and require 


it. 

23 4 And it came to pass at the 
end of the year, that the host of 
Syr’i-a4 came up against him: and 
they came to Ji’dah and Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and destroyed all the 
princes of the people from among 
the people, and sent all the spoil 
of them unto the king of Da- 
mas’cus. 

24 For the army of the Syr’i-ans 
came with a small company of 
men, and the LORD delivered a 
very great host into their hand, 
because they had forsaken the 
LORD God of their fathers. So 
ney executed judgment against 

0’ash. 

25 And when they were de- 
parted from him, (for they left 
him in great diseases,) his own 
servants conspired against him 
for the blood of the sons of Jé- 
hoi’a-da the priest, and slew him 
on his bed, and he died: and 
they buried him in the city of Da’- 


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2 CHRONICLES, 25 


vid, but they buried him not in 
the sepulchres of the kings. 

26 And these are they that con- 
spired against him; Za’bad the 
son of Shim’e-ath an Am’mon- 
it-ess, and Jé-hoz’a-bad the son 
of Shim’rith a Md’ab-it-ess. 

27 4 Now concerning his sons, 
and the greatness of the burdens 
laid upon him, and the repairing 
of the house of God, behold, they 
are written in the story of the 
book of the kings. And Am-a- 


zi’ah his son reigned in his 
stead. 


392 CHAPTER 25 
1 Amaziah succeeds Joash. 11 He de- 
feats Edom. 25 His reign and death. 

Ap Soha was twenty and 

five years old when he began 
to reign, and he reigned twenty 
and nine years in Jé-ru’sa-iém. 
And his mother’s name was Jé- 
ho-ad’dan of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

2 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LoRD, 
but not with a perfect heart. 

3 9 Now it came to pass, when 
the kingdom was established to 
him, that he slew his servant 
that had killed the king his 
father. : a 

4 But he slew not their chil- 
dren, but did as it is written in 
the law in the book of M6’ses, 
where the LORD commanded, 
saying, The fathers shall not die 
for the children, neither shall the 
children die for the fathers, but 
every man shall die for his own 
sin. 

5 § Moreover Am-a-zi’ah gath- 
ered Ji’dah together, and made 
them captains over thousands, 
and captains over hundreds, ac- 
cording to the houses of their 
fathers, throughout all Ji’dah 
and Bén’ja-min: and he num- 
bered them from twenty years 
old and above, and found them 
three hundred thousand choice 
men, able to go forth to war, that 
could handle spear and shield. 

6 He hired also an hundred 
thousand mighty men of valour 


Amaziah succeeds Joash, 


out of is’ra-el for an hundred 
talents of silver. 

But there came a man of God 
to him, saying, O king, let not 
the army of Is’ra-el go with thee; 
for the LORD is not with Is’ra-el, 
to wit, with all the children of 
E’phra-im. ; 

8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be 
strong for the battle: God shall 
make thee fall before the enemy: 
for God hath power to help, and © 
to cast down. 

9 d Am-a-zi’ah said to the 
man of God, But what shall we 
do for the hundred talents which 
I have given to the army of is’- 
ra-el? And the man of God an- 
swered, The LORD is able to 
give thee much more than this. 

10 Then Am-a-zi’ah separated 
them, fo wit, the army that was 
come to him out of E’phra-im, to 
go home again: wherefore their 
anger was greatly kindled against 
Ju’dah, and they returned home 
in great anger. 

11 4 And Am-a-zi’ah strength- 
ened himself, and led forth his 
people, and went to the valley of 
salt, and smote of the children of 
Sé’ir ten thousand. 

12 And other ten thousand left 
alive did the children of Ji’dah 
Carry away captive, and brought 
them unto the top of the rock, and 
cast them down from the top of 
the rock, that they all were brok- 
en in pieces. é 

13 4 But, the soldiers of the 
army which Am-a-zi’ah sent 
back, that they should not go 
with him to battle, fell upon the 
cities of Ja’dah, from Sa-ma’ri-4 
even unto Béth-hod’rén, and 
smote three thousand of them, 
and took much spoil. 

14 4 Now it came to pass, after 
that Am-a-zi/ah was come from 
the slaughter of the E’dom-ites, 
that he brought the gods of the 
children of Sé/ir, and set them 
up fo be his gods, and bowed 
down himself before them, and 
burned incense unto them. 

15 Wherefore the anger of the 


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Uzziah succeeds Amaziah 


LORD was kindled against Am- 
a-zi’ah, and he sent unto him a 
prophet, which said unto him, 
Why hast thou sought after the 
gods of the people, which could 
not deliver their own people out 
of thine hand? 

16 And it came to pass, as he 
talked with him, that the king 
said unto him, Art thou made of 
the king’s counsel? forbear; 
why shouldest thou be smitten? 
Then the prophet forbare, and 
said, I know that God hath de- 
termined to destroy thee, because 
thou hast done this, and hast not 
hearkened unto my counsel. 

17 § Then Am-a-zi’ah king of 
Ji’dah took advice, and sent to 
J6’ash, the son of Jé-h6’a-haz, 
the son of Jé’hi, king of Is’ra-el, 
saying, Come, let us see one an- 
other in the face. a 

18 And J6’ash king of Is’ra-el 
sent to Am-a-zi’ah king of Ji’- 
dah, saying, The thistle that was 
in Léb’a-non sent to the cedar 
that was in Léb’a-non, saying, 
Give thy daughter to my son to 
wife: and there passed by a 
wild beast that was in Léb’a-non, 
and trode down the thistle. 

19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast 
smitten the E’dom-ites; and 
thine heart lifteth thee up to 
boast: abide now at home; why 
shouldest thou meddle to thine 
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, 
even thou, and Ji’dah with 
thee? f 

20 But Am-a-zi’ah would not 
hear; for it came of God, that 
he might deliver them into the 
hand of their enemies, because 
they sought after the gods of 
E’dom. . s 

21 So Jod’ash the king of Is’ra-el 
went up; and they saw one an- 
other in the face, both he and 
Am-a-zi/ah king of Ja’dah, at 
Béth—shé’mesh, which belongeth 
to Ja’dah. 

22 And Ja’dah was put to the 
worse before Is’ra-el, and they 
fled every man to his tent. 

23 And Jé’ash the king of Is’- 

37 


2 CHRONICLES, 26 


ra-el took Am-a-zi’ah king of Ji’- 
dah, the son of J6’ash, the son of 
Jé-hd’a-haz, at Béth-shé’mesh, 
and brought him to, Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and brake down the wall of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém from the gate of 
E’phra-im to the corner gate, 
four hundred cubits. 

24 And he took all the gold and 
the silver, and all the vessels that 
were found in the house of God 
with O’bed—é’dom, and the treas- 
ures of the king’s house, the 
hostages also, and returned to 
Sa-ma‘ri-a. | 

25 4 And Am-a-zi’ah the son 
of Jo’ash king of Jua’dah lived 
after the death of Jo’ash son of 
Jé-hod’a-haz king of Is’ra-el fif- 
teen years. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of 
Am-a-zi’ah, first and last, behold, 
are they not written in the book of 
the kings of Ja’dah and Is’ra-el? 

27 | Now after the time that 
Am-a-zi’ah did turn away from 
following the LORD they made 
a conspiracy against him in_Jé- 
ru’sd-lém; and he fled to La’- 
chish: but they sent to La’chish 
after him, and slew him there. 

28 And they brought him upon 
horses, and buried him with his 
fathers in the city of Ji’dah. 


CHAPTER 26 393. 
1 Uzziah succeeds Amaziah. 11 His 
great army. 21 He dies of leprosy. 
HEN all the people of Ja’dah 
took Uz-zi’ah, who was six- 
teen years old, and made him 
king in the room of his father 
Am-a-zi’ah. _ 
_2 He built E/loth, and restored 
it to Ji’dah, after that the king 
slept with his fathers. 

3 Sixteen years old was Uz-zi’- 
ah when he began to reign, and 
he reigned fifty and two years in 
Jé-ru’sé-lém. His mother’s 
name also was Jéc-o-li/ah of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. ; 

4 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
according to all that his father 
Am-a-zi’ah did. 


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2 CHRONICLES, 26 


5 And he sought God in the 
days of Zéch-a-ri’ah, who had 
understanding in the visions of 
God: and as long as he sought 
the LORD, God made him to 
prosper. 

6 And he went forth and warred 
against the Phi-lis’tines, an 
brake down the wall of Gath, and 
the wall of Jab’neh, and the wall 
of Ash’dod, and built cities about 
Ash’d6d, and among the Phi- 
lis’tines. 

7 And God helped him against 
the Phi-lis’tines, and against the 
A-ra’bi-ans that dwelt in Gfir- 
ba’al, and the Mé-hi’nims. 

8 And the Am’mon-ites gave 
gifts to Uz-zi/ah: and his name 
spread abroad even to the enter- 
ing in of E’gypt; for he strength- 
ened himself exceedingly. 

9 Moreover Uz-zi’ah built tow- 
ers in Jé-ru’sad-lém at the corner 
gate, and at the valley gate, and 
at the turning of the wall, and 
fortified them. 

10 Also he built towers in the 
desert, and digged many wells: 
for he had much cattle, both in 
the low country, and in the plains: 
husbandmen also, and vine dress- 
ers in the mountains, and in 
Car’mel: 


for he 
bandry. y 

11 Moreover Uz-zi/ah had an 
host of fighting men, that went 
out to war by bands, according to 
the number of their account by 
the hand of Jé-i’el the scribe and 
Ma-a-sé@’iah the ruler, under the 
hand of Han-a-ni/ah, one of the 
king’s captains. 

12 The whole number of the 
chief of the fathers of the mighty 
men of valour were two thousand 
and six hundred. 

13 And under their hand was 
an army, three hundred thou- 
sand and seven thousand and 
five hundred, that made war with 
mighty power, to help the king 
against the enemy. 

14 And Uz-zi’ah prepared for 
them throughout all the host 
shields, and spears, and helmets, 


loved hus- 


d| And h 


Uzziah’s army; his leprosy 


and habergeons, and bows, and 
slings to cast stones. 

15 And he made in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém engines, invented by cunning 
men, to be on the towers and 
upon the bulwarks, to shoot ar- 
rows and great stones withal. 
is name spread far abroad; 
for he was marvellously helped, 
till he was strong. 

16 {| But when he was strong, 
his heart was lifted up to his de- 
struction: for he transgressed 
against the LORD his God, and 
went into the temple of the LORD 
to burn incense upon the altar of 
incense. _ ’ 

17 And Az-a-ri’ah the priest 
went in after him, and with him 
fourscore priests of the LORD, 
that were valiant men: Z 

18 And they withstvod Uz- 
zi’ah the king, and said unto him, 
It appertaineth not unto thee, 
Uz-zi’ah, to burn incense unto the 
LORD, but to the priests the 
sons of Aar’on, that are conse- 
crated to burn incense: go out 
of the sanctuary; for thou hast 
trespassed; neither shall it be 
ee honour from the LORD 

od. 

19 Then Uz-zi’ah was wroth, 
and had a censer in his hand to 
burn incense: and while he was 
wroth with the priests, the lep- 
rosy even rose up in his forehead 
before the priests in the house of 
the LORD, from beside the in- 
cense altar. 

20 And Az-a-ri’‘ah the chief 
priest, and all the priests, looked 
upon him, and, behold, he was 
leprous in his forehead, and they 
thrust him out from thence; yea, 
himself hasted also to go out, 
ehaptes the LoRD had smitten 


im. 

21 And Uz-zi’-ah the king was 
a leper unto the day of his death, 
and dwelt in a several house, 
being a leper; for he was cut off 
from the house of the LORD: and 
Jo’tham his son was over the 
king’s house, judging the people 
of the land. 


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Jotham succeeds Uzziah 
22 §| Now the rest of the acts of 


Uz-zi’ah, first and last, did I-sa’- |] 


iah the prophet, the son of A’m6z, 
write. : : 
23 So Uz-zi’ah slept with his 
fathers, and they buried him with 
his fathers in the field of the 
burial which belonged_to the 
kings; for they said, He is a 
leper: and Jo’tham his son 
reigned in his stead. 


394 CHAPTER 27 


1 Jotham succeeds Uzziah. 5 He con- 
quers Ammon. 9 His death. 


O’THAM was twenty and five 

years old when he began to 

reign, and he reigned sixteen 
years in Jé-ru’sé-lém. _ His 
mother’s name also was Jé-ru’- 
shah, the daughter of Za’dok. 

2 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LoRD, 
according to all that his father 
Uz-zi’ah did: howbeit he entered 
not into the temple of the LORD. 
And the people did yet corruptly. 


3 He built the high gate of the} th 


house of the LORD, and on the 

wall of O’phel he built much. 

. * Moreover he built cities in the 
mountains of Ji’dah, and in the 
forests he built castles and 
towers. 3 

5 § He fought also with the 
king of the Am’mon-ites, and 
prevailed against them. And the 
children of Am’m6n gave him the 
same year an hundred talents of 

silver, and ten thousand meas- 
ures of wheat, and ten thousand 
of barley. So much did the chil- 
dren of Am’mon pay unto him, 
both the second year, and the 
third. ‘ 

6 So Jé’tham became mighty, 
because he prepared his ways 
before the LORD his God. 

7 ¥ Now the rest of the acts of 
Jo’tham, and all his wars, and 
his ways, lo, they are written in 
the book of the kings of Is’ra-el 
and Ju’dah. 

8 He was five and twenty years 
old when he began to reign, and 


2 CHRONICLES, 27, 28 


reigned sixteen years in Jé-ru’sa- 
ém. 

9 ¥ And Jo’tham slept with his 
fathers, and they buried him in 
the city of Da’vid: and A’haz his 
son reigned in his stead. 


CHAPTER 28\ 395 


1 Ahez succeeds Jotham. 2 His idola- 
try. 5 His defeats by Syria and 
Asrael. 27 Hezekiah succeeds him. 

fae was twenty years old 

when he began to reign, and 
he reigned sixteen years in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: but he did not that 
which was right in the sight of 
the LORD, like Da’vid his father: 

2 For he walked in the ways of 
the kings of Is’ra-el, and made 
also molten images for Ba’al-im. 

3 Moreover he burnt incense in 
the valley of the son of Hin’nom, 
and burnt his children in the fire, 
after the abominations of the 
heathen whom the LORD had cast 
out before the children of Is’ra-el. 

4 He sacrificed also and burnt 
incense in the high places, and on 
ne hills, and under every green 

ee. 

5 Wherefore the LORD his God 
delivered him into the hand of the 
king of Syr’i-a; and they smote 

im, and carried away a great 
multitude of them captives, and 
brought them to Da-mas’cus. 
And he was also delivered into 
the hand of the king of Is’ra-el, 
who smote with a great 
slaughter. 

6 {For Pé’kah the son of 
Rém-a-li’/ah slew in Ja’dah an 
hundred and twenty thousand in 
one day, which were all valiant 
men; because they had forsaken 
the LORD God of their fathers. 
_7 And Zich’ri, a mighty man of 
E’phra-im, slew Ma-a-sé’iah the 
king’s son, and Az’ri-kam the 
governor of the house, and El’ka- 
nah that was next to the king. 

8 And the children of is’ra-el 
carried away captive of their 
brethren two hundred thousand, 
women, sons, and daughters, and 
took also away much spoil from 


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2 CHRONICLES, 28 


them, and brought the spoil to 
Sa-ma/ri-a. 

9 But a prophet of the LORD 
was there, whose name was 
O’ded: and he went out before 
the host that came to Sa-ma’- 
ri-a, and said unto them, Behold, 
because the LORD God of your 
fathers was wroth with Ja’dah, 
he hath delivered them into your 
hand, and ye have slain them ina 
tage that reacheth up unto 
heaven. 

10 And now ye purpose to keep 
under the children of Ji’dah and 
Jé-ru’s4-lém for bondmen and 
bondwomen unto you: but are 
there not with you, even with 
Beh Soke against the LORD your 

O 


11 Now hear me therefore, and 
deliver the captives again, which 
ye have taken captive of your 
brethren: for the fierce wrath of 
the LORD is upon you. 

12 Then certain of the heads of 
the children of E’phra-im, Az-a- 
ri’‘ah the son of Jo-ha’nan, Bér-e- 
chi/ah the son of Mé-shil’le- 
moth, and Jé-hiz-ki’ah the son of 
Shal’/lum, and Am/a-sa the son of 
Had’la-i, stood up against them 
that came from the war, 

13 And said unto them, Ye shall 
not bring in the captives hither: 
for whereas we have offended 
against the LORD already, ye in- 
tend to add more to our sins and 
to our trespass: for our trespass 
is great, and there is fierce wrath 
against Is’ra-el. 

14 So the armed men left the 
captives and the spoil before the 
princes and all the congregation. 

15 And the men which were ex- 
pressed by name rose up, and 
took the captives, and with the 
spoil clothed all that were naked 
among them, and arrayed them, 
and shod them, and gave them 
to eat and to drink, and anointed 
them, and carried all the feeble 
of them upon asses, and brought 
them to Jér’i-ch6, the city of 
palm trees, to their brethren: 
then they returned to Sa-ma’ri-a. 


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16 ¢ At that time did king 
A’haz send unto the kings of 
As-syr’i-a to help him. 

17 For again the E’dom-ites 

had come and smitten Ji’dah, 
and carried away captives. 
_18 The Phi-lis’tines also had 
invaded the cities of the low 
country, and of the south of 
Ja’dah, and had taken Béth- 
shé’mesh, and Aj’a-lon, and 
Gé-dé’roth, and Sh6d’ch6 with 
the villages thereof, and Tim’nah 
with the villages thereof, Gim/’z6 
also and the villages thereof: and 
they dwelt there. 

19 For the LORD brought Ji’- 
dah low because of A’haz king of 
ts’ra-el; for he made Jia’dah 
naked, and transgressed sore 
against the LORD. 

20 And Til’gath-pil-né’ser king 
of As-syr’i-a came unto him, and 
distressed him, but strengthened 
him not. _ 

21 For A’haz took away a por- 
tion out of the house of the LORD, 
and out of the house of the king, 
and of the princes, and gave if 
unto the king of As-syr’i-a: but 
he helped him not. 

22 { And in the time of his 
distress did he trespass yet more 
against the LORD: this is that 
king A’haz. 

23 For he sacrificed unto the 
gods of Da-mas’cus, which smote 
him: and he said, Because the 
gods of the kings of Syr’i-a help 
them, therefore will I sacrifice to 
them, that they may help me. 
But they were the ruin of him, 
and of all Is’ra-el. 

24 And A’haz gathered together. 
the vessels of the house of God, 
and cut in pieces the vessels of 
the house of God, and ‘shut up 
the doors of the house of the 
LORD, and he made him altars 
in every corner of Jé-ru’sd- 
lém. i 

25 And in every several city of 
Ji’dah he made high places to 
burn incense unto other gods, 
and provoked to anger the LORD 
God of his fathers. 


Hezekiah’s good reign 


26 § Now the rest of his acts 
and of all his ways, first and last, 
behold, they are written in the 
book of the kings of Ja’dah and 
is’ra-el. 

27 And A’haz slept with his fa- 
thers, and they buried him in the 
city, even in Jé-ru’sa-lém: but 
they brought him not into the 
sepulchres of the kings of is’- 
ra-el: and Héz-e-ki’ah his son 
reigned in his stead. 


396 CHAPTER 29 
1 Hezekiah’s reign. 3 Religion re- 
Stored. 12 The temple cleansed. 


EZ-E-KI’AH began to reign 
when he was five and twen- 
ty years old, and he reigned nine 
and twenty years in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém. his mother’s name 
was A-bi/jah, the daughter of 
Zéch-a-ri’ah. é 
2 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 


2 CHRONICLES, 29 


ru’sa-lém, and he hath delivered 

them to trouble, to astonish- 

ment, and to hissing, as ye see 
with your eyes. 

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen 
by the sword, and our sons and 
our daughters and our wives are 
in captivity for this. 

10 Now it is in mine heart to 
make a covenant with the LORD 
God of is’ra-el, that his fierce 
wrath may turn away from us. 

11 My sons, be not now negli- 
gent: for the LORD hath chosen 
you to stand before him, to serve 
him, and that ye should minister 
unto him and: burn incense. 

12 4 Then the Lé’vites arose, 
Ma/hath the son of A-mas’a-l, 
and Jo’el the son of Az-a-ri’ah, of 
the sons of the K6’/hath-ites: and 
of the sons of Mé-ra’ri, Kish the 
son of Ab’di, and Az-a-ri’ah the 
son of Jé-hal’e-lél: and of the 
Gér’shon-ites; Jo’ah the son of 
Zim/mah, and E’/dén the son of 


/ 


according to all that Da’vid his! Jo’ah 


father had done. 

3 {He in the first year of his 
reign, in the first month, opened 
the doors of the house of the 
. LORD, and repaired them. 

4 And he brought in the priests 
and the Lé’vites, and gathered 
them together into the east street, 

5 And said unto them, Hear me, 
ye Lé’vites, sanctify now your- 
selves, and sanctify the house of 

e LORD God of your fathers, 
and carry forth the filthiness out 
of the holy place. 

6 For our fathers have tres- 
passed, and done that which was 
evil in the eyes of the LORD our 
God, and have forsaken him, and 
have turned away their faces 
from the habitation of the LORD, 
and turned their backs. 

7 Also they have shut up the 
doors of the porch, and put out 
the lamps, and have not burned 
incense nor offered burnt offer- 
ings in the holy place unto the 
God of Is’ra-el. 

8 Wherefore the wrath of the 
LORD was upon Ji’dah and Jé- 


13 And of the sons of E-liz’a- 
phan; Shim’ri, and Jé-i’el: and 
of the sons of A’saph; Zéch-a- 
ri’ah, and Mat-ta-ni’ah: 

14 And of the sons of Hé’man; 
Jé-hi’el, and Shim/e-i: and of 
the sons of Jéd’u-thin; Shém-a- 
ah, and Uz’zi-el. : 

15 they gathered their 
brethren, and sanctified them- 
selves, and came, according to 
the commandment of the king, 
by the words of the LORD, to 
cleanse the house of the LORD. 

16 And the priests went into 
the inner part of the house of the 
LORD, to cleanse if, and brought 
out all the uncleanness that they 
found in the temple of the LORD 
into the court of the house of the 
LorpD. And the Lé’vites took it, 
to carry it out abroad into the 
brook Kid’ron. 

17 Now they began on the first 
day of the first month to sanctify, 
and on the eighth day of the 
month came they to the porch 
of the LORD: so they sanctified 
the house of the LORD in eight 


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days; and in the sixteenth day 
of Hn first month they made an 
end. 

18 Then they went in to Héz-e- 
ki’ah the king, and said, We have 
cleansed all the house of the 
LORD, and the altar of burnt 
offering, with all the vessels 
thereof, and the shewbread table, 
with all the vessels thereof. 

19 Moreover all the vessels, 
which king A’haz in his reign did 
cast away in his transgression, 
have we prepared and sanctified, 
and, behold, they are before the 
altar of the LORD. _ : 

20 § Then Héz-e-ki’ah the king 
rose early, and gathered the rulers 
of the city, and went up to the 
house of the LORD. 

21 And they brought seven bul- 
locks, and seven rams, and seven 
lambs, and seven he goats, for a 
sin offering for the kingdom, and 
for the sanctuary, and for Ja’dah. 
And he commanded the priests 
the sons of Aar’on to offer them 
on the altar of the LORD. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, 
and the priests received the blood, 
and sprinkled it on the altar: 
likewise, when they had killed 
the rams, they sprinkled the 
blood upon the altar: they killed 
also the lambs, and they sprin- 
kled the blood upon the altar. 

23 And they brought forth the 
he goats for the sin offering be- 
fore the king and the congrega- 
tion; and they laid their kands 
upon them: 

24 And the priests killed them, 
and they made reconciliation 
with their blood upon the altar, 
to make an atonement for all 
Is’ra-el: for the king commanded 
that the burnt offering and the 
sin offering should be made for 
all Is’ra-el. 

25 And he set the Lé’vites in 
the house of the LORD with cym- 
bals, with psalteries, and with 
harps, according to the com- 
mandment of Da’vid, and of 
Gad the king’s seer, and Na’- 
than the prophet: for so was the 


The temple cleansed 


commandment of the LORD by 
his prophets. 2 

26 And the Lé’vites stood with 
the instruments of Da’vid, and 
the priests with the trumpets. 

27 And Héz-e-ki’ah command- 
ed to.offer the burnt offering upon 
the altar. And when the burnt 
offering began, the song of the 
LORD began also with the trump- 
ets, and with the instruments 
ordained by Da’vid king of 
Is’ra-el. : 

28 And all the congregation 
worshipped, and the singers 
sang, and the trumpeters sound- 
ed: and all this continued until 
the burnt offering was finished. 

29 And when they had made an 
end of offering, the king and all 
that were present with him 
bowed themselves, and wor- 
shipped. 

30 Moreover Héz-e-ki/ah the 
king and the princes commanded 
the Lé’vites to sing praise unto 
the LORD with the words of Da’- 
vid, and of A’saph the seer. And 
they sang praises with gladness, 
and they bowed their heads and 
worshipped. 

31 Then Héz-e-ki’ah answered 
and said, Now ye have conse- 
crated yourselves unto the LORD, 
come near and bring sacrifices 
and thank offerings into the 
house of the LORD. And the 
congregation brought in sacri- 
fices and thank offerings; and as 
many as were of a free heart 
burnt offerings. 

32 And the number of the burnt 
offerings, which the congregation 
brought, was threescore and ten 
bullocks, an hundred rams, and 
two hundred lambs: all these 
were for a burnt offering to the 
LORD. 

33 And the consecrated things 
were six hundred oxen and three 
thousand sheep. 

34 But the priests were too few, 
so that they could not flay all the 
burnt offerings: wherefore their 
brethren the Lé’vites did help 
them, till the work was ended, 


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Hezekiah proclaims a passover 


and until the other priests had 
sanctified themselves: for the 
Lé’vites were more upright in 
heart to sanctify themselves than 
the priests. . 

35 And also the burnt offerings 
were in abundance, with the fat 
of the peace offerings, and the 
drink offerings for every burnt 
offering. So the service of the 
house of the LORD was set in 
order. s me 
36 And Héz-e-ki’ah rejoiced, 
and all the people, that God had 
prepared the people: for the 
thing was done suddenly. 


397 CHAPTER 30 


1 Hezekiah proclaims a passover. 
It is kept fourteen days. 2 
people blessed. 

ND Heéz-e-ki’ah_sent to all 
Is’ra-el and Ji’dah, and 
wrote letters also to E/phra-im 
and Ma-ndas’seh, that they should 
come to the house of the LORD at 

Jé-ru’sa-lém, to keep the pass- 

over unto the LORD God of 

Is’ra-el. 4 
2 For the king had taken coun- 

sel, and his princes, and all the 

congregation in Jé-ru’sa-lém, to 
keep the passover in the second 
month. 

3 For they could not keep it at 
that time, because the priests 
had not sanctified themselves 
sufficiently, neither had the peo- 
ple gathered themselves together 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

4 And the thing pleased the 
king and all the congregation. 

5 So they established a decree 
to make proclamation throughout 
all Is’ra-el, from Bé’er—shé’ba 
even to Dan, that they should 
come to keep the passover unto 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el at Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: for they had not done 
it of a long time in such sort as it 
was written. 

6 So the posts went with the 
letters from the king and his 
princes throughout all Is’ra-el 
and Ju’dah, and according to the 
commandment of the king, say- 


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2 CHRONICLES, 30 


ing, Ye children of is’ra-el, turn 
again unto the LorRD God of 
A’bra-ham, I’saac, and Is’ra-el, - 
and he will return to the remnant 
of you, that are escaped out of the 
hand of the kings of As-syr’i-a. 

7 And be not ye like your fa- 
thers, and like your brethren, 
which trespassed against the 
LORD God of their fathers, who 
therefore gave them up to deso- 
lation, as ye see. 

8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, 
as your fathers were, but yield 
yourselves unto the LORD, and 
enter into his sanctuary, which 
he hath sanctified for ever: and 
serve the LORD your God, that 
the fierceness of his wrath may 


he | turn away from you. 


9 For if ye turn again unto the 
LORD, your brethren and your 
children shall find compassion 
before them that lead them cap- 
tive, so that they shall come 
again into this land: for the 
LORD your God is gracious and 
merciful, and will not turn away 
his face from you, if ye return 
unto him. 

10 So the posts passed from 
city to city through the country 
of E’phra-im and Ma-nas’seh 
even unto Zéb’u-lin: but they 
laughed them to scorn, and 
mocked them. i 

11 Nevertheless divers of Ash’- 
ér and Ma-nas’seh and of Zéb’u- 
lin humbled themselves, and 
came to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

12 Also in Jai’dah the hand of 
God was to give them one heart 
to do the commandment of the 
king and of the princes, by the 
word of the LORD. 

13 ¢ And there assembled at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém much people to 
keep the feast of unleavened 
bread in the second month, a 
very great congregation. 

14 And they arose and_ took 
away the altars that were in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and all the altars for 
incense took they away, and cast 
them into the brook Kid’ron. 

15 Then they killed the pass- 


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over on the fourteenth day of the 
second month: and the priests 
and the Lé’vites were ashamed, 
and sanctified themselves, and 
brought in the burnt offerings 
into the house of the LORD. 

16 And they stood in their 
place after their manner, accord- 
ing to the law of M6’ses the man 
of God: the priests sprinkled the 
blood, which they received of 
the hand of the Lé’vites. 

17 For there were many in the 
congregation that were not sanc- 
tified: therefore the Lé’vites had 
the charge of the killing of the 
passovers for every one that was 
not clean, to sanctify them unto 
the LORD. 

18 For a multitude of the peo- 
ple, even many of £’phra-im, 
and Ma-nas’seh, Is’sa-char, and 
Zéb’u-ltin, had not cleansed 
themselves, yet did they eat the 
Passover otherwise than it was 
written. But Héz-e-ki’ah prayed 
for them, saying, The good LORD 
pardon every one 

19 That prepareth his heart to 
seek God, the LORD God of his 
fathers, though he be not cleans- 
ed according to the purification 
of the sanctuary. 

..20 And the LORD hearkened to 
Héz-e-ki’ah, and healed the 
people. 3 

, 21 And the children of As’ra-el 
‘that were present at Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, kept the feast of unleavened 
bread seven days with great 
gladness: and the Lé’vites and 
the priests praised the LORD day 
by day, singing with loud instru- 
ments unto the LORD. 

22 And Héz-e-ki’ah spake com- 
fortably unto all the Lé’vites that 
taught the good knowledge of the 
LORD: and they did eat through- 
out the feast seven days, offering 
peace offerings, and making 
confession to the LORD God of 
their fathers. 

23 And the whole assembly 
took counsel to keep other seven 
days: and they kept other seven 
days with gladness. 





The passover kept 


24 For Héz-e-ki’ah king of Ji’- 
dah did give to the congregation 
a thousand bullocks and seven 
thousand sheep; and the princes 
gave to the congregation a thou- 
sand bullocks and ten thousand 
Sheep: and a great number of 
priests sanctified themselves. 

25 ull the congregation of 
Ju’dah, with the priests and the 
Lé’vites, and all the congregation 
that came out of Iis’ra-el, and the 
strangers that came_out of the 
land of Is’ra-el, and that dwelt 
in Ji’dah, rejoiced. : 

26 So there was great joy in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: for since the time 
of Sol’o-mon the son of Da’vid 
king of Is’ra-el there was not the 
like in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

27 4 Then the priests the Lé’- 
vites arose and blessed the peo- 
ple: and their voice was heard, 
and their prayer came up to his 
holy dwelling place, even unto 
heaven. 


CHAPTER 31 398 


1 The priestly courses. 5 Offerings of 
the people. 20 Hezekiah’s sincerity. 
OW when ail this was fin- 
ished, all Is’ra-el that were 
present went out to the cities of 
Ji’dah, and brake the images in 
pieces, and cut down the groves, 
and threw down the high places 
and the altars out of all Ja’dah 
and Bén’ja-min, in E’phr3-im 
also and Ma-ndas’seh, until they 
had utterly destroyed them all 
Then all the children of is’ra-el 
returned, every man to his pos- 
session, into their own cities. 

2 4 And Héz-e-ki’ah appointed 
the courses of the priests and 
the Lé’vites after their courses, 
every man according to his serv- 
ice, the priests and Lé’vites for 
burnt offerings and for peace 
offerings, to minister, and to give 
thanks, and to praise in the gates 
of the tents of the LORD. 

3 He appointed also the king’s 
portion of his substance for the 
burnt offerings, to wit, for the 


morning and evening burnt offer- 


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Offerings of the people 


ings, and the burnt offerings for 
the sabbaths, and for the new 
moons, and for the 4 feasts, as 
itis written in the law of the 
LORD. 

4 Moreover he commanded the 
people that dwelt in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém to give the portion of the 
priests and the Lé’vites, that 
they might be encouraged in the 
law of the LORD. 

5 § And as soon as the com- 


2 CHRONICLES, 31 


ruler, and Shim/’e-i his’ brother 
was the next. 

13 And Jé-hi’el, and Az-a-zi’ah, 
and Na’hath, and A’sa-hél, and 
Jér’i-moth, and Jéz’a-bad, and 
E-li’el, and is-ma-chi’ah, and 
Ma’hath, and Bé-na’iah, were 
overseers under the hand of 
Con-o-ni/ah and Shim/’e-i his 
brother, at the commandment of 
Héz-e-ki’/ah the king, and Az-a- 
ti’ah the ruler of the house of 


mandment came abroad, the Go d. 


children of Is’ra-el brought in 
abundance the firstfruits of corn, 
wine, and oil, and honey, and of 
all the increase of the field; and 
the tithe of ail things brought 
they in abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children 
of Is’ra-el and Ju’dah, that dwelt 
in the cities of Ju’dah, they also 
brought in the tithe of oxen and 
sheep, and the tithe of holy 
things which were consecrated 
unto the LORD their God, and 
laid them by heaps. 

7 In the third month they began 
to lay the foundation of the 
heaps, and finished them in the 
seventh month. 

» 8 And when Héz-e-ki’ah and 
the princes came and saw the 
heaps, they blessed the LORD, 
and his people Is’ra-el. : 

9 Then Héz-e-ki’ah questioned 
with the priests and the Lé’vites 
concerning the heaps. 

10 And Az-a-ri’ah the chief 
priest of the house of Za’dok 
answered him, and said, Since 
the people began to bring the 
offerings into the house of the 
LORD, we have had enough to 
eat, and have left plenty: for the 
LorD hath blessed his people; 
and that which is left zs this great 
store. 

11 § Then Heéz-e-ki’ah com- 
manded to prepare chambers in 
the house of the LORD; and they 
prepared them, 

12 And brought in the offerings 
and the tithes and the dedicated 
things faithfully: over which 
Cén-o-ni/ah the Lé’vite was 


' 14 And KO’ré the son of Im’nah 
the Lé’vite, the porter toward the 
east, was over the freewill offer- 
ings of God, to distribute the 
oblations of the LORD, and the 
most holy things. iy ti 

15 And next him were E’dén, 

and Min’i-a-min, and Jésh’u-a, 
and Shém-a-i’/ah, Am-a-ri’ah, 
and Shéc-a-ni’ah. in the cities 
of the priests, in their set office, 
to give to their brethren by 
courses, as well to the great as 
to the small: 
16 Beside their genealogy of 
males, from three years old and 
upward, even unto every one that 
entereth into the house of the 
LORD, his daily portion for their 
service in their charges according 
to their courses; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the 
priests by the house of their fa- 
thers, and the Lé’vites from 
twenty years old and upward, in 
their charges by their courses; 

18 And. to the genealogy of all 
their little ones, their wives, and 
their sons, and their daughters, 
through all the congregation: for 
in their set office they sanctified 
themselves in holiness: 

19 Also of the sons of: Aar’on 
the priests, which were in the 
fields of the suburbs of their 
cities, in every several city, the 
men that were expressed by 
name, to give portions to all the 
males among the priests, and to 
all that were reckoned by gene- 
ayia, among the Lé’vites. 

20 ¥ And thus did Héz-e-ki’ah 
throughout all Ji’dah, and 


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wrought that which was good 
and right and truth before the 
LORD his God. 

21 And in every work that he 
began in the service of the house 
of God, and in the law, and in the 
commandments, to seek his God, 
he did it with all his heart, and 
prospered. 


399 CHAPTER 32 

1 Sennacherib invades Judah. 21 The 

Assyrians destroyed. 27 Hezekiah’s 

works and death. 

FTER these things, and the 
establishment thereof, Sén- 
nach’e-rib king of As-syr’i-a 
came, and entered into Ja’dah, 
and encamped against the fenced 
Cities, and thought to win them 
for himself. 

2 And when Héz-e-ki’ah saw 
that Sén-nach’e-rib was come, 
and that he was purposed to 
fight against Jé-ru’s4-lém, 

3 He took counsel with his 
princes and his mighty men to 
stop the waters of the fountains 
which were without the city: and 
they did help him. 

4 So there was gathered much 
people together, who stopped all 
the fountains, and the brook that 
ran through the midst of the 
land, saying, Why should the 
kings of As-syr’i-a come, and find 
much water? 

5 Also he strengthened him- 
self, and built up all the wall that 
was broken, and raised it up to 
the towers, and another wall 
without, and_repaired Mil/lé in 
the city of Da’vid, and made 
darts and shields in abundance. 

6 And he set captains of war 
over the people, and gathered 
them together to him in the street 
of the gate of the city, and spake 
comfortably to them, saying, 

e strong and courageous, 
be not afraid nor dismayed for 
the king of As-syr’i-a, nor for all 
the multitude that is with him: 
for there be more with us than 
with him: 

8 With him is an arm of flesh; 


Sennacherib invades Judah 


but with us 7s the LORD our God 
to help us, and to fight our bat- 
tles. And the people rested 
themselves upon the words of 
Héz-e-ki’ah king of J t’dah. 

9 ¥ After this did Sén-nach’e- 
rib king of As-syr’i-a send his 
servants to Jé-ru’sa-lém, (but he 
himself laid siege against La’- 
chish, and all. his power with 
him,) unto Héz-e-ki’ah king of 
Ja’dah, and unto all Ji’dah that 
were at Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, 

10 Thus saith Sén-nach’e-rib 
king of As-s¥r’i-a, Whereon do ye 
trust, that ye abide in the siege 
in Jé-ru’sd-lém? 

11 Doth not Héz-e-ki’ah per- 
Suade you to give over your- 
selves to die by famine and by 
thirst, saying, The LORD our God 
shall deliver us out of the hand 
of the king of As-syr’i-a? 

12 Hath not the same Héz-e- 
ki’ah taken away his high places 
and his altars, and commanded 
Jua’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, 
Ye shall worship before one altar, 
and burn incense upon it? 

13 Know ye not what I and my 
fathers have done unto all the 
people of other lands? were the 
gods of the nations of those lands 
any ways able to deliver their 
lands out of mine hand? 

14 Who was there among all 
the gods of those nations that my 
fathers utterly destroyed, that 
-ould deliver his people out of 
mine hand, that your God should 
be able to deliver you out of mine 
hand? ; 

15_ Now therefore let not Héz-e- © 
ki’ah deceive you, nor persuade 
you on this manner, neither yet 
believe him: for no god of any 
nation or kingdom was able to 
deliver his people out of mine 
hand, and out of the hand of my — 
fathers: how much less shall 
your God deliver you out of mine 
hand? 

16 And his servants spake yet 
more against the LORD God, and 
against his servant Héz-e-ki’ah, 

17 He wrote also letters to rail — 


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Assyrians defeated. Hezekiah dies 


on the LORD God of Is’ra-el, and 
to speak against him, saying, As 
the gods of the nations of other 
lands have not delivered their 
people out of mine hand, so shall 
not the God of Héz-e-ki’ah de- 
liver his people out of mine hand. 

18 Then they cried with a loud 
voice in the Jews’ speech unto 
the people of Jé-ru’sa-lém_ that 
were on the wall, to affright 
them, and to trouble them; that 
they might take the city. | 

i9 And they spake against the 
God of Jé-ru’sa-lém, as against 
the gods of the people of the 
earth, which were the work of 
the hands of man. 

20 one for this cause Héz-e- 
ki/ah the king, and the prophet 
i-sa a ate son of A’m6z, prayed 
and cried to heaven. 

21 § And the LORD sent an 
angel, which cut off all the mighty 
men of valour, and the leaders 
and captains in the camp of the 
king of As-syr’i-a. So he re- 
turned with shame of face to his 
own land. And when he was 
come into the house of his god, 
they that came forth of his own 
» bowels slew him there with the 
sword. 

22 Thus the LORD saved Héz- 
e-ki/ah and the inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém from the hand of 
Sén-nach’e- rib ‘the king of As- 
syr’i-a, and from the hand of ail 
ether and guided them on every 
side. 

23 And many brought gifts 
unto the LORD to Jé-ruy’sa-lém, 
and presents to Héz-e-ki’ah 
king of Ja’dah: so that he was 
magnified in the sight of all 
nations from thenceforth. 

24 ¥ In those days Héz-e-ki’ah 
was sick to the death, and prayed 
unto the LORD: and he spake 
unto him, and he gave him a sign. 

25 But Héz-e-ki’ah rendered 
not again according to the benefit 
done unto him; for his heart 
was lifted up: therefore there 
was wrath upon him, and upon 
Ji’dah and Jé-ry’sa-lém. 


2 CHRONICLES, 33 


26 Notwithstanding  Héz-e- 
ki’/ah humbled himself for the 
pride of his heart, both he and 
the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

o that the wrath of the LORD 
en not upon them in the days 
of Héz-e-ki’ah. 

27 § And Héz-e-ki’ah had ex- 
ceeding much riches and hon- 
our: and he made himself treas- 
uries for silver, and for gold, and 
for precious stones, and for 
spices, and for shields, and for 
all manner of pleasant jewels; 

28 Storehouses also for the in- 
crease of corn, and wine, and oil; 
and stalls for all manner cf 
beasts, and cotes for flocks. 

29 Moreover he provided him 
cities, and possessions of flocks 
and herds in abundance: for 
God had given him substance 
very much. 

30 This same Héz-e-ki’ah also 
stopped the upper watercourse of 
Gi/hon, and brought it straight 
down to the west side of the city 
of Da’vid. And Héz-e-ki’ah 
prospered in all his works. 

31 { Howbeit in the business of 
the ambassadors of the princes 
of Bab’y-lon, who sent unto him 
to enauire of the wonder that was 
done in the land, God left him, to 
try him, that he might know all 
that was in his heart. 

32 4 Now the rest of the acts of 
Héz-e-ki’/ah, and his goodness, 
behold, they are written in the 
vision of i-sa’iah the prophet, 
the son of A’m6z, and in the 
book of the kings of Ji’dah and 
Is’ra-el. 

33 And Héz-e-ki’ah slept with 
his fathers, and they buried him 
in the chiefest of the sepulchres 
of the sons of Da’vid: and all 
Ji’dah and the inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém did him honour at 
his death. And Ma-ndas’seh his 
son reigned in his stead. 


CHAPTER 33 400 


1 Manasseh’s reign. 11 He is carried 
to Babylon. 12 His repentance. 
. 24 Servants slay Amon. 


587 


2 CHRONICLES, 33 


A-NAS’/SEH was twelve 

¥ years old when he began to 

reign, and he reigned fifty and 
five years in Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

2 But did that which was evil in 
the sight of the LORD, like unto 
the abominations of the heathen, 
whom the LORD had cast out be- 
fore the children of Is’ra-el. 

3 4 For he built again the high 
places which Heéz-e-ki’/ah his 
father had broken down, and he 
reared up altars for Ba’al-im, and 
made groves, and worshipped 
all the host of heaven, and served 


them. 

. 4 Also he built altars in the 
house of the LORD, whereof the 
LORD had said, In Jé-ru’sa-lém 
shall my name be for ever, 

5 And he built altars for all the 
host of heaven in the two courts 
of the house of the LORD. 

6 And he caused his children 
. to pass through the fire in the val- 
ley of the son of Hin’nom: also 
he observed times, and used en- 
chantments, and used witchcraft, 
and dealt with a familiar spirit, 
and with wizards: he wrought 
much evil in the sight of 
LORD, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he set a carved image, 
the idol which he had made, in 
the house of God, of which God 
had said to Da’vid and to Sol’o- 
mon his son, In this house, and 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém, which I have 
chosen before all the tribes. of 
is’ra-el, will I put my name for 
ever: 

8 Neither will I any more re- 
move the foot of Is’ra-el from out 
of the land which I have appoint- 
ed for your fathers; so that they 
will take heed to do all that I have 
commanded them according to 
the whole law and the statutes 
and the ordinances by the hand 
of MO’ses. 

9 So Ma-nas’seh made Ji’dah 
and the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém to err, and to do worse than 
the heathen, whom the LORD had 
gests pre before the children of 
Is’ra-el. 


Manasseh’s wicked reign 


10 And the LORD spake to 
Ma-nas’seh, and to his people: 
but they would not hearken. 

11 § Wherefore the LORD 
brought upon them the captains 
of the host of the king of As- 
syr’'i-a, which took Ma-nas’seh 
among the thorns and bound 
him with fetters, and carried 
him to Bab’y-lon. 

12 And when he was in afflic- 
tion, he besought the LORD his 
God, and humbled himself 
greatly before the God of his 
fathers, 

13 And prayed unto him: and 
he was intreated of him, and 
heard his supplication, and 
brought him again to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém into his kingdom. Then 
Ma-nas’seh knew that the LORD 
he was God. 

14 Now after this he built a 
wall without the city of Da’vid, 
on the west side of Gi’/hon, in 
the valley, even to the entering in 
at the fish gate, and compassed 
about O’phel, and raised itupa 
very great height, and put cap- 
tains of war in all the fenced 


e | cities of Ji’dah. 


15 And he took away the strange 
gods, and the idol out of the 
house of the LORD, and all the 
altars that he had built in the 
mount of the house of the LORD, 
and in Jé-ru’sa-lém, and cast 
them out of the city. 

16 And he repaired the altar of 
the LORD, and sacrificed thereon 
peace offerings and thank offer- — 
ings, and commanded Ju’dah to 
serve the LORD God of Is’ra-el. 

17 Nevertheless the people did 
sacrifice still in the high places, 
ue unto the LORD their God 
only. 

18 4 Now the rest of the acts of 
Ma-nas’seh, and his prayer unto 
his God, and the words of the 
seers that spake to him in the 
name of the LORD God of Is’ ~ 
ra-el, behold, they are written in 
the book of the kings of Is’ra-el. 

19 His prayer also, and how 
God was intreated of him, and all 


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2 CHRONICLES, 34 


Do 
his sins, and his trespass, and {the high places, and the groves, 


the places wherein he built high 
places, and set up groves and 
graven images, before he was 
humbled: behold, they are writ- 
ten among the sayings of the 
seers. 

20 § So Ma-nas’seh slept with 
his fathers, and they buried him 
in his own house: and A’mon his 
son reigned in his stead. 

21 {| A’mon was two and twenty 
years old when he began to reign, 
and reigned two years in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. , 

22 But he did that which was 


evil in the sight of the LORD, as | 1 


did Ma-nas’seh his father: for 
A’mon sacrificed unto all the 
carved images which Ma-nas’seh 
his father had made, and served 


em; 
23 And humbled not himself 

before the LORD, as Ma-nds’seh 

his father had humbled himself; 
but A’mon trespassed more and 
more. 

24 And his servants conspired 
against him, and slew him in his 
own house. 

25 4 But the people of the land 

. slew all them that had conspired 
against king A’mon; and the 
people of the land made Jé-si’ah 
his son king in his stead. 


401 CHAPTER 34 
1 Josiah succeeds Amon. 14 Book of 
the law found. 23 Huldah’s proph- 
ecy. _29 Covenant renewed. _ 
O-SIV’AH was eight years old 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned in Jé-ru’sa-lém one 
and thirty years. 3 

2 And he did that which was 
right in the sight of the LORD, 
and walked in the ways of 
Da’vid his father, and declined 
neither to the right hand, nor to 
the left. 

3 4 For in the eighth year of his 
reign, while he was yet young, 
he began to seek after the God of 
Da’/vid his father: and in the 
twelfth year he began to purge 
Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém from 


and the carved images, and the 
molten images. 

4 And they brake down the 
altars of Ba’al-im in his presence; 
and the images, that were on 
high above them, he cut down; 
and the groves, and the carved 
images, and the molten images, 
he brake in pieces, and made 
dust of them, and strowed it 
upon the graves of them that 
had sacrificed unto them. 

5 And he burnt the bones of 
the priests upon their altars, and 
cleansed Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa- 


ém. 

6 And so did he in the cities of 
Ma-nas’seh, and E’phra-im, and 
Sim/’e-on, even unto Naph’ta-li, 
with their mattocks round about. 

7 And when he had broken 
down the altars and the groves, 
and had beaten the graven im- 
ages into powder, and cut down - 
all the idols throughout all the 
land of Is’ra-el, he returned to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. ; 

8 4 Now in the eighteenth year 
of his reign, when he had purged 
the land, and the house, he sent 
Sha’phan the son of Az-a-li’ah, 
and Ma-a-sé’iah the governor of 
the city, and J6’ah the son of Jé’- 
a-haz the recorder, to repair the 
house of the LORD his God. 

9 And when they came to Hil- 
ki’ah the high priest, they deliv- 
ered the money that was brought 
into the house of God, which the 
Lé’vites that kept the doors had 
gathered of the hand of Ma-nas’- 
seh and E’phra-im, and of all the 
remnant of Is’ra-el, and of all 
Ji’dah and Bén’ja-min; | and 
they returned to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 And they put if in the hand 
of the workmen that had the 
oversight of the house of the 
LORD, and _ they gave it to the 
workmen that wrought in the 
house of the LORD, to repair and 
amend the house: 

11 Even to the artificers and 
builders gave they it, to buy hewn 
stone, and timber for couplings, 


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2 CHRONICLES, 34 


and to floor the houses which the 
kings of Jia’dah had destroyed. 
12 And the men did the work 
faithfully: and the overseers of 
them were Ja’hath and O-ba- 
di’ah, the Lé’vites, of the sons of 
Mé-ra’ri; and Zéch-a-ri’ah and 
Mé-shtl’lam, of the sons of the 


Book of the law found | 


me, and for them that are left in — 
Is’ra-el and in Ju’dah, concern-— 
ing the words of the book that is 
found: for great is the wrath of 
the LORD that is poured out upon 
us, because our fathers have not 
kept the word of the LORD, to do 
after all that is written in this 


K0O/hath-ites, to set ié forward; | book 


and other of the Lé’vites, all that 
could skill of instruments of 
musick. 

13 Aiso they were over the 
bearers of burdens, and were 
overseers of all that wrought the 
work in any manner of service: 
and of the Lé’vites there were 
scribes, and officers, and porters. 

14 § And when they brought 
out the money that was brought 
into the house of the LORD, Hil- 
ki’ah the priest found a book of 
ures law of the LORD given by 

6’ses 

15 mind Hil-ki’ah answered and 
said to Sha’phan the scribe, I 
have found the book of the law in 
the house of the LoRD. And 


Hil-ki’ah delivered the book to} Ji 


Sha’phan. 

16 And Sha’phan carried the 
book to the king, and brought the 
king word back again, saying, 
All that was committed to thy 
servants, they do if. 

17 And they have gathered 
together the money that was 
found in the house of the LORD, 
and have delivered it into the 
hand of the overseers, and to the 
hand of the workmen. 

18 Then Sha’phan the. scribe 
told the king, saying, Hil-ki’ah 
the priest hath given me a book. 
And Sha’phan read it before the 


king. 

19 And it came to pass, when 
the king had heard the words of 
the law, that he rent his clothes. 

20 And the king commanded 
Hil-ki’ah, and A-hi’kam the son 
of Sha’phan, and Ab’don the son 
of Mi’cah, and Sha’phan the 
scribe, and A-sa-i’/ah a servant of 
the king’s, saying, 

21 Ga. enquire of the LORD for 


22 And Hil-ki’ah, and they that 
the king had appointed, went to 
Hul/dah the prophetess, the wife 
of Shal’/lum the son of Tik’vath, 
the son of Has’rah, keeper of 
the wardrobe; (now she dwelt 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém in the college:) 
ence they spake to her to that 

23 a And she answered them, 
Thus saith the LORD God of Is’- 
ra-el, Tell ye the man that sent 
you to me, 

24 Thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, I will bring evil upon this 
place, and upon the inhabitants 
thereof, even all the curses that 
are written in the book which 
they have read before the king of 
t’dah: 

25 Because they have forsaken 
me, and have burned incense 
unto other gods, that they might 
provoke me to anger with all the 
works of their hands; therefore 
my wrath shall be poured out 
upon this place, and shali not be 
quenched. 

26 And as for the king of Ji’- 
dah, who sent you to enquire of 
the LORD, so shall ye say unto 
him, Thus saith the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el concerning the words 
which thou hast heard; 

27 Because thine heart was 
tender, and thou didst humble 
thyself before God, when thou 
heardest his words against this 
place, and against the inhabit- 
ants thereof, and humbledst thy- 
self before me, and didst rend 
thy clothes, and weep before me; 
I have even heard thee also, 
saith the LORD. 

28 Behold, I will gather thee to — 
thy fathers, and thou shalt be 
gathered to thy grave in peace, 


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Josiah keeps a passover 


neither shall thine eyes see all the 
evil that I will bring upon this 
place, and upon the inhabitants 
ofthe same. So they brought the 
king word again. | 

29 4 Then the king sent and 
gathered together all the elders 
of Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sd-lém. 


30 And the king went up into. 


the house of the LORD, and all 
the men of Ja’dah, and the in- 
habitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
the priests, and the Lé’vites, and 
all the people, great and small: 
and he read in their ears all the 
words of the book of the covenant 
that was found in the house of 
the LORD. schette 
31 And the king stood in his 
place, and made a covenant be- 


2 CHRONICLES, 35 


3 And said unto the Lé’vites 
that taught all Is’ra-el, which 
were holy unto the LORD, Put 
the holy ark in the house which 
Sol’o-mon the son of Da’vid king 
of Is’ra-el did build; it shall not 
be.a burden upon your shoulders: 
serve now the LORD your God, 
and his people Is’ra-el, 

4 And prepare yourselves by 
the houses of your fathers, after 
your courses, according to the 
writing of Da’vid king of Is’ra- 
el, and according to the writing 
of Sol’o-mon his son. 

And stand in the holy place 
according to the divisions of the 
families of the fathers of your 
brethren the people, and after 
the division of the families of the 


fore the LORD, to walk after the | Lé’vites 


LORD, and to keep his command- 
ments, and his testimonies, and 
his statutes, with all his heart, 
and with all his soul, to perform 
the words of the covenant which 
are written in this book. 

32 And he caused all that were 
present in Jé-ru’sa-lém and 
Bén’ja-min to stand to it. And 
the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém 
did according to the covenant of 
God, the God of their fathers. 

33 And Jo-si’ah took away all 
the abominations out of all the 
countries that pertained to the 
children of Is’ra-el, and made all 
that were present in Is’ra-el to 
serve, even to serve the LORD 
their God. And all his days they 
departed not from following the 
LORD, the God of their fathers. 


402 CHAPTER 35 


1 Josiah keeps a passover. 20 He is 
slain at Megiddo. 25 The nation 
mourns. 

OREOVER Jo-si’ah kept a 
passover unto the LORD in 

Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

the passover on the fourteenth 

day of the first month. 

2 And he set the priests in their 
charges, and encouraged them 
to the service of the house of the 
LORD, 


and they killed |d 


6 So kill the passover, and 
sanctify yourselves, and prepare 
your brethren, that they may do 
according to the word of the 
LORD by the hand of M6O’ses. 

7 And J6-si’ah gave to the peo- 
ple, of the flock, lambs and kids, 

for the passover offerings, for 
all that were present, to the num- 
ber of thirty thousand, and three 
thousand bullocks: these were 
of the king’s substance. 

8 And his princes gave willingly 
unto the people, to the priests, 
and to the Lé’vites: Hil-ki’ah 
and Zéch-a-ri/ah and Jé-hi’el, 
rulers of the house of God, gave 
unto the priests for the passover 
offerings two thousand and six 
hundred small cattle, and three 
hundred oxen. 

9 Con-a-ni’ah also, and Shém- 

a-i’ah and. Né-than’e-el, his 
brethren, and Hash-a-bi’ah and 
Jé-i’el and J6z’a-bad, chief of the 
Lé’vites, gave unto the Lé’vites 
for passover offerings five thou- 
sand small cattle, and five hun- 
red oxen. 
10 So the service was prepared, 
and the priests stood in their 
place, and the Lé’vites in their 
courses, according to the king’s 
commandment. 

11 And they killed the passover, 


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2 CHRONICLES, 35 


and the priests sprinkled the 
blood from their hands, and the 
Lé’vites flayed them. 

1 they removed the burnt 
offerings, that they might give 
according to the divisions of the 
families of the people, to offer 
unto the LORD, as it is written 
in the book of Mo’ses. And so 
did they with the oxen. 

13 And they roasted the pass- 
over with fire according to the 
ordinance: but the other holy 
offerings sod they in pots, and in 
caldrons, and in pans, and di- 
vided them speedily among all 
the people. 

14 And afterward they made 
ready for themselves, and for the 
priests: because the priests the 
sons of Aar’on were busied in 
offering of burnt offerings and 
the fat until night; therefore the 
Lé’vites prepared for themselves, 
and for the priests the sons of 
Aar’on. 

15 And the singers the sons of 
A’saph were in their place, ac- 
cording to the commandment of 
Da’vid, and A’saph, and Hé’man, 
and Jéd’u-thtin the king’s seer; 
and the porters waited at every 
gate; they might not depart from 
their service; for their brethren 
the Lé’vites prepared for them. 

16 So all the service of the LORD 
was prepared the same day, to 
keep the passover, and to offer 
burnt offerings upon the altar of 
the LORD, according to the com- 
mandment of king J6-si’ah. 

17 And the children of fs’ra-el 
that were present kept the pass- 
over at that time, and the 
gear of unleavened bread seven 

ays 

18 And there was no passover 
like to that kept in Is’ra-el from 
the days of Sam’u-el the prophet; 
neither did all the kings of Is’- 
ra-el keep such a passover as 
Jé-si’ah kept, and the priests, 
and the Lé’vites, and all Ja’dah 
and Is’ra-el that were present, 
eet the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa- 
em. 


Josiah slain in batile 


19 In the eighteenth year of the 
reign of Jé-si’ah was this pass- 
over kept. 

20 4 After all this, when Jé- 
sil’‘ah had prepared the temple, 
Né’cho king of E’éypt came up 
to fight against es che-mish by 
Ea-phra’tés: and Jé-si’ah went 
out against him. 

21 But he sent ambassadors to 
him, saying, What have I to do 

with thee, thou king of Ja’dah? 
y come not against thee this day, 
but against the house where- 
with I have war: for God com- 
manded me to make haste: for- 
bear thee from meddling with 
God, who is with me, that he 
destroy thee not. 

22 Nevertheless Jo-si’ah would 
not turn his face from him, but 
disguised himself, that he might 
fight with him,. and hearkened 
not unto the words of Né’cho 
from the mouth of God, and came 
to fight in the valley of Mé-zid’d3o. 

23 And the archers shot at king 
Jo-si’ah; and the king said to 
his servants, Have me away; for 
I am sore wounded. 

24 His servants therefore took 
him out of that chariot, and put 
him in the second chariot that he 
had; and they brought him to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and he died, and 
was buried in one of the sepul- — 
chres of his fathers. And all! 
Jai’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém mourn- 
ed for Jo-si’ah. 

25 4 And Jér-e-mi’ah lamented 
for Jo-si’ah: and all the singing 
men and_the singing women 
spake of Jé-si’ah in their lamen- 
tations to this day, and made 
them an ordinance in Is’ra-el: 
and, behold, they are written 
in the lamentations. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of 
Jo-si’ah, and his goodness, 
according to that which was 
Ree in the law of the 

27 And his deeds, first and last, 
behold, they are written in the 
book of the kings of Is’ra-el and 
Ji’dah 


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Zedekiah’s wicked reign 
403 CHAPTER 36 


1 Jehoahaz succeeds Josiah. 5 Jehoia- 
kim and Jehoiachin. 14 The king- 

~ dom ends. 
HEN the people of the land 
took Jé-hd’a-haz the son of 
Jé-si’/ah, and made him king in 
his father’s stead in Jé-ru’sa- 

1ém. 

2 Jé-hd’a-haz was twenty and 
three years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned three 
months in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 And the king of E’g¥pt put 
him down at Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
condemned the land in an hun- 
dred talents of silver and a talent 
of gold. i 

4 And the king of E’g¥pt made 


E-li’a-kim his brother king over 


Ja’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
turned his name to Jé-hoi’a-kim. 
And WNé’ché took Jé-h6’a-haz 
his brother, and carried him to 
E’sypt. 

5 < Jé-hoi’a-kim was twenty 
and five years old when he began 
to reign, and he reigned eleven 
years in Jé-ru’sa-lém: and he 
did that which was evil in the 
sight of the LORD his God 

6 Against him came up Néb-u- 
chad-néz’zar king of Bab’y-lon, 
and bound him in fetters, to 
carry him to Bab’y-lon. 

7 Néb-u-chad-néz’zar also car- 
ried of the vessels of the house of 
the LORD to Bab’y-lon, and put 
them in his temple at Bab’y- 


fon. 

8 Now the rest of the acts of 
jJé-hoi’a-kim, art his abomina- 
tions which he did, and that 
which was found in him, behold, 
they are written in the book of 
the kings of Is’ra-el and Ja’dah: 
and J é-hoi’a-chin his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

9 § Jé-hoi’a-chin was eight 
vears old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned three months and 
ten days in Jé-ru’sa-lém: and he 
did that which was evil in the 
sight of the LORD. 

10 And when the year was ex- 
pired, king Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 

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2 CHRONICLES, 36 


sent, and brought him to Bab’y- 
lon, with the goodly vessels of 
the house of the LORD, and made 

éd-e-ki’ah his brother king over 
Jta’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

11 4 Zéd-e-ki’ah was one and 
twenty years old when he began 
to reign, and reigned eleven years 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

12 And he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the LORD his 
God, and humbled not himself 
before Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet 
speaking from the mouth of the 
LORD. 

13 And he also rebelled against 
king WNéb-u-chad-néz’zar, who 
had made him swear by God: but 
he stiffened his neck, and hard- 
ened his heart from turning unto 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el. 

14 § Moreover all the chief of 
the priests, and the people, trans- 
gressed very much after all the 
abominations of the heathen; 
and polluted the house of the 
LORD which he had hallowed in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

15 And the LORD God of their 
fathers sent to them by his mes- 
sengers, rising up betimes, and 
sending; because he had com- 
passion on his people, and on his 
dwelling place: 

16 But they mocked the mes- 
sengers of God, and despised 
his words, and misused his 
prophets, until the wrath of the 
LORD arose against his people, 
till fhere was no remedy. 

17 Therefore he brought upon 
them the king of the Chal’dees, 
who slew their young men with 
the sword in the house of their 
sanctuary, and had no compas- 
sion upon young man or maiden, 
old man, or him that stooped for 
age: he gave them all into his 
hand. 

18 And all the vessels of the 
house of God, great and small, 
and the treasures of the house of 
the LORD, and the treasures of 
the king, and of his princes; all 
these he brought to Bab’y-lon. 

19 And they burnt the house of 


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EZRA, 1 


God, and brake down the wall of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and burnt all the 
palaces thereof with fire, and 
destroyed all the .goodly vessels 
thereof. 

20 And them that had escaped 
from the sword carried he away 
to Bab’y-lon; where they were 
servants to him and his sons until 
the reign of the kingdom of 
Pér’sia: 

21 To fulfil the word of the 
LORD by the mouth of Jér-e- 
mi’ah, until the land had en- 
joyed her sabbaths: for as long 
as she lay desolate she kept 
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and 
ten years. | 

22 § Now in the first year of 


Proclamation of Cyrus 
Cy’rus king of Pér’sia, that the — 


word of the LORD spoken by the 
mouth of Jér-e-mi’ah might be 
accomplished, the LORD stirred 


up the spirit of C¥’rus king of © 


Pér’sia, that he made a procla- 


mation throughout all his king- 


dom, and put it also in writing, 
saying, 

23 Thus saith Cy’rus king of 
Pér’sia, All the kingdoms of the 
earth hath the LorD God of 
heaven given me; and he hath 
charged me to build him an house 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém, which is in Ji’- 
dah. Who is there among you 
of all his people? The LORD his 
God be with him, and let him 
go UD. 


EZRA 


404 CHAPTER 1 


1 Cyrus’ proclamation for building the 
temple. 7 The vessels are restored. 
OW in the first year of C¥’rus 
king of Pér’sia, that the 
word of the LORD by the mouth 
of Jér-e-mi’ah might be fulfilled, 
the LORD stirred up the spirit of 
Cyrus king of Pér’sid, that he 
made a proclamation through- 
out all his kingdom, and put it 
also in writing, saying, | 

2 Thus saith Cy’rus king of 
Pér’sia, The LORD God of heaven 
hath given me all the kingdoms 
of the earth; and he hath charg- 
ed me to build him an house at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, which is in Ja’dah. 

3 Who is there among you of 
all his people? his God be with 
him, and let him go up to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, which is in Ji’dah, and 
build the house of the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el, (he is_ the God.) 
which is in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

4 And whosoever remaineth in 
any place where he sojourneth, 
let the men of his place help him 
with silver, and with gold, and 
with goods, and with beasts, be- 
side the freewill offering for the 
popes of God that is in Jé-ru’sa- 

mm. 


5 4 Then rose up the chief of 
the fathers of Ja’dah and Bén’ja- 
min, and the priests, and the Lé’- 
vites, with all them whose spirit 
God had raised, to go up to 
build the house of the LORD 
which is in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

6 And all they that were about 
them strengthened their hands 
with vessels of silver, with gold, 
with goods, and with beasts, and 
with precious things, beside all 
that was willingly offered. 

79 Also Cy’rus the king 
brought forth the vessels of the 
house of the LORD, which Néb- 
u-chad-néz’zar had brought forth 
out of Jé-ru’sd-lém, and had put 
them in the house of his gods; 

8 Even those did Cy’rus king of 
Pér’sia bring forth by the hand of 
Mith’re-dath the treasurer, and 
numbered them unto Shésh- 
baz’zar, the prince of Ji’dah. 

9 And this is the number of 
them: thirty chargers of gold, a 
thousand chargers of silver, nine 
and twenty knives, \ 

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver 
basons of a second sort four hun- 
dred and ten, and other vessels a 
thousand. 

11 All the vessels of gold and of 


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I 


Number that returned to Jerusalem 


silver were five thousand and 
four hundred. / 
Shésh-baz’zar bring up with 
them of the captivity that were 
brought up from Bab’y-lon unto 
Jé-ru’sd-lém. 

405 CHAPTER 2 

1 The number that returned from c ae 


tivity. 62 The priests without pe 
gree. 68 The obdlations. 


OW these are the children 

of the province that went 
up out of the captivity, of those 
which had been carried away, 
whom Néb-u-chad-néz’zar the 
king of Bab’y-lon had carried 
away unto Bab’y-lon, and came 
again unto Jé-ru’sa-lem and Jt’- 
dah, every one unto his city; 

2 Which came with Zé-rub’ba- 
bél: Jésh’u-a, Né-he-mi’ah, 
Sér-a-i/ah, Ré-el-a’iah, Mér’de- 
cai, Bil’shan, Miz’par, Big’va-i, 
Ré’/hum, Ba/a-nah. The num- 
ber of the men of the people of 
is’ra-el: 

3 The children of Pa’rdsh, two 
Picaenia an hundred seventy 
and two. 

4 The children of Shéph-a- 
ti’‘ah, three hundred seventy and 


two. 
5 The children of A’rah, seven | three 


hundred seventy and five 

6 The children of Pa’hath— 

m0/’ab, of the children of Jésh’u-a 
and Ja’ab, two thousand eight 
hundred and twelve. K 

7 The children of E’lam,a 
thousand two hundred fifty and 


four. 

8 The children of Zat’tu, nine 
hundred forty and five. 

9 The children of Zac’ca-i, seven 
hundred and threescore. 

10 The children of Ba/’ni, six 
hundred forty and two, |, 

11 The children of ede six 
hundred twenty and 

12 The children of Az'ead, a 
thousand two hundred twenty 
and two. 

13 The children of A-don’i- 
kam, six hundred sixty and six. 

14 The children of Big’va-i, 
two thousand fifty and six. 


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EZRA, 2 


15 The children of A’din, four 
undred fifty and four. 
16 The children of A’tér of Héz- 

e-ki’ah, ninety and eight. 

17 The children of Bé’zai, three 
hundred twenty and three 

18 The children of J S’rah, an 
hundred and twelve. 

19 The children of Ha’shum, 
two hundred twenty and three. 

20 The children of Gib’bar, 
ninety and five. 

21 The children of Béth’-lé- 
hém, an hundred twenty and 


three. L 

22 The men of Né-td’phah, fifty 
and six. c 

23 The men of An/’a-thoth, an 
hundred twenty and eight. 

24 The children of Az’ma-véth, 
forty and two. ; 

25 The children of Kir’jath—a’- 
rim, Ché-phi’rah, and Bé-é’roth, 
seven hundred and forty and 
three. 

26 The children of Ra’/mah and 
Ga’ba, six hundred twenty and 
one. 

27 The men of Mich’mas, an 
hundred twenty and two. 

28 The men of Béth’-el and 
Ai, two hundred twenty and 


29 The children of Né’bé, fifty 


and tw 

“30 The children of Mag’bish, an 
hundred fifty and six. 

31 The children of the other 
Elam, a thousand two hundred 
fifty and four. 

32 The children of Ha’rim, 
three hundred and twenty. 

33 The children of Lod, Ha’- 
did, and O’né, seven hundred 
twenty and five 

34 The children of Jér’i-cho, 
three hundred forty and five. 

35 The children of Sé-na’ah, 
three thousand and six hundred 
and thirty. 

36 7 The priests: the children 
of Jé-da’iah, of the house of 
J Ohana, nine hundred seventy 
and three. ‘ me 

37 The children of Im’meér, @ 
thousand fifty and two. 


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EZRA, 2 


38 The children of Pash’tr, a 
thousand two hundred forty and 
seven. 

39 The children of Ha’rim, a 
thousand and seventeen. 

40 ¥ The Lé’vites: the children 
of Jésh’u-a and Kad’mi-el, of the 


Number that returned to Jerusalem 


mon’s servants: the children of 
S0’ta-i, the children of Sdph’e- 
réth, the children of Pé-ru’da, 
56 The children of Ja-a/lah, the 
children of Dar’kon, the children 
of Gid’del, 
57 The ‘children of Shéph-a- 


children of Hod-a-vi’ah, seventy | ti’ah, the children of Hat’til, the 


and four. 

41 § The singers: the children 
of EE an hundred twenty and 
ei 

42 4 The children of the por- 
ters: the children of Shal/lum, 
the children of A’tér, the children 
of Tal’mon, the children of Ak’- 
kub, the children of Hat’i-ta, the 
children of Sh6’ba-i, in all an 
peace pay and nine. 

43 ¢ The Néth’i-nims: the 
children of Zi’/ha, the children of 
ae the children of Tab’- 


44 The children of Ké’ros, the 
children of Si’a-ha, the children 
of Pa’don 

45 The children of Léb’a-nah, 
the children of Hag’a-bah, the 
children of Ak’ktb, 

46 The children of Ha’gab, the | 
children of Shal’ma-i, the chil- 
dren of Ha’nan, 


47 The children of Gid’del, the | 


children of Ga’har, the children 
of Ré-a-i’ah, 

48 The children of Ré’zin, the 
children of Né-k6’da, the chil- 
dren of Gaz’zam, 

49 The children of Uz’za, the 
children_of Pd-sé’ah, the chil- 
dren of Bé’sai, 

_ 50 The children of As’nah, the 
children of Mé-ht’nim, the chil- 
dren of Né-pht’sim 

51 The childern of Bak’ bik, the 
children of Ha-kti’pha, the chil- 
dren of Har’hiir, 

52 The children of Baz’luth, 
the children of Mé-hi’da, the 
children of Hir’sha, 

53 The children of Bar’k6s, the 
children of Sis’e-ra, the children 
of Tha’m 

54 The children of Né-zi’ah, 
the children of Hat’i-pha. 

55 9 The children of Sdl’o- 





children of Poch’e-réth of Ze- 
ba’im, the children of A’mi. 

58 All the Néth’i-nims, and 
the children of S6l’/o-mon’s serv- 
ants, were three hundred ninety 
and two. : 

59 And these were they which 
went up from Tél—mé‘lah, Tel-— 
har’sa, Ché’rub, Ad’dan, and 
Im’mér: but they could not shew 
their father’s house, and their 
seed, whether they were of Is’- 


ra-el: 

60 The children of Dél-a-i’ah, 
the children of T6-bi’ah, the chil- 
dren of Né-k6/da, six hundred 
fifty and two. 

61 § And of the children of the 
priests: the children of Ha-ba’- 
iah, the children of K6z, the chil- 
dren of Bar-zil’/la-i; which took 
a wife of the daughters of Bar- 
| zil/la-i the Gil’e-ad-ite, and was 
| called after their name: 4 

62 These sought their register 
among those that were reckoned 
by genealogy, but they were not 
found: therefore were they, as 
poliuted, put from the priesthood. 

63 And the Tir’sha-tha said 
unto them, that they should not 
eat of the most holy things, till 
there stood up a priest with 
U’rim and with Thim’mim. 

64 9 The whole congregation 
together was forty and two thou- 
sand three hundred and three- 
score, 

65 Beside their servants and 
their maids, of whom there were 
seven thousand three hundred 
thirty and seven: and there were 
among them two hundred sing- 
ing men and singing women. 

66 Their horses were seven 
hundred thirty and six; their 
mules, two hundred forty and five; 

67 Their camels, four hundred 


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Foundation of temple laid 


thirty and five; their asses, six 
thousand seven hundred and 
twenty. ; 
‘68 * And some of the chief of 
the fathers, when they came to 
the house of the LORD which is 
at Jé-ru’sd-lém, offered freely for 
the house of God to set it up in 
his place: ie BAZ 3 
69 They gave after their ability 
unto the treasure of the work 
threescore and one thousand 
drams of gold, and five thousand 
pound of silver, and one hundred 
priests’ garments. b 
70 So the priests, and the Lé’- 
vites, and some of the people, and 
the singers, and the porters, and 
the Neéth’i-nims, dwelt in their 
cities, and all Is’ra-el in their 
cities. 


406 CHAPTER 3 


1 The altar set up. 7 Workmen pre- 
Deb ee 8 Foundations of the temple 
ard. 

ND when the seventh month 
was come, and the children 

of Is’ra-el were in the cities, the 
people gathered themselves to- 
see as one man to Jé-ru’sa- 


em. 

2 Then stood up Jésh’u-a the 
son of Joz’a-dak, and his breth- 
ren the priests, and Zé-rtb’ba- 
bél the son of Shé-al’ti-el, and 
his brethren, and builded the 
altar of the God of Is’ra-el, to 
offer burnt offerings thereon, as 
zt is written in the law of Md’ses 
the man of God. 

3 And they set the altar upon 
his bases; for fear was upon 
them because of the people of 
those countries: and they offered 


burnt offerings thereon unto the | th 


LORD, burnt offerings 
morning and evening. 

4 They kept also the feast of 
tabernacles, as it is written, and 
offered the daily burnt offerings 
by number, according to the cus- 
tom, as the duty of every day 
required; 
5 And afterward offered the 
continual burnt offering, both of 


even 


EZRA, 3 


the new moons, and of all the set 
feasts of the LORD that were con- 
secrated, and of every one that 
willingly offered a freewill offer- 
ing unto the LORD. 

6 From the first day of the sev- 
enth month began they to offer 
burnt offerings unto the LORD. 
But the foundation of the tem- 
ple of the LORD was not vet laid. 

7 They gave money also unto 
the masons, and to the carpen- 
ters; and meat, and drink, and 
oil, unto them of Zi’d6n, and to 
them of T¥re, to bring cedar trees 
from Léb’a-non to the sea of 
Jop’pa, according to the grant 
that they had of Cy’rus king of 
Pér’sia. 

8 § Now in the second year of 
their coming unto the house of 
God at Jé-ru’sa-lém, in the sec- 
ond month, began Zé-rtb’ba-bél 
the son of Shé-dal’ti-el, and 
Jésh’u-a the son of J6z’a-dak, 
and the remnant of their breth- 
ren the priests and the Lé’vites, 
and all they that were come out 
of the captivity unto Jé-ru’sa- 
lém; and appointed the Lé’- 
vites, from twenty years old and 
upward, to set forward the work 
of the house of the LORD. 

9 Then stood Jésh’u-4 with 
his sons and his brethren, Kad’- 
mi-el and his sons, the sons of 
Ji’dah, together, to set forward 
the workmen in the house of 
God: the sons of Hén/a-dad, 
with their sons and their brethren 
the Lé’vites. 

10 And when the builders laid 
the foundation of the temple of 
the LORD, they set the priests in 
their apparel with trumpets, and 
e Lé’vites the sons of A’saph 
with cymbals, to praise the 
LORD, after the ordinance of 
Da’vid king of fs’ra-el. 

11 And they sang together by 
course in praising and giving 
thanks unto the LORD; because 
he is good, for his mercy endur- 
eth for ever toward Is’ra-el. And 
ali the people shouted with a great 
shout, when they praised the 


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EZRA, 4 


LORD, because the foundation of 


the house of the LORD was laid. 

12 But many of the priests and 
Lé’vites and chief of the fathers, 
who were ancient men, that ha 
seen the first house, when the 
foundation of this house was laid 
before their eyes, wept with a 
loud voice; and many shouted 
aloud for joy: 

13 So that the people could not 
discern the noise of the shout of 
joy from the noise of the weeping 
of the people: for the people 
shouted with a loud shout, and 
the noise was heard afar off. 


407 CHAPTER 4 
1 Opponents hinder the building of the 
temple. 7 Letter to Artaxerxes. 17 
A decree. 
OW when the adversaries of 
Ji’dah and Bén’ja-min 
heard that the children of the 
captivity builded the temple unto 
the LORD God of Is’ra-el; 

2 Then they came to Zé-rtb’ba- 
bél, and to the chief of the fa- 
thers, and said unto them, Let 
us build with you: for we seek 
your God, as ye do; and we do 
sacrifice unto him since the days 
of E’sar—-had’don king of As’sur, 
which brought us up hither. 

3 But Zé-rib’ba-bél, and Jésh’- 
u-a, and the rest of the chief of 
the fathers of Is’ra-el, said unto 
them, Ye have nothing to do 
with us to build an house unto 
our God; but we ourselves 
together will build unto the 
LORD God of is’ra-el, as king 
Cy’rus the king of Pér’sia hath 
commanded us. 

4 Then the people of the land 
weakened the hands of the peo- 
ple of Jia’dah, and troubled them 
in building, : 

5 And hired counsellors against 
them, to frustrate their purpose, 
all the days of Cy’rus king of 
Pér’sia, even until the reign of 
Da-ri’/us king of Pér’sia. | 

6 And in the reign of A-has-u- 
é’rlis, in the beginning of his 
reign, wrote they unto him an 


Opponents hinder building — 


accusation against the inhabit- 
ants of Ja’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lem. 
7 4 And in the days of Ar-tax- 
érx’és wrote Bish’lam, Mith’re- 


d|dath, Ta’be-el, and the rest of 


their companions, unto Ar-tax- 
érx’és king of Pér’sia; and the 
writing of the letter was written 
in the S¥r’i-an tongue, and inter- 
preted in the Syr’i-an tongue. 

8 Ré’hum the chancellor and 
Shim’shai the scribe wrote a 
letter against Jé-ru’sa-lem_ to 
Ar-tax-érx’es the king in this 
sort: 

9 Then wrote Ré’hum_ the 
chancellor, and Shim’shai the 
scribe, and the rest of their com- 
panions; the  Di/na-ites, the 
A-phir’sath-chites, the Tar’pel- 
ites, the A-phdr’sites, the Ar’che- 
vites, the Bab’y-lé’ni-ans, the 
Su’san-chites, the Dé-ha’vites, 
and the E’lam-ites, 

10 And the rest of the nations 
whom the great and noble As- 
nap’pér brought over, and set in 
the cities of Sa4-ma’ri-a, and the 
rest that are on this side the river, 
and at such a time. 

11 { This is the copy of the 
letter that they sent unto him, 
even unto Ar-tax-érx’és the king $ 
Thy servants the men on this 
side the river, and at such a time. 

12 Be it known unto the king, 
that the Jews which came up 
from thee to us are come unto 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, building the re- 
bellious and the bad city, and 
have set up the walls thereof, 
and joined the foundations. 

13 Be it known now unto the 
king, that, if this city be builded, 
and the walls set up again, then 
will they not pay toll, tribute, 
and custom, and so thou shalt 
endamage the revenue of the 
kings. 

14 Now because we have 
maintenance from the king’s 
palace, and it was not meet for 
us to see the king’s dishonour, 
therefore have we sent and certi- 
fied the king; + 

15 That search may be made in 


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Artaxerxes’ decree. 


the book of the records of thy fa- 
thers: so shalt thou find in the 
book of the records, and know 
that this city is a rebellious city, 
and hurtful unto kings and 
provinces, and that they have 
moved sedition within the 
same of old time: for which 
cause was this city destroyed. | 

16 We certify the king that, if 


this city be builded again, and | dah 


the walls thereof set up, by this 
means thou shalt have no por- 
tion on this side the river. 

17 4 Then sent the king an an- 
swer unto Ré’hum the chanceilor, 
and to Shim/shai the scribe, and 
to the rest of their companions 
that dwell in Sa-mda’ri-a, and 
unto the rest beyond the river, 
Peace, and at such a time. 

18 The letter which ye sent unto 
us hath been plainly read before 


me. 

19 And I commanded, and 
search hath been made, and it is 
found that this city of old time 
hath made insurrection against 
kings, and fhat rebellion and se- 
dition have been made therein. 

20 There have been mighty 
kings also over Jé-ru’sd-lém, 
which have ruled over all coun- 
tries beyond the river; and toll, 
tribute, and custom, was paid 
unto them. 

21 Giveye now commandment 
to cause these men to cease, and 
that this city be not builded, until 
another commandment shall be 
given from me. 

22 Take heed now that ye fail 
not to do this: why should dam- 
age grow to the hurt of the 
kings? 

23 4 Now when the copy of 
king Ar-tax-érx’és’ letter was 
read before Ré’/hum, and Shim’- 
shai the scribe, and their com- 
panions, they went up in haste 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém unto the Jews, 
and made them to cease by force 
and power. 

24 Then ceased the work of the 
house of God which is at Jé-ru’- 
sa-lem. So it ceased unto the 


Temple begun 


EZRA, 5 


second year of the reign of Da- 
ri’/us king of Pér’sia. 


CHAPTER 5 408 
1 Zerubbabel_ and Jeshua begin the 
temple. 6 Tatnati’s letier to Darius. 
HEN the prophets, Haeg’ga-i 
the prophet, and Zéch-a- 
ri/ah the son of Id’d6, prophesied 
unto the Jews that were in Ji’- 
and Jé-ru’sd-lém in the 
name of the God of is’ra-el, even 
unto them. 

2 Then rose up Zé-rtb’ba-bél 
the son of Shé-al’ti-el, and 
Jésh’u-a the son of J6z’a-dak, 
and began to build the house of 
God which its at Jé-ru’sa-lém: 
and with them were the prophets 
of God helping them 

3 4 At the same ane came to 
them Tat’na-i, governor on this 
side the river, and Shé’thar— 
boz’na-i, and their companions, 
and said thus unto them, Who 
hath commanded you to build this 
house, and to make up this wall? 

4 Then said we unto them after 
this manner, What are the names 
of the men that make this build- 
ing? 

5 But the eye of their God was 
upon the elders of the Jews, that 
they could not cause them to 
cease, till the matter came to 
Da-ri’us: and then they returned 
answer by letter concerning this 
matter. 

6 {| The copy of the letter that 
Tat/na-i, governor on this si ide 
the river, and Shé’thar—b6z’na-i, 
and his companions the A-phiar’- 
sach-ites, which were on this 
side the river, sent unto Da-ri’us 
the king: 

7 They sent a letter unto him, 
wherein was written thus; Unto 
D4-ri’us the king, all peace. 

8 Be it known unto the king, 
that we went into the province of 
Ju-dé’a, to the house of the great 
God, which is builded with great 
stones, and timber is laid in the 
walls, and this work goeth fast 
on, and prospereth in their hands. 

9 Then asked we those elders; 


599 


EZRA, 6 


and said unto them thus, Who 
commanded you to build this 
house, and to make up these 
walls? 

10 We asked their names also, 
to certify thee, that we might 
write the names of the men that 
were the chief of them. 

d thus they returned us 
answer, saying, We are the serv- 
ants of the God of heaven and 
earth, and build the house that 
was builded these many years 
ago, which a great king of Is’ra-el 
builded and set up. : 

12 But after that our fathers 
had provoked the God of heaven 
unto wrath, he gave them into 
the hand of Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
the king of Bab’y-lon, the Chal- 
dé’an, who destroyed this house, 
and carried the people away into 
Bab’y-lon. 

13 But in the first year of Cy’- 
rus the king of Bab’y-lon the 
same king Cy’rus made a decree 
to build this house of God. 

14 And the vessels also of gold 
and silver of the house of God, 
which Néb-u-chad-néz’zar took 
out of the temple that was in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and brought them into 
the temple of Bab’y-lon, Eee did 
Cy’rus the king take out of the 
temple of Bab’y-lon, and they 
were delivered unto one, whose 
name was Shésh-baz’zar, whom 
he had made governor; 

15 And said unto him, Take 
these vessels, go, carry them into 
the temple that is in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and let the house of God be 
builded in his place. 

16 Then came the same Shésh- 
baz’zar, and laid the foundation 
of the house of God which is in 
Jé-ru/sa-lém: and since that 
time even until now hath it been 
in building, and yet it is not 

nished. 

17 Now therefore, if it seem 
good to the king, let there be 
search made in the king’s treas- 
ure house, which is there at Bab’- 
y-lon, whether it be so, that a 
decree was made of Cy’rus the 


Tatnat’s letter and Darius’ decree 
king to build this house of God at 


Jé-ru’sa-lém, and let the king 
send his pleasure to us concern- 
ing this matter. 


CHAPTER 6 


1 Decree of Darius. 
finished. 16 Feast of dedication. 


409 


13 The temple — 


HEN D4-ri/us the king made — 


a decree, and search was 
made in the house of the rolls, 
where the treasures were laid up 
in Bab’y-lon. 

2 And there was found at Ach’- 
me-tha, in the palace that is in 
the province of the Médes, a roll, 
and therein was a record thus 
written: 

3 In the first year of Cy’rus the 
king the same Cy’rus the king 
made a decree concerning the 
house of God at Jé-ru’sd-lém, 


Let the house be builded, the — 


place where they offered sacri- 
fices, and let the foundations 
thereof be strongly laid; the 
height thereof threescore cubits, 
and the breadth thereof three- 
score cubits; 
With three rows of great 
stones, and a row of new timber: 


and let the expenses be given ou/,f 


of the king’s house: 

5 And also let the golden and 
silver vessels of the house of God, 
which Néb-u-chad-néz’zar_ took 


forth out of the temple which is — 


at Jé-ru’sd-lém, and brought 
unto Bab’y-lon, be restored, and 
brought again unto the temple 


which 7s at Jé-ru’sa-lém, every © 


one to his place, and place them 
in the house of God. 

6 Now therefore, Tat’na-i, 
governor beyond the river, Shé’- 
thar—boz’na-1, and your com- 
panions the A-ph&ar’sach-ites, 
which are beyond the river, be ye 
far from thence: 

7 Let the work of this house of 
God alone; let the governor of 
the Jews and the elders of the 
Jews build this house of God in 
his place. 

8 Moreover I make a decree 
what ye shall do to the elders of 


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Pe ee ee 


Temple finished 


these Jews for the building of 
this house of God: that of the 
king’s goods, even of the tribute 
beyond the river, forthwith ex- 
penses be given unto these men, 
that they be not hindered. 

9 And that which they have 


need of, both young bullocks, and 


rams, and lambs, for the burnt 
offerings of the God of heaven, 
wheat, salt, wine, and oil, ac- 
cording to the appointment of the 
priests which are at Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
let it be given them day by day 


without fail: 


10 That they may offer sacri- 


fices of sweet savours unto the 





God of heaven, and pray for the 


life of the king, and of his sons. 


11 Also I have made a decree, 
that whosoever shall alter this 
word, let timber be pulled down 
from his house, and being set up, 
let him be hanged thereon; and 
let his house be made a dunghill 
for this. 

12 And the God thathath caused 
his name to dwell there destroy 
ali kings and people, that shall 
put to their hand to alter and to 
destroy this house of God which 
is at Jé-ru’sa-léem. Da-ri’us 
have made a decree: let it be 
done with speed. 

13 § Then Tat/na-i, governor 
on this side the river, Shé’thar— 
b6z’na-i, and their companions, 
according to that which Da-ri’us 
the king had sent, so they did 
speedily. 

14 And the elders of the Jews 
builded, and they prospered 
through the prophesying of Hag’- 
ga-i the prophet and Zéch-a-ri’ah 
the son of iId’dé. And they 
builded, and finished it, accord- 
ing to the commandment of the 
God of is’ra-el, and according to 
the commandment of Cy’rus, 
and Da-ri’us, and Ar-tax-érx’és 
king of Pér’sia. 

15 And this house was finished 
on the third day of the month 
A’dar, which was in the sixth 
year of the reign of Da-ri’us the 

ng. 


EZRA, 7 


16 4 And the children of Is’- 
ra-el, the priests, and the Lé’- 
vites, and the rest Ay, the chil- 
dren of the captivity, kept the 
dedication of this house of God 

with joy, 

“7 And offered at the dedica- 
tion of this house of God an hun- 
dred bullocks, two hundred 
rams, four hundred lambs; and 
for a sin offering for al! fis’ra-el, 
twelve he goats, according to the 
number of the tribes of Is ‘ra-el. 

18 And they set the priests in 
their divisions, and the Lé’vites 
in their courses, for the service 

of God, which is at Jé-ru’sa-lem; 
as it is written in the book of 
MO’ses. 

19 And the children of the cap- 
tivity kept the passover upon the 
fourteenth day of the first month. 

20 For the priests and the Lé’- 
vites were purified together, all 
of them were pure, and killed 
the passover for all the children 
of the captivity, and for their 
brethren the priests, and for 
themselves. 

21 And the children of Is’ra-el, 
which were come again out of 
captivity, and all such as had 
separated themselves unto them 
from the filthiness of the heathen 
of the land, to seek the LORD 
God of is ‘ra-el, did eat, 

22 And kept the feast of un- 
leavened bread seven days with 
joy: for the LORD had made 
them joyful, and turned the 
heart of the king of As-s¥r’i-4 | 
unto them, to strengthen their 
hands in the work of the house 
of God, the God of is’ra-el. 


CHAPTER 7 410 
1 Ezra goes to Jerusalem. 11 His com- 
mission from Artaxerxes. 27 His 


blessing. 


OW after these things, in the 
reign of Ar-tax-érx’és king 
of Pér’sia, Ez’ra the son of Sér- 
a-i’ah, the son of Az-a-ri’ah, the 
son of Hil-ki’ah, 
2 The son of Shal’lum, the son 
of Za’dok, the son of A-hi’tub, 


601 


EZRA, 7 


son of Az-a-ri’/ah, the son of 
Mé-ra’ioth, 

4 The son of Zér-a-hi’ah, the 
son of Uz’zi, the son of Buk’ki, 

5 The son of A-bish’u-a, the son 
of Phin’e-has, the son of E-le-a’- 
zar, the son of Aar’on the chief 

priest: 

6 This Ez’ra went up from Bab’- 
y-lon; and he was a ready pees 
in the law of Mo’ses, which 
LORD God of is’ra-el had aivenl 
and the king granted him all his 
request, according to the hand of 
the LORD his God upon him. 

7 And there went up some of 
the children of Is’ra-el, and o 
the priests, and the Lé’vites, and 
the singers, and the porters, and 
the Néth’i-nims, unto Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, in the seventh year of Ar- 
tax-érx’és the king. 

8 And he came to Jé-ru’sa-lém 
in the fifth month, which was in 
the seventh year of the king. 

9 For upon the first day of the 
first month began he to go up 
from Bab’y-lon, and on the first 
day of the fifth month came he to 
Jé-ru’sd4-lém, according to the 
good hand of his God upon him. 

10 For Ez’ra had prepared his 
heart to seek the law of the 
LORD, and to do if, and to teach in 
is’ra-el statutes and judgments. 

11 § Now this is the copy of the 
letter that the king Ar-tax-érx’és 
gave unto Ez’ra the priest, the 
scribe, even a scribe of the words 
‘of the commandments of the 
LorD, and of his statutes to 
Is’ra-el. 

12 Ar-tax-Erx’és, king of kings, 
unto Ez’ra the priest, a scribe of 
the law of the God of heaven, 
perfect peace, and at such a time. 

13 I make a decree, that all they 


of the people of Is’ra-el, and of 


his priests and Lé’vites, in my 
realm, which are minded of their 
own freewill to go up to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, go with thee. 

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent 
of the king, and of his seven 
counsellors, to enquire concern- 


i 
602 
i 


cording to the law of thy 
which is in thine han 


Ezra’s commission from Artaxerxes — 


3 The son of Am-a-ri’ah, the | ing Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, ac- } 


God — 


15 And to carry the ince and 


gold, which the king and his 


counsellors have freely offered 


unto the God of_Is’ra-el, whose 
habitation is in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 


lls 


16 And all the silver and gold 


that thou canst find in 


all the 


province of Bab’y-lon, with the 
freewill offering of the people, 
and of the priests, offering will- 


ingly for the house of their 
which is in Jé-ru’sa-lém: 
17 That thou mayest buy speed- 


God — 


ily with this money bullocks, 


rams, lambs, with their meat 


offerings ao their drink offer- 
ings, and offer them upon the 
altar of the house of your God 
which is in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


18 And whatsoever shall seem > 
good to thee, and to thy brethren, 
to do with the rest of the silver 


and the gold, that do after the 
will of your God. 

19 The vessels also that are 
given thee for the service of the 
house of thy God, those deliver 
ane before the God of J eae 
é 


m. 
20 And whatsoever more shall 


be needful for the house of thy 


God, which thou shalt have occa-_ 
sion to bestow, bestow if out of 


the king’s treasure house. 
21 And I, even I Ar-tax-érx’és 


the king, do make a decree to all 
the treasurers which are beyond 
the river, that whatsoever Ez’ra_ 
the priest, the scribe of the law of 


the God of heaven, shall requirg 
of you, it be done speedily, 
22 Unto an hundred talents off 


silver, and to an hundred meas-— 


ures of wheat, and to an hundred 
baths of wine, and to an hundred 
baths of oil, and salt without pre= 
scribing how much. 


23 Whatsoever is commanded 


by the God of heaven, let it be 
diligently done for the house of 
the God of heaven: for why 
should there be wrath against the 
realm of the king and his sons? 


‘td 





Ezra’s blessing. His return 


24 Also we certify you, that 
touching any of the priests and 
Lé’vites, singers, porters, Neth’i- 
nims, or ministers of this house 
of God, it shall not be lawful to 
impose toll, tribute, or custom, 
upon them. 5 

25 And thou, Ez’ra, after the 
wisdom of thy God, that is in 
thine hand, set magistrates and 
judges, which may judge all the 
people that are beyond the river, 
all such as know the laws of thy 
God; and teach ye them that 
know them not. 

26 And whosoever will not do 
the law of thy God, and the law 
of the king, let judgment be exe- 
cuted speedily upon him, whether 
it be unto death, or to banish- 
ment, or to confiscation of goods, 
or to imprisonment. 

27 4 Blessed be the LORD God 
of our fathers, which hath put 
such a thing as this in the king’s 
heart, to beautify the house of 
the LORD which is in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lem: 

28 And hath extended mercy 
unto me before the king, and his 
counsellors, and before all the 
king’s mighty princes. And I 
was strengthened as the hand 
of the LORD my God was upon 
me, and I gathered together out 
of ts’ra-el chief men to go up 
with me. 


411 CHAPTER 8 
1 Ezra’s return companions. 24 He 
; delivers the treasures. 33 They are 


weighed. 36 Commission is delivered. 


HESE are now the chief of 
their fathers, and this is the 
genealogy of them that went up 
with me from Bab’y-lon, in the 
reign of Ar-tax-érx’és the king. 

2 Of the sons of Phin’e-has; 
Gér’shém: of the sons of Ith’a- 
mir; Daniel: of the sons of 
Da’vid; Hat’tush. 

3 Of the sons of Shéch-a-ni’ah, 
of the sons of Pha’rosh; Zéch- 
a-ri/ah: and with him were 
reckoned by genealogy of the 
males an hundred and fifty. 


EZRA, & 


4 Of the sons of Pa’hath—mo’- 
ab;_&-li-ho-é’na-i the son of Zér=- 
a-hi/ah, and with him two hun-~ 
dred males. 

5 Of the sons of Shéch-a-ni’ah; 
the son of Ja-ha’zi-el, and with 
him three hundred males. 

_6 Of the sons also of A’din; 
E’bed the son of Jon’a-than, and 
with him fifty males. 

7 And of the sons of E/lam; 
Jé-sha’iah the son of Ath-a-li’ah, 
and with him seventy males. 

8 And of the sons of Sheph-a- 
tah; Zéb-a-di/ah the son of 
Mi’chaél, and with him fourscore 
males. . 

O Of the sons of J0’ab; O-ba- 
di’ah the son of Jé-hi’el, and 
with him two hundred and 
eighteen males. i 

10 And of the sons of, Shel’o- 
mith; the son of Jdés-i-phi’ah, 
and with him an hundred and 
threescore males. ene athe 

11 And of the sons of Beb’a-i; 
Zéch-a-ri/ah the son of Beb/a-1, 
and with him twenty and eight 


males. 

12 And of the sons of Az’gad; 

Jo-ha’nan the son of Hak’ka- 
tan, and with him an hundred 
and ten males. 
_13 And of the last sons of 
A-don’/i-kam, whose names are 
these, £&-liph’e-lét, Jé-iel, and 
Shém-a-i/ah, and with them 
threescore males. 

14 Of the sons also of Big’va-i; 
U’tha-1, and Zab’bud, and with 
them seventy males. 

15 § And I gathered them to- 
gether to the river that runneth 
to A-ha’va; and there abode wein 
tents three days: and I viewed the 
people, and the priests,and found 
there none of the sons of Lé’vi. 
_16 Then sent I for E-li-é’zér, for 
A’ri-el, for Shém-a-i’ah, and for 
El’na-than, and for Ja’rib, and 
for El’na-than, and for Na’than, 
and for Zéch-a-ri’ah, and for 
Mé-shiil’/lam, chief men; also for 
Joi’a-rib, and for El/na-than, men 
of understanding. : 

17 And I sent them with com- 


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EZRA, 8 


mandment unto Id’d6 the chief 


at the place Ca-siph’i-a, and I 
told them what they should say 
unto Id’do, and to his brethren 
the WNéth’i-nims, at the place 
Ca-siph’i-a, that they should 
bring unto us ministers for the 
house of our God. 

18 And by the good hand of 
our God upon us they brought 
us a man of understanding, of 
the sons of M&h’li, the son of 
Lé’vi, the son of Is’ra-el; and 
Shér-e-bi’ah, with his sons and 
his brethren, eighteen; 

19 And Hash-a-bi’ah, and with 
him Jé-sha/iah of the sons of 
Mé-ra’ri, his brethren and their 
sons, twenty; 

20 Also of the Néth’i-nims, 
whom D4’vid and the princes had 
appointed for the service of the 
Lé’vites, two hundred and twenty 
Néth’i-nims: all of them were 
expressed by name 

21 4 Then I proclaimed a fast 
there, at the river of A-ha’va, that 
we might afflict ourselves before 
our God, to seek of him a right 
way for us, and for our little ones, 
and for all our substance. 

22 For I was ashamed to re- 
quire of the king a band of sol- 
diers and horsemen to help us 
against the enemy in the way: 
because we had spoken unto the 
king, saying, The hand of our 

od is upon all them for good 
that seek him; but his power and 
his wrath is against all them 
that forsake him. 

23 So we fasted and besought 
our God for this: and he was 
intreated of us. 

24 § Then I separated twelve of 
the chief of the priests, Shér-e- 
bi‘ah, Hash-a-bi’ah, and ten of 
their brethren with them, 

25 And weighed unto them the 
silver, and the gold, and the ves- 
sels, even the offering of the 
house of our God, which the 
king, and his counsellors, and 
his lords, and all Is’ra-el there 
present, had offered: 

26 I even weighed unto their 


Ezra proclaims a fast 


hand six hundred and fifty talents 
of silver, and silver vessels an 
hundred talents, and of gold an 
hundred talents; 

27 Also twenty basons of gold, 
of a thousand drams; and two 
vessels of fine copper, precious 
as gold. 

28 And I said unto them, Ye are 
holy unto the LORD; the vessels 
are holy also; and the silver 
and the gold are a freewill offer- 
ing unto the LORD God of your 
fathers. 

29 Watch ye, and keep them, 
until ye weigh them before the 
chief of the priests and the Lé’- 
vites, and chief of the fathers of 
Is’ra-el, at Jé-ru’sa-lém, in the 
chambers of the house of the 
LORD. 

30 So took the priests and the 
Lé’vites the weight of the silver, 
and the gold, and the vessels, to 
bring them to Jé-ru’sa-lém unto — 
the house of our God. 

31 4 Then we departed from the 
river of A-ha’va on the twelfth 
day of the first month, to go unto 
Jé-ru’sd-lém: and the hand of 
our God was upon us, and he de- 
livered us from the hand of the 
enemy, and of such as lay in wait 
by the way. 

32 And we came to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and abode there three days. 

33 4 Now on the fourth day 
was the silver and the gold and 
the vessels weighed in the house 
of our God by the hand of Mér’e- 
moth the son of U-ri’ah the 
priest; and with him was E-le- — 
a’zar the son of Phin’e-has; and 
with them was J6z’a-bad the son 
of Jésh’u-a, and N6-a-di’ah the > 
son of Bin’nu-i, Lé’vites; 

34 By number and by weight of 
every one: and all the weight 
was written at that time. 

35 Also the children of those © 
that had been carried away, 
which were come out of the cap- 
tivity, offered burnt offerings 
unto the God of Is’ra-el, twelve 
bullocks for all Is’ra-el, ninety 
and six rams, seventy and seven 


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Ezra’s prayer and confesston 


lambs, twelve he goats for a sin 
offering: all this was a burnt 
offering unto the LORD. 

36 § And they delivered the 
king’s commissions unto the 
king’s lieutenants, and to the 
governors on this side the river: 
and they furthered the people, 
and the house of God. 


412 CHAPTER 9 


1 Affinity with strangers mourned. 5 
Ezra’s prayer and confession. 
OW when these things were 

done, the princes came_ to 
me, saying, The people of Is’- 
ra-el, and the priests, and the 

Lé’vites, have not separated 

themselves from the people of the 

lands, doing according to their 
abominations, even of the Ca’- 
naan-ites, the Hit’tites, the Per’- 
iz’zites, the Jéb’u-sites, the Am/’- 
mon-ites, the M6/’ab-ites, the 

E/éyp’tians, and the Am’6r-ites. 

2 For they have taken of their 
daughters for themselves, and for 
their sons: so that the holy seed 
have mingled themselves with 
the people of those lands: yea, 
the hand of the princes and rulers 
hath been chief in this trespass. 

3 And when I heard this thing, 
I rent my garment and my man- 
tle, and plucked off the hair of my 
head and of my beard. and sat 
down astonied. 

4 Then were assembled unto 
me every one that trembled at 
the words of the God of Is’ra-el, 
because of the transgression of 
those that had been carried away; 
and +I sat astonied until the 
evening sacrifice. 

5 q And at the evening sacrifice 
T arose up from my heaviness; 
and having rent my garment and 
my mantle, I fell upon my knees, 
and spread out my hands unto 
the LORD my God, 

6 And said, O my God, I am 
ashamed and blush to lift up my 
face to thee, my God: for our 
iniquities are increased over our 
head, and our trespass is grown 
up unto the heavens. 


EZRA, 9 


7 Since the days of our fathers 
have we been in a great trespass 
unto this day; and for our inia- 
uities have we, our kings, and 
our priests, been delivered into 
the hand of the kings of the 
lands, to the sword, to captivity, 
and to a spoil, and to confusion 
of face, as i¢ is this day. 

8 And now for a little space 
grace hath been shewed from the 
LORD our God, to leave us a 
remnant to escape, and to give us 
a nail in his holy place, that our 
God may lighten our eyes, and 
give us a little reviving in our 
bondage. 

9 For we were bondmen; yet 
our God hath not forsaken us in 
our bondage, but hath extended 
mercy unto us in the sight of the 
kings of Pér’sia, to give us a re- 
viving, to set up the house of our 
God, and to repair the desola- 
tions thereof, and to give us a 
phek in Ja’dah and in Jé-ru’sa- 

em. 

10 And now, O our God, what 
shall we say after this? for we 
have forsaken thy command- 
ments, | 

11 Which thou hast command- 
ed by thy servants the prophets, 
saying, The land, unto which ye 
go to possess it, is an unclean 
land with the filthiness of the 
people of the lands, with their 
abominations, which have filled 
it from one end to another with 
their uncleanness. 

12 Now therefore give not your 
daughters unto their sons, neither 
take their daughters unto your 
sons, nor seek their peace or 
their wealth for ever: that ye 
may be strong, and eat the good 
of the land, and leave it for an 
inheritance to your children for 


ever. 

13 And after all that is come 
upon us for our evil deeds, and 
for our great trespass, seeing that 
thou our God hast punished us 
less than our iniquities deserve, 
and hast given us such deliver~ 
ance as this; 


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EZRA; 10 


14 Should we again break thy 


commandments, and join in 
affinity with the people of these 
abominations? wouldest not 
thou be angry with us till thou 
hadst consumed us, so that there 
should be no remnant nor 
escaping? 

15 O LORD God of Is’ra-el, 
thou art righteous: for we re- 
main yet escaped, as it is this 
day: behold, we are before thee 
in our trespasses: for we cannot 
stand before thee because of this. 


413 CHAPTER 10 


i garridge poe. 9 Eera’s exhorta- 
18 Those who had married 
ah tes 

OW when Ez’ra had prayed, 
and when he had confessed, 
Weeping and casting himself 
down before the house of God, 
there assembled unto him out of 
Is’ra-el a very great congregation 
of men and women and children: 

for the people wept very sore. 

2 And Shéch-a-ni’ah the son of 
Jé-hi’el, one of the sons of E/lam, 
answered and said unto Ez’ra, 
We have trespassed against our 
God, and have taken strange 
wives of the people of the land: 
yet now there is hope in Is’ra-el 
concerning this thing. 

3 Now therefore let us make a 
covenant with our God to put 
away all the wives, and such as 
are born of them, according to 
the counsel of my lord, and of 
those that tremble at the com- 
mandment of our God; and let 
it be done according to the law. 

ise; for this matter belong- 

eth unto thee: we also will be 

with thee: be of good courage, 
Sn do it. 

5 Then arose iz’ra, and made 
the chief priests, the Lé’vites, and 
all Is’ra-el, to swear that they 
snould do according to this word. 

they sware. 

6 q Then Ez’ra rose up from be- 
fore the house of Goss and went 
into the chamber of Jé-ha’nan 
the son of E-li’a-shib: and when 


Marriage reforms 


he came thither, he did eat no 
bread, nor drink water: for he 
mourned because of the trans- 
gression of them that had been 
carried away. 

‘And they made proclamation 
throughout Ji’dah and Jé-ru’s4- 
lém unto all the children of the 
captivity, that they should gather 
themselves together unto Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; 

8 And that whosoever would 
not come within three days, ac- 
cording to the counsel of the 
princes and the elders, all his 
substance should be forfeited, 
and himself separated from the 
congregation of those that had 
pece carried away. 

9 4 Then all the men of Ji’dah 
and Bén’ja-min gathered them- 
selves together unto Jé-ru’sa-lém 
within three days. It was the 
faihy month, on the twentieth 
day of the month; and all the 
people sat in the street of the 
house of God, trembling because 
of this matter, and for the great 


rain. 

10 And kz’ra the priest stood 
up, and said unto them, Ye have 
transgressed, and have taken 
strange wives, to increase the 
trespass of is’ra-el. 

Now therefore make con- 
fession unto the LORD God of 
your fathers, and do his plea- 
sure: and separate yourselves 
from the people of the land, and 
from the strange wives. 

12 Then all the congregation 
answered and said with a loud 
voice, As thou hast said, so must 
we do. 

13 But the people are many, 
and i¢ is a time of much rain, and 
we are not able to stand without, 
neither is this a work of one day 
or two: for we are many that 
have transgressed in this thing. 

14 Let now our rulers of all the 
congregation stand, and Iet all 
them which have taken strange 
Wives in our cities come at ap- 
pointed times, and with them the 
elders of every city, and the 


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Those who had married strange wives 


judges thereof, until the fierce 
wrath of our God for this matter 
be turned from us. 

_15 4 Only Jén’a-than the son of 
A’sa-hél and Ja-ha-zi’ah the son 
of Tik’vah were employed about 
this matter: and Mé-shil’lam 
and Shab’be-thai the Lé’vite 
helped them. 

16 And the children of the cap- 
tivity did so. And Ez’ra the 
priest, with certain chief of the 
fathers, after the house of their 
fathers, and ail of them by their 
names, were separated, and sat 
down in the first day of the tenth 
month to examine the matter. 

17 And they made an end with 
all the men that had taken 
strange wives by the first day of 
the first month. 

18 4 And among the sons of the 
priests there were found that had 
taken strange wives: namely, of 
tes sons of Jésh’u-a the son of 

6z’/a-dak, and his brethren; 
Ma-a-sé’iah, and &-li-é’zér, and 
Ja’rib, and Géd-a-li’ah. 

19 And they gave their hands 
that they would put away their 
wives: and being guilty, they 
offered a ram of the flock for 
their trespass. s ‘s 

20 And of the sons of Im’mér; 
Ha’na/ni, and Zéb-a-di’ah. | 

21 And of the sons of, Ha’rim; 
Ma-a-sé’iah, and £-li’jah, and 
Shém-a-i/ah, and Jé-hi’el, and 
Uz-zi’ah. EN Ee 

22 And of the sons of Pash’tr; 
#-li-o-é/na-i, Ma-a-sé’iah, Ish’- 
ma-el, Né-than’e-el, Jéz’a-bad, 
and El’a-sah. a 4 

23 Also of the Lé’vites;_Joz’a- 
bad, and Shim’e-i, and Ké-la’- 
iah, (the same is Kél’i-ta,) Péth- 
a-hi’ah, Ja’dah, and £-li-é’zér. 

24 Of the singers also; E-li’a- 
shib: and of the porters; Shal’- 
lum, and Té’lem, and U’ri. 


-25 Moreover of is’ra-el: of the | na 


sons of Pa’résh; _Ra-mi’ah, 
and Jé-zi/ah, and Mal-chi’ah, 
and Mi’a-min, and &-le-a’zar, 
and Mal-chi’jah, and Bé-na’iah. 


EZRA, 10 


26 And of the sons of E’lam; 
Mat-ta-ni’ah, Zéch-a-ri/ah, and 
Jé-hi’el, and Ab’di, and Jér’e- 
moth, and E-li’ah. 

_27 And of the sons of Zat’tu; 
£-li-o-é’na-i, E-li’a-shib, Mat-ta- — 
ni/ah, and Jér’e-moth, and Za’- 
bad, and A-zi’za. 

28 Of the sons also of Béb’a-i; 
Jé-ho-ha/nan, Han-a-ni’ah, Zab’- 
bai, and Ath‘lai. 

29 And of the sons of Ba’ni; 
Mé-shtil’lam, Mal’luch, and Ad- 
a-i’ah, Jash’tb, and Shé/al, and 
Ra/moth. 

30 And of the sons of Pa’hath- 
m6/ab; Ad/na, and Ché’lal, Bé- 
na’iah, Ma-a-sé’iah, Mat-ta-ni’- 
ah, Bé-zal’e-el, and Bin’nv-i, 
and Ma4-nas’seh. 

_31 And of the sons of Ha’rim; 
&-li-é’zér, {-shi’/jah, Mal-chi’ah, 
Shém-a-i’ah, Shim’e-on, 

32 Bén’ja-min, Mal’luch, and 
Shém-a-ri’ah. 

33 Of the sons of Ha’shum; 
Mat-te-na’l, Mat’ta-thah, Za’bad, 
f-liph’e-lét, Jér’e-mai, Ma-nas’- 
seh, and Shim’e-1. = 

a- 


34 Of the sons of Ba’ni; 
ad’ai, Am’ram, and U’el, 

35 Bé-na’iah, Bé-dé’iah, Chél’- 
uh, 

36 Va-ni/ah, Mér’e-m6th, E-li’- 
a-shib, 

37 Mat-ta-ni’ah, 


and Ja’a-sau, _ 
38 And Ba’ni, and Bin’nv-i, 


Shim’e-i, 

39 And Shél-e-mi’ah, and Na’- 
than, and Ad-a-i’ah, 

40 Mach-na-dé’bai, Shash’a-i, 
Shar’a-i, i s 

41 A-zar’e-el, and Shél-e-mi’- 
ah, Shém-a-ri’ah, 

42 Shal’lum, Am-a-ri’/ah, and 
Jé’seph. x 

43 Of the sons of Né’b6; Jé- 
Vel, Mat-ti-thi’ah, Za’bad, Ze- 
bind, Ja-da’u, and Jo’el, Bé- 


Mat-te-na'i, 


iah. 

44 All these had taken strange 

wives: and some of them ha 

eke by whom they had chil- 
ren. 


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BOOK OF NEHEMIAH 


414 CHAPTER i 
1 Hanani informs Nehemiah. 5 He 
mourns, fasis, and prays. 
HE words of Né-he-mi/ah 
the son of Hach-a-li/ah. 
And it came to pass in the month 
Chis’lea, in the twentieth year, 
as I was in Shu’shan the palace, 

Zz That Ha-na’/ni, one of my 
brethren, came, he and certain 
men of Ji’dah; and Iasked them 
concerning the Jews that had 
escaped, which were left of the 
captivity, and concerning Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. ; 

3 And they said unto me, The 
remnant that are left of the cap- 
tivity there in the province are in 
great affliction and reproach: 
the wall of Jé-ru’s4-lém also is 
broken down, and the gates 
thereof are burned with fire. 

nd it came to pass, when I 
heard these words, that I sat 
down and wept, and mourned 
certain days, and fasted, and 
prayed '~ before the God. of 
heaven, 

5 And said, I beseech thee, O 
LORD God of heaven, the great 
and terrible God, that keepeth 
covenant and mercy for them that 
love him and observe his com- 
mandments: 

6 Let thine ear now be atten- 
tive, and thine eyes open, that 
thou mayest hear the prayer of 
thy servant, which I pray before 
thee now, day and night, for the 
children of fs’ra-el thy servants, 
and confess. the sins of the 
children of Is’ra-el, which we 
have sinned against thee: both 
I and my father’s house have 
sinned. 

7 We have dealt very corruptly 
against thee, and have not kept 
the commandments, nor the 
statutes, nor the judgments, 
which thou commandedst thy 
servant MO’ses. 

8 Remember, I beseech thee, 


the word that thou commandedst 
thy servant MOd’ses, saying, if 
ye transgress, I will scatter you 
abroad among the nations: 

9 But if ye turn unto me, and 
keep my commandments, and do 
them; though there were of you 
cast out unto the uttermost part 
cf the heaven, yet will I gather 
them from thence, and will bring 
them unto the place that I have 
chosen to set my name there. 

10 Now these are thy servants 
and thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed by thy great power, 
and by thy strong hand. 

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let 
now thine ear be attentive to the 
prayer of thy servant, and to the 
prayer of thy servants, who de- 
sire to fear thy name: and pros- 
per, I pray thee, thy servant this 
day, and grant him mercy in the 
sight of this man. For I was the 
king’s cupbearer. 


CHAPTER 2 415 


1 Nehemiah, commissioned by Artaz- 
erxes, comes to Jerusalem. 12 His 
night view. 

PALS it came to pass in the 

(4 month Ni’san, in the twen- 
tieth year of Ar-tdx-@rx’és the 
king, that wine was before him: 
and I took up the wine, and gave 
7# unto the king. Now I had 
not been beforetime sad in his 
presence. 

2 Wherefore the king said unto 
me, Why ts thy countenance sad, 
seeing thou art not sick? this is 
nothing else but sorrow of heart. 
Then I was very sore afraid, 

3 And said unto the king, Let 
the king live for ever: why 
should not my countenance be 
sad, when the city, the place of 
my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth 
waste, and the gates thereof are 
consumed with fire? 

4 Then the king said unto me, 
For what dost thou make re- 


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Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem 


quest? Sol prayed to the God 
of heaven. B ; 

5 And I said unto the king, If it 
please the king, and if thy serv- 
ant have found favour in thy 
sight, that thou wouldest send 
me unto Ji’dah, unto the city of 
my fathers’ selpuchres, that I 
may build it. : 

6 And the king said unto me, 
(the queen also sitting by him,) 
For how long shall thy Journey 
be? and when wilt thou return? 
So it pleased the king to send me; 
and I set him a time. ; 

7 Moreover I said unto the king, 
If it please the king, let letters be 
given me to the governors beyond 
the river, that they may con- 
vey me over till I come into 
Ja’dah; 5 

8 And a letter unto A’saph the 
keeper of the king’s forest, that he 
may give me timber to make 
beams for the gates of the palace 
which cppertained to the house, 
and for the wall of the city, and 
for the house that I shail enter 
into. And the king granted me, 
according to the good hand of 
my God upon me. 

9 { Then I came to the govern- 
ors beyond the river, and gave 
them the king’s letters. Now 
the king had sent captains of the 
army and horsemen with me. 

10 When San-bal’/lat the Hor’- 
o-nite, and To-bi’ah the servant, 
the Am’mon-ite, heard of it, it 
grieved them exceedingly that 
there was come a man to seek the 
welfare of the children of Is’ra-el. 


11 So I came to Jé-ru’sa-lém, | h 


and was there three days. 

12 ¢ And I arose in the night, I 
and some few men with me; 
neither told I any man what my 
God had put in my heart to do at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: neither was there 
any beast with me, save the beast 
that I rode upon. : 

13 And I went out by night by 
the gate of the vailey, even before 
the dragon well, and to the dung 
port, and viewed the walls of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, which were broken 


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NEHEMIAH, 3 


down, and the gates thereof were 
consumed with fire. 

14 Then I went on to the gate 
of the fountain, and to the king’s 
pool: but there was no place for 
the beast that was under me to 
pass. 

15 Then went I up in the night 
by the brook, and viewed the 
wall, and turned back, and en- 
tered by the gate of the valley, 
and so returned. 

16 And the rulers knew not 
whither I went, or what I did; 
neither had I as yet told it to the 
Jews, nor to the priests, nor to 
the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor 
to the rest that did the work. 

17 4 Then said I unto them, Ye 
see the distress that we are in. 
how Jé-ru’sd4-lém lieth waste, 
and the gates thereof are burned 
with fire: come, and let us build 
up the wall of Jé-ru’sa-lém, that 
we be no more a reproach. 

18 Then I told them of the hand 
of my God which was good upon 
me; as also the king’s words 
that he had spoken unto me. 
And they said, Let us rise up and 
build. So they strengthened 
their hands for this good work. 

19 But when Sdan-bal’lat the 
Hor’o-nite, and To-bi’ah the 
servant, the Am/mon-ite, and 
Gé’shem the A-ra’bi-an, heard zt, 
they laughed us to scorn, and 
despised us, and said, What is 
this thing that ye do? will ye 
rebel against the king? 

20 Then answered I them, and 
said unto them, The God of 
eaven, he will prosper us; there- 
fore we his servants will arise 
and build: but ye have no por- 
tion, nor right, nor memorial, in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


CHAPTER 3. 416 


1 The names and order of the builders of 
the wall. 


HEN E-li’a-shib the high 
priest rose up with his 
brethren the priests, and they 
builded the sheep gate; they 
sanctified it, and set up the doors 


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NEHEMIAH, 3 


of it; even unto the tower of 
Mé’ah they sanctified it, unto the 
tower of Ha-nan’e-el. 

2 And next unto him builded 
ie men of Jér’i-cho. And next 
to ae builded Zac’cur the son 
of im’r 

3 But the fish gate did the sons 
oF Has-se-na’ah build, who also 


laid the beams thereof, and set 


up tle doors thereof, the locks 
thereof, and the bars thereof. 

4 And next unto them repaired 
Mér’e-moth the son of U-ri’jah, 
the son of Koz. And next unto 
them repaired Mé-shul’/lam the 
son of Bér-e-chi’ah, the son of 
Mé-shéz’a-beel. And next unto 
them repaired Za’d6k the son of 
Ba/’a-na. 

5 And next unto them the Té- 
k6‘Ites repaired; but their nobles 
put not their necks to the work 
of their Lord. 

6 Moreover the old gate re- 
paired Jé-hoi’a-da the son of 
Pa-sé’ah, and Mé-shtl’/lam the 
son of Bés-o-dé/iah; they laid 
the beams thereof, and set up the 
doors thereof, and the locks 
thereof, and the bars thereof. 

And next unto them repaired 
Mél-a-ti’ah the Gib’e-on-ite, and 
Ja’don. the Mé-rén’o-thite, the 
men of Gib’e-on, and of Miz’pah, 
unto the throne of the governor 
on this side the river. 

8 Next unto him repaired Uz’zi- 
el the son of Hir-ha-i’ah, of the 
goldsmiths. Next unto him also 
repaired Han-a-ni’ah the son of 
one of the apothecaries, and they 
fortified Jé-ru’sa-lém unto the 
broad wall. é 

9 And next unto them repaired 
Réph-a-i’ah the son of Har, the 
ee of the half part of Jé-ru’sa- 
ém. 

10 And next unto them repaired 
Jé-da’iah the son of Ha-ru’/maph, 
even over against his house. And 
next unto him repaired Hat’tush 
the son of Hash-ab-ni’ah. 

11 Mal-chi’jah the scn of Ha’- 
rim, and Ha’shub the son of Pa’- 
hath-m0’ab, repaired the other 


- Builders of the wall 


piece, and the tower of the 
furnaces. ; 

12 And next unto him repaired 
Shal’/lum the son of Ha-l6’hesh, 
the ruler of the half part of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, he and his daughters. 

13 The valley gate repaired’ 
Ha’ntin, and the inhabitants of 
Za-n0o’ah; they built it, and set 
up the doors thereof, the locks’ 
thereof, and the bars thereof, and 
a thousand cubits on the wall 
unto the dung gate. 

14 But the dung gate repaired 
Mal-chi’ah the son of Ré’chab, 
the ruler of part of Béth—hac’ce- 
rém; he built it, and set up the 
doors thereof, the locks thereof, 
and the bars thereof. 

15 But the gate of ‘the foiin taidl 
repaired Shal’lun the son of Cél— 
ho’zeh, the ruler of part of Miz’- 
pah; he built it, and covered it, 
and set up the doors thereof, the 
locks thereof, and the bars there- 
of, and the wall of the pool of 
Si-lo’ah by the king’s garden, 
and unto the stairs that go down 
from the city of Da’vid. 

16 After him repaired Né-he- 
mi’ah the son of Az’buk, the ruler 
of the half part of Béth’—ziir, unto? 
the place over against the sepul- 
chres of Da’vid, and to the pool 
that was made, and unto the 
house of the mighty. 

17 After him repaired the Lé’- 
vites, Ré”/hum the son of Ba’ni, 
Next unto him repaired Hash-a- 
bi’ah, the ruler of the half part of 
Kéi’ lah, in his part. 

18 After him repaired their 

brethren, Bav’a-1 the son of 
Hén/’a-dad, the ruler of the half 
part of Kéi'lah. 
_19 And next to him repaired 
E’zér the son of Jésh’u-a, the 
ruler of Miz’pah, another piece 
over against the going up to the 
ase tS et the turning of the 
wall. 

20 After him Ba’ruch the son of 
Zab’bai earnestly repaired the 
other piece, from the turning of 
the wail unto the door of the house 
of £-li’a-shib the high priest. 


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NEHEMIAH, 4 





21 After him repaired Mér’e- 
moth the son of U-ri’/jah the son 
of K6éz another piece, from the 
door of the house of E-li’a-shib 
even to the end of the house of 
£-li’a-shib. 

22 And after him repaired the 
priests, the men of the plain. 

23 After him repaired Bén’ja- 
min and Ha’shub over against 
their house. After him repaired 
Az-a-ri’ah the son of Ma-a-sé’iah 
the son of An-a-ni’/ah by his 
house. y 

24 After him repaired Bin’nu-i 
the son of Hén’a-dad another 
piece, from the house of Az-a-ri’- 
ah unto the turning of the wall, 
even unto the corner. 

25 Pa’lal the son of U’za-i, over 
against the turning of the wall, 
and the tower which lieth out 
from the king’s high house, that 
was by the_court of the prison. 
After him Pé-da’iah the son of 
Pa/rosh. . 

26 Moreover the Neéth’i-nims 
dwelt in O’phel, unto the place 


over against the water gate to-| 


ward the east, and the tower that 
lieth out. 

27 After them the Té-k0’ites re- 
paired another piece, over against 
the great tower that lieth out, 
even unto the wall of O’phel. 

28 From above the horse gate 
repaired the priests, every one 
over against his house. 

29 After them repaired Za’dok 
the son of Im’mér over against 
his house. After him repaired also 
Shém-a-i’ah the son of Shéch-a- 
ni’ah, the keeper of the east gate. 

30 After him repaired Han-a- 
ni/ah the son of Shél-e-mi’ah, 
and Ha/’nin the sixth son of Za’- 
laph, another piece. After him 
repaired Mé-shul’lam the son of 
Bér-e-chi’ah over against his 
chamber. | i 

31 After him repaired Mal-chi’- 
ah the goldsmith’s son unto the 
place of the Néth’i-nims, and of 
the merchants, over against the 
gate Miph’kad, and to the going 
up of the corner. 


32 And between the going up of 
the corner unto the sheep gate 
repaired the goldsmiths and the 
merchants. 


CHAPTER 4 417 


1 Nehemiah urges work on the wall. 13 
He arms the labourers. 19 Military 
precepts. 

UT it came to pass, that 

when San-bal’lat heard that 
we builded the wall, he was 
wroth, and took great indigna- 
tion, and mocked the Jews. 

2 And he spake before his breth- 
ren and the army of Sa-ma’ri-a, 
and said, What do these feeble 
Jews? will they fortify them- 
selves? will they sacrifice? will 
they make anendinaday? wiil 
they revive the stones out of the 
heaps of the rubbish which are 
burned? ; 

3 Now To-bi’ah the Am’mon- 
ite was by him, and he said, Even 
that which they build, if a fox go 
up, he shall even break down 
their stone wall. 

4 Hear, O our God; for we are 
despised: and turn their re- 
proach upon their own head, and 
give them for a prey in the land 
of captivity: res Bid Rea 

5 And cover not their iniquity, 
and let not their sin be blotted 
out from before thee: for they 
have provoked thee ‘to anger be- 
fore the builders. 

6 So built we the wall: and all 
the wall was joined together unto 
the half thereof: for the people 
ae a mind to work. 

7 | But it came to pass, ee 
when San-bal/lat, and To-bi’ah, 
and the A-ra’bi-ans, and the Am’- 
mon-ites, and the Ash’dod-ites. 
heard that the walls of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém were made up, and that the 
breaches began to be stopped, 
then they were very wroth. 

8 And conspired all of them 
together to come and to fight 
against Jé-ru’sa-lém, and _ to 
hinder it. 

0 Nevertheless we made our 
prayer unto our God, and set a 


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NEHEMIAH, 5 


‘watch against them day and 
night, because of them. 

10 And Ji’dah_ said, The 
strength of the bearers of burdens 
is decayed, and there is much 
rubbish; so that we are not able 
to build the wall. { 

11 And our adversaries said, 
They shall not know, neither see, 
till we come in the midst among 
them, and slay them, and cause 
‘the work to cease. 

12 And it came to pass, that 
‘when the Jews which dwelt by 
them came, they said unto us 
ten times, From all ‘places 
‘whence ye shall return unto us 
they will be upon you. 

13 4 Therefore set I in the 
‘ower places behind the wall, and 
on the higher places, I even set 
‘the people after their families 
with their swords, their spears, 
end their bows. 

14 And I looked, and rose up, 
and said unto the nobles, and to 
the rulers, and to the rest of the 
people, Be not ye afraid of them: 
remember the Lord, which is 
great and terrible, and fight for 
‘your brethren, your sons, and 
your daughters, your wives, and 
‘your houses. 

15 And it came to pass, when 
our enemies heard that it was 
known unto us, and God had 
brought their counsel to nought, 
that we returned all of us to the 
‘wall, every one unto his work. 

16 And it came to pass from 
that time forth, that the half of 
my servants wrought in the 
work, and the other half of them 
held both the spears, the shields, 
and the bows, and the haber- 
geons; and the rulers were be- 
hind all the house of Ju’dah. 

17 They which builded on the 
wall, and they that bare burdens, 
with those that laded, every one 
with one of his hands wrought 
in the work, and with the other 
hand held a weapon. 

18 For the builders, every one 
had his sword girded by his side, 
and so builded. And he that 


Half work, half guard 
pada the trumpet was by 


"19 q And I said unto the nobles, 
and to the rulers, and to the rest 
of the people, The work is great 
and large, and we are separated 
upon the wall, 
another. 


one far from 


20 In what place therefore ye 


hear the sound of 
resort ye thither unto us: 
God shall fight for us. 

21 So we laboured in the work: 


the trumpet, © 
our 


and half of them held the spears 


from the rising of the morning 
till the stars appeared. 


22 Likewise at the same time 
said I unto the people, Let every 
one with his servant lodge within © 


Jé-ru’sa-lém, that in the night 
they may be a guard to us, and 
labour on the day. 

23 So neither I, nor my breth- 
ren, nor my servants, nor 


the men © 


of the guard which followed me, 


none of us put off our clothes, 


saving that every one put them — 


off for washing. 


CHAPTER 5 418 

1 The Jews complain of debts and 
service. 6 Nehemiah rebukes usurers. 
ND there was a great cry of 
the people and of their wives 
against their brethren the Jews. 
2 For there were that said, We, 


f 


our sons, and our daughters, are 


many: therefore we take up corn 


for them, that we may eat, and 


live, 


3. Some also there were that 
said, We have mortgaged our 


lands, vineyards, and 


houses, — 


that we might buy corn, because 


of the dearth. 
4 There were also that said, We 
have borrowed 


money for the | 


king’s tribute, and that upon our | 


lands and vineyards. 


5 Yet now our flesh zs as the 
flesh of our brethren, our chil-— 


dren as their children: and, lo, 
we bring into bondage our sons 
and our daughters to be servants, 


and some of our daughters are 
brought unto bondage already; 
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Nehemiah rebukes usurers 


neither is if in our power fo re- 
deem them; for other men have 
our lands and vineyards. 

6.4 And I was very angry 
when I heard their cry and these 
words. 

7 Then I consulted with my- 
self, and I rebuked the nobles, 
and the rulers, and said unto 
them, Ye exact usury, every one 
of his brother. And I set a great 
assembly against them. 

8 And I said unto them, We 
after our ability have redeemed 
our brethren the Jews, which 
were sold unto the heathen; and 
will ye even sell your brethren? 
or shall they be sold unto us? 
Then held they their peace, and 
found nothing to answer. 

9 Also I said, Itis not good that 
ye do: ought ye not to walk in 
the fear of our God because of 
the reproach of the heathen our 
enemies? 

10 I likewise, and my brethren, 
and my servants, might exact of 
them money and corn: I pray 
you, let us leave off this usury. 

11 Restore, I pray you, to them, 
even this day, their lands, their 
vineyards, their oliveyards, and 
their houses, also the hundredth 
part of the money, and of the 
corn, the wine, and the oil, that 
ye exact of them. 

12 Then said they, We will re- 
store them, and will require 
nothing of them; so will we do 
as thou sayest. Then I called 
the priests, and took an oath of 
them, that they should do accord- 
ing to this promise. 

13 Also I shook my lap, and 
said, So God shake out every 
man from his house, and from 
his labour, that performeth not 
this promise, even thus be he 
shaken out, and emptied. And 
all the congregation said, A-mén’, 
and praised the LORD. And 
the people did according to this 
promise. i 

14 § Moreover from the’ time 
that I was appointed to be their 
governor in the land of Ji’dah, 


NEHEMIAH, 6 


from the twentieth year even 
unto the two and thirtieth year of 
Ar-tax-érx’és the king, that is, 
twelve years, I and my brethren 
have not eaten the bread of the 
governor. 

15 But the former governors 
that had been before me were 
chargeable unto the people, and 
had taken of them bread and 
wine, beside forty shekels of sil- 
ver; yea, even their servants bare 
rule over the people: but so did 
not I, because of the fear of 


od. 

16 Yea, also I continued in the 
work of this wall, neither bought 
we any land: and all my servants 
were gathered thither unto the 
work. 

17 Moreover there were at my 
table an hundred and fifty of the 
Jews and rulers, beside those 
that came unto us from among 
the heathen that are about us. 

18 Now that which was pre- 
pared for me daily was one ox 
and six choice sheep; also fowls 
were prepared for me, and once 
in ten days store of all sorts of 
wine: yet for all this required 
not I the bread of the governor, 
because the bondage was heavy 
upon this people. 

19 Think upon me, my God, 
for good, according to all that I 
have done for this people. 


CHAPTER 6 419 
1 Sanballat’s crafiy opposition to Nehe- 
miah. 15 The wall is finished. 
OW it came to pass, when 
San-bal/lat, and To-bi’ah, 
and Gé’shem the A-ra’bi-an, and 
the rest of our enemies, heard 
that I had builded the wall, and 
that there was no breach left 
therein; (though at that time I 
had not set up the doors upon 
the gates;) ‘s 
2 That San-bal/lat and Gé’shem 
sent unto me, saying, Come, let 
us meet together in some one of 
the villages in the plain of O’no. 
ad Melt thought to do me mis- 
chief. 


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NEHEMIAH, 7 


3 And I sent messengers unto 


them, saying, I am doing a great 
work, so that I cannot come 
down: why should the work 
cease, whilst I leave it, and come 
down to you? 

4 Yet they sent unto me four 
times after this sort; and I an- 
swered them after the same man- 
ner. 

5 Then sent San-bal’/lat his 
servant unto me in like manner 
the fifth time with an open letter 
in his hand; ; 

6 Wherein was written, It is 
reported among the heathen, and 
Gash’mi saith it, that thou and 
the Jews think to rebel: for 
which cause thou buildest the 
wall, that thou mayest be their 
king, according to these words. 
7 And thou hast also appointed 
prophets to preach of thee at Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, saying, There is a 
king in Ja’dah: and now shall it 
be reported to the king according 
to these words. Come now 
therefore, and let us take counsel 
together. 

8 Then I sent unto him, saying, 
There are no such things done as 
thou sayest, but thou feignest 
them out of thine own heart. 

9 For they all made us afraid, 

saying, Their hands shall be 
weakened from the work, that it 
be not done. Now therefore, O 
God, strengthen my hands. 
*10 Afterward I came unto the 
house of Shém-a-i’ah the son of 
Dél-a-i’ah the son of Mé-hét’a- 
beel, who was shut up; and he 
said, Let us meet together in the 
house of God, within the temple, 
and let us shut the doors of the 
temple: for they will come to 
slay thee; yea, in the night will 
they come to slay thee. 

11 And I said, Should such a 
man as I flee?_and who is there, 
that, being as Iam, would go into 
the temple to save his life? Iwill 
not go in. 

12 And, lo, I perceived that God 
had not sent him; but that he 
pronounced this prophecy against 


Building of the wall finished 


me: for Té-bi’ah and San-bal’lat 
had hired him. ; 

13 Therefore was he hired, that 
I should be afraid, and do so, and 
sin, and that they might have 
matter for an evil report, that 
they might reproach me. 

14 My God, think thou upon 
To-bi’ah and San-bal’lat accord- 
ing to these their works, and on 
the prophetess N6-a-di’ah, and 
the rest of the prophets, that 
would have put me in fear. 

15 ¥ So the wall was finished in 
the twenty and fifth day of the 


month E'lul, in fifty and two days. — 


16 And it came to pass, that 
when all our enemies heard 
thereof, and all the heathen that 
were about us saw these things, 
they were much cast down in 
their own eyes: 
ceived that this work was 
wrought of our God. 

17 § Moreover in those days 
the nobles of Ji’dah sent many 
letters unto Toé-bi/ah, and the 
letters of Té-bi’ah came unto 
them. f 

18 For there were many in 
Ji’dah sworn unto him, because 
he was the son in law of Shéch- 
a-ni’ah the son of A’rah; and his 
son Jo-ha’nan. had taken the 
daughter of Mé-shil’lam the son 
of Bér-e-chi’ah. 

19 Also they reported his good 
deeds before me, and uttered my 
words to him. And Té-bi’ah 
sent letters to put me in fear. 


CHAPTER 7 420 


1 Hanani and Hananiah in charge of 
Jerusalem. 5 Registry of the re- 
turned. 70 Their oblations. 

Tin per it came to pass, when 

the wall was built, and I 
had set up the doors, and the 
porters and the singers and the 

Lé’vites were appointed, 

2 That I gave my brother Ha- 
na’ni, and Han-a-ni’ah the ruler 
of the palace, charge over Jé- 
ru’sd-lém: for he was a faithful 
man, and feared God abovemany. 

3 And I said unto them, Let not 


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for they per-. 


People registered 


the gates of Jé-ru’sa-lém be 
opened until the sun be hot; and 
while they stand by, let them 
shut the doors, and bar them: 
and appoint watches of the in- 
habitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, every 
one in his watch, and every one 
to be over against his house. 

4 Now the city was large and 
great: but the people were few 
therein, and the houses were not 
builded. 

5 § And my God put into mine 
heart to gather together the 
nobles, and the rulers, and the 
people, that they might be reck- 
oned by genealogy. And I found 
a register of the genealogy of 
them which came up at the first, 
and found written therein, 

6 These are the children of the 
province, that went up out of the 
captivity, of those that had been 
carried away, whom Neb-u- 
chad-néz’/zar the king of Bab’y- 
lon had carried away, and came 


again to Jé-ru’sa-lém and to 
Ja’dah, every one unto his 
city; 


7 Who came with Zé-rub’ba- 
bél, Jésh’u-a, Né-he-mi’ah, Az- 
a-riah, Ra-a-mi’ah, Na-ham/a- 
ni, Mér’de-cai, Bil’shan, Mis’pe- 
réth, Big’va-i, Né’hum, Ba’a-nah. 
The number, J say, of the men of 
the people of Is’ra-el was this; 

8 The children of Pa’rosh, two 
thousand an hundred seventy 
and two. 

9 The children of Shéph-a-ti’ah, 
three hundred seventy_and two. 

10 The children of A’rah, six 
hundred fifty and two. 

11 The children of Pa’hath— 
m0’ab, of the children of Jésh’u-a 
and Jo’ab, two thousand and 
eight hundred and eighteen. 

12 The children of F/lam, a 
thousand two hundred fifty and 


four. 

13 The children of Zat’tu, eight 
hundred forty and five. 

14 The children of Zac’ca-i, 
seven hundred and threescore. 

15 The children of Bin’ny-1, 
six hundred forty and eight. 


NEHEMIAH, 7 


16 The children of Béb’a-i, six 
hundred twenty and eight. 

17 The children of Az’gad, two 
thousand three hundred twenty 


and two. 

18 The children of A-don’‘i-kam, 
six hundred threescore and seven. 

19 The children of Big’va-i, two 
thousand threescore and seven. 

20 The children of A’din, six 
hundred fifty and five. 

21 The children of A’tér of Héz- 
e-ki’ah, ninety and eight. 

22 The children of Ha’shum, 
three hundred twenty and eight. 

23 The children of Bé’zai, three 
hundred twenty and four. 

24 The children of Ha’riph, an 
hundred and twelve. _ 

25 The children of Gib’e-on, 
ninety and five. 

26 The men of Béth’-lé-hem 
and Né-to’phah, an hundred 
fourscore and eight. 

27 The men of An’a-thoth, an 
hundred twenty and eight. 

28 The men of Béth—az’ma- 
véth, forty and two. i 

29 The men of Kir’jath—jé’a- 
rim, Ché-phi’rah, and Bé-é’roth, 
seven hundred forty and three. 

30 The men of Ra’mah and Ga’- 
ba, six hundred twenty and one. 

31 The men of Mich’mas, an 
hundred and twenty and two. _ 

32 The men of Béth’—el and A’l, 
an hundred twenty and three. | 

33 The men of the other Né’bd: 
fifty and two. 

34 The children of the other 
Elam, a thousand two hundred 
fifty and four. f 

35 The children of Ha’rim, 
three hundred and twenty. | 

36 The children of Jér’i-ché, 
three hundred forty and five. | 

37 The children of Lod, Ha’did, 
and O’nd, seven hundred twenty 
and one. Ps 

38 The children of Sé-na’ah, 
three thousand nine hundred 
and thirty. ; 

39 § The priests: the children 
of Jé-di‘iah, of the house of 
Jésh’u-a, nine hundred seventy 
and three. 


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People registered 


40 The children of im’mér, a| 58 The children of Ja-a’/la, the 


thousand fifty and two. 

41 The children of Pash’ir, a 
thousand two hundred forty and 
seven. 

42 The children of Ha’rim, a 
thousand and seventeen. 

43 4 The Lé’vites: the children 
of Jésh’u-a, of Kad’mi-el, and of 
the children of Hé-dé’vah, sev- 
enty and four. 

_44 4 The singers: the children of 
A’saph,an hundred forty and eight. 

45 4 The porters: the children 
of Shal’lum, the children of A’tér, 
the children of Tal’/mon, the chil- 
dren of Ak’kub, the children of 
Hat’i-ta, the children of Sh6’ba-i, 
an hundred thirty and eight. 

46 | The Néth’i-nims: the chil- 
dren of Zi’ha, the children of Ha- 
shu’pha, the children of Tab’ba- 


oth, 

47 The children of Ké’rds, the 
children of Si’a, the children of 
Pa/don, 

48 The children of Léb’a-na, the 
children of Hag’a-ba, the chil- 
dren of Shal’ma-i, 

49 The children of Ha’nan, the 
children of Gid’del, the children 


of Ga’hdar, 

50 The children of Ré-a-i’ah, 
the children of Ré’zin, the chil- 
dren of Né-ko’da, 

51 The children of Gaz’zam, 
the children of Uz’za, the children 
of Pha-sé’ah, J 

52 The children of Bé’sai, the 
children of Mé-ii’nim, the chil- 
dren of Né-phish’e-sim, 5 

53 The children of Bak’buk, the 
children of Ha-ki’pha, the chil- 
dren of Har’hiir, ; 

54 The children of Bdaz’lith, 
the children of Mé-hi'da, the chil- 
dren of Har’sha, ( 

55 The children of Bar’kds, the 
children of Sis’e-ra, the children 
of Ta’mah, 

56 The chiidren of Né-zi’ah, the 
children of Hat’i-pha. a 

57 9 The children of Sdl’o- 
mon’s servants: the children of 
S6’ta-i, the children of Soph’e- 
réth, the children of Pé-ri’da, 


children of Dar’kon, the children 
of Gid’del, 

59 The children of Shéph-a- 
ti’ah, the children of Hat’til, the 
children of Poch’e-réth of Ze- 
ba’im, the children of A’mon. 

60 All the Néth’i-nims, and the 


‘children of S6l’o-m6n’s servants, 


were three hundred ninety and 


wo. 

61 And these were they which 
went up also from Tél—-mé‘lah, 
vel-ha-ré’sha, Ché’rub, Ad’- 
don, and im’mér: but they could 
not shew their father’s house, nor 
their seed, whether they were of 
is’ra-el. 

62 The children of Dél-a-i’ah, 
the children of T6-bi’ah, the chil- 
dren of Né-k6’da, six hundred 
forty and two. 

63 § And of the priests: the 
children of Ha-ba’iah, the chil- 
dren of K6z, the children of Bar- 
zil’la-i, which took one of the 
daughters of Bar-zil’la-i the Gil’- 
e-ad-ite to wife, and was called 
after their name. 

64 These sought their register 
among those that were reckoned 
by genealogy, but it was not 
found: therefore were they, as 
polluted, put from the priesthood. 

65 And the Tir’sha-tha said 
unto them, that they should not 
eat of the most holy things, till 
there stood up a priest with 
U’rim and Thim’mim. i 

66 ithe whole congregation 
together was forty and two thou- 
sand three hundred and three- 
score, , 

67 Beside their manservants 
and their maidservants, of whom 
there were seven thousand three 
hundred thirty and seven: and 
they had two hundred forty and 
five singing men and singing 
women. 

68 Their horses, seven hundred 
thirty and six: their mules, two 
hundred forty and five: 

69 Their camels, four hundred 
thirty and five: six thousand 
seven hundred and twenty asses. 


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The book of the law read 


NEHEMIAH, 8 


70 § And some of the chief of | ah, and Shé’ma, and An-a-i’ah, 


the fathers gave unto the work. 
The Tir’sha-tha gave to the 
treasure a thousand drams of 
gold, fifty basons, five hundred 
and thirty priests’ garments. 

71 And some of the chief of the 
fathers gave to the treasure of the 
work twenty thousand drams of 
gold, and two thousand and two 
hundred pound of silver. 

72 And that which the rest of 
the people gave was twenty thou- 
sand drams of gold, and two 
thousand pound of silver, and 
threescore and seven priests’ 
garments. 

73 So the priests, and the Lé’- 
vites, and the porters, and the 
singers, and some of the people, 
and the Néth’i-nims, and all Is’- 
ra-el, dweltin their cities; and 
when the seventh month came, 
the children of Is’ra-el were in 
their cities. 


421 CHAPTER 8 


1 Reading and hearing the law. 9 
Comforting the people. 16 Keeping 
the feast of tabernacles. 

ND all the people gathered 
themselves together as one 
man into the street that was be- 
fore the water gate; and they 
spake unto Ez’ra the scribe to 
bring the book of the law of 

Mo’ses, which the LORD had 

commanded to Is’ra-el. 

2 And Ez’ra the priest brought 
the law before the congregation 
both of men and women, and all 
that could hear with under- 
standing, upon the first day of 
the seventh month. 

3 And he read therein before 
the street that was before the 
water gate from the morning 
until midday, before the men and 
the women, and those that could 
understand; and the ears of all 
the people were attentive unto 
the book of the law. 

4 And Ez’ra the scribe stood 
upon a pulpit of wood, which 
they had made for the purpose; 
and beside him stood Mat-ti-thi’- 


and U-ri’jah, and Hil-ki’ah, and 
M4-a-sé/iah, on his right hand; 
and on his left hand, Pé-da’iah, 
and Mish’a-el, and Mal-chi’ah, 
and Ha’shum, and Hash-bad’a- 
Hee Zéch-a-ri’ah, and Mé-shtl’- 
am. 

5 And Ez’ra opened the book in 
the sight of all the people; (for 
he was above all the people;) and 
when he opened it, all the people 
stood up: 

6 And Ez’ra blessed the LORD, 
the great God. And all the peo- 
ple answered, A-mén’, A-mén’, 
with lifting up their hands: and 
they bowed their heads, and 
worshipped the LORD with their 
faces to the ground. f 

7 Also Jésh’u-a, and Ba’ni, and 
Shér-e-bi’ah, Ja’min, Ak’kub, 
Shab’be-thai, Ho6-di’jah, Ma-a- 
sé@’/iah, Kél’i-ta, Az-a-ri/ah, J6z’a- 
bad, Ha’nan, Pél-a-i’ah, and the 
Lé’vites, caused the people to 
understand the law: and the 
people stood in their place. 

So they read in the book in 

the law of God distinctly, and 
gave the sense, and caused them 
to understand the reading. 
9 G And Né-he-mi’ah, which 
is the Tir’sha-tha, and Ez’ra the 
priest the scribe, and the Lé’- 
vites that taught the people, said 
unto all the people, This day is 
holy unto the LORD your God; 
mourn not, nor weep. For all 
the people wept, when they heard 
the words of the law. 

10 Then he said unto them, Go 
your way, eat the fat, and drink 
the sweet, and send portions 
unto them for whom nothing is 
prepared: for this day is holy 
unto our Lord: neither be ye 
sorry; for the joy of the LORD is 
your strength. 

11 So the Lé’vites stilled all the 
people, saying, Hold your peace, 
for the day is holy; neither be ye 
grieved. 

12 And all the people went their 
way to eat, and to drink, and to 
send portions, and to make great 


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NEHEMIAH, 9 


mirth, because they had under- 
stood the words that were de- 
clared unto them. 

13 ¢ And on the»second day 
were gathered together the chief 
of the fathers of all the people, 
the priests, and the Lé’vites, unto 
Ezra the scribe, even to under- 
stand the words of the law. |. 

14 And they found written in 
the law which the LORD had 
commanded by Mo’ses, that the 
children of Is’ra-el should dwell 
in booths in the feast of the 
seventh month: 

15 And that they should publish 
and proclaim in their cities, 
and in Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, Go 
forth unto the mount, and fetch 
olive branches, and pine branches, 
and myrtle branches, and palm 
branches, and branches of thick 
trees, to make booths, as it is 
written. 

16 {So the people went forth, 
and brought them, and made 
themselves booths, every one 
upon the roof of his house, 
in their courts, and in the courts 
of the house of God, and in the 
street of the water gate, and in 
the street of the gate of E’phra-im. 

17 And all the congregation of 
them that were come again out of 
the captivity made booths, and 
sat under the booths: for since 
the days of Jésh’u-a the son of 
Nun unto that day had not the 
children of Is’ra-el done so. And 
there was very great gladness. 

18 Also day by day, from the 
first day unto the last day, he 
read in the book of the law of 
God. And they kept the feast 
seven days; and on the eighth 
day was a solemn assembly, 
according unto the manner. 


422 CHAPTER 9 


1A solemn fast and repentance. 4 
Prayer and confession of the Levites. 
OW in the twenty and fourth 
day of this month the chil- 
dren of is’ra-el were assembled 
with fasting, and with sack- 
clothes, and earth upon them. 


A solemn fast and repentance 


2 And the seed of Is’ra-el sep- 
arated themselves from all stran- 
gers, and stood and confessed 
their sins, and the iniquities of 
their fathers. 

3 And they stood up in their 
place, and read in the book of 
the law of the LORD their God 
one fourth part of the day; and 
another fourth part they con- 
fessed, and worshipped the LORD 
their God. 

4 9 Then stood up upon the 
stairs, of the Lé’vites, Jésh’t-a, 
and Ba’/ni, Kad’mi-el, Shéb-a- 
ni’ah, Bun/ni, Shér-e-bi’ah, Ba’- 
ni, and Chén’a-ni, and cried with 
a loud voice unto the LORD their — 


od. 
5 Then the Lé’vites, Jésh’u-a, 
and Kad’mi-el, Ba’ni, Hash-ab- 
ni/ah, Shér-e-bi’ah, H6-di’jah, 
Shéb-a-ni’ah, and Péth-a-hi’ah, 
said, Stand up and bless the 
LORD your God for ever and 
ever: and blessed be thy glor- 
ious name, which is exalted 


and | above all blessing and praise. 


6 Thou, even thou, arf LORD 
alone; thou hast made heaven, — 
the heaven of heavens, with ail 
their host, the earth, and all 
things that are therein, the seas, 
and all that is therein, and thou 
preservest them all; and the 
host of heaven worshippeth thee. 

7 Thou art the LORD the God, 
who didst choose A’bram, and 
broughtest him forth out of Ur of 
the Chal’dees, and gavest him 
the name of A’bra-ham; 

8 And foundest his heart faith- 
ful before thee, and madest a 
covenant with him to give the 
land of the Ca’naan-ites, the Hit’- 
tites, the Am/’6r-ites, 
Pér’iz-zites, and the Jéb’u-sites, 
and the Gir’ga-shites, to give if, I 
say, to his seed, and hast per- 
formed thy words; for thou art 
righteous: 

9 And didst see the affliction of 
our fathers in E’gypt, and heard- 
est their cry by the Red sea; 

1 shewedst signs and 
wonders upon Pha’raéh, and on 


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and the — 


Prayer and confession 


all his servants, and on ali the 
people of his land: for thou 
knewest that they_dealt proudly 
against them. So didst thou 
get thee a name, as it is this 


day. 

11 And thou didst divide the 
sea before them, so that they 
went through the midst of the sea 
on the dry land; and their perse- 
cutors thou threwest into the 
deeps, as a stone into the mighty 
waters. 

12 Moreover thou leddest them 
in the day by acloudy pillar; and 
in the night by a pillar of fire, to 
give them light in the way where- 
in they should go. 

13 Thou camest down also upon 
mount Si’nai, and spakest with 
them from heaven, and gavest 
them right judgments, and true 
laws, good statutes and com- 
mandments: 

14 And madest known unto 
them thy holy sabbath, and 
commandedst them precepts, 
statutes, and laws, by the hand 
of Md’ses thy servant: 

15 And gavest them bread from 
heaven for their hunger, and 
broughtest forth water for them 
out of the rock for their thirst, 
and promisedst them that they 
should go in to possess the land 
which thou hadst sworn to give 


em. 

16 But they and our fathers 
dealt proudly, and hardened 
their necks, and hearkened not 
to thy commandments, 

17 And refused to obey, neither 
were mindful of thy wonders that 
thou didst among them; but 
hardened their necks, and in 
their rebellion appointed a cap- 
tain to return to their bondage: 
but thou art a God ready to par- 
don, gracious and merciful, slow 
to anger, and of great kindness, 
and forsookest them not. 

18 Yea, when they had made 
them a molten calf, and said, 
This is thy god that brought thee 
up out of £/é¥pt, and had wrought 
great provocations; 


NEHEMIAH, 9 


19 Yet thou in thy manifold 
mercies forsookest them not in 
the wilderness: the pillar of the 
cloud departed not from them by 
day, to lead them in the way; 
neither the pillar of fire by 
night, to shew them light, and 
the way wherein they should 


£0. 

20 Thou gavest also thy good 
spirit to instruct them, and with- 
heldest not thy manna from their 
mouth, and gavest them water 
for their thirst. ; 

21 Yea, forty years didst thou 
sustain them in the wilderness, 
so that they lacked nothing; their 
clothes waxed not old, and their 
feet swelled not. 

22 Moreover thou gavest them 
kingdoms and nations, and didst 
divide them into corners: so they 
possessed the land of Si’hon, and 
the land of the king of Hésh’bon, 
and the land of Og king of 
Ba’shan. 

23 Their children also multi- 
pliedst thou as the stars 0 
heaven, and broughtest them into 
the land, concerning which thou 
hadst promised to their fathers, 
that they should go in to pos- 
sess it. 

24 So the children went in and 
possessed the land, and thou sub- 
duedst before them the inhabit- 
ants of the land, the Ca’naan- 
ites, and gavest them into their 
hands, with their kings, and the 
people of the land, that they 
might do with them as they 
would. 

25 And they took strong cities, 
and a fat land, and possessed 
houses full of all goods, wells 
digged, vineyards, and olive- 
yards, and fruit trees in abun- 
dance: so they did eat, and were 
filled, and became fat, and de- 
lighted themselves in thy great 
goodness. : 

26 Nevertheless they were dis- 
obedient, and rebelled against 
thee, and cast thy law behind 
their backs, and slew thy proph- 
ets which testified against them 


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NEHEMIAH, 10 


to turn them to thee, and they 
wrought great provocations. 

27 Therefore thou deliveredst 
them into the hand of their ene- 
mies, who vexed them: and in 
the time of their trouble, when 
they cried unto thee, thou heard- 
est them from heaven; and ac- 
cording to thy manifold mercies 


thou gavest them saviours, who | th 


saved them out of the hand of 
their enemies. 

28 But after they had rest, they 
did evil again before thee: there- 
fore leftest thou them in the hand 
of their enemies, so that they had 
the dominion over them: yet 
when they returned, and cried 
unto thee, thou heardest them 
from heaven; and many times 
didst thou deliver them according 
to thy mercies; 

29 And testifiedst against them, 
that thou mightest bring them 
again unto thy law: yet they 
dealt proudly, and hearkened not 
unto thy commandments, but 
sinned against thy judgments, 
(which if a man do, he shall live 
in them;) and withdrew the 
shoulder, and hardened their 
neck, and would not hear. 

30 Yet many years didst thou 
forbear them, and _ testifiedst 
against them by thy spirit in 
thy prophets: yet would they not 
give ear: therefore gavest thou 
them into the hand of the people 
of the lands. 

31 Nevertheless for thy great 
mercies’ sake thou didst not 
utterly consume them, nor for- 
sake them; for thou art a gra- 
cious and merciful God. 

32 Now therefore, our God, the 
great, the mighty, and the terrible 
God, who keepest covenant and 
mercy, let not all the trouble 
seem little before thee, that hath 
come upon us, on our kings, on 
our princes, and on our priests, 
and on our prophets, and on our 
fathers, and on all thy people, 
since the time of the kings of 
As-syr’i-a unto this day. 

33 Howhbeit thou art just in all 


The sealing of the covenant 


that is brought upon us; for thou 
hast done right, but we have done 
wickedly: y 

34 Neither have our kings, our 
princes, our priests, nor our fa- 
thers, kept thy law, nor heark- 
ened unto thy commandments 
and thy testimonies, wherewith 
thou didst testify against 


em. 
35 For they have not served thee 
in their kingdom, and in thy great 
goodness that thou gavest them, 
and in the large and fat land 
which thou gavest before them, 
neither turned they from their 
wicked works. 

36 Behold, we are servants 
this day, and for the land that 
thou gavest unto our fathers to 
eat the fruit therecf and the good 
thereof, behold, we are servants 
in it: 

37 And it yieldeth much in- 
crease unto the kings whom thou 
hast set over us because of our 
sins: also they have dominion 
over our bodies, and over our 
cattle, at their pleasure, and we 
are in great distress. 

38 And because of all this we 
make a sure covenant, and write 
if; and our princes, Lé’vites, and 


priests, seal unto it. 
CHAPTER 10 423 
1 Those who sealed the covenant. 29 


Points of the covenant. 


Now those that sealed were, 
Né-he-mi’ah, the Tir’sha- 
tha, the son of Hach-a-li’ah, and 
Zid-ki’jah, i 

2 Ser-a-’ah, Az-a-ri’ah, Jér-e- 
mi’ah, 


luch, 
5 Ha’rim, Mér’e-méth, 6-ba- 
di’ah 


6 Daniel, Gin’ne-thon, Ba’ruch, 

7 Mé-shul’/lam, A-bi’jah, Mij’a- 
min, 
x 8 M4-a-zi’ah, Bil’ga-i, Shém-a- 
ah: these were the priests. 

9 And the Lé’vites: both Jésh’- 


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Points of the covenant 


u-a the son of Az-a-ni’ah, Bin’- 
nu-i of the sons of Hén’a-dad, 
Kad’mi-el; 

10 And their brethren, Shéb-a- 
ni’ah, pe jah, Kél’i-ta, Pél-a- 
lah, Ha’ 
ae 1 Mi’ cha Ré’hdb, Hash-a-bi’- 


12 Zac’cur, Shér-e-bi’ah, Shéb- 
a-ni’ah, 

13 Hé-di’jah, Ba’ni, Bén’i-na. 

14 The chief of the people; Pa’- 
r6sh, Pa’hath—-mo’/ab, 
Zat’thu, Ba’ni, 

15 Bun/‘ni, Az’gad, Béb’a-i, 

16 Ad-o-ni’jah, Big’va-i, A’din, 

17 A’tér, Hiz-ki’jah, Az’zur, 

18 H6-di’jah, Ha’shum, Bé’-zai, 

19 Ha’riph, An’a-thoth, Néb’a-i, 
ae Mag’pi-ash, Mé-shitl’lam, 

@’zir 

an Mé- shéz’a-beel, Za’dok, Jad- 


Gi’ 

2 ‘Pél-a-ti’ah, Ha’nan, An-a- 
ee Ho-she’ a, Han-a-ni’ah, Ha’- 
24 Hal-ld’hesh, Pil’e-ha, Shd/- 


bek, 

25 Ré’hum, Ha-shab’nah, Ma- 
a-sé/iah, 

26 And A-hi’jah, Ha’nan, A’nan, 

27 Mal/luch, Ha’rim, Ba’a-nah. 

28 ¥ And the rest of the people, 
the priests, the Lé’vites, the por- 
ters, the singers, the Néth’i-nims, 
and all they that had separated 
themselves from the people of the 
lands unto the law of God, their 
wives, their sons, and _ their 
daughters, every one having 
knowledge, and having under- 
standing; 


NEHEMIAH, 10 


31 And if the people of the land 
bring ware or any victuals on the 
sabbath day to sell, that we 
would not buy it of them on the 
sabbath, or on the holy day: and 
that we would leave the seventh 
year, and the exaction of every 
debt. 

32 Also we made ordinances 
for us, to charge ourselves yearly 
with the third part of a shekel for 
the service of the house of our 


E/lam, | God; 


33 For the shewbread, and for 
the continual meat offering, and 
for the continual burnt offering, 
of the sabbaths, of the new 
moons, for the set feasts, and for 
the holy things, and for the sin 
offerings to make an atonement 
for Iis’ra-el, and for all the work 
of the house of our God. 

34 And we cast the lots among 
the priests, the Lé’vites, and the 
people, for the wood offering, to 
bring if into the house of our God, 
after the houses of our fathers, at 
times appointed year by year, to 
burn upon the altar of the LORD 
our God, as it is written in the 


law 

35 “And to bring the firstfruits 
of our ground, and the firstfruits 
of all fruit of all trees, year 
by year, unte the house of the 
LORD: 

36 Also the firstborn of our 
sons, and of our cattle, as it is 
written in the law, and the first- 
lings of our herds and of our 
flocks, to bring to the house of 
our God, unto the priests that 
minister in the house of our 


29 They clave to their brethren, | God: 


their nobles, and entered into a 
curse, and into an oath, to walk 
in God’s law, which was given 
by Mod’ses the servant of God, 
and to observe and do all the 
commandments of the LORD our 
Lord, and his judgments and his 
statutes; 

30 And that we would not give 
our daughters unto the people of 
the land, nor take their daughters 
for our sons: 


37 And that we should bring 
the firstfruits of our dough, and 
our offerings, and the fruit of all 
manner of trees, of wine and of 
oil, unto the priests, to the cham- 
bers of the house of our God; 
and the tithes of our ground unto 
the Lé’vites, that the same Lé’- 
vites might have the tithes in all 
the cities of our tillage. 

38 And the priest the son of 
Aar’on shall be with the Lé’vites, 


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NEHEMIAH, 11 


when the Lé’vites take tithes: 
and the Lé’vites shall bring up 
the tithe of the tithes unto the 
house of our God, to the cham- 
bers, into the tréasure house. 

39 For the children of Is’ra-el 
and the children of Lé’vi shall 
bring the offering of the corn, of 
the new wine, and the oil, unto 
the chambers, where are the 
vessels of the sanctuary, and the 
priests that minister, and the 
porters, and the singers: and 
we will not forsake the house of 
our God. 


424 CHAPTER 11 
i Choice of officials at Jerusalem. 3 
List of their names. 20 Cities of the 
residue. 
ND the rulers of the people 
dwelt at Jé-ru’sa-lém: the 
rest of the people also cast lots, 
to bring one of ten to dwell in 
jé-ru’sa-lém the holy city, and 
nine parts to dwell in other cities. 
2 And the people blessed all the 
men, that willingly offered them- 
selves ai dwell at Jé-ru’sa-iém. 
3 4 Now these are the chief of 
tHE province that dwelt in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: but in the cities of 
Ji’dah dwelt every, one in his 
possession in their cities, to wit, 
Is’ra-el, the priests, and the 
Lé’vites, and the Néth’i-nims, 
and the children of Sdl’o- 
mon’s servants 
4 And at Jé-ru’sa-lém dwelt 
certain of the children of Ja’dah, 
and of the children of Bén’ja- 
min. Of the children of Ja’dah; 
Ath-a-i’/ah the son of Uz-zi’ah, 
the son of Zéch-a-ri’ah, the son 
of Am-a-ri’ah, the son of Shéph- 
a-ti’ah, the son of Ma-ha’la-lé-el, 
of the children of Pé’réz; 
5 And Ma-a-sé’iah the son of 
Ba’ruch, the son of Cél—-h6/zeh, 


Officials chosen at Jerusalem 


7 And these are the sons of 
Bén’ja-min; Sal/lu the son of 
Mé-shul’lam, the son of Jé’ed, 
the son of Pé-da’iah, the son of 
Kol-a-i/ah, the son of Ma-a-sé’- 
iah, the son of Ith’i-el, the son of 
Jé-sa’iah. 

8 And after him Gab’ba-i, Sai’- 
ney nine hundred twenty and 
eig 

9 And Jo d’el the son of Zich’ri 
was their overseer: and Jii’dah 
the son of Sé-nt’ah was second 
pict the city. 

0 Of the priests: Jé-da’iah 
fae son of Joi’a-rib, Ja’chin. 

11 Sér-a-i/ah the son of Hii- 
ki/ah, the son of Mé-shil’lam, — 
the son of Za’dok, the son of Mé- 
ra/ioth, the son of A-hi’tub, was 
the ruler of the house of God. 

12 And their brethren that did 
the work of the house were eight 
hundred twenty and two: and 
Ad-a-i’ah the son of Jér’o-ham, 
the son of Pél-a-li’ah, the son of 
Am/’zi, the son of Zéch-a-ri’ah, 
the son of Pash’tr, the son of 
Mal-chi’ah, 

13 And his brethren, chief of 
the fathers, two hundred forty 
and two: and A-mash’a-i the son 
of A-zar’e-el, the son of A-hds’- 
a-i, the son of Mé-shil’le-méth, 
the son of Im/mér, 

14 And their brethren, mighty — 
men of vaiour, an hundred twenty 
and eight: and their overseer 
was Zab’di-el, the son of one of 
the great men. 

15 Also of the Lé’vites: Shém- 
a-l’ah the son of Ha’shub, the 
son of Az’ri-kam, the son of 
Hash-a-bi’ah, the son of Biin’ni; 

16 And Shab’be-thai and J6 0z/a~ 
rhe of the chief of the Lé’vites) 

d the oversight of the out-. 
oe business of the house of © 


the son of H4-za‘iah, the son of | God. 


Ad-a-i’ah, the son of Joi’a-rib, 
the son of Zéch-a-ri’ah, the son 
of Shi-10/ni. 

6 All the sons of Pé’réz that 
dwelt at Jé-ru’sa-lém were four 
hundred threescore and eight 
valiant men, 


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17 And Mat-ta-ni’ah the son of 
Mi’cha, the son of Zab’di, the 
son of A’saph, was the principal © 
to begin the thanksgiving in 
prayer: and Bak-buk-i’ah the 
second among his brethren, and 
Ab’da the son of Sham-m1’a, the 


Priests who returned 
son of Ga’lal, the son of Jé 


un. 
18 All the Lé’vites in the holy 





city were two hundred fourscore 





and 


four. 

19 Moreover the porters, Ak’- 
kib, Tal/mon, and their brethren 
that kept the gates, were an hun- 


dred seventy and two. 


20 4 And the residue of Is’ra-el, 
of the priests, end the Lé’vites, 
were in all the cities of Ja’dah, 
every one in his inheritance. 

21 But the Néth’i-nims dwelt 
in O’phel: and Zi’/ha and Gis’pa 
were over the Néth’i-nims. 

22 The overseer also of the Lé’- 
vites at Jé-ru’sa-lém was Uz’zi 
the son of Ba’ni, the son of Hash- 
a-bi’ah, the son of Mat-ta-ni’ah, 
the son of Mi’cha. Of the sons 
of A’saph, the singers were over 
the business of the house of God. 

23 For it was the king’s com- 
mandment concerning them, that 
a certain portion should be for 
the singers, due for every day. 

24 And Péth-a-hi’ah the son of 
Mé-shéz’a-beel, of the children of 
Zé’rah the son of Ji’dah, was 
at the king’s hand in all matters 
concerning the people. 

25 And for the villages, with 
their fields, some of the children 
of Ji’dah dwelt at Kir’jath— 
ir’ba, and in the villages thereof, 
and at Di’bon, and in the villages 
thereof, and at Jé-kab/ze-el, 
and in the villages thereof, 

26 And at Jésh’u-a, and at 
Mol’a-dah, and at Béth—phé‘let, 

27 And at Ha’zar—shv’al, and 
at Bé’er-shé’ba, and in the vil- 
lages thereof, 

28 And at Zik’lag, and at Mék’- 

o-nah, and in the villages thereof. 

29 And at En—-rim’mon, and at 
Za’re-ah, and at Jar’mtth, 

30 Za-no’ah, A-duil’/lam, and in 





NEHEMIAH, 12 


mash, and A-i’ja, and Béth’-el, 
and in their villages, 

32 And at An/a-thoth, Nob, 
An-a-nt’ ah, 

33 Ha’zor, Ra’mah, Git’ta-im, 
ie Ha/did, Ze-b6/im, Né-bal’- 
at, 

35 Lod, and O’n6, the valley of 
craftsmen. 

36 And of the Lé’vites were 
divisions in Ji’dah, and in Bén’- 
ja-min. 





CHAPTER 12 425 
1 The priesis who returned. 10. Suc- 
cession of high priests. 27 Dedica- 


tion of the wail. 


OW these are the priests 
and the Lé’vites that went 
up with Zé-rib’ba-bel the son of 
Shé-al’ti-el, and Jésh’u-a: Sér- 
a-i’/ah, Jér-e-mi’ah, Ez’ra 
ie Am-a-ri/ah, Mal’luch, Hat’- 
3 Shéch-a-ni’ah, Ré’hum, Mér’- 


e-moth, _ i 
4 id’dé, Gin’ne-thé, A-bi’jah, 
5 Mi’a-min, Ma-a-di’ah, Bil’- 


gah, 

6 Shém-a-i’ah, and Joi’a-rib, 
Jé-da’iah, | 

7 Sal/lu, A’mok, Hil-kiah, Jé- 
da/iah. These were the chief of 
the priests and of their brethren 
in the days of Jésh’u-a. 

8 Moreover the Lé’vites: Jésh’- 
u-a, Bin’nu-i, Kad’mi-el, Shér-e- 
bi’ah, Ji’dah, and Mat-ta-ni/ah, 
which was over the thanksgiv- 
ing, he and his brethren. 

9 Aiso Bak-buk-i’ah and Un’ni, 
their brethren, were over against 
them in the watches. 

10 ¥ And Jésh’u-a begat Joi’a- 
kim, Joi’a-kim also begat E-li’/a- 
shib, and E-li’a-shib begat Joi’a- 


a, 
11 And Joi’a-da begat Joén’a- 
ee and Jon’a-than begat Jad- 


their villages, at La’chish, and | di’ 


e fields thereof, at A-zé’kah, 
aiid in the villages thereof. And 
they dwelt from Bé’er—shé’ba 
unto the valley of Hin’nom. 

31 The children also of Bén’ja- 
min from Gé’ba dwelt at Mich’- 


i2- ‘And in the days of Joi’a-kim 
were priests, the chief of the fa- 
thers: of Sér-a-i’ah, Mér-a-i’ah; 
of Jér-e-mi’ah, Han-a-ni’ah; 
_13 Of Ez’ra, Mé-shil/lam; of 
Am-a-ri’/ah, Jé-ho-ha/nan; 


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NEHEMIAH, 12 


14 Of Mél’i-ci, Jon’a-than; of 
Sn yrs anet JO’seph; 
5 Of Ha’rim, Ad’na; of Mé- 
ra “ioth, Hél’ka-i;~ 
6 Of Id’do, Zéch-a-ri’ah; 
Give thine Mé-shtl’/lam; 
17 Of A-bi’jah, Zich’ri; of Min’- 
j-a-min, of M6-a-di’ah, Pil’tai; 
18 Of Bil’gah, Sham-mii’ aston 
Shém-a-i’ah, Jé-hon’a-than; 
19 And of Joi’a-rib, Mat-te-na/1; 
of Jé-da’iah, Uz’zi; 
Kal'la-i; of 


20 Of Sal’la-i, 
A’mok, E’bér; 

21 Of Hil-ki’ah, Hash-a-bi’ah; 
of Jé-da’iah, Né-than’e-el. 

2 ¥ The Lé’vites in the days of 
E-li’a-shib, Joi‘a-da, and Jé-ha’- 
nan, and Jad-dii’a, were record- 
ed chief of the fathers: also the 
priests, to the reign of Da-ri’us 
the Pér’sian. 

23 The sons of Lé’vi, the chief 
of the fathers, were written in the 
book of the chronicles, even until 
the days of Jo-ha’nan the son of 
-li’a-shib. 

24 And the chief of the Lé’vites: 
Hash-a-bi’ah, Shér-e-bi’ah, and 
Jeéesh’u-a the son of Kad’mi-el, 
with their brethren over against 
them, to praise and to give thanks, 
according to the commandment 
of Da’vid the man of God, ward 
over against ward. 

25 Mat-ta-ni/ah, and Bak-buk- 
lah, O-ba-di’ah, Mé-shul’lam, 
Tal’mon, Ak’ktb, were porters 
keeping the ward at the thresh- 
olds of the gates. 

26 These were in the days of 
Joi’a-kim the son of Jésh/u-a, 
the son of Jéz’a-dak, and in the 
days of Né-he-mi’ah the gov- 
ernor, and of Ez’ra the priest, the 
scribe. 

27 9 And at the dedication of 
the wall of Jé-ru’sd-lém they 
sought the Lé’vites out of all 
their places, to bring them to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, to keep the dedi- 
cation with gladness, both with 
thanksgivings, and with singing, 
with yas, psalteries, and 
with har 

28 And Vth sons of the singers 


Dedication of the wall 


gathered themselves. together, 
both out of 
ane about Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
from the villages of Né-toph’a- 


of | thi; 


29 Also from the house of Gil’- 
gal, and out of the fields of Gé’ba 
and Az’ma-véth: for the singers 


the plain country — 


had builded them villages round — 


about Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


30 And the priests and the Lé’- 


vites purified themselves, and 
purified the people, and the gates, 
and the wall. 

31 Then I brought up the princes 


of Ja’dah upon the wall, and ap- — 


pointed two great companies of 
them that gave thanks, whereof 
one went on the right hand upon 
the wall toward the dung gate: 

32 And after them went Hosh- 
Boeri and half of the princes of 

a’d 

33 And Az-a-ri/ah, Ez’ra, and 
Mé-shtl’lam, 

34 Jui’dah, and Bén’ja-min, and 
Shém-a-i’ah, and Jér-e-mi’ah, 


35 And certain of the priests’. 


sons with trumpets; namely, 


Zéch-a-ri’ah the son of Jon’a- — 


than, the son of Shém-a-i’ah, the 
son of Mat-ta-ni’ah, the son of 
Mi-cha’iah, the son of Zac’cur, 
the son of A’saph: 

*36 And his brethren, Shém-a- 
Yah, and A-zar’a-el, 
Gil’a-lai, Ma-a’1, 
and Ji’dah, Ha-na/ni, with the 
musical instruments of Da’vid 


the man of God, and Ez’ra the 


scribe before them. 
37 And at the fountain gate, 
which was over against 


them, © 
they went up by the stairs of the © 


; 


Mii-a-la’i, — 
Né-than’e-el, — 


city of Da’vid, at the going up of — 


the wall, above the house of Da’= — 
vid, even unto the water gate — 


eastward. 


38 And the other company of — 


them that gave thanks went over 


against them, and I after them, © 


and the half of the people upon 


the wall. from beyond the tower 


of the furnaces even unto the 
broad wall; 
39 And from above the gate of 


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Separation of the mized multitude 


NEHEMIAH, 13 


E’phra-im, and above the old ain anes them unto the children 


gate, and above the fish gate, and | of 


the tower of Ha-nan’e-el, and 
the tower of Mé’ah, even unto 
the sheep gate: and they stood 
still in the prison gate. : 

40 So stood the two companies 
of them that gave thanks in the 
house of God, and I, and the 
half of the rulers with me: 

41 And the priests; E-li’a-kim, 
Ma-a-sé’/iah, Min’i-a-min, Mi- 
cha’iah, f-li-o- é/na-1, Zéch-a- 
ri’ah, ‘and Han-a-ni’ah, with: 
trumpets; 

42 And Ma-a-sé’iah, and Shém- 
a-i’ah, and E-le-a’zar, and Uz’zi, 
and J 6-hd-ha’ nan, and Mal-chi’- 
jah, and Elam, and E£’zér. And 
the singers sang loud, with Jéz- 
ra-hi’ah their overseer. 

43 Also that day they offered 
great sacrifices, and rejoiced: 
for God had made them rejoice 
with great joy: the.wives also 
and the children rejoiced: so 
that the joy of Jé-ru’sa-lém was 
heard even afar off. 

d4 9 And at that time were 
some appointed over the cham- 
bers for the treasures, for the 
_ offerings, for the firstfruits, and 
' for the tithes, to gather into them 
out of the fields of the cities the 
portions of the law for the 
. priests and Lé’vites: for Ja’dah 
rejoiced for the priests and for 
the Lé’vites that waited. 

45 And both the singers and 
the porters kept the ward of their 
God, and the ward of the purifi- 
cation, according to the com- 
mandment of Da’vid, and of 

S6l’o-mon his son. 

46 For in the days of Da’vid 
and A’/saph of old there were 
chief of the singers, and songs of 
praise and thanksgiving unto 


od. 

47 And all Is’ra-el in the days 
of Zé-riib’ba-bél, and in the days 
of Né-he-mi’ah, gave the por- 
tions of the singers and the por- 
ters, every day his portion: and 
_ they_sanctified holy things unto 
the Lé’vites; and the Lé’vites 

40 


Aar’o 
CHAPTER 13 426 


1 Separation of the mixed multitude. 
10 Reform of abuses. 23 Marriages 
with strange wives. 

Qi that an they read in the 

book of M6’ses in the audi- 
ence of the people; and therein 
was found written, that the 

Am’mon-ite and the M06/ab-ite 

should not come into the con- 

gregation of God for ever; 

2 Because they met not the 
children of is’ra-el with bread 
and with water, but hired Ba’- 
laam against them, that he 
should curse them: howbeit our 
God turned the curse into a 
blessing. | 

3 Now it came to pass, when 
they had heard the law, that 
they separated from Is’ra-el ail 
the mixed multitude. 

4 ¥ And before this, £-li’a-shib 
the priest, having the oversight 
of the chamber of the house of 
our God,was allied unto Té-bi’ah: 

5 And he had prepared for him 
a great chamber, where afore- 
time they laid the meat offerings, 
the frankincense, and the vessels, 
and the tithes of the corn, the 
new wine, and the oil, which 
was commanded fo be given to 
the Lé’vites, and the singers, and 
the porters; and the offerings of 
the priests. 4 

6 But in all this time was not I 
at Jé-ru’s4-lém: for in the two 
and thirtieth year of Ar-tax-érx’és 
king of Bab’y-lon came I unto 
the king, and after certain days 
obtained I leave of the king: 

d I came to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and understood of the evil that 
E-li’a-shib did for Té-bi’ah, in 
preparing him a chamber in the 
courts of the house of God. 

8 And it grieved me sore: there- 
fore I cast forth all the house- 
hold stuff of Té-bi’ah out of the 
chamber. 

9 Then I commanded, and they 
cleansed the chambers: and 


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NEHEMIAH, 13 


thither brought I again the ves- 
sels of the house of God, with the 
meat offering and the frankin- 
cense. < f 
10 4 And I perceived that the 
portions of the Lé’vites had not 
been given them: for the Le’vites 
and the singers, that did the work, 
were fled every one to his field. 
11 Then contended I with the 
rulers, and said, Why is the 
house of God forsaken? And I 


gathered them together, and set | d 


them in their place. 

12 Then brought all Ja’dah the 
tithe of the corn and the new wine 
and the oil unto the treasuries. 

13 And I made treasurers over 
the treasuries, Shél-e-mi’ah the 
priest, and Za’ddk the scribe, 
and of the Lé’vites, Pé-da’iah: 
and next to them was Ha’nan 
the son of Zac’cur, the son of 
Mat-ta-ni’ah: for they were 


counted faithful, and _ their 
office was to distribute unto their 
brethren. 


14 Remember me, O my God, 
concerning this, and wipe not out 
my good deeds that I have done 
for the house of my God, and for 
the offices thereof. ‘ 

15 4 In those days saw [in Ji’- 
dah some treading wine presses 
on the sabbath, and bringing in 
sheaves, and lading asses; as 
also wine, grapes, and figs, and 
all manner of burdens, which 
they brought into Jé-ru’sa-lem 
on the sabbath day: and I testi- 
fied against them in the day 
wherein they sold victuals. 

16 There dwelt men of Tyre 
also therein, which brought fish, 
and all manner of ware, and sold 
on the sabbath unto the children 
of Ji’dah, and in Jé-ru’sd-lém. 

17 Then I contended with the 
nobles of Ji’dah, and said unto 
them, What evil thing is this that 
ye do, and profane the sabbath 
day? | 

18 Did not your fathers thus, 
and did not our God bring all 
this evil upon us, and upon this 
city? yet ye bring more wrath 


626 


Abuses and reforms 


upon fs’ra-el by profaning the 
sabbath. 

19 And it came to pass, that 
when the gates of Jé-ru’sa-lém 
began to be dark before the sab- 
bath, I commanded that the gates 
should be shut, and charged that 
they should not be opened till 
after the sabbath: and some of 
my servants set I at the gates, 
that there should no burden 
be brought in on the sabbath 


ay. 
. 20 So the merchants and sellers 
of all kind of ware lodged with- 
out Jé-ru’sa-lém once or twice. 

21 Then I testified against them, 
and said unto them, Why lodge 
ye about the wall? if ye do so 
again, I will lay hands on you. 
From that time forth came they 
no more on the sabbath. 

22 And I commanded the Lé’- 
vites that they should cleanse 
themselves, and that they should 
come and keep the gates, to sanc- 
tify the sabbath_day. Remem- 
ber me, O my God, concerning 
this also, and spare me according 
to the greatness of thy mercy. | 

23 § In those days also saw I 
Jews that had married wives of 
Ash’déd, of Am/’mdn, and of 
MO’ab: 

24 And their children spake 
half in the speech of Ash’dod, and 
could not speak in the Jews’ 
language, but according to the 
language of each people. 

25 And I contended with them, 
and cursed them, and smote 
certain of them, and plucked off 
their hair, and made them swear 
by God, saying, Ye shall not give 
your daughters unto their sons, 
nor take their daughters unto 
your sons, or for yourselves. 

.26 Did not S6l’o-mon king of 
Is’ra-el sin by these things? yet 
among many nations was there 
no king like him, who was be- 
loved of his God, and God made 
him king over all Is’ra-el: never- 
theless even him did outlandish 
women cause to sin. 

27 Shall we then hearken unto 


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Ahasuerus’ feast 


you to do all this great evil, to 
transgress against our God in 
marrying strange wives? 

28 And one of the sons of Joi’- 
a-da, the son of E-li’a-shib the 
high priest, was son in law to 
San-bal’lat the Hér’o-nite: there- 
fore I chased him from me. 

29 Remember them, O my 
God, because they have defiled 
the priesthood, and the covenant 


ESTHER, 1 


of the priesthood, and of the 
Lé’vites. 

30 Thus cleansed I them from 

all strangers, and appointed_the 
wards of the priests and the Le’- 
vites, every one in his busi- 
ness; 
31 And for the wood offering, 
at times appointed, and for the 
firstfruits. Remember me, O 
my God, for good. 





THE 


BOOK OF ESTHER 


CHAPTER 1 

1 Feast of Ahasuerus. 10 Vashti 

refuses to come. 13 Her punishment. 
OW it came to pass in the 

AN days of A-has-t-é’rts, (this 
is A-has-i-é’rtis which reigned, 
from In/di-a even unto E-thi-6’- 
pi-a, over an hundred and seven 
and twenty provinces:) 

2 That in those days, when the 
king A-has-t-é’rls sat on the 
throne of his kingdom, which 
was in Shu’shan the palace, 

3 In the third year of his reign, 
he made a feast unto all his 
princes and his servants; the 
power of Pér’sia and Mé’di-a, 
the nobles and princes of the 
provinces, being before him: 

4 When he shewed the riches of 
his glorious kingdom and_ the 
honour of his excellent majesty 
many days, even an hundred and 
fourscore days. 

5 And when these days were 
expired, the king made a feast 
unto all the people that were 
_ present in Shwu/’shan the palace, 
both unto great and small, seven 
_ days, in the court of the garden 
_ of the king’s palace; |. 

6 Where were white, green, 
and blue, hangings, fastened 
with cords of fine linen and pur- 
ple to silver rings and pillars of 
marble: the beds were of gold 
and silver, upon a pavement of 
red, and blue, and white, and 
_ black, marble. 


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7 And they gave them drink in 
vessels of gold, (the vessels being 
diverse one from another,) and 
royal wine in abundance, ac- 
cording to the state of the king. 

8 And the drinking was accord- 
ing to the law; none did compel: 
for so the king had appointed to 
all the officers of his house, that 
they should do according to every 
man’s pleasure. 

9 Also Vash’ti the queen made a 
feast for the women in the royal 
house which belonged to king, 
A-has-i-é’rts. 

10 4 On the seventh day, when 
the heart of the king was merry 
with wine, he commanded Meé- 
hii’man, Biz’tha, Har-bo’na, Big’- 
tha, and A-bag’tha, Zé’thar, and 
Cir’cas, the seven chamberlains 
that served in the presence of 
A-has-t-é’rtis the king, 

11 To bring’ Vash’ti the queen 
before the king with the crown 
royal, to shew the people and the 
princes her beauty: for she was 
fair to look on. Oe 

12 But the queen Vash’ti re- 
fused to come at the king’s com- 
mandment by his chamberlains: 
therefore was the king very wroth, 
and his anger burned in him. 

13 § Then the king said to the 
wise men, which knew the 
times, (for so was the king’s 
manner toward all that knew law 
and judgment: ‘ 

14 And the next unto him was 


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ESTHER, 2 


Car-shé’na, Shé’thdr, Ad’ma-tha, 


Tdr’shish, Mé’rés, Mar’se-na, 
and Mé-mu’can, the_ seven 
princes of Pér’ sia and Mé’di-a, 
which saw the king’s face, and 
which sat the first in the king- 
dom:;) 

15 What shall we do unto the 
queen Vash’ti according to law, 
because she hath not performed 
the commandment of the king 
A-has-t-é/ris by the chamber- 
lains? 

16 And Mé-mii’can answered 
before the king and the princes, 
Vash’ti the queen hath not done 
wrong to the king only, but also 
to all the princes, and to all the 
people that are in all the pro- 
vinces of the king A-has-t-é’rts. 

17 For this deed of the queen 
shall come abroad unto all 
women, so that they shall despise 
their husbands in their eyes, 
when it shall be reported, The 
king A-has-u-é’ris commanded 
Vash’ti the queen to be brought 
in before him, but she came not. 

18 Likewise shall the ladies of 
Pér’sia and Mé’di-a say this day 
unto all the king’s princes, which 
have heard of the deed of the 
queen. Thus shall there arise 
too much contempt and wrath. 

19 If it please the king, let 
there go a royal commandment 
_ from him, and let it be written 
among the laws of the Pér’sians 
and the Médes, that it be not 
altered, That Vash’ti come no 
more before king A-has-i-é’rus; 
and let the king give her royal 
estate unto another that is bet- 
ter than she. 

20 And when the king’s decree 
which he shall make shall be 
published throughout all his 
empire, (for it is great,) all the 
wives shall give to their hus- 
bands honour, both to great and 
sma 

21 And the saying pleased the 
king and the princes; and the 
king did according to the word 
of Mé-mit’can: 

22 For he sent letters into all 


Queen Vashti deposed 


the king’s provinces, into every 
province according to the writing 
thereof, and to every people after 
their language, that every man 
should bear rule: in his own 
house, and that if should be 
published according to the lan- 
guage of every people. 


CHAPTER 2 428 


1 A choice of virgins. 8 Esther chosen 


queen. 21 Mordecai discloses a plot 


against the king. 
FTER these things, when the 
wrath of king A-has-i-é’riis 
was appeased, he remembered 
Vash’ti, and what she had done, 
and what was decreed against 
er. 

2 Then said the king’s servants 
that ministered unto him, Let 
there be fair young virgins sought 
for the king: 

3 And let the king appoint offi- 
cers in all the provinces of his 
kingdom, that they may gather 
together all the fair young vir- 
gins unto Shu’shan the palace, 
to the house of the women, unto 
the custody of Hé’gé the king’s 
chamberlain, keeper of the wom- 
en; and let their things for puri-, 
fication be given them: 

4 And let the maiden which 
pleaseth the king be queen in- 
stead of Vash’ti. And the thing 
pleased the king; and he did 


5 ¢ Now in Shu’shan the palace 
there was a certain Jew, whose 
name was Mor’de-cai, the son of 
Ja'ir, the son of Shim’e-i, the son 
of Kish, a Bén’ja-mite; 

6 Who had been carried away 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém with the cap- 
tivity which_had been carried 
away with Jéc-o-ni’ah king of 
Ja’dah, whom Néb-u-chad-néz’- 
zar the sine of Bab’y-lon had 
carried awa 

And he ertivee up Ha-das’- 
sah, that is, Es’thér, his uncle’s 
daughter: for she had neither 
father nor mother, and the maid 
was fair and beautiful; whom 
Mor’de-cai, when her father and 


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Esther chosen queen 


mother were dead, took for his 
own daughter. 

8 4 So it came to pass, when 
the king’s commandment and his 
decree was heard, and when 
many maidens were gathered 
together unto Shu’shan the pal- 
ace, to the custody of Hég’a-i, 
that Es’thér was brought also unto 
the king’s house, to the custody 
of Hég’a-i, keeper of the women. 

9 And the maiden pleased him, 
and she obtained kindness of 
him; and he speedily gave her 
her things for purification, with 
such things as belonged to her, 
and seven maidens, which were 
meet to be given her, out of the 
king’s house: and he preferred 
her and her maids unto the best 
place of the house of the women. 

10 Es’thér had not shewed her 
people nor her kindred: for M6r’- 
de-cai had charged her that she 
should not shew it. 

11 And Mor’de-cai walked every 
day before the court of the wom- 
en’s house, to know how Es’thér 
ds and what should become of 


P12 4] Now when every maid’s 

turn was come to go in to king 
A-has-t-é’rus, after that she had 
been twelve months, according to 
the manner of the women, (for so 
were the days of their purifica- 
tions accomplished, to wit, six 
months with oil of myrrh, and 
six months with sweet odours, 
and with other things for the 
purifying of the women;) 

13 Then thus came every maid- 
en unto the king; whatsoever she 
desired was given her to go with 
her out of the house of the 
women unto the king’s house. 

14 In the evening she went, and 
on the morrow she returned into 
the second house of the women, 
to the custody of Sha-ash’gaz, 
the king’s chamberlain, which 
kept the concubines: she came 
in unto the king no more, except 
the king delighted in her, and 
that she were called by name. 

15 § Now when the turn of 


ESTHER, 2 


Es’thér, the daughter of Ab-i-ha‘il 
the uncle of Mér’de-cai, who had 
taken her for his daughter, was 
come to go in unto the king, she 
requited nothing but what Hég’- 
a-i the king’s chamberlain, the 
keeper of the women, appointed. 
And Es’thér obtained favour in 
the sight of all them that looked 
upon her. 

16 So Es’thér was taken unto 
king A-has-t-€’rus into his house 
royal in the tenth month, which 
is the month Té’beth, in the 
seventh year of his reign. | 

17 And the king loved Es’thér 
above all the women, and she 
obtained grace and favour in his 
sight more than all the virgins; 
so that he set the royal crown 
upon her head, and made her 
queen instead of Vash’ti. 

18 Then the king made a great 
feast unto all his princes and his 
servants, even Es’thér’s feast; 
and he made a release to the 
provinces, and gave gifts, accord- 
ing to the state of the king. 

19 And when the virgins were 
gathered together the second 
time, then Mor’de-cai sat in the 
king’s gate. 

20 Es’thér had not yet shewed 
her kindred nor her people; as 
Mor’de-cai had charged her: for 
Es’thér did the commandment of 
Mor’de-cai, like as when she was 
brought up with him. 

21 ¥ In those days, while Mér’- 
de-cai sat in the king’s gate, two 
of the king’s chamberlains, Big’- 
than and Té’resh, of those which 
kept the door, were wroth, and 
sought to lay hand on the king 
A-has-t-é’rus. 

22 And the thing was known to 
Mor’de-cai, who told if unto 
Es’thér the queen; and Es’thér 
certified the king thereof in Mor’- 
de-cai’s name. 

23 And when inquisition was 
made of the matter, it was found 
out; therefore they were both 
hanged on a tree: and it was 
written in the book of the chron- 
icles before the king. 


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ESTHER, 3 
429 CHAPTER 3 


1 Haman seeks revenge. & He obiains 
a murderous decree. 


Haman seeks revenge 


people; neither keep they the 
king’s laws: therefore it is not 
for the king’s profit to suffer 


FTER these things did king them 


A-has-t-é/rtis promote Ha’- 
man the son of Ham-méd’a- 
tha the A’gag-ite, and advanced 
him, and set his seat above 
au Ene princes that were with 


2 And all the king’s servants, 
that were in the king’s gate, 
bowed, and reverenced Ha’man: 
for the king had so commanded 
concerning him. But Mér’de-cai 
bowed not, nor did him rever- 
ence. 

3 Then the king’s_ servants, 
which were in the king’s gate, 
said unto Mér’de-cai, Why trans- 
gressest thou the king’s com- 
mandment? 

4 Now it came to pass, when 
they spake daily unto him, and 
he hearkened not unto them, that 
they told Ha’man, to see whether 
MOr’de-cai’smatters wouldstand: 
for he had told them that he was 
a Jew. 

5 And when Ha’man saw that 
MO6r’de-cai bowed not, nor did 
him reverence, then was Ha’man 
full of wrath. 

6 And he thought scorn to lay 
hands on Mér’de-cai alone; for 
they had shewed him the people 
of Mor’de-cai: wherefore Ha’- 
man sought to destroy all He 
Jews that were throughout 
whole kingdom of A-his-t-é’ris, 
even the people of Mo6r’de- 
vat 

7 4 In the first month, that is, 
the month Ni’san, in the twelfth 
year of king A-has-ti-é’rts, they 
cast Pir, that zs, the lot, before 
Ha’man from day to day, and 
from month to month, fo the 
twelfth month, thatis, themonth 

And Ha’man said unto king 
A-has-t-é’riis, There is a certain 
people scattered abroad and dis- 
persed among the people in all the 
provinces of thy kingdom; and 


9 If it please the king, let it be 
written that they may be de- 
stroyed: and I will pay ten 
thousand talents of silver to the 
hands of those that have the 
charge of the business, to bring 
it into the king’s treasuries. 

10 And the king took his ring 
from his hand, and gave it unto 
Ha’man the son of Ham-méd’a- 
sag the A’gag-ite, the Jews’ en- 


“AL "And the king said unto Ha’- 
man, The silver is given to thee, 
the people also, to do with them 
as it seemeth good to thee 

12 Then were the king’s scribes 
called on the thirteenth day of the 
first month, and there was writ- 
ten according to all that Ha’man 
had commanded unto the king’s 
lieutenants, and to the governors 
that were over every province, 
and to the rulers of every people 
of every province according to 
the writing thereof, and to every 
people after their language; in 
the name of king A-has-i-é’ris 
was it written, and sealed with 
the king’s ring. 

13 And the letters were sent 
by posts into all the king’s prov- 
inces, to destroy, to kill, and to 
cause to perish, all Jews, both 
young and old, little children and 
women, in one day, even upon 


the thirteenth day of the twelfth 


month, which is the month A’dar, 
and to take the spoil of them for 
a prey 

14 The copy of the writing for 


a commandment to be given in 


every province was published 


unto all people, that they should 


be ready against that day. 

15 The posts went out, being 
hastened by the king’s command- 
ment, and the decree was given 
in Shu’shan the palace. And the 
king and Ha’man sat down to 


drink; but the city Shu’shan 


their laws are diverse from all | was perplexed. 
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Jews in peril 
430 CHAPTER 4 


1 Mourning over the king’s decree. 4 
Esther sends to Mordecai. 15 She 
appoinis a fast. 

HEN Mor’de-cai perceived 

all that was done, Mér’de- 
cai rent his clothes, and put on 
sackcloth with ashes, and went 
out into the midst of the city, and 
cried with aloud and a bitter cry; 

2 And came even before the 
king’s gate: for none might enter 
into the king’s gate clothed with 
sackcloth. 

.3 And in every province, whith- 

ersoever the king’s command- 

ment and his decree came, there 
was great mourning among the 

Jews, and fasting, and weeping, 

and wailing; and many lay in 

sackcloth and ashes. 

4 { So Es’thér’s maids and her 
chamberlains came and told it 
her. Then was the queen ex- 
ceedingly grieved; and she sent 
raiment to clothe Mér’de-cai, and 
to take away his sackcloth from 
him: but he received if not. 

5 Then called Es’thér for Ha’- 
tach, one of the king’s chamber- 
lains, whom he had appointed 
to attend upon her, and gave him 
a commandment to Mér’de-cai, 
to know what it was, and why it 
was. 

6 So Ha’tach went forth to 
Mor’de-cai unto the street of the 
city, which was before the king’s 
gate. 

7 And Mér’de-cai told him of all 
that had happened unto him, and 
of the sum of the money that 
Ha’man had promised to pay to 
the king’s treasuries for the Jews, 
to destroy them. 

8 Also he gave him the copy of 
the writing of the decree that was 
given at Shu’shan to destroy 
them, to shew if unto Es’thér, and 
to declare if unto her, and to 
charge her that she should go in 

“unto the king, to make suppli- 
Cation unto him, and to make 
“request before him for her people. 

9 And Ha’tach came and told 

Es’thér the words of Mér’de-cai. 


ESTHER, 4, 5 


10 § Again Es’thér spake unto 
Ha’tach, and gave him com- 
mandment unto Mér’de-cai; 

11 All the king’s servants, and 
the people of the king’s provinces, 
do know, that whosoever, wheth- 
er man or woman, shall come 
unto the king into the inner 
court, who is not called, there is 
one law of his to put him to death, 
except such to whom the king 
shall hold out the golden sceptre, 
that he may live: but I have not 
been called to come in unto the 
king these thirty days. 

_12 And they told to Mér’de-cai 
Es’thér’s words. 

13 Then MOr’de-cai command- 
ed to answer Es’thér, Think not 
with thyself that thou shalt es- 
cape in the king’s house, more 
than all the Jews. 

14 For if thou altogether hold- 
est thy peace at this time, then 
shall there> enlargement and 
deliverance arise to the Jews 
from another place; but thou 
and thy father’s house shall be 
destroyed: and who knoweth 
whether thou art come to the 
kingdom for such a time as this? 

15 § Then Es’thér bade them 
return Mor’de-cai this answer, 

16 Go, gather together all the 
Jews that are present in Shu’- 
shan, and fast ye for me, and 
neither eat nor drink three days, 
night or day: I also and my 
maidens will fast likewise; and 
so will I go in unto the king, 
which is not according to the 
law: and if I perish, I perish. 

17 So MOr’de-cai went his way, 
and did according to all that 
Es’thér had commanded him. 


CHAPTER 5 431 


1 Esther’s banquet. 6 Another ban- 
quet. 14 Haman builds a gallows 
for Mordecai. ns 

OW it came to pass on the 
third day, that Es’thér put 
on her royal apparel, and stood 
in the inner court of the king’s 
house, over against the king’s 
house: and the king sat upon his 


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ESTHER, 6 


Esther’s banquet 


royal throne in the royal house, | the glory of his riches, and the 


over against the gate of the house. 

2 And it was so, when the king 
saw Es’thér the queen standing in 
the court, that she _ obtained 
favour in his sight: and the king 
held out to Es’thér the golden 
sceptre that was in his hand. So 
Es’thér drew near, and touched 
the top of the sceptre. 

3 Then said the king unto her, 
What wilt thou, queen Es’thér? 
and what ts thy request? it shall 
be even given thee to the half of 
the kingdom. ; 

4 And Es’thér answered, If it 
seem good unto the king, let the 
king and Ha’man come this day 
unto the banquet that I have pre- 
pared for him. 

5 Then the king said, Cause 
Ha’man to make haste, that he 
may do as Es’thér hath said. So 
the king and Ha’man came to the 
banquet that Es’thér had pre- 
pared. 

6 § And the king said unto 
Es’thér at the banquet of wine, 
What is thy petition? and it shall 
be granted thee: and what is thy 
request? even to the half of the 
kingdom it shall be performed. 

_ Then answered Es’thér, and 
said, My petition and my request 


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8 If I have found favour in the 
sight of the king, and if it please 
the king to grant my petition, and 
to perform my request, let the 
king and Ha’man come to the 
banquet that I shall prepare for 
them, and I will do to morrow as 
the king hath said. 

9 4 Then went Ha’man forth 
that day joyful and with a glad 
heart: but when Ha’man saw 
MOr’de-cai in the king’s gate, 
that he stood not up, nor moved 
for him, he was full of indigna- 
tion against M6r’de-cai. 

10 Nevertheless Ha’man re- 
frained himself: and when he 
came home, he sent and called 
for his friends, and Zé’resh his 


wife. 
11 And Ha’man told them of 


multitude of his children, and all 
the things wherein the king had 
promoted him, and how he had 
advanced him above the princes 
and servants of the king. 

12 Ha’man said moreover, Yea, 
Es’thér the queen did let no man 
come in with the king unto the 
banquet that she had prepared 
but myself; and to morrow am 
I invited unto her also with the 


ng. 

13 Yet all this availeth me 
nothing, so long as I see Mér’de- 
oe the Jew sitting at the king’s 
gate. |. 

14 ¥ Then said Zé’resh his wife 
and all his friends unto him, Let 
a gallows be made of fifty cubits 
high, and to morrow speak thou 
unto the king that Moér’de-cai 
may be hanged thereon: then go 
thou in merrily with the king 
unto the banquet. And the thing 
pleased Ha’man; and he caused 
the gallows to be made. 


CHAPTER 6 432 


1 The king hears Mordecai's record. 12 
He is honoured above Haman. 


N that night could not the 
king sleep, and he com- 


manded to bring the book of # 


records of the chronicles; and 
they were read before the king. 
And it was found written, 
that Mér’de-cai had told of Big’- 
tha-na and Té’resh, two of the 
king’s chamberlains, the keepers 
of the door, who sought to lay 
hand on the king A-has-i-é’ris. 
3 And the king said, What 
honour and dignity hath been 
done to Mé6r’de-cai for this? 
Then said the king’s servants 
that ministered unto him, There 
is nothing done for him. ; 
_4 4 And the king said, Who is 
in the court? Now Ha’man was 
come into the outward court of 
the king’s house, to speak unto 
the king to hang Mé6r’de-cai on 
the gallows that he had prepared 
or him. 
S And the king’s servants said 


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Mordecai honoured 


ESTHER, 7 


unto him, Behold, Ha’man stand- | before whom thou hast begun to 


eth in the court. And the king 
said, Let him come in. . 

6 So Ha’man came in. 
the king said unto him, What 
shall be done unto the man 
whom the king delighteth to 
honour? Now Ha’man thought 
in his heart, To whom would the 
king delight to do honour more 
than to myself? 

7 And Ha’man answered the 
king, For the man whom the 
king delighteth to honour, 

8 Let the royal apparel be 
brought which the king useth to 
wear, and the horse that the king 
rideth upon, and the crown royal 
which is set upon his head: 

9 And let this apparel and horse 
be delivered to the hand of one 
of the king’s most noble princes, 
that they may array the man 
withal whom the king delighteth 
to honour, and bring him on 
horseback through the street of 
the city, and proclaim before 
him, Thus shall it be done to the 
man whom the king delighteth to 
honour. 

10 Then the king said to Ha’- 
man, Make haste, and take the 
apparel and the horse, as thou 
hast said, and do even so to 
MOor’de-cai the Jew, that sitteth 
at the king’s gate: let nothing 
fail of all that thou hast spoken. 

11 Then took Ha’man the ap- 
parel and the horse, and arrayed 
MOor’de-cai, and brought him on 
horseback through the street of 
the city, and proclaimed before 
him, Thus shall it be done unto 
the man whom the king delight- 
eth to honour. ; 

12 ¢ And Mbo6r’de-cai came 
again to the king’s gate. But 
Ha’man hasted to his, house 
mourning, and having his head 
- covered. 

13 And Ha’man told Zé’resh 
his wife and all his friends every 
thing that had befallen him. 
Then said his wise men and Zé’- 
resh his wife unto him, If Mér’- 
de-cai be of the seed of the Jews, 


And | hi 


fall, thou shalt not prevail against 
him, but shalt surely fall before 


m. 
14 And while they were yet 
talking with him, came the king’s 
chamberlains, and hasted to 
bring Ha’man unto the banquet 
that Es’thér had prepared. 


CHAPTER 7 433 
1 Esther sues for her people. 5 She 
accuses Haman. 7 He is hanged. 


O the king and Ha’man came 

to banquet with Es’thér the 
queen. , ‘ 

_2 And the king said again unto 
Es’thér on the second day at the 
banquet of wine, What is thy 
petition, queen Es’thér? and it 
shall be granted thee: and what 
is thy request? and it shall be 
performed, even to the half of the 
kingdom. | 

3 Then Es’thér the queen an- 
swered and said, If I have found 
favour in thy sight, O king, and 
if it please the king, let my life 
be given me at my petition, and 
my people at my request: 

For we are sold, I and my 
people, to be destroyed, to be 
slain, and to perish. But if we 
had been sold for bondmen and 
bondwomen, I had held my 
tongue, although the enemy could 
not countervail the king’s dam- 


age. 

5 § Then the king A-has-i-é’- 
ris answered and said unto 
Es’thér the queen, Who is he, and 
where is he, that durst presume 
in his heart to do so? 

6 And Es’thér said, The adver- 
sary and enemy is this wicked 
Ha’/man. Then H&’man was 
afraid before the king and the 


queen. 

7 9 And the king arising from 
the banquet of wine in his wrath 
went into the palace garden: and 
Ha’man stood up to make re- 
quest for his life to Es’thér the 
queen; for he saw that there was 
evil determined against him by 
the king. 


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ESTHER, 8 


8 Then the king returned out of 
the palace garden into the place 
of the banquet of wine; and Ha’- 
man was fallen upon the bed 
whereon Es’thér was. Then said 
the king, Will he force the queen 
also before mein the house? As 
the word went out of the king’s 
pu they covered Ha’man’s 

ace. 

9 And Hiar-bd’nah, one of the 
chamberlains, said before the 
king, Behold also, the gallows 
fifty cubits high, which Ha’man 
had made for Mér’de-cai, who 
had spoken .good for the king, 
standeth in the house of Ha’man. 
Then the king said, Hang him 
thereon. 

10 So they hanged Ha’man on 
the gallows that he had prepared 
for Mér’de-cai. Then was the 
king’s wrath pacified. 


434 CHAPTER 8 


1 Mordecai is advanced. 3 The decree 
against the Jews reversed. 15 Joy of 


the Jews. 


N that day did the king A- 

has-ti-é’rtis give the house 

of Ha’man the Jews’ enemy unto 

Es’thér the queen. And Mér’de- 

cai came before the king; for 

Es’thér had told what he was 
unto her. : 

2 And the king took off his 
ring, which he had taken from 
Ha’man, and gave it unto Mor’- 
de-cai. And Es’thér set Mér’de- 
cai over the house of Ha’man. | 

3 ¥ And Es’thér spake yet again 
before the king, and fell down at 
his feet, and besought him with 
tears to put away the mischief of 
Ha’man the A’gag-ite, and his 
device that he had devised against 
the Jews. 

4 Then the king held out the 
golden sceptre toward Es’thér. 
So Es’thér arose, and stood be- 
fore the king, ; 

5 And said, If it please the king, 
and if I have found favour in his 
sight, and the thing seem right 
before the king, and I be pleasing 
in his eyes, let it be written to 
reverse the letters devised by 


Haman hanged. Mordecai promoted 


Ha’man the son of Ham-méd’a- 
tha the A’gag-ite, which he wrote 
to destroy the Jews which are in 
all the king’s provinces: 

6 For how can I endure to see 
the evil that shall come unto my 
people? or how can I endure to 
see the destruction of my kindred? 

7 4 Then the king A-has-t-é’- 
rus said unto Es’thér the queen 
and to Mér’de-cai the Jew, Be- 
hold, I have given Es’thér the 
house of Ha’man, and him they - 
have hanged upon the gallows, 
because he laid his hand upon 
the Jews. 

8 Write ye also for the Jews, as 
it liketh you, in the king’s name, 
and seal if with the king’s ring: 
for the writing which is written 
in the king’s name, and sealed 
with the king’s ring, may no 
man reverse. 

9 Then were the king’s scribes 
called at that time in the third 
month, that is, the month Si’van, 
on the three and twentieth day 
thereof; and it was written ac- 
cording to all that Mdér’de-cai 
commanded unto the Jews, and 
to the lieutenants, and the depu- 
ties and rulers of the provinces 
which are from In’di-a unto j 
E-thi-6’pi-a, an hundred twenty 
and seven provinces, unto every 
province according to the writing 
thereof, and unto every people 
after their language, and to the 
Jews according to their writing, 
and according to their language. 

10 And he wrote in the king 
A-has-ti-€/rtis’ name, and sealed 
it with the king’s ring, and sent 
letters by posts on horseback, 
and riders on mules, camels, and 
young dromedaries: — 

11 Wherein the king granted 
the Jews which were in every 
city to gcther themselves to- 
gether, and to stand for their life, 
to destroy, to slay, and to cause 
to perish, all the power of the 
people and province that would 
assault them, both little ones and 
women, and fo take the spoil of 
them for a prey. 


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The Jews slay their enemies 


12 Upon one day in all the 
provinces of king A-has-t-é’- 
rus, namely, upon the thirteenth 
day of the twelfth month, which 
is the month A’dar. 

-13 The copy of the writing for 
a commandment to be given in 
every province was published 
unto all people, and that the Jews 
should be ready against that day 
to avenge themselves on their 
enemies. 

14 So the posts that rode upon 
mules and camels went out, being 
hastened and pressed on by the 
king’s commandment. And the 
decree was given at Shu’shan the 
palace. 

15 4 And Moér’de-cai went out 
from the presence of the king in 
royal apparel of blue and white, 
and with a great crown of gold, 
and with a garment of fine linen 
and purple: and the city of 
Shu’shan rejoiced and was glad. 

16 The Jews had light, and 
gladness, and joy, and honour. 

17 And in every province, and 
in every city, whithersoever the 
king’s commandment and his 
decree came, the Jews had joy 
and gladness, a feast and a good 
day. And many of the people of 
the land became Jews; for the 
fear of the Jews fell upon them. 


435 CHAPTER 9 


1 The Jews slay their enemies. 14 
Haman’s sons hanged. 20 The feast 
of Purim is instituted. 

OW in the twelfth month, 
that is, the month A’dar, on 
the thirteenth day of the same, 
when the king’s commandment 
and his decree drew near to be 
put in execution, in the day that 


the enemies of the Jews hoped to 


have power over them, (though 


that the Jews had rule over them 
ae neue them; ) 
2 The Jews gathered them- 


selves together in their cities 


throughout all the provinces of 
the king A-hdas-t-é’rtis, to lay 


‘hand on such as sought their 


ESTHER, 9 


hurt: and no man could with- 
stand them; for the fear of them 
fell upon all people. 

¢3 And all the rulers of the 
provinces, and the lieutenants, 
and the deputies, and officers of 
the king, helped the Jews; be- 
cause the fear of Mér’de-cai fell 
upon them 

4 For Mor’de-cai was great in 
the king’s house, and his fame 
went out throughout all the 
provinces: for this man Moér’de- 
cai waxed greater and greater. 

5 Thus the Jews smote all their 
enemies with the stroke of the 
sword, and slaughter, and de- 
struction, and did what they 
would unto those that hated them. 

6 And in Shu’shan the palace 
the Jews slew and destroyed five 
hundred men. 

7 And Par-shan’da-tha, 
Dal’phon, and As’pa-tha, 

8 And Por’a-tha, and Ad-a-li’a, 
and A-rid’a-tha, 

9 And Par-mash’ta, and A-ris’- 
he and A-rid’a-i, and Va-jéz’a- 

a; 

10 The ten sons of Ha’man the 
son of Ham-méd’a-tha, the en- 
emy of the Jews, slew they; but 
on the spoil laid they not their 


and. 

11 On that day the number of 
those that were slain in Shu’shan 
the palace was brought before 
the king. 

12 4 And¥the king said unto 
Es’thér the queen, The Jews have 
slain and destroyed five hundred 
men in Shu’shan the palace, and 
the ten sons of Ha’man; what 
have they done in the rest of the 
king’s provinces? now what is 
thy petition? and it shall be 
granted thee: or what is thy 
request further? and it shall be 


e. 
13 Then said Es’thér, If it 
please the king, let it be granted 
to the Jews which are in Shu’- 
shan to do to morrow also ac- 
cording unto this day’s decree, 
and let Ha’man’s ten sons be 
hanged upon the gallows. 


and 


to the contrary, | don 


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ESTHER, 9 


14 And the king commanded it 
so to be done: and the decree 
was given at Shu’shan; and 
they hanged Ha’man’s ten 
sons. : 

15 For the Jews that were in 
Shu’shan gathered themselves 
together on the fourteenth day 
also of the month A’diar, and slew 
three hundred men at Shu’shan; 
ee on the prey they laid not their 


a16 But the other Jews that were 
in the king’s provinces gathered 
HisnisalvEs together, and stood 
for their lives, and had rest from 
their enemies, and slew of their 
foes seventy and five thousand, 
but they laid not their hands on 
the prey, 

17 On the thirteenth day of the 
month A’dar; and on the four- 
teenth day of the same rested 
they, and made it a day of feast- 
ing and gladness. 

18 But the Jews that were at 
Shu’shan assembled together on 
the thirteenth day thereof, and on 
the fourteenth thereof; and on 
the fifteenth day of the same they 
rested, and made it a day of 
feasting and gladness. 

19 Therefore the Jews of the 
villages, that dwelt in the un- 
walled towns, made the four- 
teenth day of the month A’dar a 
day of gladness and feasting, 
and a good day, and of sending 
portions one to another. 

20 ¢ And M6r’de-cai wrote these 
things, and sent letters unto ail 
the Jews that were in_ all the 
provinces of the king A-has-i- 
é’rus, both nigh and far, 

21 Tostablish this among them, 
that they should keep the four- 
teenth day of the month A’dar, 
and the fifteenth day of the same, 
yearly, F 

22 As the days wherein the 
Jews rested from their enemies, 
and the month which was turn- 
ed unto them from sorrow to joy, 
and from mourning into a good 
day: that they should make them 
days of feasting and joy, and of 


Feast of Purim instituted 


sending portions one to another. 
and gifts to the poor. 

23 And the Jews undertook to 
do as they had begun, and as 
Mor’de-caéi had written unto 
them; 

24 Because Ha’man the son of 
Ham-méd’a-tha, the A’gag-ite, 
the enemy of all the Jews, had 
devised against the Jews to de 
stroy them, and had cast Par, 
that is, the lot, to consume them, 
and to destroy them; 

25 But when £Es’thér came be- 
fore the king, he commanded by 
letters that his wicked device, 
which he devised against the 
Jews, should return upon his 
own head, and that he and his 
sons should be hanged on the 
gallows. 

26 Wherefore they called these 
days Pt’rim after the name of 
Par. Therefore for all the words 
of this letter, and of that which 
they had seen concerning this 
matter, and which had come unto 
them, 

27 The Jews ordained, and took 
upon them, and upon their seed, 
and upon all such as joined 
themselves unto them, so as it 
should not fail, that they would 
keep these two days according tuf 
their writing, and according to 
their appointed time every 
year 

28 and that these days should 
beremembered and kept through- 
out every generation, every fam- 
ily, every province, and every 
city; and that these days of 
Pi’rim should not fail from 
among the Jews, nor the memo- 
aa of them perish from their 
see 

29 Then Es’thér the queen, the 
daughter of Ab-i-ha’il, and Mér’- 
de-cai the Jew, wrote with all 
authority, to confirm this second 
letter of Pa’rim. 

30 And he sent the letters unto 
all the Jews, to the hundred 
twenty and seven provinces of 
the kingdom of A-hds-t-é/ris, 
with words of peace and truth, 


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Job’s family and wealth 


31 To confirm these days of 
Pii’rim in their times appointed, 
according as Moér’de-cai the Jew 
and Es’thér the queen had en- 
joined them, and as they had 
decreed for themselves and for 
their seed, the matters of the fast- 
ings and their cry. ' 

32 And the decree of Es’thér 
confirmed these matters of Pi’- 
rim; and it was written in the 
book. 

436 CHAPTER 10 
1 Ahasuerus’ power. 3 Mordecai’s 
advancement and power. 
ND the king A-has-i-é’ris 
laid a tribute upon the land, 


ESTHER, 10; JOB, 1 


and upon the isles of the 
sea. 

2 And all the acts of his power 
and of his might, and the decla- 
ration of the greatness of Mor’ ~ 
decai, whereunto the king ad- 
vanced him, are they not written 
in the book of the chronicles of 
the kings of Mé’di-a and 
Pér’sia? 

3 For Mor’de-cai the Jew was 
next unto king A-hds-t-é’ris, 
and great among the Jews, and 
accepted of the multitude of his 
brethren, seeking the wealth of 
his people, and speaking peace 
to all his seed. 


BOOK OF JOB 


437 CHAPTER 1 


1 Job’s family and wealth. 
great losses. 20 He mourns, 
blesses God. 

HERE was a man in the 
land of Uz, whose name was 

Job; and that man was perfect 

and. upright, and one that feared 

God, and eschewed evil. 

2 And there were born unto him 
seven sons and three daughters. 

3 His substance also was seven 
thousand sheep, and three thou- 
sand camels, and five hundred 
yoke of oxen, and five hundred 
she asses, and a very great 
household; so that this man 
was the greatest of all the men 
of the east. 

4 And his sons went and feast- 
ed in their houses, every one his 
day; and sent and called for 
their three sisters to eat and to 
drink with them. 

5 And it was so, when the days 
of their feasting were gone about, 
_ that Job sent and sanctified them, 
_ and rose up early in the morning, 
and offered burnt offerings ac- 
: gee to the number of them 
all: 
my sons have sinned, and cursed 
God in their hearts. Thus did 
Job continually. 


Lois 
yet 


for Job said, It may be that | face 


6 4 Now there was a day 
when the sons of God came to 
present themselves before the 
LORD, and S@a’tan came also 
among them. 

7 And the LORD said unto Sa’- 
tan, Whence comest thou? Then 
Sa’tan answered the LORD, and 
said, From going to and fro in 
the earth, and from walking up 
and down in it. 

8 And the LORD said unto Sa’- 
tan, Hast thou considered my 
servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect 
and an upright man, one that 
feareth God, and escheweth evil? 

9 Then Sa’tan answered the 
LORD, and said, Doth Jéb fear 
God for nought? 

10 Hast not thou made an 
hedge about him, and about his 
house, and about all that he hath 
on every side? thou hast blessed 
the work of his hands, and his 
substance is increased in the 
land. 

11 But put forth thine hand 
now, and touch all that he hath, 
and he will curse thee to thy 


12 And the LORD said unto 
Sa’tan, Behold, all that he hath 
is in power; only upon 


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JOB, 2 


himself put not forth thine hand. 
So Sa’tan went forth from the 
presence of the LORD. 

13 § And there was a day 
_when his sons and his daugh- 
ters were eating».and drinking 
wine in their eldest brother’s 
house: 

14 And there came a messen- 
ger unto Job, and said, The oxen 
were plowing, and the asses feed- 
ing beside them: 

15 And the S4-bé’ans fell upon 
them, and took them away; yea, 
they have slain the servants Sete 
the edge of the sword; and I 
only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

16 While he was yet speaking, 
there came also another, and 
said, The fire of God is fallen 
from heaven, and hath burned up 
the sheep, and the servants, an 
consumed them; and I only am 
escaped alone to tell thee. 

17 While he was yet speaking, 
there came also another, and 
said, The Chal-dé’ans made out 
three bands, and fell upon the 
camels, and have carried them 
away, yea, and slain the serv- 
ants with the edge of the sword; 
and I only am escaped alone to 
tell thee. 

18 While he was yet speaking, 
there came also another, and 
said, Thy sons and thy daughters 
were eating and drinking wine in 
their eldest brother’s house: 

19 And, behold, there came a 
great wind from the wilderness, 
and smote the four corners of the 
house, and it fell upon the young 
men, and they are dead; and 
only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

20 Then Job arose, and rent his 
mantle, and shaved his head, 
and fell down upon the ground, 
and worshipped, 

21 And said, Naked came I out 
of my mother’s womb, and naked 
shall I return thither: the LORD 
gave, and the LORD hath taken 
A IS blessed be the name of 

22 In ray this Job sinned not, 
nor charged God foolishly. 


I| sat down among 


Job’s trials 


CHAPTER 2 438 


1 Satan further tries Job. 7 He is smit- 
ten with boils. 9 His family reproved. 


AG al there was a day when 
the sons of God came to 
present themselves before the 
LORD, and Sa’tan came also 
among them to present himself 
before the LORD. 

2 And the LORD said unto Sa’- 
tan, From whence comest thou? 
And Sa’tan answered the LorD, 
and said, From going to and fro 
in the earth, and from walking 
up and down in it. 

3 And the LORD said unto Sa’- 
tan, Hast thou considered my 
servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect 
and an upright man, one that 


d | feareth God, and escheweth evil? 


and still he holdeth fast his in- 
tegrity, although thou movedst 
me against him, to destroy him 
without cause. 

4 And Sa’tan answered the 
LORD, and said, Skin for skin, 
yea, all that a man hath will he 
give for his life. 

5 But put forth thine hand now, 
and touch his bone and his flesh, 
and he will curse thee to thy face. 

6 And the LORD said unto Sa’- 
tan, Behold, he is in thine hand; 
pak save his life. 

7 4 So went Sa’tan forth from 
the presence of the LORD, and 
smote J6b with sore boils from 
the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

8 And he took him a potsherd 
to scrape himself withal; and he 
the ashes. 

9 4 Then said his wife unto 
him, Dost thou still retain thine 
integrity? curse God, and die. 

10 But he said unto her, Thou 
speakest as one of the foolish 
women speaketh. What? shall 
we receive good at the hand of 
God, and shall we not receive 
evil? In all this did not Job sin 
with his lips. 

11 § Now when Job’s three 
friends heard of all this evil that 
was come upon him, they came 


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Job’s complaint 


every one from his own place; 
El’/i-phaz the Té’man-ite, and 
Bil’dad the Shu’hite, and Zd’- 
phar the Na’a-math-ite: for they 
had made an appointment to- 
gether to come to mourn with 
him and to comfort him. 

12 And when _they lifted up 
their eyes afar off, and knew him 
not, they lifted up their voice, and 
wept; and they rent every one 
his mantle, and sprinkled dust 
upon their heads toward heaven. 

13 So they sat down with him 
upon the ground seven days and 
seven nights, and none spake a 
word unto him: for they saw 
that his grief was very great. 


439 CHAPTER 3 


1 Job curses the day of his birth. 
His complaint of life. 

FTER this opened Job his 

mouth, and cursed his day. 

2 And Job spake, and said, 

3 Let the day perish wherein I 
was born, and the night in which 
it was said, There is a man child 
conceived. 

4 Let that day be darkness; let 
not God regard it from above, 
neither let the light shine upon it. 

5 Let darkness and the shadow 
of death stain it; let a cloud 
dwell upon it; let the blackness 
of the day terrify it. 

6 As for that night, let darkness 
seize upon it; let it not be joined 
unto the days of the year, let it 
not come into the number of the 
months. : 

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, 
let no joyful voice come therein. 

8 Let them curse it that curse 
the day, who are ready to raise 
up their mourning 

9 Let the stars “of the twilight 
thereof be dark; let it look for 
light, but have none; neither let 
it see the dawning of the day: 

10 Because it shut not up the 
doors of my mother’s womb, nor 
hid sorrow from mine eyes. 

11 Why died I not from the 
womb? why did I not give up the 


20 


JOB, 3, 4 


ghost when I came out of the 
belly? 

12 Why did the knees prevent 
me? or why the breasts that I 
should suck? 

13 For now should I have lain 
still and been quiet, I should have 
slept: then had I been at rest, 

14 With kings and counsellors 
of the earth, which built desolate 
pines for themselves; 

5 Or with princes that had 
Ci who filled their houses with 
silver: 

16 Or as an hidden untimely 
birth I had not been; as infants 
which never saw light. 

17 There the wicked cease from 
troubling; and there the weary 
be at rest. z 

18 There the prisoners rest to- 
gether; they hear not the voice 
of the oppressor. 

19 The small and great are 
there; and the servant is free 
from his master. 

20 Wherefore. is light given to 
him that is in misery, and life 
unto the bitter in soul; 

21 Which long for death, but it 
cometh not; and dig for it more 
than for hid treasures; 

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, 
and are glad, when they can find 
the grave? 

23 Why is light given to a man 
whose way is hid, and whom 
God hath hedged in? 

24 For my sighing cometh be- 
fore I eat, and my roarings are 
poured out like the waters. 

25 For the thing which I 
greatly feared is come upon-me, 
and that which I was afraid of is 
come unto me. 

26 I was not in safety, neither 
had I rest, neither was I quiet; 
yet trouble came. 


CHAPTER 4 440 
1 Eliphaz reproves Job. 7 The teach- 
ings of Eliphaz. 
HEN El‘i-phaz the Té’man- 
ite answered and said, 
2 If weassay to commune with 
thee, wilt thou be grieved? but 


639 


JOB, 5 
who can withhold himself from 


speaking? 

3 Behold, thou hast instructed 
many, and thou hast strengthen- 
ed the weak hands. 

Thy words have upholden 
him that was falling, and thou 
hast strengthened the feeble 
knees. 

5 But now it is come upon thee, 
and thou faintest; it toucheth 
thee, and thou art troubled. 

6 Is not this thy fear, thy con- 
fidence, thy hope, and the up- 
rightness of thy ways? 

Remember, I pray thee, who 
ever perished, being innocent? or 
where were the righteous cut off? 

8 Even as I have seen, they 
that plow iniquity, and sow wick- 
edness, reap the same. 

_9 By the blast of God they per- 
ish, and by the breath of his 
nostrils are they consumed. 

The roaring of the lion, and 
the voice of the fierce lion, and 
the teeth of the young lions, are 
broken. 

11 The old lion perisheth for 
lack of prey, and the stout lion’s 
whelps are scattered abroad. 
_12 Now a thing was secretly 
brought to me, and mine ear re- 
ceived a little thereof. 4 

13 In thoughts from the visions 
of the night, when deep sleep 
falleth on men, 

14 Fear came upon me, and 
trembling, which made all my 
bones to shake. 

15 Then a spirit passed before 
my face; the hair of my flesh 
stood up: 

16 It stood still, but I could not 
discern the form thereof: an 
image was before mine eyes, 
there was silence, andI heard a 
voice, saying, 

17 Shall mortal man be more 
just than God? shall a man be 
more pure than-his maker? 

18 Behold, he put no trust in 
his servants; and his angels he 
pated with folly: 

9 
dwell in houses of clay, whose 


How much less in them that | 1 


Teachings of Eliphaz 


foundation is in the dust, which 
are crushed before the moth? 

20 They are destroyed from 
morning to evening: they perish 
for ever without any regarding it, 

21 Doth not their excellency 
which is in them go away? they 
die, even without wisdom. 


CHAPTER 5 


1 The harm of inconsideration. 
Happy end of God’s correction. 


ALL now, if there be any that 

will answer thee; and to 

which of the saints wilt thou 
turn? 

2 For wrath killeth the foolish 
man, and envy slayeth the silly 
one. 

3 I have seen the foolish taking 
root: but suddenly I cursed his 
habitation. 

4 His children are far from 
safety, and they are crushed in 
the gate, neither is there any to 
deliver them. 

Whose harvest the hungry 
eateth up, and taketh it even out 
of the thorns, and the robber 
swalloweth up their substance. 

6 Although affliction cometh 
not forth of the dust, neither doth 
trouble spring out of the ground; 

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, 
as the sparks fly upward. 

8 I would seek unto God, and 
unto God would I commit my 
cause: 

9 Which doeth great things and 
unsearchable; marvellous things 
without number: 

10 Who giveth rain upon the 
earth, and sendeth waters upon 
the fields: 

11 To set up on high those that 
be low; that those which mourn 
may be exalted to safety. 

12 He disappointeth the devices 
of the crafty, so that their hands 
cannot perform their enterprise. 

13 He taketh the wise in their 
own Ccraftiness: and the counsel 
of the froward is carried head- 


ong, 
14 They meet with darkness 


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640 . 


_ 


Job wishes to die 


in the daytime, and grope in the 
noonday as in the night. 

15 But he saveth the poor from 
the sword, from their mouth, and 
from the hand of the mighty. 
-16 So the poor hath hope, and 
iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

17 Behold, happy is the man 
whom God correcteth: therefore 
despise not thou the chastening 
of the Almighty: 

18 For he maketh sore, and 
bindeth up: he woundeth, and 
his hands make whole. } 

19 He shall deliver thee in six 
troubles: yea, in seven there 
shall no evil touch thee. 

20 In famine he shall redeem 
thee from death: and in war 
from the power of the sword. 

21 Thou shalt be hid from the 
scourge of the tongue: neither 
shalt thou be afraid of destruction 
when it cometh. : 

22 At destruction and famine 
thou shalt laugh: neither shalt 
thou be afraid of the beasts of the 
earth. i 

23 For thou shalt be in league 
with the stones of the field: and 
the beasts of the field shall be at 
peace with thee. 

24 And thou shalt know that 
thy tabernacle shail be in peace; 
and thou shalt visit thy habita- 
tion, and shalt not sin. 

25 Thou shalt know also that 
thy seed shall be great, and 
thine offspring as the grass of 
the earth. 

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave 
in a full age, like as a shock of 
corn cometh in in his season. 

27 Lo this, we have searched it, 
so itis; hear it, and know thou 
it for thy good. 


442 CHAPTER 6 


1 Job justifies his complaint. 8 He 
wishes for death and reproves his 
friends. 

UT Job answered and said, 

2 Oh that my grief were 

throughly weighed, and my 

calamity laid in the balances 

together! 
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JOB, 6 


3 For now it would be heavier 
than the sand of the sea: there- 
fore my words are swallowed up. 

4 For the arrows of the Al- 
mighty are within me, the poison 
whereof drinketh up my spirit: 
the terrors of God do set them- 
selves in array against me. 

5 Doth the wild ass bray when 
he hath grass? or loweth the ox 
over his fodder? 

6 Can that which is unsavoury 
be eaten without salt? or is there 
any taste in the white of an egg? 

7 The things that my soul re- 
fused to touch are as my sorrow- 
ful meat. 

8 Oh that I might have my re- 
quest; and that God would grant 
me the thing that I long for! 

9 Even thatit would please God 
to destroy me; that he would let 
loose his hand, and cut me off! 

10 Then should I yet have com- 
fort; yea, I would harden my- 
self in sorrow: let him not spare; 
for I have not concealed the 
words of the Holy One. 

11 What is my strength, that I 
should hope? and what is mine 
end, thatI should prolong my life? 

12 Is my strength the strength 
of stones? or is my flesh of 
brass? 

13 Jsnotmyhelpin me? andis 
wisdom driven quite from me? 

14 To him that is afflicted pity 
should be shewed from his 
friend; but he forsaketh the 
fear of the Almighty. 

15 My brethren have dealt de- 
ceitfully as a brook, and as the 
stream of brooks they pass away; 

16 Which are blackish by rea- 
son of the ice, and wherein the 
snow is hid: 

17 What time they wax _warm, 
they vanish: when it is hot, 
they are consumed out of their 
place. 

18 The paths of their way are 
turned aside; they go to nothing, 
and perish. 

19 The troops of Té’ma looked, 
the companies of Shé’ba waited 
for them 


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JOB, 7 


20 They were confounded be- 
cause they had hoped; they came 
thither, and were ashamed. 

21 For now ye are nothing; 
ye see my casting down, and are 

raid. 

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? 
or, Give a reward for me of your 
substance? 

23 Or, Deliver me from the 
enemy’s hand? or, Redeem _ me 
from the hand of the mighty? 

24 Teach me, and I will hold 
my tongue: and cause me to 
understand wherein I have erred. 

25 How fforcible are right 
words! but what doth your ar- 
guing reprove? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove 
words, and the speeches of one 
that is desperate, which are as 
wind? 

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the 
fatherless, and ye dig a pit for 
your friend. 

28 Now therefore be content, 
look upon’me; for it is evident 
unto you if I lie. : 

29 Return, I pray you, let it not 
be iniquity; yea, return again, 
my righteousness is in it. | 

30 Is_there iniquity in my 
tongue? cannot my taste dis- 
cern perverse things? 


443 CHAPTER 7 
1 Job excuses his desire for death. 
He expostulates with Ged. 
i there not an appointed time 
to man upon earth? are not 
his days also like the days of an 
hireling? 

2 As a servant earnestly de- 
sireth the shadow, and as an 
hireling looketh for the reward of 
his work: 

3 So am I made to_ possess 
months of vanity, and weari- 
some nights are appointed to me. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When 
shall I arise, and the night be 
gone? and I am full of tossings 
to and fro unto the dawning of 
the day.’ ( i 

5 My flesh is clothed with 
worms and clods of dust; my 


12 


Job pleads with God 


skin is broken, and become 
loathsome. 

6 My days are swifter than a 
weaver’s shuttle, and are spent 
without hope. : 

7 O remember that my life is 
wind: mine eye shall no more 
see good. 

8 The eye of him that hath 
seen me shall see me no more: 
thine eyes are upon me, and I 
am not. 

9 As the cloud is consumed and 
vanisheth away: so he that 
goeth down to the grave shall 
come up no more. 

10 He shall return no more to 
his house, neither shall his place 
know him any more. 

11 Therefore I will not refrain 
my mouth; I will speak in the 
anguish of my spirit; I will com- 
plain in the bitterness of my soul. 

12 AmIasea, or a whale, that 
thou settest a watch over me? 

13 When I say, My bed shall 
comfort me, my couch shall ease 
my complaint; . 

14 Then thou scarest me with 
dreams, and terrifiest me through 
visions: 

15 So that my soul chooseth 
strangling, and death rather 
than my life. _ , 

16 Iloathe it: I would not live 
alway: let me alone; for my 
days are vanity. 

17 What is man, that thou 
shouldest magnify him? and 
that thou shouldest set thine 
heart upon him? 

18 And that thou shouldest visit 
him every morning, and try him 
every moment? = - 

19 How long wilt thou not de- 
part from me, nor let me alone 
till I swallow down my spittle? 

20 I have sinned; what shall I 
do unto thee, O thou preserver 
of men? why hast thou set me as 
a mark against thee, so that Iam 
a burden to myself? 

21 And why dost thou not par- 
don my transgression, and take 
away mine iniquity? for now 
shall I sleep in the dust; and 


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thou shalt seek me in the morn- 
ing, but I shall not be. 


444 CHAPTER 8 
1 Bildad’s teachings. 20 He applies 
God’s justice to Job. 
HEN answered Bil’dad the 
Shw’hite, and said, 

2 How long wilt thou speak 
these things? and how long shall 
the words of thy mouth be like 
a strong wind? A 

3 Doth God pervert judgment? 
or doth the Almighty pervert 
justice? ; f 

4 If thy children have sinned 
against him, and he have cast 
them away for their transgres- 
sion; 

5 If thou wouldest seek unto 
God betimes, and make thy sup- 
plication to the Almighty; 

6 If thou wert pure and upright; 
surely now he would awake for 
thee, and make the habitation of 
thy righteousness prosperous. 

7 Though thy beginning was 
small, yet thy latter end should 
greatly increase. 

8 For enquire, I pray thee, of 
the former age, and prepare 
thyself to the search of their 
fathers: 

9 (For we are but of yesterday, 
and know nothing, because our 
days upon earth are a shadow:) 

10 Shall not they teach thee, 
and tell thee, and utter words 
out of their heart? 

11 Can the rush grow up with- 
out mire? can the flag grow 
without water? § 

12 Whilst it is yet in his green- 
“ness, and not cut down, it wither- 
-eth before any other herb. 

13 So are the paths of all that 
forget God; and the hypocrite’s 
hope shall perish: 

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, 
and whose trust shall be a spi- 
der’s web. : 

15 He shall lean upon his 
house, but it shall not stand: he 
shall hold it fast, but it shall not 
endure. — 

- 16 He is green before the sun, 





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and his branch shooteth forth in 

S garden. 

17 His roots are wrapped about 
the heap, and seeth the place of 
stones. 1 f 

18 If he destroy him from his 
place, then it shall deny him, 
saying, I have not seen thee. 

19 Behold, this zs the joy of his 
way, and out of the earth shall 
others grow. : 

20 Behold, God will not cast 
away a perfect man, neither will 
he help the evildoers: ; 

21 Till he fill thy mouth with 
laughing, and thy lips with re- 
joicing. 

22 They that hate thee shall be 
clothed with shame; and the 
dwelling place of the wicked 
shall come to nought. 


CHAPTER 9 445 


1 Job acknowledges God’s justice. 22 

' The innocency of man is not to be 

condemned by afjlictions. 

HEN Job answered and said, 

2 I know if is so of a truth: 

but how should man be just 
with God? 

3 If he will contend with him, 
he cannot answer him one of a 
thousand. 

4 He is wise in heart, and 
mighty in strength: who hath 
hardened himself against him, 
and hath prospered? 

» Which removeth the moun- 
tains, and they know not: which 
overturneth them in his anger. 

6 Which shaketh the earth out 
of her place, and the pillars there- 
of tremble. 

7 Which commandeth the sun, 
and it riseth not; and sealeth up 
the stars. 

8 Which alone spreadeth out 
the heavens, and treadeth upon 
the waves of the sea. 

.9 Which maketh Arc-ti’rus, 
O-ri’0n, and Plé’ia-dés, and the 
chambers of the south. : 

10 Which doeth great things 
past finding out; yea, and won- 
ders without number. 

11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I 


JOB, 10 


see him not: he passeth on also, 
but I perceive him not. 

12 Behold, he taketh away, 
who can hinder him? who will 
say unto him, What doest 


ou? 

13 If God will not withdraw his 
anger, the proud helpers do stoop 
under him. 

14 How much less shail I an- 
swer him, and choose out my 
words to reason with him? 

15 Whom, though I were 
righteous, yet would I not an- 
swer, but I would make suppli- 
cation to my judge. 

16 If I had called, and he had 
answered me; vet would I not 
believe that he had hearkened 
unto my voice. 

17 For he breaketh me with a 
tempest, and multiplieth my 
wounds without cause. 

18 He will not suffer me to take 
my breath, but filleth me with 
bitterness. 

_19 If J speak of strength, lo, he 
is strong: and if of judgment, 
who shall set me a time to plead? 

20 If I justify myself, mine own 


mouth shall condemn me: if I 


say, I am perfect, it shall also 
prove me perverse. 

21 Though I were perfect, yet 
would I not know my soul: 
would despise my life. 

22 This is one thing, therefore I 
said it, He destroyeth the per- 
fect and the wicked. . 

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, 
he will laugh at the trial of the 
innocent. 

24 The earth is given into the 
hand of the wicked: he covereth 
the faces of the judges thereof; if 
not, where, and who is he? 

25 Now my days are swifter 
than a post: they flee away, they 
see no good. 

26 They are passed away as the 
swift ships: as the eagle that 
hasteth to the prey. 

27 If I say, I will forget my 
complaint, I will leave off my 
heaviness, and comfort myself: 

28 I am afraid of all my sor- 


Job complains 


rows, I know that thou wilt not 
hold me innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, why then 
labour I in vain? 

30 If I wash myself with snow 
water, and make my hands never 
so clean; 

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in 
the ditch, and mine own clothes 
shall abhor me. 

32 For he is not a man, as i 
am, that I should answer him, 
and we should come together in 
judgment. 

33 Neither is there any days- 
man betwixt us, that might lay 
his hand upon us both. 

34 Let him take his rod away 
from me, and let not his fear 
terrify me: 

35 Then would I speak, and 
not fear him; but it zs not so 
With me. 


CHAPTER 10 446 

1 Job expostulates with God. 20 He 
desires a little ease before death. 

Y soul is weary of my life; 

I will leave my complaint 

upon myself; I will speak in the 

bitterness of my soul. 

2 I will say unto God, Do not 
condemn me; shew me where- 
fore thou contendest with me. 

3 Is it good unto thee that thou 
shouldest oppress, that thou 
shouldest despise the work of 
thine hands, and shine upon the 
counsel of the wicked? 

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or 
seest thou as man seeth? 

5 Are thy days as the days of 
man? are thy years as man’s days, 

6 That thou enquirest after 
mine iniquity, and searchest after 
my sin? 

7 Thou knowest that I am not 
wicked; and there is none that 
can deliver out of thine hand. 

8 Thine hands have made me 
and fashioned me together round 
about; yet thou dost destroy me. 

9 Remember, I beseech thee, 
that thou hast made me as the 
clay; and wilt thou bring me 
into dust again? | 


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10 Hast thou not poured me 
out as milk, and curdled me like 
cheese? 

11 Thou hast clothed me with 
skin and flesh, and hast fenced 
me with bones and sinews. 

12 Thou hast granted me life 
and favour, and thy visitation 
hath preserved my spirit. 

13 And these things hast thou 
hid in thine heart: I know that 
this is with thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou markest 
me, and thou wilt not acquit me 
from mine iniquity. 

15 If I be wicked, woe unto 
me; and if I be righteous, yet 
will I not lift up my head. Jam 


_ full of confusion; therefore see 


thou mine affliction; 

16 For it increaseth. Thou 
huntest me as a fierce lion: and 
again thou shewest thyself mar- 
vellous upon me. 

17 Thou renewest thy wit- 
nesses against me, and increas- 


JOB, 11 


3 Should thy lies make men 
hold their peace? and when thou 
mockest, shall no man make thee 
ashamed? 

4 For thou hast said, My doc- 
trine is pure, and I am clean in 
thine eyes. 

5 But oh that God would speak, 
and open his lips against thee; 

6 And that he would shew thee 
the secrets of wisdom, that they 
are double to that which is! 
Know therefore that God exact- 
eth of thee less than thine ini- 
quity deserveth. 

Canst thou by searching find 
out God? canst thou find out the 
Almighty unto perfection? 

8 It is as high as heaven; what 
canst thou do? deeper than hell; 
what canst thou know? | 

9 The measure thereof is longer 
than the earth, and broader than 
the sea. 

10 If he cut off, and shut up, or 
gather together, then who can 


est thine indignation upon me; | hind 


changes and war are against me. 
18 Wherefore then hast thou 
brought me forth out of the 


| womb? Oh that I had given up the 


ghost, and no eye had seen me! 

19 I should have been as though 
I had not been; I should have 
been carried from the womb to 
the grave. 

20 Arenot my days few? cease 
then, and let me alone, that I 
may take comfort a little, 

21 Before I go whence I shall 
not return, even to the land of 
darkness and the shadow of 
death; 


22 A land of darkness. as dark- | f 


ness itself; and of the shadow of 
death, without any order, and 
where the light 7s as darkness. 


447 CHAPTER 11 


1 Zophar_reproves Job. 5 God’s un- 
searchable wisdom. 13 Repentance 
is blessed. 


HEN answered Z6’phar the 
Na’a-math-ite, and said, 
2 Should not the multitude of 
words be answered? and should 
a man full of talk be justified? 


nder him? 

11 For he knoweth vain men: 
he seeth wickedness also; willhe 
not then consider it? 

12 For vain man would be 
wise, though man be born like a 
wild ass’s colt. 

13 If thou prepare thine heart, 
and stretch out thine hands to- 
ward him; i 

14 If iniquity be in thine hand, 
put it far away, and let not 
wickedness dwell in thy taber- 
nacles. 5 

15 For then shalt thou lift up 
thy face without spot; yea, thou 
shalt be stedfast, and shalt not 
ear: 

16 Because thou shalt forget 
thy misery, and remember if as 
waters that pass away: 

17 And thine age shall be 
clearer than the noonday; thou 
shalt shine forth, thou shalt be 
as the morning. 

18 And thou shalt be secure, 
because there is hope; yea, thou 
shalt dig about thee, and thou 
shalt take thy rest in safety. 

19 Also thou shalt lie down, 


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and none shall make thee afraid; 
yea, many shall make suit unto 


ee. 

20 But the eyes of the at ses 
shall fail, and they shall not 
escape, and their hope shall be as 
the giving up of the ghost. 


448 CHAPTER 12 


3 Job answers his friends. 7 He ac- 
knowledges God's omnipotence. 
ANSE Job answered and said, 

2 No doubt but ye are the 
people, and wisdom shall die 
with you. 

3 But Ihave understanding as 
well as you; I am not inferior to 
you: yea, who knoweth not such 
things as these? 

4 I am as one mocked of his 
neighbour, who calleth upon 
God, and he answereth him: the 
just upright man is laughed to 
scorn. 

5 He that is ready to slip with 
his feet is as a lamp despised in 
the thought of him that is at ease. 

6 The tabernacles of robbers 
prosper, and they that provoke 
God are secure; into whose hand 
God bringeth abundanily. 

7 But ask now the beasts, and 
they shall teach thee; and the 
fowls of the air, and they shall 
tell thee: 

8 Or speak to the earth, and it 
shall teach thee: and the fishes 
of the sea shall declare unto thee. 

9 Who knoweth not in all these 
that the hand of the LORD hath 
wrought this? 

10 In whose hand is the soul 
of every living thing, and the 
breath of all mankind. 

11 Doth not the ear try words? 
and the mouth taste his meat? 

12 With the ancient is wisdom; 
and in length of days under- 
standing. 

13 With him is wisdom and 
strength, he hath counsel and 
understanding. 

14 Behold, he breaketh down, 
and it cannot be built again: he 
shutteth up a man, and there 
can be no opening. 


Job answers his friends 


15 Behold, he withholdeth the 
waters, and they dry up: also he 
sendeth them out, and they 
pales the earth. 

6 With him is strength and 
mai lh the deceived and the 
deceiver are his. 

17 He leadeth counsellors away 
spud: and maketh the judges 

ools. 

18 He looseth the bond of kings, 
and girdeth their loins with a 
girdle. 

19 He leadeth princes away 
spoiled, and overthroweth the 
mighty. 

20 He removeth away the 
speech of the trusty, and taketh 
away the understanding of the 
aged. 

21 He poureth contempt upon 
princes, and weakeneth the 
strength of the mighty. : 

22 He discovereth deep things 
out of darkness, and bringeth out 
to light the shadow of death. 

23 He increaseth the nations, 
and destroyeth them: he enlarg- 
eth the nations, and straiteneth 
them again. 

24 He taketh away the heart of © 
the chief of the people of the 
earth, and causeth them to wan- 
der in a wilderness where there 
is nO way. 

25 They grope in the dark with- 
out light, and he maketh them to 
stagger like a drunken man. 


CHAPTER 13 


1 Job reproves_ the partiality of his 
friends. 14 His confidence in God. 
O, mine eye hath seen all this, 
mine ear hath heard and 
understood it. 

2 What ye know, the same dol 
know also: I am not inferior 
unto you. 

3 Surely I would speak to the 
Almighty, and I desire to reason 
with God 

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye 
are all physicians of no value. 

5 O that ye would altogether 
hold your peace! and it should 
be your wisdom. 


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Job’s confidence in God 


_6 Hear now my reasoning, and 
eee to the pleadings of my 
ps. 

7 Will ye speak wickedly for 
God? and talk deceitfully for 
him? 

8 Will ye accept his person? 
will ye contend for Go 

Is it good that he should 
search you out? or as one man 
mocketh another, do ye so mock 
him? 

10 He will surely reprove you, 
if ye do secretly accept persons. 

11 Shall not his excellency 
make you afraid? and his dread 
fall upon you? 

12 Your remembrances are like 
unto ashes, your bodies to bod- 
ies of clay. 

13 Hold your peace, let me 
alone, that I may speak, and let 
come on me what will. 

_14 Wherefore do I take my flesh 
in my teeth, and put my life in 
mine han 

15 Though he slay me, yet will 
I trust in him: but I will main- 
tain mine own ways Kefore him. 

16 He also shall be my salva- 
tion: for an hypocrite shall not 
come before him 

17 Hear diligently my speech, 
and my declaration with your 


ears. 

18 Behold now, I have ordered 
my cause; I know that I shall be 
justified. 

19 Who is he that will plead 
with me? for now, if I hold my 
tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 

20 Only do not two things unto 
me: then will I not hide myself 
from thee. 

21 Withdraw thine hand far 
from me: and let not thy dread 
make me afraid. 

22 Then call thou, and I will 
answer: or let me speak, 
answer thou me. : 

23 How many are mine iniqui- 
ties and sins? make me to know 
my transgression and my sin. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy 
face, and holdest me for thine 
enemy? 


and|water it will bud, 


JOB, 14 


25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven 
to and fro? and wilt thou pursue 
the dry stubble? 

26 For thou writest bitter things 
against me, and makest me to 
possess the iniquities of my 
youth. 

27 Thou puttest my feet also 
in the stocks. and lookest nar- 
rowly unto all my paths; thou 
settest a print upon the heels of 
my feet. 

28 And he, as a rotten thing, 
consumeth, as a garment that is 
moth eaten. 


CHAPTER 14 450 


1 Jobintreats God’s favour. 7 He waits 
for death. 16 Results of sin. 
AN that is born of a woman 
is of few days, and full of 
trouble. 

2 He cometh forth like a flow- 
er, and is cut down: he fleeth 
also as a shadow, and contin- 
ueth not. : 

3 And dost thou open thine 
eyes upon such an one, and 
bringest me into judgment with 
thee? } 

4 Who can bring a clean thing 
out of an unclean? not one. 

5 Seeing his days are deter- 
mined, the number of his months 
are with thee, thou hast appoint- 
ed his bounds that he cannot 
pass: ; 

6 Turn from him, that he may 
rest, till he shall accomplish, as 
an hireling, his day. 

7 For there is hope of a tree, if 
it be cut down, that it will sprout 
again, and that the tender branch 
thereof will not cease. 

8 Though the root thereof wax 
old in the earth, and the stock 
thereof die in the ground; 

9 Yet through the scent of 
and bring 
forth boughs like a plant. 

10 But man dieth, and wasteth 
away: yea, man giveth up the 
ghost, and where is he? 

11 As the waters fail from the 
sea, and the flood decayeth and 
drieth up: 


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12 So man lieth down, and 
riseth not: till the heavens be 
no more, they shall not awake, 
poe be raised out of their sleep. 

3 O that thou wouldest hide 
ule in the grave, that thou would- 
est keep me secret, until thy 
wrath be past, that thou wouldest 
appoint me a set time, and re- 
member me! 

14 If a man die, shall he live 
again? all the days of my ap- 
pointed time will I wait, till my 
change come. 

15 Thou shalt call, and I will 
answer thee: thou wilt have a 
desire to the work of thine hands. 

16 For now thou numberest 
my steps: dost thou not watch 
over my sin? 

17 My transgression is sealed 
up in a bag, and thou sewest up 
mine iniquity. 

8 And surely the mountain 
falling cometh to nought, and 
the rock is removed out of his 
place. 

19 The waters wear the stones: 
thou washest away the things 
which grow out of the dust of the 
earth; and thou destroyest the 
hope of man. 

20 Thou prevailest for ever 
against him, and he passeth: 
thou changest his countenance, 
and sendest him away. 

21 His sons come to honour, 
and he knoweth if not; and they 
are brought low, but he perceiv- 
eth it not of them. 

22 But his fiesh upon him shall 
have pain, and his soul within 
him shall mourn. 


451 CHAPTER 15 


1 Eliphaz reproves Job’s impiety in de- 
fending himself. 17 Restlessness of 
wicked men, 

HEN answered El’i-phaz the 
Té’man-ite, and said, 

2 Should a wise man utter vain 
knowledge, and fill his belly with 
the east wind? 

3 Should he reason with un- 
profitable talk? or with speeches 
wherewith he can do no good? 


Eliphaz reproves Job 


4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and 
restrainest prayer before God. 

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine © 
iniquity, and thou choosest the 
tongue of the crafty. 

6 Thine own mouth condemn- 
eth thee, and not I: yea, thine 
own lips testify against thee. 

Art thou the first man that 
was born? or wast thou made 
before the hills? 

8 Hast thou heard the secret 
of God? and dost thou restrain 
wisdom to thyself? 

9 What knowest thou, that we 
know not? what understandest — 
thou, which 7s not in us? 

10 With us are both the gray=- © 
headed and very aged men, much 
elder than thy father. 

11 Are the consolations of God 
small with thee? is there any 
secret thing with thee? 

12 Why doth thine heart carry 
thee away? and what do thy eyes 
wink at, ah 

13 That thou turnest thy spirit 
against God, and lettest such 
words go out of thy mouth? 

14 What is man, that he should 
be clean? and he which is born 
of a woman, that he should be 
righteous? 

15 Behold, he putteth no trust 
in his saints; yea, the heavens 
are not clean in his sight. 

16 How much more abomi- 
nable and filthy is man, which 
drinketh iniquity like water? 

17 I will shew thee, hear me; 
and that which I have seen I will 
declare: 

18 Which wise men have told 
Ro their fathers, and have not 

id if: 

19 Unto whom alone the earth 
Was given, and no _ stranger 
passed among them. , 

20 The wicked man travaileth 
with pain all his days, and the 
number of years is hidden to the 
oppressor. 

21 A dreadful sound is in his 
ears: in prosperity the destroyer 
shall come upon him. 

22 He believeth not that he 


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Job’s miserable comforters 


shall return out of darkness, and 
he is waited for of the sword. 

23 He wandereth abroad for 
bread, saying, Where is it? he 
knoweth that the day of dark- 


ness is ready at his hand. 


24 Trouble and anguish shall 
make him afraid; they shall pre- 
vail against him, as a king ready 
to the battle. 

25 For he stretcheth out his 
hand against God, and strength- 
eneth himself against the Al- 
mighty. 

26 He runneth upon him, even 
on his neck, upon the thick bosses 
of his bucklers: 

27 Because he covereth his 
face with his fatness, and maketh 
collops of fat on his flanks. 

28 And he dwelleth in desolate 
cities, and in houses which no 
man inhabiteth, which are ready 
to become’ heaps. 

29 He shall not be rich, neither 
shall his substance continue, 
neither shall he prolong the per- 
fection thereof upon the earth. 

30 He shall not depart out of 
darkness; the flame shall dry up 
his branches, and by the breath 
of his mouth shall he go away. 

31 Let not him that is deceived 
trust in vanity: for vanity shall 
be his recompense. 

32 It shall be accomplished 
before his time, and his branch 
shall not be green. 

33 He shall shake off his unripe 
grape as the vine, and shall cast 
off his flower as the olive. 

34 For the congregation of 
hypocrites shall be desolate, and 
fire shall consume the tabernacles 
of bribery. : ; 

35 They conceive mischief, 
and bring forth vanity, and their 
belly prepareth deceit. 


452 CHAPTER 16 


1 Job’s miserable comforters. 
shews his pitiful case. 


HEN Job answered and said, 

2 I have heard many such 

things: miserable comforters 
are ye all 


7 He 


JOB, 16 


3 Shall vain words have an 
end? or what emboldeneth thee 
that thou answerest? 

4 Ialso could speak as ye do: if 
your soul were in my soul’s stead, 
I could heap up words against 
you, and shake mine head at 
you. 

5 But I would strengthen you 
with my mouth, and the moving 
of my lips should asswage your 
grief. 

6 Though I speak, my grief is 
not asswaged: and though I for- 
bear, what am I eased? 

7 But now he hath made me 
weary: thou hast made desolate 
all my company 

8 And thou hast filled me with 
wrinkles, which is a witness 
against me: and my _ leanness 
rising up in me beareth witness 
to my face. 

9 He teareth me in his wrath, 
who hateth me: he gnasheth 
upon me with his teeth; mine 
enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon 

e 


me. 
10 They have gaped upon me 
with their mouth; they have 
smitten me upon the cheek re- 
proachfully; they have gath- 
ered themselves together against 


me. ; 

11 God hath delivered me to 
the ungodly, and turned me over 
into the hands of the wicked. 

12 I was at ease, but he hath 
broken me asunder: he hath also 
taken me by my neck, and shak- 
en me to pieces, and set me up 
for his mark. 

13 His archers compass me 
round about, he cleaveth my 
reins asunder, and doth not 
spare; he poureth out my gall 
upon the ground. 

14 He breaketh me with breach 
upon breach, he runneth upon me 
like a giant. 

15 Ihave sewed sackcloth upon 
my skin, and defiled my horn in 
the dust. ; ; 

16 My face is foul with weeping, 
and on my eyelids is the shadow 
of death; 


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17 Not for any injustice in mine 
hands: also my prayer is pure. 

18 O earth, cover not thou my 
blood, andletmy cryhaveno place. 

19 Also now, behold, my wit- 
ness is in heaven,-and my record 
is on high. 

20 My friends scorn me: but 
pane eye poureth out fears unto 

od. 

21 O that one might plead fora 
man with God, as a man plead- 
eth for his neighbour! 

22 When a few years are come, 
then I shall go the way whence 
I shall not return. 


453 CHAPTER 17 


1 Job appeals from men to God. 
His hope in death. 
Y breath is corrupt, my days 
are extinct, the graves are 
ready for me. , 

2 Are there not mockers with 
me? and doth not mine eye con- 
tinue in their provocation? 

3 Lay down now, put me in a 
surety with thee; who 7s he that 
will strike hands with me? 

4 For thou hast hid their heart 
from understanding: therefore 
shalt thou not exalt them. 

5 He that speaketh flattery to 
his friends, even the eyes of his 
children shall fail. 

6 He hath made me also a by- 
word of the people; and afore- 
time I was as a tabret. 

7 Mine eye alsois dim by reason 
of sorrow, and all my members 
are as a shadow 

8 Upright men shall be astonied 
at this, and the innocent shall 
stir up himself against the 
hypocrite. 

9 The righteous also shall hold 
on his way, and he that hath 
clean hands shall be stronger 
and stronger. 

10 But as for you all, do ye 
return, and come now: for 
cannot find one wise man among 


il 


you. 

11 My days are past, my pur- 
poses are broken off, even the 
thoughts of my heart. 


Job appeals to God 


12 They change the night into 
day: the light is short because 
of darkness. 

13 If I wait, the grave is mine 
house: I have made my bed in 
the darkness. | 

14 I have said to corruption, 
Thou art my father: to the worm, 
Thou art my mother, and my 
sister. F 

15 And where is now my hope? 
as for my hope, who shall see it? 

16 They shall go down to the 
bars of the pit, when our rest 
together is in the dust. 


CHAPTER 18 
1 Bildad reproves Job. 
of the wicked. 
HEN answered Bil’dad the 
Shu/’hite, and said, 

2 How long will it be ere ye 
make an end of words? mark, 
and afterwards we will speak. 

3 Wherefore are we counted as 
beasts, and reputed vile in your 
sight? 

4 He teareth himself in his 
anger: shall the earth be for- 
saken for thee? and shall the 
rock be removed out of his place? 

5 Yea, the light of the wicked 
shall be put out, and the spark of 
his fire shall not shine. r 

6 The light shall be dark in his 
tabernacle, and his candle shall 
be put out with him. 

7 The steps of his strength shall 
be straitened, and his own coun- 
sel shail cast him down. 

8 For he is cast into a net by his 
own feet, and he walketh upon a 
snare. 

9 The gin shall take him by the 
heel, and the robber shall prevail 
against him 

10 The snare is laid for him i in 
the ground, and a trap for him in 
the way. 

11 Terrors shall make him 
afraid on every side, and shall 
drive him to his feet. 

12 His strength shall be hun- 
gerbitten, and destruction shall 
be ready at his side. 

13 It shall devour the strength 


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5 Calamities 


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Job complains of his friends 


of his skin: even the firstborn of 
death shall devour his strength. 

14 His confidence shall be 
rooted out of his tabernacle, and 
it shall bring him to the king of 
terrors. 

15 It shall dwell in his taber- 
nacle, because it is none of his: 
brimstone shall be scattered 
upon his habitation. 

16 His roots shall be dried up 
beneath, and above shall his 
branch be cut off. 

7 His remembrance shall per- 
ish from the earth, and he shail 
have no name in the street. 

18 He shall be driven from 
_ light into darkness, and chased 
out of the world. 

19 He shall neither have son 
nor nephew among his people, 
nor any remaining in his dwell- 


ings. 

20 They that come after him 
shall be astonied at his day, as 
they that went before were 
affrighted. 

21 Surely such are the dwell- 
ings of the wicked, and this is 
the place of him that knoweth 
not God. 


455 CHAPTER 19 

1 Job complains of his friends. 6 His 

misery. 23 His belief in the .resur- 
rection. 

HEN Job answered and said, 

2 How long will ye vex my 

soul, and break me in pieces with 
words? 

3 These ten times have ye re- 
proached me: ye are not asham- 
ed that ye make yourselves 
strange to me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have 
erred, mine error remaineth 
with myself. 

5 If indeed ye will magnify 
yourselves against me, and plead 
against me my reproach: 

6 Know now that God hath 
overthrown me, and hath com- 
passed me with his net. 

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, 
but I am not heard: I cry aloud, 
but there is no judgment. 


JOB, 10 


8 He hath fenced up my way 
that I cannot pass, and he hath 
set darkness in my paths. 

9 He hath stripped me of my 
glory, and taken the crown from 
my head. 

10 He hath destroyed me on 
every side, and I am gone: and 
mine hope hath he removed like 
a tree. 

11 He hath also kindled his 
wrath against me, and he 
counteth me unto him as one of 
his enemies. 

12 His troops come together, 
and raise up their way against 
me, and encamp round about 
my tabernacle. 

13 He hath put my brethren 
far from me, and mine acquaint- 
ance are verily estranged from 


me. 

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and 
my familiar friends have for- 
gotten me. 

15 They that dwell in mine 
house, and my maids, count me 
for a stranger: I am an alien in 
their sight. 

16 I called my servant, and he 
gave me no answer; I intreated 
him with my mouth. 

17 My breath is strange to my 
wife, though I intreated for the 
children’s sake of mine own 
body. é 

18 Yea, young children de- 
spised me; I arose, and they 
spake against me. 

19 All my inward friends ab- 
horred me: and they whom I 
loved are turned against me. | 

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin 
and to my flesh, and I am 
escaped with the skin of my 
teeth. 

21 Have pity upon me, have 
pity upon me, O ye my friends; 
for the hand of God hath touched 


me. 
22 Why do ye persecute me as 
God, and are not satisfied with 
my flesh? 
23 Oh that my words were 
now written! oh that they were 
printed in a book! 


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24 That they were graven with | 


an iron pen and lead in the rock 
for ever! 

25 For I know that my redeemer 
liveth, and that he shall stand at 
the latter day upon the earth: | 

26 And though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in 
my flesh shall I see God: 

27 Whom I shall see for my- 
self, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another; though my 
reins be consumed within me. 

28 But ye should say, Why per- 
secute we him, seeing the root 
of the matter is found in me? 

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: 
for wrath bringeth the punish- 
ments of the sword, that ye may 
know fhere is a judgment. 


456 CHAPTER 20 
Zophar shews the state and portion of 
the wicked. 
HEN answered Z6’phar the 
Na’a-math-ite, and said, 

2 Therefore do my thoughts 
cause me to answer, and for this 
I make haste. 

3 I have heard the check of my 
reproach, and the spirit of my 
understanding causeth me to 
answer. 

4 Knowest thou not this of old, 


Job’s belief in resurrection 


please the poor, and his hands 
shall restore their goods. i 

11 His bones are full of the sin 
of his youth, which shall lie 
down with him in the dust. 

12 Though wickedness be sweet 
in his mouth, though he hide it 
under his tongue; 

13 Though he spare it, and for- 
sake it not; but keep it still 
within his mouth: 

14 Yet his meat in his bowels 
is turned, if is the gali of asps 
within him. 

15 He hath swallowed down 
riches, and he shall vomit them 
up again: God shall cast them 
out of his belly. 

16 
asps: 
slay him 

17 He SP ril not see the rivers, 
the floods, the brooks of honey 
and butter. : 

18 That which he laboured for 
shali he restore, and shall not 
swallow if down: according te 
his substance shall the restitu- 
tion be, and he shall not rejoice 
therein. 

19 Because he hath oppressed 
and hath forsaken the poor; 
because he hath violently taken 
away an house which he builded 


He shall suck the poison of 
the viper’s tongue shall 


since man was placed wpon|not 


earth, 

5 That the triumphing of the 
wicked is short, and the joy of 
the hypocrite but for a 
moment? 

6 Though his excellency mount 
up to the heavens, and his head 
reach unto the clouds; 

7 Yet he shall perish for ever 
like his own dung: they which 
have seen him shall say, Where 


is he: 

8 He shall fly away as a dream, 
and shall not be found: yea, he 
shall be chased away as a vision 
of the night ; 

9 The eye also which saw him 
shall see him no more; neither 
shall his place any more behold 


him. 
10 His children shall seek to 


20 Surely he shall not feel 
quietness in his belly, he shall 
not save of that which he de- 
sired. 

21 There shail none of his 
meat be left; 
man look for his goods. 

22 In the fulness of his suffi- 
ciency he shall be in straits: 
every hand of the wicked shail 
come upon him. 

23 When he is about to fill his 
belly, God shall cast the fury of 
his wrath upon him, and shall 
rain it upon him while he is 
eating. 

24 He shall flee from the iron 
weapon, and the bow of steel 
shall strike him through. 

25 It is drawn, and cometh out 
of the body; yea, the glittering 


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therefore shail no 


Prosperity of the wicked 


sword cometh out of his gall: 
terrors are upon him. 

26 All darkness shall be hid in 
his secret places: a fire not 
biown shall consume him; it 
shall go iil with him that is left 
in his tabernacle. 

27 The heaven shall reveal his 
iniquity; and the earth shall rise 
up against him. 

28 The increase of his house 
shall depart, and his goods shall 
flow away in the day of his 
wrath. 

29 This is the portion of a 
wicked man from God, and the 
heritage appointed unto him 
by God. 


457 CHAPTER 21 


1 Job shews his reason to be grieved. 7 
The wicked prosper sometimes. 27 
They are judged in another world. 

UT Job answered and said, 
2 Hear diligently my speech, 
and let this be your consolations. 

3 Suffer me that I may speak; 
and after that I have spoken, 
mock on. : J 

4 As for me, is my complaint 
to man? and if it were so, why 
should not my spirit be troubled? 

Mark me, and be astonished, 
and lay your hand upon your 
mouth. 

6 Even when I remember I am 
afraid, and trembling taketh hold 
on my fiesh. 

7 Wherefore do the wicked 
live, become old, yea, are mighty 
in power? 

8 Their seed is established in 
their sight with them, and their 
offspring before their eyes. 

9 Their houses are safe from 
fear, neither is the rod of God 
upon them. 

10 Their bull gendereth, and 
faileth not; their cow calveth, 
and casteth not her calf. 

11 They send forth their little 
ones like a flock, and their chil- 
dren dance. : 

12 They take the timbrel and 
harp, and rejoice at the sound of 
the organ. 


JOB, 21 


13 They spend their days in 
wealth, and in a moment go 
down to the grave. 

14 Therefore they say unto 
God, Depart from us; for we 
desire not the knowledge of thy 
ways. : 

15 What is the Almighty, that 
we Should serve him? and what 
profit should we have, if we 
pray unto him? 

) Lo, their good is not in 
their hand: the counsel of the 
wicked is far from me. 

17 How oft is the candle of 
the wicked put out! and how 
oft cometh their destruction 
upon them! God distributeth 
sorrows in his anger. 

hey are as stubble before 
the wind, and as chaff that the 
storm carrieth away. 

19 God layeth up his iniquity 
for his children: he rewardeth 
him, and he shall know it. 

His eyes shall see his 
destruction, and he shall drink 
of the wrath of the Almighty. 

21 For what pleasure hath he 
in his house after 4im, when 
the number of his months is cut 
off in the midst? 

22 Shall any teach God knowl- 
edge? seeing he judgeth those 
that are high. 


23 One dieth in his full 
strength, being wholly at ease 
and quiet. 


24 His breasts are full of milk, 
and his bones are moistened 
with marrow. ; $ 

25 And another dieth in the 
bitterness of his soul, and never 
eateth with pleasure. 

26 They shall lie down alike in 
the dust, and the worms shall 
cover them. 

27 Behold, I know your 
thoughts, and the devices which 
ye wrongfully imagine against 
me. 

28 For ye say, Where is the 
house of the prince? and where 
are the dwelling places of the 
wicked? 

29 Have ye not asked them 


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that go by the way? and do ye 
not know their tokens, 

30 That the wicked is re- 
served to the day of destruction? 
they shall be brought forth to 
the day of wrath. 

31 Who shali declare his way 
to his face? and who shall repay 
him what he hath done? 

32 Yet shall he be brought to 
the grave, and shall remain 
in the tomb. 

33 The clods of the valley 
shall be sweet unto him, an 
every man shall draw after him, 
as there are innumerable before 


im. 
34 How then comfort ye me in 

vain, seeing in your answers 

there remaineth falsehood? 


458 CHAPTER 22 


1 Eliphaz accuses Job of sin. 

exhorts him to repent. 

HEN El’i-phaz the Té/man- 
ite answered and said, 

2 Can a man be profitable unto 
God, as he that is wise may be 
profitable unto himself? 

3 Is it any pleasure to the 
Almighty, that thou art right- 
eous? or is it gain to him, that 
thou makest thy ways perfect? 

4 Will he reprove thee for fear 
of thee? will he enter with thee 
into judgment? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great? 
and thine iniquities infinite? 

6 For thou hast taken a pledge 
from thy brother for nought, and 
stripped the naked of their 
clothing. 

7 Thou hast not given water 
to the weary to drink, and thou 
hast withholden bread from the 
hungry. 

8 But as for the mighty man, 
he had the earth; and the 
honourable man dwelt in it. 

9 Thou hast sent widows away 
empty, and the arms of the 
fatherless have been broken. 

10 Therefore snares are round 
about thee, and sudden fear 
troubleth thee; 

11 Or darkness, that thou canst 


21 He 


Eliphaz accuses Job 


not see; and abundance of 
waters cover thee. 

12 Js not God in the height of 
heaven? and behold the height 
of the stars, how high they are! 

13 And thou sayest, How doth 
God know? can he _ judge 
through the dark cloud? 

14 Thick clouds are a cover- 
ing to him, that he seeth not; 
and he walketh in the circuit of 
heaven. 

15 Hast thou marked the old 


d|way which wicked men have 


trodden? 

16 Which were cut down out of 
time, whose foundation was 
overflown with a flood: 

17 Which said unto God, De- 
part from us: and what can the 
Almighty do for them? 

18 Yet he filled their houses 
with good things: but the coun- 
sel of the wicked is far from me. 

19 The righteous see it, an 
are glad: and the innocent 
laugh them to scorn. 

20 Whereas our substance is 
not cut down, but the remnant 
of them the fire consumeth. 

21 Acquaint now thyself with 
him, and be at peace: thereby 
good shall come unto thee. , 

22 Receive, I pray thee, the law 
from his mouth, and lay up his 
words in thine heart. 

23 If thou return to the Al- 
mighty, thou shalt be built up, 
thou shalt put away iniquity far 
from thy tabernacles. 

24 Then shalt thou lay up 
gold as dust, and the gold of 
O’phir as the stones of the 
brooks. 

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be 
thy defence, and thou shalt 
have plenty of silver. 

26 For then shalt thou have 
thy delight in the Almighty, an 
shalt lift up thy face unto God. 

27 Thou shalt make thy prayer 
unto him, and he shall hear 
thee, and thou shalt pay thy 
vows 

28 Thou shalt also decree a | 
thing, and it shall be established 


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Wickedness often goes unpunished 


unto thee: and the light shall 
shine upon thy ways. 

29 When men are cast down, 
‘then thou shalt say, There is 
lifting up; and he shall save 
the humble person. 

30 He shall deliver the island 
of the innocent: and it is 
delivered by the pureness of|m 
thine hands. 


459 CHAPTER 23 


1 Job longs to appear before God. 8 
God observes our ways. 13 His 
decree is immutable. 


HEN Job answered and said, 

z Even to day is my com- 

plaint bitter: my stroke is 
heavier than my groaning. 

3 Oh that I knew where I 
might find him! that I might 
come even to his seat! 

4 1 would order my cause be- 
fore him, and fill my mouth with 
arguments. 

5 I would know the words 
which he would answer me, and 
understand what he would say 
unto me. 

6 Will he plead against me 
with his great power? No; but 
he would put strength in me. 

There the righteous might 
dispute with him; soshouldI be 
delivered for ever from my judge. 

8 Behold, I go forward, but 
he is not there; and backward, 
but I cannot perceive him: 

9 On the left hand, where he 
doth work, but I cannot behold 
him: he hideth himself on the 
right hand, that I cannot see him: 

10 But he knoweth the way 
that I take: when he hath tried 
me, I shall come forth as gold. 

11 My foot hath held his 
steps, his way have I kept, and 
not declined. 

12 Neither have I gone back 
from the commandment of his 
lips; I have esteemed the words 
of his mouth more than my 
necessary food. j 
13 But he is in one mind, and 
‘who can turn him? and what his 
‘soul desireth, even thai he doeth. 


JOB, 23, 24 


14 For he performeth the thing 
that is appointed for me: and 
many such things are with him. 

15 Therefore am I troubled at 
his presence: when I consider, 
I am afraid of 

16 For God maketh my heart 
Bory and the Almighty troubleth 


“tT Because I was not cut off 
before the darkness, neither hath 
he covered the darkness from 
my face. 


CHAPTER 24 460 


1 Wickedness often goes unpunished. 

17 Secret punishment for the wicked. 

HY, seeing times are not 

hidden from the Almighty, 
do they that know him not see 
his days? 

2 Some remove the  land- 
marks; they violently take away 
flocks, and feed thereof. 

3 They drive away the ass of 
the fatherless, they take the 
widow’s ox for a pledge. 

4 They turn the needy out of 
the way: the poor of the earth 
hide themselves together. 

Behold, as wild asses in the 
desert, go they forth to their 
work; rising betimes for a 
prey: the wilderness yieldeth 
food for them and for their 
children. 4 

6 They reap every one his 
corn in the field: and they 
gather the vintage of the wicked. 

They cause the naked to 
lodge without clothing, that they 
have no covering in the cold. 

8 They are wet with the 
showers of the mountains, and 
embrace the rock for want of a 
shelter. 

9 They pluck the fatherless 
from the breast, and take a 
pledge of the poor. 

10 They cause him to go naked 
without clothing, and they take 
away the sheaf from the hungry; 

11 Which make oil within their 
walls, and tread their wine- 
presses, and suffer thirst. 

12 Men groan from out of the 


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city, and the soul of the wounded 
crieth out: yet God layeth not 
folly to them. 

13 They are of those that rebel 
against the light; they know not 
the ways thereof, nor abide in 
the paths thereof. ; ; 

14 The murderer rising with 
the light killeth the poor and 
needy, and in the night is as a 


ef. 

15 The eye also of the adulterer 
waiteth for the twilight, saying, 
No eye shall see me: and dis- 
guiseth his face. i 

16 In the dark they dig through 
houses, which they had marked 
for themselves in the daytime: 
they know not the light. 

17 For the morning is to them 
even as the shadow of death: if 
one know them, they are in 
the terrors of the shadow of 
death. 

18 He is swift as the waters; 
their portion is cursed in the 
earth: he beholdeth not the way 
of the vineyards. 

19 Drought and heat consume 
the snow waters: so doth the 
grave those which have sinned. 

20 The womb shall forget him; 
the worm shall feed sweetly on 
him; he shall be no more re- 
membered; and wickedness shall 
be broken as a tree. 

21 He evil entreateth the barren 
that beareth not: and doeth not 

_good to the widow. 

22 He draweth also the mighty 
with his power: he riseth up, 
and no man is sure of life. 

23 Though it be given him fo 
be in safety, whereon he resteth; 
yet his eyes are upon their 
ways. 

24 They are exalted for a 
little while, but are gone and 
brought low; they are taken 
out of the way as all other, and 
cut off as the tops of the ears of 
corn. 

25 And if it be not so now, who 
will make me a liar, and_ make 
my speech nothing worth? 


Job reproves Bildad 
CHAPTER 25 461 


Bildad shews that man cannot be 
justified before God. 

HEN answered Bil’dad the: 
Shu’hite, and said, 

2 Dominion and fear are with 
him, he maketh peace in his high 
places. } 

3 Is there any number of his 
armies? and upon whom doth 
not his light arise? 

4 How then can man be justi- 
fied with God? or how can he 
be clean that is born of a 
woman? 

5 Behold even to the moon, and 
it shineth not; yea, the stars are 
not pure in his sight. 

6 How much less man, that is 
a worm? and the son of man, 
which is a worm? 


CHAPTER 26 462 


1 Job reproves Bildad. 5 The un- 
searchableness of God’s power. 
UT Job answered and said, 

2 How hast thou helped 
him that is without power? how 
savest thou the arm fhat hath 
no strength? 

3 How hast thou counselled 
him that hath no wisdom? and 
how hast thou plentifully de- 
clared the thing as it is? 

4 To whom hast thou uttered 
words? and whose spirit came 
from thee? _ 

5 Dead things are formed from 
under the waters, and the in-. 
habitants thereof. 

6 Hell is naked before him, 
and destruction hath no covering. 

7 He stretcheth out the north 
over the empty place, and hang- 
eth the earth upon nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in 
his thick clouds; and the cloud 
is not rent under them. 

9 He holdeth back the face of 
his throne, and spreadeth his 
cloud upon it. 

10 He hath compassed the 
waters with bounds, until the 
day and night come to an end. 

11 The pillars of heaven tremble 
and are astonished athis reproof. 


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12 He divideth the sea with 
his power, and by his under- 
standing he smiteth through 
the proud. 

13 By his spirit he hath 
garnished the heavens; his hand 
hath formed the crooked serpent. 

14 Lo, these are parts of his 
ways: but how little a portion 
is heard of him? but the thunder 
of his power who can under- 
stand? 


463 CHAPTER 27 
1 Job’s sincerity. 11 Blessings of the 
wicked become curses. 
OREOVER Job continued 
his parable, and said, 

Zz As God liveth, who hath 
taken away my judgment; and 
the Almighty, who hath vexed 
my soul; sae 

3 All the while my breath is in 
me, and the spirit of God is in 
my nostrils; 

4 My lips shall not speak 
wickedness, nor my tongue utter 
deceit. 

5 God forbid that I should 
justify you: till I die I will not 
remove mine integrity from me. 

6 My righteousness [I hold fast, 
and will not let it go: my heart 
shall not reproach me so long 
as I live. | 

7 Let mine enemy be as the 
wicked, and he that riseth up 
against me as the unrighteous. 

8 For what is the hope of the 
hypocrite, though he hath gained, 
when God taketh away his soul? 

9 Will God hear his cry when 
trouble cometh upon him? 

10 Will he delight himself in 
the Almighty? will he always 
call upon God? 

11 I will teach you by_ the 
hand of God: {that which is 
pat the Almighty will I not 


ceal. 

“12 “Behold, all ye yourselves 
have seen if; why then are ye 
thus altogether vain? _ 

13 This is the portion of a 
wicked man with God, and the 
heritage of oppressors, which 
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JOB, 27, 28 
lant : shall receive of the Al- 


mighty. 

14 If his children be multi- 
plied, 1 is for the sword: and 
his offspring shall not be satis- 
fied with bread. 

15 Those that remain of him 
shall be buried in death: and 
his widows shall not weep. 

16 Though he heap up silver 
as the dust, and prepare raiment 
as the clay; : 

_17 He may prepare it, but the 
just shall put it on, and the inno- 
cent shall divide the silver. 

18 He buildeth his house as a 
moth, and as a booth thaé the 
keeper maketh. 

19 The rich man shall lie down, 
but he shall not be gathered: 
Pe igpcee his eyes, and he is 
no 

20 Terrors take hold on him 
as waters, a tempest stealeth 
him away in the night. 

21 The east wind carrieth him 
away, and he departeth: and as 
a storm hurleth him out of his 
place. 

22 For God shall cast upon 
him, and not spare: he would 
fain flee out of his han 

23 Men shall clap their hands 
at him, and shall hiss him out of 
his place. 


CHAPTER 28 


1 Knowledge of natural ee: 
Wisdom the gift of God. 


URELY there is a vein for 
the silver, and a place for 
gold where they fine i¢. 

2 Iron is taken out of the 
earth, and brass is molten ouf 
of the stone. 

3 He setteth an end to dark- 
ness, and searcheth out all per- 
fection: the stones of darkness, 
and the shadow of death. 

4 The flood breaketh out from 
the inhabitant; even the waters 
forgotten of the foot: they are 
dried up, they are gone away 
from men. 5 

5 As for the earth, out of it 


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JOB, 29 


cometh bread: and under it is 
turned up as it were fire. 

6 The stones of it are the place 
of sapphires: and it hath dust 
of gold. ; 

7 There is a-path which no 
fowl knoweth, and which the 
vulture’s eye hath not seen: 

8 The lion’s whelps have not 
trodden it, nor the fierce lion 
passed by it. , 

90 He putteth forth his hand 
upon the rock; he overturneth 
the mountains by the roots. 

10 He cutteth out rivers among 
the rocks; and his eye seeth 
every precious thing. 

11 He bindeth the floods from 
overflowing; and the thing that 
is hid bringeth he forth to 
light. 

12 But where shall wisdom be 
found? and where is the place 
of understanding? 

13 Man knoweth not the price 
thereof; neither is it found in 
the land of the living. ’ 

14 The depth saith, It is_not 
in me: and the sea saith, It is 
not with me. 

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, 
neither shall silver be weighed 
for the price thereof. : 

16 It cannot be valued with 
the gold of O’phir, with the 
precious onyx, or the sapphire. 

17 The gold and the crystal 
cannot equal it: and the ex- 
change of it shall not be for 
jewels of fine gold. 

18 No mention shall be made 
of coral, or of pearls: for the 
price of wisdom is above rubies. 

19 The topaz of £E-thi-6’pi-a 
shall not equal it, neither shall 
it be valued with pure gold. | 

20 Whence then cometh wis- 
dom? and where is the place of 
understanding? 

21 Seeing it is hid from the 
eyes of all living, and kept close 
from the fowls of the air. 

22 Destruction and death say, 
We have heard the fame thereof 
with our ears. 

23 God understandeth the way 


Wisdom the gift of God 


thereof, and he knoweth the 
place thereof. 

24 For he looketh to the ends 
of the earth, and seeth under. 
the whole heaven; : 

25 To make the weight for 
the winds; and he weigheth the 
waters by measure. 

26 When he made a decree for 
the rain, and a way for the light- 
ning of the thunder: ; 

27 Then did he see it, and 
declare it; he prepared it, yea, 
and searched it out. ' 

28 And unto man he said, Be- 
hold, the fear of the Lord, that 
is wisdom; and to depart from 
evil is understanding. 


CHAPTER 29 465 


Job laments his former prosperity and 
honour. 


OREOVER Job continued 
his parable, and said, 

2 Oh that I were as in months 
past, as in the days when God 
preserved me; 

3 When his candle shined 
upon my head, and when by his 
light I walked through darkness; 

4 As I was in the days of my 
youth, when the secret of God 
was upon my tabernacle; 

5 When the Almighty was he 
with me, when my children wer 
about me; 

6 When I washed my steps 
with butter, and the rock 
poured me out rivers of oil; 

7 When I went out to the gate 
through the city, when I pre- 
pared my seat in the street! 

8 The young men saw me, and 
hid themselves: and the aged 
arose, and stood up. | 
_9 The princes refrained talk- 
ing, and laid their hand on their 
mouth. : 

10 The nobles held their peace, 
and their tongue cleaved to the 
roof of their mouth. 

11 When the ear heard me, 
then it blessed me; and when 
the eye saw me, it gave witness 
to me: ; 

12 Because I delivered the 


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Job’s honour turned into contempt 


poor that cried, and the father- 
less, and him that had none to 
help him. 

13 The blessing of him that 
was ready to perish came upon 
me: and I caused the widow’s 
heart to sing for joy. 

_14 I put on righteousness, and 
it clothed me: my judgment 
was as a robe and a diadem. 

15 I was eyes to the blind, 
and feet was I to the lame. 

16 I was a father to the poor: 
and the cause which I knew not 
I searched out. 

17 And I brake the jaws of the 
wicked, and plucked the spoil 
out of his teeth. 

18 Then I said, I shall die in 
my nest, and I shall multiply 
my days as the sand. 

19 My root was spread out 
by the waters, and the dew lay 
all night upon my branch. 

20 My glory was fresh in me, 
and my bow was renewed in 
my hand. 

21 Unto me men gave ear, and 
waited, and kept silence at my 
counsel. 

22 After my words they spake 
not again; and my _ speech 
dropped upon them. 

23 And they waited for me as 
for the rain; and they opened 
their mouth wide as for the 
latter rain. 

24 If I laughed on them, they 
believed itnot; and the light of my 
countenance they cast not down. 

25 I chose out their way, and 
sat chief, and dwelt as a king in 
the army, as one fhat comforteth 
the mourners. 


466 CHAPTER 30 


1 Job's honour turned into contempt. 
15 His prosperity becomes calamity. 


UT now they that are 
younger than I have me in 
derision, whose fathers I would 
have disdained to have set with 
the dogs of my flock. | 
Yea, -whereto might the 
Strength of their hands profit 


JOB, 30 


me, in whom old age was 
perished? 

3 For want and famine they 
were solitary; fieeing into the 
wilderness in former time des- 
olate and waste. 

4 Who cut up mallows by the 
bushes, and juniper roots for 
their meat. 

5 They were driven forth from 
among men, they cried after 
them as after a thief;) 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the 
valleys, in caves of the earth, 
and in the rocks. 

7 Among the bushes they 
brayed; under the nettles they 
were gathered together. 

8 They were children of fools, 
yea, children of base men: they 
were viler than the earth. 

9 And now am I their song, 
yea, I am their byword. 

10 They abhor me, they flee far 
from me, and spare not to spit 
in my face. 

11 Because he hath loosed my 
cord, and afflicted me, they have 
also let loose the bridle before 
me. 

12 Upon my right hand rise the 
youth; they push away my 
feet, and they raise up against 
me the ways of their destruction. 

They mar my path, they 
set forward my calamity, they 
have no helper. 

14 They came upon me as a 
wide breaking in of waters: in 
the desolation they rolled them- 
selves upon me. 

15 Terrors are turned upon me: 
they pursue my soul as the 
wind: and my welfare passeth 
away as a cloud. 

16 And now my soul is poured 
out upon me; the days of afflic- 
tion have taken hold upon me. . 
_17 My bones are pierced in me 
in the night season: and my 
sinews take no rest. 

18 By the great force of my 
disease is my garment changed: 
it bindeth me about as the 
collar of my coat. ' 

19 He hath cast me into the 


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JOB, 31 


mire, and I am become like dust 
and ashes. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou 
dost not hear me: I stand up, 
and thou regardest me not. 

21 Thou art become cruel to 
me: with thy strong hand thou 
opposest thyself against me. 

22 Thou liftest me up to the 
wind; thou causest me to ride 
upon it, and _ dissolvest my 
substance. 

23 For I know that thou wilt 
bring me fo death, and to the 
house appointed for ali living. 

24 Howbeit he will not stretch 
out his hand to the _ grave, 
ue they cry in his destruc- 


OS ‘Did not I weep for him 
that was in trouble? was not my 
soul grieved for the poor? 

26 When I looked for good, 
then evil came unto me: and 
when I waited for light, there 
came darkness. _ 

27 My bowels boiled, and rested 
not: the days of affliction pre- 
vented me. ‘ ; 

28 I went mourning without 
the sun: I stood up, and I cried 
in the congregation. 

} 29 I am a brother to dragons, 
and a companion to owls. 

*30 My skin is black upon me, 
and my bones are burned with 


eat. 
31 My harp also is turned to 
mourning, and my organ into 
the voice of them that weep. 


467 CHAPTER 31 
Job makes protestation of his integrity 
in doing. 


MADE a covenant with mine 
.eyes; why then should 
think upon a maid? ‘ 
2 For what portion of God is 
there from above? and what 
inheritance of the Almighty from 
on high? : 

3 Is not destruction to the 
wicked? and a strange punish- 
ment to the workers of iniquity? 

4 Doth not he see my ways, 
and count all my steps? 


I| father, and I 


Job declares his integrity 


5 If I have walked with vanity, 
or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 

6 Let me be weighed in an 
even balance, that God may 
know mine integrity. 

7 If my step hath turned out of 
the way, and mine heart walked 
after mine eyes, and if any blot 
hath cleaved to mine hands; 

8 Then let me sow, and let an- 
other eat; yea, let my offspring 
be rooted out. 

9 If mine heart have been de- 
ceived by a woman, or if I have 
laid wait at my neighbour’s door; 

10 Then let my wife grind unto 
another, and let,others bow down 
upon her. 

11 For this is an heinous crime; 
yea, it is an iniquity to be pun- 
ished _by the judges. 

12 For it is a fire that con- 
sumethto destruction,and 
would root out all mine in- 
crease. 

13 If I did despise the cause of 
my manservant or of my maid- 
servant, when they contended 


with me; 

14 What then shall I do when 
God riseth up? and when he 
Lappe what shall I answer 

m? 

_15 Did not he that made me’ 
in the womb make him? and 
did not one fashion us in the 
womb? 

16 If I have withheld the poor 
from their desire, or have caused 
the eyes of the widow to fail; 

7 Or have eaten my morsel 
myself alone, and the fatherless 
hath not eaten thereof; 

18 (For from my youth he was 
brought up eS me, as witha 
have guided her 
from my mother’s womb;) 

19 If I have seen any perish for 
want of clothing, or any poor 
without covering; 

20 If his loins have not blessed 
me, and if he were not warmed 
with the fleece of my sheep; 

21 If I have lifted up my hand 
against the fatherless, when I 
saw my help in the gate: 


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Elihu’s anger 


22 Then let mine arm fall from 
my shoulder blade, and mine 
arm be broken from the bone. 

23 For destruction from God 
was a terror to me, and by 
reason of his highness I could 
not endure. 

24 If I have made gold my 
hope, or have said to the fine 
gold, Thou art my confidence; 

25 If I rejoiced because my 
wealth was great, and because 
mine hand had gotten much; 

26 If I beheld the sun when it 
shined, or the moon walking in 
brightness; 

27 And my heart hath been 
secretly enticed, or my mouth 
hath kissed my hand: 

28 This also were an iniquity 
to be punished by the judge: for 
I should have denied the God 
that is above. 

29 If I rejoiced at the destruc- 
tion of him that hated me, or 
lifted up myself when evil found 


30 Neither have I suffered my 
mouth to sin by wishing a curse 
to his soul. 

31 If the men of my tabernacle 
said not, Oh that we had of his 
flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 
_32 The stranger did not lodge 
in the street: but I opened my 
doors to the traveller. 

33 If I covered my transgres- 
sions as Ad’a4m, by hiding mine 
iniquity in my bosom: 

34 DidIfeara great multitude, 
or did the contempt of families 
terrify-me, that I kept silence, 
and went not out of the 

oor? 

35 Oh that one would hear me! 
behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and 
that mine adversary had written 
a book. 3 

36 Surely I would take it upon 
my shoulder, and bind it as a 
crown to me. . 

37 I would declare unto him 
the number of my steps; as a 
Prince would I go near unto him. 

38 If my land cry against me, 


JOB, 32 


or that the furrows likewise 
thereof complain; 

39 If I have eaten the fruits 
thereof without money, or have 
caused the owners thereof to 
lose their life: 

40 Let thistles grow instead of 
wheat, and cockle instead of 
barley. The words of Job are 
ended. 


CHAPTER 32 


1 Elihu’s anger. 
three friends. 


O these three men ceased to 
answer Job, because he was 
righteous in his own eyes. 

2 Then was kindled the wrath 
of E-li’ha the son of Bar’a-chél 
the Bu’zite, of the kindred of 
Ram: against Job was his wrath 
kindled, because he justified 
himself rather than God. 

3 Also against his three friends 
was his wrath kindled, because 
they had found no answer, and 
yet had condemned Job. : 

4 Now E-lvht had waited till 
Job had spoken, because they 
were elder than he. 

5 When £-li’hii saw that there 
was no answer in the mouth of 
these three men, then his wrath 
was kindled. 

6 And £-li’hi the son of Bar’a- 
chél the Bi’zite answered and 
said, I am young, and ye are 
very old; wherefore I was afraid, 
and durst not shew you mine 
Opinion. 

7 I said, Days should speak, 
and multitude of years should 
teach wisdom. _ hae 

8 But there is a spirit in man: 
and the inspiration of the Al- 
mighty giveth them understand- 


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11 He reproves Job’s 
16 His zeal to speak. 


ing. 

9 Great men are not always 
wise: neither do the aged under- 
stand judgment. | 

10 Therefore I said, Hearken 
to me; I also will shew mine 
opinion. : 

11 Behold, I waited for your 
words; I gave ear to your 


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JOB, 33 


reasons, whilst ye searched out 
what to say. 

12 Yea, I attended unto you, 
and, behold, there was none of 
you that convinced Job, or that 
answered his words: 

13 Lest ye should say, We 
have found ovt wisdom: God 
thrusteth him down, not man. 

14 Now he hath not directed 
his words against me: neither 
will I answer him with your 
speeches. 

15 They were amazed, they an- 
swered no more: they left off 
speaking. 

16 When I had waited, (for 
they spake not, but stood still, 
and answered no more;) 

17 I said, I will answer also my 


part, I also will shew mine 
opinion. 
18 For I am full of matter, 


the spirit within me constrain- 
eth me. : : 

19 Behold, my belly 7s as wine 
which hath no vent; itis ready 
to burst like new bottles. 

20 I will speak, that I may be 
refreshed: I will open my lips 
and answer. 

21 Let me not, I pray you, 
accept any man’s person, neither 
let me give flattering titles unto 


‘man. 

22 For I know not to give 
flattering titles; in so doing my 
maker would soon take me 
away. 


469 CHAPTER 33 


1 Elihu reasons with Job. 14 God’s 
ways of calling man to repentance. 


HEREFORE, Job, I pray 


Elihu reasons with Job 


5 If thou canst answer me, set 
thy words in order before me, 
stand up. 

6 Behold, I am according to 
thy wish in God’s stead: I also 
am formed out of the clay. 

7 Behold, my terror shall not 


make thee afraid, neither shall 


my hand be heavy upon thee. 

8 Surely thou hast spoken in 
mine hearing, and I have heard 
the voice of thy words, saying, 

am clean without trans- 
gression, I am innocent; neither 
is there iniquity in me. 

10 Behold, he findeth occasions 
against me, he counteth me for 
his enemy, : 

11 He putteth my feet in the 
stocks, he marketh all my paths. 

12 Behold, in this thou art not 
just: I will answer thee, that 
God is greater than man. 

13 Why dost thou strive against 
him? for he giveth not account 
of any of his matters. 

14 For God speaketh once, yea 
twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 

15 In a dream, in a vision of 
the night, when deep sleep falleth 
upon men, in slumberings upon 
the bed; 

16 Then he openeth the ears of 
ee and sealeth their instruc» 

ion 

17 That he may withdraw man 
from his purpose, and hide pride 
from man. : 

18 He keepeth back his soul 
from the pit, and his life from 

perishing by the sword. 

19 He is chastened also with 
pain upon his bed, and the multi- 
tude of his bones with strong 


thee, hear my speeches, | pain 


and hearken to all my words. 

2 Behold, now I have opened 
‘my mouth, my tongue hath 
spoken in my mouth. 

3 My words shall be of the up- 
rightness of my heart: and 
my lips shall utter knowledge 
clearly. 

4 The spt of God hath made 
me, and the breath of the Al- 
mighty hath given me life. 


20 So that his life abhorreth 
bread, and his soul dainty 


meat. | 

21 His flesh is consumed away, 
that it cannot be seen; and his 
bones that were not seen stick 


out. 

22 Yea, his soul draweth near 
unto the grave, and his life to the 
destroyers. 

23 If there be a iiseeenecd 


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Elihu reproves Job 


with him, an interpreter, one 
among a thousand, to shew unto 
man his uprightness: _ 

24 Then he is gracious unto 
him, and saith, Deliver him from 
going down to the pit: I have 
found a ransom. 

25 His flesh shall be fresher 
than a child’s: he shall return 
to the days of his youth: 

26 He shall pray unto God, 
and he will be favourable unto 
him: and he shall see his face 
with joy: for he will render unto 
man his righteousness. 

27 He looketh upon men, and 
if any say, I have sinned, and 
perverted that which was right, 
and it profited me not; 

28 He will deliver his soul 
from going into the pit, and his 
life shall see the light. 

29 Lo, all these things worketh 
God oftentimes with man, 

30 To bring back his soul 
from the pit, to be enlightened 
with the light of the living. 

31 Mark well, O Jéb, hearken 
unto me: hold thy peace, and I 
will speak. 

32 If thou hast any thing to 
Say, answer me: speak, for I 
desire to justify thee. 

33 If not, hearken unto me: 
hold thy peace, and I shall teach 
thee wisdom. 


470 CHAPTER 34 


1 Elihu reproves Job. 10 Omnipotent 
God cannot be unjust. 
URTHERMORE #-li’ha an- 
Swered and said, 

2 Hear my words, O ye wise 
men, and give ear unto me, ye 
that have knowledge. 

3 For the ear trieth words, as 
the mouth tasteth meat. 

4 Let us choose to us judgment: 
let us know among ourselves 
what is good. : 

5 For Job hath said, I am 
righteous: and God hath taken 
away my judgment. 

6 Should I lie against my 
Tight? my wound is incurable 
without transgression. 


JOB, 34 


7 What man is like Jéb, who 
drinketh up scorning like water? 

8 Which goeth in company with 
the workers of iniquity, and 
walketh with wicked men. 

9 For he hath said, It profiteth 
a man nothing that he should 
delight himself with God. 

10 Therefore hearken unto me, 
ye men of understanding: far 
be it from God, that he should 
do wickedness; and from the 
Almighty, that he should com- 
mit iniquity. . 

11 For the work of a man 
shall he render unto him, and 
cause every man to find accord- 
ing to his ways. j 

12 Yea, surely God will not do 
wickedly, neither will the Al- 
mighty pervert judgment. 

13 Who hath given him 4a 
charge over the earth? or who 
hath disposed the whole worid? 
_24 If he set his heart upon man, 
if he gather unto himself his 
spirit and his breath; 

15 All flesh shall perish to- 
gether, and man shall turn again 
unto dust. 

16 If now thou hast under- 
Standing, hear this: hearken to 
the voice of my words. 

17 Shall even he that hateth 
right govern? and wilt thou 
condemn him that is most just? 

18 Is it fit to say to a king, 
Thou art wicked? and to princes, 
Ye are ungodly? ; 

19 How much less to him that 
accepteth not e€ persons of 
princes, nor regardeth the rich 
more than the poor? for they all 
are the work of his hands. 

20 In a moment shall they die, 
and the people shall be troubled 
at midnight, and pass away: and 
the mighty shall be taken away 
without hand. 

21 For his eyes are upon the 
ways of man, and he seeth all his 
goings. ‘ 

22 There is no darkness, nor 
Shadow of death, where the 
workers of iniquity may hide 
themselves. 


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JOB, 35, 36 


23 For he will not lay upon man 
more than right; that he should 
enter into judgment with God. 

24 He shall break in pieces 
mighty men without number, 
and set others in*their stead. 

25. Therefore he knoweth their 
works, and he overturneth them 
in the night, so that they are 
destroyed. i 

26 He striketh them as wicked 
men in the open sight of others; 

27 Because they turned back 
from him, and would not con- 
sider any of his ways: 

28 So that they cause the cry 
of the poor to come unto him, 
and he heareth the cry of the 
afflicted. , ; 

29 When he giveth quietness, 
who then can make trouble? and 
when he hideth his face. who 
then can behold him? whether 
it be done against a nation, or 
againsta_manonly: | é 

30 That the hypocrite reign 
not, lest the people be ensnared. 

31 Surely it is meet to be said 
unto God, I have borne chastise- 
ment, I will not offend any more: 

32 That which I see not teach 
thou me: if I have done iniquity, 
I will do no more. j 

33 Should it be according to 
thy mind? he will recompense tt, 
whether thou refuse, or whether 
thou choose; and not I: there- 
fore speak what thou knowest. 

34 Let men of understanding 
tell me, and let a wise man 
hearken unto me. ‘ 

35 Job hath spoken without 
knowledge, and his words were 
without wisdom, 

36 My desire is that Job may 
be tried unto the end because of 
his answers for wicked men. 

37 For he addeth rebellion unto 
his sin, he clappeth his hands 
among us, and multiplieth his 
words against God. 

471 CHAPTER 35 


1 Comparison not to be made with God. 
13 He hears not vanity. 


Big spake moreover; and 
said, 


God will not hear vanity 


2 Thinkest thou this to be right, 
that thou saidst, My righteous- 
ness is more than God’s? 

3 For thou saidst, What ad-. 
vantage will it be unto thee? and, 
What profit shall I have, if I be 
cleansed from my sin? 

4 I will answer thee, and thy 
companions with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and ~ 
see; and behold the clouds 
which are higher than thou. 

6 If thou sinnest, what doest 
thou against him? or if thy 
transgressions be multiplied, 
what doest thou unto him? 

7 If thou be righteous, what 
givest thou him? or what re- 
ceiveth he of thine hand? 

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a 
man as thou art; and thy right- 
eousness may profit the son of 


man. 

9 By reason of the multitude 
of oppressions they make the 
oppressed tocry: they cry out by 
reason of the arm of the mighty. 

10 But none saith, Where is 
God my maker, who giveth 
songs in the night; 

11 Who teacheth us more than 
the beasts of the earth, and 
maketh us wiser than the fowls 
of heaven? , 

12 There they cry, but none 
giveth answer, because of the 
pride of evilmen. . 

13 Surely God will not hear 
vanity, neither will the Almighty 
regard it. 

14 Although thou sayest thou 
shalt not see him, yet judgment 
is before him; therefore trust 
thou in him. os 

15 But now, because it is not 
so, he hath visited in his anger; 
yet he knoweth if not in great 
extremity: 

16 Therefore doth Job open 
his mouth in vain; he multiplieth 
words without knowledge. 


CHAPTER 36 472 


1 God’s ways are just. 16 Job’s sins 
hinder God’s blessings. 


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God’s ways are just 


j nel Ara also proceeded, and 
Sal > 

2 Suffer me a little, and I will 
shew thee that J have yet to 
speak on God’s behalf. 

3 I will fetch my knowledge 
‘a afar, and will ascribe 
righteousness to my Maker. 

4 For truly my words shall not 
be false: he that is perfect in 
knowledge is with thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, and 
despiseth not any: he is mighty 
in strength and wisdom. 

6 He preserveth not the life of 
the wicked: but giveth right to 


e poor. 

7 He withdraweth not his eyes 
from the righteous: but with 
kings are they on the throne; 
yea, he doth establish them for 
ever, and they are exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in fet- 
ters, and be holden in cords of 

affliction; 

9 Then he sheweth them their 
work, and their transgressions 
that they have exceeded. 

10 He openeth also their ear to 
discipline, and commandeth that 
they return from iniquity. 

11 If they obey and serve him, 
they shall spend their days in 
prosperity, and their years in 
pleasures. 

12 But if they obey not, they 
shall perish by the sword, and 
they shall die without knowledge. 

13 But the hypocrites in heart 

eap up wrath: they cry not 
when he bindeth them. 

14 They die in youth, and their 
life is among the unclean. 

15 He delivereth the poor in 
his affliction, and openeth their 
ears in oppression. 

16 Even so would he have re- 
moved thee out of the strait into 
a broad place, where there is no 
straitness; and that which 
should be set on thy table should 


_ be full of fatness. 


_ judgement of the wicked: 


17 But thou hast fulfilled the 
judg- 


ment and justice take hold on 


thee. 


JOB, 37 


18 Because there is wrath, be- 
ware lest he take thee away 
with his stroke: then a great 
ransom cannot deliver thee. 

19 Will he esteem thy riches? 
no, not gold, nor ali the forces 
of strength. 

20 Desire not the night, when 
people are cut off in their 
place. 

21 Take heed, regard not iniq- 
uity: for this hast thou chosen 
rather than affliction. 

22 Behold, God exalteth by his 
power: who teacheth like him? 
23 Who hath enjoined him his 
way? or who can say, Thou 
hast wrought iniquity? 

24 Remember that thou mag-~ 
nify his work, which men be- 
hold 
25 Every man may seeit; man 
may behold it afar off. 

26 Behold, God is great, and 
we know him not, neither can 
the number of his years be 
searched out. 

27 For he maketh small the 
drops of water: they pour down 
rain according to the vapour 
thereof: 

28 Which the clouds do drop 
and distil upon man abundantly. 
29 Also can any understand the 
spreadings of the clouds, or the 
noise of his tabernacle? i 
30 Behold, he spreadeth his 
light upon it, and covereth the 
bottom of the sea. 

31 For by them judgeth he the 
people; he giveth meat in abun- 


ance. 

32 With clouds he covereth the 
light; and commandeth it not to 
shine by the cloud that cometh 
betwixt. 

33 The noise thereof sheweth 
concerning it, the cattle also con- 
cerning the vapour. 


CHAPTER 37 
1 God to be feared above his works. 
His wisdom unsearchabdle. 
T this also my heart trem- 
bleth, and is moved out of 
his place. 


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2 Hear attentively the noise of 
his voice, and the sound that 
goeth out of his mouth. 

3 He directeth it under the 
whole heaven, and his lightning 
unto the ends of the earth. 

4 After it a voice roareth: he 
thundereth with the voice of his 
excellency; and he will not stay 
them when his voice is heard. 

5 God thundereth marvellously 
with his voice; great things doeth 
he, which we cannot comprehend. 

6 For he saith to the snow, Be 
thou on the earth; likewise to 
the small rain, and to the great 
rain of his strength. 

7 He sealeth up the hand of 
every man; that all men may 
know his work. 

8 Then the beasts go into dens, 
and remain in their places. 

9 Out of the south cometh the 
whirlwind: and cold out of the 
north. 

10 By the breath of God frost 
is given: and the breadth of the 
waters is straitened. ; 

11 Also by watering he weari- 
eth the thick cloud: he scattereth 
his bright cloud: 

12 And itis turned round about 
by his counsels: that they may 
do whatsoever he commandeth 
them upon the face of the world 
in the earth. 

13 He causeth it to come, 
whether for correction, or for 
his land, or for mercy. 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: 
stand still, and consider the won- 
drous works of God. 

15 Dost thou know when God 

disposed them, and caused the 
light of his cloud to shine? 
_16 Dost thou know the balanc- 
ings of the clouds, the wondrous 
works of him which is perfect in 
knowledge? 

17 How thy garments are 
warm, when he quieteth the earth 
by the south wind? 

18 Hast thou with him spread 
out the sky, which is strong, and 
as a molten looking glass? 

19 Teach us what we shall say 


God challenges Job to answer 


unto him; for we cannot order 
our speech by reason of darkness. 

20 Shall it be told him that I 
speak? if a man speak, surely 
he shall be swallowed up. 

21 And now men see not the 
bright light which is in the clouds: 
but the wind passeth, and cleans- 
eth them. 

22 Fair weather cometh out of 
the north: with God is terrible 
majesty. | 

23 Touching the Almighty, we 
cannot find him out: he is excel- 
lent in power, and in judgment, 
and in plenty of justice: he will 
not afflict. 

24 Men do therefore fear him: 
he respecteth not any that are 
wise of heart. 


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1 God challenges Job to answer. 4 He 
convinces Job by his mighty works. 
HEN the LORD answered 
Job out of the whirlwind, 
and said, | 

2 Who is this that darkeneth 
eouDee! by words without knowl- 
edge? 

3 Gird up now thy loins like a 
man: for I will demand of thee. 
and answer thou me. 

4 Where wast thou when I laid 
the foundations of the earth? 
declare, if thou hast understand- 


ing. 

5 Who hath laid the measures 
thereof, if thou knowest? or who 
hath stretched the line upon it? 

6 Whereupon are the founda- 
tions thereof fastened? or who 
laid the corner stone thereof; 

7 When the morning stars sang 
together, and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy? 

8 Or who shut up the sea with 
doors, when it brake forth, as if 
it had issued out of the womb? 

en I made the cloud the 
garment thereof, and thick dark- 
ness a swaddlingband for it, 

10 And brake up for it my de- 
creed place, and set hars and 


doors, 
11 And said, Hitherto shalt 


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JOB, 39: 


thou come, but no further: and page of the tender herb to spring 


here shall thy proud waves be 
stayed? 

12 Hast thou commanded the 
morning since thy days; and 
caused the dayspring to know 
his place; 

13 That it might take hold of 
the ends of the earth, that the 
wicked might be shaken out of it? 

14 It is turned as clay to the 
seal; and they stand as a gar- 


ment. 

15 And from the wicked their 
light is withholden, and the high 
arm shall be broken. | 

16 Hast thou entered into the 
springs of the sea? or hast thou 
walked in the search of the depth? 

17 Have the gates of death been 
opened unto thee? or hast thou 
seen the doors of the shadow of 
death? . 

18 Hast thou perceived the 
breadth of the earth? declare if 
thou_knowest it all. 

19 Where is the way where 
light dwelleth? and as for dark- 
ness, where is the place thereof, 

20 That thou shouldest take it 
to the bound thereof, and that 
thou shouldest know the paths 
to the house thereof? | 

21 Knowest thou it, because 
thou wast then born? or because 
the number of thy days is great? 

22 Hast thou entered into the 
treasures of the snow? or hast 
thou seen the treasures of the hail, 

23 Which I have reserved 
against the time of trouble, 
against the day of battle and 
war? : , 

24 By what way is the light 
parted, which scattereth the east 
wind upon the earth? 

25 Who hath divided a water- 
course for the overflowing of 
waters, or a way for the light- 
ning of thunder; : 

26 To cause it to rain on the 
earth, where no man is; on the 
wilderness, wherein there is no 
man; 

27 To satisfy the desolate and 
waste ground; and to cause the 


forth? 

28 Hath the rain a father? or 
who hath begotten the drops of 
dew? 

29 Out of whose womb came 
the ice? and the hoary frost of 
heaven, who hath gendered it? 

30 The waters are hid as with 
a stone, and the face of the deep 
is frozen. 
_31 Canst thou bind the sweet 
influences of Plé/ia-dés, or loose 
the bands of 6-ri’6n? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Maz’- 
za-roth in his season? or canst 
thou guide Arc-tt’rus with his 
sons? 

33 Knowest thou the ordi- 
nances of heaven? canst thou 
set the dominion thereof in the 
earth? 

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice 
to the clouds, that abundance of 
waters may cover thee? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, 
that they may go, and say unto 
thee, Here we are? 

36 Who hath put wisdom in 
the inward parts? or who hath 
given understanding to the heart? 
_37 Who can number the clouds 
in wisdom? or who can stay 
the bottles of heaven, 

_38 When the dust groweth 
into hardness, and the clods 
cleave fast together? 

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for 
the lion? or fill the appetite of 
the young lions, 

40 When they couch in their 
dens, and abide in the covert to 
lie in wait? 

41 Who provideth for the raven 
his food? when his young ones 
cry unto God, they wander for 
lack of meat. 


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God convinces Job by shewing further 
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his mighty works. 


NOWEST thou the time 

&» when the wild goats of the 
rock bring forth? or canst thou 
mark when the hinds do calve? 
2 Canst thou number the months 


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that they fulfil? or knowest thou 
the time when they bring 
forth? . 


3 They bow, themselves, they 
bring forth their young ones, they 
cast out their sorrows. 

4 Their young ones are in good 
liking, they grow up with corn; 
they go forth, and return not 
unto them. 

5 Who hath sent out the wild 
ass free? or who hath loosed the 
bands of the wild ass? 

6 Whose house I have made 
the wilderness, and the barren 
land his dwellings. : 

7 He scorneth the multitude of 
the city, neither regardeth he the 
srying of the driver. 

8 The range of the mountains 
is his pasture, and he searcheth 
after every green thing. | 

9 Will the unicorn be willing to 
serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 

10 Canst thou bind the uni- 
corn with his band in the furrow? 
or will he harrow the valleys after 


ee? 

11 Wilt thou trust him, because 
his strength is great? or wilt 
thou leave thy labour to him? 

12 Wilt thow believe him, that 
he will bring home thy seed, and 
gather it into thy barn? 1 

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings 
unto the peacocks? or wings 
and feathers unto the ostrich? 

14 Whichleaveth hereggsin the 
earth, and warmeth them in dust, 

15 And forgetteth that the foot 
may crush them, or that the wild 
beast may break them. , 

16 She is hardened against her 
young ones, as though they were 
not hers: her labour is in vain 
without fear; ‘ 
| 17 Because God hath deprived 
her of wisdom, neither hath he 
imparted to her understanding. 

18 What time she lifteth up 
herself on high, she scorneth the 
horse and his rider. 

19 Hast thou given the horse 
strength? hast thou clothed his 
neck with thunder? A 

20 Canst thou make him afraid 


God’s mighty works 


as a grasshopper? the glory of 
his nostrils is terrible. 

21 He paweth in the valley, 
and rejoiceth in his strength: 
he goeth on to meet the armed 


en. 

22 He mocketh at fear, and is 
not affrighted; neither turneth 
he back from the sword. 

23 The quiver rattleth against 
him, the glittering spear and the 
shield. 

24 He swalloweth the ground 
with fierceness and rage: neither 
believeth he that it is the sound 
of the trumpet. 

25 He saith among the trum- 
pets, Ha, ha; 
the battle afar off, the thunder of 
the captains, and the shouting. 

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy 
wisdom, and stretch her wings 
toward the south? 


27 Doth the eagle mount up — 


at thy command, and make her 
nest on high? 

23 She dwelleth and abideth 
on the rock, upon the crag of the 
rock, and the strong place. 

29 From thence she seeketh the 


prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 


30 Her young ones also suck 


and he smelleth — 


up blood: and where the shiny 


are, there is she. 


CHAPTER 40 


1 Job humbles himself. _6 God further 
answers from the whirlwind. 


"NW OREOVER the LORD an- 


swered Job, and said, 
2 Shall he that contendeth 


with the Almighty instruct him? 


he that reproveth God, let him 
answer it. 

3 4 Then Job answered the 
LORD, and said, 

4 Behold, I am_ vile; 
shall I answer thee? 
mine hand upon my mouth. 

5 Once have I spoken; 
will not answer: yea, twice; 
I will proceed no further. 

6 4 Then answered the LORD 


but 


unto Job out of the whirlwind, | 


and said, 


7 Gird up thy loins now like a | 


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what. 
I will lay 


but I. 





Behemoth and leviathan 


man: I will demand of thee, and 
declare thou unto me. 

8 Wilt thou also disannul my 
judgment? wilt thou condemn me, 
that thou mayest be righteous? 

9 Hast thou an arm like God? 
or canst thou thunder with a 
voice like him? ; 

_10 Deck thyself now with ma- 
jesty and excellency; and array 
thyself with glory and beauty. 

11 Cast abroad the rage of thy 
wrath: and behold every one 
that is proud, and abase him. | 

12 Look on every one that is 
proud, and bring him low; and 
tread down the wicked in their 
place. 

13 Hide them in the dust to- 
gether; and bind their faces in 
secret. 

14 Then will I also confess unto 
thee that thine own right hand 
can save thee. 

15 {Behold now behemoth, 
which I made with thee; he 
eateth grass as an ox. ; 

16 Lo now, his strength is in 
his loins, and his force is in the 
navel of his belly. 

17 He moveth his tail like a 
cedar: the sinews of his stones 
are wrapped together. 

18 His bones are as strong 
pieces of brass; his bones are 
like bars of iron. 

19 He Ss the chief of the ways 
of God: he that made him can 
make his sword to approach 
unto him. g 

20 Surely the mpuntaiaes bring 
him forth food, Mi ere all the 
beasts of the fiel id play. 

21 He lieth under the shady 
trees, in the covert of the reed, 
and fens. 

22 The shady trees cover him 
with their shadow; the willows 
of the brook compass him 


about. . 

23 Behold, he drinketh up a 
river, and hasteth not: he trust- 
eth that he can draw up Jor’dan 
into his mouth. ; 

24 He taketh it with his eyes: 
dis nose pierceth through snares. 


JOB, 41 
CHAPTER 41 477 


Great power of God in the leviathan. 


ANST thou draw out levia- 

than with an hook? or his 

tongue with a cord which thou 
lettest down? 

2 Canst thou put an hook into 
his nose? or bore his jaw through 
with a thorn? 

3 Will he make many suppli- 
cations unto thee? will he speak 
soft words unto thee? 

4 Will he make a covenant with 
thee? wilt thou take him for a 
servant for ever? 

5 Wilt thou play with him as 
with a bird? or wilt thou bind 
him for thy maidens? 

6 Shall the companions make a 
banquet of him? shall they part 
him among the merchants? 

7 Canst thou fill his skin with 
barbed irons? or his head with 
fish spears? 

8 Lay thine hand upon him, re- 
member the battle, do no more. 

9 Behold, the hope of him is 
in vain: shall not one be cast 
down even at the sight of him? 

10 None ts so ene that dare 
stir him up: who then is able 
to stand before me? 

11 Who hath prevented me, 
that I should repay him? what- 
soever is under the whole heaven 
is mine. 

12 I will not conceal his parts, 
nor his power, nor his comely 
proportion. 

13 Who can discover the face 
of his garment? or who can come 
to him with his double bridle? 

14 o can open the doors of 
his face? his teeth are terrible 
round about. : 

15 His scales are his pride, 
past up together as with a close 
seal. 

16 One is so near to another, 
that no air can come between 
them. 

17 They are joined one to 
another, they stick together, that 
they cannot be sundered. 

18 By his neesings a light doth 


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JOB, 42 


shine, and his eyes are like the 
eyelids of the morning. ; 

19 Out of his mouth go burning 
lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 

20 Out of his nostrils goeth 
smoke, as out of a seething pot 
or caldron. 3 

21 His breath kindleth coals, 
and a flame goeth out of his 
mouth. ‘ 

22 In his neck remaineth 

strength, and sorrow is turned 
into joy before him. 
_23 The flakes of his flesh are 
joined together: they are firm in 
themselves; they cannot be 
moved. 

24 His heart is as firm as a 
stone; yea, as hard asa piece of 
the nether millstone. : 

25 When he raiseth up himself, 
the mighty are afraid: by reason 
of breakings they purify them- 
selves. 

26 The sword of him that lay- 
eth at him cannot hold: the 
spear, the dart, nor the haber- 
geon. 

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, 
and brass as rotten wood. 

28 The arrow cannot make him 
flee: slingstones are turned with 
him into stubble. 

29 Darts are counted as stub- 
ble: he laugheth at the shaking 
of a spear. 

30 Sharp stones are under 
him: he spreadeth sharp pointed 
things upon the mire. : 

31 He maketh the deep to boil 
like a pot: he maketh the sea 
like a pot of ointment. : 

32 He maketh a path to shine 
after him; one would think the 
deep to be hoary. : ; 

33 Upon earth there is not his 
like, who is made without fear. 

34 He beholdeth all high things: 
he is a king over all the children 
of pride. 


478 CHAPTER 42 
1 Job submits to God. 7 His friends 
accept him. 16 His age and death. 
(Ease Jéb answered the 
LORD, and said, 


Job blessed by God 


2 I know that thou canst do 
every thing, and that no thought 
can be withholden from thee. 

3 Who is he that hideth counsel 
without knowledge? therefore 
have I uttered that I understood 
not; things too wonderful fer 
me, which I knew not. 

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I 
will speak: I will demand of 
thee, and declare thou unto 


me. 

5 I have heard of thee by the 
hearing of the ear: but now 
mine eye seeth thee. 

6 Wherefore I abhor muself, 
and repent in dust and ashes. 

7 4 And it was so, that after 
the LORD had spoken these 
words unto Job, the LORD said 
to El’/i-phaz the Té’man-ite, My 
wrath is kindled against, thee, 
and against thy two friends: 
for ye have not spoken of me the 
thing that is right, as my servant 
Job hath. 

8 Therefore take unto you now 
seven bullocks and seven rams, 
and go to my servant Job, and 
offer up for yourselves a burnt 
offering; 
shall pray for you: for him will 
I accept: lest I deal with you 
after your folly, in that ye have 
not spoken of me the thing which 
is right, like my servant Job. 

9 So El’i-phaz the Té’man-ite 
and Bil’dad the Shuw’hite and 
Zo’phar the Na’a-math-ite went, 
and did according as the LORD 
commanded them: the LORD 
also accepted Job. 

10 And the LORD turned the 
captivity of Job, when he prayed 
for his friends: also the LORD 
gave Job twice as much as he 
had before. 

11 Then came there unto him 
all his brethren, and all his 
sisters, and all they that had been 
of his acquaintance before, and 
did eat bread with him in his 
house: and they bemoaned him, 
and comforted him over all the 
evil that the LORD had brought 
upon him: every man also gave 


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and my servant Job 


The kingdom of the Son 


him a piece of money, and every 
one an earring of gold. 

12 So the LORD blessed the 
latter end of Jéb more than his 
beginning: for he had fourteen 
thousand sheep, and six thou- 
sand camels, and a thousand yoke 
of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 

13 He had also seven sons and 
three daughters. 

14 And he called the name of 
the first, Jé-mi’ma; and the 
name of the second, Ké-zi’a; 


PSALMS, 1, 2 


and the name of the third, Kér’- 
en—hap’puch. 

15 And in all the land were no 
women found so fair as the 
daughters of Job: and _ their 
father gave them inheritance 
among their brethren. 

16 After this lived Job an 
hundred and forty years, and 
saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, 
even four generations. 

17 So Job died, being old and 
full of days. 





THE 


BOOK OF PSALMS 


479 PSALM 1 
1 Happiness of the godly. 

ness of the ungod 

LESSED is the man that 

walketh not in the counsel 

of the ungodly, nor standeth in 

the way of sinners, nor sitteth 

in the seat of the scornful. 

2 But his delight zs in the law 

of the LORD; and in his law doth 
he meditate day and night. 
_ 3 And he shall be like a tree 
planted by the rivers of water, 
that bringeth forth his fruit in 
his season; his leaf also shall 
not wither; and whatsoever he 
doeth shall prosper. 

4 The ungodly are not so: but 
are like the chaff which the wind 
driveth away. 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall 
not stand in the judgment, nor 
sinners in the congregation of 
the righteous. 

6 For the LORD knoweth the 
way of the righteous: but the 
way of the ungodly shall perish. 


480 PSALM 2 


i Kingdom of the Son. 10 Kings ex- 
horted to accept him. 
WV Aes do the heathen rage, 
and the people imagine a 
vain thing? 
2 The kings of the earth set 
themselves, and the rulers 


4 Unhappi- 
ly. 


take counsel together, against 
the LORD, and against his 
anointed, saying, 

3 Let us break their bands 
asunder, and cast away their 
cords from us. 

4 He that sitteth in the heavens 
shall laugh: the Lord shall have 
them in derision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto 
them in his wrath, and vex them 
in his sore displeasure. 

6 Yet have I set my king upon 
my holy hill of Zi’6n. ; 

7 I will declare the decree: the 
LORD hath said unto me, Thou 
arf my Son; this day have I 
begotten thee. 

8 Ask of me, and I shall give 
thee the heathen for thine in- 
heritance, and the uttermost parts 
of the earth for thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt break them with 
a rod of iron; thou shalt dash 
them in pieces like a potter’s 
vessel. 

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye 
kings: be instructed, ye judges 
of the earth. 

11 Serve the LORD with fear, 
and rejoice with trembling. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be 
angry, and ye perish from the 
way, when his wrath is kindled 
but alittle. Blessed are all they 
that put their trust in him. 


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PSALMS, 3-5 
481 PSALM 3 


Security of God’s protection. 
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Ab- 
salom his son. 
ORD, how are they increased 
that trouble me!. many are 
they that rise up against me. 

2 Many there be which say of 
my soul, There is no help for 
him in God. Sé’lah. 

3 But thou, O LORD, art a 
shield for me; my glory, and 
the lifter up of mine head. 

4 I cried unto the LORD with 
my voice, and he heard me out 
of his holy hill. Sé/lah. 

5 I laid me down and slept; 
I awaked; for the LORD sus- 
tained me. 

6 I will not be afraid of ten 
thousands of people, that have 
set themselves against me round 
about. 

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, 
O my God: for thou hast smitten 
all mine enemies upon the cheek 
bone; thou hast broken the teeth 
of the ungodly. 

8 Salvation : 
the LORD: thy blessing is upon 
thy people. Sé/lah. 


482 PSALM 4 

1 David's prayer for audience. 3 
Trust in the Lord. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm of David. 


EAR me when I call, O God 

of my righteousness: thou 

hast enlarged me when I was in 

distress; have mercy upon me, 
and hear my prayer. 

2 O ye sons of men, how long 
will ye turn my glory into shame? 
how long will ye love vanity, and 
seek after leasing? Sé’lah. 

3 But know that the LORD 
hath set apart him that is godly 
for himself: the LORD will hear 
when I call unto him. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: 
commune with your own heart 
upon your bed, and be still. 
Sé‘lah. 

5 Offer the sacrifices of right- 
eousness, and put your trust in 
the LORD. 


belongeth, unto | yp 


Trust in the Lord 


6 There be many that say, 
Who will shew us any good? 
LORD, lift thou up the light of 
thy countenance upon us. | 

7 Thou hast put gladness in my 
heart, more than in the time that 
their corn and their wine in- 
creased. 

8 I will both lay me down in 
peace, and sleep: for thou, 
LORD, only makest me dwell in 
safety. 


PSALM 5 483 


1 The wicked unfavoured. 7 David, 
professing faith, trusts in God te 
guide him. 


To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A 
Psalm of David. 
IVE ear to my words, O° 
LORD, consider my medi- 
tation. 

2 Hearken unto the voice of my 
cry, my King, and my God: for 
unto thee will I pray. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear 
in the morning, O LORD; in 
the morning will I direct my 
prayer unto thee, and will look 


4 For thou arf not a God that 
hath pleasure in wickedness: 
neither shall evil dwell with thee. 
_5 The foolish shall not stand 
in thy sight: 
workers of iniquity. 

6 Thou shalt destroy them that 
speak leasing: the LORD will 
abhor the bloody and deceitful 
man. 

_7 But as for me, I will come 
into thy house in the multitude 
of thy mercy: and in thy fear 
will I worship toward thy holy 
temple. 

8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy. 
righteousness because of mine 
enemies; make thy way straight 
before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness 
in their mouth; their inward 
part is very wickedness; their 
throat is an open sepulchre; they 
flatter with their tongue. 

10 Destroy thou them, O God; 
let them fall by their own coun- 
sels; cast them out in the multi- 


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thou hatest all © 


David prays against malice of enemies 
tude of their transgressions; for 


they have eieer against thee. 
11 But let all those that put 
their trust in thee rejoice: let 


them ever nett for joy, because 
thou defendest them: let them 
also that love thy name be joyful 


in thee. 

12 For thou, LORD, wiit bless 
the righteous; with favour wilt 
een, compass him as with a 
shie 


484 PSALM 6 


David complains, yet triumphs over his 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon 
Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 


LORD, rebuke me not in 
thine anger, neither chasten 
me in thy hot displeasure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, O 
LorD; for I am weak: OLORD, 
heal me; for my bones are 
vexed. 

3 My soul is also sore vexed: 
but thou, O LORD, how long? 

4 Return, O LORD, deliver my 
soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ 
sake. 

5 For in death there is no re- 
membrance of thee: in the grave 
who shall give thee thanks? 

6 I am weary with my groan- 
ing; all the night make I my bed 
to swim; I water my couch with 
my tears. 

7 Mine eye is consumed because 


PSALMS, 6, 7 


LORD my God, in thee dol 


put my trust: save me from 
all them that persecute me, and 
deliver me: 

2 Lest he tear my soul like a 
lion, rending it in pieces, while 
there is none to deliver. 

3 OLORD my God, if I have 
done this; if there be iniquity in 
my hands; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto 
him that was at peace with me; 
(yea, I have delivered him that 
without cause is mine enemy:) 

5 Let the enemy persecute my 
soul, and take it; yea, let him 
tread down my ‘life upon the 
earth, and lay mine honour in 
the dust. Sé’lah. 

6 Arise, O LORD, in thine 
anger, lift up thyself because of 
the rage of mine enemies: and 
awake for me to the judgment 
that thou hast commanded. 

7 So shall the congregation of 
the people compass thee about: 
for their sakes therefore return 
thou on high. 

8 The LORD shall judge the 
people: judge me, O LORD, ac- 
cording to my righteousness, and 
according to mine integrity that 
is in me 

9 Oh let the wickedness of the 
wicked come to an end; but 
establish the just; for the ‘right- 
eous God trieth the hearts and 


of grief; it waxeth old because of | T1025 


all mine enemies. 

8 Depart from me, all ye work- 
ers of iniquity; for the LORD 
hath | heard the voice of my 
weepi 

9 The. ‘LORD hath heard my 
supplication; the LORD will re- 
ceive my prayer. 

10 Let all mine enemies be 
ashamed and sore vexed: let 
them return and be ashamed 
suddenly. 


485 PSALM 7 
David prays ssp tale Ad malice of his 
Shiggaion of ie ter Roh he sang unto 


the LoRD, concerning the words of 
Cush the Benjamite. 


10 My defence is of God, which 
saveth the upright in heart. 

11 God judgeth the righteous, 
and God is angry with the 
wicked every day. : 

12 If he turn not, he will whet 
his sword; he hath bent his bow, 
and made it ready. 

13 He hath also prepared for 
him the instruments of death; 
he ordaineth his arrows against 
the persecutors. 

14 Behold, he travaileth with 
iniquity, and hath conceived mis- 
chief,and brought forth falsehood. 

15 He made a pit, an digged 
it, and is fallen into ine ditch 
which he made. 


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PSALMS, 8, 9 


16 His mischief shall return 
upon his own head, and his 
violent dealing shall come down 
upon his own pate. 

171 will praise the LORD 
Meellitng to his righteousness: 
and will sing praise to the name 
of the LORD most high. 


486 PSALM 8 
God’s glory LU by his works and 
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm of David. 
LORD our Lord, how excel- 
lent is thy name in all the 
earth! who hast set thy glory 
above the heavens. 

2 Out of the mouth of babes 
and sucklings hastthou ordained 
strength because of thine ene- 
mies, that thou mightest still 
the enemy and the avenger. 

3 When I consider thy heavens, 
the work of thy fingers, the moon 
and the stars, which thou hast 
ordained; 

4 What is man, that thou art 

mindful of him? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him? 
' 5 For thou hast made him a 
little lower than the angels, and 
hast crowned him with glory and 
honour. 

6 Thou madest him to have 
dominion over the works of thy 
hands; thou hast put all things 
under his feet: 

7 Ail sheep and oxen, yea, and 
the beasts of the field; 

8 The fowl of the air, and the 
fish of the sea, and whatsoever 
passeth through the paths of the 
seas. 

9 O LORD our Lord, how ex- 
cellent is thy name in all the 
earth! 


487 PSALM 9 


Praise of God for executing judgment. 
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, 
A Psalm of David. 

WILL praise thee, O LORD, 
with my whole heart; I will 
shew forth all thy marvellous 
works. Re 
2 I will be glad and rejoice in 


God’s glory in the heavens 


thee: I will sing praise to thy 
name, b thou most High. 
3 When mine enemies are turn- 


ed back, they shall fall and perish ~ 


at thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my 
right and my cause; thou satest 
in the throne judging right. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the hea- 
then, thou hast destroyed the 
wicked, thou hast put out their 
name for ever and ever. 

6 O thou enemy, destructions 
are come to a perpetual end: and 


thou hast destroyed cities; their 


memorial is perished with them. 

7 But 
for ever: he hath prepared his 
throne for judgment. 


the LORD shall endure . 


8 And he shall judge the world 


in righteousness, he shall min- 


ister judgment to the people in © 


uprightness. 

9 The LORD also will be a re- 
fuge for the oppressed, a refuge 
in times of trouble. 


10 And they that know thy © 


name will put their trust in thee: 
for thou, LORD, hast not for- 
saken them that seek thee. 

11 Sing praises to the LORD, 
which dwelleth in Z1’o6n: declare 
among the people his doings. 

12 When he maketh inquisition 
for blood, he remembereth them: 
he forgetteth not the cry of the 
humble. 

13 Have mercy upon me, 
LORD; consider my _ trouble 


which I suffer of them that hate — 


me, thou that liftest me up from 
the gates of death: 
14 That I may shew forth all 


of 


, 


thy praise in the gates of the © 


daughter of Zi’6n: I will rejoice 
in thy salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down 
in the pit that they made: in the 
net which they hid is their own 
foot taken. 

16 The LORD is known by the 
judgement which he executeth: 
the wicked is snared in the work 
oH pe own hands. Hig-ga’ion. 


‘a “The wicked shall be turned 


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Complaint and prayer 


PSALMS, 10, 11 


into hell, and all the nations that| God hath forgotten: he hideth 


forget Go 


18 For the- needy shall not 
alway be forgotten: the expecta- 
tion of the poor shall not perish 


for ever. 


19 Arise, O LORD; let not man 
prevail: let the heathen be judged 


in thy sight. 


20 Put them in fear, O LORD: 
that the nations may know them- 


selves to be but men. Sé@’lah. 
488 PSALM 10 


1 David's complaint to God. 12 Prayer 


for remedy. 


HY standest thou afar off, 
hidest 
thou thyself in times of trouble? 
2 The wicked in his pride doth 


LORD? why 


persecute the poor: let them be 


taken in the devices that they 


have imagined. 


3 For the wicked boasteth of 


his heart’s desire, and blesseth 
the covetous, whom the LORD 
abhorreth. 


4 The wicked, through the| th 


pride of his countenance, will not 
eeale utter CodeaGodics notin all 
his thoughts. 

His ways are always griev- 
ous; thy judgments are far 
above out of his sight: as for 
all his enemies, he puffeth at 


em. 

6 He hath said in his heart, I 
shall not be moved: for J shall 
never be in adversity. 

7 His mouth is full of cursing 
and deceit and fraud: under his 
tongue is mischief and vanity. 

8 He sitteth in the lurking 
slaces of the villages: in the 
secret places doth he murder the 
nnocent: his eyes are privily 
set against the poor. 

9 He lieth in wait secretly asa 
ion in his den: he lieth in wait 
© catch the poor: he doth catch 





he poor, when he draweth him|h 


nto his net. 

10 He croucheth, and hum- 
eth himself, that the poor may 
ali by his strong ones. | 

il He hath said in his heart, 






his face; he will never see it. 

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift 
up thine hand: forget not the 
humble. 

13 Wherefore doth the wicked 
contemn God? he hath said in 
his heart, Thou wilt not require if. 

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou 
beholdest mischief and spite, to 
requite if with thy hand: the 
poor committeth himself unto 
thee; thou art the helper of the 
fatherless. 

15 Break thou the arm of the 
wicked and the evil man: seek 
out his wickedness (ill thou find 
none. 

16 The LORD is King for ever 
and ever: the heathen are per- 
ished out of his land. 

17 LORD, thou hast heard the 
desire of the humble: thou wilt 
prepare their heart, thou wilt 
cause thine ear to hear: 

18 To judge the fatherless and 
the oppressed, that the man of 
eearth may no more _ press. 


PSALM 11 489 
Providence and justice of God. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


WN the LORD put I my trust: 
how say ye to my soul, Flee as 
a bird to your mountain? 

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their 
bow, they make ready their arrow 
upon the string, that they may 
privily shoot at the upright in 
heart. 

3 If the foundations be de- 
Se what can the righteous 


o 
4 The LorD is in his holy 
temple, the LORD’S throne is in 
heaven: his eyes behold, his 
eyelids try, the children of men. 
5S The LorD trieth the right- 
eous: but the wicked and him 
that loveth violence his soul 
ateth. } 
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain 
snares, fire and brimstone, and 
an horrible tempest: this shall 
be the portion of their cup. 

7 For the righteous LORD loveth 


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Confidence in God’s promises 


enn EIMNI-TEEEAAEE ET a ee an Ta TL iar 
righteousness; his countenance | that trouble me rejoice when I 


doth behold the upright. 
490 PSALM 12 


David's confidence in God's tried prom- 
USES». 

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, 
A Psalm of David. 
HE LorD; for the godly 

man ceaseth; for the faith- 
ful fail from among the children 
of men. 

2 They speak vanity every one 
with his neighbour: with flatter- 
ing lips and with a double heart 
do they speak. 

3 The LORD shall cut off all 
flattering lips, and the tongue 
that speaketh proud things: 

4 Who have said, With our 
tongue will we prevail; our lips 
are our own: who is lord over 
us? 

5 For the oppression of the 
poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, now will I arise, saith the 
LORD; I will set him in safety 
from him that puffeth at him. 

6 The words of the LORD are 
pure words: as silver tried ina 
furnace of earth, purified seven 


times. 

7 Thou shalt keep them, O 
LorD, thou shalt, preserve them 
from this generation: for ever. 

8 The wicked walk on every 
side, when the vilest men are 
exalted. 


491 PSALM 13 

1 David's complaint of delay. 3 Prayer 
for grace. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


OW long wilt thou forget me, 
O LorD? for ever? how 
long wilt thou hide thy face from 
me! 

2 How long shall I take counsel 
in my soul, having sorrow in my 
heart daily? how long shall mine 
enemy be exalted over me? 

3 Consider and hear me, O 
LorpD my God: lighten mine 
eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of 
death; ; 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have 
prevailed against him; and those 


am moved. 

5 But I have trusted in thy 
mercy; my heart shall rejoice in 
thy salvation. 

6 I will sing unto the LORD, 
because he hath dealt bountifully 
with me. 


PSALM 14 492 


The corruption of the natural man. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


HE fool hath said in his 
heart, There is no God. 
They are corrupt, they have done 
abominable works, there is none 
that doeth good. 

2 The LORD looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, — 
to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they 
are all together become filthy: 
there is none that doeth good, — 
no, not one. 

_4 Have all the workers of in- 
iquity no knowledge? who eat up 
my people as they eat bread, and 
call not upon the LORD. 

5 There were they in great fear: 
for God is in the generation of the 
righteous. 

6 Ye have shamed the counsel 
of the poor, because the LORD i¢ 
his refuge. 

7 Oh that the salvation of fs’- 
ra-el were come out of Zi‘én! 
when the LORD bringeth back the 
captivity of his people, Ja’cob 
eae rejoice, and Is’ra-el shall be 
glad. 


_ 


PSALM 15 403 
David describes a citizen of Zion. 
A Psalm of David. 


ORD, who shall abide in thy 
tabernacle? who shall dwell 
in thy holy hill? ; 

2 He that walketh uprightly, 
and worketh righteousness, an 
speaketh the truth in his heart. 

3 He that backbiteth not with 
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
neighbour, nor taketh up a re- 
proach against his neighbour. | 

4 In whose eyes a vile person 1S 


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Hope of the resurrection 


contemned; but he honoureth 
them that fear the LORD. He 
that sweareth to his own hurt, 
and changeth not. : 

5 He that putteth not out his 
money to usury, nor taketh re- 
ward against the innocent. He 
that doeth these things shall 
never be moved. 


494 PSALM 16 


1 David seeks God's. preservation. 5 
Hope of the resurrection and life ever- 
lasting. 

Michtam of David. 


RESERVE me, O God: for 
in thee do I put my trust. | 

2 O my soul, thou hast said 
unto the LORD, Thou art my 
Lord: my goodness extendeth 
not to thee; : ; 

3 But to the saints that are in 
the earth, and fo the excellent, in 
whom is all my delight. , 

4. Their sorrows shall be multi- 
plied that hasten after another 
god: their drink offerings of 
blood will I not offer, nor take up 
their names into my lips. 

5 The LORD is the portion of 
mine inheritance and of my cup: 
thou maintainest my lot. 

6 The lines are fallen unto me 
in pleasant places; yea, I have 
a goodly heritage. 

7 1 will bless the LORD, who 
hath given me counsel: my reins 
also instruct me in the night 
seasons. 

8 I have set the LORD always 
before me: because he is at my 
right hand, I shall not be moved. 

9 Therefore my_ heart is glad, 
and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh 
also shall rest in hope. 

10 For thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell; neither wilt thou 
suffer thine Holy One to see 
corruption. | 

11 Thou wilt shew me the path 
of life: in thy presence is fulness 
of joy; at thy right hand there 
are pleasures for evermore. 


495 PSALM 17 
David craves the defence of God against 
enemies. 
A Prayer of David. 


PSALMS, 16, 17 


EAR the right, O LORD, 

attend unto my cry, give 
ear unto my prayer, that goeth 
not out of feigned lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth 
from thy presence; let thine 
eyes behold the things that are 
equal. 

3 Thou. hast proved mine 
heart; thou hast visited me in 
the night; thou hast tried me, 
and shalt find nothing; I am 
purposed that my mouth shall 
not transgress. 

4 Concerning the works of men, 
by the word of thy lips I have 
kept me from the paths of the 
destroyer. i 

5 Hold up my goings in thy 
paths, that my footsteps slip not. 

6 I have called upon thee, for 
thou wilt hear me, O God: in- 
cline thine ear unto me, and hear 
my speech. 

7 Shew thy marvellous loving- 
kindness, O thou that savest by 
thy right hand them which put 
their trust in thee from those 
that rise up against them. 

8 Keep me as the apple of the 
eye, hide me under the shadow 
of thy wings, | 

9 From the wicked that oppress 
me, from my deadly enemies, 
who compass me about. 

10 They are inclosed in their 
own fat: with their mouth they 
speak proudly. 

11 They have now compassed 
us in our steps: they have set 
their eyes bowing down to the 


earth; 

12 Like as alion that is greedy 
of his prey, and as it were a 
young lion lurking in secret 
places. | f 

13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint 
him, cast him down: deliver my 
soul from the wicked, which is 
thy sword: ¢ 

14 From men which are thy 
hand, O LORD, from men of the 
world, which have their portion 
in this life, and whose belly thou 
fillest with thy hid treasure: they 
are full of children, and leave the 


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PSALMS, 18 


Praise of God for blessings 


rest of their substance to their| 12 At the brightness that was 


babes. ' 

15 As for me, I will behold thy 
face in righteousness: I shall be 
satisfied, when I awake, with 
thy likeness. " 


496 PSALM 18 


David praises God for manifold blessings. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
the servant of the LORD, who spake unto 
the LoRD the words of ‘this song in the 
day that the Lorp delivered him from 
the hand of all his enemies, and from the 
hand of Saul : And he said, 


WILL love thee, O LORD, my 
strength 

2 The LORD is my rock, and my 
fortress, and my deliverer; my 
God, my strength, in whom I 
will trust; my hbuckler, and the 
horn of my salvation, and my 
high tower. 

3 I will call upon the LORD, 
who is worthy to be praised: so 
shall I be saved from mine ene- 
mies. 

4 The sorrows of death com- 
passed me, and the floods of 
ungodly men made me afraid. 

5 The sorrows of hell com- 
passed me about: the snares of 
death prevented me. 

6 In my distress I called upon 
the LORD, and cried unto my 
God: he heard my voice out of 
his temple, and my cry came be- 
fore him, even into his ears. 

7 Then the earth shook and 
trembled; the foundations also 
of the hills moved and were 
shaken, because he was wroth. 

8 There went up a smoke out 
of his nostrils, and fire out of his 


mouth devoured: coals were 
kindled by it. 
9 He bowed the heavens also, 


and came down: and darkness 
was under his feet. 

10 And he rode upon a cherub, 
and did fly: yea, he did fly upon 
the wings of the wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret 
place; his pavilion round about 
him were dark waters and thick 
clouds of the skies. 


before him his thick clouds pass- 
ed, hail stones and coals of fire. 

13 The LORD also thundered in 
the heavens, and the Highest 
gave his voice; hail stones and 
coals of fire. ; 

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, 
and scattered them; and he shot 
out lightnings, and discomfited 


em. 

15 Then the channels of waters 
were seen, and the foundations of 
the world were discovered at thy 
rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of 
the breath of thy nostrils. 

16 He sent from above, he took 
me, he drew me out of many 
waters. 

17 He delivered me from my 


strong enemy, and from them | 


which hated me: for they were 
too strong for me. é 

18 They prevented me in the 
day of my calamity: but the 
LORD was my stay. 


19 He brought me forth also — 


into a large place; he delivered 
me, because he delighted in me. 


20 The LORD rewarded me > 


according to my righteousness; ~ 


according to the cleanness of my 
hands hath he recompensed me. 

21 For I have kept the ways of 
the LORD, and have not wickedly 
departed from my God. 

22 For all his judgments were 
before me, and I did not put away 
his statutes from me. 

23 I was also upright before 
him, and I kept myself from mine 
iniquity. 


24 Therefore hath the LorD. 


recompensed me according to my 
righteousness, according to the 
cleanness of my hands in his 
eyesight. 

25 With the merciful thou wilt 
shew thyself merciful; with an 
upright man thou wilt shew thy- 
self upright; 

26 With the pure thou wilt 
shew thyself pure; and with the 
froward thou wilt shew thyself 
froward. 

27 For thou wilt save the af- 


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God’s glory in creation 


‘flicted people; but wilt bring 
down high looks. 

28 For thou wilt light my can- 
dle: the LORD my God will en- 
lighten my darkness. 

29 For by thee I have run 
through a troop; and by my God 
have I leaped over a wall. | 

30 As for God, his way is per- 
fect: the word of the LORD is 
tried: he is a buckler to all 
those that trust in him. 

31 For who is God save the 
LORD? or who is a rock save our 
God? . 

32 It is God that girdeth me 
with strength, and maketh my 
way perfect. ; 

33 He maketh my feet like 
hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon 
my high places. 

34 He teacheth my hands to 
war, so that a bow of steel is 
broken by mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also given me the 
shield of thy salvation: and thy 
right hand hath holden me up, 
and thy gentleness hath made 
me great. 

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps 
under me, that my feet did not 
slip. 

37 I have pursued mine en- 
emies, and overtaken them: 
neither did I turn again till they 
were consumed. 

38 I have wounded them that 
they were not able to rise: they 
are fallen under my feet. 

39 For thou hast girded me 
with strength unto the battle: 
thou hast subdued under me 
those that rose up against me. 

40 Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies; that I 
might destroy them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was 
none to save them: even unto the 
LORD, but he answered them not. 

42 Then did I beat them small 
as the dust before the wind: I 
did cast them out as the dirt in 
the streets. 

43 Thou hast delivered me 
from the strivings of the people; 
and thou hast made me the head 


PSALMS, 19 


of the heathen: a people whom 
I have not known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, 
they shall obey me: the strang- 
ers shall submit themselves 
unto me. 

45 The strangers shall fade 
away, and be afraid out of their 
close places. 

46 The LORD liveth; and 
blessed be my rock; and let the 
God of my salvation be exalted. 

47 Itis God that avengeth me, 
and subdueth the people under 


me. 

48 He delivereth me from mine 
enemies: yea, thou liftest me up 
above those that rise up against 
me: thou hast delivered me from 
the violent man. 

49 Therefore will I give thanks 
unto thee, O LORD, among the 
heathen, and sing praises unto 
thy name. 

50 Great deliverance giveth he 
to his king; and sheweth mercy 
to his anointed, to Da’vid, and to 
his seed for evermore. 


PSALM 19 
1 Creation shews God’s glory. 
vid’s prayer for grace. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
HE heavens declare the 
glory of God; and the firma- 
ment sheweth his handywork. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, 
and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor lan- 
guage, where their voice is not 
heard. 

4 Their line is gone out 
through all the earth, and their 
words to the end of the world. 
In them hath he set a tabernacle 
for the sun, | 

5 Which is as a bridegroom 
coming out of his chamber, and 
rejoiceth as a strong man to run 
a race. ; 

6 His going forth is from the 
end of the heaven, and his circuit 
unto the ends of it: and there is 
nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

7 The law of the LORD ?s per- 


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PSALMS, 20, 21\ 


fect, converting the soul: the 
testimony of the LORD is sure, 
making wise the simple. 

8 The statutes of the LORD are 
right, rejoicing the heart: the 
commandment of the LORD is 
pure, enlightening the eyes. 

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, 
enduring for ever: the judg- 
ments of the LORD are true and 
righteous altogether. 

10 More to be desired are they 
than gold, yea, than much fine 
gold: sweeter also than honey 
and the honeycomb. 

11 Moreover by them is thy 
servant warned: and in keeping 
of them there is great reward. 

12 Who can understand his er- 
pore cleanse thou me from secret 
au 

13 Keep back thy servant also 
from presumptuous sins; let 
them not have dominion over me: 
then shall I be upright, and I 
shali be innocent from the great 
transgression. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, 
and the meditation of my heart, 
be acceptable in thy sight, O 


LORD, my strength, and my 

redeemer. 

408 PSALM 20 

God’s blessing sought through the 
sanctuary. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


HE LORD hear thee in the 
day of trouble; the name of 
the God of Ja’cob defend thee; 

2 Send thee help from the 
sanctuary, and strengthen thee 
out of Zi’on; § 

3 Remember all thy offerings, 
ae accept thy burnt sacrifice; 

é/lah. 

4 Grant thee according to thine 
own heart, and fulfil all thy 
counsel. — mh ee 

5 We will rejoice in thy salva- 
tion, and in the name of our God 
we will set up our banners: the 
LORD fulfil all thy petitions. * 

6 Now know I that the LORD 
saveth his anointed; he will 
hear him from his holy heaven 


Thanksgiving for victory 


with the saving strength of his 
right hand. 

7 Some ¢rust in chariots, and 
some in horses: but we will re- 
member the name of the LORD 
our God. 

8 They are brought down and 
fallen: but we are risen, and 
stand upright. P 

9 Save, LORD: let the king 
hear us when we call. 


PSALM 21 
A thanksgiving for victory. 
To the chief Musician, A Psaim of David. 


HE king shall joy in thy 
strength, O LORD; and in 
thy salvation how greatly shall he 
rejoice! : 

2 Thou hast given him his 
heart’s desire, and hast not with- 
holden the request of his lips. 
Sé/lah. ; : 

3 For thou preventest him with 
the blessings of goodness: thou 
settest a crown of pure gold on 
his head. i 

4 He asked life of thee,” and 
thou gavest it him, even length of © 
days for ever and ever. 

5 His glory is great in thy sal- 
vation: honour and majesty hast 
thou laid upon him 

6 For thou hast made him most 
blessed forever: thou hast made 
him exceeding glad with 
countenance. . 

7 For the king trusteth in the 
LORD, and through the mercy of 
the most High he shall not be 
moved. 

8 Thine hand shall find out all 
thine enemies: thy right hand 
shall find out those that hate 


thee. 

9 Thou shalt make them as a 
fiery oven in the time of thine 
anger: the LORD shall swallow 
them up in his wrath, and the 
fire shall devour them. 

10 Their fruit shalt thou de- 
stroy from the earth, and their 
Bere from among the children of 


ay 1 tebe they intended evil against 


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A prayer in distress 


thee: they imagined a mischie- 
vous device, which they are not 
able to perform. 

12 Therefore shalt thou make 
them turn their back, when thou 
shalt make ready thine arrows 
pen th thy strings against the face 
re) 

+ 13 Be “thou exalted, LORD, in 
e own strength: so will we 
_ sing and praise thy power. 


500 PSALM 22 
1 David prays in distress. 
praise of God. 
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth 
Shahar, A Psalm of David. 


Y God, my God, why hast 

thou forsaken me? why art 

thou so far from helping me, and 
from the swords of my roaring? 

2 O my God. I cry in the day- 
time, but thou hearest not; and 
in the night season, and am not 
silent. 

3 But thou art holy, O thou 
ge ae the praises of Is’- 
ra-el. 

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: 
they trusted, and thou didst de- 
liver them. 

5 They cried unto thee, and 
were delivered: they trusted in 
thee, and were not confounded. 

6 But I eam a worm, and no 
a reproach of men, and 
despised of the people. 

All they that see me laugh me 

| to scorn: they shoot out the lip, 
they shake the head, saying, 

| § He trusted on the LORD that 

| he would deliver him: let him 

| ever him, seeing he delighted 

| in’ 

| 9 But thou art he that took me 

| out of the womb: thou didst 

| make me hope when J was upon 

) my mother’s breasts. 

/ 101 was cast upon thee from 
the womb: thou art my God 

from my mother’s belly. 

| 11 Be not far from me; for 
prostige is near; for there is none 

to 

| 12 Many bulls have compassed 
me: strong bulls of Ba’shan have 
beset me round. 


23 His 


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PSALMS, 22 


13 They gzaped upon me with 
their mouths, as a ravening and 
a roaring lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, | 
and all my bones are out of 
joint: my heart is like wax; itis 
melted in the midst of my bowels. 

15 My strength is dried up like 
a potsherd; and my tongue 
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou 
hast brought me into the dust of 
death. 

16 For dogs have compassed 
me: the assembly of the wicked 
have inclosed me: they pierced 
my hands and my feet. 

17 I may tell all my bones: they 
look and stare upon me. 

18 They part my garments 
among them, and cast lots upon 
my vesture. 

19 But be not thou far from me, 
O LORD: O my strength, haste 
thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the 
sword; my darling from the 
power ‘of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion’s 
mouth: for thou hast heard me 
from the horns of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy name unto 
my brethren: in the midst of the 
congregation will I praise thee. 

23 Ye that fear the LorD, 
praise him; all ye the seed of 
Ja’cob, glorify him; and fear 
him, all ye the seed of fs’ra-el. 

24 For he hath not despised nor 
abhorred the affliction of the 
afflicted; neither hath he hid his 
face from him; but when he 
cried unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise shall be of thee in 
the great congregation: I will 
pay my vows before them that 
fear him. 

26 The meek shall eat and be 
satisfied: they shall praise the 
LORD that seek him: your heart 
separ are for ever. 

1 the ends of the world 
saat remember and turn unto 
the LORD: and all the kindreds 
of the nations shall worship 
before thee. : 3 
28 For the kingdom is the 


PSALMS, 23-25 


LORD’S: and he is the governor 
among the nations. 

29 Ail they that be fat upon 
- earth shall eat and worship: all 
they that go down to the dust 
shall bow before him: and none 
can keep alive his own soul. 

30 A seed shall serve him; it 
shall be accounted to the LORD 
for a generation. 

31 They shall come, and shall 
declare his righteousness unto a 
people that shall be born, that he 
hath done this. 


501 PSALM 23 
David's confidence in the grace of God. 
A Psalm of David. 
9 Dita LORD is my shepherd; 
I shall not want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in 
green pastures: he leadeth me 
beside the still waters. 

3 He restoreth my soul: he 
leadeth me in the paths of right- 
eousness for his name’s sake. 

4 Yea, though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear no evil: for thou art 
with me; thy rod and thy staff 
they comfort me. 

Thou preparest a table before 
me in the presence of mine ene- 
mies: thou anointest my head 
with oil; my cup runneth over. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy 
shall follow me all the days of my 
life: and I will dwell in the 
house of the LORD for ever. 


502 PSALM 24 
The citizens of God’s spiritual kingdom. 
A Psalm of David. 
HE earth is the LORD’S, and 
. the fulness thereof; the 
world, and they that dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon 
the seas, and established it upon 
the floods. f 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill 
of the LORD? or who shall stand 
in his holy place? 

4 He that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart; who hath not 
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor 
sworn deceitfully. 


Confidence in God 


5 He shali receive the blessing 
from the LORD, and righteous- 
hess from the God of his salva- 
ion. 


6 This is the generation of them 


that seek him, that seek thy face, 
O Ja’cob. Sé’lah. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye 
gates; and be ye lift up, ye ever- 
lasting doors; 
glory shall come in. 

8 Who is this King of glory? 


and the King of — 


The LORD strong and mighty, 


the LORD mighty in battle. 


9 Lift up your heads, O ye 


gates; even lift them up, ye ever- 
lasting doors; and the King of 
glory shall come in. 


10 Who is this King of glory?” 


The LORD of h 
King of glory. Sé’lah. 


-PSALM 25 503 


1 David's trust in prayer. 7 Prayer 
for remission of sins. 
A Psaim of David. 


osts, he is the 


NTO thee, O LORD, do I 


lift up my soul. 

2 O my God, I trust in thee: 
let me not be ashamed, let not 
mine enemies triumph over me. 

3 Yea, let none that wait on 
thee be ashamed: let them be 
ashamed which transgress with- 
out cause. 


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4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; | 


teach me thy paths. 
5 Lead me in thy truth, and 
teach me: for thou art the God 


of my salvation; on thee do I 
wait aJl the day. 
6 Remember, O LORD, thy © 


tender mercies and thy loving- 
kindnesses; for they have been 
ever of old. 


7 Remember not the sins of my — 


youth, nor my transgressions: 


according to thy mercy remem- 


ber thou me for thy goodness‘ 
sake, O LORD. 


8 Good and upright is the © 


LORD: therefore will he teach 
sinners in the way. oP 
9 The meek will he guide in 
judgment: and the meek will he 
teach his way. 


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David pleads his integrity 


10 All the paths of the LORD 
are mercy and truth unto such as 
keep his covenant and his testi- 
monies. 

11 For thy name’s sake, O 
LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for 
it 1s great. i 

12 What man is he that feareth 
the LORD? him shall he teach 
in the way that he shall choose. 

13 His soul shall dwell atease; 
and his seed shall inherit the 
earth. ! 

14 The secret of the LORD ts 


with them that fear him; and he/}m 


will shew them his covenant. 

15 Mine eyes are ever toward 
the LORD; for he shall pluck my 
feet out of the net. 

16 Turn thee unto me, and 
have mercy upon me; for I am 
desolate and afflicted. 

17 The troubles of my heart are 
enlarged: O bring thou me out 
of my distresses. 

18 Look upon mine affliction 
and my pain; and forgive all my 
sins. 

19 Consider mine enemies; for 
they are many; and they hate me 
with cruel hatred. ° 

20 O keep my soul, and deliver 
me: let me not be ashamed; for 
J put my trust in thee. 

21 Letintegrity and uprightness 
preserve me; for I wait on thee. 

22 Redeem Is’ra-el, God, 
out of all his troubles. 


504 PSALM 26 
David resorts unto God in his integrity. 
A Psalm of David. 
UDGE me, O LORD; for I 
have walked in mine integrity: 
I have trusted also in the 
LorRD; therefore I shall not 
slide. 
2 Examine me, O LORD, and 
prove me; try my reins and my 


eart. 

3 For thy lovingkindness is 
before mine eyes: and I have 
walked in thy truth. | ; 

4 Ihave not sat with vain per- 
sons, neither will I go in with 
dissemblers. 


PSALMS, 26, 27 


5 I have hated the congrega- 
tion of evildoers; and will not 
sit with the wicked. 

_6 I will wash mine hands in 
innocency: so will I compass 
thine altar, O LORD: 

7, That I may publish with the 
voice of thanksgiving, and tell of 
all thy wondrous works. 

8 LORD, I have loved the habi- 
tation of thy house, and the place 
where thine honour dwelleth. 

9 Gather not my soul with 
sinners, nor my life with bloody 


en: 

10 In whose hands is mischief, 
and their right hand is full of 
bribes. 

11 But as for me, I will walk in 
mine integrity: redeem me, and 
be merciful unto me. 

12 My foot standeth in an even 
place: in the congregations will 
I bless the LORD. 


PSALM 27 505 
1 David sustains his faith by the 
power of God. 4 His love of service. 
A Psalm of David. 
HE LORD ts my light and my 
salvation; whom shall 

fear? the LORD is the strength of 

my life; of whom shall I be 
afraid? 

2 When the wicked, even mine 
enemies and my foes, came upon 
me to eat up my flesh, they 
stumbled and fell. 

3 Though an host should en- 
camp against me, my heart shall 
not fear: though war should rise 
against me, in this will I be con- 


ent. 

4 One thing have I desired of 
the LORD, that will I seek after; 
that I may dwell in the house of 
the LORD all the days of my life, 
to behold the beauty of the LORD, 
and to enquire in his temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he 
shall hide me in his pavilion: in 
the secret of his tabernacle shail 
he hide me; he shall set me up 
upon a rock. : 

6 And now shall mine head be 
lifted up above mine enemies 
round about me: therefore will 


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PSALMS, 28, 29 


I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices 
of joy; I will sing, yea, I will 
sing praises unto the LORD. 
Hear, O LORD, when I cry 
with my voice: have mercy also 
upon me, and answer me. 

8 When thou: saidst, Seektye 
my face; my heart said unto 
thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 

9 Hide not thy face far from 
me; put not thy servant away in 
anger: thou hast been my help; 
leave me not, neither forsake me, 

God of my salvation. 
10 When my father and my 


mother forsake me, then the|h 


LORD will take me up. 

11 Teach me thy way, O LorD, 
and lead me in a plain path, be- 
cause of mine enemies.: 

12 Deliver me not over unto the 
will of mine enemies: for false 
witnesses are risen up against 
me, and such as breathe out 
cruelty. ee 

13 I had fainted, unless I had 
believed to see the goodness of 
thesLORD in the land of the 
living. 

14 Wait on the LORD: be of 
good courage, and he shall 
strengthen thine heart: wait, I 
say, on the LORD. 


506 PSALM 28 


1 A prayer against enemies. 


is blessed. 9 Prayer for the people. 


A Psalm of David. 


NTO thee will I cry, O LorRD 

my rock; be not silent to 

me: lest, if thou be silent to me, 

I become like them that go down 
into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of my suppli- 
cations, when I cry unto thee, 
when I lift up my hands toward 
thy holy oracle. 

3 Draw me not away with the 
wicked, and with the workers of 
iniquity, which speak peace to 
their neighbours, but mischief is 
in their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their 
deeds, and according to the wick- 
edness of their endeavours: give 
them after the work of their 


6 God 


Princes exhorted to praise God 


hands; render to them their 
esert. 

5 Because they regard not the 
works of the LORD, nor the 
operation of his hands, he shall 
destroy them, and not build them 


up. 

6 Blessed be the LORD, because 
he hath heard the voice of my 
supplications. | 

7 The LORD is my strength 
and my shield; my heart trusted 
in him, and I am helped:  there- 
fore my heart greatly rejoiceth; 
and with my song will I praise 


im. 
8 The LORD is their strength, 
and he is the saving strength of 
his anointed. 

9 Save thy people, and bless 
thine inheritance: feed them 
also, and lift them up for ever. 


PSALM 29 507 


David exhorts DOES to give ‘glory to 
7oOd. 


A Psalm of David. 


GVE. unto the LORD, O ye 
mighty, give unto the LORD 
glory and strength. 

2 Give unto the LorpD the 
glory due unto his name; wor- 
ship the LORD in the beauty of 
holiness. 

3 The voice of the LORD is upon 
the waters: the God of glory 
thundereth: the LORD is upon 
many waters. 

4 The voice of the LORD is 
powerful; the voice of the LORD 
is full of majesty. 

5 The voice of the LORD break- 
eth the cedars; yea, the LORD 
breaketh the cedars of Léb’a-non. 
6 He maketh them also to skip 
like a calf; Léb’a-non and Sir‘i- 
on like a young unicorn. 

7 The voice of the LORD divid- 
eth the flames of fire. 

8 The voice of the LORD shak- 
eth the wilderness; the LORD 
Mee the wilderness of Ka’- 

esh. 

9 The voice of the LORD mak- 
eth the hinds to calve, and dis- 
covereth the forests: and in his 


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Praise to God for deliverance 


temple doth every one speak of 
his glory. 

10 The LorD sitteth upon the 
flood; yea, the LORD sitteth 
King for ever. 2 

11 TheLorDwill give strength 
unto his people; the LoRD will 
bless his people with peace. 


508 PSALM 30 


David praises God for his deliverance. 


A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the 
house of David. 


WILL extol thee, O LORD; 
for thou hast lifted me up, and 
hast not made my foes to rejoice 
over me. 
2 O LoRD my God, I cried 
unto thee, and thou hast healed 


me. 

3 O LorD, thou hast brought 
up my soul from the grave: thou 
hast kept me alive, that I should 
not go down to the pit. 

4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye 
saints of his, and give thanks at 
the remembrance of his holiness. 

5 For his anger endureth buta 
moment; in his favour is life: 
weeping may endure for a night, 
but joy cometh in the morning. 

6 And in my prosperity I said, 
I shall never be moved. 

7 LORD, by thy favour thou 
hast made my mountain to stand 
strong: thou didst hide thy face, 
and I was troubled. 

8 Icried to thee, O LORD; and 
eer the LORD I made supplica- 

on. 

-Q What profit is there in my 
blood, when I go down to the 
pit?’ Shall the dust praise thee? 
shall it declare thy truth? 

10 Hear, O LORD, and have 
mercy upon me: LORD, be thou 
my helper. 

11 Thou hast turned for me 
my mourning into dancing: thou 
hast put off my sackcloth, and 
girded me with gladness; 

12 To the end that my glory 
may sing praise to thee, and not 
be silent. O LorD my God, I 
will give thanks unto thee for 
ever. 


PSALMS, 30, 31 


PSALM 31 509 


1 David’s confidence in God. 19 
Praises God for his goodness. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


N thee, O LORD, do I put my 

trust; let me never be asham- 

ed: deliver me in thy righteous- 
ness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me; 
deliver me speedily: be thou my 
strong rock, for an house of 
defence to save me. 

3 For thou art my rock and my 
fortress; therefore for thy name’s 
sake lead me, and guide me. 

4 Pull me out of the net that 
they have laid privily for me: for 
thou art my strength. 

5 Into thine hand I commit my 
spirit: thou hast redeemed me, 
O LorD God of truth. 

6 Lhave hated them that regard 
lying vanities: but I trust in the 


ORD. 

7 I will be glad and rejoice in 
thy mercy: for thou hast con- 
sidered my trouble; thou hast 
known my soul in adversities; 

8 And hast not shut me up into 
the hand of the enemy: thou 
hast set my feet in a large room. 

9 Have mercy upon me, 
LORD, for I am in trouble: mine 
eye is consumed with grief, yea, 
my soul and my belly. 

10 For my life is spent with 
grief, and my years with sighing: 
my strength faileth because of 
mine iniquity, and my bones are 
consumed. ; 

11 I was a reproach among ail 
mine enemies, but especially 
among my neighbours, and a 
fear to mine acquaintance: they 
that did see me without fled from 


me. 

12 Iam forgotten asa dead man 

out of mind: I am like a broken 
vessel. 
13 For I have heard the slander 
of many: fear was on every 
side: while they took counsel 
together against me, they devised 
to take away my life. | 

14 But I trusted in thee, O 
LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 


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PSALMS, 32, 33 


15 My times are in thy hand: 
deliver me from the hand of mine 
enemies, and from them that per- 
secute me. 

16 Make thy face to shine upon 
thy servant: save me for thy 
mercies’ sake. 

17 Let me not be ashamed, O 
LORD; for I have called upon 
thee: Jet the wicked be ashamed, 
and \et them be silent in the 
grave. 

18 Let the lying lips be put to 
silence; which speak grievous 
things proudly and contemptu- 
ously against the righteous. 

19 Oh how great is thy good- 
ness, which thou hast laid up for 
them that fear thee; which thou 


hast wrought for them that trust | Sé’ 


in thee before the sons of men! 

20 Thou shalt hide them in the 
secret of thy presence from the 
pride of man: thou shalt keep 
them secretly in a pavilion from 
the strife of tongues. 

21 Blessed be the LORD: for 
he hath shewed me his marvel- 
lous kindness in a strong city. 

22 For I said in my haste, I am 
cut off from before thine eyes: 
nevertheless thou heardest the 
voice of my supplications when I 
cried unto thee. 

23 O love the LORD, all ye his 
saints: for the LORD preserveth 
the faithful, and plentifully re- 
wardeth the proud doer. 

24 Be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen your heart, all 
ye that hope in the LORD. 


510 PSALM 32 
Confession of sin gives ease to conscience. 
A Psaim of David, Maschil. 


LESSED ts he whose trans- 
gression is forgiven, whose 
sin is covered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto whom 
the LORD imputeth not iniquity, 
anek in whose spirit there is no 
guile 

3 WhenI kept silence, my bones 
waxed oe through my roaring all 
the day long. ; 

4 For day and night thy hand 


Exhortation to praise God 


was heavy upon me: my mois- 
ture is turned into the drought of 
summer. Sé’lah. 

5 I acknowledged my sin unto 

thee, and mine iniquity have I not 
hid. I said, I wiil confess my 
transgressions unto the LORD; 
and thou forgavest the iniquity 
of my sin. ‘ Sé/lah. 
_6 For this shall every one that 
is godly pray unto thee in a time 
when thou mayest be found: 
surely in the floods of great 
waters they shall not come nigh 
unto him. # 

7 Thou art my hiding place; 
thou shalt preserve me from 
trouble; thou shalt compass me 
poe with songs of deliverance. 


8 I will instruct thee and teach 
thee in the way which thou shalt 
go: I will guide thee with mine 
eye. 

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as 
the mule, which have no under- 
standing: whose mouth must be 
held in with bit and bridle, lest 
they come near unto thee. 

10 Many sorrows shall be to 
the wicked: but he that trusteth 
in the LORD, mercy shall com- 
pass him about. 

11 Be glad in the LORD, and* 
rejoice, ye righteous: and shout 
sor a0ys all ye that are upright in 

eart. 


PSALM 33 
1 Praise of God for his goodness. 
Confidence in God. 
EJOICE in the LORD, O ye 
righteous: for praise is 
comely for the upright 

2 Praise the LORD with harp: 
sing unto him with the psaltery 
He an instrument of ten strings. 

3 Sing unto him a new song; 
ty skilfully with a loud noise. 

4 For the word of the LORD is 
right; and all his works are done 
in truth. 

5 He loveth righteousness and 
judgment: the earth is full of 
the goodness of the LORD. 

By the word of the LORD 


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686 


Exhortation to praise God 


were the heavens made; and all 
the host of them by the breath of 
his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of 
the sea together as an heap: he 


-layeth up the depth in store- 


houses. 

8 Let all the earth fear the 
LORD: let all the inhabitants of 
the world stand in awe of 
him. j 

9 For he spake, and it was 


done; he commanded, and it 
stood fast. 
10 The LORD bringeth the 


counsel of the heathen to nought: 
he maketh the devices of the peo- 


~ ple of none effect. 


11 The counsel of the LORD 
standeth for ever, the thoughts of 
his heart to all generations. 

12 Blessed is the nation whose 
God is the LORD; and the people 
whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. 

13 The LoRD looketh from 
heaven; he beholdeth all the 
sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habi- 
tation he looketh upon all the 
inhabitants of the earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts 
alike; he considereth all their 
works. 

16 There is no king saved by 
the multitude of an host: a 
mighty man is not delivered by 
much strength. Arar 

17 An horse is a vain thing for 
safety: neither shall he deliver 
any by his great strength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD 
is upon them that fear him, upon 
them that hope in his mercy; 

19 To deliver their soul from 
death, and to keep them alive in 
famine. ; 

20 Our soul waiteth for the 
LORD: he is our help and our 
shield. ae 

21 For our heart shall rejoice in 
him, because we have trusted in 
his holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be 


- upon us, according as we hope in 


thee. 


PSALMS, 34 
PSALM 34 512 


David's praise sf noee and exhortation 
0 at 
A Psalm otf David, when he changed 
his behaviour before Abimelech, who 
drove him away, and he departed. 


WILL bless the LORD at all 

a times: his praise shall con- 
tinually be in my mouth. 

_2 My soul shall make her boast 
in the LORD: the humble sha!) 
hear thereof, and be glad. 

3 O magnify the LORD with 
me, and let us exalt his name 
together. 

4 I sought the LORD, and he 

eard me, and delivered me from 
all my fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and 
were lightened: and their faces 
were not ashamed. 

6 This poor man cried, and the 
LORD heard him, and saved him 
out of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the LORD en- 
campeth round about them that 
fear him, and delivereth them. 

8 O taste and see that the 
LORD is good: blessed is the 
man that trusteth in him. 

9 O fear the LORD, ye his 


saints: for there is no want to 
them that fear him. 
10 The young lions do lack, 


and suffer hunger: but they that 
seek the LORD shall not want any 
good thing. 

11 Come, ye children, hearken 
unto me: I will teach you the 
fear of the LORD. 

12 What man is he that desir- 
eth life, and loveth many days; 
that he may see good? 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, 
and thy lips from speaking guile. 

14 Depart from evil, and do 
good; seek peace, and pursue it. 

15 The eyes of the LORD are 
upon the righteous, and his ears 
are open unto their cry. 

16 The face of the LORD is 
against them that do evil, to cut 
off the remembrance of them 
from the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the 
LORD heareth, and delivereth 
them out of all their troubles. 


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PSALMS, 35 


18 The LORDis nigh unto them 
that are of a broken heart; an 
saveth such as be of a contrite 
spirit. 

19 Many are the afflictions of 
the righteous: butthe LORD de- 
livereth him out of them all. 

20 He keepeth all his bones: 
not one of them is broken. | 

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: 
and they that hate the righteous 
shall be desolate. 

22 The LORD redeemeth the 
soul of his servants: and none 
of them that trust in him shall be 
desolate. 


513 PSALM 35 
1 Dawid prays for safety. 22 He in- 
cites God against his enemies. 
A Psalm of David. 


| Darien my cause, O LORD, 
with them that strive with 
me: fight against them that fight 
against me. 

2 Take hold of shield and buck- 
ler, and stand up for mine help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and 
stop the way against them that 
persecute me: say unto my soul, 
I am thy salvation. 

4 Let them be confounded and 
put to shame that seek after my 
soul: let them be turned back 
and brought to confusion that 
devise my hurt. 

5 Let them be as chaff before the 
wind: and let the angel of the 
LORD chase them. 

6 Let their way be dark and 
slippery: and let the angel of the 
LORD persecute them. 

7 For without cause have they 
hid for me their net 7m a pit, 


digged for my soul. 

8 Let destruction come upon 
him at unawares; and let his 
net that he hath hid catch him- 
self: into that very destruction 
let him fall. ‘ 

9 And my soul shall be joyful 
in the LORD: it shall rejoice in 
his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, 
LorpD, who is like unto thee, 


d| him th 


A prayer for safety 


deliverest the poor from 
at is too strong for him, 
yea, the poor and the needy 
from him that spoileth him? 

11 False witnesses did rise up; 
they laid to my charge things 
that I knew not. 

12 They rewarded me evil for 
good :to the spoiling of my 


which 


soul. 

13 But as for me, when they 
were sick, my clothing was sack- 
cloth: I humbled my soul with 
fasting; and my prayer returned 
into mine own bosom. 

14 I behaved myself as though 
he had been my friend or 
brother: I bowed down heavily, 
as one that mourneth for his 
mother. 

15 But in mine adversity they 
rejoiced, and gathered them- 
selves together: yea, the abjects 
gathered themselves together 
against me, and I knew 7t not; 
they did tear me, and ceased not: 

16 With hypocritical mockers in 
feasts, they gnashed upon me 
with their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou 
look on? rescue my soul from 
their destructions, my darling 
from the lions. 

18 I will give thee thanks in the 
great congregation: I will praise 
thee among much people. 


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19 Let not them that are mine — 
enemies wrongfully rejoice over — 


me: neither let them wink with 
the eye that hate me without a 
cause. 


20 For they speak not peace: 


but they devise deceitful matters 


against them that are quietin the © 
which without cause they have | land. , 

21 Yea,they opened their mouth — 
wide against me, and said, Aha, © 


aha, our eye hath seen it. 

22 This thou hast seen, 
LORD: keep notsilence: OLord, 
be not far from me. 

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to 
my judgment, even unto my 
cause, my God and my Lord, 

24 Judge me, O LORD my (God, 
according to thy righteousness; 


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fou 


Patience and confidence in God 
and let them not rejoice over 


me. 

25 Let them not say in their 
hearts, Ah, so would we have 
it: let them not say, We have 
swallowed him up. 

26 Let them be ashamed and 
brought to confusion together 
that rejoice at mine hurt: let 
them be clothed with shame and 
dishonour that magnify them- 
_ Selves against me. : 

27 Let them shout for joy, and 
be glad, that favour my 
righteous cause: yea, let them 
say continually, Let the LORD 
be magnified, which hath pleas- 
ure in the prosperity of his 
servant. 

28 And my tongue shall speak 
of thy righteousness and of thy 
praise all the day long. 


514 PSALM 36 
1 Estate of the wicked. 10 Prayer for 
favours. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David 
the servant of the LORD. 


HE transgression of the 

wicked saith within my 

heart, that there is no fear of 
God before his eyes. 

2 For he flattereth himself in 
his own eyes, until his iniquity 
be found to be hateful. 

3 The words of his mouth are 
iniquity and deceit: he hath left 
off to be wise, and to do good. 

4 He deviseth mischief upon 
his bed; he setteth himself in a 
way that. is not good; he ab- 
horreth not evil. 

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the 
heavens; and thy faithfulness 
reacheth unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness is like the 
great mountains; thy judg- 
ments are a great deep: O LORD, 
thou preservest man and beast. 

7 How excellent is thy loving- 
kindness, O God! therefore the 
children of men put their trust 
under the shadow of thy wings. 

8 They shall be abundantly 
satisfied with the fatness of thy 
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PSALMS, 36, 37 


house; and thou shalt make 
them drink of the river of thy 
pleasures. f 

9 For with thee is the fountain 
of life: in thy light shall we see 
light. 

10 O continue thy lovingkind- 
ness unto them that know thee; 
and thy righteousness to the up- 
right in heart. 

11 Let not the foot of pride 
come against me, and let not the 
hand of the wicked remove me. 

12 There are the workers of 
iniquity fallen: they are cast 
down, and shall not be able to 
rise. 


PSALM 37 515 
David persuades to patience and confi- 
dence in God. 


A Psaim of David. 


RET not thyself because of 

evildoers, neither be thou 
envious against the workers of 
iniquity. 

2 For they shall soon be cut 
down like the grass, and wither 
as the green herb. 

3 Trust in the LORD, and do 
good; so shalt thou dweil in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be 


ed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the 
LORD; and he shall give thee the 
desires of thine heart. 

Commit thy way unto the 
LORD; trust alsoin him; and he 
shall bring it to pass. 

6 And he shall bring forth thy 
righteousness as the light, and 
thy judgment as the noonday. 

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait 
patiently for him: fret not thy- 
self because of him who prosper- 
eth in his way, because of the 
man who bringeth wicked devices 
to pass. 

8 Cease from: anger, and for- 
sake wrath: fret not thyself in 
any wise to do evil. 

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: 
but those that wait upon the 
LORD, they shall inherit the 
earth. ; : 

10 For yet a little while, and the 


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PSALMS, 38 


wicked shall not be: yea, thou 
shalt diligently consider his 
place, and it shall not be. 

11 But the meek shall inherit 
the earth; and» shall delight 
therieelyes in the abundance of 
pea 

12. The wicked plotteth against 
the just, and gnasheth upon him 
with his teeth. ; 

13. The Lord shall laugh at him: 
for he seeth that his day is com- 


ing. 
14 The wicked have drawn out 


- the sword, and have bent their 


bow, to cast down the poor and 
needy, and to slay such as be of 
upright conversation. 

15 Their sword shall enter into 
their own heart, and their bows 
shall be broken. 

16 A little that a righteous man 
hath is better than the riches of 
many wicked. 

17 For the arms of the wicked 
shall be broken: but the LORD 
upholdeth the righteous. 

18 The LORD knoweth the 
days of the upright: and their 
inheritance shall be for ever. 

19 They shall not be ashamed 
in the evil time: and in the days 
of famine they shall be satisfied. 

20 But the wicked shall perish, 
and the enemies of the LORD 
shall be as the fat of lambs: 
they shall consume; into smoke 
shall they consume away. 

21 The wicked borroweth, and 
payeth not again: but the right- 
eous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

22 For such as be blessed of 
him shall inherit the earth; and 
they that be cursed of him shall 
be cut off. 

23 The steps of a good man 
are ordered by the ORD: and 
he delighteth in his way 

24 Though he fall, he shall not 
be utterly cast down: for the 
LORD upholdeth him with his 


and. 

25 I have been young, and now 
am old; yet have I not seen the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed 
begging bread. 


The good estate of the righteous 


26 He is ever merciful, and 
lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 

27 Depart from evil, and do 
good; and dwell for evermore. 

28 For the LORD loveth judg- 
ment, and forsaketh not his 
saints; they are preserved for 
ever: but the seed of the wicked 
shall be cut off. 

29 The righteous shall inherit 
the land, and dwell therein for 
ever. 

30 The mouth of the righteous 
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue 
talketh of judgment. 

31 The law of his God is in his © 
heart; none of his steps shall 
slide. 

32 The wicked watcheth the 
righteous, and seeketh to slay 


him. 

33 The LORD will not leave him 
in his hand, nor condemn him 
when he is judged. 

34 Wait on the LORD, and keep 
his way, and he shall exalt thee 
to inherit the land: when the 
wicked are cut off, thou shalt 
see it. 

35 I have seen the wicked in 
great power, and spreading him- 
self like a green bay tree. 

36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, , 
he was not: yea, I sought him, 
but he could not be found. 

37 Mark the perfect man, and 
behold the upright: for the end 
of that man 1s peace. 

38 But the transgressors shall 
be destroyed together: the end of 
the wicked shall be cut off. 

39 But the salvation of_ the 
righteous is of the LORD: he is 
their strength in the time of 
trouble. 

40 And the LorD shall heip 
them, and deliver them: he shall 
deliver them from the wicked, 
and save them, because they 
trust in him. 


PSALM 38 516 


David prays God. ie have compassion on 
case. 


A Psalm of David, fe ony toremembrance. 


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A prayer for compassion 


LORD, rebuke me not in 
thy wrath: neither chasten 
me in thy hot displeasure. i 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in 
me, and thy hand presseth me 
sore. 

3 There is no soundness in my 
flesh because of thine anger; 
neither is there any rest in my 
bones because of my sin. 

4 For mine iniquities are gone 
Over mine head: as an heavy 
burden they are too heavy for me. 

5 My wounds stink and are cor- 
rupt because of my foolishness. 

6 Iam troubled; I am bowed 
down greatly; I go mourning all 
the day long. 

7 For my loins are filled with a 
loathsome disease: and there is 
no soundness in my flesh. 

8 I am feeble and sore broken: 
I have roared by reason of the 
disquietness of my heart. 

9 Lord, all my desire is before 
thee; and my groaning is not hid 
from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my 
strength faileth me: as for the 
light of mine eyes, it also is 
gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my friends 
stand aloof from my sore; and 
my kinsmen stand afar off. 

12 They also that seek after my 
life lay snares for me: and they 
that seek my hurt speak mis- 
chievous things, and imagine 
deceits all the day long. 

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard 
not; and J was as a dumb man 
that openeth not his mouth. 
__14 Thus I was as a man that 
_heareth not, and in whose mouth 
are no reproofs. 

_15 For in thee, O LorD, do I 
hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord 
ay God. 

16 For I said, Hear me, lest 
otherwise they should rejoice 
over me: when my foot slippeth, 
they magnify themselves against 
me. 

_17 ForI am ready to halt, and 
my sorrow is continually before 
me. 


PSALMS, 39 


_18 For I will declare mine 
iniquity; I will be sorry for my 
sin. 

19 But mine enemies are lively, 
and they are strong: and they 
that hate me wrongfully are mul- 
tiplied. 

20 They also that render evil 
for good are mine adversaries: 
because I follow the thing that 
g£00d is. 

21 Forsake me not, O LorD: 
O my God, be not far from me. 

22 Make haste to help me, O. 
Lord my salvation. 


PSALM 39 517 
1 David's care of his thoughts. 10 His 
prayer. 


To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, 
A Psalm of David. 


SAID, I will take heed to my 
ways, that I sin not with my 
tongue: I will keep my mouth 
with a bridle, while the wicked 
is before me. 

2 I was dumb with silence, I 
held my peace, even from good; 
and my sorrow was stirred. 

3 My heart was hot within me, 
while I was musing the fire 
burned: then spake I with my 
tongue, 

4 LORD, make me to know 
mine end, and the measure of 
my days, what it is; that I may 
know how frail I am. 

5 Behold, thou hast made my 
days as an handbreadth; and 
mine age is as nothing before 
thee: verily every man at his 
best state is altogether vanity. 
Sélah. : 

6 Surely every man walketh in 
a vain shew: surely they are 
disquieted in vain: he heapeth 
up riches, and knoweth not who 
shall gather them. f 

7 And now, Lord, what wait I 
for? my hope is in thee. 

8 Deliver me from all my trans- 
gressions: make me not the re- 
proach of the foolish. 

9 I was dumb, I opened not my 
mouth; because thou didst it. 

10 Remove thy stroke away 


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PSALMS, 40, 41 


from me: I am consumed by the 
blow of thine hand. 

11 When thou with rebukes 
dost correct man for iniquity, 
thou makest his beauty to con- 
sume away like a*moth: surely 
every man is vanity. Sé/lah. 

12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, 
and give ear unto my cry; hold 
not thy peace at my tears: for I 
am a stranger with thee, and a 
sojourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

, 13 O spare me, that I may re- 
cover strength, before I go hence, 
and be no more. 


518 PSALM 40 

1 Of confidence in God. 6 Obedience 
the best sacrifice. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


WAITED patiently for the 
LorD: and he inclined unto 
me, and heard my Cry. 

2 He brought me up also out 
of an horrible pit, out of the miry 
clay, and set my feet upon a 
rock, and established my goings. 

3 And he hath put a new song 
in my mouth, even praise unto 
our God: many shall see it, and 
fear, and shall trust in the 
LORD. ‘ 

4 Blessed is that. man that 
maketh the LORD his trust, and 
respecteth not the proud, nor 
such as turn aside to lies. 

5 Many, O LORD my God, are 
thy wonderful works which thou 
hast done, and thy thoughts 
which are to us-ward: they 
cannot be reckoned up in order 
unto thee: if I would declare 
and speak of them, they are more 
than can be numbered. 

6 Sacrifice and offering thou 
didst not desire; mine ears hast 
thou opened: burnt offering and 
sin offering hast thou not re- 


uired. c 

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in 
the volume of the book if is 
written of me, 

8 I delight to do thy will, O my 
God: yea, thy law is within my 
heart. 


Obedience the best sacrifice 


9 Ihave preached righteousness 
in the great congregation: lo, I 
have nor refrained my lips, O 
LORD, thou knowest. 

10 [have not hid thy righteous- 
ness Within my heart; I have de- 
clared thy faithfulness and thy 
salvation: I have not concealed 
thy lovingkindness and thy truth 
from the great congregation. 

11 Withhold not thou thy ten- 
der mercies from me, O LORD: 
let thy lovingkindness and thy 
truth continually preserve me. 

12 For innumerable evils have 
compassed me about: mine 
iniquities have taken hoid upon 
me, so that I am not able to look 
up; they are more than the hairs 
of mine head: therefore my 
heart faileth me. 

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to de- 
liver me: O LORD, make haste 
to help me. 

14 Let them be ashamed and 
confounded together that seek 
after my soul to destroy it; let 
them be driven backward and 
put to shame that wish me evil. 

15 Let them be desolate for a 
reward of their shame that say 
unto me, Aha, aha. 

16 Let all those that seek thee 
rejoice and be glad in thee: let 
such as love thy salvation say 
continually, The LORD be mag- 
nified. 

17 But I am poor and needy; 
vet the Lord thinketh upon me: 
thou art my help and my deliv- 
ay make no tarrying, O my 

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PSALM 41 519 


1 Care of the poor. 4 David's com- 
plaint. 10 He fiees to God for heip. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


LESSED is he that consid- 

ereth the poor: the LORD 
will deliver him in time of 
trouble. ; 

2 The LORD will preserve him, 
and keep him alive; and he shall 
be blessed upon the earth: and 
thou wilt not deliver him unto 
the will of his enemies. 


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David’s zeal to serve God 


3 The LorRD will 
him upon the bed of languishing: 


thou wilt make all his bed in his 


sickness. 


4 I said, LORD, be merciful 


unto me: heal my soul; for I 
have sinned against thee. » 

Mine enemies speak 
me, When shall he die, and his 
name perish? 

6 And if he come to see me, 

e speaketh vanity: his heart 
gathereth iniquity to itself; when 
he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper to- 
gether against me: 
do they devise my hurt. 

8 An evil disease, say they, 
cleaveth fast unto him: and now 
that he lieth he shall rise up no 
more. 2 

9 Yea, mine own familiarfriend, 
in whom I trusted, which did 
eat of my bread, hath lifted up 
his heel against me. } 

10 But thou, O LORD, be merci- 
ful unto me, and raise me up, that 
I may requite them. 

i1 By this I know that thou 
favourest me, because mine 
enemy doth not triumph over me. 

i2 And as for me, thou uphold- 
est me in mine integrity, and 
settest me before thy face for 
ever. 

13 Biessed be the LORD God 
of is’ra-el from everlasting, and 


to everlasting. A-mén’, and 
A-mén’. 
520 PSALM 42 


Zeal of David to serve God. 


To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the 
J sons of Korah. 


AN the hart panteth after the 
water brooks, so panteth my 
soul after thee, O God. 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, 
for the living God: when shall I 
come and appear before God? 

3 My tears have been my meat 
day and night, while they con- 
tinually say unto me, Where is 
thy God? 

4 WhenIrememberthese 
things, I pour out my soul in me: 


strengthen 


evil of 


against me 


PSALMS, 42, 43 


for I had gone with the multi- 
tude, I went with them to the 
house of God, with the voice of 
joy and praise, with a multitude 
that kept holyday. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O 
my soul? and why art thou dis- 
quieted in me? hope thou in 
God: for I shall yet praise him 
for the help of his countenance. 

O my God, my soul is cast 
down within me: therefore will I 
remember thee from the land of 
Jor’dan, and of the Hér’mon- 
ites, from the hill Mi’zar. 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the 


| noise of thy waterspouts: all thy 


waves and thy billows are gone 
over me. 

8 Yetthe LORD will command 
his lovingkindness in the day- 
time, and in the night his song 
shail be with me, and my prayer 
unto the God of my life. 

9 I will say unto God my rock, 
Why hast thou forgotten me? 
why go I mourning because of 
the oppression of the enemy? 

10 As with a sword in my 
bones, mine enemies. reproach 
me; while they say daily unto 
me, Where is thy God? 

11 Why art thou cast down, O 
my soul? and why art thou dis- 
quieted within me? hope thou in 
God: for I shall yet praise him, 
who is the health of my counte- 
nance, and my God. 


PSALM 43 521 
1 David's promise to serve God joyfully, 
5 Encouragement to his souti. 
UDGE me, O God, and plead 
my cause against an ungodly 
nation: O deliver me from 
the deceitful and unjust man. 

2 For thou art the God of my 
strength: why dost thou cast me 
off? why go I mourning because 
of the oppression of the enemy? 

3 O send out thy light and thy 
truth: let them lead me; let 
them bring me unto thy holy 
hill, and to thy tabernacles. 

4 Then will I go unto the altar 
of God, unto God my exceeding 


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PSALMS, 44, 45 


joy: yea, upon the harp will I 
praise thee, O God my God. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O 
my soul? and why art thou dis- 
quieted within me? hope in God: 
for I shall yet praise him, who is 
the health of my countenance, 
and my God. 


522 PSALM 44 
1 Remembrance of former favours. _7 
Complaint of present evils. 23 


Prayer for succour. 
To the chief Musician for the sons of 
Korah, Maschil. 
E have heard with our ears, 
O God, our fathers have 
told us, what work thou didst in 
their days, in the times of old. 

2 How thou didst drive out the 
heathen with thy hand, and 
plantedst them; how thou didst 
afflict the people, and cast them 


out. 

3 For they got not the land in 
possession by their own sword, 
neither did their own arm save 
them: but thy right hand, and 
thine arm, and the light of thy 
countenance, because thou hadst 
@ favour unto them. | 

4 Thou art my King, O God: 
command deliverances for Ja’cob. 

5 Through thee will we push 
down our enemies: through thy 
name will we tread them under 
that rise up against us. 

6 For I will not trust in my 


bow, neither shall my sword save | t 


me. 

7 But thou hast saved us from 
our enemies, and hast put them 
to shame that hated us. 

8 In God we boast all the day 
long, and praise thy name for 
ever. Sé’lah. 

9 But thou hast cast off, and put 
us to shame; and goest not for 
with our armies. 

10 Thou makest us to_ turn 
back from the enemy: and they 
which hate us spoil for them- 
selves. ; i 

11 Thou hast given us like 
sheep appointed for meat; and 
hast scattered us among the 
heathen. 


Complaint of present evils 


12 Thou sellest thy people for 
nought, and dost not increase 
thy wealth by their price. 

13 Thou makest us a reproach 
to our neighbours, a scorn and a 
derision to them that are round 
about us. 

14 Thou makest us a byword 
among the heathen, a shaking of 
the head among the people. 

15 My confusion is continually 
before me, and the shame of my 
face hath covered me, 

16 For the voice of him that 
reproacheth and blasphemeth; 
by reason of the enemy and 
avenger. : 

17 All this is come upon wus; 
yet have we not forgotten thee, — 
neither have we dealt falsely 
in thy covenant. 

18 Our heart is not turned back, 
neither have our steps declined 
from thy way; 

19 Though thou hast sore 
broken us in the place of drag- 
ons, and covered us with the 
shadow of death. 

20 If we have forgotten the 
name of our God, or stretched 
out our hands to a strange god; 

21 Shall not God search this 
out? for he knoweth the secrets 
of the heart. 

22 Yea, for thy sake are we 
killed all the day long; we are 
counted as sheep for the slaugh- 


er. 

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, 
O Lord? arise, cast us not off for 
ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy 
face, and forgettest our affliction . 
and our oppression? 

25 For our soul is bowed down 
to the dust: our belly cleaveth 
unto the earth. 

26 Arise for our help, and re- 
deem us for thy mercies’ sake. 


PSALM 45 523 

Majesty and grace of the kingdom of 
Christ. 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 


for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song 
of loves. 


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Majesty of Christ’s kinadom 


Y heart is inditing a good 

matter: I speak of the 
things which I have made touch- 
ing a me ee is the 
pen of a ready writer 
~ 2 Thou art fairer than the chil- 
dren of men: grace is poured 
into thy lips: therefore God hath 
blessed thee for ever. 

3 Gird thy sword upon fhy 
thick, O most mighty, with thy 
glory and thy majesty. 

4 And in thy majesty ride 
prosperously because of truth 
and meekness and righteousness; 
and thy right hand shall teach 
thee terrible things. 

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the 
heart of the king’ Ss enemies; 
whereby the people fall under 


thee. 

6 Thy throne, O God, is for 
ever and ever: the sceptre of thy 
kingdom is a right sceptre. 

Thou lovest righteousness, 
and hatest wickedness: there- 
fore God, thy God, hath anoint- 
ed thee with the oil of gladness 
above thy fellows. 

thy garments smeil of 
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out 
of the ivory palaces, whereby 
they have made thee glad. 

0 Kings’ daughters were among 
thy honourable women: upon 
thy right hand did stand the 
queen in gold of O’phir. 

10 Hearken, O daughter, and 
consider, and incline thine ear; 
forget also thine own people, 
and thy father’s house; 

11 So shall the king greatly 
desire thy beauty: for he is 
thy Lord; and worship thou him. 

12 And the daughter of Tyre 
shail be there with a gift; even 
the rich among the people shall 
intreat thy favour. 

13 The king’s daughter is all 
glorious within: her clothing is 
of wrought gold. 

14 She shall be brought unto 
the king in raiment of needle- 
work: the virgins her compan- 
ions that follow her shall be 
brought unto thee. 


PSALMS, 46 


15 With gladness and rejoicing 
shall they be brought: they shall 
enter into the king’s palace. 

16 Instead of thy fathers shall 
be thy children, whom thou 
mayest make princes in all the 
earth. 

17 I will make thy name to be 
remembered in all generations: 
therefore shall the people praise 
thee for ever and ever. 


PSALM 46 524 
Confidence in the church of God. 
To the chief Musician for the sons of 
Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 
OD is our refuge and 
strength, a very present 
help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, 
though the earth be removed, and 
though the mountains be carried 
into the midst of the sea; 

3 Though the waters thereof 
roar and be troubled, though the 
mountains shake with the swell- 
ing thereof, Sé’l 

4 There is a river, the streams 
whereof shall make glad the 
city of God, the holy place of the 
tabernacles of the most High. 

5 God is in the midst of her: 
she shall not be moved: God 
shall help her, and that right 
early. 

6 The heathen raged, the king- 
doms were moved: he uttered 
his voice, the earth melted. 

7 The LORD of hosts is with us; 
ree of Ja’cob is our refuge. 

e’lah. 

8 Come, behold the works of 
the LORD,: what desolations he 
hath made in the earth 

9 He maketh wars to cease unto 
the end of the earth; he breaketh 
the bow, and cutteth the spear in 
sunder; he burneth the chariot 
in the fire. 

10 Be still, and know that Iam 
God: I will be exalted among 
the heathen, I will be exalted in 
the earth. apse 

11 The LorD of hosts is with 
us; the God of Ja’cobis our ref- 
uge, Sé’lah. 


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PSALMS, 47-49 
525 PSALM 47 


An exhortation to the nations. 
Tod the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 


CLAP your hands, all_ye 
people; shout unto Go 
with the voice of triumph. ‘ 

2 For the LORD most high is 
terrible; he is a great King 
over all the earth. 

3 He shall subdue the people 
under us, and the nations under 
our feet. 

4 He shall choose our inherit- 
ance for us, the excellency of 
Jacob whom he loved. Sé/lah. 

5 God is gone up with a shout, 


the LORD with the sound of a} 


trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing 
praises: sing praises unto our 
King, sing praises. 

7 For God is the King of all 
the earth: sing ye praises with 
understanding. 

3 God reigneth over the hea- 
then: God sitteth upon the 
throne of his holiness. 

9 The princes of the people are 
gathered together, even the 
people of the God of A’bra-ham: 
for the shields of the earth belong 
unto God: he is greatly exalted. 


526 PSALM 48 


Ornaments and privileges of the Church. 

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

ee is the LORD, and 

greatly to be praised in the 

city of our God, in the mountain 
of his holiness. Ans: 

2 Beautiful for situation, the 
joy of the whole earth, is mount 
Zién, on the sides of the north, 
the city of the great King. 

3 God is known in her palaces 
for a refuge. 

4 For, lo, the kings were as- 
sembled, they passed by together. 

5 They saw it, and so they 
marvelled; they were troubled, 
and hasted away. 

6 Fear took hold upon them 
there, and pain, as of a woman 
in travail 


” Thou breakest the ships of 


Tar’shish with an east wind. 








Vanity of trusting in riches 


8 As we have heard, so have we 
seen in the city of the LORD of 
hosts, in the city of our God: God 
will establish it for ever. Sé/lah. 
_9 We have thought of thy lov- 
ingkindness, God, in the 
midst of thy temple. 

10 According to thy name, O 
God, so is thy praise unto the 
ends of the earth: thy right hand 
is full of righteousness. 

11 Let mount Zi’6n rejoice, let 
the daughters of Ja’dah be glad, 
because of thy judgments. 

12 Walk about Zi’én, and go 
round about her: tell the towers 
thereof. 

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, 
consider her palaces; that ye 
may tell it to the generation 
following. | ; 

14 For this God is our God for 


ever and ever: he will be our 
guide even unto death. 
PSALM 49 ey | 


Faith in the resurrection built on God. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
$s 


ons of Korah. 


EAR this, all ye people; give 
ear, all ye inhabitants of 
the world: , : 
2 Both low and high, rich and 
poor, together. . 


- 
3 My mouth shall speak of wis- 


dom: and the meditation of my 


heart shall be of understanding. © 


4 1 will incline mine ear to a 
parable: I will open my dark 
saying upon the harp 


— 


5 Wherefore should I fear in the — 


days of evil, when the iniquity of 
my heels. shall compass me 
about? j 4 

6 They that trust in theif 
wealth, and boast themselves in 
the multitude of their riches; 

7 None of them can by any 
means redeem his brother, not 
give to God a ransom for him: 

8 (For the. redemption of theit 
soul is precious, and it cease 
for ever:) wet) 

9 That he should still live for 
ever, and not see corruption. 


10 For he seeth that wise men 


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‘for ever, 


God’s delight in obedience 


die, likewise the fool and the 
brutish person perish, and leave 
their wealth to others. 


11 Their inward thought is,/h 


that their houses shall continue 
and their dwelling 
places to all generations; they 
call their lands after their own 
names. eek 

12 Nevertheless man being in 
honour abideth not: he is like 
the beasts that perish. _ 

13 This their way is their folly: 
yet their posterity approve their 
sayings. Sé/lah. ge 

14 Like sheep they are laid in 
the grave: death shall feed on 
them; and the upright shall 
have dominion over them in the 
morning; and their beauty shail 
consume in the grave from their 
dwelling. ‘ 

15 But God will redeem my 
soul from the power of the 
grave: for he shall receive me. 
Sé/lah. 

16 Be not thou afraid when one 
is made rich, when the glory of 
his house is increased; 

17 For when he dieth he shall 


- carry nothing away: his glory 


shall not descend after him. 

18 Though while he lived he 
blessed his soul: and men will 
praise thee, when thou doest well 
to thyself. ; 

19 He shall go to the generation 
of his fathers; they shall never 
see light. Re 

20 Man that is in honour, and 
understandeth not, is like the 
beasts that perish. 


528 PSALM 50. 


1 God’s majesty in the church. 7 His 
pleasure is not in ceremonies. 14 
Sincerity of obedience. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 
HE mighty God, even tne 
LORD, hath spoken, and 
called the earth from the rising 
of the sun unto the going down 
thereof. 


2 Out of Zi’6n, the perfection of 


shined. 
Our God shall come» and 


beauty, God hath sh 


PSALMS, 50 


shall not keep silence: a fire shall 
devour before him, and it shall be 
very tempestuous round about 


im. 
4 He shall call to the heavens 
from above, and to the earth, that 
he may judge his people. 

5 Gather my saints together 
unto me; those that have made 
a covenant with me by sacrifice. 

6 And the heavens shall declare 
his righteousness: for God is 
judge himself. Sé’lah. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will 
speak; O is’ra-el, and I will 
testify against thee: I am God, 
even thy God. 

8 I will not reprove thee for thy 
sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, 
to have been continually before 


me. 

9 I will take no bullock out of 
thy house, nor he goats out of thy 
folds. 

_10 For every beast of the forest 
7s mine, and the cattle upon a 
thousand hills. 

11 I know all the fowls of the 
mountains: and the wild beasts 
of the field are mine. 

12 If I were hungry, I would 
not tell thee: for the world is 
mine, and the fulness thereof. 

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, 
or drink the blood of goats? 

_14 Offer unto God thanksgiv- 
ing; and pay thy vows unto the 
most High: 

15 And call upon me in the day 
of trouble: I will deliver thee, 
and thou shalt glorify me. 

16 But unto the wicked God 
saith, What hast thou to do to 
declare my statutes, or that thou 
shouldest take my covenant ir 
thy mouth? 

17 Seeing thou hatest instruc- 
tion, and castest my words be- 
hind thee. 

18 When thou sawest a thief, 
then thou consentedst with him, 
and hast been partaker with 
adulterers. 

19 Thou givest thy mouth to 
evil, and thy tongue frameth 
deceit. 


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PSALMS, 51, 52 


A prayer for sanctification 


ean STB Ae NORIO SSE a Rs ce 
20 Thou sittest and speakest|O God; and renew a right spirit 


against thy brother; thou slan- 
derest thine own mother’s son. 

21 These things hast thou done, 
and kept silence; thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether 
such an one as thyself: but I will 
reprove thee, and set them in 
order before thine eyes. 

22 Now consider this, ye that 
forget God, lest I tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to 
deliver. ; : 

23 Whoso offereth praise glori- 
fieth me: and to him that order- 
eth his conversation aright will I 
shew the salvation of God. 


529 PSALM 51 

1 David prays for the remission of sins. 

6 His prayer for sanctification. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
when Nathan the prophet came unto 
him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba 

AVE mercy upon me, O God, 
according to thy loving- 
kindness: according unto the 
multitude of thy tender mercies 
blot out my transgressions. 

2 Wash me throughly from 
mine iniquity, and cleanse me 
from my sin. 

3 For I acknowledge my trans- 
gressions: and my sin is ever 
before me. 

4 Against thee, thee only, have 
I sinned, and done ¢his evil m 
thy sight: that thou mightest be 
‘justified when thou speakest, and 
be clear when thou judgest. , 

5 Behold,.I was shapen in in- 
iquity; and in sin did my mother 
conceive me. j 

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in 
the inward parts: and in the 
hidden part thou shalt make me 
to know wisdom. 

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I 
shall be clean: wash me, and I 
shall be whiter than snow. 

8 Make me to hear joy and 
gladness; that the bones which 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

9 Hide thy face from my sins, 
amd blot out all mine iniquities. 

10 Create in me a clean heart, 


within me. 

11 Cast me not away from thy 
presence; and take not thy holy 
spirit from me. 

12 Restore unto me the joy of 
thy salvation; and uphold me 
with thy free spirit. 

13 Then will I teach transgres- 
sors thy ways; and sinners shall 
be converted unto thee. : 
_14 Deliver me from bloodguilt- 
iness, O God, thou God of my 
salvation: and my tongue shall 
sing aloud of thy righteousness. 

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; 
and my mouth shall shew forth 
thy praise. f : 

16 For thou desirest not sacri- 
fice; else would I give it: thou 
delightest not in burnt offering. 

17 The sacrifices of God are a 
broken spirit: a broken and a 
contrite heart. O God, thou wilt 
not despise. 

18 Do good in thy good pleasure 
unto Zi’én: build thou the walls 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleased 
with the sacrifices of righteous- 
ness, with burnt offering and 
whole burnt offering: then shall 
oe offer bullocks upon thine 
altar. 


PSALM 52 530 


David, confident of God’s mercy, gives 
thanks. 


To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psaim of 
David, when Doeg: the Edomite came 
and told Saul, and said unto him, David 
is come to the house of Ahimelech. 


HY boastest thou thyself 

in mischief, mighty 
man? the goodness of God en- 
dureth continually. . : 

2 Thy tongue deviseth mis- 
chiefs; like a sharp razor, work- 
ing deceitfully. } 

3 Thou lovest evil more than 
good; and lying rather than to 
speak righteousness. Sé’/lah. 
4 Thou lovest all devouring 
words, O thou deceitful tongue. 

5 God shall likewise destroy 
thee for ever, he shali take thee 
away, and pluck thee out of thy 


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Depravity of the natural man 


PSALMS, 53-55 


dwelling place, and root thee out GAVE me, O God, by thy name, 
of the land of the living. Sé’lah. and judge me by thy strength. 


6 The righteous also shall see, 
and fear, and shall laugh at him: 

7 Lo, this is the man that made 
not God his strength; but trust- 
ed in the abundance of his riches, 
and strengthened himself in his 
wickedness. e 

8 ButI am like a green olive 
tree in the house of God: I trust 
in the mercy of God for ever and 
ever. 

9 I will praise thee for ever, be- 
cause thou hast done it: and. 
will wait on thy name; for if is 
good before thy saints. 


PSALM 53 
David describes the depravity of the 
natural man. 
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, 
Maschil, A Psaim of David. 
HE fool hath said in_his 
heart, There is no God. 
Corrupt are they, and have done 
abominable iniquity: there is 
none that doeth good. 

2 God looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, 
to see if there were any that did 
understand, that did seek God. 

3 Every one of them is gone 
back: they are altogether become 
fiithy; there is none that doeth 
good, no, not one. 

4. Have the workers of iniquity 
no knowledge? who eat up my 
people as they eat bread: they 
have not called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, 
where no fear was: for God hath 
scattered the bones of him that 
encampeth against thee: thou 
hast put them to shame, because 
God hath despised them. | 

6 Oh that the salvation of Is’- 
ra-el were come out of Zi’6n! 
When God bringeth back the cap- 
tivity of his people, Ja’cob shall 
rejoice, and Is’ra-el ai be glad. 


532 PSALM 
1 David prays for Se 4 His 
confidence in God. 
To the chief Musician on WNeginoth, 
Sete A Psalm of David, when the 
Ziphims ¢c came and said to Saul, Doth not 
David hide himself with us 


2 Hear my prayer, O God; give 
ear to the words of my mouth. 

3 For strangers are risen up 
against me, and oppressors seek 
after my soul: they have not set 
God before them. Sé’lah. 

4 Behold, God is mine helper: 

e Lord is with them that up- 
hold my soul. 

5 He shall reward evil unto 
mine enemies: cut them off in 
thy truth. 

6 I will freely sacrifice unto 
thee: I will praise thy name, O 
LORD; for it is good. 

7 For he hath delivered me out 
of all trouble: and mine eye hath 
seen his desire upon mine ene- 
mies. 


PSALM 55 533 
1 David’s fearful case. 8 He prays 
against enemies. 

chief Musician on WNeginoth, 
Maschil, A Psalm of David. 

IVE ear to my prayer, O God; 
and hide not thyself from 
my supplication. 

2 Attend unto me, and hear me: 
I mourn in my complaint, and 
make a noise; 

3 Because of the voice of the 
enemy, because of the oppression 
of the wicked: for they cast 
iniquity upon me, and in wrath 
they hate me. , 

4 My heart is sore pained 
within me: and the terrors of 
death are fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, ang horror hath 
DAN tea te 

6 And I Sich “Oh that I had 
wings like a dove! for then 
would I fly away, and be at rest. 

7 Lo, then would I wander far 
off, and remain in the wilderness. 
Sé’lah. 

8 I would hasten my escape 
from the windy storm and 
tempest. 

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide 
their tongues: for I have seen 
violence and strife in the city. 


To the 


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PSALMS, 56, 57 


10 Day and night they go about 
it upon the walls thereof: mis- 
chief also and sorrow are in the 
midst of it. 

11 Wickedness is in the midst 
thereof: deceit and guile depart 
not from her streets. 

12 For it was not an enemy that 
reproached me; then I could 
have borne it: neither was it he 
that hated me that did magnify 
himself against me; then I would 
have hid myself from him: 

13 But it was thou, a man mine 
equal, my guide, and mine 
acquaintance. 

14 We took sweet counsel to- 
gether, and waiked unto the 
house of God in company. 

15 Let death seize upon them, 
and let them go down quick into 
hell: for wickedness is in their 
dwellings, and among them. 

16 As for me, I will call upon 
God; and the‘LORD shall save me. 

17 Evening, and morning, and 
at noon, will I pray, and cry 
aloud: 
voice 

18 He hath delivered my soul 
in peace from the battle that was 
against me: for there were many 
with me. i 

19 God shall hear, and afflict 
them, even he that abideth of 
old. Sé’lah. Because they 
have no changes, therefore they 
fear not God. 

20 He hath put forth his hands 
against such as be at peace with 
aim he hath broken his cove- 


OL “The words of his mouth 
were smoother than butter, but 
war was in his heart: his words 
were softer than oil, yet were 
they drawn swords. 

22 Cast thy burden upon: the 
LORD, and he shall sustain thee: 
he shall never suffer the right- 
eous to be moved. y 

23 But thou, O God, shalt bring 
them down into the pit of de- 
struction: bloody and deceitful 
men shall not live out half their 
days; but I will trust in thee. 


and he shall hear my|; 


David complains against enemies 
PSALM 56 534 


1 David complains against enemies. 9 
His confidence in God. 

To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem- 
rechokim, Michtam of David, when 
the Philistines took him in Gath 

E merciful unto me, O God: 

for man would swallow me 

up; he fighting daily oppresseth 
me, 

2 Mine enemies would . daily 
swallow me up: for they be 
many that fight against me, O 
thou most High. 

3 What time I am afraid, I will 
trust in thee. 

4 In God I will praise his word, 
in God I have put my trust; 
will not fear what flesh can do 
unto me. 

5 Every day they wrest my 
words: all their thoughts are 
against me for evil. 

6 They gather themselves to- 
gether, they hide themselves, 
they mark my steps, when they 
wait for my soul. 

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? 

in thine anger cast down the peo- 

ple, O God. 

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: 
put thou my tears into thy bottle: 
are they not in thy book? 

9 When I cry unto thee, then 
shall mine enemies turn back: 
ibis I know; for God is for 


“10 In God willI praise his word: 
in the LORD will I praise his 


word. 

11 In God have I put my trust: 
I will not be afraid what man can 
do unto me. 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O 
eae I will render praises unto 

13 For thou hast delivered my 
soul from death: wilt not thou 
deliver my feet from falling, that 
I may walk before God in the 
light of the living? 


PSALM 57 


1 David's ies SS 


535 
7 His praise of 
od. 

To the chief Musician,” Al-taschith, 


Michtam of David, when he fled from 
Saul in the cave. 


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\ 
\ 


Reproof of the wicked 


E merciful unto me, O God, 

be merciful unto me: for 

my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in 

the shadow of thy wings will I 

make my refuge, until these 
calamities be overpast. 

21 will cry unto God most 
high; unto God that performeth 
all things for me. 

3 He shall send from heaven, 
and save me from the reproach 
of him that would swallow me 
up. Sé’lah. God shall send 
forth his mercy and his truth 

4 My soul is among lions: and 
I lie even among them that are 
set on fire, even the sons of men, 
whose teeth are spears and ar- 
rows, and their tongue a sharp 
sword. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, 
above the heavens; let thy glory 
be above all the earth 

6 They have prepared a net for 
my steps; my soul is bowed 
down: they have digged a pit 
before me, into the midst where- 
eee they are fallen themselves. 

é’lah 

iL My heart is fixed, O God, my 
heart is fixed: I will sing and 
give praise. 

8 Awake up, my glory; awake, 
psaltery and harp: I myself will 
awake early. 

9 I will praise thee, O Lord, 
among the people: I will sing 
unto thee among the nations. 

10 For thy mercy is great unto 
the heavens, and thy truth unto 
the clouds. 

11 Be thou exalted, O God, 
above the heavens: let thy glory 
be above all the earth. 


536 PSALM 58 
1 Reproof of wicked judges. 
wicked described. 
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 
Michtam of Davi d. 
O ye indeed speak righteous- 
7 ness, O congregation? do 
ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of 
men? 


3 The 


PSALMS, 58, 59 


ness; ye weigh the violence of 
your hands in the ear 

3 The wicked are estranged 
from the womb: they go astray 
as soon as they be born, speak- 
ing lies. 

4 Their poison is like the poi- 
son of a serpent: they are like 
the deaf adder that stoppeth her 
ear; 

5 Which will not hearken to the 
voice of charmers, charming 
never so wisely. 

6 Break their teeth, O God, in 
their mouth: break out the great 
teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 

7 Let them melt away as waters 
which run continually: when he 
bendeth his bow to shoot his 
arrows, let them be as cut in 
pieces. : 

8 As a snail which melteth, let 
every one of them pass away: 
like the untimely birth of a wo- 
man, that they may not see the 
sun. 

9 Before your pots can feel the 
thorns, he shall take them away 
as with a whirlwind, both liv- 
ing, and in his wrath. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice 
when he seeth the vengeance: he 
shall wash his feet in the blood 
of the wicked. 

i1 So that a man shall say, 
Verily there is a reward for the 


righteous: verily he is a God 
that judgeth in the earth. 
PSALM 59 537 


David prays for deliverance from 
enemies 


To the chief Musician, AlJ-taschith, 
Michtam of David; when Saul sent, 
and they watched the house to kill him, 


ELIVER me from mine ene- 


mies, O my God: defend 
me from them that rise up 
against me. 


2 Deliver me from the workers 
of iniquity, and save me from 
bloody men. 

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my 

soul: the mighty are gathered 


2 Yea, in heart ye work wicked- peat me; not for my trans- 
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PSALMS, 60, 61 


gression, nor for my sin, O} 


LORD. 

4 They run and prepare them- 
selves without my fault: awake 
to help me, and behold. 

5 Thou therefore, O LORD God 
of hosts, the God. of Is’ra-el, 
awake to visit all the heathen: 
be not merciful to any wicke 
transgressors. Sé/lah. 

6 They return at evening: they 
make a noise like a dog, and go 
round about the city. 

Behold, they belch out with 
their mouth: swords are in their 


lips: for who, say they, doth 
hear? 
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt 


laugh at them; thou shalt have 
all the heathen in derision. 

9 Because of his strength will I 
wait upon thee: for God is my 
defence. 


a) 


Complaint and prayer 


PSALM 60 538 
David's complaint and prayer for de- 
liverance. 


To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, 
Michtam of MDavid, to teach; when 
he strove with Aram-nahsraim, and with 
Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and 
smote of Edom in the valley of salt 
twelve thousand. 


GOD, thou hast cast us off, 
thou hast scattered us, thou 
hast been displeased; O turn 
thyself to us again. 

2 Thou hast made the earth to 
tremble; thou hast broken it: 
heal the breaches thereof; for it 
shaketh. 

3 Thou hast shewed thy people 
hard things: thou hast made us 
to drink the wine of astonish- 
ment. 

4 Thou hast given a banner to 
them that fear thee, that it may 
be displayed because of the truth. 


10 The God of my mercy shail | 5é¢’lah. 


prevent me: God shall let me see 
ues desire upon mine enemies. 

1 Slay them not, lest my peo- 
ne forget: scatter them by thy 
power; and bring them down, O 
Lord our shield. 

12 For the sin of their mouth 
and the words of their lips let 
them even be taken in their pride: 
and for cursing and lying which 
they speak. 

13 Consume them in wrath, 
consume them, that they may not 
be: and let them know that God 


5 That thy beloved may be 
delivered; save with thy right 
hand, and hear me. 

6 God hath spoken in his holi- . 
eet I will rejoice, I will divide 
Shé’chem, and mete out the val- 
ley of Stic’coth. 

7 Gil’e-ad is mine, and Ma- 
nas’seh 7s mine; E’phra-im also 
is the strength of mine head; 
Jii’dah is my lawgiver; 

8 MOd’ab is my washpot; over 
E’dom will I cast out my shoe: 
Phi-lis’tia, triumph thou because 


ruleth in Ja’cob unto the ends of | Of me 


the earth. Sé’lah. 

14 And at evening let them re- 
turn; and let them make a noise 
like a dog, and go round about 
the city. 

15 Let them wander up and 
down for meat, and grudge if 
they be not satisfied. 

16 But I will sing of thy power; 
yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy 
in the morning: for thou hast 
been my defence and refuge in 
the day of my trouble. 

17 Unto thee, O my _ strength, 
will I sing: for God is my de- 
fence, and the God of my 
mercy. 


9 Who will bring me into the 
strong city? who will lead me 
into E’dom? ; 

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which 
hadst cast us off? and thou, O 
God, which didst not go out with 
our armies? 

11 Give us help from trouble: 
for vain is the help of man. 

12 Through God we shall do 
valiantly: for he it is that shail 
tread down our enemies. 


PSALM 61 539 


David, on his FOU Gs experience, cries 
0 


To the chief Musician upon Neginah, 4 
Psaim of David. 


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\ David’s thirst for God 


EAR my cry, O God; attend 
unto my prayer. 

2 From the end of the earth 

will I cry unto thee, when my 

heart is overwhelmed: lead me 

to the rock that is higher than I. 


_ 3 For thou hast been a shelter 


for me, and a strong tower from 
the enemy. 

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle 
for ever: I will trust in the cov- 
ert of thy wings. Sé/lah. 

5 For thou, O God, hast heard 
my vows: thou hast given me 
the heritage of those that fear 
thy name. 

6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s 
life: and his years as many 
generations. 

7 He shall abide before God 
for ever: O prepare mercy and 
truth, which may preserve him. 

8 So will I sing praise unto thy 
name for ever, that I may daily 
perform my vows. 


540 PSALM 62 


David trusts ity de See. things, only 


To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A 
Psalm of David. 


RULY my soul waiteth upon 
God: from him cometh my 
salvation. | 

2 He only is my rock and my 
salvation; he is my defence; I 
shall not be greatly moved. | 

3 How long will ye imagine 
mischief against a man? ye shall 
be slain all of you: as a bowing 
wall shall ye be, and as a totter- 
ing fence. ; 

4 They only consult to cast him 
down from his excellency: they 
delight in lies: they bless with 
their mouth, but they curse in- 
wardly. Sé’lah. 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon 
oe for my expectation is from 

im. 

6 He only is my rock and my 
salvation: he is my defence; I 
shall not be moved. : 

7 In God is my salvation and 
my glory: the rock of my 


PSALMS, 62, 63 
Uae and my refuge, is in 


8 Trust in him at all times; ye 
peopie, pour out your heart be- 
fore him: God is a refuge for us. 
Sé/lah. 

9 Surely men of low degree are 
vanity, and men of high degree 
are a lie: to be laid in the bal- 
ance, they are altogether lighter 
than vanity. 

10 Trust not in oppression, and 
become not vain in robbery: if 
riches increase, set not your 
heart upon them. 

11 God hath spoken once; 
twice have I heard this: that 
power belongeth unto God. 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, be- 
longeth mercy: for thou render- 
est to every man according to his 
work. 


PSALM 63 541 
1 David's thirst for God. 9 Confident 
of his enemies’ destruction. 


A Psalm of David, when he wasin the 
wilderness of Judah. 


GOD, thou art my God; 
early will I seek thee: my 
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh 
longeth for thee in a dry and 
thirsty land, where no water is; 
2 To see thy power and thy 
glory, so as I have seen thee in 
the sanctuary. 
_3 Because thy lovingkindness 
is better than life, my lips shall 
praise thee. 

4 Thus will I bless thee while I 
live: I will lift up my hands in 
thy name. 

5 My soul shall be satisfied as 
with marrow and fatness; and 
my mouth shall praise thee with 
joyful lips: 

6 When I remember thee upon 
my bed, and meditate on thee in 
the night watches. 

7 Because thou hast been my 
help, therefore in the shadow of 
thy wings will I rejoice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after 
art thy right hand upholdeth 


“ But those that seek my soul, 


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PSALMS, 64-66 


to destroy it, shall go into the 
lower parts of the earth. 

10 They shall fall by the sword: 
they shall be a portion for foxes. 

11 But the king shall rejoice in 
Gods; every one that sweareth 
by him shall glory: but the 
mouth of them that speak lies 
shall be stopped. 


542 PSALM 64 

David’s complaint of enemies and prayer 
for deliverance. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 


EAR my voice, O God, in my 
prayer: preserve my life 
from fear of the enemy. 

2 Hide me from the secret 
counsel of the wicked; from the 
insurrection of the workers of 
miquity: - 

3 Who whet their tongue like a 
sword, and bend their bows to 
shoot their arrows, even bitter 
words: 

4 That they may shoot in secret 
at the perfect: suddenly do they 
shoot at him, and fear not. 

5 They encourage themselves in 
an evil matter: they commune 
of laying snares privily; they 
say, Who shall see them? 

6 They search out iniquities; 
they accomplish a_ diligent 
search: both the inward thought 
of every one of them, and the 
heart, is deep. 

7 But God thal shoot at them 
with an arrow; suddenly shall 
they be wounded. 

8 So they shall make their own 
tongue to fall upon themselves: 
all that see them shall flee away. 

And all men shall fear, and 
shall declare the work of God; 
for they shall wisely consider of 
his doing. 

10 The righteous shall be glad 
in the LORD, and shall trust in 
him; and all the upright in heart 
shall glory. 


543 PSALM 65 
1 Praise of God’s grace. 4 God’s good- 
ness to his chosen. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song 
of David. 


God’s goodness to his choson 


RAISE waiteth for thee, O 
God, in Si/on: and unto 
thee shall the vow be performed: 
2 O thou that hearest prayer, 
unto thee shall all flesh come. 

3 Iniquities prevail against me: 
as for our transgressions, thou 
shalt purge them away. 

4 Blessed is the man whom 
thou choosest, and causest to 
approach unto thee, that he may 
dwell in thy courts: we shall be 
satisfied with the goodness of thy 
house, even of thy holy temple. 

5 By terrible things in right- 
eousness wilt thou answer us, 
O God or our salvation; who art 
the confidence of all the ends of 
the earth, and of them that are 
afar off upon the sea: 

6 Which by his strength setteth 


fast Be mountains being girded 


with p 

7 Which " stilleth the noise of 
the seas, the noise of their waves, 
and the tumult of the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the 
uttermost parts are afraid at thy 
tokens: thou makest the out- 
goings of the morning and even- 
ing to rejoice. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and 
waterest it: thou greatly enrich- 
est it with the river of God, which 
is full of water: thou preparest 
them corn, when thou hast so 
provided for it. 

10 Thou waterest the ridges 
thereof abundantly: thou set- 
tlest the furrows thereof: thou 
makestit soft with showers: thou 
blessest the springing thereof. 

11 Thou crownest the year 
with thy goodness; and thy 
paths drop fatness. 

12 They drop upon the pastures 
of the wilderness: 
hills rejoice on every side. 

13 The pastures are clothed 
with flocks; the valleys also are 
covered over with corn; they 
shout for joy, they also sing. 


SALM 66 544 


David declares God’s special goodness ta 
imself. 
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm, 


704 


and the litile 














\ God’s special goodness to David 


PSALMS, 67, 68 


AKE a joyful noise unto mouth, and he was extolled with 


A God, all ye lands: f 

2 Sing forth the honour of his 
hame: make his praise glori- 
ous. 

3 Say unto God, How terrible 
art thou in thy works! through 
the greatness of thy power shall 
thine enemies submit themselves 
unto thee. ; 

4 Ali the earth shall worship 

thee, and shall sing unto thee: 
they shall sing fo thy name. 

é’lah. 

5 Come and see the works of 
God: he is terrible in his doing 
toward the children of men. 

6 He turned the sea into dry 
land: they went through the 
flood on foot: there did we re- 
joice in him. 

7 He ruleth by his power for 
ever; his eyes behold the na- 
tions: let not the rebellious exalt 
themselves. Sé/lah. 

8 O bless our God, ye people, 
and make the voice of his praise 
to be heard: 

9 Which holdeth our soul in 
life, and suffereth not our feet to 


e moved. 
10 For thou, O God, hast 
Proved us: thou hast tried us, 


as silver is tried. 

11 Thou broughtest us into the 
net; thou laidst affliction upon 
our loins. 

12 Thou hast caused men to 
ride, over our heads: we went 
through fire and through water: 
but thou broughtest us out into 
a wealthy place. 

13 I will go into thy house with 
burnt offerings: I will pay thee 
my vows, 

14 Which my lips have uttered, 
and my mouth hath spoken, 
when I was in trouble. 

15: I will offer unto thee burnt 

Sacrifices of fatlings, with the 
incense of rams: I will offer 
_bullocks with goats. Sé/lah. 

16 Come and hear, all ye that 
fear God, and I will declare what 
he hath done for my soul. 

17 I cried unto him with my 

45 


my tongue. 

18 If I regard iniquity in my 
heart, the Lord will not hear me: 

19 But verily God hath heard 
me, he hath attended to the 
voice of my prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, which hath 
not turned away my prayer, nor 
his mercy from me. 


PSALM 67 545 
1 A prayer for the enlargement of God’s 
kingdom. 4 Joy for the nations. 


To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm or Song. 


GaP be merciful unto us, and 
bless us; and cause his 
face to shine upon us; Sé’lah,. 

2 That thy way may be known 
upon earth, thy saving health 
among all nations. 


3 Let the people praise thee, O 
God; let all the people praise 
thee. 


4 O let the nations be glad and 
sing for joy: for thou shalt 
judge the people righteously, and 
govern the nations upon earth. 
Sé/lah. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O 
ods let all the people praise 
the 


e. 
6 Then shall the earth yield 
her increase; and God, even our 
own God shall bless us. 
7 God shall bless us: and all 
pe ends of the earth shall fear 
im. 


PSALM 68 546 


A prayer at the moving of the ark. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song 
of David. 


re God arise, let his enemies 
be scattered: let them also 
that hate him flee before him. 

As smoke is driven away, so 
drive them away: as wax melt- 
eth before the fire, so let the 
Mila ilt perish at the presence of 

od. 
3 But let the righteous be glad: 
let them rejoice before God: yea, 
let them exceedingly rejoice. 
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to 


705 


PSALMS, 68 


his name: extol him that rideth 
upon the heavens by his name 
JAH, and rejoice before him. 

5 A father of the fatherless, and 
a judge of the widows, is God in 
his holy habitation. ; 

6 God setteth the ‘solitary in 
families: he bringeth out those 
which are bound with chains: 
put the rebellious dwell in a dry 
ede 


forth before thy people, when 
thou didst march through the 
wilderness; Sé’lah: 

8 The earth shook, the heavens 
also dropped at the presence of 
God: even Si/nai itself was 
moved at the presence of God, 
the God of Is’ra-el. 

9 Thou, O God, didst send a 
plentiful rain, whereby thou 
didst confirm thine inheritance, 
when it was weary. 

10 Thy congregation hath dwelt 
therein: thou, O God, hast pre- 
pared of thy goodness for the 


poor. 

11 The Lord gave the word: 
great was the company of those 
that published if. : 

12 Kings of armies did flee 
apace: and she that tarried at 
home divided the spoil. 

13 Though ye have lien among 
the pots, yet shall ye be as the 
wings of a dove covered with 
silver, and her feathers with 
yellow gold. 

14 When the Almighty scattered 
kings in it, it was white as snow 
in Sal’mon. 4 

15 The hill of God is as the hill 
of Ba’shan; an high hill es the 
hill of Ba’shan. 

16 Why leap ye, ve high hills? 
this is the hillwhich God desireth 
to dwell in; yea, the LORD will 
dwell in it for ever. 

17 The chariots of God_ are 
twenty thousand, even thou- 
sands of angels; the Lord is 
among them, as in Si/nai, in the 
holy place. 

18 Thou hast ascended on high, 
thou hast led captivity captive: 


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E’eypt; 


Prayer at the removal of the ark 


thou hast received gifts for 
men; yea, for the rebellious also, 
that the LORD God might dwell 
among them. 

19 Blessed be the Lord, who 
daily loadeth us with benefits, 
even the God of our salvation. 
Sé‘lah. j 

20 He that is our God is the 
God of salvation; and unto GOD 
the Lord belong the issues from 


eath. 
21 But God shall wound the 


head of his enemies, and the 


hairy scalp of such an one as 
goeth on still in his trespasses. 

22 The Lord said, I will bring 
again from Ba’shan, I will bring 
my people again from the depths 
of the sea: 

23 That thy foot may be dip- 
ped in the blood cf thine enemies, 
and the tongue of thy dogs in the 
same. 

24 They have seen thy goings, 
O God; even the goings of my 
God, my King, in the sanctuary. 

25 The singers went before, the 
players on instruments followed 
after; among them were the 
damsels playing with timbrels. 

26 Bless ye God in the congre- © 
gations, even the Lord, from 
the fountain of Is’ra-el. 

27 There is little Bén’ja-min 
with their ruler, the princes of 
Ja’dah and their council, the 
princes of Zéb’u-ltin, and the 
princes of Naph’ta-li. 

28 Thy God hath commanded 
thy strength: strengthen, O God, © 
that which thou hast wrought 
for us. 

29 Because of thy temple at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém shall kings bring 
presents unto thee. 

30 Rebuke the company of 
spearmen, the multitude of the 
bulls, with the calves of the peo- 
ple, till every one submit himself 
with pieces of silver: scatter 
thou the people that delight in 
war. 

31 Princes shall come out of 
£-thi-d’pi-a shall soon 
stretch out her hands unto God. 


706 


Prayer for deliverance 


32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms 
of the earth; O sing praises unto 
the Lord; Sé/lah:| ; 

33 To him that rideth upon the 
heavens of heavens, which were 
of old; lo, he doth send out his 
- voice, and that a mighty voice. 

34 Ascribe ye strength unto 
God: his excellency is over is’- 
ra-el, and his strength is in the 
clouds. 

35 O God, thou art terrible out 
of thy holy places: the God of 
Is’ra-el is he that giveth strength 
and power unto his people. 
Blessed be God. 


547 PSALM 69 


1 David complains of afflictions. 
Prayer for deliverance. 


To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 
A Psalm of David. 


AVE me, O God; for the 
waters are come in unto my 
soul. ; 

2 I sink in deep mire, where 
there is no standing: Iam come 
into deep waters, where the 
floods overflow me. ; 

Iam weary of my crying: my 
throat is dried: mine eyes fail 
while I wait for my God. 

4 They that hate me without a 
cause are more than the hairs of 
mine head: they that would de- 
stroy me, being mine enemies 
wrongfully, are mighty: then I 
restored that which I took not 
away. 

5 O God, thou knowest my 
foolishness; 


13 


and my sins are 
not hid from thee. é 

6 Let not them that wait on 
thee, O Lord Gop of hosts, be 
ashamed for my sake: let not 
those that seek thee be con- 
founded for my sake, O God of 
Is’ra-el. 

7 Because for thy sake I have 
borne reproach; shame hath cov- 
ered my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto 
my brethren, and an alien unto 
my mother’s children. | 

9 For the zeal of thine house 
hath eaten me up; and the re- 


‘garment; 


PSALMS, 69 


proaches of them that reproached 
thee are fallen upon me. 

en I wept, and chastened 
my soul with fasting, that was to 
my reproach. 

1 I made sackcloth also my 
and I became a pro- 
verb to them. 

12 They that sit in the gate 
speak against me; and I was 
the song of the drunkards. 

13 But as for me, my prayer is 
unto thee, O LORD, in an ac- 
ceptable time: O God, in the 
multitude of thy mercy hear me, 
in the truth of thy salvation. 

14 Deliver me out of the mire, 
and let me not sink: let me 
be delivered from them that 
hate me, and out of the deep 
waters. 

15 Let not the waterflood over- 
flow me, neither let the deep 
swallow me up, and let not the 
pit shut her mouth upon me. 

16 Hear me, O LorD; for thy 
loving kindness is good: turn 
unto me according to the muiti- 
tude of thy tender mercies. 

17 And hide not thy face from 
thy servant; for I am in trouble: 

ear me speedily. 

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, 
and redeem it: deliver me be- 
cause of mine enemies. 

19 Thou hast known my re- 
proach, and my shame, and my 
dishonour: mine adversaries are 
all before thee. 

20 Reproach hath broken my 
heart; and I am full of heavi- 
ness: and I looked for some to 
take pity, but there was none: 
and for comforters, but I found 
none. 

21 They gave me also gall for 
my meat; and in my thirst they 
gave me vinegar to drink. 

22 Let their tabie become a 
snare before them: and that 
which should have been for their 
welfare, let it become a trap. 

23 Let their eyes be darkened, 
that they see not; and make their 


loins continually to shake. 


24 Pour out thine indignation 


707 


PSALMS, 70, 71 


Prayer against wicked and for godly 


4 Let all those that seek thee 


upon them, and let thy wrathful 


anger take hold of them. 

25 Let their habitation be deso- 
late; and let none dwell in their 
tents. ; 

26 For they persecute him 
whom thou hast smitten; and 
they talk to the grief of those 
whom thou hast wounded. 
_27 Add iniquity unto their in- 
iquity: and let them not come 
into thy righteousness. 

28 Let them be blotted out of 
the book of the living, and not 
be written with the righteous. 

29 But I am poor and sorrow- 
ful: let thy salvation, O God, set 
me up on high. 

30 I will praise the name of God 
with a song, and will magnify 
him with thanksgiving. 

31 This also shall please the 
LORD better than an ox or bullock 
that hath horns and hoofs. — |. 

32 The humble} shall see this, 
and be glad: and your heart 
shall live that seek God. 

33 For the LorD heareth the 
poor, and despiseth not his pris- 
oners. 

34 Let the heaven and earth 
praise him, the seas, and every 
thing that moveth therein. 

35 For God will save Zi’6n, 
and will build the cities of Ji’- 
dah: that they may dwell there, 
and have it in possession. 

36 The seed also of his servants 
shall inherit it: and they that 
love his name shall dwell therein. 


548 PSALM 70 


Prayer against he ie and for the 
odly. 


To the chief Musician, A Psaim of David, 
to bring to remembrance. 


| Mf AKE haste, O God, to de- 


liver me; make haste to 
help me, O LORD. 

2 Let ‘them be ashamed and 
confounded that seek after my 
soul: let them be turned back- 
ward, and put to confusion, that 
desire my hurt. 

3 Let them be turned back for a 
reward of their shame that say, 
Aha, aha. 


rejoice and be glad in thee: and 
let such as love thy salvation say 
Sean Let God be magni- 
ed. 

5 But I am poor and needy: 
make haste unto me, O God: 
thou arf my help and my deliver- 
er; O LORD, make no tarrying. 


PSALM 71 549 
1 David prays for himself and against 
enemies. 19 He praises God. 

N thee, O LORD, do I put my 

trust: let me never be put to 
corfusion. é 

2 Deliver me in thy righteous- 
ness, and cause me to escape: 
incline thine ear unto me, and 
save me. 

3 Be thou my strong habita- 
tion, whereunto I may continu- 
ally resort: thou hast given 
commandment to save me; for 
thou art my rock and my fortress. 

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of 
the hand of the wicked, out of 
the hand of the unrighteous and 
cruel man. 

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord 


Gop: thou art my trust from my | 


youth. 

6 By thee have I been holden 
up from the womb: thou art he 
that took me out of my mother’s 
bowels: my praise shall be con- 
tinually of thee. 

7 Tam asa wonder unto many$ 
but thou art my strong refuge. | 

8 Let my mouth be filled with 
thy praise and with thy honour 
all the day. 


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9 Cast me not off in the time of | 


old age; 
my strength faileth. 


forsake me not when ; 


10 For mine enemies speak 


against me; and they that lay 


< 


wait for my soul take counsel © 


together, 
11 Saying, God hath forsaken 
him: persecute and take him; 


for there is none to deliver him. © 


12 O 
O my God, make haste for my 


help. 
13 Let them be confounded and 


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\ 
: 


God, be not far from me: | 


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i 


i 


- 


Glories of the kingdom 


consumed that are adversaries 
to my soul; let them be covered 
with reproach and dishonour that 
seek my hurt. . . ; 

14 But I will hope continually, 
and will yet praise thee more and 
more. 

15 My mouth shall shew forth 
thy righteousness and thy salva- 
tion all the day; for I know not 
the numbers thereof. 

16 _ I will go in the strength of 
the Lord Gop: I will make men- 
tion of thy righteousness, even of 
thine only. 

17 O God, thou hast taught me 
from my youth: and hitherto have 
I declared thy wondrous works. 

Now also when I am old 


and grayheaded, O God, forsake d 


menot; until I have shewed thy 
strength unto this generation, 
and thy power to every one that 
is to Come. 

19 Thy righteousness also, O 

od, is very high, who hast done 
great things: O God, who is 
like unto thee! 

20 Thou, which hast shewed 
me great and sore troubles, shalt 
quicken me again, and shalt 


bring me up again from the depths b 


of the earth. 

21 Thou shalt increase my 
greatness, and comfort me on 
every side. : : 

22 I will also praise thee with 
the psaltery, even thy truth, O 
my God: unto thee will I sing 
with the harp, O thou Holy One 
of Is’ra-el. ute 

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice 
when I sing unto thee; and my 
soul, which thou hast redeemed. 

24 My tongue also shall talk of 
thy righteousness all the day 
long: for they are confounded, 
for they are brought unto shame, 
that seek my hurt. 


550 PSALM 72 
1 David prays for Solomon. 
typical kingdom. 
A Psalm for Solomon. 
IVE the king thy judgments, 
O God, and thy righteous- 
ness unto the king’s son. 


2 His 


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PSALMS, 72 


2 He shall judge thy people 
with righteousness, and thy poor 
with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring 
peace to the people, and the little 
hills, by righteousness. 

4 He shall judge the poor of the 
People, he shall save the children 
of the needy, and shall break in 
pieces the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long 
as the sun and moon endure, 
throughout all generations. 

6 He shall come down like rain 
upon the mown grass: as 
showers that water the earth. 

7 Inhis days shall the righteous 
flourish; and abundance of 
peace so long as the moon en- 
ureth. a 
8 He shall have dominion also 
from sea to sea, and from the 
river unto the ends of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilder- 
ness shall bow before him; and 
his enemies shall lick the dust. 

10 The kings of Tar’shish and 
of the isles shall bring presents: 
the kings of Shé’ba and Sé’ba 
shall offer gifts. 

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down 
efore him: nations shall 
serve him. 
i2 For he shall deliver the 
needy when he crieth; the poor 
also, and him that hath no helper. 

13 He shall spare the poor and 
needy, and shall save the souls 
of the needy. ; 

14 He shall redeem their soul 
from deceit and violence: and 
precious shall their blood be in 
his sight. ; 

15 And he shail live, and to him 
shall be given of the gold of 
Shé’ba: prayer also shall be 
made for him continually; and 
daily shall he be praised. 

16 There shall be an handful of 
corn in the earth upon the top of 
the mountains; the fruit thereof 
shali shake like Léb’a-non: and 
they of the city shall flourish like 
grass of the earth. 

17 His name shall endure for 
ever: his name shall be con- 


. 


PSALMS, 73, 74 


tinued as long as the sun: and 
men shall be blessed in him: 
all nations shall call him blessed. 

18 Blessed be the LORD God, 
the God of is’ra-el, who only 
doeth wondrous things. 

19 And biessed be his gloricus 
name for ever: and let the whole 
earth be filled with his glory; 
A-mén’, and A-men’. 4 

20 The prayers of Da’vid the 
son of Jés’se are ended. 


551 PSALM 73 
God's purposes as to the wicked and 
righteous. 
A Psalm of Asaph. 
Hd Plies God is good to Is’ra-el, 
even to such as are of a 
clean heart. 

2 But as for me, my feet were 
almost gone; my steps had well 
nigh slipped. 

3 For I was envious at the fool- 
ish, when I saw the prosperity of 
the wicked. 

4 For there are no bands in 
pee death: but their strength is 


m. 

5 They are not in trouble as 
other men; neither are they 
plagued like other men. 

6 Therefore pride compasseth 
them about as a chain; violence 
covereth them as a garment. 

7 Their eyes stand out with fat- 
ness: they have more than heart 
could wish. 

8 They are corrupt, and speak 
wickedly concerning oppression: 
they speak loftily. 

9 They set their mouth against 
the heavens, and their tongue 
walketh through the earth. 

10 Therefore his people return 
hither: and waters of a full cup 
are wrung out to them. 

11 And they say, How doth 
God know? and is there knowl- 
edge in the most High? 

12 Behold, these are the ungod- 
ly, who prosper in the world; 
they increase in riches. 

13 Verily I have cleansed my 
heart in vain, and washed my 
hands in innocency. 


Destiny of the wicked and the righteous 


14 For all the day long have I 
been plagued, and chastened 
every morning. 

15 If I say, I will speak thus; 
behold, I should offend against 
the generation of thy children. 

16 When I thought to know 
this, it was too painful for me; 

17 Until I went into the sanc- 
tuary of God; then understood 
I their end. 

18 Surely thou didst set them in 
slippery places: thou castedst 
them down into destruction. 

19 How are they brought into 
desolation, as in a moment! they 
are utterly consumed with terrors. 

20 As a dream when one 
awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou 
awakest, thou shalt despise their 
image. 

21 Thus my heart was grieved, 
and I was pricked in my reins. 

22 So foolish was I, and ignor- 
ant: I was as a beast before 


thee. 

23 Nevertheless I am continu- 
ally with thee: thou hast holden 
me by my right hand. : 

24 Thou shalt guide me with 
thy counsel, and afterward re- 
ceive me ¢o glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but 
thee? and there is none upon 
earth that I desire beside thee. 

26 My flesh and my heart 
faileth: but God is the strength 
of my heart, and my portion for 


ever. 

27 For, lo, they that are far 
from thee shall perish: thou hast 
destroyed all them that go a 
whoring from thee. 

28 But if is good for me to 


draw near to God: I have put 


my trust in the Lord GOD, that I 
may declare all thy works. 


PSALM 74 552 
Complaint of the desolation of the 
sanctuary. 

Maschil of Asaph. 
O GOD, why hast thou cast us 
off for ever? why doth thine 
anger smoke against the sheep 
| of thy pasture? 


710 





Desolation of the sanctuary 


Pk eG ae Sol EEN AER eee 
2 Remember thy congregation, 


which thou hast purchased of 
old; the rod of thine inheritance, 
which thou hast redeemed; this 
mount Zi’o6n, wherein thou hast 
dwelt. 

3 Lift up thy feet unto the per- 
petual desolations; even all that 
the enemy hath done wickedly 
in the sanctuary. PRM 

Thine enemies roar in the 
midst of thy congregations; they 
set up their ensigns for signs. _ 

A man was famous according 
as he had lifted up axes upon the 
thick trees. 

6 But now they break down the 
carved work thereof at once with 
axes and hammers. 

They have cast fire into thy 
sanctuary, they have defiled by 
casting down the dwelling place 
of thy name to the ground. 

8 They said in their hearts, 
Let us destroy them together: 
they have burned up all the syna- 
gogues of God in the land. 

9 We see not our signs: there 
is nO more any prophet: neither 
is there among us any that know- 
eth how long. 

10 O God, how long shall the 
adversary reproach? shall the 
enemy blaspheme thy name for 


ever? 


11 Why withdrawest thou thy 
hand, even thy right hand? pluck 
it out of thy bosom. 

12 For God is my King of old, 
working salvation in the midst of 
the earth. Wa 

13 Thou didst divide the sea by 
thy strength: thou brakest the 
heads of the dragons in the 
waters. 

14 Thou brakest the heads of 
leviathan in pieces, and gavest 
him fo be meat to the people 
inhabiting the wilderness. 

15 Thou didst cleave the foun- 
tain and the flood: thou driedst 
up mighty rivers. 

16 The day is thine, the night 
also is thine: thou hast prepared 
the light and the sun. 

17 Thou hast set all the bor- 


PSALMS, 75 


ders of the earth: thou hast 
made summer and winter. 

18 Remember this, that the 
enemy hath reproached, O LORD, 
and that the foolish people have 
blasphemed thy name. 

19 O deliver not the soul of thy 
turtledove unto the multitude of 
the wicked: forget not the con- 
gregation of thy poor for ever. 

20 Have respect unto the cove- 
nant: for the dark places of the 
earth are full of the habitations 
of cruelty. 

21 O let not the oppressed re- 
turn ashamed: let the poor and 
needy praise thy name. 

22 Arise, O God, plead thine 
own Cause: remember how the 
foolish man reproacheth thee 
daily. i 

23 Forget not the voice of thine 
enemies: the tumult of those 

at rise up against thee increas- 
eth continually. 
553 


PSALM 75 
1 The prophet praises God. 2 Promise 
to judge uprightly. 
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A 
Psalm or Song of Asaph. 


NTO thee, O God, do we 

give thanks, unto thee do 

we give thanks: for that thy 

name is near thy wondrous works 
declare. 

2 When I shall receive the con- 
gregation I will judge uprightly. 

The earth and al! the inhabit- 
ants thereof are dissolved: I 
bear up the pillars of it. Sélah. 

4 I said unto the fools, Deal not 
foolishly: and to the wicked, 
Lift not up the horn: 

Lift not up your horn on high: 
speak not with a stiff neck. 

6 For promotion cometh neither 
from the east, nor from the west, 
nor from the south. 

7 But God is the judge: he 
putteth down one, and setteth up 
another. 

8 For in the hand of the LORD 
there is a cup, and the wine is 
red; itis full of mixture; and he 
poureth out of the same: but the 
dregs thereof, all the wicked of 


71il 


PSALMS, 76, 77 


the earth shall wring them out, 
and drink them. 

9 But I will declare for ever; I 
will sing praises to the God of 


Ja’cob. 

10 All the horns of the wicled 
also will I cut off; *but the horns 
of the righteous shall be exalted. 


554 PSALM 76 
1 God’s majesty declared. 11 An exhor- 
tation to reverent service. 
To the chief Musician on N nets A 
Psalm or Song of Asa 
N Ja’dah is God pee his 
name is great in Is’ra-el. 
2 In Sa’lem also is his _taber- 
nacle, and his dwelling place in 
Von 
3 There brake he the arrows of 
the bow, the shield, and the 
sword, and the battle. Sé/lah. 
4 Thou art more glorious and 
excellent than the mountains of 


prey. 

5 The stouthearted are spoiled, 
they have slept their sleep: and 
none of the men of might have 
found their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, QO God of 
z 4’cob, both the chariot and horse 
are cast into a dead sleep. 

7 Thou, even thou, art to be 
feared: and who may stand in 
thy sight when once thou art 
angry? 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to 
be heard from heaven; the earth 
feared, and was still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, 
to save all the meek of the earth. 
Sé‘lah. 

10 Surely the wrath of man 
shall praise thee: the remainder 
of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

11 Vow, and pay unto the 
LORD your God: let all that be 
round about him bring presents 
unto him that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of 
princes: he is terrible to the 
kings of the earth. 


555 PSALM 77 


1 The psalmist’s fierce combat with 
diffidence. 10 The victory. 


To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Ce 


Psalm of Asaph. 


Declaration of God’s majesty 


CRIED unto God with my 
voice, even unto God with my 
voice; and he gave ear unto me. 
2 In the day of my trouble I 
sought the Lord: my sore ran 
in the night, and ceased not: my 
soul refused to be comforted. 

3 I remembered God, and was 
troubled: I complained, and my 
spirit was overwhelmed. Sé’lah. 

4 Thou holdest mine eyes wak- 
ing: Iam so troubled that I can- 
not speak. 

5 Ihave considered the days of 
old, the years of ancient times. 

61 call to remembrance my 
song in the night: I commune 
with mine own heart: and my 
spirit made diligent search. 

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? 
and will he be favourable no 
more? 

8 Is his mercy clean gone for 
ever? doth his promise fail for 
evermore? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be 
gracious? hath he in anger shut 
up his tender mercies? Sé’lah. 

10 And I said, This is my in- 
firmity: but I will remember the 
years of the right hand of the 
most High. 

11 I will remember the works 
of the LORD: surely I will re- 
member thy wonders of old. 

12 I will meditate also of all thy 
work, and talk of thy doings. 

13 Thy way, O God, is in the 
sanctuary: who is so great a 
God as our God? 

14 Thou art the God that doest 
wonders: thou hast declared thy 
strength among the people. 

15 Thou hast with thine arm 
redeemed thy peor: the sons of 
eee and Jé’seph. Sé/lah. 

16 The waters saw thee, O 
God, the waters saw thee; they 
were afraid: the depths also 
were troubled. 

The clouds poured out 
water: the skies sent out a 
sound: thine arrows also went 
abroad. 

18 The voice of thy thunder was 
the heaven: the lightnings 


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God’s wonders in Egypt and the-wilderness 


lightened the world: the earth 
trembled and shook. 

19 Thy way is in the sea, and 
thy path in the great waters, and 
thy footsteps are not known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people 
like a flock by the hand of Mé’ses 
and Aar’on. 


556 PSALM 78 


1 An exhortation to learn and preach 
the law of God. 67 The Israelites 
rejecied. 


tMaschil of Asaph. 


IVE ear, O my people, fo my 
law: incline your ears to 
the words of my mouth. : 

2 I will open my mouth in a 
parable: I will utter dark sayings 
of old: 

3 Which we have heard and 
known, and our fathers have told 


us. 

4 We will not hide them from 
their children, shewing to the 
generation to come the praises of 
the LORD, and his strength, and 
his wonderful works that he hath 

one. 

5 For he established a testi- 
mony in Ja’cob, and appointed a 
law in fs’ra-el, which he com- 
manded our fathers, that they 
should make them known to their 
children: 

6 That the generation to come 
might know them, even the chil- 
dren which should be born; who 
_ should arise and declare them to 
their children: ; 

That they might set their hope 
in God, and not forget the works 
of God, but keep his command- 
ments: 

8 And might not be as their 
fathers, a stubborn and rebellious 
generation; a generation that 
set not their heart aright, and 
whose spirit was not stedfast 
with God. ; 

9 The children of E’phra-im, 
being armed, and carrying bows, 
turned back in the day of battle. 

10 They kept not the covenant 
of God, and refused to walk in 
his law; 


PSALMS, 78 


11 And forgat his works, and 
his wonders that he had shewed 

em. 

12 Marvellous things did he in 
the sight of their fathers, in the 
land of E’sypt, in the field of 
Z0’an. 

13 He divided the sea, and 
caused them to pass through; 
and he made the waters to stand 
as an heap. 

i4 In the daytime also he led 
them with a cloud, and all the 
night with a light of fire. 

15 He clave the rocks in the 
wilderness, and gave them drink 
as out of the great depths. 

16 He brought streams also 
out of the rock, and caused wa- 
ters to run down like rivers. 

17 And they sinned yet more 
against him by provoking the 
most High in the wilderness. 

18 And they tempted God in 
their heart by asking meat for 
their lust. ; 

19 Yea, they spake against 
God; they said, Can God furn- 
ish a table in the wilderness? 

20 Behold, he smote the rock, 
that the waters gushed out, and 
the streams overflowed; can he 
give bread also? can he provide 
flesh for his people? 

21 Therefore the LORD heard 
this, and was wroth: so a fire 
was kindled against Ja’cob, and 
eee also came up against Is’~ 
ra-el; 

22 Because they believed not 
in God, and trusted not in his 
salvation: 

23 Though he had commanded 
the clouds from above, and 
opened the doors of heaven, 

24 And had rained down man- 
na upon them to eat, and had 
given them of the corn of heaven. 

25 Man did eat angels’ food: 
he sent them meat to the full. 

26 He caused an east wind to 
blow in the heaven: and by his 
power he brought in the south 
wind. 

27 He rained fiesh also upon 
them as dust, and feathered 


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PSALMS, 78 


God’s wonders in Egypt 


fowls like as the sand of the; 44 And had turned their rivers 


sea: . 

28 And he let if fall in the midst 
of their camp, round about their 
habitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were 
well filled: for he gave them their 
own desire; 

30 They were not estranged 
from their lust. But while their 
meat was yet in their mouths, 

31 The wrath of God came 
upon them, and slew the fattest 
of them, and smote down the 
chosen men of Is’ra-el. 

32 For all this they sinned still, 
and believed not for his wondrous 
works. 

33 Therefore their days did he 
consume in vanity, and their 
years in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, then 
they sought him: and they re- 
aaee and enquired early after 

od. 

35 And they remembered that 
God was their rock, and the high 
God their redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless they did flatter 
him with their mouth, and they 
lied unto him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not 
right with him, neither were they 
stedfast in his covenant. 

38 But he, being full of, com- 
passion, forgave their iniquity, 
and destroyed them not: yea, 
many a time turned he his anger 
away, and did not stir up all his 
wrath. 

39 For he remembered that 
they were but flesh; a wind 
that passeth away, and cometh 
not again. 

40 How oft did they provoke 
him in the wilderness, and grieve 
him in the desert! 

41 Yea, they turned back and 
tempted God, and _ limited the 
Holy One of is’ra-el. ; 

42 They remembered not his 
hand, nor the day when he de- 
livered them from the enemy. | 

43 How he had wrought his 
signs in E’gypt, and his wonders 
in the field of Z6’an: 


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into blood; and their floods, that 
they could not drink. 

45 He sent divers sorts of flies 
among them, which devoured 
them; and frogs, which de- 
stroyed them. 

46 He gave also their increase 
unto the caterpiller, and their 
labour unto the locust. 

47 He destroyed their vines 
with hail, and their sycomore 
trees with frost. 

48 He gave up their cattle also 
to the hail, and their flocks to 
hot thunderbolts. 

49 He cast upon them the 
fierceness of his anger, wrath, 
and indignation, and trouble, by 
sending evil angels among them. 

50 He made a way to his 
anger; he spared not their soul 
from death, but gave their life 
over to the pestilence; 

51 And smote all the firstborn 
in E’gypt; the chief of their 
strength in the tabernacles of 


am: 
52 But made his own people to 
go forth like sheep, and guided 


them in the wilderness like a — 


ock. 

53 And he led them on safely, 
so that they feared not: but the 
sea overwhelmed their enemies. 


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54 And he brought them to the © 


border of his sanctuary, even to 
this mountain, which his right 
hand had purchased. 

55 He cast out the heathen also 
before them, and divided them 
an inheritance by line, and made 
the tribes of Is’ra-el to dwell in 
their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and pro- 
voked the most high God, and 
kept not his testimonies: 

57 But turned back, and dealt 
unfaithfully like their fathers: 
they were turned aside like a 
deceitful bow. ; 

58 For they provoked him to 
anger with their high places, and 
moved him to jealousy with their 
graven images. ; 

59 When God heard fhis, he 

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Desolation of Jerusalem 


was wroth, and greatly abhorred 
Is’ra-el; 


60 So that he forsook the tab- fi 


ernacle of Shi’/loh, the tent which 
he placed among men; 

.51 And delivered his strength 
into captivity, and his glory into 
the enemy’s hand. 

62 He gave his people over also 
unto the sword; and was wroth 
with his inheritance. , 

63 The fire consumed their 
young men; and their maidens 
were not given to marriage. 

64 Their priests fell by the 
sword; and their widows made 
no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as 
one out of sleep, and like a 
mighty man that shouteth by 
reason of wine. 

66 And he smote his enemies in 
the hinder parts. he put them to 
a perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the 
tabernacle of J6’seph, and chose 
not the tribe of E’phra-im: 

68 But chose the tribe of Ja’dah, 
the mount Zi’6n which he 
loved. gan 

69 And he built his sanctuary 
like high palaces, like the earth 


which he hath established for | hi 


ever. 

70 He chose Da’vid also his 
servant, and took him from the 
sheepfolds: 

71 From following the ewes 
great with young he brought him 
to feed Ja’cob his people, and 
Is’ra-el his inheritance. 

72 So he fed them according to 
the integrity of his heart; and 
guided them by the skilfulness of 
his hands. 


557 PSALM 79 


1 Complaint of the desolation of Jeru- 
salem. 8 Prayer for deliverance. 


A Psalm of Asaph. 
O GOD, the heathen are come 
into thine inheritance; thy 
holy temple have they defiled; 
they have laid Jé-ru’sa-lém on 


heaps. 
2 The dead bodies of thy serv- 


PSALMS, 79, 80 


ants have they given fo be meat 
unto the fowls of the heaven, the 

esh of thy saints unto the beasts 
of the earth. 

3 Their blood have they shed 
like water round about Jé-ry’sa- 
lem; and there was none to 
bury them. 

4 We are become a reproach to 
our neighbours, a scorn and de- 
rision to them that are round 
about us. 

5S How long, LORD? wilt thou 
be angry for ever? shall thy 
jealousy burn like fire? 

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the 
heathen that have not known 
thee, and upon the kingdoms that 
have not called upon thy name, 

For they have devoured Ja’- 
cob, and laid waste his dwelling 
place. 

8 O remember not against us 
former iniquities: let thy tender 
mercies speedily prevent us: for 
we are brought very low. 

9 Help us, O God of our salva< 
tion, for the glory of thy name: 
and deliver us, and purge away 
our sins, for thy name’s sake. 

10 Wherefore should the hea- 
then say, Where is their God? let 
him be known among the heathen 
in our sight by the revenging of 
the blood of thy servants which 
is shed. 

11 Let the sighing of the pris- 
oner come before thee; accord- 
ing to the greatness of thy power 
preserve thou those that are 
appointed to die; 

12 And render unto our neigh- 
bours sevenfold into their bosom 
their reproach, wherewith they 
have reproached thee, O Lord. 

13 So we thy people and sheet 
of thy pasture will give thee 
thanks for ever: we will shew 
ore thy praise to all genera- 

ions. 


PSALM 80 558 


1 The psalmist’s complaint of the mis< 
erties of the church. 8 Favours areé 
turned into judgments. 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim- 

eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. 


715 


PSALMS, 81 


GNE ear, O Shepherd of fs’- 
ra-el, thou that leadest Jo’- 
seph like a flock; thou that 
dwellest between the cherubims, 
shine forth. ; 

2 Before E’phra-im and Bén’ja- 
min and Ma-nas’seh stir up thy 
strength, and come and save us. 

3 Turn us again, O God, an 
cause thy face to shine; and we 
shall be saved. 

4 O LORD God of hosts, how 
long wilt thou be angry against 
the prayer of thy people? 

5 Thou feedest them with the 
bread of tears; and givest them 
tears to drink in great measure. 

6 Thou makest us a strife unto 
our neighbours: and our ene- 
mies laugh among themselves. 

7 Turn us again, O God of 
hosts, and cause thy face to 
shine; and we shall be saved. 

8 Thou hast brought a vine 
out of E’gypt: thou hast cast out 
the heathen, and planted it. 

9 Thou preparedst room before 
it, and didst cause it to take deep 
root, and it filled the land 

10 The hills were covered with 
the shadow of it, and the boughs 
thereof were like the goodly 
cedars. 

11 She sent out her boughs unto 
the sea, and her branches unto 
the river. 

12 Why hast thou then broken 
down her hedges, so that all they 
which pass by the way do pluck 


er? 

13 The boar out of the wood 
doth waste it, and the wild beast 
of the field doth devour it. 

14 Return, we beseech thee, O 
God of hosts: look down from 
heaven, and behold, and visit 
this vine; 

15 And the vineyard which thy 
right hand hath planted, and the 
branch that thou madest strong 
for thyself. Lig 

16 /é is burned with fire, it is 
cut down: they perish at the 
rebuke of thy countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the 
man of thy right hand, upon the 


An exhortation to praise God 


son of man whom thou madest 
strong for thyself. 

18 So will not we go back from 
thee: quicken us, and we will 
call upon thy name. 

19- Turn us again, O LORD God 
of hosts, cause thy face to shine; 
and we shall be saved. 


PSALM 81 559 


An exhortation to the praise of God. 


To the chief Musician eR Gittith, A 
Psaim of Asaph 


ING aloud unto God our 
strength: make a joyful 
noise unto the God of Ja’cob. 

2 Take a psalm, and bring 
hither the timbrel, the pleasant 
harp with the psaltery. 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the 
mew moon, in the time appointed, 
on our solemn feast day. 

4 For this was a_statute for 
Is’ra-el, and a law of the God of 
Ja’cob. ‘ 

5 This he ordained in Jé’seph 
for a testimony, when he- went 
out through the land of E’éypt: 
where I heard a language that I 
understood not. 


6 I removed his shoulder from — 


the burden: his hands were de- 
livered from the pots. 

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and 
J delivered thee; I answered thee 
in the secret place of thunder: I 
proved thee at the waters of 
Mér’i-bah. Sé/lah. 

8 Hear, O my people, and I will 
testify unto thee: O Is’ra-el, i 
thou wilt hearken unto me: 

9 There shall no strange god 
be in thee; neither shalt thou 
worship any strange god. 

10 I am the LORD thy God, 
which brought thee out of the 
land of E’é¥pt: open thy mouth 
wide, and I will fill it. 

11 But my people would not 
hearken to my voice; and fs’ra-el 
would none of me. 

12 So I gave them up unto 
their own hearts’ lust: and they 
walked in their own counsels. 

13 Oh that my people had 


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Complaint of conspiracies 


PSALMS, 82-84 


hearkened untae 
hearkened unto me, and is’ra-el | let us cut them off from being a 


had walked in my ways! 

14 I should soon have subdued 
their enemies, and turned my 
hand against their adversaries. 

15 The haters of the LORD 


Should have submitted them= 


selves unto him: but their time 
should have endured for ever. 
16 He should have fed them 
also with the finest of the wheat: 
and with honey out of the rock 
should I have satisfied thee. 


560 PSALM 82 
having exhorted the 
judges, prays God to judge. 
A Psalm of Asaph. 
Gor standeth in the congre- 
gation of the mighty; he 
judgeth among the gods. 

2 How long will ye judge un- 
justly, and accept the persons of 
the wicked? Sé’lah. 

3 Defend the poor and father- 
less: do justice to the afflicted 
and needy. 

4 Deliver the poor and needy: 
rid them out of the hand of the 
wicked. ; 

5 They know not, neither will 
they understand; they walk on 
in darkness: all the foundations 
of the earth are out of course. 

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and 


_ all of you are children of the most 


igh. 
7 But ye shall die like men, 


and fall like one of the princes. 


nation; that the name of is’ra-el 
may be no more in remembrance. 

5 For they have consulted to- 
gether with one consent: they 
are confederate against thee: 

The tabernacles of &’dom, 
and the Ish’ma-el-ites: of MO’ab, 
and the Ha’gar-énes; 

_7 Gé/bal, and Am/’mén, and 
Am/a-lék; the Phi-lis’tines with 
the inhabitants of Tyre; 

8 As’sur also is joined with 
them: they have holpen the 
children of Lét. Sé’lah. 

9 Do unto them as unto the 
Mid’i-an-ites; as to Sis’e-ra, as 
to Ja’bin, at the brook of Ki’son: 

10 Which perished at En’—dor: 
they became as dung for the 
earth. : 3 

11 Make their nobles like 6’reb, 
and like Zé’eb: yea, ail their 
princes as Zé’bah, and as Zal- 
mun’na: | 

12 Who said, Let us take to our- 
selves the houses of God in pos- 
session. 

13 O my God, make them like a 
ee as the stubble before the 


wind. 

14 As the fire burneth a wood, 
and as the flame setteth the 
mountains on fire; 

15 So persecute them with thy 
tempest, and make them afraid 
with thy storm. 

16 Fill their faces with shame; 
that they may seek thy name, O 

RD. 


8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: | Lo 


for thou shalt inherit all ntions. 
561 PSALM 83 


1 Complaint of conspiracies. 9 Prayer 
against them that oppress the church. 


A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 
O 


EEE not thou silence, 
God: hold not thy peace, 


and be not still, O God. 


2 For, lo, thine enemies make 
a tumult: and they that hate 
thee have lifted up the head. 

' 3 They have taken crafty coun- 
sel against thy people, and con- 
sulted against thy hidden ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and 


17 Let them be confounded and 
troubled for ever; yea, let them 
be put to shame, and perish: 

18 That men may know that 
thou, whose name alone is JE- 
HO’VAH, arf the most high over 
all the earth. 


PSALM 84 562 

1 Longing for the communion of the 

Sanctuary. 8 Prayer to dwell therein. 

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

OW amiable are thy taber- 

nacles, O LORD of hosts! 

2 My soul longeth, yea, even 


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PSALMS, 85, 86 


fainteth for the courts of. the 
LORD: my heart and my flesh 
crieth out for the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found 
an house, and the swallow a nest 
for herself, where she may lay 
her young, even thine altars, O 
BORD of hosts, my King, and my 

od. 

4 Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house: they will be still 
praising thee. Sé’lah. 

5 Blessed is the man whose 
strength is in thee; in whose 
heart are the ways of them. 

6 Who passing through the 
valley of Ba’ca make it a well; 
the rain also filleth the pools. 

They go from strength to 
strength, every one of them in 
Zi’on appeareth before God. 

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear 
my prayer: give ear, O God of 
Ja’cob. Sé/lah. : 

9 Behold, O God our shield, 
and look upon the face of thine 
anointed. ; : 

10 For a day in thy courts ts 
better than a thousand. I had 
rather be a doorkeeper in the 
house of my God, than to dwell 
in the tents of wickedness. 

11 For the LORD God is a sun 
and shield: the LORD will give 
grace and glory: no good thing 
will he withhold from them that 
walk uprightly. : 

12 O LoRD of hosts, blessed is 
the man that trusteth in thee. 


563 PSALM 85 
1 The psalmist prays for former mer- 
cies. 8 Confidence in God’s goodness. 


To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
Sons of Korah. 


| ae thou hast been favour- 
able unto thy land: thou 
hast brought back the captivity 
of Ja’cob. : aa), 

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniq- 
uity of thy people, thou hast 
covered all their sin. Sé/lah. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy 
wrath: thou hast turned thyself 


from the fierceness of thine anger. | call upon thee: 





Confidence in God 


tion, and cause thine anger to- 
ward us to cease. d 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for 
ever? wilt thou draw out thine 
anger to all generations? 

6 Wilt thou not revive us 
again: that thy people may re- 
joice in thee? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, 
and grant us thy salvation. 

8 I will hear what God the 
LORD will speak: for he will 
speak peace unto his people, and 
to his saints: but let them not 
turn again to folly. 

9 Surely his salvation is nigh 
them that fear him; that glory 
may dwell in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met 
together; righteousness and 
peace have kissed each other. 

11 Truth shall spring out of 
the earth; and righteousness 
shall look down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the LORD shall give 
that whichis good; and our land 
shall yield her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go be- 
fore him; and shall set us in the 
way of his steps. 


PSALM 86 564 


1 David relies on God’s mercy. 17 He 
desires some token of God’s goodness. 


A Prayer of David. 


OW down thine ear, O LORD, 
hear me: for I am poor an 
needy. 

2 Preserve my soul; for I am 
holy: O thou my God, save thy 
servant that trusteth in thee. 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: 
for I cry unto thee daily. 

4 Rejoice the soul of thy serv- 
ant: for unto thee, O Lord, dol 
lift up my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and 
ready to forgive; and plenteous 
in mercy unto all them that c 
upon thee. 

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my 
prayer; and attend to the voice ~ 
of my supplications. si 

7 In the day of my trouble I will 
for thou wilt an- 


4 Turn us, O God of our cela: : Sweet me, 





David's sore complaint 


8 Among the gods there is 
none like unto thee, O Lord; 
neither are there any works like 
unto thy works. 

9 All nations whom thou hast 
made shall come and worship 
before thee, O Lord; and shail 
glorify thy name. 

10 For thou art great, and doest 
wondrous things: thou art God 
alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lorp; 
I wiil walk in thy truth: unite 
my heart to fear thy name. 

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my 
God, with all my heart: and I 
will glorify thy name for ever- 
more. : 

13 For great is thy mercy to- 
ward me: and thou hast deliv- 
ooce my soul from the lowest 

& 


140 God, the proud are risen 


against me, and the assemblies of 
violent men have sought after th 


my soul; and have not set thee 
before them. 

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God 
full of compassion, and gracious, 
longsuffering, and plenteous in 
mercy and truth. 

16 O turn unto me, and have 
mercy upon me; give thy strength 


unto thy servant, and save the 


son of thine handmaid. 

7 Shew me a token for good: 
that they which hate me may see 
it, and be ashamed: because 
thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and 
comforted me. 


565 PSALM 87 
The nature and glory of the church. 
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. 


H's foundation is in the holy 
mountains. 


2 The LORD loveth the gates of | d 
_ Zi’6n more than all the dwellings 


of Ja’cob. ; 
3 Glorious things are spoken 
of thee, O city of God. Séah. 
4 I will make mention of Ra’- 
hab and Bab’¥-lon to them that 
know me: behold Phi-lis’tia, and 
yre, with £-thi-6’pi-a; this man 
Was born there, 


PSALMS, 87, 88 


5 And of Zi’én it shall be said, 
This and that man was born in 
her: and the highest himself 
shall establish her. 

The LORD shall count, when 
he writeth up the people, that 
this man was born there. Sé’lah. 

7 As well the singers as the 
Players on instruments shall be 
there: all my springs are in thee. 


PSALM 88 566 

Grievous complaint of David in prayer. 
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, 
to the chief Musician upon Mahalath 


Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the 


Ezrahite. 


LORD God of my salvation, 
I have cried day and night 
before thee: 

2 Let my prayer come before 
thee: incline thine ear unto my 
cry; 

3 For my soul is full of troubles: 


and my life draweth nigh unto 


e grave, 

4 I am counted with them that 
go down into the pit: Iamasa 
man that hath no strength: 

Free among the dead, like the 
slain that lie in the grave, whom 
thou rememberest no more: and 
choy are cut off from thy 

and. 

6 Thou hast laid me in the low- 
est pit, in darkness, in the 
deeps. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon 
me, and thou hast afflicted me 
with all thy waves. Sé’lah. 

8 Thou hast put away mine ac- 
quaintance far from me; thou 
hast made*me an abomination 
unto them: J am shut up, and I 
cannot come forth. 

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason 
of affliction: LORD, I have called 
aily upon thee, I have stretched 
out my hands unto thee. 

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to 
the dead? shall the dead arise 
and praise thee? _Sé’lah. 

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be 
declared in the grave? or thy 
faithfulness in destruction? 

12 Shall thy wonders be known 
in the dark? and thy righteous- 


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PSALMS, 89 
ness in the land of forgetful- 


ness! 

13 But unto thee have I cried, O 
LORD: and in the morning shall 
my prayer prevent thee. 

14 LORD, why castest thou off 
my soul? why hidest thou thy 
face from me? 

15 I am afflicted and ready to 
die from my youth up: while I 
suffer thy terrors I am _ dis- 
tracted. 

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over 
me: thy terrors have cut me off. 

17 They came round about me 
daily like water; they compassed 
me about together. 

18 Lover and friend hast thou 
put far from me, and mine ac- 
quaintance into darkness. 


567 PSALM 89 
1 Praise of God for his covenant and 
ask ah 46 David prays and blesses 


od. 
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 


WILL sing of the mercies of 
the LORD for ever: with my 
mouth will I make known thy 
faithfulness to all generations. 
2 For I have said, Mercy shall 
be built up for ever; thy faithful- 
ness shalt thou establish in the 
very heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with 
my chosen, I have sworn unto 
Da’vid my servant, 

4. Thy seed will I establish for 
ever, and build up thy throne to 
all generations. Sé’lah. 

5 And the heavens shall praise 
thy wonders, O LORD: thy faith- 
fulness also in the congregation 
of the saints. 

6 For who in the heaven can be 
compared unto the LORD? who 
among the sons of the mighty can 
be likened unto the LORD? 

7 God is greatly to be feared in 
the assembly of the saints, and to 
be had in reverence of all them 
that are about him. ; 

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is 
a strong LORD like unto thee? or 
to thy faithfulness round about 


ee? 
9 Thou rulest the raging of the 


Praise for covenant and favour 


sea: when the waves thereof 
arise, thou stillest them. 

10 Thou hast broken Ra’hab 
in pieces, as one that is slain; 
thou hast scattered thine ene- 
mies with thy strong arm. 

11 The heavens are thine, the 
earth also is thine: as for the 
world and the fulness thereof, 
thou hast founded them. 

12 The north and the south 
thou hast created them: Ta’bor 
and Hér’mon shall rejoice in 
thy name. 

13 Thou hast a_mighty arm: 
strong is thy hand, and high is 
thy right hand. . 

14 Justice and judgment are 
the habitation of thy throne: 
mercy and truth shall go before 
thy face. : 

15 Blessed is the people that 
know the joyful sound: they 
shall walk, O LORD, in the light 
of thy countenence. 

16 In thy name shall they re- 
joice all the day: and in thy 
righteousness shall they be ex- 
alted. 

17 For thou art the glory of 
their strength: and in thy favour 
our horn shall be exalted. 

18 For the LoRD is our de- 
fence; and the Holy One of 
Is’ra-el is our king. boar ot 
19 Then thou spakest in vision 
to thy holy one, and saidst, Ihave 
laid help upon one that is mighty; 
I have exalted one chosen out o 
the people. 

20 I have found D§éa’vid my 
servant; with my holy oil have I 
anointed him: 

21 With whom my hand shail 
be established: mine arm also 
shall strengthen him. 

22 The enemy shall not exact 
upon him; nor the son of wick- 
edness afflict him. ‘ 

23 And I will beat down his foes 
before his face, and plague them 
that hate him. 

24 But my faithfulness and my 
mercy shall be with him: and in 
a Bee shall his horn be ex- 
alted. 










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The brevity of human life 


25 I will set his hand also in 
the sea, and his right hand in the 
rivers. 

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou 
art my father, my God, and the 
rock of my salvation. : 

27 Also I will make him my 


firstborn, higher than the kings 


of the earth. : 

28 My mercy will I keep for 
him for evermore, and my cove- 
nant shall stand fast with him. 

29 His seed also will I make fo 
endure for ever, and his throne 
as the days of heaven. 

30 If his children forsake my 
law, and walk not in my judg- 
ments; 

31 If they break my statutes, 
and keep not my commandments; 

32 Then will I visit their trans- 
gression with the rod, and their 
iniquity with stripes. ___ 

33 Nevertheless my lovingkind- 
ness will I not utterly take from 
him, nor suffer my faithfulness 
to fail. s 
‘ 34 My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone 


- out of my lips. 


35 Once have I sworn by my 
holiness that I will not lie unto 
Da’vid. 

36 His seed shall endure for 
ever, and his throne as the sun 
before me. 

37 It shall be established for 


- ever as the moon, and as a faith- 


ful witness in heaven. Sé’lah. 
38 But thou hast cast off and 
abhorred, thou hast been wroth 


- with thine anointed. 


covenant of thy servant: 


39 Thou hast made void the 
thou 
hast profaned his crown by cast- 
ing it to the ground. 

40 Thou hast broken down all 
his hedges; thou hast brought 
his strong holds to ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil 
him: he is a reproach to his 
neighbours. : 

42 Thou hast set up the right 
hand of his adversaries; thou 
hast made all his enemies to 
rejoice. 

46 


PSALMS, 90 


43 Thou hast also turned the 
edge of his sword, and hast not 
made him to stand in the battle. 

44 Thou hast made his glory 
to cease, and cast his throne 
down to the ground. 

45 The days of his youth hast 
thou shortened: thou hast cov- 
ered him with shame. Sé’lah. 

46 How long, LORD? wilt thou 
hide thyself for ever? shall thy 
wrath burn like fire? 

47 Remember how short my 
time is: wherefore hast thou 
made all men in vain? 

48 What man is he that liveth, 
and shall not see death? shall 
he deliver his soul from the hand 
of the grave? Sé’lah. 

49 Lord, where are thy former 
lovingkindnesses, which thou 
swarest unto Da’vid in thy 
truth? 

50 Remember, Lord, the re- 
proach of thy servants; how Ido 
bear in my bosom the reproach of 
all the mighty people; 

51 Wherewith thine enemies 
have reproached, O LORD; 
wherewith they have reproached 
the footsteps of thine anointed. 

52 Blessed_ be the LORD for 
evermore. A-mén’, and A-mén’. 

PSALM 90 568 
1 Moses sets forth God’s promises and 
chastisements. 10 The brevity of life. 
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 
ORD, thou hast been our 
dwelling place in all gen- 
erations. 

2 Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever thou hadst 
formed the earth and the world, 
even from everlasting to ever- 
lasting, thou art God. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruc- 
tion; and sayest, Return, ye 
children of men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy 
sight are but as yesterday when 
it is past, and as a watch in the » 
night. 

5 Thou carriest them away as 
with a flood; they are as a sleep: 
in the morning they are like 
grass which groweth up. 


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PSALMS, 91, 92 


6 In the morning it flourisheth, 
and groweth up; in the evening 
it is cut down, and withereth. 

7 For we are consumed by thine 
anger, and by thy wrath are we 
troubled. Pree ny 

8 Thou hast set.our iniquities 
before thee, our secret sins in 
the light of thy countenance. 

9 For all our days are passed 
away in thy wrath: we spend our 
years asa tale that is told. 

10 The days of our years are 
threescore years and ten; and if 
by reason of strength they be 
fourscore years, yet is their 
strength labour and sorrow; for 
itis soon cut off, and we fly away. 

1 Who knoweth the power of 
thine anger? even according to 
thy fear, so is thy wrath. 

12 So teach us to number our 
days, that we may apply our 
hearts unto wisdom. 

13 Return, O LORD, how long? 
and let it repent thee concerning 
thy servants. é 

14 O satisfy us early with thy 
mercy; that we may rejoice and 
be glad all our days. f 

15 Make us glad according to 
the days wherein thou hast 
afflicted us, and the years where- 
in we have seen evil. 

16 Let thy work appear unto 
thy servants, and thy glory unto 
their children. 

17 And let the beauty of the 
LORD our God be upon us: and 
establish thou the work of our 
hands upon us; yea, the work of 
our hands establish thou it. 


569 PSALM 91 
1 Happy estate of the godly. 3 Their 
safety. 5& Their exaltation. 
E that dwelleth in the secret: 
* place of the most High shall 
abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 
- 2 I will say of the LORD, He is 
my refuge and my fortress: my 
God; in him will I trust. 
3 Surely he shall deliver thee 
from the snare of the fowler, and 
from the noisome pestilence. 


‘Happy estate of the godly 


4 He shall cover thee with his 
feathers, and under his wings 
shalt thou trust: his truth shall 
be thy shield and buckler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for 
the terror by night; nor for the 
atrow that flieth by day; 

6 Nor for the pestilence that 
walketh in darkness; nor for the 
destruction that wasteth at noon- 


day. 

7 A thousand shall fall at thy 
side, and ten thousand at thy 
right hand; but it shall not come 
nigh thee. ; 

8 Only with thine eyes shalt 
thou behold and see the reward 
of the wicked. 

9 Because thou hast made the 
LORD, which is my refuge, even 
the most High, thy habitation; 

10 There shall no evil befall 
thee, neither shall any plague 
come nigh thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in 


y ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in 
their hands, lest thon dash thy 
foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the 
lion and adder: the young lion 
and the dragon shalt thou tram- 
ple under feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love 
upon me, therefore will I deliver 
him: I will set him on high, be- 
cause he hath known my name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and I 
will answer him: I will be with 
him in trouble; I will deliver 
him, and honour him. 

16 With long life will I satisfy 
him, and shew him my salvation. 


PSALM 92 570 
The prophet exhorts to praise of God. 
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. 
T is a good thing to give thanks 


unto the LORD, and to sing 
praises unto thy name, O most 


igh: 

2 To shew forth thy lovingkind- 
ness in the morning, and thy 
faithfulness every night. 


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Majesty of God’s kingdom 


_3 Upon an instrument of ten 
strings, and upon the psaltery; 
upon the harp with a solemn 
sound. 

4 For thou, LORD, hast made 
me glad through thy work: I will 
triumph in the works of thy 
hands. 

5 O LORD, how great are thy 
works! and thy thoughts are 
very deep. 

6 A brutish man knoweth not; 
neither doth a fool understand 


is. 

7 When the wicked spring as 
the grass, and when all the work- 
ers Of iniquity do flourish; it is 
- that they shall be destroyed for 
ever: 

8 But thou, LORD, art most 
high for evermore. 

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O 
LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall 
perish; all the workers of iniq- 
uity shall be scattered. 

10 But my horn shalt thou ex- 
alt like the horn of an unicorn: I 
shall be anointed with fresh oil. 

11 Mine eye also shall see my 
desire on mine enemies, and 
mine ears shall hear my desire 
of the 
against me. 2 

12 The righteous shall flourish 


like the palm tree: he shall grow | | 


like a cedar in Léb’a-non. | 
13 Those that be planted in the 
house of the LORD shall flourish 
in the courts of our God. 
14 They shall still bring forth 
fruit in old age; they shall be fat 
_and flourishing; ; 
- 15 To shew that the LORD is 
upright: he is my rock, and there 
is no unrighteousness in him. 


571 PSALM 93 

Majesty of God's kingdom. 

HE LorpD _reigneth, he is 

clothed with majesty; the 
LORD is clothed with strength, 
_ wherewith he hath girded him- 
_ self: the world also is stablished, 
_ that it cannot be moved. 
2 Thy throne is established of 
old: thou art from everlasting. 


wicked that rise up|h 


PSALMS, 93, 94 


3 The floods have lifted up, O 

LORD, the floods have lifted up 
their voice; the floods lift up 
their waves. 
_4 The LORD on high is might- 
ier than the noise of many waters, 
yea, than the mighty waves of the 
sea. 

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: 
holiness becometh thine house, O 
LORD, for ever. 


PSALM 94 572 

1 Complaint of tyranny and impiety. 

2 eae Ba dh of igiiction tine 

LORD God, to whom ven- 

geance belongeth; O God, 

to whom vengeance belongeth, 
shew thyself. ; 

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of 
the earth: render a reward to the 
proud. 

3 LORD, how ong shall the 
wicked, how long shall the wick- 
ed triumph? 

4 How long shall they utter 
and speak hard things? and all 
the workers of iniquity boast 
themselves? . 

5 They break in pieces thy 
people, O LORD, and afflict thine 
eritage. 

6 They slay the widow and the 
stranger, and murder the father- 
ess. 

7 Yet they say, The LORD shall 
not see, neither shall the God of 
ja’cob regard it. 

8 Understand, ye brutish among 
the people: and ye fools, when 
will ye be wise? 

9 He that planted the ear, shall 
he not hear? he that formed the 
eye, shall he not see? 

10 He that chastiseth the hea- 
then, shall not he correct? he 
that teacheth man knowledge, 
shall not he know? 

11 The LORD knoweth the 
thoughts of man, that they are 


vanity. j 
12 Blessed is the man whom 
thou chastenest, O LORD, and 
teachest him out of thy law; _. 
13 That thou mayest give him 
rest from the days of adversity, 


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PSALMS, 95, 96 


on the pit be digged for the 
wic 

14 For the LORD will not cast 
off his people, neither will he for- 
sake his inheritance. 

15 But judgment shall eet 
unto righteousness: and all 
upright in heart shall follow it 

16 Who will rise up for me 
against the evildoers? or who 
will stand up for me against the 
workers of iniquity? 

17 Unless the LORD had been 
my help, my soul had almost 
dwelt in silence. b 

8 When I said, My foot slip- 
peth; thy mercy, O LORD, held 
me up 

19 In the multitude of my 
thoughts within me thy com- 
forts delight my soul. 

20 Shall the throne of iniquity 
have fellowship with thee, which 
frameth mischief by a law? 

21 They gather themselves 
together against the soul of the 
righteous, and condemn _ the 
innocent blood. 

22 But the LORD is my defence; 
and my God is the rock of my 
refuge. 

23 And he shall bring upon 
them their own iniquity, and 
shall cut them off in their own 
wickedness; yea, the LORD our 
God shall cut them off. 


573 PSALM 95 
An exhortation to praise God for his 
goodness. 


COME, let us sing unto the 
LORD: let us make a joyful 
noise to the rock of our salvation. 

2 Let us come before his pres- 
ence with thanksgiving, and 
make a joyful noise unto him 
with psalms. : 

3 For the LORD is a great God, 
and a great King above all gods. 
41In his hand are the deep 

places of the earth: the strength 
of the hills is his also. 

_5 The sea is his, and he made 
it: and his hands formed the dry 
land. 

6 O come, let us worship and 


Ezhortation to praise God 


bow down: let us kneel before. 
the LORD our maker. 

7 For he is our God; and we 
are the people of his pasture, and 
the sheep of hishand. To day if 
ye will hear his voice, — 

8 Harden not your heart, as in 
the provocation, and as in the 
day of temptation in the wilder- 
ness: 

9 When your fathers tempted 
me, proved me, and saw my 
work. 

10 Forty years long was I 
grieved with this generation, and 
said, It is a people that do err in 
their heart, and they have not 
known my ways: . 

11 Unto whom I sware in my 
wrath that they should not enter 
into my rest. 


PSALM 96 574 
An exhortation to praise God for his 
judgment. 


SING unto the LORD a new 
song: sing unto the LORD, 
all the earth. 

2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his 
name; shew forth his salvation 
from day to day. 

3 Declare his glory among the 
heathen, his wonders among all 
people. 

4 For the LORD is great, and 
greatly to be praised: he is to be 
feared above all gods. 

5 For all the gods of the na- 
tions are idols: but the LORD 
made the heavens. |. 

6 Honour and majesty are be- 
fore him: strength and beauty 
are in his sanctuary. ; 

7 Give unto the LORD, O ye 
kindreds of the people, give unto 
the LORD glory and strength. 

8 Give unto the LORD the glory 
due unto his name: bring an 
offering, and come into his courts. 

9 O worship the LORD in the 
beauty of holiness: fear before 
him, all the earth. 

10 Say among the heathen fthaf 
the LORD reigneth: the world 
also shall be established that it 


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shall not be moved: he shall | righteous; 


judge the people righteously. 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and 
let the earth be glad; let the sea 
roar, and the fulness thereof. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and all 
that is therein: then shall all the 
trees of the wood rejoice 

13 Before the LORD: for he 
cometh, for he cometh to judge 
the earth: he shall judge the 
world with righteousness, and 
the people with his truth 


575 PSALM 97 
The majesty of God’s kingdom. 


HE LORD reigneth; let the 
earth rejoice; let the mul- 
titude of isles be glad thereof. 

2 Clouds and darkness are 
round about him: righteousness 
and judgment are the habitation 
of his throne. 

3 A fire goeth before him, and 
burneth up his enemies round 
about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened 
the world: the earth saw, and 
trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at 
the presence of the LORD, at the 
presence of the Lord of the whole 


earth. ak 

6 The heavens declare his right- 
eousness, and all the people see 
his glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that 
serve graven images, that boast 
themselves of idols: worship 
him, all ye gods. 

8 Zi’on heard, and was glad; 
and the daughters of Ji’dah re- 
joiced because of thy judgments, 
O LORD. f 

® For thou, LORD, art high 
above all the earth: thou art ex- 
alted far above all gods. 

10 Ye that love the LORD, hate 
evil: he preserveth the souls of 

is saints; he delivereth them 
out of the hand of the wicked. 

11. Light is sown for the right- 
eous, and gladness for the up- 
right in heart. 

ok Rejoice in the LORD, ye 


PSALMS, 97-99 


and give thanks at 
the remembrance of his holiness. 


PSALM 98 76 


Let all creatures praise God. 
A Psalm. 


SING unto the LORD a new 

song; for he hath done 
marvellous things: his right 
hand, and his holy arm, hath 
gotten him the victory. 

2 The LORD hath made known 
his salvation: his righteousness 
hath he openly shewed in the 
sight of the heathen. 

He hath remembered his 
mercy and his truth toward the 
house of is’ra-el: all the ends 
of the earth have seen the salva- 
tion of our God. 

4 Make a joyful noise unto the 
LORD, all the earth: make a loud 
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the LORD with the 
harp; with the harp, and the 
voice of a psalm. 

With trumpets and sound 
of cornet make a joyful noise be- 
fore the LORD, the King. 

Let the sea roar, and the ful- 
ness thereof; the world, and they 
that dwell therein. } 

8 Let the floods clap their 
hands: let the hills be joyful 
together 

9 Before the LORD; for he 
cometh to judge the earth: with 
righteousness shall he judge the 
world, and the people with 
equity. 


PSALM 99 577 


The prophet exhorts to worship in Zion. 


HE LORD reigneth; let the 

people tremble: he sitteth 
between the cherubims; let the 
earth be moved. dete ae 
2 The LORD is great in Zi’dn; 
and he is high above all the 
people. ‘ 
3 Let them praise thy great 
and terrible name; for it zs holy. 
4 The king’s strength also 
loveth judgment; thou dost 
establish equity, thou executest 


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PSALMS, 100-102 


judgment and righteousness in 
Ja’cob. 

5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, 
and worship at his footstool; 
for he is holy. , 

6 Mo’ses and Aar’on among his 
priests, and Sam/’u-el among 
them that call upon his name; 
they called upon the LORD, and 
he answered them. ' 

7 He spake unto them in the 
cloudy pillar: they kept his testi- 
monies, and the ordinance that 
he gave them. 

8 Thou answeredst them, O 
LORD our God: thou wast a 
God that forgavest them, though 
thou tookest vengeance of their 
inventions. _ 

9 Exalt the LORD our God, and 
worship at his holy hill; for the 
LORD our God is holy. 


578 PSALM 100 
An exhortation to praise God cheerfuily. 
A Psalm of praise. 
AKE a joyful noise unto the 
LORD, all ye lands. 

2 Serve the LORD with glad- 
ness: come before his presence 
with singing. ( 

3 Know ye that the LORD he is 
God: it is he that hath made us, 
and not we ourselves; we are 
his people, and the sheep of his 
pasture. 

4 Enter into his gates with 
thanksgiving, and into his courts 
with praise: be thankful unto 
him, and bless his name. 

5 For the LORD is good; his 
mercy is everlasting; and his 
truth endureth to all generations. 


579 PSALM 101 
David makes a vow and profession of 
godliness. 


A Psalm of David. 


J WILL sing of mercy and judg- 
ment: unto thee, O LORD, 
will I sing. 

2 I will behave myself wisely 
in a perfect way. O when wilt 
thou come unto me? I will walk 
nafs my house with a perfect 

e ° 


Exhortation to worship 


3 Iwill setno wicked thing be- 
fore mine eyes: I hate the work 
of Cae that turn aside; it shall 
not cleave to me. 

4 A froward heart shall depart 
from me: I will not know a 
wicked person. ; 

5 Whoso privily slandereth his 
neighbour, him will I cut off: 
him that hath an high look anda 
proud heart will not I suffer. 

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the 
faithful of the land, that they may 
dwell with me: he that walketh 
in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 

7 He that worketh deceit shall 
not dwell within my house: he 
that telleth lies shall not tarry in 
my sight. 

8 I will early destroy all the 
wicked of the land; that I may 
cut off all wicked doers from the 
city of the LORD. 


PSALM 102 580 
1 A grievous complaint. 12 God's mer- 
cies are to be recorded. 


A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is over« 
whelmed, and poureth out his complaint 
before the Lorp. 


HyYF*R my prayer, O LORD, 
a and let my cry come unto 


ee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in 
the day when I am in trouble: » 
incline thine ear unto me: in the 
day when I call answer me 
speedily. 

3 For my days are consumed 
like smoke, and my bones are 
burned as an hearth. 

4 My heart is smitten, and 
withered like grass; so that I 
forget to eat my bread. | 

5 By reason of the voice of my | 
ie So my bones cleave to my 
skin. 


6 Iam like a pelican of the wil- 
derness: I am like an owl of the 
desert. 

7 I watch, and am as a sparrow 
alone upon the house top. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all 
the day; and they that are mad 
against me are sworn against 
me. 


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God’s mercy and lovingkindness 


9 For I have eaten ashes like 
bread, and mingled my drink 
with weeping, |. |. { 

10 Because of thine indignation 
and thy wrath: for thou hast 
lifted me up, and cast me down. 

11 My days are like a shadow 
that declineth; and I am with- 
ered like grass. 

12 But thou, O LORD, shalt 
endure for ever; and thy re- 
membrance unto all generations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have 
mercy upon Zi’6n: for the time 
to favour her, yea, the set time, 
is come. 

14 For thy servants take pleas- 
ure in her stones, and favour the 
dust thereof. 

15 So the heathen shall fear 
the name of the LORD, and all the 
kings of the earth thy glory. 

16 When the LORD shall build 
up Zi’on, he shall appear in his 
glory. 

17 He will regard the prayer of 
the destitute, and not despise 
their prayer. : 

18 This shall be written for 
the generation to come: and the 
people which shall be created 
shall praise the LORD. 

19 For he hath looked down 
from the height of his sanctuary; 
from heaven did the LORD behold 
the earth; 

20 To hear the groaning of the 
prisoner; to loose those that are 
appointed to death; 

21 To declare the name of the 
LORD in Zi’6n, and his praise in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; 

22 When the people are gath- 
ered together, and the kingdoms, 
to serve the LORD. 

23 He weakened my strength 
he shortened my 


not away in the midst of my 
days: thy years are throughout 
all generations. f 

25 Of old hast thou laid the 
foundation of the earth: and the 
heavens are the work of thy 
hands. 


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26 They shall perish, but thou 
shalt endure: yea, all of them 
shall wax old like a garment; as 
a vesture shalt thou change them, 
and they shall be changed: 

27 But thou art the same, and 
thy years shall have no end. 

28 The children of thy servants 
shall continue, and their seed 
shall be established before thee. 


PSALM 103 581 


An exhortation to bless God for his mercy. 
A Psalm of David. 


LESS the LORD, O my soul: 
and all that is within me, 
bless his holy name. 

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, 
and forget not all his benefits: 

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniq- 
uities; who healeth all thy 
diseases; 

4 Who redeemeth thy life from 
destruction; who crowneth thee 
with lovingkindness and tender 
mercies; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth 
with good things; so that thy 
youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 

6 The LORD executeth right- 
eousness and judgment for all 
that are oppressed. 

7 He made known his ways 
unto M6’ses, his acts unto the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

8 The LORD is merciful and 
gracious, slow to anger, and 
plenteous in mercy. ) 

9 He will not always chide: 
neither will he keep his anger for 


ever. 
10 He hath not dealt with us 
after our sins; nor rewarded us 
according to our iniquities. 
11 For as the heaven is high 
above the earth, so great is his 
mercy toward them that fear him. 
12 As far as the east is from 
the west, so far hath he removed 
our transgressions from us. _ . 
13 Like as a father pitieth his 
children, so the LORD pitieth 
them that fear him. 
14 For he knoweth our frame; 
he remembereth that we are dust. 
15 As for man, his days are as 


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grass: asa flower of the field, so 
he flourisheth. f 

16 For the wind passeth over it, 
and it is gone; and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. _ 

17 But the mercy of the LORD ts 
from everlasting -to everlasting 
upon them that fear him, and his 
righteousness unto children’s 
children; : 

18 To such as keep his cove- 
nant, and to those that remember 
his commandments to do them. 

19 The LORD hath prepared his 
throne in the heavens; and his 
kingdom ruleth over ail. 

20 Bless the LORD, ye his 
angels, that excelin strength, that 
do his commandments, heark- 
ening unto the voice of his word. 

21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye 
his hosts; ye ministers of his, 
that do his pleasure. 

22 Bless the LORD, all his 
works in all places of his domin- 
ion: bless the LORD, O my soul. 


582 PSALM 104 
1 Meditation on the power and provi- 
dence of God’s glory. 31 Eternity 
of God's glory. 
LESS the LORD, O my soul. 
O LORD my God, thou art 
very great; thou art clothed with 
honour and majesty. 

2 Who coverest thyself with 
light as with a garment: who 
stretchest out the heavens like a 
curtain: 

3 Who layeth the beams of his 
chambers in the waters: who 
maketh the clouds his chariot: 
who walketh upon the wings of 
the wind: 

4 Who maketh his angels 
spirits: his ministers-a flaming 

re: 

5 Who laid the foundations of 
the earth, that it should not be 
removed for ever. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the 
deep as with a garment: the wa- 
ters stood above the mountains. 

At thy rebuke they fled; at 
the voice of thy thunder they 
hasted away. 


Power and providence of God 


8 They go up by the mountains; 
they go down by the valleys unto 
the place which thou hast found- 
ed for them. 

9 Thou hast set a bound that 
they may not pass over; that 
they turn not again to cover the 
earth. eH 

10 He sendeth the springs into 
the valleys, which run among 
the hills. 

11 They give drink to every 
beast of the field: the wild asses 
quench their thirst. 

12 By them shall the fowls of 
the heaven have their habitation, 
which sing among the branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from 
his chambers: the earth is satis- 
fied with the fruit of thy works. 

14 He causeth the grass to 
grow for the cattle, and herb for 
the service of man: that he may 
bring forth food out of the earth; 

15 And wine that maketh glad 
the heart of man, and oil to make 
his face to shine, and bread 
which strengtheneth man’s heart. 

16 The trees of the LORD are 
full of sap; the cedars of Léb’a- 
non, which he hath planted; 

17 Where the birds make their 
nests: as for the stork, the fir 
trees are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge 
for the wild goats; and the rocks® 
for the conies. 

19 He appointed the moon for 
seasons: the sun knoweth his 
going down. 

_20 Thou makest, darkness, and 
it is night: wherein all the beasts 
of the forest do creep forth. 

21 The young lions roar after 
their prey, and seek their meat 
from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather 
themselves together, 
them down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his 
work and to his labour until the 
evening. 

24 O LORD, how manifold are 
thy works! in wisdom hast thou 
made them all: the earth is full 
of thy riches. 


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25 Sois this great and wide sea, 
wherein are things creeping in- 
numerable, both small and great 
beasts. f 

26 There go the ships: ‘there is 
that leviathan, whom thou hast 
made to play therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee; 
that thou mayest give them their 
meat in due season. 

28 That thou givest them they 
gather: thou openest thine hand, 
they are filled with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they 
are troubled: thou takest away 
their breath, they die, and return 
to their dust. 

30 Thou sendest forth thy 
spirit, they are created: and thou 
renewest the face of the earth. 

31 The glory of the LORD shall 
endure for ever: the LORD shall 
rejoice in his works. 

32 He looketh on the earth, and 
it trembleth: he toucheth the 
hills, and they smoke. 

33 I will sing unto the LORD as 
long as I live: I will sing praise 
to my God while I have my 
being. fe see - 

34 My meditation of him shall 


be sweet: I will be glad in the 


LORD. 

35 Let the sinners be consumed 
out of the earth, and let the 
wicked be no more. Bless thou 
the LORD, O my soul. Praise 
ye the LORD. 


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1 Exhortation to praise God. 9 God's 
providence over the patriarchs. 


GIVE thanks unto the 
LORD; call upon his name: 


make known his deeds among 


the people. ; ; 

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms 
unto him: talk ye of all his won- 
drous works. _ 

3 Glory ye in his holy name: 
let the heart of them rejoice that 
seek the LORD. : 

4 Seek the LorpD, and his 
seek his face ever- 


more. : 
5 Remember his marvellous 


PSALMS, 105 


works that he hath done; his 
wonders, and the judgments of 
his mouth; 

6 O ye seed of A’bra-ham his 
servant, ye children of Ja’cob his 
chosen. | 
_7 He is the LORD our God: his 
judgments are in all the earth. 

He hath remembered his 
covenant for ever, the word 
which he commanded to a thou- 
sand generations. 

9 Which covenant he made 
with A’bra-ham, and his oath 
unto I’saac; 

10 And confirmed the same 
unto Ja’cob for a law, and to Is’=- 
ra-el for an everlasting covenant: 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I 
give the land of Ca’/ndan, the lot 
of your inheritance: 

12 When they were but a few 
men in number; yea, very few, 
and strangers in it. 

13 When they went from one 
nation to another, from one king- 
dom to another people; 

14 He suffered no man to do 
them wrong: yea, he reproved 
kings for their sakes; 

15 Saying, Touch not mine 
anointed, and do my prophets no 
harm. 

16 Moreover he called for a 
famine upon the land: he brake 
the whole staff of bread. 

17 He sent a man before them, 
even Joé’seph, who was sold for 
a servant: 

18 Whose feet they hurt with 
fetters: he was laid in iron: 

19 Until the time that his word 
came; the word of the LORD 
tried him. | 

20 The king sent and loosed 
him; even the ruler of the people, 
and let him zo free. 

21 He made him lord of his 
house, and ruler of all his sub- 
stance: f . 

22 To bind his princes at his 
pleasure; and teach his senators 
wisdom. ‘ 
_23 Is’ra-el _also came into 

F’éypt; and Ja’cob sojourned in 
the land of Ham. 


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24 And he increased his people 
greatly; and made them stronger 
than their enemies. 

25 He turned their heart to hate 
his people, to deal subtilly with 
his servants. ‘ 

26 He sent M6’ses his servant; 
and Aar’on whom he had chosen. 
| 27 They shewed his _ signs 
among them, and wonders in the 
land of Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and made 
it dark; and they rebelled not 
against his word. h 

29 He turned their waters into 
blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth 
frogs in abundance, in the cham- 
bers of their kings. 

31 He spake, and there came 
divers sorts of flies, and lice in 
all their coasts. 

32 He gave them hail for rain, 
and flaming fire in their land. 

33 He smote their vines also 
and their fig trees; and brake the 
trees of their coasts. 

34 He spake, and the locusts 
came, and caterpillers, and that 
without number. 

_ 35. And did eat up all the herbs 
in their land, and devoured the 
fruit of their ground. 

36 He smote also all the first- 
born in their land, the chief of 
all their strength. 

37 He brought them forth also 
with silver and gold: and there 
was not one feeble person among 
their tribes. 

38 E’gy¥pt was glad when they 
departed: for the fear of them 
fell upon them. 

39 He spread a cloud for a 
covering; and fire to give light 
in the night. 

40 The people asked, and he 
brought quails, and_ satisfied 
them with the bread of heaven. 

41 He opened the rock, and the 
waters gushed out; they ran in 
the dry places like a river. 

42 For he remembered his holy 
promise, and A’bra-ham his 
servant. : 

43 And he brought forth his 


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People’s rebellions and God’s mercies 


people with joy, and his chosen 
with gladness: 

44 And gave them the lands of 
the heathen: and they inherited 
the labour of the people; 

45 That they might observe 
his statutes, and keep his laws. 
Praise ye the LORD. 


PSALM 106 584 

The people's rebellions and God's 
mercies. 

RAISE ye the LORD. O give 


_thanks unto the LORD; for 
he is good: for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. n 

2 Who can utter the mighty 
acts of the LORD? whocan shew 
forth all his praise? 

3 Blessed are they that keep 
judgment, and he that doeth 
righteousness at all times. __ 

4 Remember me, O LORD, with 
the favour that thou bearest unto 
thy people: O visit me with thy 
salvation; 

5 That I may see the good of 
thy chosen, that I may rejoice 
in the gladness of thy nation, 
that I may glory with thine in- 
heritance. 

6 We have sinned with our 
fathers, we have committed in- 
iquity, we have done wickedly. 

7 Our fathers understood not¢ 
thy wonders in E’g¥pt; they re- 
membered not the multitude of 
thy mercies; but provoked him 
at the sea, even at the Red sea. 

8 Nevertheless he saved them 
for his name’s sake, that he 
might make his mighty power to 
be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, 
and it was dried up: so he led 
them through the depths, as 
through the wilderness. 

10 And he saved them from the 
hand of him that hated them, and 
redeemed them from the hand of 
the enemy. ae | 

11 And the waters covered their | 
enemies: there was not one of 
them left. i i 

12 Then believed they his 
words; they sang his praise. 


People’s rebellions and God’s mercies 


PSALMS, 106 


13. They soon forgat his works; | him for righteousness unto all 


they waited not for his counsel: 

14 But lusted exceedingly in 
the wilderness, and tempted God 
in the desert. 

15 And he gave them their re- 
quest; but sent leanness into 
their soul. 

16 They envied Md’ses also in 
the camp, and Aar’on the saint of 
the LORD. 

17 The earth opened and swal- 
lowed up D4a’than, and covered 
the company of A-bi’/ram. 

18 And a fire was kindled in 
their company; the flame burned 
up the wicked. 

19 They madea calf in H6’reb, 
and worshipped the moltenimage. 

20 Thus 
glory into the similitude of an ox 
that eateth grass. 

21 They forgat God their sav- 
iour, which had done great things 
in E’gypt; 

22 Wondrous works in the land 
of Ham, and terrible things by 
the Red sea. 
| 23 Therefore he said that he 
would destroy them, had not 
MOo’ses his chosen stood before 
him in the breach, to turn away 
his wrath, lest he should destroy 
them. ; 

24 Yea, they despised the 
pleasant land, they believed not 
his word: , 

25 But murmured in their tents, 
and hearkened not unto the voice 
of the LORD. ; 

26 Therefore he lifted up his 

and against them, to overthrow 
them in the wilderness: | 

27 To overthrow their seed 
also among the nations, and to 
scatter them in the lands. 

28 They joined themselves also 
unto Ba/al-pé’or, and ate the 
sacrifices of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to 
anger with their inventions: and 

e plague brake in upon them. 
: 30 Then stood up Phin’e-has, 
and executed judgment: and so 
the plague was stayed. 

31 And that was counted unto 


they changed their | 


generations for evermore. 
32 They angered him also at the 


/waters of strife, so that it went 


ill with MO’ses for their sakes: 
33 Because they provoked his 
spirit, so that he spake unad- 
visedly with his lips. 

34 They did not destroy the 
nations, concerning whom the 
LORD commanded them: 

35 But were mingled among 
the heathen, and learned their 


| works. 


36 And they served their idols: 

which were a snare unto them. 
37 Yea, they sacrificed their 
sons and their daughters unto 
devils, ; 

38 And shed innocent blood, 
even the blood of their sons and 
of their daughters, whom they 
sacrificed unto the idols of Ca’- 
naan: and the land was polluted 
with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with 
their own works, and went a 
whoring with their own inven- 
tions. 

40 Therefore was the wrath of 
the LORD kindled against his 
people, insomuch that he ate 
horred his own inheritance. 

41 And he gave them into the 
hand of the heathen; and they 
that hated them ruled over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed 
them, and they were brought into 
subjection under their hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver 
them; but they provoked him 
with their counsel, and were 
brought low for their iniquity. 

44 Nevertheless he regarded 
their affliction, when he heard 
their cry: 

45 And he remembered for 
them his covenant, and repented 
according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

46 He made them also to be 
pitied of all those that carried 
them captives. 

47 Save us, O LORD our God, 
and gather us from among the 
heathen, to give thanks unto thy 


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holy name, and to triumph in thy 
praise. 

.48 Blessed be the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el from everlasting to ever- 
lasting: and let all the people 
say,A-mén’. Praiseyethe LORD. 


585 PSALM 107 
1 Exhortation to praise. 4 Observance 
of God’s ordinances. 
GIVE thanks unto the LORD, 
for he is good: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD 
say so, whom he hath redeemed 
from the hand of the enemy; 

3 And gathered them out of 
the lands, from the east, and 
from the west, from the north, 
and from the south. 

4 They wandered in the wilder- 
ness in a solitary way; they 
found no city to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul 
fainted in them. 

6 Then they cried unto the 
LORD in their trouble, and he de- 
livered them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

7 And he led them forth by the 
right way, that they might go to 
a city of habitation. 

8 Oh that men would praise the 
LORD for his goodness, and for 
his wonderful works to the chil- 
dren of men! 

‘9 For he satisfieth the longing 
soul, and filleth the hungry soul 
with goodness. 

_10 Such as sit in darkness and 
in the shadow of death, being 
bound in affliction and iron; 

11 Because they rebelled a- 
gainst the words of God, and con- 
temned the counsel of the most 


igh: 

12 Therefore he brought down 
their heart with labour; they fell 
down, and there was none to 
help. 

13 Then they cried unto the 
LORD in their trouble, and he 
saved them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

14 He brought them out of 
darkness and the shadow of 


An exhortation to praise God 


death, and brake their bands in 
sunder. 

15 Oh that men would praise 
the LORD for his goodness, and 
for his wonderful works to the 
children of men! 

16 For he hath broken the 
gates of brass, and cut the bars 
of iron in sunder. 

17 Fools because of their trans- 
gression, and because of their 
iniquities, are afflicted. 

18 Their soul abhorreth all 
manner of meat; and they draw 
near unto the gates of death. 

19 Then they cry unto the LORD 
in their trouble, and he saveth 
them out of their distresses. 

20 He sent his word, and heal- 
ed them, and delivered them from 
their destructions. 

21 Oh that men would praise 
the LORD for his goodness, and 
for his wonderful works to the 
children of men! ; 

22 And let them sacrifice the 
sacrifices of thanksgiving, and 
declare his works with rejoicing. 

23 They that go down to the sea 
in ships, that do business in great 
waters; 

24 These see the works of the 
LORD, and his wonders in the 
deep. 

25 For he commandeth, and 
raiseth the stormy wind, which 
lifteth up the waves thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heav- 
en, they go down again to the © 
depths: their soul is melted be- 
cause of trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and 
stagger like a drunken man, and 
are at their wit’s end. 

28 Then they cry unto the 
LORD in their trouble, and he 
bringeth them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

29 He maketh the storm a 
calm, so that the waves thereof 
are still. 

30 Then are they glad because 
they be quiet; so he bringeth 
them unto their desired haven. 

31 Oh that men would praise 


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PSALMS, 108, 109 


piensa Denrnoemeeres ene ee 
the LORD for his goodness, and | sing praises unto thee among the 


for his wonderful works to the 
children of men! 

32 Let them exalt him also in 
the congregation of the people, 
and praise him in the assembly of 
the elders. 

33 He turneth rivers into a 
wilderness, and the watersprings 
into dry ground; 

34 A fruitful land into barren- 
ness, for the wickedness of them 
that dwell therein. 

35 He turneth the wilderness 
into a standing water, and dry 
ground into watersprings. 

36 And there he maketh the 
hungry to dwell, that they may 
prepare a city for habitation; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant 
vineyards, which may yield fruits 
of increase. 

38 He blesseth them also, so 
that they are multiplied greatly; 
and suffereth not their cattle to 
decrease. ah 

39 Again, they are minished 
and brought low through op- 
pression, affliction, and sorrow. 

40 He poureth contempt upon 
princes, and causeth them to 
wander in the wilderness, where 
there is no way. 

41 Yet setteth he the poor on 
high from affliction, and maketh 
him families like a flock. ; 

42 The righteous shall see it, 
and rejoice: and all iniquity 
shall stop her mouth. 

43 Whoso is wise, and will ob- 
serve these things, even they 
shall understand the lovingkind- 
ness of the LORD. 


586 PSALM 108 
1 David’s praise of God. 5 Prayer 
; for God’s assistance. 


A Song or Psalm of David. 
GOD, my heart is fixed; I 
will sing and give praise, 

even with my glory. 

2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I 
muself will awake early. 

3 I will praise thee, O LORD, 
among the people: and I will 


nations. 
4 For thy mercy is great above 
the heavens: and thy truth 


reacheth unto the clouds. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, 
above the heavens: and thy glory 
above all the earth; 

6 That thy beloved may be de- 
livered: save with thy right 
hand, and answer me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holi- 
ness; I will rejoice, I will divide 
Shé’chem, and mete out the vale 
ley of Suc’coth. 

8 Gil’e-ad is mine; Ma-nas’seh 
is mine; E’phra-im also is the 
strength of mine head; Ji’dah 
is my lawgiver; 

_9 Mo’/ab is my washpot: over 
E’dom will I cast out my shoe; 
over Phi-lis’tia will I triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the 
strong city? who will lead me 
into E’dom? 

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who 
hast cast us off? and wilt not 
thou, O God, go forth with our 
hosts? 

12 Give us help from trouble: 
for vain is the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do 
valiantly: for he it is that shall 
tread down our enemies. . 


PSALM 109 587 
David complains of his slanderous 
enemies. 
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
OLD not thy peace, O God 
of my praise; 

2 For the mouth of the wicked 
and the mouth of the deceitful 
are opened against me: they 
have spoken against me with a 
lying tongue. 

3 They compassed me about 
also with words of hatred; and 
fought against me without a 
cause. 

4 For my love they are my ad- 
versaries: but I give myself unto 
prayer. 

5 And they have rewarded me 
a for good, and hatred for my 
ove. 


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6 Set thou a wicked man over 
him: and let Sa’tan stand at his 
right hand. 

7 When he shall be judged, let 
him be condemned: and let his 
prayer become sin. 

8 Let his days be few; and let 
another take his office. 

9 Let his children be fatherless, 
and his wife a widow. 

10 Let his children be continu- 
ally vagabonds, and beg: let 
them seek their bread also out of 
their desolate places. 

Let the extortioner catch all 
that he hath; and let the strang- 
ers spoil his labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend 
mercy unto him: neither let there 
be any to favour his fatherless 
children. 

13 Let his posterity be cut off; 
and in the generation following 
let their name be blotted out. 

14 Let the iniquity of his fa- 
thers be remembered with the 
- LORD; and let not the sin of his 
mother be blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the LORD 
continually, that he may cut off 
the memory of them from the 
earth. 

16 Because that he remembered 
not to shew mercy, but persecuted 
the poor and needy man, that 
he might even slay the broken in 
heart. ‘ 

17 As he loved cursing, so let it 
come unto him: as he delighted 
not in blessing, so let it be far 
from him. , 

18 As he clothed himself with 
cursing like as with his garment, 
so let it come into his bowels 
like water, and like oil into his 
ones. 

19 Let it be unto him as the 
garment which covereth him, and 


for a girdle wherewith he is gird- | mi 


ed continually. 

20 Let this be the reward of 
mine adversaries from the LORD, 
and of them that speak evil 
against my soul. 

21 But do thou for me, O GOD 


David complains of his enemies 


the Lord, for thy name’s sake: 
because thy mercy is good, de- 
liver thou me. 

22 For I am poor and needy, 
and my heart is wounded within 
me. 

23 I am gone like the shadow 
when it declineth: I am tossed 
up and down as the locust. ~ 

24 My knees are weak through 
fasting; and my flesh faileth of 
fatness. 

25 I became also a reproach un- 
to them: when they looked upon 
me they shaked their heads. 

26 Help me, O LORD my God: 
O save me according to thy 
mercy: 

27 That they may know that 
this is thy hand; {that thou, 
LORD, hast done it. 

28 Let them curse, but bless 
thou: when they arise, let them 
be ashamed; but let thy servant 
rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries be 
clothed with shame, and let them 
cover themselves with their own 
confusion, as with a mantle. 

30 I will greatly praise the LORD 
with my mouth; yea, I will 
praise him among the multitude. 

31 For he shall stand at the 
right hand of the poor, to save 
him from those that condemn 
his soul. — 


PSALM 110 588 
The kingdom, priesthood, and power of 
the future. 


A Psalm of David. 


cs bea LORD said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right 
hand, until I make thine enemies 
thy footstool. 

2 The LORD shall send the rod 
of thy strength out of Zi’6n: rule 
thou in the midst of thine ene- 


es. 
3 Thy people shall be willing in 
the day of thy power, in the 
beauties of holiness from the 
womb of the morning: thou hast 
the dew of thy youth. 

4 The LORD hath sworn, and 


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will not repent, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of 
Mel-chiz’e-dék. 

5 The Lord at thy right hand 
shall strike through kings in the 
day of his wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the 
heathen, he shall fill the places 
with the dead bodies; he shall 
wound the heads over many 
countries. . 

7 He shall drink of the brookin 
the way: therefore shall he lift 
up the head. 


589 PSALM ill 
1 God to be praised for his glorious 
: works. 10 Fear of God. 
PRMSE ye the LORD. I will 
praise the LORD with my 
whole heart, in the assembly of 
the upright, and in the congrega- 


on. 

2 The works of the LORD are 
great, sought out of all them that 
have pleasure therein. 

3 His work is honourable and 
glorious: and his righteousness 
endureth for ever. 

4 He hath made his wonderful 
works to be remembered: the 
LORD is gracious and full of 
compassion. 

5 He hath given meat unto 
them that fear him: he will ever 
be mindful of his covenant. 

6 He hath shewed his people 
the power of his works, that he 
may give them the heritage of the 
heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are 
verity and judgment; all his 
commandments are sure. 

8 They stand fast for ever and 
ever, and are done in truth and 
 uprightness. 

9 He sent redemption unto his 
people: he hath commanded his 
covenant for ever: holy and 
reverend zs his name. ‘ 

10 The fear of the LORD is the 
beginning of wisdom: a good 
understanding have all they that 
do his commandments: his 
praise endureth for ever- 


PSALMS, 111-113 
PSALM 112 500 


Godliness has promises of this and the 
future life. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Blessed 

is the man that feareth the 
LORD, that delighteth greatly in 
his commandments. 

2 His seed shall! be mighty upon 
earth: the generation of the up- 
right shall be blessed. 

3 Wealth and riches shall be in 
his house: and his righteousness 
endureth for ever. 

4 Unto the upright there ariseth 
light in the darkness: he ts gra- 
cious, and full of compassion, 
and righteous. 

5 A good man sheweth favour, 
and lendeth: he will guide his 
affairs with discretion. 

6 Surely he shall not be moved 
forever: the righteous shall be in 
everlasting remembrance. ; 

7 He shall not be afraid of evil 
tidings: his heart is fixed, trust- 
ing in the LORD. : 

8 His heart is established, he 
shall not be afraid, until he see 
his desire upon his enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed, he hath 
given to the poor; his righteous- 
ness endureth for ever; his horn 
shall be exalted with honour. 

10 The wicked shall see it, and 
be grieved; he shall gnash with 
his teeth, and melt away: the 
desire of the wicked shall perish. 


PSALM 113 591 
Praise God for his excellency. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Praise, 
_O ye servants of the LORD, 
praise the name of the LORD. 

2 Blessed be the name of the 
LORD from this time forth and 
for evermore. 

3 From the rising of the sun 
unto the going down of the 
same the LORD’S name is to be 
praised. ; 

4 The LorD is high above all 
nations, and his glory above the 
heavens. | 

5 Who is like unto the LORD 
our God, who dwelleth on high, 

6 Who humbleth himself to 


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Exhortation to confidence in God 


behold the things that are in|not: noses have they, but they 


heaven, and in the earth! 

7 He raiseth up the poor out of 
the dust, and lifteth the needy 
out of the dunghill; ; : 

8 That he may: set him with 
princes, even with the princes of 
his people. 

9 He maketh the _ barren 
woman to keep house, and to 
be a joyful mother of children. 
Praise ye the LORD. 


592 PSALM 114 
Fear God because of his works. 
HEN Is’ra-el went out of 
E’&ypt, the house of Ja’cob 
froma people of strange language; 
2 Ji’dah was his sanctuary 
and _is’tra-el his dominion. 
3 The sea saw it, and fled: 
jJor’dan was driven back. 
4 The mountains skipped like 
tams, and the little hills like 
lambs. 


5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, 
that thou fleddest? thou Jér’dan, 
that thou wast driven back? 

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped 
like rams; and ye little hills, like 
lambs? 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the 
presence of the Lord, at the pres- 
ence of the God of Ja’cob; _ 

8 Which turned the rock intoa 
standing water, the flint into a 
fountain of waters. 


593 PSALM 115 
An exhortation to confidence in God. 


OT unto us, O LORD, not 

-“ unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy, and for 
thy truth’s sake. 

2 Wherefore should the heathen 
say, Where is now their God? 

3 But our God is in the heav- 
ens: he hath done whatsoever he 
hath pleased. 

4 Their idols ave silver and 
gold, the work of men’s hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they 
speak not: eyes have they, but 
they see not: 

6 They have ears, but they hear 


smell not: 

7 They have hands, but they 
handle not: feet have they, but 
they walk not: neither speak 
they through their throat. 

8 They that make them are like 
unto them; so is every one that 
trusteth in them. 

9 O Is’ra-el, trust thou in the 
LORD: he is theirhelp and their 
shield. 

10 O house of Aar’on, trust in 
the LORD: he is their help and 
their shield. 

11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust 
in the LORD: he zs their help and 
their shield. 

12 The LORD hath been mind- 
ful of us: he will bless us; he 
will bless the house of Is’ra-el; 
he will bless the house of Aar’on. 

13 He will bless them that fear 
the LORD, both small and great. 

14 The LORD shall increase you 
more and more, you and your 
children. 

15 Ye are blessed of the LORD 
which made heaven and earth. 

16 The heaven, even the heav- 
ens, are the LORD’S: but the 
earth hath he given to the chil- 
dren of men. 

17 The dead praise not the 
LORD, neither any that go down 
into silence. 

18 But we will bless the LORD 
from his time forth and for ever- 
more. Praise the LORD. 


PSALM 116 504 
Profession of love to God for deliverance. 


LOVE the LORD, because he 
hath heard my voice and my 
supplications. 

2 Because he hath inclined his 
ear unto me, therefore will I call 
upon him as long as I live. : 

3 The sorrows of death com- 
passed me, and the pains of hell 
gat hold upon me: I found 
trouble and sorrow. ; 

4 Then called I upon the name 
of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech 
thee, deliver my soul. 


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5 Gracious is the LORD, and 
Bots: yea, our God is merci- 


6 The LORD preserveth the 
- simple: I was brought low, and 
he helped me. 

' 7 Return unto thy rest, O my 
soul; for the LORD hath dealt 
bountifully with thee. 

8 For thou hast delivered my 
soul from death, mine eyes from 
tears, and my feet from falling. 

9 I will walk before the LORD 
in the land of the living. 

10 I believed, therefore have I 
spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 

11 I said in my haste, All men 
are liars. 

12 What shall I render unto the 
LORD for all his benefits toward 
me? 

13 I will take the cup of salva- 
tion, and call upon the name of 
the LORD. 

14 I will pay my vows unto the 
LORD now in the presence of all 
his people. : 

15 Precious in the sight of the 
LORD is the death of his saints. 

16 O LORD, truly I am thy serv- 
ant; I am thy servant, and the 
son of thine handmaid: thou 
hast loosed my bonds. 

17 I will offer to thee the sacri- 
fice of thanksgiving, and will call 
upon the name of the LORD. 

18 I will pay my vows unto the 
LORD now in the presence of all 
his people, 

19 In the courts of the LORD’S 
house, in the midst of thee, O 
Jé-ry’sa-lém. Praise ye the LORD. 


505 PSALM 117 
Praising God for mercy and truth. 
PRAISE the LORD, all ye na- 
. tions: praise him, ail ye 
People. ; 
2 For his merciful kindness is 
great toward us: and the truth of 
the LORD endureth for ever. 
Praise ye the LORD. 


596 PSALM 118 
| How good it is to trust in God. 
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O GIVE thanks unto the 
LORD; for he is good: be- 
cause his mercy endureth for 
ever. i 

2 Let Is’ra-el now say, that 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now 
say, that his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

4 Let them now that fear the 
LORD say, that his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

5 I called upon the LorRD in 
distress: the LORD answered 
me, and set me in a large place. 

6 The LORD is on my side; [ 
will not fear: what can man do 
unto me? 

7 The LORD taketh my part 
with them that help me: there- 
fore shall I see my desire upon 
them that hate me. 

8 it is better to trust in the 
LORD than to put confidence in 
man. | 

9 It is better to trust in the 
LORD than to put confidence in 
princes. 

10 All nations compassed me 
about: but in the name of the 
LORD will I destroy them. 

11 They compassed me about: 
yea, they compassed me about: 
but in the name of the LoRD I 
will destroy them. 

12 They compassed me about 
like bees; they are quenched as 
the fire of thorns: forin the name 
of the LORD I will destroy them. 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me 
that I might fall: but the Lorp 
helped me. ; 

14 The LORD is my strength 
and song, and is become my sal- 
vation. : 

15 The voice of rejoicing and 
salvation is in the tabernacles of 
the righteous: the right hand of 
the LORD doeth valiantly. 

16 The right hand of the LORD 
is exalted: the right hand of the 
LORD doeth valiantly. 

17 I shall not die, but live, and 
declare the works of the LORD. 

18 The LORD hath chastened 


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me sore: 
me over unto death 

19 Open to me the gates of 
righteousness: I will go into 
them, and I will praise the LORD: 

20 This gate of the LORD, in- 
to which the righteous shall enter. 

21 I will praise thee: for thou 
hast heard me, and art become 
my salvation. 

22 The stone which the build- 
ers refused is become the head 
stone of the corner. 

23 This is the LORD’S doing; 
it is marvellous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day which the 
LORD hath made; we will re- 
joice and be glad in it. 

25 Save now, I beseech thee, O 
LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, 
send now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that cometh 
in the name of the LORD: we 
have blessed you out of the house 
of the LORD. 

27 God is the LORD, which 
hath shewed us light: bind the 
sacrifice with cords, even unto 
the horns of the altar. 2 

28 Thou art my God, and I will 
praise thee: thou art my God, I 
will exalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the 
LORD; for he is good: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 


597 PSALM 119 


Divers PrOVEs, HOU Ses. and professions | f. 


of obedience. 
ALEPH 


LESSED are the undefiled in 
the way, who walk in the 
law of the LORD. 

2 Blessed are they that keep his 
testimonies, and that seek him 
with the whole heart. 

3 They also do no iniquity: 
they walk in his ways. 

4 Thou hast commanded us to 
keep thy precepts diligently.. 

5 O that my ways were direct- 
ed to keep thy statutes! 

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, 
when I have respect unto all thy 
commandments. 

7 I will praise thee with upright- 


Prayers, praises and professtons of obedience 
but he hath not given | ness of heart, when I shall have 


learned thy righteous judgments. 

8 I will keep thy statutes: O 

forsake me not utterly. 
BETH 

9 Wherewithal shall a young 
man cleanse his way? by taking . 
heed thereto according to thy 
word. 

10 With my whole heart have 
I sought thee: O let me not 
wander from thy commandments. 

11 Thy word have I hid in 
mine heart, that I might not sin 
against thee. 

12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: 
teach me thy statutes. 

13 With my lips have I declared 
all the judgments of thy mouth. 

14 I have rejoiced in the way of 
thy testimonies, as much as in all 
riches. ; 

15 I will meditate in thy pre- 
cepts, and have respect unto thy 


ways. 

16 I will delight myself in thy 
pyutee. I will not forget thy 
wor e 


GIMEL 
17 Deal bountifully with thy 
servant, that I may live, and keep 
thy word. 
18 Open thou mine eyes, that 
I may behold wondrous things 


out of thy law. 


19 I ama stranger in the earth: 
hide not thy commandments 
rom me. 

20 My soul breaketh for the 
longing that it hath unto thy 
judgments at all times. 

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud 
that are cursed, which do err 
from thy commandments. 

22 Remove from me reproach 
and contempt; for I have kept 
thy testimonies. 

23 Princes also did sit and 
speak against me: but thy serv- 
ant did meditate in thy statutes. 

24 Thy testimonies also are my 
delight and my counsellors. 

DALETH 

25 My soul cleaveth unto the 
dust: quicken thou me accord- 
ing to thy word. 


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26 I have declared my ways, 
and thou heardest me: teach 
me thy statutes. 

27 Make me to understand the 
way of thy precepts: so shall I 
talk of thy wondrous works. 

28 My soul melteth for heavi- 
ness: strengthen thou me ac- 
cording unto thy word. 

29 Remove from me the way of 
lying: and grant me thy law 
graciously. 

30 I have chosen the way of 
truth: thy judgments have I laid 
before me. 

31 I have stuck unto thy testi- 
monies: O LORD, put me not to 
shame. 

32 I will run the way of thy 
commandments, when thou shalt 
enlarge my heart. 


HE 
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way 
of thy statutes; and I shall keep 
it unto the end. 
34 Give me understanding, and 
I shall keep thy law; yea, I 
shall observe it with my whole 


eart. 

35 Make me to go in the path of 
thy commandments; for therein 
do I delight. 

36 Incline my heart unto thy 
testimonies, and not to covetous- 
ness. 

37 Turn away mine eyes from 
beholding vanity; and quicken 
thou me in thy way. 

38 Stablish thy word unto thy 
servant, who is devoted to thy 
fear. 

39 Turn away my reproach 
which I fear: for thy judgments 
are good. R 

40 Behold, I have longed after 
thy precepts: quicken me in thy 
righteousness. 


VAU 

41 Let thy mercies come also 
unto me, O LORD, even thy sal- 
vation, according to thy word. 

42 So shail I have wherewith 
to answer him that reproacheth 
me: for I trust in thy word. 

43 And take not the word of 
truth utterly out of my mouth: 


PSALMS, 119 
for I have hoped in thy judz- 


ments. 

44 So shall I keep thy law con- 
tinually for ever and ever. 

45 And I will walk at liberty: 
for I seek thy precepts. 

460 I will speak of thy testi- 
monies also before kings, and 
will not be ashamed. 

47 And I will delight myself in 
iy Cee o meh tas which I have 
oved. 

48 My hands also will I lift up 
unto thy commandments, which 
Ihave loved; and I will meditate 
in thy statutes. 


ZAIN 

49 Remember the word unto 
thy servant, upon which thou 
hast caused me tohope. | 

50 This is my comfort in my 
affliction: for thy word hath 
quickened me. 

51 The proud have had me 
greatly in derision: yet have I 
not declined from thy law. | 

52 I remembered thy judg- 
ments of old, O LORD; and have 
comforted myself. 

53 Horror hath taken hold up- 
on me because of the wicked 
that forsake thy law. 

54 Thy statutes have been my 
songs in the house of my pilgrim- 


age. 

55 I have remembered thy 
name, O LORD, in the night, and 
have kept thy law. 

56 This I had, because I kept 
thy precepts. 

CHETH ; 

57 Thou art my portion, O 
LORD: I have said that I would 
keep thy words. 

58 I intreated thy favour with 
my whole heart: be merciful 
unto me according to thy word. 

59 I thought on my ways, and 
turned my feet unto thy testimo- 
nies. 

60 I made haste, and delayed 
not to keep thy commandments. 

61 The bands of the wicked 
have robbed me: but I have not 
forgotten thy law. pat 

62 At midnight I will rise to 


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give thanks unto thee because of 
thy righteous judgments. 

63 I am a companicn of all 
them that fear thee, and of them 
that keep thy precepts. 

64 The earth, O LORD, is full of 
thy mercy: nae thy statutes. 


65 Thou hast dealt well with 
thy servant, O LORD, according 
unto thy word. i 

66 Teach me good judgment 
and knowledge: for I have be- 
lieved thy commandments. 

67 Before I was afflicted I went 
astray: but now have I kept thy 
word. 

68 Thou art good, and doest 
good; teach me thy statutes. 

69 The proud have forged a lie 
against me: but I will keep thy 
precepts with my whole heart. 

70 Their heart is as fat as 
grease; but I delight in thy law. 

71 Itis good for me that I have 
been afflicted; that I might learn 
thy statutes. ; 

72 The law of thy mouth is 
better unto me than thousands of 
gold and silver. 


jJOoD 

73 Thy hands have made me 
and fashioned me: give me 
understanding, that I may learn 
thy commandments. : 

74 They that fear thee will be 
giad when they see me; because 
T have hoped in thy word. 

_75 I know, O LORD, that thy 
judgments are right, and that 
thou in faithfulness hast afflicted 


me. 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful 
kindness be for my comfort, 
according to thy word unto thy 


servant. 

77 Let thy tender mercies come 
unto me, that I may live: for thy 
law is my delight. 

78 Let the proud be ashamed; 
for they dealt perversely with me 
without a cause: but I will medi- 
tate in thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn 
unto me, and those that have 
known thy testimonies. 


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80 Let my heart be sound in 
thy statutes; that I be not 
ashamed. 


CAPH 

81 My soul fainteth for thy 
salvation: but I hope in thy word. 

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, 
saying, When wilt thou comfort 
me? 

83 For I am become like a 
bottle in the smoke; yet do I not 
forget thy statutes. 

84 How many are the days of 
thy servant? when wilt thou 
execute judgment on them that 
persecute me? — 

85 The proud have digged pits 
for me, which are not after thy 


law. 

86 Ali thy commandments are 
faithful: they persecute me 
wrongfully; help thou me. | 

87 They had almost consumed 
me uponearth; but I forsook not 
thy precepts. 

88 Quicken me after thy loving- 
kindness; so shall I keep the 
testimony of thy mouth. 

LAMED 

89 For ever, O LORD, thy word 
is settled in heaven. 

00 Thy faithfulness is unto all 
generations: thou hast estab- 
lished the earth, and it abideth. 

01 They continue this day ac- 
cording to thine ordinances: for 
all are thy servants. 

02 Unless thy law had been 
my delights, I should then have 
perished in mine affliction. 

93 I will never forget thy pre- 
cepts: for with them thou hast 
quickened me. 

04 I am thine, save me; for I 
have sought thy precepts. 

05 The wicked have waited for 
me to destroy me: but I will con- 
sider thy testimonies. 

06 I have seen an end of all 
perfection: but thy command- 
ment is exceeding broad. 


MEM sae 
07 O how love I thy law! it ts 
my meditation all the day. 
98 Thou through’ thy com- 
mandments hast made me wiser 


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than mine enemies: for they 
are ever With me. é 
09 I have more understanding 
than all my teachers: for thy 
testimonies are my meditation. 
100 I understand more than 
the ancients, because I keep thy 


- precepts. 


101 I have refrained my feet 
from every evil way, that I might 
keep thy word. 

102 I have not departed from 
thy judgments: for thou hast 
taught me. 


103 How sweet are thy words 
unto my taste! yea, sweeter 
than honey to my mouth! 

104 Through thy precepts I get 
understanding: therefore I hate 
every false way. 


NUN 
105 Thy word is a lamp unto 
my feet, and a light unto my 


path. 

106 I have sworn, and I will 
perform it, that I will keep thy 
righteous judgments. 

107 I am afflicted very much: 
quicken me, O LORD, according 
unto thy word. 

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the 
freewill offerings of my mouth, O 
LORD, and teach me thy judg- 
ments. é f ' 

109 My soul is continually in 
my hand: yet doI not forget thy 


law. 

110 The wicked have laid a 
snare for me: yet I erred not 
from thy precepts. _ 

111 Thy testimonies have I 
taken as an heritage for ever: 
for they are the rejoicing of my 
heart. 

112 I have inclined mine heart 
to perform! thy statutes alway, 
even unto the end. 

SAMECH 

113 I hate vain thoughts: but 
thy law do I love. 

114 Thou art my hiding place 
and my shield: I hope in thy. 


word. 

115 Depart from me, ye evil- 
doers: for I will keep the com- 
mandments of my God. 


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116 Uphold me according unto 
thy word, that Imay live: and let 
me not be ashamed of my hope. 

117 Hold thou me up, and I 
shall be safe: and I will have 
respect unto thy statutes con- 
tinually. 

118 Thou hast trodden down all 
them that err from thy statutes: 
for their deceit zs falsehood. 

119 Thou puttest away all the 
wicked of the earth like dross: 
therefore I love thy testimonies. 

120 My flesh _trembleth for fear 
of thee; and I am afraid of thy 
judgments. 


AIN 
_121 I have done judgment and 
justice: leave me not to mine 
oppressors. 

122 Be surety for thy servant 
for good: let not the proud op- 
press me. ( 

123 Mine eyes fail for thy salva- 
tion, and for the word of thy 
righteousness. 

124 Deal with thy servant ac- 
cording unto thy mercy, and 
teach me thy statutes. 

125 I am thy servant; give me 
understanding, that I may know 
thy testimonies. 

126 It is time for thee, LORD, 
to work: for they have made void 
thy law. 

127 Therefore I love thy com- 
mandments above gold; yea, 
above fine gold. 

128 Therefore I esteem all thy 
precepts concerning all things to 
be right; and I hate every false 
way. = 


129 Thy testimonies are won- 
derful: therefore doth my soul 
keep them. 

130 The entrance of thy words 
giveth light; it giveth under- 
standing unto the simple. 

131 I opened my mouth, and 
panted: for I longed for thy 
commandments. 

132 Look thou upon me, and 
be merciful unto me, as thou 
usest to do unto those that love 
thy name. 


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133 Order my steps in thy 
word: and let not any iniquity 
have dominion over me. 

134 Deliver me from the op- 
pression of man: so will I keep 
thy precepts. 

135 Make thy face to shine up- 
on thy servant; and*teach me thy 
statutes. 

136 Rivers of waters run down 
mine eyes, because they keep not 


law. 
TZADDI 


137 Righteous art thou, O 
ahean and upright are thy judg- 
ments. 

138 Thy testimonies that thou 
hast commanded are righteous 
and very faithful. 

139 My zeal hath consumed 
me, because mine enemies have 
forgotten thy words. 

140 Thy word is very pure: 
therefore thy servant loveth it. 

141 I am small and despised: 
yet do not I forget thy precepts. 

142 Thy righteousness is an 
everlasting righteousness, and 
thy law is the truth. 

143 Trouble and anguish have 
taken hold on me: yet thy 
commandments are my delights. 

144:The righteousness of thy 
testimonies is everlasting: give 
me understanding, and I shall 


live. 
KOPH 


145 I cried with my whole 
heart; hear me, O LORD: I will 
keep thy statutes. 

146 I cried unto thee; save me, 
and I shall keep thy testimonies. 

147 I prevented the dawning of 
the morning, and cried: I hoped 
in thy word. 

148 Mine eyes prevent the 
night watches, that I might 
meditate in thy word. j 

149 Hear my voice according 
unto thy lovingkindness: 
LORD, quicken me according to 
thy judgment. 

150 They draw nigh that follow 
after mischief: they are far from 


thy iaw. 
151 Thou art near, O LORD; 


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and all thy commandments are 
truth. 

152 Concerning thy testimonies, 
t ave known of old that thou 
ast founded them for ever. 


RESH 


153 Consider mine affliction, 
and deliver me: for I do not for- 
get thy law. 

154 Plead my cause, and de- 
liver me: quicken me according 
to thy word. 

155 Salvation is far from the 
wicked: for they seek not thy 
statutes. 

156 Great are thy tender mer- 
cies, O LORD: quicken me ac- 
cording to thy judgments. 

157 Many are my persecutors 
and mine enemies; yet do I not 
decline from thy testimonies. 

158 I beheld the transgressors, 
and was grieved; because they 
kept not thy word. 

159 Consider how I love thy 
precepts: quicken me, O LORD, 
according to thy lovingkindness. 

160 Thy word is true from the 
beginning: and every one of thy 
righteous judgments endureth 


for ever. 
SCHIN 


161 Princes have persecuted 
me without a cause: but my 
heart standeth in awe of thy 
word. | 

162 I rejoice at thy word, as one 
that findeth great spoil. | 

163 [hate and abhor lying: but 
thy law do I love. 

164 Seven times a day do I 
praise thee because of thy right- 
eous judgments. 

165 Great peace have they 
which love thy law: and noth- 
ing shall offend them. 

166 LORD, I have hoped for thy 
salvation, and done com- 
mandments. : 

167 My soul hath kept thy testi- 
monies; and I love them exceed- 


ingly. 

168 I have kept thy precepts 
and thy testimonies: for all my 
ways are before thee. 


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169 Let my cry come near be-| ea 


fore thee, O LORD: give me 
understanding according to thy 
word. 

170 Let my supplication come 
before thee: deliver me accord- 


~ ing to thy word. 


171 My lips shall utter praise, 
when thou hast taught me thy 
statutes. 

172 My tongue shall speak of 
thy word: for all thy command- 
ments are righteousness. 

173 Let thine hand help me; 
for I have chosen thy precepts. 

174 Ihave longed for thy salva- 
tion, O LORD; and thy law is my 
delight. 

175 Let my soul live, and it 
shall praise thee; and let thy 
judgments help me. 

176 I have gone astray like a 
lost sheep; seek thy servant; for 
I do not forget thy command- 
ments. 


598 PSALM 120 
David prays against his enemy. 
A Song of degrees. 
WN my distress I cried unto the 
LORD, and he heard me. 

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, 
from lying lips, and from a de- 
ceitful tongue. 

3 What shall be given unto 
thee? or what shall be done unto 
thee, thou false tongue? 

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, 
with coals of juniper. 

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in 
Mé’sech, that I dwell in the 
tents of Ké’dar! 

6 My soul hath long dwelt with 
him that hateth peace. 

7 I am for peace: but when I 
speak, they ave for war. 


599 PSALM 121 
Safety of the godly who trust in God. 
A Song of degrees. 


WILL lift jup mine’ eyes unto 
the hills, from whence cometh 


my help. 
2 My help cometh from the 


PSALMS, 120-123 
LORD, which made heaven and 


rth. 

3 He will not suffer thy foot to 
be moved: he that keepeth thee 
will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Is’- 
ra-el shall neither slumber nor 
sleep. 

5 The LORD is thy keeper: the 
LORD is thy shade upon thy 
right hand. 

6 The sun shall not smite thee 
by day, nor the moon by night. 

The LORD shall preserve thee 
from a evil: he shall preserve 
thy sou 

8 i ‘LorD shall preserve thy 
going out and thy coming in from 
this time forth, and even for ever- 
more. 


PSALM 122 600 


David delighis in the house of God. 
A Song of degrees of David. 


WAS glad when they said un- 
to me, Let us go into the 
house of the LORD. 

2 Our feet shall stand within 
thy gates, O Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 Jé-ru’sa-lém is builded as a 
city that is compact together: 

4 Whither the tribes go up, the 
tribes of the LORD, unto the 
testimony of Is’ra-el, to give 
thanks unto the name of the 
LORD. 

5 For there are set thrones of 
judgment, the thrones of the 
house of Da’vid. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém: they shall prosper that 
love thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, 
and prosperity within thy palaces. 

8 For my brethren and com- 
panions’ sakes, I will now say, 
Peace be within thee. 

G Because of the house of the 
LORD our God I will seek thy 
good. 


PSALM ' 123 601 
The godly Brofess Cisse confidence in 
oa. 


A Song of degrees. 


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PSALMS, 124-127 


1G fy TO thee lift I up mine eyes, 
O thou that dwellest in the 
heavens. 

2 Behold, as the eyes of serv- 
ants /ook unto the hand of their 
masters, and as the eyes of a 
maiden unto the hand of her 
mistress; so our eyes wait upon 
the LORD our God, until that he 
have mercy upon us. 

3 Have mercy upon us, O 
LORD, have mercy upon us: for 
we are exceedingly filled with 
contempt. 

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled 
with the scorning of those that 
are at ease, and with the con- 
tempt of the proud. 


602 PSALM 124 


Blessing for miraculous deliverance. 
A Song of degrees of David. 


F it had not been the LORD 
who was on our side, now 
may Is’ra-el say; 

2 If it had not been the LORD 
who was on our side, when men 
rose up against us: 

3 Then they had swallowed us 
up quick, when their wrath was 
kindled against us: 

4 Then the waters had over- 
whelmed us, the stream had gone 
over our soul: 

5 Then the proud waters had 
gone over our soul. 

6 Blessed be the LORD, who 
hath not given us as a prey to 
their teeth ; 

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird 
out of the snare of the fowlers: 
the snare is broken, and we are 
escaped. 

8 Our help is in the name of 
the LORD, who made heaven and 
earth 


603 PSALM 125 
1 Safety of those who trustinGod. 4 A 
prayer. 


A Song of degrees. 


HEY that trust in the LORD b 


shall be as mount Zi’6n, 
which cannot be removed, but 
abideth for ever. 
2 As the mountains are round 


Celebration of return from exile 


about Jé-ru’sa-lém, so the LORD 
is round about his people from 
henceforth even for ever. 

3 For the rod of the wicked 
shall not rest upon the lot of the 
righteous; lest the righteous put 
forth their hands unto iniquity. 

4 Do good, O LORD, unto those 
that be good, and to them that 
are upright in their hearts. 

As for such as turn aside unto 
their crooked ways, the LORD 
shall lead them forth with the 
workers of iniquity: but peace 
shall be upon is’ra-el. 


PSALM 126 604 

Zion celebrates the return from exile. 

A Song of degrees. 
HEN the LorRD turned 
again the captivity of 
Zi’/d6n, we were like them that 
dream. 

2 Then was our mouth filled 
with laughter, and our tongue 
with singing: then said they 
among the heathen, The LORD 
hath done great things for them. 

3 The LORD hath done great 
things for us; whereof we are giad. 

Turn again our captivity, O 
LORD, as the streams in the 
south. 

5 They that sow in tears shall 
reap in joy. 

6 He that goeth forth and weep- 
eth, bearing precious seed, shall 


doubtless come again with re-. 

picasa bringite his sheaves 

with , 
PSALM 127 605 


1 Virtue of God’s blessing. 3 Good 
children his gift. 
A Song of degrees for Solomon. 
XCEPT the LORD build the 
house, they labour in vain. 
that build it: except the LORD 
keep the city, the watchman 
waketh but in vain. 

2 It is vain for you to rise up 
early, to sit up late, to eat the 
read of sorrows: for so he 
giveth his beloved sleep. 

3 Lo, children are an heritage 
of the LORD: and the fruit of 
the womb is his reward. 


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4 As arrows are in the hand ofa 
mighty man; so are children of 
a youth. 

5 Happy is the man that hath 
his quiver full of them: they 
shall not be ashamed, but they 
shall speak with the enemies in 
the gate. 


606 PSALM 128 
Blessings flowing from fear of Ged. 
A Song of degrees. 
LESSED is every one ee 
feareth the LORD; that 
walketh in his ways. 

2 For thou shalt eat the labour 
of thine hands: happy shalt thou 
ge and it shall be well with thee. 

Thy wife shall be as a fruit- 
fal vine by the sides of thine 
house: thy children like olive 
plants round about thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus shall the 
man be blessed that feareth the 
LORD. 

5 The LORD shall bless thee 
out of Zi/on: and thou shalt see 
the good of Jé-ru’sa-lém all the 
days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou shalt see thy chil- 
dren’s children, and peace upon 
ts’ra-el. 


607 PSALM 129 


Praise of God for saving Israel in 
affliction. 
A Song of degrees. 


MAS Y a time have they 
afflicted me from my 
youth, may Is’ra-el now say: 

2 Many atime have they afiflict- 
ed me from my youth: yet they 
have not prevailed against me. 

The plowers plowed upon 
my back: they made long their 
furrows. 

4 The LORD is righteous: he 
_ hath cut asunder the cords of the 
wicked. 

5 Let them all be confounded 
nd turned back that hate Zi’6n. 

6 Let them be as the grass upon 
the house tops, which withereth 
_afore it groweth up: 

Wherewith the mower filleth 


not his hand; nor he that bindeth Gi a 


sheaves his bosom. 


PSALMS, 128-132 


8 Neither do they which go by 
say, The blessing of the LORD 
be upon you: we ees you in the 
name of the LORD 


PSALM 130 608 
The psalmist professes hope in prayer. 
A Song of degrees. 
UT of the depths have I cried 
unto thee, O LORD. 

2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine 
ears be attentive to the voice of 
my supplications. 

3 If thou, LORD, shouldest 
mark iniquities, O Lord, who 
shall stand? _ , 

4 But there is forgiveness with 
thee, that thou mayest be feared. 

5 I wait for the LORD, my soul 
doth wait, and in his word do I 
hope. ; 

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord 
more than they that watch for the 
morning: J say, more than they 
that watch for the morning. 

7 Let Is’ra-el hope in the LORD: 
for with the LORD there is 
mercy, and with him is plenteous 
redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem is’ra-el 
from all his iniquities. 


PSALM 131 609 


David professes humility and exhorts 
Israel. 


A Song of degrees of David. 


POR: » my heart is not haughty, 
nor mine eyes lofty: nei- 
ther do I exercise myself in great 
matters, or in things too high 
for me. 

2 Surely I have behaved and 
quieted myself, as a child that 
is weaned of his mother: my 
soul is even as a weaned child. 

3 Let Is’ra-el hope in the LORD 
from henceforth and for ever. 


PSALM 132 610 
Prayer at the removing of the ark. 
A Song of degrees. 
ORD, remember Da’vid, and 
all his afflictions: 
2 How he sware unto the LORD, 
dees unto the mighty God 
Ja’cob; 


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PSALMS, 133-135 


3 Surely I will not come into 
the tabernacle of my house, nor 
go up into my bed; Ff 

4 I will not give sleep to mine 
eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 

5 Until I find out a place for 
the LORD, an habitation for 
the mighty God of Ja’cob. 

6 Lo, we heard of it at Eph’ra- 
tah: we found it in the fields of 
the wood. : 

7 We will go into his taber- 
nacles: we will worship at his 
footstool. 

8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; 
thou, and the ark of thy strength. 

9 Let thy priests be clothed 
with righteousness; and let thy 
saints shout for joy. 

10 For thy servant Da’vid’s 
sake turn not away the face_of 
thine anointed. 

11 The LORD hath sworn in 
truth unto Da’vid; he will not 
turn from it; Of the fruit of thy 
body will I set upon thy throne. 

12 If thy children will keep my 
covenant and my testimony that 
I shall teach them, their children 
shall also sit upon thy throne for 
evermore. 

13 For the LORD hath chosen 
Zion; he hath desired i¢ for his 
habitation. 

14 This is my rest for ever: here 
will I dwell; for I have desired it. 

15 I will abundantly bless her 
provision: I will satisfy her poor 
with bread. ‘ 

16 I will also clothe her priests 
with salvation: and her saints 
shall shout aloud for joy. 

17 There will I make the horn 
of Da’vid to bud: I have ordained 
a lamp for mine anointed. 

18 His enemies will I clothe 
with shame: but upon himself 
shall his crown flourish. 


611 PSALM 133 
Beauty of unity among brethren. 
A Song of degrees of David. 
EHOLD, how good and how 
pleasant if is for brethren 
to dwell together in unity! | 
2 It is like the precious oint- 


Blessings for Zion 


ment upon the head, that ran 
down upon the beard, even 
Aar’on’s beard: that went down 
to the skirts of his garments; 

3 As the dew of Hér’mon, and 
as the dew that descended upon 
the mountains of Zi’én: for 
there the LORD commanded 
the blessing, even life for ever- 
more. 


PSALM 134 
Exhortation to bless God. 
A Song of degrees. 
EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, 
all ye servants of the LORD, 
which by night stand in the 
house of the LORD. 
2 Lift up your hands in the 
sanctuary, and bless the LORD. 
3 The LORD that made heaven 
and earth bless thee out of Zi’dn. 


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PSALM 135 613 
1 Exhortat.on to bless God. 15 Vanity 
of idols. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Praise 

ye the name of the LORD; 

praise him, O ye servants of the 
LORD. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of 
the LORD, in the courts of the 
house of our God, 

3 Praise the LORD; for the 
LORD is good: sing praises unto 
his name; for it is pleasant. 

4 For the LORD hath chosen 
Ja’cob unto himself, and Is’ra-el 
for his peculiar treasure. P 

For I know that the LORD is 
great, and that our Lord is above 
all gods. 

6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, 
that did he in heaven, and in 
earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

7 He causeth the vapours to 

ascend from the ends of the 
earth; he maketh lightnings 
for the rain; he bringeth the 
wind out of his treasuries. 
_8 Who smote the firstborn of 
E’gypt, both of man and beast. 
_9 Who sent tokens and wonders 
into the midst of thee, O E’éypt, 
upon Pha’radh, and upon all his 
servants. 


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God’s mighty works 


10 Who smote great nations, 
and slew mighty kings; 

11 Si‘hon king of the Am’6r- 
ites, and Og king of Ba’shan, and 
all the kingdoms of Ca’/naan: 

12 And gave their land for_an 
heritage, an heritage unto Is’- 


_ xa-el his people. 


13 Thy name, O LORD, en- 
dureth for ever; and thy memo- 
rial, O LoRD, throughout all 
generations. 

14 For the LoRD will judge his 
people, and he will repent him- 
self concerning his servants. 

15 The idols of the heathen are 
silver and gold, the work of 
men’s hands. 

16 They have mouths, but they 
speak not; eyes have they, but 
they see not; 

17 They have ears, but they 
hear not; neither is there any 
breath in their mouths. 

18 They that make them are 
like unto them: so is every one 
that trusteth in them. 

_19 Bless the LORD, O house of 
Is’ra-el: bless the LORD, O 
house of Aar’on: 

20 Bless the LORD, O house of 
Lé’vi: ye that fear the LORD, 
bless the LORD. 

21 Blessed be the LORD out of 
Zion, which dwelleth at Jé- 
tu’sa-lém. Praise ye the LORD. 


614 PSALM 136 
Exhortation to thank God for particular 
mercies. 

GIVE thanks unto the 


LORD; for he is good: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 O give thanks unto the God 
of gods: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

3 O give thanks to the Lord of 
lords: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

4 Tohim who alone doeth great 
wonders: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

5 To him that by wisdom made 
the heavens: for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

To him that stretched out 


PSALMS, 136 


the earth above the waters: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

7 To him that made great 
lights: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

8 The sun to rule by day: for 
his mercy endureth for ever: 

9 The moon and stars to rule by 
night: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

10 To him that smote E’gypt in 
their firstborn: for his mercy 
endureth for ever: A 

And brought out Is’ra-el 
from among them: for his mercy 
endureth for ever: 

12 With a strong hand, and 
with a stretched out arm: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

13 To him which divided the 
Red sea into parts: for his mercy 
endureth for ever: 

14 And made is’ra-el to pass 
through the midst of it: for his 
mercy endureth for ever: 

15 But overthrew Pha’raoh 
and his host in the Red sea: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

16 To him which led his peo- 
ple through the wilderness: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

17 To him which smote great 
kings: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

18 And slew famous kings: 
for his mercy endureth for 
ever: 

19 Si’h6n king of the Am/6r- 
ites: for his mercy endureth for 
ever: 

20 And 6g the king of Ba’shan: 
for.his mercy endureth for ever: 

21 And gave their land for an 
heritage: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: . 

22 Even an heritage unto Is’- 
ta-el his servant: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

23 Who remembered us in our 
low estate: for his mercy endur- 
eth for ever: 

24 And hath redeemed us from 
our enemies: for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

25 Who giveth food to all flesh: | 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 


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PSALMS, 137-139 


Constancy of the Jews in captivity 


26 O give thanks unto the God! 5 Yea, they shall sing in the 


of heaven: for his mercy endur- 
eth for ever. 


615 PSALM 137 
The constancy of the Jews in captivity. 
B* the rivers of Bab’y-lon, 
there we sat down, yea, we 
wept,when we remembered Zi’dn. 
2 We hanged our harps upon 
the willows in the midst thereof. 
3 For there they that carried us 
away captive required of us a 
song; and they that wasted us 
required of us mirth, saying, Sing 
us one of the songs of Zi’6n. 
4 How shall we sing the 


LORD’S song in a strange land? | , 


5 If I forget thee, O Jé-ry’sa- 
lém, let my right hand forget her 
cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let 
my tongue cleave to the roof of 
my mouth; if I prefer not Jé- 
ru’sa-lém above my chief joy. 

7 Remember, LORD, the 
children of E’dom in the day of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; who said, Rase 
it, rase it, even to the foundation 
thereof. 

8 O daughter of Bab’¥-lon, 
who art to be destroyed: happy 


Shall he be, that rewardeth thee 
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh 
and dasheth thy little ones against 
616 PSALM 138 
1 David praises God for the truth of his 
A Psalm ot David. 

WILL praise thee with my 
will I sing praise unto thee. 

I will worship toward thy 
for thy lovingkindness and for 
thy truth: for thou hast magni- 

3 In the day when I cried thou 
answeredst me, and strength- 
soul. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall 
praise thee, O LORD, when they 


as thou hast served us. 
the stones. 

word. 7 Confidence in God. 
I whole heart: before the gods 
holy temple, and praise thy name 
fied thy word above all thy name. 
enedst me with strength in my 
hear the words of thy mouth. 


ways of the LORD: for great is 
the glory of the LORD. ; 
6.:Though the LORD be high, 
yet hath he respect unto the 
lowly: but the proud he knoweth 


afar off. , , 

7 Though I walk in the midst 
of trouble, thou wilt revive me: 
thou shalt stretch forth thine 
hand against the wrath of mine 
enemies, and thy right hand shall 
save me. 

8 The LORD will perfect that 
which concerneth me: thy mercy, 
O LORD, endureth for ever: for- 
sake not the works of thine own 


ands. 

PSALM 139 617 

1 David praises God for his providence 

EO aap has 23 His prayer for sin- 

cerity. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
LORD, thou hast searched 
me, and known me. 

2 Thou knowest my downsit- 
ting and mine uprising, thou 
understandest my thought afar 
off. 
3 Thou compassest my path 
and my lying down, and art 
acquainted with all my ways. 

4 For there is not a word in my 
tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou 
knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast beset me behind 
and before, and laid thine hand 
upon me. ‘ 

6 Such knowledge is too won- 
derful for me; itis high, I cannot 
attain unto it. 

7 Whither shall I go from thy 
spirit? or whither shall I flee 
from thy presence? 

8 If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou arf there: if I make my bed 
in hell, behold, thou art there. 

9 If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the sea; 

10 Even there shall thy hand 
lead me, and thy right hand shall 
hold me. é 

11 If I say, Surely the darkness 
shall cover me; even the night 
shall be light about me. 


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from the violent man; 


Prayer for deliverance 


12 Yea, the darkness hideth 
not from thee; but the night 
shineth as the day: the darkness 
re the light are both alike fo 

ee. 

13 For thou hast possessed my 

reins: thou hast covered me in 
my mother’s womb. 
14 I will praise thee; for I am 
fearfully and wonderfully made: 
marvellous are thy works; and 
that my soul knoweth right well. 

15 My substance was not hid 
from thee, when I was made in 
secret, and curiously wrought in 
the lowest parts of the earth. 

16 Thine eyes did see my sub- 
stance, yet being unperfect; and 
in thy book all my members 
were written, which in contin- 
tuuance were fashioned, when as 
yet there was none of them. 

17 How precious also are thy 
thoughts unto me, O God! how 
great is the sum of them! 

18 If I should count them, they 
are more in number than the 
sand: when I awake, I am still 
with thee. 4 

19 Surely thou wilt slay the 
wicked, O God: depart from me 
therefore, ye bloody men. 

20 For they speak against thee 
wickedly, and thine enemies take 
thy name in vain 

21 DonotI hate them, O LORD, 
that hate thee? and am not I 
grieved with those that rise up 
against thee? 

22 I hate them with perfect 
hatred: I count them mine 
enemies. 

23 Search me, O God, and 
know my heart: try me, and 


know my thoughts: 


24 And see if there be any 
wicked way in me, and lead 
me in the way everlasting. 


618 PSALM 140 
David prays to be delivered from enemies. 
To the chief Musician, A Psaim of David. 
ELIVER me, O LORD, from 
the evil man: preserve me 


PSALMS, 140, 141 


2 Which imagine mischiefs in 
their heart; continually are they 
gathered together for war. 

3 They have sharpened their 
tongues like a serpent; adders’ 
poison 7s under their lips. Sé’lah. 

4 Keep me, O LORD, from the 
hands of the wicked; preserve 
me from the violent man; who 
have purposed to overthrow my 
goings. 

5 The proud have hid a snare 
for me, and cords; they have 
spread a net by the wayside; 
they have set gins forme. Sé’lah. 

6 I said unto the LORD, Thou 
arfmy God: hear the voice of my 
supplications, O LORD 

Gop the Lord, the strength. 
of my salvation, thou hast cov- 
ered my head in the day cf battle. 

8 Grant not, O LORD, the de- 
sires of the wicked: further not 
his wicked device; lest they 
exalt themselves. Sé’lah. 

9 As for the head of those that 
compass me about, let the mis- 
chief of their own lips cover them. 

10 Let burning coals fall upon 
them: let them be cast into the 
fire; into deep pits, that they 
rise not up again. 

11 Let not an evil speaker be 
established in the earth: evil 
shall hunt the violent man to 
overthrow him 

12 I know that the LORD will 

maintain the cause of the afflict- 
ed, and the right of the poor. 

13 Surely the righteous shall 
give thanks unto thy name: the 
upright shall dwell in thy pres- 
ence. 


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David prays nga his ee may be accept- 
O 


A pease of David. 


ORD, I cry unto thee: make 

haste unto me; give ear 

unto my voice, when I cry unto 
thee. 

2 Let my prayer be set forth 
before thee as incense; and the 
lifting up of my hands as the 
evening sacrifice. 


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PSALMS, 142, 143 


3 Set a watch, O LORD, before 
a mouth; keep the door of my 
ips. 

4 Incline not my heart to any 
evil thing, to practise wicked 
works with men that work in- 
iquity: and let me not eat of 
their dainties. 

Let the righteous smite me; 
it shall be a kindness: and let 
him reprove me; it shall be an 
excellent oil, which shall not 
break my head: for yet my 
prayer also shall be in their 
calamities. i 

6 When their judges are over- 
thrown in stony places, they 
shall hear my words; for they 
are sweet. 

7 Our bones are scattered at 
the grave’s mouth, as when one 
cutteth and cleaveth wood upon 
the earth. 

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, 
O GOD the Lord: in thee is my 
trust; leave not my soul destitute. 

9 Keep me from the snares 
which they have laid for me, and 
the gins of the workers of 
iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall into 
their own nets, whilst that I 
withal escape. 


620 PSALM 142 
David shews his comfort was in prayer. 

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he 

was in the cave. 

CRIED unto the LORD with 

my voice; with my voice unto 
the LORD did I make my suppli- 
cation. 

2 I poured out my complaint 
before him; I shewed before him 
co trouble. 

3 When my spirit was over- 
whelmed within me, then thou 
knewest my path. In the way 
wherein I walked have they 
privily laid a snare for me. 

4 I looked on my right hand, 
and beheld, but there was no 
man that would know me: re- 
fuge failed me; no man cared 
for my soul. 

5 Icried unto thee, O LORD: I 


Comfort of prayer 


said, Thou art my refuge and my 
portion in the land of the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry; forlam 
brought very low: deliver me 
from my persecutors; for they 
are stronger than I. 

Bring my soul out of prison, 
that I may praise thy name: the 
righteous shall compass me 
about; for thou shalt deal boun- 
tifully with me. 


PSALM 143 621 
A prayer for favour in judgment. 
A Psalm of David. 
EAR my prayer, O LORD, 
give ear to my supplica- 
tions: in thy faithfulness answer 
me, and in thy righteousness. 

2 And enter not into judgment 
with thy servant: for in thy 
sight shall no man living be 
justified. 

3 For the enemy hath perse- 
cuted my soul; he hath smitten 
my life down to the ground; he 
hath made me to dwell in dark- 
ness, as those that have been 
long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit over- 
whelmed within me; my heart 
within me is desolate. 

5 I remember the days of old; 
I meditate on all thy works; I 
muse on the work of thy hands.* 

61 stretch forth my hands 
unto thee: my soul thirsteth after 
thee, as a thirsty land. Sé/lah. 

7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: 
my spirit faileth: hide not thy 
face from me, lest I be like unto 
them that go down into the pit. 

8 Cause me to hear thy loving- 
kindness in the morning; for in 
thee do I trust: cause me to 
know the way wherein I should 
walk; for I lift up my soul unto 
thee. 

9 Deliver me, O LORD, from 
mine enemies: I flee unto thee 
to hide me. 

10 Teach me to do thy will; 
for thou art my God: thy spirit 
is good; lead me into the land ey 

uprightness. 

11 Quicken me, O LORD, fou 


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Praise for God’s goodness 


thy name’s sake: for thy right- 
eousness’ sake 
out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off 
mine enemies, and destroy all 
them that afflict my soul: for I 
~ am thy servant. 


622 PSALM 144 
A blessing for mercy, and promise of 
praise. 
A Psalm of David. 


LESSED be the LORD my 

strength, which teacheth 

my hands to war, and my fingers 
to fight 

2 My goodness, and my fort- 
ress; my high tower, and my 
deliverer; my shield, and he in 
-_ whom I trust; who subdueth my 
people under me. . 

3 LORD, what is man, that 
thou takest knowledge of him! 
or the son of man, that thou 
makest account of him! 

4 Man is like to vanity: his 
days are as a shadow that pass- 
eth away. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, 
and come down: touch the 
mountains, and they shall smoke. 

6 Cast forth lightning, and 
scatter them: shoot out thine 
arrows, and destroy them. 

7 Send thine hand from above; 
rid me, and deliver me out of 
great waters, from the hand of 
strange children; 

8 Whose mouth speaketh van- 
ity, and their right hand 7s a right 
hand of falsehood. 

9 I will sing a new song unto 
thee, O God: upon a psaltery 
and an instrument of ten strings 
will I sing praises unto thee. 

10 It is he that giveth salva- 
tion unto kings: who delivereth 
Da’vid his servant from the hurt- 
ful sword. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from 
the hand of strange children, 
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, 
and their right hand is a right 
hand of falsehood: 

12 That our sons may be as 
plants grown up in their youth; 


bring my soul 


PSALMS, 144, 145 


that our daughters may be as 


corner stones, polished after the 
similitude of a palace: 

13 That our garners may be 
full, affording all manner of 
store: that our sheep may bring 
forth thousands and ten thou- 
sands in our streets: 

14 That our oxen may be 
strong to labour; that there be 
no breaking in, nor going out; 
that there be no complaining in 
our streets. 

15 Happy is that people, that 
is in such a case: yea, happy is 
that people, whose God is the 
LORD. 


PSALM 145 623 


David praises God for his goodness and 
mercy. 


Dawvid’s Psalm of praise. 


WILL extol thee, my God, O 

king; and I will bless thy 
name for ever and ever. \ 

Z Every day will I bless thee; 
and I will praise thy name for 
ever and ever. 

3 Great is the LORD, and 
greatly to be praised; and his 
greatness is unsearchable. 

4 One generation shall praise 
thy works to another, and shall 
declare thy mighty acts. 

5 I will speak of, the glorious 
honour of thy majesty, and of 
thy wondrous works. 

And men shall speak of the 
might of thy terrible acts: and I 
will declare thy greatness. 

7 They shall abundantly utter 
the memory of thy great good- 
ness, and shall sing of thy right- 
eousness. 

8 The LORD is gracious, and 
full of compassion; slow to 
anger, and of great mercy. 

9 The LORD is good to all: 
and his tender mercies are over 
ali his works. ‘ 

10 Ali thy works shall praise 
thee, O LORD; and thy saints 
shall bless thee. 

11 They shall speak of the glory 
of thy kingdom, and talk of thy 
power; 


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12 To make known to the sons 
of men his mighty acts, and the 
glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

13 Thy kingdom is an_ ever- 
lasting kingdom, and thy domin- 
ion endureth throughout all gen- 
erations. 

14 The LORD upholdeth all that 
fall, and raiseth up all those that 
be bowed down. 

15 The eyes of all wait upon 
thee; and thou givest them their 
meat in due season. 

16 Thou openest thine hand, 
and satisfiest the desire of every 
living thing. 

17 The LORD is righteous in all 
his ways, and holy in all his 
works. 

18 The LORD is nigh unto all 
them that call upon him, to ail 
that call upon him in truth. 

19 He will fulfil the desire of 
them that fear him: he also will 
hear their cry, and will save 


em. 

20 The LORD preserveth all 
them that love him: but all the 
wicked will he destroy. 

21 My mouth shall speak the 
praise of the LORD: and let all 
flesh bless his holy name for 
ever and ever. 


624 PSALM 146 


The psalmist rons DOD praise to 
od... 


RAISE ye the LORD. Praise 
the LORD, O my soul. 

2 While I live will I praise the 
LORD: I will sing praises unto 
my God while I have any being. 

3 Put not your trust in princes, 
nor in the son of man, in whom 
there is no help. 

4 His pei to goeth forth, he 
returneth to his earth; in that 
very day his thoughts perish. 

Happy is he that hath the 
God of Ja’cob for his help, whose 
hope is in the LORD his God: 

6 Which made heaven, and 
earth, the sea, and all that therein 
is: which keepeth truth for ever: 

7 Which executeth judgment 
for the oppressed: which giveth 


Exhortation to praise 


food to the hungry. The LorpD 
looseth the prisoners: 

8 The LORD openeth the eyes 
of the blind: the LORD raiseth 
them that are bowed down: the 
LORD loveth the righteous. 

9 The LORD preserveth the 
strangers; he relieveth the fa- 
therless and widow: but the way 
of the wicked he turneth upside 
down. 

10 The LORD shall reign for 
ever, even thy God, O Zi’6n, unto 
all generations. Praise ye the 
LORD. 


PSALM 147 
The prophet exhorts to praise. 


RAISE ye the LORD: for i¢ is 

good to sing praises unto 

our God; for it is pleasant; and 
praise is comely. 

2 The LORD doth build up Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: he _ gathereth to- 
gether the outcasts of Is’ra-el. 

3 He healeth the broken in 
heart, and bindeth up their 
wounds. 

4 He telleth the number of the 
stars; he calleth them all by 
their names. 

5 Great is our Lord, and of 
great power: his understanding 
is infinite. 

6 The LORD lifteth up the 
Ree: he casteth the wicked 
down to the ground. 

7 Sing unto the LORD with 
thanksgiving; sing praise upon 
the harp unto our God: 

8 Who covereth the heaven . 
with clouds, who prepareth rain 
for the earth, who maketh grass 
to grow upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beast his 
food, and to the young ravens 
which cry. . ‘ 

10 He delighteth not in the 
strength of the horse: he taketh 
not pleasure in the legs of a man. 

11 The LORD taketh pleasure in 
them that fear him, in those that 
hope in his mercy. — : 

12 Praise the LORD, O Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; praise thy God, O Zi’6n. 

13 For he hath strengthened 


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Exhortations to praise 


the bars of thy gates; he hath 
blessed thy children within thee. 

14 He maketh peace in thy bor- 
ders, and filleth thee with the 
finest of the wheat. 

15 He sendeth forth his com- 
mandment upon earth: his word 
runneth very swiftly. 

16 He giveth snow like wool: 
he scattereth the hoarfrost like 
ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like 
morsels: who can stand before 
his cold? 

18 He sendeth out his word, 
and melteth them: he causeth his 
wind to blow, and the waters 
flow. 

19 He sheweth his word unto 
Ja’cob, his statutes and his 
judgments unto Is’ra-el. 

20 He hath not dealt so with 
any nation: and as for his judg- 
ments, they have not known 
them. Praise ye the LORD. 


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_ The psalmist exhorts to praise of God. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Praise 
ye the LORD from the heav- 
ens: praise him in the heights. 
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: 
praise ye him, all his hosts. 
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: 
praise him, all ye stars of light. 
4 Praise him, ye heavens of 
heavens, and ye waters that be 
above the heavens. 
5 Let them praise the name of 
the LORD: for he commanded, 


and they were created. 


6 He hath also stablished them 


- for ever and ever: he hath madea 


decree which shall not pass. 
7 Praise the LORD from the 
earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and 
stormy wind fulfilling 
his word: 


90 Mountains, and all hills; 
fruitful trees, and all cedars: 
_10 Beasts, and all cattle; creep- 
ing things, and flying fowl: 

11 Kings of the earth, and all 
people; princes, and all judges 
of the earth: 

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PSALMS, 148-150 


12 Both young men, and maid- 
ens; old men, and children: 

13 Let them praise the name of 
the LORD: for his name alone 
is excellent; his glory is above 
the earth and heaven. 

14 He also exalteth the horn of 
his people, the praise of all his 
saints; even of the children of 
Is’ra-el, a people near unto him. 
Praise ye the LORD. 


PSALM 149 627 


Exhortation to praise God for love to 
Zion. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Sing 
unto the LORD a new song, 
and his praise in the congregation 
of saints. wee 
2 Let fs’ra-el rejoice in him 
that made him: let the children 
of Zi’oén be joyful in their King. 
3 Let them praise his name in 
the dance: let them sing praises 
unto him with the timbrel and 


harp. 

4 For the LORD taketh pleas-. 
ure in his people: he will beautify 
the meek with salvation. 

5 Let the saints be joyful in 
glory: let them sing aloud upon 
their beds. ; 

6 Let the high praises of God 
be in their mouth, and a two- 
edged sword in their hand; 

7 To execute vengeance upon 
the heathen, and punishments 
upon the people; 

8 To bind their kings with 

chains, and their nobles with 
fetters of iron; 
_9 To execute upon them the 
judgment written: this honour 
have all his saints. Praise ye 
the LORD. 


PSALM 150 628 


Exhortation to praise God with instru- 
ments. 


RAISE ye the LORD. Praise 
God in his’ sanctuary: 
praise him in the firmament of 
his power. ; } 
2 Praise him for his mighty 
acts: praise him according to 
his excellent greatness. 


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3 Praise him with the sound of 
the trumpet: 
the psaltery and harp. 

4 Praise him with the timbrel 
and dance: praise him with 


praise him with! cymbals: 


Exhortation to believe and fear 


5 Praise him upon the loud 
praise him upon the 
high sounding cymbals. 

6 Let every thing that hath 
breath praise the LORD. Praise 


stringed instruments and organs. |! ye the LORD. 





THE PROVERBS 


629 CHAPTER 1 


1 Use of proverbs. 7 Exhortation to 
believe and fear. 20 Complaint of 
wisdom. _... 

HE proverbs of Sol’o-mon 
the son of Da’vid, king of 

Is’ra-el; 

2 To know wisdom and in- 
struction; to perceive the words 
of understanding; 

3 To receive the instruction of 
wisdom, justice, and judgment, 
and equity; 

4 To give subtilty to the simple, 
to the young man knowledge and 
discretion. 

5 A wise man will hear, and 
will increase learning; and a 
man of understanding shall 
attain unto wise counsels: 

6 To understand a proverb, and 
the interpretation; the words of 
me wise, and their dark sayings. 

7 4 The fear of the LORD is 
the beginning of knowledge: but 
fools despise wisdom and in- 
struction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction 
of thy father, and forsake not the 
law of thy mother: 

9 For they shail be an orna- 
ment of grace unto thy head, and 
chains about thy neck. 

10 § My son, if sinners entice 

thee, consent thou not. . 

11 If they say, Come with us, 
let us lay wait for blood, let us 
lurk privily for the innocent with- 
out cause: 

12 Let us swallow them up 
alive as the grave; and whole, 
a those that go down into the 


ye We shall find all precious 
substance, we s our 
houses with spoil: 


14 Cast in thy lot among us; 
let us all have one purse: 

15 My son, walk not thou in 
the way with them; refrain thy 
foot from their path: 

16 For their feet run to evil, 
and cante haste to shed blood. 

17 Surely in vain the net is 
spread in the sight of any bird. 

18 And they lay wait for their 
own blood; they lurk privily for 
their own lives. 

19 So are the ways of every 
one that is greedy of gain; which 
taketh away the life of the owners 
thereof. 

20 {| Wisdom crieth without; 
she uttereth her voice in the 
streets: 

21 She crieth in the chief place 
of concourse, in the openings of 
the gates: in the city she uttereth 
her words, saving, 

22 How long, ye simple ones, 
will ye love simplicity? and the 
scorners delight in their scorn- 
ing, and fools hate knowledge? 

23 Turn you at my reproof: -be- 
hold, I will pour out my spirit 
unto you, I will make known my 
words unto you. 

24 4 Because I have called, 
and ye refused; I have stretched 
out my hand, and no man re- 
garded; 

25 But ye have set at nought 
all my counsel, and would none 
of my reproof: 

26 I also will laugh at your 
calamity; I will mock when your 
fear cometh; 

27 When your. fear cometh as 
desolation, and your destruction 
cometh as a whirlwind; when 
distress and anguish cometh 
upon you. 


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Safety in wisdom 


28 Then shall they call upon 


me, but I will not answer; they | the 


shall seek me loan but they 
shall not find m 

29 For that they hated knowl- 
edge, and did not choose the 
fear of the LORD: 

30 They would none of my 
counsel: they despised all my 
reproof. 

31 Therefore shall they eat of 
the fruit of their own way, and 
be filled with their own devices. 

32 For the turning away of the 
simple shall slay them, and the 
prosperity of fools shall destroy 


_ them. 


33 But whose hearkeneth unto 
me shall dwell safely, and shall 


_ be quiet from fear of evil. 


630 CHAPTER 2 


Wisdom promises godliness and safety. 


Y son, if thou wilt receive 
my words, and hide my 
commandments with thee; 

2 So that thou incline thine ear 
unto wisdom, and apply thine 
heart to understanding; 

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowl- 
edge, and liftest up thy voice for 
understanding; 

4 If thou seekest her as silver, 


and searchest for her as for hid 


dom: out of 


- for the righteous: 





treasures; 

5 Then shalt thou understand 
the fear of the LORD, and find the 
knowledge of God. 

6 For the LORD giveth wis- 
his mouth cometh 
knowledge and understanding. 

7 He layeth up sound wisdom 
he is ‘a buck- 
ler to them that walk uprightly. 


8 He keepeth the paths of judg- | th 
ment, and preserveth the way of 


his saints. 

9 Then shalt thou understand 
righteousness, and judgment, 
and equity; yea, every good 


‘path. 


10 § When wisdom entereth 
into thine heart, and knowledge 


is pleasant unto thy soul; 
11 Discretion 


shall 


preserve 
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PROVERBS, 2, 3 
fee understanding shall keep 


e: . 
12 To deliver thee from the way 
of the evil man, from the man 
that speaketh froward things; 

13 Who leave the paths of up- 
rightness, to walk in the ways 
of darkness; 

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and 
delight in the frowardness of the 
wicked; 

15 Whose ways are crooked, 
and they froward in their paths: 

16 To deliver thee from the 
strange woman, even from the 
stranger which flattereth with 
her words; 

17 Which forsaketh the guide 
of her youth, and forgetteth the 
covenant of her God. 

18 For her house inclineth unto 
death, and her paths unto the 


ead. 

19 None that go unto her re- 
turn again, neither take they hold 
of the paths of life. 

20 That thou mayest walk in 
the way of good men, and keep 
the paths of the righteous. 

_21 For the upright shall dwell 
in the land, and the perfect shall 
remain in it. 

22 But the wicked shall be cut 
off from the earth, and the trans- 
gressors shall be rooted out of it. 


CHAPTER 3 631 


1 An exhortation to various qualities 
and duties. 13 Happy gain of wis- 
dom. 

Y son, forget not my law; 
but let thine heart keep 
my commandments: 

2 For length of days, and long 
life, and peace, shall they add to 
ee. 

3 Let not mercy and truth for- 
sake thee: bind them about thy 
neck; write them upon the table 
of thine heart: 

4 So shalt thou find favour and 
good understanding in the sight 
ct God and man. 

5 § Trust in the LORD with all 
thine heart; and lean not unto 


thine own understanding. 
5 


PROVERBS, 4 


6 In all thy ways acknowledge 
him, and he shall direct thy 
paths. 

7 4 Be not wise in thine own 
eyes: fear the LORD, and depart 
from evil. 

8 It Shall be health to thy navel, 
and marrow to thy bones. 

9 Honour the LORD with thy 
substance, and with the first- 
fruits of all thine increase: ~- 

10 So shall thy barns be filled 
with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out with new wine. 

11 § My son, despise not the 
chastening of the LORD; neither 
be weary of his correction: 

12 For whom the LORD loveth 
he correcteth; even as a father 
the son_in whom he delighteth. 

13 { Happy is the man that 
findeth wisdom, and the man 
that getteth understanding. __ 

14 For the merchandise of it is 
better than the merchandise of 
silver, and the gain thereof than 
fine gold. | 

15 She is more precious than 
rubies: and all the things thou 
canst desire are not to be com- 
pared unto her. Bae 

16 Length of days is in her 
right hand; and in her left hand 
riches and honour. 

17 Her ways are ways of 
pleasantness, and all her paths 
are peace. ; 

18 She zs a tree of life to them 
that lay hold upon her: and 
peppy t is every one that retaineth 


19 The LORD by wisdom hath 
founded the earth; by under- 
standing hath he established the 
heavens. 

20 By his knowledge the depths 
are broken up, and the clouds 
drop down the dew. 

21 4 My son, let not them de- 
part from thine eyes: keep sound 
wisdom and discretion: 

22 So shall they be life unto thy 
soul, and grace to thy neck. 

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy 
way safely, and thy foot shall not 
stumble. 


Blessings of wisdom 


24 When thou liest down, thou 
shalt not be afraid: yea, thou 
shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall 
be sweet. ; 

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, 
neither of the desolation of the 
wicked, when it cometh. 

26 For the LORD shall be thy 
confidence, and shall keep thy 
foot from being taken. 

27 §| Withhold not good from 
them to whom it is due, when it 
sat. in the power of thine hand to 

oO it. 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, 
Go, and come again, and to mor- 
row I will give; when thou hast 
it by thee. 

29 Devise not evil against thy 
neighbour, seeing he dwelleth 
securely by thee. 

30 § Strive not with a man 
without cause, if he have done 
thee no harm. 

31 § Envy thou not the op- 
pressor, and choose none of his 
ways. 

32 For the froward is abomina- 
tion to the LORD: but his secret 
is with the righteous. 

33 § The curse of the LORD is 
in the house of the wicked: but 
he peoeaD the habitation of the 
just. 

34 Surely he 
scorners: but 
unto the lowly. 

35 The wise tee inherit glory: 
but shame shall be the promo- 
tion of fools. 


CHAPTER 4 632 


Solomon shews what instruction he had 


of parents. 
EAR, ye children, the in- 
struction of a father, and 
attend to know understanding. 

2 For I give you good doctrine, 
forsake ye not my law. 

3 For I was my father’s son, 
tender and only beloved in the 
sight of my mother. 

4 He taught me also, and said 
unto me, Let thine heart retain 
my words: keep my command- 
ments, and live. 


scorneth the 
he giveth grace 


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PROVERBS, 5 


5 Get wisdom, get understand- | that find them, and health to all 


ing: forgetitnot; neither decline 
from the words of my mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall 
preserve thee: love her, and she 


shali keep thee. 
7 Wisdom is the principal 
thing; therefore get wisdom: 


and with all thy getting get un- 
derstanding. 

8 Exalt her, and she shall pro- 
mote thee: she shall bring thee 
to honour, when thou dost em- 
brace her. 

9 She shall give to thine head 
an ornament of grace: a crown 
of glory shall she deliver to thee. 

10 Hear, O my son, and receive 
my sayings; and the years of thy 
life shall be many. 

11 Ihave taught thee in the way 
of wisdom; I have led thee in 
right paths. 

12 When thou goest, thy steps 
shall not be straitened: and 
when thou runnest, thou shalt 
not stumble. ‘ 

13 Take fast hold of instruction; 
let her not go: keep her; for she 
zs thy life. ; 

14 § Enter not into the path of 
the wicked, and go notin the way 
of evil men. : 

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn 
from it, and pass away. 

16 For they sleep not, except 
they have done mischief; and 
their sleep is taken away, unless 
they cause some to fall. 

17 For they eat the bread of 
wickedness, and drink the wine 
of violence. ; , 

18 But the path of the just is 
as the shining light, that shineth 
more and more unto the perfect 


ay. 

19 The way of the wicked is as 
darkness: they know not at 
what they stumble. 

20 { My son, attend to my 
words; incline thine ear unto my 
sayings. 

21 Let them not depart from 
thine eyes; keep them in the 
midst of thine heart. 

22 For they are life unto those 


their flesh. 

23 {| Keep thy heart with all 
diligence; for out of it are the 
issues of life. 

24 Put away from thee a fro- 
ward mouth, and perverse lips 
put far from thee. 

Let thine eyes look right on, 
and let thine eyelids look straight 
before thee. 

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, 
and let all thy ways be estab- 
lished. 

27 Turn not to the right hand 
nor to the left: remove thy foot 
from evil. 


CHAPTER 5 633 


Exhortation to wisdom, content, liberal 
aly, and chastity. 
Y son, attend unto my wis- 
dom, and bow thine ear to 
my understanding: 

2 That thou mayest regard dis- 
cretion, and that thy lips may 
keep knowledge. 

3 4 For the lips of a strange 
woman drop as an honeycomb, 
and her mouth is smoother than 


oil: 

4 But herend is bitter as worm- 
wood, sharp as a _ twoedged 
sword. 

5 Her feet go down to death; 
her steps take hold on hell. 

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder 
the path of life, her ways are 
moveable, that thou canst not 
know them. 

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye 
children, and depart not from the 
words of my mouth. 

8 Remove thy way far from her, 
and come not nigh the door of her 
house: bas ‘ 

9 Lest thou give thine honour 
unto others, and thy years unto 
the cruel: t 

10 Lest strangers be filled with 
thy wealth; and thy labours be 
in the house of a stranger; 

11 And thou mourn at the last, 
when thy flesh and thy body are 
consumed, 

12 And say, How have I hated 


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instruction, and my heart de- 
spised reproof; 

13 And have not obeyed the 
voice of my teachers, nor inclined 
mine ear to them that instructed 
me! 

14 I was almost in all evil in the 
midst of the congregation and 
assembly. 

15 4 Drink waters out of thine 
own cistern, and running waters 
out of thine own well. 

16 Let thy fountains be dis- 
persed abroad, and rivers of 
waters in the streets. 

17 Let them be only thine own, 
and not strangers’ with thee. 

18 Let thy fountain be blessed: 
one rejoice with the wife of thy 


outh. 

19 Let her be as the loving 
hind and pleasant roe; let her 
breasts satisfy thee at all times; 
and be thou ravished always 
with her love. 

20 And why wilt thou, my son, 
be ravished with a_ strange 
woman, and embrace the bosom 
of a stranger? 

21 For the ways of man are 
before the eyes of the LORD, and 
he pondereth all his goings. 

2 § His own iniquities shall 
take the wicked himself, and he 
shall be holden with the cords of 
his sins. 

23 He shall die without in- 
struction; and in the greatness 
_ Of his folly he shall go astray. 


634 CHAPTER 6 
1 Against suretiship, idleness, and 
wickedness. 20 Blessings of obedi- 


ence. 


Y son, if thou be surety for 

thy friend, if thou hast 
stricken thy hand with a stranger, 
2 Thou art snared with the 
words of thy mouth, thou art 
taken with the words of thy 
mouth. 
3 Do this now, my son, and 
deliver thyself, when ‘thou art 
come into the hand of thy friend; 
go, humble thyself, and make 
sure thy friend. 


Against suretiship, idleness, and wickedness 


4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, 
nor slumber to thine eyelids 

5 Deliver thyself as a roe i es 
the hand of the hunter, and asa 
bird from the hand of the fowler. 

6 4 Go to the ant, thou slug- 
gard; consider her ways, and be 
wise: 

7 Which having no guide, over- 
seer, or ruler, 

8 Provideth her meat in the 
summer, and gathereth her food 
in the harvest. 

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O 
sluggard? when wilt thou arise 
out of thy sleep? , 

10 Yet a little sleep, a little 
slumber, a little folding of the 
hands to sleep: 

11 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth, and thy want 
as an armed man. 

12 { Anaughty person, a wicked 
man, walketh with a froward 
mouth. 

13 He winketh with his eyes, 
he speaketh with his feet, he 
teacheth with his fingers; 

14 Frowardness is in his heart, 
he deviseth mischief continu- 
ally; he soweth discord. ; 

15 Therefore shall his calamity - 
come suddenly; suddenly shall 
he be broken without remedy. 

16 ¥ These six things doth the 


LORD hate: yea, seven are an 
abomination unto him: 
17 A proud look, a_ Iying 


tongue, and hands that shed 
innocent blood, 

18 An | heart that deviseth 
wicked imaginations, feet that 
be swift in running to mischief, 

19 A false witness that speak- 
eth lies, and he that soweth dis- 
cord among brethren. 

20 4 My son, keep thy father’s 
commandment, and forsake not 
the law of thy mother: 

21 Bind them continually upon 
thine heart, and tie them about 
thy neck. 4 f 
22 When thou goest, it shall 
lead thee; when thou sleepest, 


‘it shall keep thee; and when thou 


awakest, it shall talk with thee. 


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Exhortation to wisdom 


23 For the commandment is a 
lamp; and the law is light; and 
reproofs of instruction are the 
way of life: 

24 To keep thee from the evil 
woman, from the flattery of the 
tongue of a strange woman. 

_ 25 Lust not after her beauty in 
thine heart; neither let her take 
thee with her eyelids. 

26 For by means of a whorish 
Woman a man is brought to a 
piece of bread: and the adulter- 
ess will hunt for the precious life. 

27 Can a man take fire in his 
bosom, and his clothes not be 
burned? 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, 
and his feet not be burned? 

29 So he that goeth in to his 
neighbour’s wife; whosoever 
toucheth her shall not be inno- 
cent. 

30 Men do not despise a thief, 
if he ae to satisfy his soul when 
he is hungry; 

31 But if he be foe he shall 
restore sevenfold; he shall give 
all the substance of his house. 

32 But whoso committeth adul- 
tery with a woman lacketh un- 
derstanding: he that doeth it 
destroyeth his own soul. 

33 A wound and _ dishonour 
shall he get; and his reproach 
shall not be wiped away. 

34 For jealousy is the rage of a 
man: therefore he will not spare 
in the day of vengeance. 

35 He will not regard any ran- 
som; neither will he rest content, 
though thou givest many gifts. 


635 CHAPTER 7 
1 Exhortation to wisdom. 10 Theways 
R of wicked women. 
Y son, keep my words, and 
lay up my commandments 
with thee. 

2 Keep my commandments, 
and live; and my law as the 
apple of thine eye. 

3 Bind them upon thy fingers, 
pete them upon the table of thine 

eart 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art 


PROVERBS, 7 


my sister; and call understand- 
ing thy kinswoman: 

5 That they may keep thee from 
the strange woman, from the 
stranger which flattereth with 
her words. 

6 ¢ For at the window of my 
tiers I looked through my case- 


"7 mr beheld among the simple 
ones, I discerned among the 
youths, a young man void of 
understanding, 

8 Passing through the street 
near her corner; and he went the 
way to her house, 

9 In the twilight, in the eve- 
ning, in the black andi dark night: 

10 And, behold, there met hima 
woman with the attire of an har- 
lot, and subtil of heart. 

11 (She is loud and stubborn; 
her feet abide not in her house: 

12 Now is she without, now in 
the streets, and lieth in wait at 
every corner.) 

13 So_she caught him, and 
kissed him, and with an impu- 
dent face said unto him, f 

14 I have peace offerings with 
me; this day have I payed my 
vows 

15 Therefore came I forth to 
meet thee, diligently to seek thy 
face, and I have found thee. | 

16 I have decked my bed with 
coverings of tapestry, with carved 
works, with fine linen of E’&ypt. 

17 I have perfumed my bed 
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 

18 Come, let us take our fill of 
love until the morning: let us 
solace ourselves with loves. 

19 For the goodman is not at 
home, he is gone a long journey: 

He hath taken a bag of 
money with him, and will come 
home at the day appointed. 

21 With her much fair speech 
she caused him to yield, with the 
flattering of her lips she forced 


im. 

22 He goeth after her straight- 
way, as an ox goeth to the 
slaughter, or as a fool to the 
correction of the stocks; 


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23 Till a dart strike through his 
liver; as a bird hasteth to the 
snare, and knoweth not that it is 
for his life. 

24 § Hearken unto me now 
therefore, O ye children, and 
attend to the words of my mouth. 

25 Let not thine heart decline to 
her ways, go not astray in her 
paths. 

26 For she hath cast down 
many wounded: yea, many 
strong men have been slain by 


er. 
27 Her house is the way to 
hell, going down to the cham- 
bers of death. 


636 CHAPTER 8 


1 Wisdom to be desired for the blessings 
it brings. 12 The nature of wisdom. 
22 Its eternity. 

OTH not wisdom cry? and 
understanding put forth her 

voice? f 

2 She standeth in the top of high 
places, by the way in the places of 
the paths. 

3 She crieth at the gates, at the 
entry of the city, at the coming in 
at the doors. 

4 Unto you, O men, I call; and 
‘my voice is to the sons of man. 

5 O ye simple, understand wis- 
dom: and, ye fools, be ye of an 
understanding heart. 

6 Hear; for I will speak of ex- 
cellent things; and the opening 
of my lips shall be right things. 

For my mouth shall speak 
truth; and wickedness is an 
abomination to my lips. 

8 All the words of my mouth 
are in righteousness; there is 
nothing froward or perverse in 


em. 

9 They are all plain to him that 
understandeth, and right to them 
that find knowledge. ; 

10 Receive my instruction, and 
not silver; and knowledge rather 
than choice gold. | 

11 For wisdom is better than 
rubies; and all the things that 
may be desired are not to be 
compared to it. 


Blessings of wisdom 


12 I wisdom dwell with pru- 
dence, and find out knowledge of 
witty inventions. 

13 The fear of the LORD is to 
hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, 
and the evil way, and the fro- 
ward mouth, do I hate. 

14 Counsel is mine, and sound 
wisdom: I am understanding; 
I have strength. 

15 By me kings reign, and 
princes decree justice. 

16 By me princes rule, and 
nobles, even all the judges of the 
earth. 

17 I love them that love me; 
and those that seek me early 
shall find me. 

18 Riches and honour are with 
me; yea, durable riches and 
righteousness. 

19 My fruit is better than gold, 
yea, than fine gold; and my rev- 
enue than choice silver. 

20 I lead in the way of right- 
eousness, in the midst of the 
paths of judgment: 

21 That I may cause those that 
love me to inherit substance; and 
I will fill their treasures. 

22 The LORD possessed me in 
the beginning of his way, before 
his works of old. 

, 23 I was set up from everlast- 
ing, from the beginning, or ever 
the earth was. 

24 When there were no depths, 
I was brought forth; when there 
were no fountains abounding 
with water. 

25 Before the mountains were 
settled, before the hills was I 
brought forth: 

26 While as yet he had not 
made the earth, nor the fields, 
nor the highest part of the dust 
of the world. 

27 When he prepared the heav- 
ens, I was there: when he seta 
compass upon the face of the 
depth: { 

28 When he established the 
clouds above: when he strength- 
ened the fountains of the deep: 

29 When he gave to the sea his 
decree, that the waters should 


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not pass his commandment: 
when he appointed the founda- 
tions of the earth: 

30 Then I was by him, as one 
brought up with him: and I was 
daily his delight, rejoicing always 
before him; é 

31 Rejoicing in the habitable 
part of his earth; and my de- 
lights were with the sons of men. 

32 Now therefore hearken unto 
me, O ye children: for blessed 
are they that keep my ways. 

33 Hear instruction, 
wise, and refuse it not. 

34 Blessed is the man that 
heareth me, watching daily at my 
gates, waiting at the posts of my 
doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me find- 
eth life, and shall obtain favour 
of the LORD. : 

36 But he that sinneth against 
me wrongeth his own soul: 
they that hate me love death. 


637 CHAPTER 9 


1 Discipline and doctrine of wisdom. 
16 The error of folly. 
ISDOM hath builded her 
house, she hath hewn out 
her seven pillars: 

2 She hath killed her beasts; 
she hath mingled her wine; she 
hath also furnished her table. 

3 She hath sent forth her 
maidens: she crieth upon the 
highest places of the city, 

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn 
in ftuther: as for him that wanteth 
pce an aie. she saith to 

im, 

5 Come, eat of my bread, and 
drink of the wine which I have 
mingled. 

6 Forsake the foolish, and live; 
and go in the way of understand- 


ing. 

7 He that reproveth a scorner 
getteth to himself shame: and 
he that rebuketh a wicked man 
getteth himself a blot 

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he 
hate thee: rebuke a wise man, 
_and he will love thee. 

9 Give instruction to a wise 


PROVERBS, 9, 10 


man, and he wili be yet wiser: 
teach a just man, and he will 
increase in learning. ‘ 

10 The fear of the LORD is the 
beginning of wisdom: and the 
knowledge of the holy is under- 
standing. 

11 For by me thy days shall be 
multiplied, and the years of thy 
life shall be increased. 

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt 
be wise for thyself: but if thou 
scornest, thou alone shalt bear 


and be | it. 


13 q A foolish woman is clam- 
orous: she is simple, and know- 
eth nothing. 

14 For she sitteth at the door of 
her house, on a seat in the hig 
places of the city, 

15 To call passengers who go 
right on their ways: : 

16 Whoso is simple, let him 
turn in hither: and as for him 
that wanteth understanding, she 
saith to him, 

17 Stolen waters are sweet, 
and bread eaten) in secret is 
pleasant. 

18 But he knoweth not that the 
dead are there; and that her 
guests are in the depths of hell. 


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Of moral virtues and their contrary vices. 

HE proverbs of Sdl’o-mon. 

A wise son maketh a glad 

father: but a foolish son is the 
heaviness of his mother. 

2 Treasures of wickedness 
profit nothing: but _righteous- 
ness delivereth from death. 

3 The LORD will not suffer the 
soul of the righteous to famish: 
but he casteth away the sub- 
stance of the wicked. 

4 He becometh poor that deal- 
eth with a slack hand: but the 
ea of the diligent maketh rich. 

He that gathereth in summer 
isa wise son: but he that sleep- 
eth in harvest is a son that caus- 
eth shame. 

6 Blessings are upon the head 
of the just: but violence cover- 
eth the mouth of the wicked. 


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7 The memory of the just is 
blessed: but the name of the 
wicked shall rot. 

8 The wise in heart will receive 
commandments: but a prating 
foo! shall fall. 

9 He that walketh uprightly 
walketh surely: but he that per- 
verteth his ways shall be known. 

10 He that winketh with the 
eye causeth sorrow: but a prat- 
ing fool shall fall. 

11 The mouth of a righteous 
man is a well of life: but vio- 
lence covereth the mouth of the 
wicked. ‘ 

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: 
but love covereth all sins. 

13 In the lips of him that hath 
understanding wisdom is found: 
but a rod is for the back of him 
that is void of understanding. 

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: 
but the mouth of the foolish is 
near destruction. 

15.The rich man’s wealth is 
his strong city: the destruction 
of the poor is their poverty. 

16 The labour of the righteous 
tendeth to life: the fruit of the 
wicked to sin. 

17 He is in the way of life that 
keepeth instruction: but he that 
refuseth reproof erreth. ¢ 

18 He that hideth hatred with 
lying lips, and he that uttereth a 
slander, is a fool. 

19 In the multitude of words 
there wanteth not sin: but he 
that refraineth his lips is wise. 

20 The tongue of the just is as 
choice silver: the heart of the 
wicked is little worth. 

21 The lips of the righteous feed 
many: but fools die for want of 
wisdom 

22 The blessing of the LORD, it 
maketh rich, and he addeth no 
sorrow with it. 

23 It is as sport to a fool to do 
mischief: but a man of under- 
standing hath wisdom. 

24 The fear of the wicked, i 
shall come upon him: but t 
desire of the righteous ate Phe 
granted. 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


25 As the whirlwind passeth, so 
is the wicked no more: but the 
righteous is an everlasting foun- 
dation. 

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and 
as smoke to the eyes, so is the 
sluggard to them that send him. 

27 The fear of the LORD pro- 
longeth days: but the years of 
the wicked shall be shortened. 

28 The hope of the righteous 
shall be gladness: but the ex- 
pectation of the wicked shall 
perish. ‘ 

29 The way of the LORD is 
strength to the upright: but 
destruction shall be to the work- 
ers of iniquity. 

30 The righteous shall never be 
removed: but the wicked shall 
not inhabit the earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bring- 
eth forth wisdom: but the fro- 
ward tongue shall be cut out. 

32 The lips of the righteous 
know what is acceptable: but 
the mouth of the wicked speaketh 
frowardness. 


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FALSE balance is abomina- 
tion to the LORD: but a 
just weight is his delight. 

2 When pride cometh, then 
cometh shame: but with the 
lowly is wisdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright 
shall guide them: but the per- 
verseness of transgressors shall 
destroy them. 

4 Riches profit not in a day of 
wrath: but righteousness de- 
livereth from death 

5 The righteousness of the per- 
fect shall direct his way: but 
the wicked shall fall by his own 
wickedness. 

6 The righteousness of the up- 
right shall deliver them: but 
transgressors shall be taken in 
their own naughtiness. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, 
his expectation shall perish: and 
the hope of unjust men perisheth. 

8 The righteous is delivered out 


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of trouble, and the wicked cometh 
in his stead. , 

9 An hypocrite with his mouth 
destroyeth his neighbour: but 
through knowledge shall the just 
be delivered. ' 

10 When it goeth well with the 
righteous, the city rejoiceth: and 
- when the wicked perish, there is 
shouting. ; 

11 By the blessing of the up- 
right the city is exalted: but itis 
overthrown by the mouth of the 
wicked. : ’ 

12 He that is void of wisdom 
despiseth his neighbour: but a 
man of understanding holdeth 
his peace. 

13 A talebearer revealeth se- 
crets: but he that is of a faithful 
spirit concealeth the matter. 

14 Where no counsel is, the 
people fall: but in the multitude 
of counsellors there is safety. 

15 He that is surety for a 
stranger shall smart for it: and 
he that hateth suretiship is sure. 

16 A gracious woman retaineth 
honour: and strong men retain 
riches. j 

17 The merciful man _ doeth 
good to his own soul: but he that 
is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 

18 The wicked worketh a de- 
ceitful work: but to him that 
soweth righteousness shall be a 
sure reward. 

19 As righteousness tendeth to 
life: so he that pursueth evil 
pursueth it to his own death. 

20 They that are of a froward 
heart are abomination to the 
LORD: but such as are upright 
in their way are his delight. 

_ 21 Though hand join in hand, 
the wicked shall not be unpun- 

ished: but the seed of the right- 

eous shall be delivered. ; 

22 As a jewel of gold in a 
swine’s snout, so is a fair woman 
which is without discretion. 

_23 The desire of the righteous 
is only good: but the expecta- 
tion of the wicked is wrath. 

24 There is that scattereth, and 
yet increaseth; and there is that 


PROVERBS, 12 


withholdeth more than is meet, 
but it fendeth to poverty. 

The liberal soul shall be 
made fat: and he that watereth 
shall be watered also himself. 

26 He that withholdeth corn, 
the people shall curse him: but 
blessing shall be upon the head 
of him that selleth it. 

27 He that diligently seeketh 
good procureth favour: but he 
that seeketh mischief, it shall 
come unto him. 

28 He that trusteth in his 
riches shall fall: but the right- 
eous shall flourish as a branch. 

29 He that troubleth his own 
house shall inherit the wind: 
and the fool shall be servant to 
the wise of heart. : } 

30 The fruit of the righteous is 
a tree of life; and he that win- 
neth souls is wise. | 

31 Behold, the righteous shall 
be recompensed in the earth: 
much more the wicked and the 
sinner. 


CHAPTER 12 640 


HOSO loveth instruction 
loveth knowledge: but he 
that hateth reproof is brutish. 

2 A good man obtaineth favour 
of the LORD: but a man of 
wicked devices will he condemn. 

3 A man shall not be establish- 
ed by wickedness: but the root of 
the righteous shall not be moved. 

4 A virtuous woman is a crown 
to her husband: but she that 
maketh ashamed is as rotten- 
ness in his bones. z 

5 The thoughts of the righteous 
are right: but the counsels of the 
wicked are deceit. : 

6 The words of the wicked are 
to lie in wait for blood: but the 
mouth of the upright shall de- 
liver them. 

7 The wicked are overthrown, 
and are not: but the house of the 
righteous shall stand. 

8 A man shall be commended 
according to his wisdom: but 
he that is of a perverse heart 
shall be despised. 


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PROVERBS, 13 


9 He that is despised, and hath 
a servant, is better than he that 
honoureth himself, and lacketh 
bread. 

10 A righteous man regardeth 
the life of his beast: but the 
tender mercies of the wicked are 


cruel. Wi 

11 He that tilleth his land shall 
be satisfied with bread: but he 
that followeth vain persons is 
void of understanding. 

12 The wicked desireth the net 
of evil men: but the root of the 
righteous yieldeth fruit. 

13 The wicked is snared by the 
transgression of his lips: but 
the just shall come out of trouble. 

14 Aman shall be satisfied with 
goed by the fruit of Ais mouth: 

the recompence of a man’s 
hands shall be rendered unto 


is ‘The way of a fool is right in 
his own eyes: but he that heark- 
eneth unto counsel is wise. 

16 A fool’s wrath is presently 
known: but a prudent man coy- 
ereth shame. 

17 He that speaketh truth shew- 
eth forth righteousness: but a 
false witness deceit. ; 

18 There is that speaketh like 
the piercings of a sword: but the 
tongue of the wise is health. 

19 The lip of truth shall be 
established for ever: but a lying 
tongue is but for a moment. 

20 Deceit is in the heart of them 
that imagine evil: but to the 
counsellors of peace is joy. 

21 There shall no evil happen 
to the just: but the wicked shall 
be filled with mischief. 

22 Lying lips are abomination 
to the LORD: but they that deal 
truly are his delight. 

23 A prudent man concealeth 
knowledge: but the heart of 
fools proclaimeth foolishness. 

24 The hand of the diligent 
shall bear rule: but the slothful 
shall be under tribute. 

25 Heaviness in the heart of 
man maketh it stoop: but a 
good word maketh it glad. 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


26 The righteous 7s more ex- 
cellent than his neighbour: but 
the way of the wicked seduceth 


them. 

27 The slothful man roasteth 
not that which he took in hunt- 
ing: but the substance of a dili- 
aes man 1s precious. 

8 In the way of righteousness 
is oR eat and in the pathway there- 
of there is no death. 


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WISEsonheareth hisfather’s 

instruction: but a scorner 
heareth not rebuke. 

2 A man shall eat good by the 
fruit of his mouth: but the soul 
of the transgressors shall eat 
violence. 

3 He that keepeth his mouth 
keepeth his life: but he that 
openeth wide his lips shall have 
destruction. 

4 The soul of the sluggard de- 
sireth, and hath nothing: but the 
pee of the diligent shall be made 
a 

5 A righteous man hatethlying: 
but a wicked man is loathsome, 
and cometh to shame. 

6 Righteousness keepeth him 
that is upright in the way: but 
wickedness overthroweth the 
sinner, 

7 There is that maketh himself 
rich, yet hath nothing: there is 
that maketh himself poor, yet 
hath great riches. 

8 The ransom of a man’s life 
ps his riches: but the poor hear- 
eth not rebuke. 

9 The light of the righteous re- 
joiceth: but the lamp of the 
wicked shall be put out. 

10 ‘Only by pride cometh con- 
tention: but with the well ad- 
rene is Wisdom. 

1 Wealth gotten by vanity 
shall be diminished: but he that 
gathereth by labour shall in- 
crease. 

12 Hope deferred maketh the 
heart sick: but when the desire 
cometh, if is a tree of life. 

13 Whoso despiseth the word 


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shall be destroyed: but he that 
 feareth the commandment shall 
_ be rewarded. 

14 The law of the wise is a 
fountain of life, to depart from 
the snares of death. 

15 Good understanding giveth 
favour: but the way of trans- 
-gressors is hard. 

16 Every prudent man dealeth 
with knowledge: but a fool lay- 
eth open his folly. 

17 A wicked messenger falleth 
into mischief: but a faithful 
ambassador ts health 


18 Poverty and shame shall be 


fo him that refuseth instruction: 
but he that regardeth reproof 
shall be honoured. 

19 The desire accomplished is 
sweet to the soul: but it is abom- 
ination to fools to depart from 


evil. 

20 He that walketh with wise 
men shall be wise: but a com- 
panion of fools shall be destroyed. 

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but 
to the righteous good shall be 
repayed. : 

22 A good man leaveth an in- 
heritance to his children’s chil- 
dren: and the wealth of the 
sinner is laid up for the just. 

23 Much food is in the tillage 
of the poor: but there is that is 
destroyed for want of judgment. 

24 He that spareth his ro 
hateth his son: but he that lov- 
eth him chasteneth him betimes. 

25 The righteous eateth to the 
satisfying of his soul: but the 
belly of the wicked shall want. 


642 CHAPTER 14 


7 ye wise woman buildeth 
her house: but the foolish 
plucketh it down with her hands. 

2 He that walketh in his up- 
rightness feareth the LORD: but 
he that is perverse in his ways 
despiseth him. ait: 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is 
arod of pride: but the lips of the 
wise shall preserve them. 

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is 


PROVERBS, 14 


clean: but much increase is by 
the strength of the ox. 

5 A faithful witness will not lie: 
but a false witness will utter lies. 

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, 
and findeth it not: but knowl- 
edge is easy unto him that 
understandeth. 

7 Go from the presence of a 
foolish man, when thou perceiv- 
sary not in him the lips of knowl- 
edge. 

8 The wisdom of the prudent is 
to understand his way: but the 
folly of fools is deceit. 

9 Fools make a mock at sin: 
but among the righteous there is 
favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own 
bitterness; and a stranger doth 
not intermeddle with his joy. 

11 The house of the wicked 
shall be overthrown:. but the 
tabernacle of the upright shall 
flourish. 

12 There isa way which seem- 
eth right unto a man, but the 
end thereof are the ways of death. 

13 Even in laughter the heart is 
sorrowful; and the end of that 
mirth 7s heaviness. 

14 The backslider in heart shall 
be filled with his own ways: and 
a good man shall be satisfied 
from himself. ’ 

15 The simple believeth every 


d| word: but the prudent man look- 


eth well to his going. 

16 A wise man feareth, and 
departeth from evil: but the fool 
rageth, and is confident. 

17 He that is soon angry deal- 
eth foolishly: and a man of 
wicked devices is hated. 

18 The simple inherit folly: but 
the prudent are crowned wi 
knowledge. 

19 The evil bow before the good; 
and the wicked at the gates of 
the righteous. . 

20 The poor is hated even of 
his own neighbour: but the rich 
hath many friends. 4a RY 

21 He that despiseth his neigh- 
bour sinneth: but he that hath 
mercy on the poor, happy is he. 


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22 Do they not err that devise 
evil? but mercy and truth shall be 
to them that devise good. 

- 23 In all labour there is profit: 
but the talk of the lips fendeth 
only to penury. t 

24 The crown of the wise is 
their riches: but the foolishness 
a fools is folly. ~~ 

A true witness delivereth 
i but a deceitful witness 
speaketh lies. ; 

26 In the fear of the LORD is 
strong confidence: and his chil- 
dren shall have a place of refuge. 

27 The fear of the LORD is a 
fountain of life, to depart from 
the snares of death. 5 

28 In the multitude of people is 
the king’s honour: but in the 
want of people is the destruction 
of the prince. 

29 He that is slow to wrath is 
of great understanding: but he 
that is hasty of spirit exalteth 
folly. i 

30 A sound heart is the life of 
the flesh: but envy the rotten- 
ness of the bones. 

31 He that oppresseth the poor 
reproacheth his Maker: but he 
that honoureth him hath mercy 
on the poor. 

32 The wicked is driven away 
in his wickedness: but the 
righteous hath hope in his death. 

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart 
of him that hath understanding: 
but that which is in the midst of 
fools is made known. 

34 Righteousness exalteth a na- 
tion: but sinisareproach to any 
people. 

35 The king’s favour is toward 
a wise servant: but his wrath is 
against him that causeth shame. 


CHAPTER 15 


SOFT answer turneth away 
wrath: but grievous words 
stir up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise useth 
knowledge aright: but the mouth 
of fools poureth out foolishness. 

3 The eyes of the LORD are in 


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Moral virtues and contrary vices 


every place, beholding the evil 
and the good. 

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree 
of life: but perverseness therein 
is a breach in the spirit. 

5 A fool despiseth his father’s 
instruction: but he that regard- 
eth reproof is prudent. 

.6 In the house of the righteous 
is much treasure: but in the rev- 
enues of the wicked is trouble. 

7 The lips of the wise disperse 
knowledge: but the heart of the 
foolish doeth not so. ; 

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is 
an abomination to the LORD: 
but the prayer of the upright is 
his delight. | : 

9 The way of the wicked is an 
abomination unto the LORD: but 
he loveth him. that followeth 
after righteousness. 

10 Correction is grievous unto 
him that forsaketh the way: and 
he that hateth reproof shall die. 

11 Hell and destruction are be- 
fore the LORD: how much more 
then the hearts of the children of 
men? 

12 Ascorner loveth not one that 
reproveth him: neither will he go 
unto the wise. 

13 A merry heart maketh a 
cheerful countenance: but by 
sorrow of the heart the spirit is 
broken. 

14 The heart of him that hath 
understanding seeketh knowl- 
edge: but the mouth of fools 
feedeth on foolishness. 

15 All the days of the afflicted 
are evil: but he that is of a merry 
heart hath a continual feast. 

16 Better 7s little with the fear 
of the LORD than great treasure 
and trouble therewith 

17 Better ts a dinner of herbs 
where love is, than a stalled ox 
and hatred therewith. 

18 A wrathful man stirreth up | 
strife: but he that is slow to 
anger appeaseth strife. 

19 The way of the slothful man 
is as an hedge of thorns: but the 
way of the righteous is made 
plain. 


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Moral virtues and contrary vices — 


20 A wise son maketh a glad 


his mother. : ' 

21 Folly is joy to him that is 
destitute of wisdom: but a 
man of understanding walketh 
uprightly. 

22 Without counsel purposes 
are disappointed: butin the mul- 
titude of counsellors they are 
established. , 

23 A man hath joy by the an- 
swer of his mouth: and a word 
Beet in due season, how good 
is it! 

24 The way of life is above to 
the wise, that he may depart from 
hell beneath. 

25 The LORD will destroy the 
house of the proud: but he will 
establish the border of the widow. 

26 The thoughts of the wicked 
are an abomination to the LORD: 
but the words of the pure are 
pleasant words. 

27 He that is greedy of gain 
troubleth his own house; but he 
that hateth gifts shall live. 

28 The heart of the righteous 
studieth to answer: but the 
mouth of the wicked poureth out 
evil things. j 

29 The LORD is far from the 
wicked: but he heareth the 
prayer of the righteous. 

30 The light of the eyes re- 
joiceth the heart: and a good 
report maketh the bones fat. 

31 The ear that heareth the re- 


proof of life abideth among the 


wise. 

32 He that refuseth instruc- 
tion despiseth his own soul: but 
he that heareth reproof getteth 
understanding. 

33 The fear of the LORD is the 
instruction of wisdom; and be- 
fore honour is humility. 


644 CHAPTER 16 


HE preparations of the heart 
in man, and the answer of 
the tongue, is from the LORD. 
2 All the ways of a man are 
clean in his own eyes; but the 
LORD weigheth the spirits. 


PROVERBS, 16 


3 Commit thy works unto the 
LORD, and thy thoughts shall be 
established. 

4 The LORD hath made all 
things for himself: yea, even the 
wicked for the day of evil. 

5 Every one that is proud in 
heart is an abomination to the 
LORD: though hand join in 
hand, he shall not be unpunished. 
_6 By mercy and truth iniquity 
is purged: and by the fear of the 
LORD men depart from evil. 

7 When a man’s ways please 
the LORD, he maketh even his 
enemies to be at peace with him. 

8 Better is a little with right- 
eousness than great revenues 
without right. 

9 A man’s heart deviseth his 
way: but the LORD directeth 
his steps. 

10 A divine sentence is in the 
lips of the king: his mouth 
transgresseth not in judgment. 

11 A just weight and balance 
are the LORD’s: all the weights 
of the bag are his work. 

12 Itis an abomination to kings 
to commit wickedness: for the 
throne is established by right- 
eousness. 

13 Righteous lips are the delight 
of kings; and they love him that 
speaketh right. 

14 The wrath of a king is as 
messengers of death: but a wise 
man will pacify it. 

15 In the light of the king’s 
countenance is life; and his fa- 
vourisasa cloud of the latter rain. 

16 How much better is it to get 
wisdom than gold! and to get 
understanding rather to be chosen 
than silver! 

17 The highway of the upright 
is to depart from evil: he that 
ages" his way preserveth his 
soul. 

18 Pride goeth before destruc- 
fen eng an haughty spirit before 
a f 

19 Better it is to be of an hum- 
ble spirit with the lowly, than to 
divide the spoil with the proud. 

20 He that handleth a matter 


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PROVERBS, 17 


wisely shall find good: and who- 
pian wee in the LORD, happy 
is he. 

21 The wise in heart shall be 
called prudent: and the sweetness 
of the lips increaseth learning. 

22 Understanding is a _ well- 
spring of life unto him that hath 
oe but the instruction of fools is 


23 The heart of the wise teach- 
eth his mouth, and addeth learn- 
ing to his lips. 

24 Pleasant words are as an 
honeycomb, sweet to the soul, 
and health to the bones. 

There is a way that seemeth 
right unte a man, but the end 
thereof are the ways of death 

26 He that laboureth laboureth 
for himself; for his mouth crav- 
eth it of him 

27 An ungodly man diggeth) up 
evil: and in his lips there is asa 
burning fire. 

28 A froward man soweth 
strife: and a whisperer separateth 
chief friends. 

29 A violent man enticeth his 
neighbour, and leadeth him into 
the way that is not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to de- 
vise froward things: moving his 
lips he bringeth evil to pass. 

31 The hoary head is a crown 
of glory, if it be found in the way 
ofrighteousness. : 
_32 He that is slow to anger is 
better than the mighty; and he 
that ruleth his spirit than he that 
ect a city. 

3 The lot is cast into the lap; 
hat the whole disposing thereof 
is of the LORD. 


645 CHAPTER 17 


ETTER is a dry morsel, and 
quietness therewith, than an 
house full of sacrifices with strife. 
2 A wise servant shall have rule 
over a son that causeth shame, 
and shall have part of the inherit- 
ance among the brethren. 
3 The fining pot is for silver, 
and the furnace for gold: but the 
LORD trieth the hearts. 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


4 A wicked doer giveth heed to 
false lips; and a liar giveth ear to 
a naughty tongue. 

Whoso mocketh the poor re- 
proacheth his Maker: and he 
that is glad at calamities shall 
not be unpunished. 

6 Children’s children are the 
crown of old men; and the glory 
of children.are their fathers. 

7 Excellent speech becometh 
not a fool: much less do lying 
lips a prince. E 

8 A gift is as a precious stone 
in the eyes of him that hath it: 
whithersoever it turneth, it pros- 
pereth. 

9 He that covereth a trans- 
gression seeketh love; but he 
that repeateth a matter separateth 
very friends. 

10 A reproof entereth more into 
a wise man than an hundred 
stripes into a fool. 

11 An evil man seeketh only 
rebellion: therefore a _ cruel 
messenger shall be sent against 


im. 

12 Let a bear robbed of her 
whelps meet a man, rather than a 
fool in his folly. 

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for 
good, evil shall not depart from 
his house. ; 

14 The beginning of strife is as 
when one letteth out water: 
therefore leave off contention, 
before it be meddled wi 

15 He that justifieth the wick- 
ed, and he that condemneth the 
just, even they both are abom- 
ination to the LORD. 

16 Wherefore is there a price in 
the hand of a fool to get wisdom, 
seeing he hath no heart fo it? 

17 A friend loveth at all times, 
and a brother is born for ad- 
versity. 

18 A man void of understand- 
ing striketh hands, and becometh 
surety in the presence of his 
friend. : 

19 He loveth transgression that 
loveth strife: and he that exalteth 
his gate seeketh destruction. 

20 He that hath a froward 


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heart findeth no good: and he 
_ that hath a perverse tongue fall- 
_ eth into mischief. 

21 He that begetteth a fool 
doeth it to his sorrow: and the 
father of a fool hath no joy. 

22 A merry heart doeth good 
like. a medicine: but. a broken 
Spirit drieth the bones. f 

23 A wicked man taketh a gift 
out of the bosom to pervert the 
ways of judgment. 

24 Wisdom: is before him that 
hath understanding; but the eyes 
of a fool are in the ends of the 
earth. : 

25 A foolish son is a grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that 
bare him. fare 

26 Also to punish the just is not 
good, nor to strike princes for 
equity. 

27 He that hath knowledge 
spareth his words: and aman of 
understanding is of an excellent 
spirit. 

28 Even a fool, when he hold- 
eth his peace, is counted wise: 
and he that shutteth his lips is 
esteemed a man of understand- 
ing. 


646 CHAPTER 18 


HROUGH desire a man, 

.. having separated himself, 
seeketh and intermeddleth with 
all wisdom. ‘ 

2 A fool hath no delight in 
understanding, but that his heart 
may discover itself, 

3 When the wicked cometh, 
then cometh also contempt, and 
with ignominy reproach. | 

4 The words of a man’s mouth 
are as deep waters, and the well- 
spring of wisdom as a flowing 
brook. 

5 Jt is not good to accept the 
person of the wicked, to over- 
throw the righteous in judgment. 
6 A fool’s lips enter into con- 

tention, and his mouth calleth for 
strokes. et. 

7 A fool’s mouth is his destruc- 
tion, and his lips are the snare 
of his soul. 

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PROVERBS, 18 


8 The words of a_talebearer 
are as wounds, and they go 
down into the innermost parts 
of the belly. 

9 He also that is slothful in his 
work is brother to him that is a 
great waster. 

10 The name of the LorD is a 
strong tower: the righteous run- 
neth into it, and is safe. 

11 The rich man’s wealth is his 
Strong city, and as an high wall 
in his own conceit. 

12 Before destruction the heart 
of man is haughty, and before 
honour is humility. 

13 He that answereth a matter 
before he heareth it, it is folly and 
shame unto him. 

14 The spirit of a man will sus- 
tain his infirmity; but a wounded 
Spirit who can bear? 

15 The heart of the prudent 
getteth knowledge; and the ear 
of the wise seeketh knowledge, 
.16 A man’s gift maketh room 
for him, and bringeth him before 
greatmen, 

17 He that is first in his own 
Cause seemeth just; but his 
neighbour cometh and searcheth 


m. 

18 The lot causeth contentions 
to cease, and parteth between the 
mighty. 

19 A brother offended is harder 
to be won than a strong city: and 
their contentions are like the bars 
of a castle. 

20 A man’s belly shall be satis- 
fied with the fruit of his mouth: 
and with the increase of his lips 
shall he be filled. 

21 Death and life are in the 
power of the tongue: and they 
that love it shall eat the fruit 
thereof. 

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth 
a good thing, and obtaineth fa- 
vour of the LORD. ‘ : 

The poor useth intreaties: 
but the rich answereth roughly. 

24 A man fhat hath friends 
must shew himself friendly: and 
there is a friend that sticketh 
closer than a brother. 


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647 CHAPTER 19 
ETTER is the poor that 
walketh in his integrity, 
than he that is perverse in his 
lips, and is a fool. j 

2 Also, that the soul be with- 
out knowledge, if is not good; 
and he that hasteth with his feet 
sinneth. 

3 The foolishness of man per- 
verteth his way: and his heart 
fretteth against the LORD. | 

4 Wealth maketh many friends; 
but the poor is separated from 
his neighbour. 

5 A false witness shall not be 
unpunished, and he that speak- 
eth lies shall not escape. 

6 Many will intreat the favour 
of the prince: and every manisa 
friend to him that giveth gifts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do 
hate him: how much more do 
his friends go far from him? he 
pursueth them with words, yet 
they are wanting to him. 

8 He that getteth wisdom lov- 
eth his own soul: he that keepeth 
understanding shall find good. 

0 A false witness shall not be 
unpunished, and he that speak- 
eth lies shall perish. 

10 Delight is not seemly for a 
fool: much less for a*servant to 
have rule over princes. 

11 The discretion of a man de- 
ferreth his anger; and it is his 
glory to pass over a transgression. 

12 The king’s wrath is as the 
roaring of a lion; but his favour 
is as dew upon the grass. 

13 A foolish son is the calamity 
of his father: and the conten- 
tions of a wife are a continual 
dropping. 

14 House and riches are the 
inheritance of fathers: and a 
prudent wife is from the LORD. 

15 Slothfulness casteth into a 
deep sleep; and an idle soul shall 
suffer hunger. 


16 He that keepeth the com-| w 


mandment keepeth his own soul; 
but he that despiseth his ways 
shall die. k 

17 He that hath pity upon the 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


poor lendeth unto the LORD; and 
that which he hath given will he 
pay him again. 

_18 Chasten thy son while there 
is hope, and let not thy soul spare 
for his crying. 

19 A man of great wrath shall 
suffer punishment: for if thou 
deliver him, yet thou must do it 
again. 

_20 Hear counsel, and receive 
instruction, that thou mayest be 
wise in thy latter end. 

21 There are many devices in 
a man’s heart; nevertheless the 
counsel of the LORD, that shall 


stand. 

22 The desire of a man is his 
kindness: and a poor man is 
better than a liar. 

23 The fear of the LORD fend- 
eth to life: and he that hath it 
shall abide satisfied; he shall not 
be visited with evil. : 

24 A slothful man hideth his 
hand in his bosom, and will not 
so much as bring it to his mouth 
again. 

25 Smite a_scorner, and the 
simple will beware: and re- 
prove one that hath understand- 
ing, and he will understand 
knowledge. 

26 He that wasteth his father, 
and chaseth away his mother, 1s 
a son that causeth shame, and 
bringeth reproach. 

_27 Cease, my son, to hear the 
instruction that causeth to err 
from the words of knowledge. 

28 An ungodly witness scorn- 
eth judgment: and the mouth 
of the wicked devoureth iniquity. 

29 Judgments are prepared for 
scorners, and stripes for the back 
of fools. 


CHAPTER 20 648 


INE is a mocker, strong 
drink is raging: and who- 
soever is deceived thereby is not - 


ise. 

2 The fear of a king is as the 
roaring of a lion: whoso pro- 
voketh him to anger sinne 
against his own soul. 


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3 Jt is an honour for a man to 
cease from strife: but every fool 
will be meddling. 

4 The sluggard will not plow by 
reason of the cold; therefore 
shall he beg in harvest, and have 
nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man 


- ts like deep water; but a man of 


understanding will draw it out. 

6 Most men will proclaim every 
one his own goodness: but a 
faithful man who can find? 

7 The just man walketh in his 
integrity: his children are blessed 
after him. : 

8 A king that sitteth in the 
throne of judgment scattereth 
away all evil with his eyes. 

9 Who can say, I have made 
my heart clean, I am pure from 
my sin? 

10 Divers weights, and divers 
measures, both of them are alike 
abomination to the LORD. 

11 Even a child is known by 
his doings, whether his work be 
pure, and whether it be right. 

12 The hearing ear, and the 
seeing eye, the LORD hath made 
even both of them. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou 
come to poverty; open thine eyes, 
and thou shalt be satisfied with 
bread. | as 

14 It is naught, it is naught, 
saith the buyer: but when he is 
gone his way, then he boasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multi- 
Gide of rubies: but the lips of 
knowledge are a precious jewel. 

16 Take his garment that is 
surety for a stranger: and takea 


_ pledge of him for a strange wo- | 


man. : 
17 Bread of deceit is sweet toa 


man; but afterwards his mouth 


shall be filled with gravel. 

18 Every purpose is established 
by counsel: and with good advice 
make war. 

19 He that goeth about as a tale- 
bearer revealeth secrets: there- 
fore meddle not with him that 
flattereth with his lips. 

20 Whoso curseth his father or 


PROVERBS, 21 


his mother, his lamp shall be put 
out in obscure darkness. 

21 An inheritance may be 
gotten hastily at the beginning; 
but the end thereof shall not 
be blessed. 

22 Say not thou, I will recom- 
pense evil; but wait on the 
LORD, and he shall! save thee. 

23 Divers weights are an abom- 
ination unto the LORD; and a 
false balance is not good. 

24 Man’s goings are of the 
LORD; how can a man then 
understand his own way? 

25 It is a snare to the man who 
devoureth that which is holy, and 
after vows to make enquiry. 

26 A wise king scattereth the 
wicked, and bringeth the wheel 
overthem. ; 

27 The spirit of man is the 
candle of the LORD, searching 
all the inward parts of the belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preserve the 
king: and his throne is upholden 
by mercy. 

29 The glory of young men is 
their strength: and the beauty of 
old men is the gray head. 

30 The blueness of a proud 
cleanseth away evil: so 
fee the inward parts of the 

eily. 


CHAPTER 21 649 


HE king’s heart is in the hand 

of the LORD, as the rivers of 

water: he turneth it whitherso- 
ever he will. : ; 

2 Every way of a man is right in 
his own eyes: but the LORD 
pondereth the hearts. | 

3 To do justice and judgment 
is more acceptable to the LORD 
than sacrifice. 

4 An high look, and a proud 
heart, and the plowing of the 
wicked, is sin. 

5 The thoughts of the diligent 
tend only to plenteousness; but 
of every one that is hasty only to 
want. 

6 The getting of treasures by a 
tying tongue is a vanity tossed to 
and fro of them that seek death. 


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PROVERBS, 22 


7 The robbery of the wicked 
shall destroy them; because 
they refuse to do judgment. 

8 The way of man is froward 
and strange: but as for the pure, 
his work is right. 5 

9 It is better to dwell in a 
corner of the house top, than with 
a brawling -womah in a wide 
house. 

10 The soul of the wicked de- 
sireth evil: his neighbour find- 
eth no favour in his eyes. | 

11 When the scorner is pun- 
ished, the simple is made wise: 
and when the wise is instructed, 
he receiveth knowledge. 

12 The righteous man wisely 
considereth the house of the 
wicked: but God overthroweth 
the wicked for their wickedness. 

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at 
the cry of the poor, he also shall 
cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

14 A gift in secret pacifieth an- 
ger: and a reward in the bosom 
strong wrath. ' 

15 It is joy to the just to do 
judgment: but destruction shall 
be to the workers of iniquity. 

16 The man that wandereth out 
of the way of understanding shall 
remain in the congregation of the 


ead. 

17 He that loveth pleasure 
shall be a poor man: he that 
loveth wine and oil shall not be 


rich. 
18 The wicked: shall be a ran- 
som for the righteous, an e 
transegressor for the upright. 

19 Jt is better to dwell in the 
wilderness, than with a con- 
tentious and an angry woman. 

20 There is treasure to be de- 
sired and oil in the dwelling of 
the wise; but a foolish man 
spendeth it up. 

21 He that followeth after 
righteousness and mercy findeth 
life, righteousness, and honour. 

22 A wise man scaleth the city 
of the mighty, and casteth down 
the strength of the confidence 
thereof. 4 

23 Whoso keepeth his mouth 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


and his tongue keepeth his soul 
from troubles. 

_24 Proud and haughty scorner 
is his name, who dealeth in 
proud wrath. 

25 The desire of the slothful 
killeth him; for his hands refuse 
to labour. 

26 He coveteth greedily all the 
day long: but the righteous giv- 
eth and spareth not. 

_27 The sacrifice of the wicked 
is abomination: how much more, 
when he bringeth it with a 
wicked mind? 

28 A false witness shall perish: 
but the man that heareth speak- 
eth constantly. 

29 A wicked man hardeneth his 
face: but as for the upright, he 
directeth his way. 

30 There is no wisdom nor un- 
derstanding nor counsel against 
the LORD. : 

31 The horse is prepared against 
the day of battle: but safety is 
of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 22 650 


GOOD name is rather to be 

chosen than great riches, 
and joving favour rather than 
silver and gold. 

2 The rich_and poor meet to- 
gether: the LORD is the maker 
of them all. 

3 A prudent man foreseeth the 
evil, and hideth himself: but the 
simple pass on, and are punished. 

By humility and the fear of 
the LORD are riches, and honour, 
and life. 

5 Thorns and snares are in the 
way of the froward: he that 
doth keep his soul shall be far 
from them. ebed 

6 Train up a child in the way 
he should go: and when he is 
old, he will not depart from it. 

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, 
and the borrower is servant to 
the lender. Se oep 

8 He that soweth iniquity shall 
reap vanity: and the rod of his 
anger shall fail. : 

0 He that hath a bountiful eye 


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Moral virtues and contrary vices 


shall be blessed; for he giveth of 
his bread to the poor. 

10 Cast out the scorner, and 
contention shall go out; yea, 
strife and reproach shall cease. 

11 He that loveth pureness of 

heart, for the grace of his lips 
the king shall be his friend. 
- 12 The eyes of the LORD pre- 
serve knowledge, and he over- 
pproweth the words of the trans- 
gress 

13 The slothful man _ saith, 
There is a lion without, I shall 
be slain in the streets. 

14 The. mouth of strange wo- 
men is a deep pit: he that is ab- 
horred of the LORD shall fall 
therein. ; : 

15 Foolishness is bound in the 
heart of a child; but the rod of 
correction shall drive it far from 


him. 

16 He that oppresseth the poor 
to increase his riches, and he 
that giveth to the rich, shall sure- 
ly come to want. 

17 Bow down thine ear, and 
hear the words of the wise, and 
Aue thine heart unto my knowl- 
edge. 

18 For if is a Blaser thing if 
thou keep them within thee; they 
shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 
19 That thy trust may be in the 
LORD, I have made known to 
thee this day, even to thee. 

20 Have not I written to thee 
excellent things in counsels and 
knowledge, | 

21 ThatI might make thee know 
the certainty of the words of 
truth; that thou mightest an- 
swer the words of truth to them 
that send unto thee? 

_22 Rob not the poor, because he 
is_ poor: neither oppress the 
afflictedin the gate: 

23 For the LORD will plead 
their cause, and spoil the soul of 
those that spoiled them. | 
_ 24 Make no friendship with an 
angry man; and with a furious 
man thou shalt not go: | 

25 Lest thou learn his ways, 
and get a snare to thy soul. 


PROVERBS, 23 


26 Be not thou one of them 
that strike hands, or of them 
that are sureties for debts. 

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, 
why should he take away thy 
bed from under thee? 

28 Remove not the ancient 
landmark, which thy fathers 
have set. 

29 Seest thou a man diligent in 
his business? he shall stand be- 
fore kings; he shall not stand 
before mean men. 


CHAPTER 23 651 


HEN thou sittest to eat 
with a ruler, consider dili- 
gently what is before thee: 

2 And puta knife to thy throat, 
if thou be a man given to 
appetite. 

3 Benot desirous of his dainties: 
for they are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not tobe rich: cease 
from thine own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon 
that which is not? for riches cer- 
tainly make themselves wings; 
they fly away as an eagle toward 
heaven. 3 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him 
that hath an evil eye, neither 
desire thou his dainty meats: 

For as he thinketh in his 
heart, so is he: Eat and drink, 
saith he to thee; but his heart is 
not with thee. ; 

8 The morsel which thou hast 
eaten shalt thou vomit up, an 
lose thy sweet words. 

0 Speak not in the ears of a 
fool: for he will despise the 
wisdom of thy words. 

10 Remove not the old land- 
mark; and enter not into the 
fields of the fatherless: 

11 For their redeemer is 
mighty; he shall plead their 
cause with thee. 

12 Apply thine heart unto in- 
struction, and thine ears to the 
words of knowledge. 

13 Withhold not correction from 
the child: for if thou beatest him 
with the rod, he shall not die. 

14 Thou shalt beat him with the 


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PROVERBS, 24 


rod, and shalt deliver his soul 
from hell, 

15 My son, if thine heart be 
wise, my heart shall rejoice, 
even mine. 

#16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, 
when thy lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart envy sin- 
ners: but be thou in the fear of 
the LORD all the day long. 

18 For surely there is an end; 
eng eae expectation shall not be 
cut off. 


19 Hear thou, my son, and be|I 


wise, and guide thine heart in the 
Way. 

20 Be not among winebibbers; 
among riotous eaters of flesh: 

21 For the drunkard and the 
glutton shall come to poverty: 
and drowsiness shall clothe a 
man with rags. 

22 Hearken unto thy father 
that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. 

23 Buy the truth, and sell it 
not; also wisdom, and instruc- 
tion, and understanding. 

24 The father of the righteous 
shall greatly rejoice: and he that 
begetteth a wise child shall have 
joy of him 

25 Thy { father and thy mother 
shall be glad, and she that bare 
thee shall rejoice. 

26 My son, give me thine heart, 
and let thine eyes observe my 
ways. 

27 For a whore is a deep ditch; 


Moral virtues and contrary vices 


32 At the last it biteth like a 
serpent, and stingeth like an 
adder. 

33 Thine eyes shall behold 
strange women, and thine heart 
shall utter perverse things. 

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that 
lieth down in the midst of the 
sea, or as he that lieth upon the 
top of a mast. 

35 They have stricken me, 
shalt thou say, and I was not 
sick; they have beaten me, a 


felt if not: when shall 
awake? I will seek it yet 
again. 


CHAPTER 24 652 


E not thou envious against 
evil men, neither desire to be 
with them. ) 

2 For their heart studieth de- 
struction, and their lips talk of 
mischief. 

3 Through wisdom is an house 
builded; and by understanding 
it is established: 

And by knowledge shall the 
chambers be filled with all pre- 
cious and pleasant riches. 

5 A wise man is strong; yea,a 
man of knowledge increaseth 
strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou 


shalt make thy war: and in mul-. 


titude of counsellors there is 
safety. 

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: 
he openeth not his mouth in the 


and a strange woman is a narrow | gate 


pit. 

28 She also lieth in wait as for 
a prey, and increaseth the trans- 
gressors among men. 

29 Who hath woe? who hath 
sorrow? who hath contentions? 
who hath babbling? who hath 
wounds without cause? who 
hath redness of eyes? 

30 They that tarry long at the 
wine; they that go to seek mixed 
wine. 

31 Look not thou upon the wine 
when it is red, when it giveth his 
colour in the cup, when it moveth 
itself aright. 


8 He that deviseth to do evil 

shall be called a mischievous 
person. 

9 The thought of foolishness is 
sin: and the scorner is an abom- 
ination to men 

10 7f thou faint in the day of 
adversity, thy strength is small. 

11 If thou forbear to deliver 
them that are drawn unto death, 
and those that are ready to be 
slain; 

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we 
knew it not; doth not he that 
pondereth the heart consider it? 
and he that keepeth thy soul, 


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doth not he know it? and shall 
not he render to every man ac- 
cording to his works? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, be- 
cause if is good; and the honey- 
comb, which is sweet to thy 
taste: 

14 So shall the knowledge of 
wisdom be unto thy soul: when 
thou hast found it, then there 
shall be a reward, and thy expec- 
tation shall not be cut off. 

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, 
against the dwelling of the right- 
eous; spoil not his resting 
place: 

16 For a just man falleth seven 
times, and riseth up again: but 
the wicked shall fall into mis- 
chief. | 

17 Rejoice not when thine 
enemy falleth, and let not thine 

. heart be glad when he stumbleth: 

18 Lest the LORD see i7é, and it 
displease him, and he turn away 
his wrath from him. 

19 Fret not thyself because of 
evil men, neither be thou envious 
at the wicked; 

20 For there shall be no reward 
to the evil man; the candle of 
the wicked shall be put out. 

21 Myson, fear thou the LORD 
and the king: and meddle not 
with them that are given to 
change: ) ? 

22 For their calamity shall rise 
suddenly; and who knoweth the 
ruin of them both? 

23 These things also belong to 
the wise. Jt is not good to have 
respect of persons in judgment. 

24 He that saith unto the 

_ wicked, Thou aré righteous; him 
shall the people curse, nations 
shall abhor him: Y 
25 But to them that rebuke him 
shall be delight, and a good 
blessing shall come upon them. 

26 Every man shall kiss his 

lips that ‘giveth a right answer. 

27 Prepare thy work without, 
and make it fit for thyself in the 
field: and afterwards build thine 
house. } j 
28 Be not a witness against 


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thy neighbour without cause; 
and deceive not with thy lips. 

29 Say not, I will do so to him 
as he hath done to me: I will 
render to the man according to 
his work. 

30 I went by the field of the 
slothful, and by the vineyard of 
the man void of understanding; 

31 And, lo, it was all grown 
over with thorns, and nettles had 
covered the face thereof, and the 
stone wall thereof was broken 
down. 

_32 Then I saw, and considered 
it well: I looked upon it, and 
received instruction. 

33 Yet a little sleep, a little 
slumber, a little folding of the 
hands to sleep: 

34 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth; and thy want 
as an armed man. 


CHAPTER 25 653 


kings. 8 Avoiding quarrels 
and causes thereof. | 
HESE are also proverbs of 
S6l’o-mon, which the men 
of Héz-e-ki’/ah king of Ji’dah 
copied out. 

2 It is the glory of God to con- 
ceal a thing: but the honour of 
kings is to search out a matter. 

3 The heaven for height, and 
the earth for depth, and the heart 
of kings is unsearchable. 

4 Take away the dross from the 
silver, and there shall come forth 
a vessel for the finer. | 

5 Take away the wicked from 
before the king, and his throne 
shall be established in righteous- 


ness. 

6 Put not forth thyself in the 
presence of the king, and stand 
not in the place of great men: | 

7 For better if is that it be said 
unto thee, Come up hither; than 
that thou shouldest be put lower 
in the presence of the prince 
whom thine eyes have seen. . 

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, 
lest thou know not what to do in 
the end thereof, when thy neigh- 
bour hath put thee to shame. ‘ 


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PROVERBS, 26 


9 Debate thy cause with thy 
neighbour himself; and discover 
not a secret to another: 

10 Lest he that heareth it put 
thee to shame, and thine infamy 
turn not away. ae 

11 A word fitly spoken is like 
apples of gold in pictures of silver. 

12 As an earring-of gold, and an 
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise 
reprover upon an obedient ear. 

13 As the cold of snow in the 
time of harvest, so is a faithful 
messenger to them that send 
him: for he refresheth the soul 
of his masters. i 

14 Whoso boasteth himself of 
a false gift is like clouds and 
wind without rain. | i 

15 By long forbearing is a 
prince persuaded, and a soft 
tongue breaketh the bone. 

16 Hast thou found honey? eat 
so much as is sufficient for thee, 
lest thou be filled therewith, and 
vomit it. 

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy 
neighbour’s house; let he be 
weary of thee, and so hate thee. 

18 A man that beareth false 
witness against his neighbour is 
a maul, and a sword, and a sharp 
arrow. 

19 Confidence in an unfaithful 
man in time of trouble is like a 
oe tooth, and a foot out of 
join 

20 a he that taketh away a 
garment in cold weather, and as 
vinegar upon nitre, so is he that 
singeth songs to an heavy heart. 

21 If thine enemy be hungry, 
give him bread to eat; and if he 
be thirsty, give him water to 
drink: 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of 
fire upon his head, and the LORD 
shall reward thee. 


Quarrels and their causes 


soul, so is good news from a far 
country. 

26 A_ righteous man _ falling 
down before the wicked is as a 
troubled fountain, and a corrupt 
spring. 

27 It is not good to eat much 
honey: so for men to search 
their own glory is not glory. 

28 He that hath no rule over his 
own spirit is like a city that is 
broken down, and without walls. 


CHAPTER 26 654 
About fools, sluggards, and busybodies. 


S snow in summer, and as 
rain in harvest, so honour 
is not seemly for a fool. 

2 As the bird by wandering, as 
the swallow by flying, so the 
curse causeless shall not come. 

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle 
for the ass, and a rod for the 
fool’s back. 

4 Answer not a fool according 
to his folly, lest thou also be like 
unto him. 

5 Answer a fool according to 
his folly, lest he be wise in his 
own conceit. 

6 He that sendeth a message by 
the hand of a fool cutteth off the 
feet, and drinketh damage. 

The legs of the lame are not 
equal: so is a parable in the 
mouth of fools. 

8 As he that bindeth a stone in 
a sling, so is he that giveth hon- 
our to a fool. 

9 As a thorn goeth up into the 
hand of a drunkard, so is a par- 
able in the mouth of fools. 

10 The great God that formed 
all things both rewardeth the 
fool, and rewardeth transgress- 
ors. 

11 As a dog returneth to his 
vomit, so a fool returneth to his 


23 The north wind driveth | foll 


away rain: so doth an angry 
countenance a backbiting tongue. 
24 It is better to dwell in the 
‘corner of the house top, than 
with a brawling woman and ina 
wide house. 
25. As cold waters to a thirsty 


olly. 

12 Seest thou a man wise in his 
own conceit? there is more hope 
of a fool than of him. 

13 The slothful man _ saith, 
There is a lion in the way; a 
lion is in the streets. 

14 As the door turneth upon 


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his hinges, so doth the slothful 
upon his bed. 

15 The slothful hideth his hand 
in his bosom; it grieveth him to 
bring it again to his mouth. 

16 The sluggard is wiser in his 
own conceit than seven men that 
can render a reason. 


17 He that passeth by, and 


meddleth with strife belonging 


not to him, is like one that taketh 
a dog by the ears. 

18 As a mad man who casteth 
firebrands, arrows, and death, 

19 So is the man that deceiveth 
his neighbour, and saith, Am 
not I in sport? 

20 Where no wood is, there 
the fire goeth out: so where there 
is no. talebearer, the strife 
ceaseth. 

21 As coals are to burning 
coals, and wood to fire; soisa 
contentious man to kindle strife. 

22 The words of a talebearer 
are as wounds, and they go down 
ite the innermost parts of the 

elly. 


23 Burning lips and a wicked 
heart are like a potsherd covered 
with silver dross. 

24 He that hateth dissembleth 
with his lips, and layeth up de- 
ceit within him; 

25 When he speaketh fair, be- 
lieve him not: for there are seven 
abominations in his heart. 

26 Whose hatred is covered 
by deceit, his wickedness shall 
be shewed before the whole con- 
gregation. : 

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall 
fall therein: and he that rolleth 
a stone, it will return upon him. 

28 Alying tongue hateth those 
that are afflicted by it; anda 
flattering mouth worketh ruin. 


655 CHAPTER 27 

About self-love and care against offences. 
OAST not thyself of to mor- 
row; for thou knowest not 

what a day may bring forth. 
2 Let another man praise thee, 
and not thine own mouth; a 
stranger, and not thine own lips. 


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3 A stone is heavy, and the 
sand weighty; but a _ fool’s 
wrath is heavier than them both. 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is 
outrageous; but who is able to 
stand before envy? 

Open rebuke is better than 
secret love. 

6 Faithful are the wounds of a 
friend; but the kisses of an 
enemy are deceitful. 

e full soul loatheth an 
honeycomb; but to the hungry 
soul every bitter thing is sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth 
from her nest, so is a man that 
wandereth from his place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice 
the heart: so doth the sweetness 
of a man’s friend by hearty 
counsel. 

10 Thine own friend, and thy 
father’s friend, forsake not; 
neither go into thy brother’s 
house in the day of thy calamity: 
for better is a neighbour that is 
near than a brother far off. 

11 My son, be wise, and make 
my heart glad, that I may an- 
swer him that reproacheth me. 

12 Aprudent man foreseeth the 
evil, and hideth himself; but the 
simple pass on, and are punished. 

13 Take his garment that is 
surety for a stranger, and take a 
pledge of him for a strange 
woman. 

14 He that blesseth his friend 
with a loud voice, rising early 
in the morning, it shall be count- 
ed a curse to him. 

15 A continual dropping in a 
very rainy day and a contentious 
woman are alike. 

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth 
the wind, and the ointment of 
his right hand, which bewrayeth 
itself. 

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a 
man sharpeneth the countenance 
of his friend. 

18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree 
shall eat the fruit thereof: so he 
that waiteth on his master shall 
be honoured. 

19 As in water face answereth 


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PROVERBS, 28 
to face, so the heart of man to 


man. 

20 Hell and destruction are 
never full; so the eyes of man 
are never Satisfied. i 

21 As the fining pot for silver, 
and the furnace for gold; soisa 
man to his praise. ” 

22 Though thou shouldest bray 
a fool in a mortar among wheat 
with a pestle, yet will not his fool- 
ishness depart from him. 

23 Be thou diligent to know the 
state of thy flocks, and look well 
to thy herds. 

24 For riches are not for ever: 
and doth the crown endure to 
every generation? 

25 The hay appeareth, and the 
tender grass sheweth itself, and 
herbs of the mountains are 
gathered. 

26 The lambs are for thy cloth- 
ing, and the goats are the price of 
the field. 

27 And thou shalt have goats’ 
milk enough for thy food, for the 
food of thy household, and for 
the maintenance for thy maid- 
ens. 


656 CHAPTER 28 
Observations of impiety and religious 
integrity. 


HE wicked flee when no man 
pursueth: but the righteous 
are bold as a lion. i 

2 For the transgression of a 
land many are the princes there- 
of: but by a man of understand- 
ing and knowledge the state 
thereof shall be prolonged. 

3 A poor man that oppresseth 
the poor is like a sweeping rain 
which leaveth no food 

4 They that forsake the law 
praise the wicked: but such as 
keep the law contend with them. 

5 Evil men understand - not 
judgment: but they that seek 
the LORD understand all things. 

6 Better is the poor that walk- 
eth in his uprightness, than he 
that is perverse in his ways, 
though he be rich. : 

7 Whoso keepeth the law is a 


Of impiety and religious integrity 


wise son: but he that is a com- 
panion of riotous men shameth 
his father. 

8 He that by usury and unjust 
gain increaseth his substance, he 
shall gather it for him that will 
pity the poor. 

9 He that turneth away his ear 
from hearing the law, even his 
prayer shall be abomination. 

10 Whoso causeth the righteous 
to go astray in an evil way, he 
shall fall himself into his own 
pit: but the upright shall have 
good things in possession. 

11 The rich man is wise in his 

own conceit; but the poor that 
hath understanding searcheth 
him out. 
_12 When righteous men do re- 
joice, there is great glory: but 
when the wicked rise, a man is 
hidden. 

13 He that covereth his sins 
shall not prosper: but whoso 
confesseth and forsaketh them 
shall have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man that fear- 
eth alway: but he that hardeneth 
his heart shall fall into mischief. 

15 As a roaring lion, and a 
ranging bear; so is a wicked 
ruler over the poor people. 

16 The prince that wanteth 
understanding is also a_ great 
oppressor: but he that hateth 
covetousness shall prolong his 
days. 

17 A man that doeth violence to 
the blood of any person shall flee 
to the pit; let no man stay him. 

18 Whoso walketh uprightly 
shall be saved: but he that is 
perverse in his ways shall fall at 


once. 

19 He that tilleth his land shall 
have plenty of bread: but he that 
followeth after vain persons shall 
have poverty enough. 

20 A faithful man shall abound 
with blessings: but he_ that 
maketh haste to be rich shall not 
be innocent. 

21 To have respect of persons 
is not good: for for a piece o 
bread that man will transgress. 


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22 He that hasteth to be rich 
hath an evil eye, and considereth 
a that poverty shall come upon 


m. 

23 He that rebuketh a man 
afterwards shall find more favour 
than he that flattereth with the 
tongue. 

24 Whoso robbeth his father or 
his mother, and saith, Jt is no 
transgression; the same is the 
companion of a destroyer. 

25 He that is of a proud heart 
stirreth up strife: but he that 
putteth his trust in the LORD 
shall be made fat. 

26 He that trusteth in his own 
heart is a fool: but whoso walk- 
eth wisely, he shall be delivered. 

27 He that giveth unto the poor 
shall not lack: but he that 
hideth his eyes shall have many 
a curse. 

28 When the wicked rise, men 
hide themselves: but when they 
perish, the righteous increase. 


657 CHAPTER 29 
Observations on public and private 
government. 


E, that being often reproved 

hardeneth his neck, shali 

suddenly be destroyed, and that 
without remedy. 

2 When the righteous are in 
authority, the people rejoice: but 
when the wicked beareth rule, 
the peopie mourn. 

_3 Whoso loveth wisdom re- 
joiceth his father: but he that 
keepeth company with harlots 
peondete his substance. 

e king by judgment estab- 
Benes the land: but he that re- 
ceiveth gifts overthroweth it. 

A man that flattereth his 
neighbour spreadeth a net for 
his feet. 

6 In the transgression of an evil 
man there is a_ snare: but 
the righteous doth sing and 
rejoice. 

7 The righteous considereth 
the cause of the poor: but the 
wicked regardeth not to know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city 


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into a snare: but wise men turn 
away wrath. 

9 If a wise man contendeth 
with a foolish man, whether he 
rage or laugh, there is no rest. 

10 The bloodthirsty hate the 
upright: but the just seek his 


soul. 

11 A fool uttereth all his mind: 
but a wise man keepeth it in till 
afterwards. 

12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all 
his servants are wicked. 

13 The poor and the ‘deceitful 
man meet together: the LORD 
lighteneth both their eyes. 

14 The king that faithfully 
judgeth the poor, his throne shall 
be established for ever. 

The rod and reproof give 
wisdom: but a child left to him- 
self bringeth his mother to 
shame. ‘ : 

16 When the wicked are multi- 
plied, transgression increaseth: 
Wa the righteous shall see their 

all. 

17 Correct thy son, and he 
shall give thee rest; yea, he shall 
give delight unto thy soul. | 

18 Where there is no vision, 
the people perish: but he that 
keepeth the law, happy is he. 

19 A servant will not be cor- 
rected by words: for though he 
understand he will not answer. 

20 Seest thou a man that is 
hasty in his words? there is 
more hope of a fool than of him. 

21 He that delicately bringeth 
up his servant from a child shall 
have him become his son at the 
length. i 

22 An angry man stirreth up 
strife, and a furious man abound- 
eth in transgression. 

23 A man’s pride shall bring 
him low: but honour shall up- 
hold the humble in spirit. 

24 Whoso is partner with a thief 
hateth his own soul: he heareth 
cursing, and bewrayeth 7¢ not. 

25 The fear of man bringeth a 
snare: but whoso putteth his 
trust in the LORD shall be safe. 

26 Many seek the ruler’s fa- 


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PROVERBS, 30 


vour; but every man’s judgment 
cometh from the LORD. 

_27 An unjust man is an abom- 
ination to the just: and he that is 
upright in the way is abomina- 
tion to the wicked. 


658 CHAPTER 30 
1 Agur’s confession of faith. 7 The 
382 Wrath to 


focntetehten memes 

HE words of A’gtir the son of 

Ja’keh, even the prophecy: 

the man spake unto Ith’i-el, even 
unto Iith’i-el and U’cal, 

2 Surely I am more brutish 
than any man, and have not the 
understanding of a man. 

3 Ineither learned wisdom, nor 
have the knowledge of the holy. 

4 Who hath ascended up into 
heaven, or descended? who 
hath gathered the wind in his 
fists? who hath bound the waters 
in a garment? who hath estab- 
lished all the ends of the earth? 
what is his name, and what ts 
his son’s name, if thou canst tell? 

5 Every word of God is pure: 
he is a shield unto them that put 
their trust in him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, 
lest he reprove thee, and thou be 
found a liar. ’ 

7 Two things have I required of 
thee; deny me them not before 


ie: 

8 Remove far from me vanity 
and lies: give me neither poverty 
nor riches; feed me with foo 
convenient for me: 

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, 
and say, Who is the LORD? or 
lest I be poor, and steal, and take 
the name of my God in vain. 

10 Accuse not a servant unto 
his master, lest he curse thee, and 
thou be found guilty. 

11 There is a generation that 
curseth their father, and doth not 
bless their mother. 

12 There is a generation that 
are pure in their own eyes, and 
yet is not washed from their 
filthiness. . ; 

13 There is a generation, 


d | filled with 


Agur’s confession and prayer 


how lofty are their eyes! 
their eyelids are lifted up. 
14 There is a_ generation, 
whose teeth are as swords, and 
their jaw teeth as knives, to 
devour the poor from off the 
earth, and the needy from among 


men. 

15 The horseleach hath two 
daughters, crying, Give, give. 
There are three things that are 
never satisfied, yea, four things — 
say not, /t is enough: 

16 The grave; and: the barren 
womb; the earth that is not filled 
with water; and the fire that 
saith not, ¢ is enough. 

17 The eye that mocketh at 
his father, and despiseth to obey 
his mother, the ravens of the 
valley shall pick it out, and the 
young eagles shall eat it. ; 

18 There be three things which 
are too wonderful for me, yea, 
four which I know not: | 

19 The way of an eagle in the 
air; the way of a serpent upon a 
rock; the way of a ship in the 
midst of the sea; and the way of 
a man with a maid. 

20 Such is the way of an adul- 
terous woman; she eateth, and 
wipeth her mouth, and saith, 
have done no wickedness. ; 

21 For three things the earth is 
disquieted, and for four which it 
cannot bear: 

22 For a_ servant when he 
reigneth; and a fool when he is 
meat; 

23 For an odious woman when 
she is married; and an hand- 
maid that is heir to her mistress. 

24 There be four things which 
are little upon the earth, but they 
are exceeding wise: . 

25 The ants are a people not 
strong, yet they prepare their 
meat in the summer; 

26 The conies are but a feeble 
folk, yet make they their houses 
in the rocks; ; 

27 The locusts have no king, 
yet go they forth all of them by 


and 


bands; . 
O! 28 The spider taketh hold with 
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Lemuel’s lessons. A good wife 


her hands, and is in kings’ 
palaces. ; 

29 There be three things which 
go well, yea, four are comely in 


going: 

30 A lion which is strongest 
among beasts, and turneth not 
away for any; 

31 A greyhound; an he goat 
also; and a king, against whom 
there is no rising up. 
_32_ If thou hast done foolishly 
in lifting up thyself, or if thou 
hast thought evil, Jay thine 
hand upon thy mouth. 

33 Surely the churning of milk 
bringeth forth butter, and the 
wringing of the nose bringeth 
forth blood: so the forcing of 
wrath bringeth forth strife. 


659 CHAPTER 31 
1 Lemuel’s lessons of chastity and 
obedience. 10 Praise and proper- 
ties of a good wife. 
4 Mata words of king Lém’u-el, 
the prophecy that his moth- 
er taught him. 

2 What, my son? and what, 
the son of my womb? and what, 
the son of my vows? 

3 Give not thy strength unto 
women, nor thy ways to that 
which destroyeth kings. 


4 Jt is not for kings, O Lém’u- | let 


el, it is not for kings to drink wine; 
nor for princes strong drink: 

5 Lest they drink, and forget 
the law, and pervert the judg- 
ment of any of the afflicted. 

6 Give strong drink unto him 
that is ready to perish, and wine 
unto those that be of heavy 


hearts. p 

7 Let him drink, and forget his 
poverty, and remember his mis- 
ery no more. 

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb 
in the cause of all such as are 
appointed to destruction. , 

9 Open thy mouth, judge 
righteously, and plead the cause 
of the poor and needy. , 

10 § Who can find a virtuous 
woman? for her price is far 
above rubies. 


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11 The heart of her husband 
doth safely trust in her, so that 
he shall have no need of spoil. 

12 She will do him good and 
not evil all the days of her life. 

13 She seeketh wool, and flax, 
and worketh willingly with her 


ands. 

14 She is like the merchants’ 
ships; she bringeth her food 
from afar. 

15 She riseth also while it is 
yet night, and giveth meat to her 
household, and a portion to her 
maidens. 

16 She considereth a field, and 
buyeth it: with the fruit of 
her hands she planteth a vine- 


yard. 
17 She girdeth her loins with 
strength, and strengtheneth her 


arms. 

18 She perceiveth that her mer- 
chandise is good: her candle 
goeth not out by night. 

19 She layeth her hands to the 
spindle, and her hands hold the 
distaff. 

20 She stretcheth out her hand 
to the poor; yea, she reacheth 
forth her hands to the needy. 

21 She is not afraid of the snow 
for her household: for all her 
household are clothed with scarx- 


et. 

22 She maketh herself cover- 
ings of tapestry; her clothing is 
silk and purple. ‘ 

23 Her husband is known in 
the gates, when he sitteth among 
the elders of the land. 

24 She maketh fine linen, and 
selleth it; and delivereth girdles 
unto the merchant. 

25 Strength and honour are 
her clothing; and she shall re- 
joice in time to come. : 

26 She openeth her mouth with 
wisdom: and in her tongue is 
the law of kindness. | 

27 She looketh weli to the 
ways of her household, and eat- 
eth not the bread of idleness. 

28 Her children arise up, an 
call her blessed; her husband 
also, and he praiseth her. 


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Vanity of human things 


ee ile sae 98h ee 
39 Many daughters have done | that feareth the LORD, she shall 


virtuously, but thou excellest be 
them all. 3 
30 Favour is deceitful, and | hands; 


beauty is vain: but a woman 


praised. : 

i Give her of the fruit of her 
| and let her own works 
praise her in the gates. 





ECCLESIASTES 


OR, THE PREACHER 


660 CHAPTER 1 


1 The preacher shews the vanity of 
human courses. 12 Discovered in 
the study of wisdom. 


i EEE words of the Preacher» 
the son of Da’vid, king in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. : : 

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the 
Preacher, vanity of vanities; all 
is vanity. 

3 What profit hath a man of all 
his labour which he taketh under 
the sun? 

4 One generation passeth away, 
and another generation cometh: 
but the earth abideth for ever. 
45 The sun also ariseth, and the 
sun goeth down, and hasteth to 
his place where he arose. 

6 The wind goeth toward the 
south, and turneth about unto 
the north; it whirleth about con- 
tinually, and the wind returneth 
again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the 
sea: yet the sea is not full; unto 
the place from whence the rivers 
come, thither they return again. 

8 All things are full of labour; 
man cannot utter if: the eye is 
not satisfied with seeing, nor the 
ear filled with hearing. : 

9 The thing that hath been, it ts 
that which shall be; and tha 
which is done is that which shall 
be done: and there is no new 
thing under the sun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it 
may be said, See, this is new? it 
hath been already of old time, 
which was before us. 

11 There is no remembrance of 
former things; neither shall there 
be any remembrance of things 


that are to come with those that 
shall come after. ' 

12 {1 the Preacher was king 
over Is’ra-el in Jé-ru’sa-lem. 

13 And I gave my heart to seek 
and search out by wisdom con- 
cerning all things that are done 
under heaven: this sore trava 
hath God given to the sons of 
man to be exercised therewith. 

14 I have seen all the works 
that are done under the sun; and, 
behold, all is vanity and vexation 
of spirit. t 

15 That which is crooked can- 
not be made straight: and that 
which is wanting cannot be 
numbered. : 

16 Lcommuned with mine own 
heart, saying, Lo, I am come to 
great estate, and have gotten 
more wisdom than all they that 
have been before me in J 6-ru’sa- 
lém: yea, my heart had great 
experience of wisdom and knowl- 


edge. 

17 And I gave my heart to 
know wisdom, and to know 
madness and folly: I perceived 
that this also is vexation of 
spirit. \ 
18 For in much wisdom is 
much grief: and he that increas- 


+ | eth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 


CHAPTER 2 661 
1 Vanity of things pleasurable. 24 Joy 


in our labour is God’s gift. 


SAID in mine heart, Go to 
_now, I will prove thee with 
mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: 
and, behold, this also 7s vanity. 
2 I said of laughter, Jt is mad: 
and of mirth, What doeth it? 


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3 I sought in mine heart to 
give myself unto wine, yet ac- 
quainting mine heart with wis- 
dom; and to lay hold on folly, 
till I might see what was that 
good for the sons of men, which 
they should do under the heaven 
all the days of their life. 

“4 | made me great works; I 
builded me houses; I planted me 
vineyards: 

5 I made me gardens and or- 
chards, and I planted trees in 
them of all kind of fruits: 

6 I made me pools of water, to 
water therewith the wood that 
bringeth forth trees: 

7 I got me servants and maid- 
ens, and had servants born in 
my house; also I had great pos- 
sessions of great and small cattle 
above all that were in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém before me: 

8 I gathered me also silver and 
gold, and the peculiar treasure of 
kings and of the provinces: I gat 
me men singers and women sing- 
ers, and the delights of the sons 
of men, as musical instruments, 
and that of all sorts. 

0 So I was great, and increased 
more than all that were before me 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém: also my wis- 
dom remained with me. | 

10 And whatsoever mine eyes 
desired I kept not from them, I 
withheld not my heart from any 
joy; for my heart rejoiced in all 
my labour: and this was my 
portion of all my labour. 

11 Then I looked on all the 
works that my hands had 
wrought, and on the labour that 
IT had laboured to do: and, be- 
hold, all was vanity and vexation 
of spirit, and there was no profit 
under the sun. 

12 4 And I turned myself to be- 
hold wisdom, and madness, and 
folly: for what can the man do 
that cometh after the king? even 
that which hath been already 


one. 

13 Then I saw that wisdom 
excelleth folly, as far as light 
excelleth darkness. 


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14 The wise’ man’s eyes are in 

his head; but the fool walketh 
in darkness: and I myself 
perceived also that one event 
happeneth to them all. 
_15 Then said I in my heart, As 
it happeneth to the fool, so it 
happeneth even tome; and why 
was I then more wise? Then I 
said in my heart, that this also 
is vanity. ‘ 

16 For there is no remembrance 
of the wise more than of the fool 
for ever; seeing that which now 
is in the days to come shall all be 
forgotten. And how dieth the 
wise man? as the fool. 

17 Therefore I hated life; be- 
cause the work that is wrought 
under the sun is grievous unto 
me: for all is vanity and vexa- 
tion of spirit. 

18 § Yea, I hated all my labour 
which I had taken under the 
sun: because I should leave it 
unto the man that shall be after 


me. 

19 And who knoweth whether 
he shall be a wise man or a fool? 
yet shall he have rule over all my 
labour wherein I have laboured, 
and wherein I have shewed my- 
self wise under the sun. This 
is also vanity. 

20 Therefore I went about to 
cause my heart to despair of all 
the labour which I took under the 


sun. 

21 For there is a man whose 
labour is in wisdom, and in 
knowledge, and in equity; yet 
to a man that hath not laboured 
therein shall he leave it for his 
portion. ‘This also is vanity and 
a great evil. 

22 For what hath man of all 
his labour, and of the vexation of 
his heart, wherein he hath la- 
boured under the sun? 

23 For all his days ave sor- 
rows, and his travail grief; yea, 
his heart taketh not rest in the 
night. This is also vanity. 

24 ¥ There is nothing better for 
a man, than that he should eat 
and drink, and that he should 


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labour. This also I saw, that it 
was from the hand of God 

25 For who can eat, or who else 
can hasten hereunto, more than I? 

26 For God giveth to a man that 
is good in his sight wisdom, and 
knowledge, and joy: but to the 
sinner he giveth travail, to gather 
and to heap up, that he may give 
to him that is gcod before God. 
This also is vanity and vexation 
of spirit. 


CHAPTER 3 


1 aT of times. 11 The exceliency 
God’s works. 16 Judgment of 
: di é righteous and the wicked. 
O every thing there is a sea- 
son, and a time to every 
purpose under the heaven: 

2 A time to be born, and a 
time to die; a time to plant, and 
a time to pluck up that which is 
planted; 

3 A time to kill, and a time to 
heal; atime to break down, and 
a time to build up; 

4 A time to weep, and a time to 
laugh; a time to mourn, and a 
time to dance; 

5 A time to cast away stones, 
and a time to gather stones to- 
gether; atime to embrace, anda 
time to refrain from embracing; 

6 A time to get, and a time to 
lose; a time to keep, and a time 
to cast away; 

7 A time to rend, and a time to 
sew; a time to keep silence, and 
a time to speak; 

8 A time to love, and a time to 
hate; a time of war, and a time 
of peace. 

9 What profit hath he that 
worketh in at wherein he 
laboureth? 

10 I have seen the travail, 
which God hath given to the sons 
of men to be exercised in it. 

11 He hath made every thing 
beautiful in his time: also he 
hath set the world in their heart, 
so that no man can find out the 
work that God maketh from the 
beginning to the end. 


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make his soul enjoy good in his| 12 I know that there is no good 


in them, but for a man to rejoice, 
and to do good in his life 

13: And also that every man 
should eat and drink, and enjoy 
the good of all his labour, it is the 
gift of God. 

14 I know that, whatsoever 
God doeth, it shall be for ever: 
no g can be put to it, nor any 
thing taken from it: and God 
doeth it, that men should fear 
before him. 

15 That which hath been is 
now; and that which is to be 
hath already been; and God re- 
quireth that which is past. 

16 ¢ And moreover I saw 
under the sun the place of judg- 
ment, that wickedness was there; 
and the place of righteousness, 
that iniquity was there. 

17 I said in mine heart, God 
shall judge the righteous and the 
wicked: for there is a time there 
for every purpose and for every 
work. 

18 I said in mine heart con- 
cerning the estate of the sons of 
men, that God might manifest 
them, and that they might see 
that they themselves are beasts. 

19 For that which befaileth 
the sons of men befalleth beasts; 
even one thing befalleth them: as 
the one dieth, so dieth the other; 
yea, they have all one breath; so 
that a man hath no preeminence 
above a beast: for all is vanity. 

20 All go unto one place; all 
are of the dust, and all turn to 
dust again. 

21 Who knoweth the spirit of 
man that goeth upward, and the 
spirit of the beast that goeth 
downward to the earth? 

22 Wherefore I perceive that 
there is nothing better, than that 
a man should rejoice in his own 
works; for that is his portion: 
for who shall bring him to see 
what shall be after him? 


CHAPTER 4 663 

1 Increase of vanity by oppression, envy, — 

and idleness. 7 Also by covetousness 
and wilfulness. 


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O I returned, and considered | king, 


all the oppressions that are 
done under the sun: and behold 
the tears of such as were op- 
pressed, and they had no com- 
forter; and on the side of their 
oppressors there was power; but 
they had no comforter. 

2 Wherefore I praised the dead 
which are already dead more 
than the living which are yet 
alive. t 

3 Yea, better is he than both 
they, which hath not yet been, 
who hath not seen the evil work 
that is done under the sun. 

4 € Again, I considered all tra- 
vail, and every right work, that 
for ‘this a man is envied of his 
neighbour. This is also vanity 
and vexation of spirit. 

5 The fool foldeth his hands 
together, and eateth his own 
Hlesh. , 

6 Better is an handful with 
quietness, than both the hands 
a net travail and vexation of 


a < ‘Then I returned, and I saw 
vanity under the sun. 

8 There is one alone, and there 
is not a_second; yea, he hath 
neither child nor brother: yet is 
there no end of all his labour; 
neither is his eye satisfied with 
riches; neither saith he, For 
whom do I labour, and bereave 
my soul of good? This is also 
vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 

9 | Two are better than one; 
because they have a good reward 
for their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the one will 
lift up his fellow: but woe to him 
that is alone when he falleth; for 
he hath not another to help him 


up. 

11 Again, if two lie together, 
then they have heat: but how 
can one be warm alone? 

12 And if one prevail against 
him, two shall withstand him; 
and a threefold cord is not 
quickly broken. 

13 4 Better is a poor and a wise 
child than an old and foolish 


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who will no more be 
admonished. 

14 For out of prison he cometh 
to reign; whereas also he that is 
born in his kingdom becometh 
poor. 

15 I considered all the living 
which walk under the sun, with 
the second child that shall stand 
up in his stead. 

16 There is no end of all the 
people, even of all that have been 
before them: they also that come 
after shall not rejoice in him. 
Surely this also is vanity and 
vexation of spirit. 


CHAPTER 5 664 


1 Vanities in divine service, in murmur- 
ing andin riches. 18 Joy in riches. 

EEP thy foot when thou 

goest to the house of God, 

and be more ready to hear, than 

to give the sacrifice of fools: for 

we consider not that they do 
evil. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, 
and let not thine heart be hasty to 
utter any thing before God: for 
God is in heaven, and thou upon 
earth: therefore let thy words 
be few. 

3 For a dream cometh through 
the multitude of business; and a 
fool’s voice is known by multi- 
tude of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow 
unto God, defer not to pay it; for 
he hath no pleasure in fools: 
pay_that which thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou should- 
est not vow, than that thou 
shouldest vow and not pay. 

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause 
thy flesh to sin; neither say thou 
before the angel, that it was an 
error: wherefore should God be 
angry at thy voice, and destroy 
the work of thine hands? 

7 For in the multitude of dreams 
and many words there are also 
divers vanities: but fear thou 


eet 

If thou seest the oppression 
of e poor, and violent pervert- 
ing of judgment and justiceina 


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ECCLESIASTES, 6 


province, marvel not at the mat- 
ter: for he that is higher than 
the highest regardeth; and there 
be higher than they 

Moreover Hie ‘profit of the 
ae is for all: a king himself 
is served by the 

10 He that loveth ‘silver shall 
not be satisfied with silver; nor 
he that loveth, abundance with 
increase: this is also vanity. 

11 When goods increase, they 
are increased that eat them: and 
what good is there to the owners 
thereof, saving the beholding of 
them with their eyes? 

12 The sleep of a labouring man 
is sweet, whether he eat little or 
much: but the abundance of the 
rich will not suffer him to sleep. 

13 There isa sore evil which I 
have seen under the sun, namely, 
riches kept for the owners thereof 
to their hurt. 

14 But those riches perish by 
evil travail: and he begetteth a 
son, and there is nothing in his 
hand. 

15 As he came forth of his mo- 
ther’s womb, naked shall he re- 
turn to go as he came, and shall 
take nothing of his labour, which 
he may carry away in his hand. 

16 And this also is a sore evil, 
that in all points as he came, so 
shall he go: and what profit 
hath he that hath laboured for 
the wind? 

_17 All his days also he eateth 
in darkness, and-he hath much 
STON and wrath with his sick- 


ath q Behold that which I have 
seen: if is good and comely for 
one to eat and to drink, and to 
enjoy the good of all his labour 
that he taketh under the sun all 
the days of his life, which God 
giveth him: for it is his portion. 

19 Every man. also to whom 
God hath given riches and wealth, 
and hath given him power to eat 
thereof, and to take his portion, 
and to rejoice in his labour; this 
as the gift of God. 

20 For he shall not much re- 


Vanity of riches 


member the days of his life; be- 
cause God answereth him in 
the joy of his heart. 


CHAPTER 6 
1 Vanity of riches. 
of va 


665 

11 The conclusion 
nity. 

HERE is an evil which I have 
seen under the sun, and it ts 
common among men: 

2 A man to whom God hath 
given riches, wealth, and honour, 
so that he wanteth nothing for 
his soul of all that he desireth, 
yet God giveth him not power to 
eat thereof, but a stranger eateth 
it: this is vanity, and it 7s an evil 
disease. 

3 9 If a man beget an hundred 
children, and live many years, so 
that the days of his years be 
many, and his soul be not filled 
with good, and also that he have 
no burial; I say, that an un- 
timely birth 7s better than he. 

4 For he cometh in with vanity, 
and departeth in darkness, and 
his name shall be covered with 
darkness. 

5 Moreover he hath not seen 
the sun, nor known any thing: 
this hath more rest than the 
other. 

6 7 Yea, though he live a thou- 
sand years twice fold, yet hath 
he seen no good: donot all goto 
one place? : 

7 All the labour of man is for 
his mouth, and yet the appetite 
is not fille d. 

8 For what hath the wise more 
than the fool? what hath the 
poor, that knoweth to walk before 
the living? 

9 { Better is the sight of the 
eyes than the wandering of the 
desire: this is also vanity and 
vexation of spirit. 

10 That which hath been is 
named already, and it is known 
that it is man: neither may he 
contend with him that is mightier 
than he. 

11 (Seeing there be many 
things that increase vanity, what 
is man the better? 


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ECCLESIASTES, 7 


12 For who knoweth what is| for who can make that straight, 


good for man in this life, all the 
days of his vain life which he 
spendethas a shadow? for who 
can tell a man what shall be after 
him under the sun? 


666 CHAPTER 7 


Remedies against vanity—good name, 
patience, and wisdom. 

GOOD name is better than 

precious ointment; and the 

day of death than the day of one’s 


2 9 Jt is better to go to the 
house of mourning, than to go to 
the house of feasting: for that is 
the end of all men; and the living 
will lay it to his heart. 

3 Sorrow is better than laugh- 
ter: for by the sadness of the 
countenance the heart is made 
better. ; 

4 The heart of the wise zs in the 
house of mourning; but the heart 
of fools is in the house of mirth. 

5 It is better to hear the rebuke 
of the wise, than for a man to 
hear the song of fools. 

6 Foras the crackling of thorns 
under a pot, so is the laughter of 
the fool: this also is vanity. 

7 4 Surely oppression maketh a 
Wise man mad; and a gift de- 
stroyeth the heart. 4 

8 Better is the end of a thing 
than the beginning thereof: and 
the patient in spirit is better than 
the proud in spirit. 

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to 
be angry: for anger resteth in 
the bosom of fools. 

10 Say not thou, What is the 
cause that the former days were 
better than these? for thou dost 
Bot enquire wisely concerning 

is. 

_11 § Wisdom is good with an 
inheritance: and by it there is 
profit to them that see the sun. 

12 For wisdom is a defence, 
and money is a defence: but the 
excellency of knowledge is, that 
wisdom giveth life to them that 

ave it. 

13 Consider the work of God: 


Which he hath made crooked? 
_14 In the day of prosperity be 
joyful, but in the day of adversity 
consider: God also hath set the 
one over against the other, to the 
end that man should find nothing 
after him. 

15 All things have I seen in the 
days of my vanity: there is a 
just man that perisheth in his 
righteousness, and there is a 
wicked man that prolongeth his 
life in his wickedness. 

16 Be not righteous over much; 
neither make thyself over wise: 
why shouldest thou destroy 
thyself? 

17 Be not over much wicked, 
neither be thou foolish: why 
oat thou die before thy 

e 


18 It is good that thou should- 
est take hold of this; yea, also 
from this withdraw not thine 
hand: for he that feareth God 
shall come forth of them all. 

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the 
wise more than ten mighty men 
which are in the city. . 

20 For there is not a just man 
upon earth, that doeth good, and 
sinneth not. 

21 Also take no heed unto all 
words that are spoken; lest thou 
hear thy servant curse thee: _ 

22 For oftentimes also thine 
own heart knoweth that thou 
thyself likewise hast cursed 


others. 

23 4 All this have I proved by 
wisdom: I said, I will be wise: 
but it was far from me. 

24 That which is far off, and 

exceeding deep, who can find it 
out? 
25 I applied mine heart to 
know, and to search, and to seek 
out wisdom, and the reason of 
things, and to know the wicked- 
ness of folly, even of foolishness 
and madness: 

26 And I find more bitter than 
death the woman, whose heart ts 
snares and nets, and her hands 
as bands: whoso pleaseth God 


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shall escape from her; but the 
sinner shall be taken by her. 

27 Behold, this have I found, 
saith the preacher, counting one 
by one, to find out the account: 

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, 
but I find not: .one man among a 
thousand have I found; but a 
woman among all.those have I 
not found. 

29 Lo, this only have I found, 
that God hath made man up- 
right; but they have sought out 
many inventions. 


667 CHAPTER 8 
1 Respect for rulers. 12 The godly and 
wicked contrasted. 16 Unsearchable- 
ness of God’s work. 
HO is as the wise man? 
and who knoweth the in- 
terpretation of a thing? a man’s 
wisdom maketh his face to shine, 
and the boldness of his face shall 
be changed. 

2 I counsel thee to keep the 
_king’s commandment, and_ that 
in regard of the oath of God. 

3 Be not hasty to go out of his 
sight: stand not in an evil thing; 
for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth 


him. 

4 Where the word of a king 1s, 
there is power: and who may 
say unto him, What doest thou? 

5 Whoso keepeth the command- 
ment shall feel no evil thing: and 
a wise man’s heart discerneth 
both time and judgment. 

6 f Because to every purpose 
there is time and judgment, 
therefore the misery of man is 
great upon him. 

7 For he knoweth not that 
which shall be: for who can tell 
him when it shall be? 

8 There is no man that hath 
power over the spirit to retain 
the spirit; neither hath he power 
in the day of death: and there is 
no discharge in that war; nei- 
ther shall wickedness deliver 
those that are given to it. 

9 All this have I seen, and ap- 
plied my heart unto every work 
that is done under the sun: there 


Respect for rulers 


is a time wherein one man ruleth 
over another to his own hurt. 

10 And so I saw the wicked 
buried, who had come and gone 
from the place of the holy, and 
they were forgotten in the city 
where they had so done: this ts 
also vanity. 

11 Because sentence against 
an evil work is not executed 
speedily, therefore the heart of 
the sons of men is fully set in 
them to doevil. | 

12 ¢ Though a sinner do evil 
an hundred times, and his days 
be prolonged, yet surely I know 
that it shall be well with them 
teat fear God, which fear before 


im: 

13 But it shall not be well with 
the wicked, neither shall he pro- 
long his days, which are as a 
shadow; because he feareth not 
before God. , 

14 There is a vanity which is 
done upon the earth; that there 
be just men, unto whom it hap- 
peneth according to the work of 
the wicked; again, there be 
wicked men, to whom it hap- 
peneth according to the work of 
the righteous: I said that this 
also is vanity. 

15 Then I commended mirth, 
because a man hath no better 
thing under the sun, than to eat, 
and to drink, and to be merry: 
for that shall abide with him of 
his labour the days of his life, 
which God giveth him under the 


sun. 

16 Y When I applied mine heart 
to know wisdom, and to see the 
business that is done upon the 
earth: (for also. there is that 
neither day nor night seeth sleep 
with his eyes:) 

17 Then I beheld all the work of 
God, that a man cannot find out 
the work that is done under the 
sun: because though a man la- 
bour to seek if out, yet he shall 
not find if: yea farther; though 
a wise man think to know it, 
yet shall he not be able to find 
1t. 


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668 CHAPTER 9 
1 Like things happen to the godly and 
ungodly. 7 Enjoying the good of life. 
13 Wisdom better than strength. 
OR all this I considered in 
my heart even to declare all 
this, that the righteous, and the 
wise, and their works, are in the 
hand of God: no man knoweth 
_ either love or hatred by all that is 
before them. ¢ 
2 All things come alike to all: 
there is one event to the right- 
eous, and to the wicked; to the 
good and to the clean, and to the 
unclean; to him that sacrificeth, 
and to him that sacrificeth not: 
as is the good, so is the sinner; 
and he that sweareth, as he that 
_feareth an oath. 
3 This is an evil among all 
things that are done under the 
sun, that there is one event unto 
all: yea, also the heart of the sons 
of men is full of evil, and mad- 
ness 7s in their heart while they 
eee after that they go to the 
ea 


. 4 ‘For to him that is joined to | b 


_all the living there is hope: fora 
, pune dog is better than a dead 
ion. 
5 For the living know that they 
shall die: but the dead know not 
any thing, neither have they any 
more areward; for the memory 
of them is forgotten. 
.6 Also their love, I 
hatred, and their envy, is now 


‘perished; neither have they any | h 


“more a portion for ever in any 


thing that isgdone funder the |} 


sun. 


_ 7 § Go thy way, eat thy bread | f 


with joy, and drink thy wine with 
-amerry heart; for God now ac- 
-cepteth thy works. 

8 Let thy garments be always 
white; and let thy head lack no 
ointment.. 

9 Live joyfully with the wife 
whom thou lovest all the days of 
the life of thy vanity, which he 
hath given thee under the sun, all 
the days of thy vanity: for that 
is thy portion in this life, and in 


~-.. 
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and their |] 


ECCLESIASTES, 9, 10 


thy labour which thou takest 
under the sun. 

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth 
to do, do it with thy might; for 
there is no work, nor device, nor 
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the 
grave, whither thou goest. 

11 4 Ireturned, and saw under 
the sun, that the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, 
neither yet bread to the wise, nor 
yet riches to men of understand- 
ing, nor yet favour to men of 
skill; but time and chance hap- 
peneth to them all. 

12 For man also knoweth not 
his time: as the fishes that are 
taken in an evil net, and as the 
birds that are caught in the 
snare; so are the sons of men 
snared in an evil time, whentit 
falleth suddenly upon them. 

13 § This wisdom have I seen 
also under the sun, and it seemed 
great unto me: 

14 There was a litile city, and 
few men within it; and there 
came a great king against it, and 
esieged it, and built great bul- 
warks against it: 

15 Now there was found in it a 
poor wise man, and he by his 
wisdom delivered the city; yet 
no man remembered that same 
poor man. 

16 Then said I, Wisdom is 
better than strength: neverthe- 
ess the poor man’s wisdom is 
despised, and his words are not 
eard. 

17 The words of wise men are 
eard in quiet more than the 
Pee, of him that ruleth among 
ools. 

18 Wisdom is better than weap- 


ons of war: but one sinner des- 
troyeth much good. 
CHAPTER 10 669 


1 Observations on wisdom, folly, riot, 
and money. 20 Reverent thoughts 
for kings. 

|) ee flies cause the oint- 

ment of the apothecary 
to send forth a stinking savour: 
so doth a little folly him that 


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is in reputation for wisdom and 
honour. j 

2 A wise man’s heart is at his 
right hand; but a fool’s heart at 
his left. 

3 Yea also, when he that is a 
fool walketh by the way, his 
wisdom faileth him, and he saith 
to every one that-he is a fool. 

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up 
against thee, leave not thy place; 
for yielding pacifieth great of- 
fences. 

5 There is an evil which I have 
seen under the sun, as an error 
which proceedeth from the ruler: 

6 Folly is set in great dignity, 
and the rich sit in low place. 

7 I have seen servants upon 
horses, and princes walking as 
Beats upon the earth. 

He that diggeth a pit shall fall 
Ae it; and whoso breaketh an 
hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 

9 Whoso removeth stones shall 
be hurt therewith; 
cleaveth wood shal! be endan- 
gered thereby. 

10 If the iron be blunt, and he 
do not whet the edge, then must 
he put to more strength: but wis- 
dom is profitable to direct. 

11 Surely the serpent will bite 
without enchantment; and a 
babbler is no better. 

12 The words of a wise man’s 
mouth are gracious; but the lips 
of a fool will swallow up himself. 

13 The beginning of the words 
of his mouth is foolishness: and 
the end of his talk is mischievous 
madness. 

14 A fool also is full of words: 
a man cannot tell what shall be; 
and what shall be after him, who 
can tell him 

15 The piste of the foolish 
wearieth every one of them, be- 
cause he knoweth not how to go 
to the city. 

16 § Woe to thee, O land, 
when thy king 7s a child, and thy 
princes eat in the morning! 

17 Blessed art thou, O land, 
when thy king is the son of 


Sundry observations 


due season, for strength, and not 
for drunkenness! 

18 { By much slothfulness the 
building decayeth; and through 
idleness of the hands the house 
droppeth through. 

19 4 A feast is made for laugh- 
ter, and wine maketh merry: 
but money answereth all things. 

20 4 Curse not the king, no not 
in thy thought; and curse not 
the rich in thy bedchamber: for 
a bird of the air shall carry the 
voice, and that which hath wings 
shall tell the matter. 


CHAPTER 11 670 
1 Directions for charity. 9 Thought of 

God’s judgment. 
AST thy bread upon the 
waters: for thou shalt find 

it after many days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and 
also to eight; for thou knowest 
not abet evil shall be upon the 


and he that | ear 


th. 

3 If the clouds be full of rain, 
they empty themselves upon the 
earth: and if the tree fall toward 
the south, or toward the north, 
in the place where the tree falleth, 
there it shail be. 

4 He that observeth the wind 
shail not sow; and he that re- 
gardeth the clouds shall not reap. 

5 As thou knowest not what is 
the way of the spirit, nor how the 
bones do grow in the womb of 
her that is with child: even so 
thou knowest not the works of 
God who maketh all. 

6 In the morning sow thy seed, 
and in the evening withhold not 
thine hand: for thou knowest 
not whether shall prosper, either 
this or that, or whether they both 
shall be alike good. 

7 4 Truly the light is sweet, and 
a pleasant thing it is for the eyes. 
to behold the sun: | 

8 But if a man live many years, 
and rejoice in them all; yet let 
him remember the days of dark- 
ness; for they shall be many. 
All that cometh is vanity. 


nobles, and thy princes eat in! 9 § Rejoice, O young man, in 
790 


Man's whole duty _ ECCLESIASTES, 12; SOLOMON’S SONG, 1 


thy youth; and let thy heart) den, and desire shall fail; be- 
cheer thee in the days of thy | cause man goeth to his long home, 
youth, and walk in the ways of/and the mourners go about the 
ine heart, and in the sight of | streets: 
thine eyes: but know thou, that} 6 Or ever the silver cord be 
for all these things God will loosed, or the golden bowl he 
bring thee into judgment. broken, or the pitcher be broken 
10 Therefore remove sorrow at the fountain, or the wheel 
from thy heart, and put away | broken at the cistern. 
evil from thy flesh: for child-| 7 Then shall the dust return to 
hood and youth are vanity. the een as it was: Ee the: 
Spirit shall return unto od who 
671 CHAPTER 12 RaGeER : 
1 Creator to be remembered. 13 Man’s| 8 {| Vanity of vanities, saith the 
whole duty. preacher; all zs vanity. 
JR EMEMBER now thy Creator nd moreover, because the 
in the days of thy youth, | preacher was wise, he still taught 
while the evil days come not, nor 


s the people knowledge; yea, he 
the years draw nigh, when thou | gave good heed, and sought out, 
shalt say, I have no pleasure in 


and set in order many 
em; 
2 While the sun, or the light, or 


proverbs. | 
10 The preacher sought to find 
the moon, or the Stars, be not 
darkened, nor the clouds return 


out acceptable words: and thai 
which was written was upright, 
after the rain: th 
3 In the day when the keepers 


even words of truth. 
of the house shall tremble, and 


11 The words of the wise areas 

goads, and as nails fastened by 
the strong men shali bow them- 
selves, and the grinders cease 


the masters of assemblies, which 
are given from one shepherd. 

because they are few, and those] 12 And further, by these, my 

that look out of the windows be 

darkened, 


son, be admonished: of making 
_4 And the doors shall be shut 


many books there is noend: and 
much study is a weariness of the 
in the streets, when the sound of | flesh. : 
the grinding is low, and he shall i3 4 Let us hear the conclusion 
rise up at the voice of the bird, | of the whole matter: Fear God, 
and all the daughters of musick 
Shall be brought low: 


and keep his commandments: 
for this is the whole duty of 
S Also when they shall be afraid | man. 
of that which is high, and fears 
Shall be in the way, and the 


14 For God shall bring every 

work into judgment, with every 
almond tree shall flourish, and 
the grasshopper shall be a bur- 


secret thing, whether if be good, 
ay 


or whether it be evil 
HE | 
SONG OF SOLOMON 
672 CHAPTER 1 kisses of his mouth: for thy love 


1 The church's love and confession. 8 | is better than wine. 
She is directed to the shepherds’ tents.| 3 Because of the savour of thy 



















12 Congratulations. . | 800d ointments thy name is as 
HE song of songs, which is ointment poured forth, therefore 
6l’o-mon’s, do the virgins love thee. 


2 Let him kiss me with the 4 Draw me, we will run after 
791 


SOLOMON’S SONG, 2 


thee: the king hath, brought me 
into his chambers: we will be 
glad and rejoice in thee, we will 
remember thy love more than 
wine: the upright love thee. . 

5 I am black, but comely, O ye 
daughters of Jé-ru’sa-lém, as the 
tents of Ké’dir, as the curtains 
of Sol’o-mon. | 

6 Look not upon me, because I 
am black, because the sun hath 
jooked upon me: my mother’s 
children were angry with me; 
they made me the keeper of the 
vineyards; but mine own vine- 
yard have I not kept. 

7 Tell me, O thou whom my 
soul loveth, where thou feedest, 
where thou makest thy flock to 
rest at noon: for why should I 
be as one that turneth aside by 
the flocks of thy companions? » 

8 J If thou know not, O thou 
fairest among women, go thy way 
forth by the footsteps of the flock, 
and feed thy kids beside the 
shepherds’ tents. 

9 I have compared thee, O my 
love, to a company of horses in 
Pha’raoh’s chariots. 

10 Thy cheeks are comely with 
rows of jewels, thy neck with 
chains of gold. 

-11 We will make thee borders 
of gold with studs of silver. 

12 § While the king sitteth at 
his table, my spikenard sendeth 
forth the smell thereof. 

13 A bundle of myrrh is my 
wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie 
all night betwixt my breasts. 

14 My beloved is unto me as a 
‘luster of camphire in the vine- 
yards of En—gé’di. ; 

15 Behold. thou art fair, my 
love; behold, thou art fair; thou 
hast doves’ eyes. 

16 Behold, thou art fair, my be- 
loved, yea, pleasant: also our bed 
Is green. 

17 The beams of our house are 
cedar, and our rafters of fir. 


673 CHAPTER 2 


1 Mutual love of Christ and his church. 
14 Care of the church. 


Ardent longings of love 


AM the rose of Shar’on, and 
the lily of the valleys. 

2 As the lily among thorns, so 
is my love among the daughters. 

3 As the apple tree among the 
trees of the wood, so is my be- 
loved among the sons. I sat 
down under his shadow with 
great delight, and his fruit was 
sweet to my taste. 

4 He brought me to the ban- 
queting house, and his banne 
over me was love. | 

5 Stay me with flagons, com- 
fort me with apples: for I am 
sick of love. . 

6 His left hand is under my 
head, and his right hand doth 
embrace me. 

7 I charge you, O ye daughters 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, by the roes, and 
by the hinds of the field, that ye 
stir not up, nor awake my love, 
till he please. 

8 9 The voice of my beloved! 
behold, he cometh leaping upon 
ae mountains, skipping upon the 

ills. 

9 My beloved is like a roe ora 
young hart: behold, he standeth 
behind our wall, he looketh forth 
at the windows, shewing him- 
self through the lattice. 

10 My beloved spake, and said 
unto me, Rise up, my love, my 
fair one, and come away. 

11 For, lo, the winter is past, 
the rain is over and gone; 

12 The flowers appear on the 
earth; the time of the singing of 
birds is come, and the voice of 
the turtle is heard in our land; 

13 The fig tree putteth forth her 
green figs, and the vines with the 
tender grape give a good smell. 
Arise, my love, my fair one, and | 
come away. ; 

14 4 O my dove, that art in the | 
clefts of the rock, in the secret 
places of the stairs, let me see 
thy countenance, let me hear thy 
voice; for sweet is thy voice, and 
thy countenance is comely. 

15 Take us the foxes, the little 
foxes, that spoil the vines: for 
our vines have tender grapes. 


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Description of physical charms 


16 4 My beloved is mine, and I 
fa his: he feedeth among the 
ies. 

17 Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, turn, my be- 
loved, and be thou like a roe ora 
young hart upon the mountains 
of Bé’thér. 


CHAPTER 3 


The church’s victory and glory. 


Y night on my bed I sought 
him whom my soul loveth: 
IT sought him, but I found him not. 

2 I will rise now, and go about 
the city in the streets, and in the 
broad ways I will seek him whom 
my soul loveth: I sought him, 
but I found him not. 

3 The watchmen that go about 
the city found me: to whom I 
Said, Saw ye him whom my soul 
loveth? 

4 It was but a little that I 
passed from them, but I found 
him whom my soul loveth: I 
held him, and would not let him 
go, until I had brought him into 
“my mother’s house, and into the 
chamber of her that conceived me. 

5S I charge you, O ye daughters 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, by the roes, and 
by the hinds of the field, that ye 
stir not up, nor awake my love, 
tillhe please. 

6 § Who is this that cometh 
out of the wilderness like pillars 
of smoke, perfumed with myrrh 
and frankincense, with all pow- 
ders of the merchant? : 

7 Behold his bed, which is 
Sol’o-mon’s; threescore valiant 
men are about it, of the valiant of 
Is’ra-el. : 

8 They all hold swords, being 
expert in war: every man hath 
his sword upon his thigh because 
of fear in the night. : 

9 King Sol’o-mon made him- 
self a chariot of the wood of 
Léb’a-non. : 

10 He made the pillars thereof 
of silver, the bottom thereof of 
gold, the covering of it of purple, 
the midst thereof being paved 


674 


SOLOMON’S SONG, 3, 4 


with love, for the daughters of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of 
Zi’on, and behold king Sél’o-mon 
with the crown wherewith his 
mother crowned him in the day 
of his espousals, and in the day 
of the gladness of his heart. 


CHAPTER 4 


1 The church’s graces. 
fitness. 


BEXOLD: thou art fair, my 
love; behold, thou art fair; 
thou hast doves’ eyes within thy 
locks: thy hair is as a flock of 
goats, that appear from mount 
Gil’e-ad. 

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of 
sheep that are even shorn, which 
came up from the washing; 
whereof every one bear twins, 
and none 7s barren among them. 

3 Thy lips are like a thread of 
scarlet, and thy speech is comely: 
thy temples are like a piece of a 
pomegranate within thy locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the tower of 
Da’vid builded for an armoury, 
whereon there hang a thousand 
bucklers, all shields of mighty 
men. 

5 Thy two breasts are like two 
young roes that are twins, which 
feed among the lilies. f 

6 Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, I will get me 
to the mountain of myrrh, and to 
the hill of frankincense. 

7 Thou art all fair, my love; 
there is no spot in thee. 

8 § Come with me from Léb’a- 
non, my spouse, with me from 
Léb’a-non: look from the top of 
Am/a-na, from the top of Shé’nir 
and Hér’mon, from the lions’ 
dens, from the mountains of the 
leopards. 

9 Thou hast ravished my 
heart, my sister, my spouse: 
thou hast ravished my heart with 
one of thine eyes, with one chain 
of thy neck. 

10 How fair is thy love, my 
sister, my spouse! how much 
better is thy love than wine! and 


675 
16 Prayer for 


793 


SOLOMON’S SONG, 5, 6 


the smell of thine ointments than 
all spices! 

11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop 
as the honeycomb: honey and 
milk are under thy tongue; and 
the smell of thy garments 7s like 
the smell of Léb’a-non. 

12 A garden inclosed, is my 
sister, my spouse; a spring shut 
up, a fountain sealed. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of 
pomegranates, with pleasant 
fruits; camphire, withspikenard, 

14 Spikenard and saffron; cal- 
amus and cinnamon, with all 
trees of frankincense; myrrh and 
aloes, with all the chief spices: 

15 A fountain of gardens, a we 
of living waters, and streams 
from Léb’a-non. 

16 { Awake, O north wind; 
and come, thou south; blow 
upon my garden, that the spices 
thereof may flow out. Let my 
beloved come into his garden, 
and eat his pleasant fruits. 


676 CHAPTER 5 


Christ awakens the church with his call- 
ing. 


AM come into my garden, my 

sister, my spouse: I have 
gathered my myrrh with my 
spice; I have eaten my honey- 
comb with my honey; I have 
drunk my wine with my milk: 
eat, O friends; drink, yea, 
drink abundantly, O beloved. 

2 {I sleep, but my heart wak- 
eth: it is the voice of my beloved 
that knocketh, saying, Open to 
me, my sister, my love, my dove, 
my undefiled: for my head is 
filled with dew, and my locks 
with the drops of the night. 

3 I have put off my coat; how 
shall I putit on? I have washed 
my feet; how shall I defile them? 

4 My beloved putin his hand by 
the hole of the door, and my 
bowels were moved for him. 

5 I rose up to open to my be- 
loved; and my hands dropped 
with myrrh, and my fingers with 
sweet smelling myrrh, upon the 
handles of the lock. 


Description of physical charms 


6 I opened to my beloved; but 
my beloved had withdrawn 
himself, and was gone: my soul 
failed when he spake: I sought 
him, but I could not find him; I 
called him, but he gave me no 
answer. 

7 The watchmen' that went 
about the city found me, they 
smote me, they wounded me; 
the keepers of the walls took away 
my veil from me. 

8 I charge you, O daughters of 
Jé-ru’sd-lém, if ye find my be- 
loved, that ye tell him, that Iam 
sick of love. | 

9 4 What is thy beloved more 


li|than another beloved, O thou 


fairest among women? what is 
thy beloved more than another 
beloved, that thou dost so charge 


us? 

10 My beloved is white and 
ruddy, the chiefest among ten 
thousand. ; 

11 His head is as the most fine 
gold, his locks are bushy, and 
black as a raven. 

12 His eyes are as the eves of 
doves by the rivers of waters, 
washed with milk, and fitly set. 

13 His cheeks are as a bed of 
spices, as sweet flowers: his lips 
like lilies, dropping sweet smell- 
ing myrrh. 

14 His hands are as gold rings 
set with the beryl: his belly zs as 
bright ivory overlaid with sap- 
phires. 

15 His legs are as pillars of 
marble, set upon sockets of fine 


gold: his countenance 7s as 
Léb’a-non, excellent as _ the 
cedars. 


16 His mouth is most sweet: 
yea, he is altogether lovely. 
This is my beloved, and this is 
my friend, O daughters of Jé-ruy’- 
sa-lém. | 


CHAPTER 6 677 


1 The church professes her faith in 
Christ. 10 Christ's love toward her. 


HITHER is thy beloved 
gone, ou fairest 
among women? whither is thy 


794 


Charms and graces 


beloved turned aside? that we 
may seek him with thee. } 

2 My beloved is gone down into 
his garden, to the beds of spices, 
to feed in the gardens, and to 
gather lilies. _ 

I am my ibeloved’s, and my 
beloved is mine: he feedeth 
-among the lilies. ; 

»4 4 Thou art beautiful, O my 
love, as Tir’zah, comely as Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, terrible as an army 
with banners. : 

5 Turn away thine eyes from 
me, for they have overcome me: 
thy hair is as a flock of goats 
that appear from Gil’e-ad. 

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of 
sheep which go up from the 
washing, whereof every one bear- 
eth twins, and there is not one 
barren among them. 

7 Asa piece of a pomegranate 
are thy temples within thy locks. 
There are threescore queens, 
and fourscore concubines, and 
virgins without number. | 

9 My dove, my undefiled is but 
one; she is the only one of her 
mother, she is the choice one of 
her that bare her. The daugh- 
ters saw her, and blessed her; 
yea, the queens and the concu- 
_bines, and they praised her. 

10 4 Who is she that looketh 
forth as the morning, fair as the 

moon, clear as the sun, and ter- 

rible as an army with banners? 

11 I went down into the garden 
of nuts to see the fruits of the 
valley, and to see whether the 
vine flourished, and the pome- 
granates budded. 

12 Or ever I was aware, my 

soul made me like the chariots 
of Am’mi—n@/dib. 
_13 Return, return, O Shu/lam- 
ite; return, return, that we may 
_ look upon thee. What will ye see 
in the Shu’lam-ite? As it were 
_ the company of two armies. 


678 CHAPTER’ 7 


1 Further description of the church's 
_ graces. _ 10 Her profession of faith 
 Qand desire. 


SOLOMON’S SONG, 7, 8 


OW beautiful are thy feet 
with _ shoes, prince’s 
daughter! the joints of thy thighs 
are like jewels, the work of the 
hands of a cunning workman. 

2 Thy navel is like a round 
goblet, which wanteth not liquor: 
thy belly is like an heap of wheat 
set about with lilies. 

3 Thy two breasts are like two 
young roes that are twins. 

Thy neck is as_a tower of 
ivory; thine eyes like the fish- 
pools in Hésh’bon, by the gate of 
Bath-rab’bim: thy nose is as 
the tower of Léb’a-non which 
looketh toward Da-mas’cus. _ 

5S Thine head upon thee is like 
Car’mel, and the hair of. thine 
head like purple; the king is 
held in the galleries. 

6 How fair and how pleasant 
art thou, O love, for delights! 

7 This thy stature is like to a 
palm tree, and thy breasts to 
clusters of grapes. 

8 Isaid, I will go up to the palm 
tree, I will take hold of the boughs 
thereof: now also thy breasts 
shall be as clusters of the vine, 
and the smell of thy nose like 
apples; 

9 And the roof of thy mouth 
like the best wine for my beloved, 
that goeth down sweetly, caus- 
ing the lips of those that are 
asleep to speak. 

10 {I am my beloved’s, and 
his desire'is toward me. 

11 Come, my beloved, let us go 
forth into the field; let us lodge 
in the villages. 

12 Let us get up early to the 
vineyards; let us see if the vine 
flourish, whether the tender 
grape appear, and the pome- 
granates bud forth: there will I 
give thee my loves. 

13 The mandrakes give asmell, 
and at our gates are all manner 
of pleasant fruits, new and old, 
which I have laid up for thee, O 
my beloved. 


CHAPTER 8 


1 Love of the church for Christ. 
Prayer for the coming of Christ. 


679 
14 


795 


ISAIAH, 1 


O THAT thou wert as my 
brother, that sucked the 
breasts of my mother! when I 
should find thee without, I would 
kiss thee; yea, I should not be 
despised. 

2 I would lead thee, and bring 
thee into my mother’s house, who 
would instruct “me: I would 
cause thee to drink of spiced 
‘wine of the juice of my pome- 


' granate. 


3 His left hand should be under 
my head, and his right hand 
should embrace me. 

4 I charge you, O daughters of 
Jé-ruy’sa-lém, that ye stir not 
up, nor awake my love, until he 
please. 

5 Who is this that cometh up 
from the wilderness, leaning up- 
on her beloved? I raised thee up 
under the apple tree: there thy 
mother brought thee forth: there 
ang brought thee forth that bare 

ee. 

6 § Set me asaseal upon thine 
heart, as a seal upon thine arm: 
for love is strong as death; 
jealousy is cruel as the grave: 
the coals thereof are coals of fire, 
which hath a most vehement 
flame. 


Love and jealousy 


7 Many waters cannot quench 
love, neithercan thefloods drown 
it: if a man would give all the 
substance of his house for love, it 
would utterly be contemned. 

We have a little sister, and 
she hath no breasts: what shall 
we do for our sister in the day 
when she shall be spoken for? 

9 If she bea wall, we will build 
upon her a palace of silver: and 
if she be a door, we will inclose 
her with boards of cedar. 

10 I am a wall, and my 
breasts like towers: then wasI in 
his eyes as one that found favour. 

11 Sol’o-mon had a vineyard at 
Ba’al-—ha’mon; he let out the 
vineyard unto keepers; every one 
for the fruit thereof was to bring 
a thousand pieces of silver. | 

_12 My vineyard, which is mine, 
is before me: thou, O Sol’o-mon, 
must have a thousand, and those 
that keep the fruit thereof two 
hundred. ; 

13 Thou that dwellest in the 
gardens, the companions hearken 
to thy voice: cause me to hear zt. 

14 4 Make haste, my beloved, 
and be thou like to a roe or toa 
young hart upon the mountains 
of spices. 


THE BOOK OF THE 


PROPHET ISAIAH 


680 CHAPTER 1 
1 Isaiah complains of Judah for her 
rebellion. 25 Grace promised. 28 


Destruction threatened to the wicked. 
HE vision of I-sa’iah the son 
of A’m6z, which he saw con- 
cerning Ji/dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém 
in the days of Uz-zi’/ah, Jo’tham, 
A’haz, and Héz-e-ki’ah, kings of 
Ji’dah. . 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give 
ear, O earth: for the LORD hath 
spoken, I have nourished and 
brought up children, and they 
have rebelled against me. 

3 The ox knoweth his owner, 
and the ass his master’s crib: 


but is’ra-el doth not know, my 


people doth not consider. 

4 Ah sinful nation, a people 
laden with iniquity, a seed of 
evildoers, children that are cor- 
rupters: they have forsaken the 


LORD, they have provoked the 


Holy One of Is’ra-el unto anger, 
they are gone away backward. 

5 § Why should ye be stricken 
any more? ye will revolt more 
and more: the whole head is 
sick, and the whole heart faint. 


6 From the sole of the foot even | 


unto the head there is no sound- 
ness in it; but wounds, and 
bruises, and putrifying sores: 


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Complaint of Judah’s rebellion 


they have not been closed, 
neither bound up, neither molli- 
fied with ointment. | 

7 Your country is desolate, 
your cities are burned with fire: 
your land, strangers devour it in 
your presence, and if is desolate, 
as overthrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zi’6n is 
left as a cottage in a vineyard, as 
a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, 
as a besieged city. 

90 Except the LORD of hosts 
had left unto us a very small 
remnant, we should have been as 
Sdd’om, and we should have 
been like unto Gé-m6r’rah. 

10 { Hear the word of the 
LORD, ye rulers of Sdd’om: give 
ear unto the law of our God, ye 
people of G6-mor’rah. | 

11 To what purpose is the mul- 
titude of your sacrifices unto me? 
saith the LORD: I am full of the 


burnt offerings of rams, and the | th 


fat of fed beasts; and I delight 
not in the blood of bullocks, or of 
lambs, or of he goats. 

12 When ye come to appear be- 
fore me, who hath required this 
at your hand, to tread my courts? 

13 Bring no more vain obla- 
tions; incense is an abomination 
unto me; the new moons and sab- 
baths, the calling of assemblies, 
I cannot away with: it is iniq- 
uity, even the solemn meeting. 

14 Your new moons and your 
appointed feasts my soul hateth: 
they are a trouble unto me; Iam 
weary to bear them. 

15 And when ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine 
eyes from you: yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I will not 
hear: your hands are full of 


ood. 
16 § Wash you, make you 
clean; put away the evil of your 
doings from before mine eyes; 
cease to do evil; 
_17 Learn to do well; seek 
judgment, relieve the oppressed, 
judge the fatherless, plead for the 
widow. ) 
18 Come now, and let us rea-' 


ISAIAH, 1 


son together, saith the LORD: 
though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow; 
though they be red like crimson, 
they shall be as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedi- 
phe ye shall eat the good of the 
and: 

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye 
shaJl be devoured with the sword: 
for the mouth of the LORD hath 
spoken it. ; 

21 § How is the faithful city 
become an harlot! it was full of 
judgment; righteousness lodged 
in it; but now murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, 
thy wine mixed with water: 

23 Thy princes are rebellious, 
and companions of thieves: every 
one loveth gifts, and followeth 
after rewards: they judge not 
the fatherless, neither doth the 
cause of the widow come unto 


em. 
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the 
LORD of hosts, the mighty One 
of Is’ra-el, Ah, I will ease me of 
mine adversaries, and avenge me 
of mine enemies: 

25 4 And I will turn my hand 
upon thee, and purely purge 
away thy dross, and take away 
all thy tin: 4 

26 And I will restore thy judges 
as at the first, and thy counsellors 
as at the beginning: afterward 
thou shalt be called, The city 
of righteousness, the faithful. 


city. 

27 Zi’6n shall be redeemed with 
judgment, and her converts 
with righteousness. c 

28 § And the destruction of 
the transgressors and of the sine 
ners shall be together, and they 
that forsake the LORD shall be 
consumed. 

29 For they shall be ashamed of 
the oaks which ye have desired, 
and ye shall be confounded for 
the gardens that ye have chosen. 

30 For ye shall be as an oak 
whose leaf fadeth, and as a. gar- 
den that hath no water. 

31 And the strong shall be as 


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ISAIAH, 2 


tow, and the maker of it as a 

spark, and they shall both burn 

foseta ete and none shall quench 
em. 


681 CHAPTER 2 
1 Coming of Christ’s kingdom prophe- 
sied. 10 Exhortation to fear. 
HE word that I-sa’iah the 
son of A’m6z saw concerning 
Ja’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

2 And it shall come to pass in 
the last days, that the mountain 
of the LORD’S house shall be 
established in the top of the 
mountains, and shall be exalted 
above the hills; and all nations 
shall flow unto it. 
- 3 And many people shall go and 

say, Come ye, and let us go up to 
the mountain of the LORD, to the 
house of the God of Ja’cob; and 
he will teach us of his ways, an 
we will walk in his paths: for 
out of Zi’6n shall go forth the 
law, and the word of the LORD 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

4 And he shall judge among 
the nations, and shall rebuke 
many people: and they shall 
beat their swords into plow- 
shares, and their spears into 
pruninghooks: nation shall not 
lift up sword against nation, 
neither shall they learn war any 
more. 

5 O house of Ja’cob, come ye, 
and let us walk in the light of 
the LORD. 

6 {| Therefore thou hast for- 
saken thy people the house of 
Ja’cob, because they be replen- 
ished from the east, and are 
soothsayers like the Phi-lis’tines, 
and they please themselves in 
the children of strangers. 

7 Their land also is full of silver 
and gold, neither is there any end 
of their treasures; their land is 
also full of horses, neither is 
there any end of their chariots: 

8 Their land also is full of idols; 
they worship the work of their 
own hands, that which their own 
fingers have made: 

9 And the mean man boweth 


Christ’s kingdom foretold 


down, and the great man hum- 
bleth himself: therefore forgive 
themnot. . 

10 4 Enter into the rock, and 
hide thee in the dust, for fear of 
the LORD, and for the glory of his 


majesty. 

11 The lofty looks of man shall 
be humbled, and the haughtiness 
of men shall be bowed down, and 
the LORD alone shail be exalted 
in that day. 

12 For the day of the LORD of 
hosts shall be upon every one 
that is proud and lofty, and upon 
every one that is lifted up; and 
he shall be brought low: 

13 And upon all the cedars of 
Léb’a-non, that are high and 
lifted up, and upon all the oaks of 
Ba’shan, 

14 And upon all the high moun- 


d| tains, and upon all the hills that 


are lifted up, 

15 And upon every high tower, 
and upon every fenced wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of 
Tiar’shish, and upon all pleasant 
pictures. 

17 And the loftiness of man 
shall be bowed down, and the 
haughtiness of men shall be made 
low: and the LORD alone shall 
be exalted in that day. 

18 And the idols he shall ut- 
terly abolish. : 

19 And they shall go into the 
holes of the rocks, and into the 
caves of the earth, for fear of 
the LORD, and for the glory of his 
majesty, when he ariseth to- 
shake terribly the earth. 

20 In that day a man shall cast 
his idols of silver, and his idols 
of gold, which they made each 
one for himself to worship, to the 
moles and to the bats; 

21 To go into the clefts of the 
rocks, and into the tops of the 
ragged rocks, for fear of the 
LORD, and for the glory of his 
majesty, when he ariseth to shake 
terribly the earth. 

22 Cease ye from man, whose 
breath is in his nostrils: for 
wherein is he to be accounted of? 


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_ Oppression of the people 
682 CHAPTER 3 


1 Calamities that come by sin. 12 Op- 
pression of rulers. 16 Punishment 
of women for pride. 


OR, behold, the Lord, the 
LORD of hosts, doth take 
away from Jé-ru’sa-lém and from 
Ji’dah the stay and the staff, 
the whole stay of bread, and the 
whole stay of water, 

2 The mighty man, and the man 
of war, the judge, and the 
prophet, and the prudent, and 
the ancient, 

3 The captain of fifty, and the 
honourable man, and the coun- 
sellor, and the cunning artificer, 
and the eloquent orator. 

4 AndI will give children fo be 
their princes, and babes shall rule 
over them. 

5 And the people shall be op- 
pressed, every one by another, 
and every one by his neighbour: 
the child shall behave himself 
proudly against the ancient, and 
the base against the honourable. 

6 When a man shall take hold 
of his brother of the house of his 
father, saying, Thou hast cloth- 
ing, be thou our ruler, and let this 
ruin be under thy hand: 

7 In that day shall he swear, 
saying, I will not be an healer; 
for in my house ?s neither bread 
nor clothing: make me not a 
ruler of the people. 

8 For Jé-ru’sa-lém is ruined, 
and Ju’dah is fallen: because 
their tongue and their doings are 
against the LORD, to provoke the 
eyes of his glory. 

9 § The shew of their counte- 
nance doth witness against them; 
and they declare their sin as 
$6d’om, they hide if not. Woe 
unto their soul! for they have 
rewarded evil unto themselves. 
_10 Say ye to the righteous, that 
it shall be well with him: for they 
shall eat the fruit of their doings. 

11 Woe unto the wicked! it 
shall be ill with him: for the re- 
ward of his hands shall be given 


12 g As for my people, children 


ISAIAH, 3 


are their oppressors, and women 
rule over them. O my people, 
they which lead thee cause thee 
toerr, and destroy the way of thy 
paths. 

13 The LORD standeth up to 

plead, and standeth to judge the 
people. 
_14 The LORD will enter into 
judgment with the ancients of his 
people, and the princes thereof: 
for ye have eaten up the vine- 
yard; the spoil of the peor is in 
your houses. 

15 What mean ye fhat ye beat 
my people to pieces, and grind 
the faces of the poor? saith the 
Lord GOD of hosts. 

16 § Moreover the LORD saith, 
Because the daughters of Zi’on 
are haughty, and walk with 
stretched forth necks and wan- 
ton eyes, walking and mincing 
as they go, and making a tinkling 
with their feet: 

17 Therefore the Lord wiil smite 
with a scab the crown of the 
head of the daughters of Zi’6n, 
and the LORD will discover 
their secret parts. 

18 In that day the Lord will 
take away the bravery of their 
tinkling ornaments about their 
feet, and their cauls, and their 
round tires like the moon, 

19 The chains, and the brace- 
lets, and the mufflers, 

20 The bonnets, and the orna- 
ments of the legs, and the head= 
bands, and the tablets, and the 
earrings, fr 

21 The rings, and nose jewels, 

22 The changeable suits of ap- 
parel, and the mantles, and the 
wimples, anc the crisping pins, 

23 The glasses, and the fine 
linen, and the hoods, and the 
veils. 

24 And it shall come to pass, 
that instead of sweet smell there 
shall be stink; and instead of a 
girdle arent; and instead of well 
set hair baldness; and instead of 
a stomacher a girding of sack- 
cloth: and burning instead of 
beauty. 


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25 Thy men shall fall by the 
Swords and mighty in the 


06 ‘And her gates shall lament 
and mourn; and she being deso- 
late shall sit upon the ground. 


683 CHAPTER 4 
1 Distress of the times. 2 Christ's 
kingdom shall be a sanctuary. 

ND in that day seven women 

. Shall take hold of one man, 
saying, We will eat our own 
bread, and wear our own ap- 
parel: only let us be called 
by thy name, to take away our 
reproach. 

2 In that day shall the branch 
of the LORD be. beautiful and 
glorious, and the fruit of the 
earth shall be excellent and 
comely for them that are escaped 
of Is’ra-el. 

3 And it shall come to pass, 
‘et he that is left in Zi’6n, and 
he that remaineth in Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, shall be called holy, even 
every one that is written among 
the living in Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

When the Lord shall have 
washed away the filth of the 
daughters of Zi’dn, and shall 
have purged the blood of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém from the midst thereof 
by the spirit of judgment, and 
by the spirit of burning. 

5 And the LORD will create 
upon every dwelling place of 
mount Zi’/on, and upon her as- 
semblies, a cloud and smoke by 
day, and the shining of a flaming 
fire by night: for upon all the 
glory shall be a defence. 

And there shall be a taber- 
nacle for a shadow in the day- 
time from the heat, and for a 
place of refuge, and for a covert 
from storm and from rain. 


684 CHAPTER 5 
" God’s judgments upon various sins. 
OW will I sing to my well- 
beloved a song of m be- 
loved touching his vineyar 
wellbeloved hath a vineyard. in a 
very fruitful hill: 


. My | fi 


Judgments upon various sins 


2 And he fenced it, and gath- 
ered out the stones thereof, and 
planted it with the choicest vine, 
and built a tower in the midst of 
it, and also made a winepress 
therein: and he ‘looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, and it 
brought forth wild grapes. 

3 And now, O inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and men of Ja’dah, 
judge, I pray you, betwixt me 
and my vineyard. 

4 What could have been done 
more to my vineyard, that I have 
not done in it? wherefore, when 
I looked that it should bring forth 
grapes, brought it forth wild 
grapes? > 

5 And now goto; I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard: 
I will take away the hedge there- 
of, and it shall be eaten up; and 
break down the wall thereof, and 
it shall be trodden down: 

6 And I will lay it waste: it 
shall not be pruned, nor digged; 
but there shall come up briers and 
thorns: I will also command the 
clouds that they rain no rain 
upon it. 

7 For the vineyard of the LORD 
of hosts is the house of Is’ra-el, 
and the men of Jii’dah his pleas- 
ant plant: and he looked for 
judgment, but behold oppression; 
for righteousness, but behold a 
cry. 

8 § Woe unto them that join 
house to house, that lay field to 
field, till there be no place, that 
they may be placed alone in the 
midst of the earth! | 

9 In mine ears said the LORD 
of hosts, Of a truth many houses 
shall be desolate, even great and 
pasts without inhabitant. 

O Yea, ten acres of vineyard 
At yield one bath, and the seed 
of an homer shall yield an ephah. 

11 {| Woe unto them that rise 
up early in the morning, that they 
may follow strong drink; that 
continue until night, till wine in- 
ame them! ; 

12 And the harp, and the viol, 
the tabret, and pipe, and wine, 


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_ Judgments upon various sins 


are in their feasts: but they 
regard not the work of the LORD, 
neither consider the operation of 
his hands. 

13 {| Therefore my people are 
gone into captivity, because they 
have no knowledge: and their 
honourable men are famished, 
_ and their multitude dried up with 
thirst. 

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged 
herself, and opened her mouth 
without measure: and_ their 
glory, and their multitude, and 
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, 
shall descend into it. 

15 And the mean man shall be 
brought down, and the mighty 
man shall be humbled, and the 
eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 

16 But the LORD of hosts shall 
be exalted in judgment, and God 
that is holy shall be sanctified in 
righteousness. 

17 Then shall the lambs feed 
_ after their manner, and the waste 
places of the fat ones shall 
_ strangers eat. 

18 Woe unto them that draw 
_ iniquity with cords of vanity, and 
sin as it were with a cart rope: 

19 That say, Let him make 
speed, and hasten his work, that 
we may see if: and let the coun- 
sel of the Holy One of Is’ra-el 
draw nigh and come, that we may 
know it/ 

20 { Woe unto them that call 
evil good, and good evil; that 
put darkness for light, and light 
for darkness; that put bitter for 
sweet, and sweet for bitter! 

21 Woe unto them that are wise 
in their own eyes, and prudent 
in their own sight! 

22 Woe unto them that are 
mighty to drink wine, and men 
of strength to mingle strong 


ink: 
_ 23 Which justify the wicked for 
reward, and take away the right- 
eousness of the righteous from 


m! 
24 Therefore as the fire de- 
_ voureth the stubble, and the flame 
consumeth the chaff, so their 

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ISAIAH, 6 


root shall be as rottenness, and 
their blossom shall go up as dust: 
because they have cast away the 
law of the LORD of hosts, and 
despised the word of the Holy 
One of Is’ra-el. 

25 Therefore is the anger of the 
LORD kindled against his people, 
and he hath stretched forth his 
hand against them, and hath 
smitten them: and the hills did 
tremble, and their carcases were 
torn in the midst of the streets. 
For all this his anger is not 
turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 

26 § And he will lift up an en- 
sign to the nations from far, and 
will hiss unto them from the end 
of the earth: and, behold, they 
shall come with speed swiftly: 

27 None shall be weary nor 
stumble among them; none shall 
slumber nor sleep; neither shall 
the girdle of their loins be loosed. 
nor the latchet of their shoes be 
broken: 

28 Whose arrows are sharp, and 
all their bows bent, their horses’ 
hoofs shall be counted like flint, 
and their wheels like a whirl- 


wind: 

29: Their roaring shail be like a 
lion, they shall roar like young 
lions: yea, they shall roar, and 
lay hold of the prey, and shall 
carry it away safe, and none shall 
deliver it. 

30 And in that day they shall 
roar against them like the roaring 
of the sea: and if one look unto 
the land, behold darkness and 
sorrow, and the light is dark- 
ened in the heavens thereof. 


CHAPTER 6 685 
1 A vision of the Lord on his throne. 9 
Message to the people. 

N the year that king Uz-zi’ah 

died I saw also the Lord sit- 

ting upon a throne, high and 

lifted up, and his train filled the 
temple. ; 

2 Above it stood the seraphims: 

each one had six wings; with 

twain he covered his face, and 


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ISAIAH 7 


with twain he covered his feet 
and with twain he did fly. 

3 And one cried unto another, 
and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the 
LORD of hosts: the whole earth 
is full of his glory. 

4 And the posts of the door 
moved at the voice of him that 
cried, and the house was filled 
pate smoke. 

5 4 Then said I, Woe is me! for 
I am undone; because I am a 
man of unclean lips, and I dwell 
in the midst of a people of un- 
clean lips: for mine eyes have 
seen the King, the LORD of 
hosts. 

6 Then flew one of the sera- 
phims unto me, having a live 
coal in his hand, which he had 
taken with the tongs from off 
the altar: eet 

7 And he laid it upon my 
mouth, and said, Lo, this hath 
touched thy lips; E 
iquity is taken away, and thy sin 
purged. 

8 Also I heard the voice of the 
Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, 
and who will go for us? Then 
said I, Here am I; send me. 

94 And he said, Go, and tell 
this people, Hear ye indeed, but 
understand not; and see ye in- 
deed, but perceive not. 

10 Make the heart of this people 
fat, and make their ears heavy, 
and shut their eyes; lest they see 
with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and understand with 
ee heart, and convert, and be 

ealed. 

11 Then said I, Lord, how long? 
And he answered, Until the cities 
be wasted without inhabitant, 
and the houses without man, and 
the land be utterly desolate, 

12 And the LORD have fre- 
moved men far away, and there 
be a great forsaking in the midst 
of the land. 

13 4 But yet in it shall be a 
tenth, and it shall return, and 
shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and 
as an oak, whose substance 7s in 
them, when they cast their 


and thine in- | 


‘and be quiet; 


Isaiah's message to the people 


leaves: so the holy seed shall 
be the substance thereof. 


CHAPTER 7 686 
1 Isaiah oe Ahaz. 10 The sign 
Immanuel. 


ND it cameto pass in the days 

of A’haz the son of Jo’tham, 

the son of Uz-zi’ah, king of Ju’- 

dah, that Ré’zin the king of 

Syr’i-a, and Pé’kah the son of 

Rém-a-li’/ah, king of Is’ra-el, 

went up toward Jé-ru’sa-lém to 

war against it, but could not pre- 
vail against it. 

2 And it was told the house of 
Da’vid, saying, Syr’i-a is con- 
federate with E’phra-im. And his 
heart was moved, and the heart 
of his people, as the trees of 
the wood are moved with the 


wind. 

_3 Then said the LORD unto 
I-sa/iah, Go forth now to meet 
A’haz, thou, and Shé/ar—ja’/shub 
thy son, at the end of the con- 
duit of the upper pool in the 
highway of the fuller’s field; 

4 And say unto him, Take heed, 
fear not, neither 
be fainthearted for the two tails 
of these smoking firebrands, for 
the fierce anger of Ré’zin with 
eerita: and of the son of Rém-a- 
l/ah. 

5 Because Syr’i-a, E’phra-im, 
and the son of Rém-a-li’ah, have 
taken evil counsel against thee, 
saying, 

6 Let us go up against Ja’dah, 
and vex it, and let us make a 
breach therein for us, and set a 
king in the midst of it, even the 
son of Ta’be-al: 

7 Thus saith the Lord GoD, It 
shall not stand, neither shall it 
come to pass. 

8 For the head of Syr’i-a is 
Da-mas’cus, and the head of 
Da-mas’cus is Ré€é’zin; and 
within threescore and five years 
shall E’phra-im be broken, that 
itbenotapeople.  _ ; 

9 And the head of E’phra-im is 
Sa-ma’ri-a, and the head of Sa- 
ma’ri-a is Rém-a-li’ah’s son. If 


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The virgin birth 


ye will not believe, surely ye shall 
not be established. 

10 {!Moreover the LORD spake 
gee unto A’haz, saying, 

' 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD 
thy God; ask it either in the 
depth, or in the height above. 

12 ButA’haz said, I will not ask, 
neither will I tempt the LORD. 

13 And he said, Hear ye now, 
O house of Da’vid; Is it a small 
thing for you to weary men, but 
will ye weary my God also? 

14 Therefore the Lord himself 
shall give you a sign; Behold, a 
virgin shall conceive, and bear a 
son, and shall call his name 
Im-man/u-el. 

15 Butter and honey shall he 
eat, eat he may know to refuse 
the evil, and choose the good. 

16 For before the child shall 
know to refuse the evil, and 
choose the good, the land that 
thou abhorrest shall be forsaken 
of both her kings. 

17 4 The LORD shail bring 
upon thee, and upon thy people, 
and upon thy father’s house, days 
that have not come, from the day 

that E’phra-im departed from 

Ji’dah; even the king of As- 
syr’i-a. ¥ 

18 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the LORD shall hiss 
for the fly that is in the uttermost 
part of the rivers of E’éypt, and 
for the bee that is in the land of 
_As-syr’i-a. 

19 And they shall come, and 
shall rest all of them in the deso- 
late valleys, and in the holes of 
the rocks, and upon all thorns, 
and upon all bushes. 

' 20 In the same day shall the 
Lord shave with a razor that is 
hired, namely, by them beyond 

the river, by the king of As-syr’i-a, 

the head, and the hair of the feet: 
and it shall also consume the 
beard. 

21 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that aman shall nourish 
a young cow, and two sheep; 

22 And it shall come to pass, 
for the abundance of milk that 


ISAIAH, 8 


they shali give he shall eat but- 
ter: for butter and honey shall 
every one eat that is left in the 


an 

23 ‘And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that every place shall 
be, where there were a thousand 
vines at a thousand silverlings, it 
shall even be for briers and 
thorns. 

24 With arrows and with bows 
shall men come thither; because 
all the land shall become briers 
and thorns. 

25 And on all hills that shall be 
digged with the mattock, there 
shall not come thither the fear of 
briers and thorns: butit shall be 
for the sending forth of oxen, 
and for the treading of lesser 
cattle. 


CHAPTER 8 687 


1 Prophecies as to Syria, Israel, and 
Judah. 9 God’s purposes are unre= 
sistible. 19 Affliction to idolaters. 

OREOVER the LORD said 

unto me, Take thee a great 

roll, and write in it with a man’s 

pen concerning Ma’hér-shal’al— 
hash’—baz. 

2 And I took unto me faithful 
witnesses to record, U-ri’ah the 
priest, and Zéch-a-ri’ah the son 
of Jé-bér-e-chi’ah. 

3 And I went unto the prophet- 
ess; and she conceived, and bare 
a son. Then said the LORD to 
me, Call his name Ma’hér—shal’= 
al—hash’—baz. 

4 For before the child shall 
have knowledge to cry, My father, 
and my mother, the riches of 
Da-mas’cus and the spoil of Sa- 
ma’ri-a shall be taken away be- 
fore the king of As-s¥r’i-a. 

5 {| The LORD spake also unto 
me again, saying, 

6 Forasmuch as this people re- 
fuseth the waters of Shi-1d’ 
that go softly, and rejoice in 
Ré’zin and Rém-a-li’ah’s son; 

7 Now therefore, behold, the 
Lord bringeth up upon them the 
waters of the river, strong and 
many, even the king of As-syr’i-a, 


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ISAIAH. 9 


and all his glory: and he shall 
come up over all his channels, 
and go over all his banks: 

8 And he shall pass through 
Ji’dah; he shall overflow and go 
over, he shall reach even to the 
neck; and the stretching out of 
his wings shall fill the breadth of 
thy land, O Im-mdan’u-el. 

9 4 Associate yourselves, O ye 

people, and ye shall be broken in 
pieces; and give ear, all ye of far 
countries: gird yourselves, and 
ye shall be broken in pieces; 
gird yourselves, and ye shall be 
broken in pieces. 
_10 Take counsel together, and 
it shall come to nought; speak 
the word, and it shall-not stand: 
for God is with us. 

11 4 For the LORD spake thus 
to me with a strong hand, and 
Pee utes me that I should not 
walk in the way of this people, 
saying, 

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, 
to all them to whom this people 
shall say, A confederacy; nei- 
ther fear ye their fear, nor be 
afraid. 

13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts 
himself; and let him be your 
fear, and let him be your dread. 

14 And he shall be for a sanc- 
tuary; but for a stone of stum- 
bling and for a rock of offence to 
both the houses of Is’ra-el, for a 
gin and fora snare to the inhabit- 
ants of Jé-ru’s4-lém. 

15 And many among them shall 
stumble, and fall, and be broken, 
and be snared, and be taken. 

16 Bind up the testimony, seal 
the law among my disciples. 

17 And I will wait upon the 
LORD, that hideth his face from 
the house of Ja’cob, and I wil 
look for him. 

18 Behold, I and the children 
whom the LORD hath given me 
are for signs and for wonders in 
Is’ra-el from the LORD of hosts, 
which dwelleth in mount Zi’6n. 

19 § And when they shall say 
unto you, Seek unto them that 
have familiar spirits, and unto 


1 oppressor, 


Judgments upon idolaters 


wizards that peep, and that mut- 
ter: should not a people seek 
unto their God? for the living to 
the dead? 

20 To the law and to the testi- 
mony: if they speak not accord- 
ing to this word, it is because 
there is no light in them. 

21 And they shall pass through 
it, hardly bestead and hungry: 
and it shall come to pass, that 
when they shall be hungry, they 
shall fret themselves, and curse 
their king and their God, and 
look upward. 

22 And they shall look unto the 
earth; and behold trouble and 
darkness, dimness of anguish; 
and they shall be driven to dark- 
ness. 


CHAPTER 9 688 


1 Joy in affliction through the Prince of 
Peace. 8 Judgments upon Israel. 
EVERTHELESS the dim- 
ness Shall not be such as 
was in her vexation, when at the 
first he lightly afflicted the land 
of Zéb’u-lin and the land of 
Naph’ta-li, and afterward did 
more grievously afflict her by the 
way of the sea, beyond Jér’dan, 
in Gal’i-lee of the nations. 

2 The people that walked in 
darkness have seen a great light: 
they that dwell in the land of the 
shadow of death, upon them hath 
the light shined. 

3 Thou hast multiplied the na- 
tion, and not increased the joy: 
they joy before thee according to 
the joy in harvest, and as men 
rejoice when they divide the spoil. 

4 For thou hast broken the 
yoke of his burden, and the staff 
of his shoulder, the rod of his 
as in the day of 
Midi 1-an. 

5 For every battle of the war- 
rior is with confused noise, and 
garments rolled in blood; but 

this shall be with burning and 
fuel of fire. ; 

6 For unto us a child is born, 
unto us a son is given: and the | 
government. shall be upon his 


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The Prince of Peace 


shoulder: and his name shall be 
called Wonderful, Counsellor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, The Prince of Peace. 

7 Of the increase of his govern- 
ment and peace there shall be 
no end, upon the throne of Da’- 
vid, and upon his kingdom, to 
order it, and to establish it with 
judgment and with justice from 
henceforth even for ever. The 
zeal of the LORD of hosts will 
perform this. 

8 4 The Lord sent a word into 
Ja’cob, and it hath lighted upon 
is’ra-el. 

9 And all the people shall know, 
even E’phra-im and the inhabit- 
ant of Sa-ma’ri-a, that ae in the 
pride and stoutness of heart, 
+10 The bricks are fallen down, 
but we will build with hewn 
stones: the sycomores are cut 
down, but we will change them 
into cedars. 

11. Therefore the LORD shall set 
up the adversaries of Ré/zin 
against him, and join his ene- 
mies together; 

12 The Syr’i-ans before, and 
the Phi-lis’tines behind; and 
they shall devour is’ra-el with 
open mouth. 1 this his 
anger is not turned away, but his 
hand 7s stretched out still. 

For the people turneth not 
unto him that smiteth them, nei- 
ther do they seek the LORD of 
hosts. 

14 Therefore the LORD will cut 
off from iIs’ra-el head and tail, 
branch and rush, in one day. 

15 The ancient and honourable, 
he is the head; and the prophet 
that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 

16 For the leaders of this peo- 
ple cause them to err; and they 
that are led ofi them are de- 
stroyed. 

17 Therefore the Lord shall 
have no joy in their young men, 
neither shall have mercy on their 
fatherless and widows: for every 
one is an hypocrite and an evil- 
doer, and every mouth speaketh 
folly. For all this his anger is 


ISAIAH, 10 


not turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 

18 § For wickedness burneth as 
the fire: it shall devour the briers 
and thorns, and shall kindle in 
the thickets of the forest, and 
they shall mount up like the lift- 
ing up of smoke. 

19 Through the wrath of the 
LORD of hosts is the land dark- 
ened, and the people shall be as 
the fuel of the fire: no man shall 
spare his brother. 

20 And he shall snatch on the 
right hand, and be hungry; and 
he shall eat on the left hand, and 
they shall not be satisfied: they 
shall eat every man the flesh of 
his own arm: 

21 Ma-ndas’seh, E’phra-im; and 
&’/phra-im, Ma-nas’seh: and they 
together shall be against Ju’dah. 
For all this his anger is not 
turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 


CHAPTER 10 689 


Oe 5 Assyria to_be 
0 A remnant of Israel to 


1 Woe of 
broken. 
be saved. 


OE unto them that decree 

unrighteous decrees, and 

that write grievousness which 
they have prescribed; 

_2 To turn aside the needy from 
judgment, and to take away the 
right from the poor of my people, 
that widows may be theirprey, an 
that they may rob the fatherless! 

3 And what will ye do in the 
day of visitation, and in the deso- 
lation which shall come from far? 
to whom will ye flee for help? 
and where will ye leave your 
glory? 

4 Without me they shall bow 
down under the prisoners, and 
they shall fall under the slain. 
For all this his anger is not turned 
away, but his hand is stretched 
out still. 

5 7 O As-syr’i-an, the rod of 
mine anger, and the staff in their 
hand is mine indignation. 

6 I will send him against an 
hypocritical nation, and meaiiee 


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ISAIAH, 10 


the people of my wrath will I give 
him a charge, to take the spoil, 
and to take the prey, and to tread 
them down like the mire of the 
streets. 

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, 
neither doth his heart think so; 
but 7f zs in his heart to destroy 
and cut off nations’not a few. 

'8 For he saith, 
princes altogether kings? 

}9 Is not Cal’nd_as Ciar’che- 
mish? is not Ha’math as 
Ar’pad? is not Sa-mda’ri-a as 
Da-mas’/cus? 

10 As my hand hath found the 
kingdoms of the idols, and whose 
graven images did excel them of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém and of Sa-ma’ri-a; 

11 Shall I not, as I have done 
unto Sa-m4a’ri-a and her idols, so 
do to Jé-ru’sa-lém and her idols? 

12 Wherefore it shall come to 
pass, that when the Lord hath 
performed his whole work upon 
mount Zi’on and on Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, I will punish the fruit of 
the stout heart of the king of 
As-syr’i-4, and the glory of his 
high looks. 

13 For he saith, By the strength 


of my hand I have done 7t, and by |n 


my wisdom; for I am prudent: 
and I have removed the bounds 
of the people, and have robbed 
their treasures, and I have put 
down the inhabitants like a 
valiant man: 

14 And my hand hath found as 
a nest the riches of the people: 
and as one gathereth eggs that 
are left, have I gathered all the 
earth; and there was none that 
moved the wing, or opened the 
mouth, or peeped. 

15 Shall the ax boast itself 


Are not my | fiel 


Assyria’s doom 


glory he shall kindle a burning 
like the burning of a fire. 

17 And the light of Is’ra-el shall 
be for a fire, and his Holy One for 
a flame: and it shall burn and 
devour his thorns and his briers 
in one day; 

18 And shall consume the glory 
of his forest, and of his fruitful 
d, both soul and body: and 
they shall be as when a standard- 
bearer fainteth. 

19 And the rest of the trees of 
his forest shall be few, that a 
child may write them. 

20 4 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that the remnant of 
is’ra-el, and such as are escaped 
of the house of Ja’cob, shali no 
more again stay upon him that 
smote them; but shall stay upon 
the LORD, the Holy One of Is’- 
ra-el, in truth. 

21 The remnant shall return, 
even the remnant of Ja’cob, unto 
the mighty God. ‘ 
#22 For though thy people Is’- 
tra-el be as the sand of the sea, 
yet aremnant of them shall re- 
turn: the consumption decreed 
shall overflow with righteous- 


ess. 
23 For the Lord GoD of hosts 
shall make a consumption, even 
determined, in the midst of all 
the land. 

24 4 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD of hosts, O my people 
that dwellest in Zi’én, be not 
afraid of the As-syr’i-an: he shall 
smite thee with a rod, and shall 
lift up his staff against thee, after 
the manner of E’£Ypt. . 

25 For yet a very little while, 
and the indignation shall cease, 
and mine anger in their destruc- 


against him that heweth there-| tion 


with? or shall the saw magnify 
itself against him that shaketh 
it? as if the rod should shake 
itself against them that lift it up, 
or as if the staff should lift up 
itself, as if it were no wood. 

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the 
Lord of hosts, send among his 
fat ones leanness; and under his 


26 And the LORD of hosts shall 
stir up a scourge for him accord- 
ing to the slaughter of Mid’i-an 
at the rock of O’reb: and as his 
rod was upon the sea, so shall he 
lift it up after the manner of 
E’sypt. 

27 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that his burden shall 


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The Branch of Jesse’s roots 


be taken away from off thy shoul- 
der, and his yoke from off thy 
neck, and the yoke shall be de- 
stroyed because of the anointing. 

28 He is come to A-i’ath, he is 
passed to Mig’rén; at Mich’mash 
he hath laid up his carriages: 

29 They are gone over the pas- 
sage: they have taken up their 
lodging at Gé’ba; Ra’mah is 
afraid; Gib’e-ah of Saul is fled. 

30 Lift_up thy voice, O daugh- 
ter of Gal’/lim:' cause it to be 
peard unto La’ish, O poor An’a- 

th 


31 Mad-mé’nah is removed; 
the inhabitants of Gé’bim gather 
themselves to flee. 

32 As yet shall he remain at 

Nob that day: he shall shake his 
hand against the mount of the 
daughter of Zi’6n, the hill of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD 
of hosts, shall lop the bough with 
terror: and the high ones of 
stature shall be hewn down, and 
the haughty shall be humbled. 

34 And he shall cut down the 
thickets of the forest with iron, 
and Léb’a-non shall fall by a 
mighty one. 


690 CHAPTER 11. 
i The Branch of Jesse’s roots. 10 Is- 
rael to be restored. 
ND there shall come forth a 
trod out of the stem of 
Jés’se, and a Branch shall 
grow out of his roots: 

2 And the spirit of the LORD 
shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, 
spirit of counsel and might, the 
spirit of knowledge and of the 
fear of the LORD; 

3 And shall make him of quick 
understanding in the fear of the 
LORD: and he shall not judge 
after the sight of his eyes, neither 
reprove after the hearing of his 
ears: 

4 But with righteousness shall 
he judge the poor, and reprove 
with equity for the meek of the 
earth: and he shall smite the 


ISAIAH, 11 


earth with the rod of his mouth, 
and with the breath of his lips 
shall he slay the wicked. 

5 And righteousness shall be 
the girdle of his loins, and faith- 
fulness the girdle of his reins. 

6 The wolf also shali dwell 
with the lamb, and the leopard 
shall lie down with the kid; and 
the calf and the young lion and 
the fatling together; and a little 
child shall lead them. 

And the cow and the bear 
shall feed; their young ones shall 
lie down together: and the lion 
shall eat straw like the ox. 

8 And the sucking child shall 
play on the hole of the asp, and 
the weaned child shall put his 
hand on the cockatrice’ den. 

0 They shall not hurt nor de- 
stroy in all my holy mountain: 
for the earth shall be full of the 
knowledge of the LORD, as the 
waters cover the sea. 

10 4 And in that day there shail 
be a root of Jés’se, which shall 
stand for an ensign of the people; 
to it shall the Gén’tiles seek: 
and his rest shall be glorious. . 

11 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the Lord shali set 
his hand again the second time to 
recover the remnant of his people, 
which shall be left, from As-syr’- 
i-a, and from E’éypt, and from 
Path’ros, and from Ctsh, and 
from E/lam, and from Shi’ndr, 
and from Ha’/math, and from the 
islands of the sea. 

12 And he shall set up an en- 
sign for the nations, and shall 


e | assemble the outcasts of Is’ra-el, 


and gather together the dis- 
persed of Jii’dah from the four 
corners of the earth. _ 

13 The envy also of E’phra-im 
shall depart, and the adversa- 
ries of Ja’dah shall be cut off: 
E’phra-im shall not envy Ji’- 
dah, and Ji’dah shall not vex 
E’/phr4-im. 

14 But they shall fly upon the 
shoulders of the Phi-lis’tines to- 
ward the west; they shall spoil 
them of the east together: they 


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ISAIAH, 12, 13 


shall lay their hand upon E’dom | unto them, 


and M6o’ab; and the children of 
Am’mon shall obey them. 

15 And the LORD shall utterly 
destroy the tongue of the £-s¥p’- 
tian sea; and with his mighty 


wind shall he shake his hand | th 


over the river, and shall smite it 
in the seven streams, and make 
men go over dryshod. 

16 And there shall be an high- 
way for the remnant of his peo- 
ple, which shall be left, from As- 
syr’i-a; like as it was to Is’ra-el 
in the day that he came up out of 
the land of £’g¥pt. 


691 CHAPTER 12 
Thanksgiving of the faithful for God's 
mercies. 

(AN in that day thou shalt 

say, O LORD, I will praise 
thee: though thou wast angry 
with me, thine anger is turned 
away, and thou comfortedst 


me. 

2 Behold, God is my salvation; 
I will trust, and not be afraid: 
for the LORD Ji-HO’VAH is my 
strength and my song; he also is 
become my salvation. 

3 Therefore with joy shall ye 
draw water out of the wells of 
Salvation. 

4 And in that day shall ye say, 

aise the LORD, call upon his 
name, declare his doings among 
the people, make mention that his 
name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the LORD; for he 
hath done excellent things: this 
is known in all the earth. 3 

6 Cry out_and shout, thou in- 
habitant of Zi’6n: for great is the 
Holy One of is’ra-el in the midst 
of thee. 


692 CHAPTER 13 


1 God’s muster of his armies. ni eA 
threat to destroy Babylon. 19 Its 
desolation. 


Ape burden of Bab’y-lon, | th 


which I-sa’iah the son of 
A’m6z did see. 

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the 

high mountain, exalt the voice 


Babylon’s doom foretold 


shake the hand, that 
they may go into the gates of the 
nobles. 

3 Ihave commanded my sanc- 
tified ones, I have also called my 
mighty ones for mine anger, even 
em that rejoice in my highness. 

4 The noise of a multitude in 
the mountains, like as of a great 
people; a tumultuous noise of 
the kingdoms of nations gathered 
together: the LORD of hosts 
mustereth the host of the battle. 

5 They come from a far coun- 
try, from the end of heaven, even 
the LORD, and the weapons of 
his indignation, to destroy the 
whole land. 

6 § Howl ve; for the day of 
the LORD is at hand; it shali 
come as a destruction from the 
Almighty. 

7 Therefore shall all hands be 
ah and every man’s heart shall 
melt: 

8 And they shall be afraid: 
pangs and sorrows shall take 
hold of them; they shall be in 
pain as a woman that travaileth: 
they shall be amazed one at an- 
other; their faces shall be as 
flames. 

9 Behold, the day of the LorD 
cometh, cruel both with wrath 
and fierce anger, to lay the land 
desolate: and he shall destroy 
the sinners thereof out of it. 

10 For the stars of heaven and 
the constellations thereof shall 
not give their light: the sun shall 
be darkened in his going forth, 
and the moon shall not cause her 
light to shine. i 

11 And I will punish the world 
for their evil, and the wicked for 
their iniquity; and I will cause 
the arrogancy of the proud to 
cease, and will lay low the 
haughtiness of the terrible. 

12 I will make a man more pre- 
cious than fine gold; even a man 
than the golden wedge of 
O’phir. 

13 Therefore I will shake the 
heavens, and the earth shall re- 
move out of her place, in the 


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Restoration of Israel 


wrath of the LORD of hosts, and 
in the day of his fierce anger. 

14 And it shall be as the chased 
roe, and as a sheep that no man 
taketh up: they shall every man 
turn to his own people, and flee 
every one into his own land. 

15 Every one that is found shall 


- bethrust through; and every one 


that is joined unto them shall fall 
by the sword. 

16 Their children also shall be 
dashed to pieces before their 
eyes; their houses’. shail be 
spoiled, and their wives ravished. 

17 Behold, I will stir up the 
Médes against them, which shall 
not regard silver; and as for gold, 
they shall not delight in it. 

18 Their bows also shall dash 
the young men to pieces; and 
they shall have no pity on the 
fruit of the womb; their eye shall 
not spare children. 

19 § And Bab’y-lon, the glory 
of kingdoms, the beauty of the 
Chal’dees’ excellency, shall be 
as when God overthrew Sé6d’om 
and G6-mor’rah. 

20 It shall never be inhabited, 
neither shall it be dwelt in from 
generation to generation: neither 
shall the A-ra’bi-an pitch tent 
there; neither shall the shepherds 
make their fold there. 

21 But wild beasts of the desert 
shall lie there; and their houses 
shall be full of doleful creatures, 
and owls shall dwell there and 
satyrs shall dance there. 

22 And the wild beasts of the 
islands shall cry in their deso- 
late houses, and dragons in 
their pleasant palaces: and her 
time is near to come, and her 
days shall not be prolonged. 


— 693 CHAPTER 14 
2 Restoration of Israel. 4 Proverb 
Lab Babylon. 24 Assyria threat- 
ened. 


POR the LORD will have mercy 
on Ja’cob, and will yet 


choose is’ra-el, and set them in | th 


their own land: and the stran- 
gers shall be joined with them, 


ISAIAH, 14 


and they shall cleave to the house 
of Ja’cob. 

2 And the people shall take 
them, and bring them to their 
place: and the house of is’ra-el 
shall possess them in the land of 
the LORD for servants and hand- 
maids: and they shall take them 
captives, whose captives they 
were; and they shall rule over 
their oppressors. 

3 And it shall come to pass in 
the day that the LORD shall give 
thee rest from thy sorrow, and 
from thy fear, and from the hard 
bondage wherein thou wast made 
to serve, 

4 4 That thou shalt take up 
this proverb against the king of 
Bab’y-lon, and say, How hath 
the oppressor ceased! the golden 
city ceased! 

5 The LORD hath broken the 
staff of the wicked, and the scep- 
tre of the rulers. 

6 He who smote the people in 
wrath with a continual stroke, 
he that ruled the nations in 
anger, is persecuted, and none 
hindereth. 

7 The whole earth is at rest, 
and is quiet: they break forth 
into singing. 

8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at 
thee, and the cedars of Léb/a- 
non, saying, Since thou art laid 
down, no feller is come up against 


us. 

9 Hell from beneath is moved 
for thee to meet thee at thy com- 
ing: it stirreth up the dead for 
thee, even all the chief ones of 
the earth; it hath raised up from 
their thrones all the kings of the 
nations. 

10 All they shall speak and say 
unto thee, Art thou also become 
weak as we? art thou become 
like unto us? 

11 Thy pomp is brought down 
to the grave, and the noise of thy 
viols: the worm is spread under 
thee, and the worms cover 
ee. 

12 How art thou fallen from 
heaven, O Lu ’ci-fér, son of the 


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ISAIAH, 15 


morning! how art thou cut down 
to the ground, which didst weak- 
en the nations! 

13 For thou hast said in thine 
heart, I will ascend into heaven, 
I will exalt my throne above the 
stars of God: I will sit also upon 
the mount of the congregation, 
in the sides of the north: 

14 I will ascend above the 
heights of the clouds; I will be 
like the most High. 

15 Yet thou shalt be brought 
down to hell, to the sides of the 


pit. 

16 They that see thee shall nar- 
rowly look upon thee, and con- 
sider thee, saying, Is this the man 
that made the earth to tremble, 
that did shake kingdoms; 

17 That made the world as a 
wilderness, and destroyed the 
cities thereof; that opened not 
the house of his prisoners? | 

18 All the kings of the nations, 
even all of them, lie in glory, 
every one in his own house. 

19 But thou art cast out of thy 
grave like an abominable branch, 
and as the raiment of those that 
are slain, thrust through with a 
sword, that go down to the stones 
of the pit; as a carcase trodden 
under feet. ey 

20 Thou shalt not be joined 
with them in burial, because thou 
hast destroyed thy land, and 
slain thy people: the seed of evil- 
doers shall never be renowned. 

21 Prepare slaughter for his 
children for the iniquity of their 
fathers; that they do not rise, 
nor possess the land, nor fill the 
face of the world with cities. 

22 For I will rise up against 
them, saith the LORD of hosts, 
and cut off from Bab’y-lon the 
name, and remnant, and son, 
and nephew, saith the LORD. 

23 I will also make it a posses- 
sion for the bittern, and pools of 
water: and I will sweep it with 
the besom of destruction, saith 
the LORD of hosts. 

24 ¥ The LORD of hosts hath 
sworn, saying, Surely as I have 


Prophecy against Babylon 


thought, so shall it come to pass; 
and as I have purposed, so shall 
it stand: : 

25 That I will break the As- 
syr’i-an in my land, and upon my 
mountains tread him under foot: 
then shall his yoke depart from 
off them, and his burden depart 
from off their shoulders. 

26 This is the purpose that is 
purposed upon the whole earth: 
and this is the hand that is 
stretched out upon all the na- 
tions. 

27 For the LORD of hosts hath 
purposed, and who shail disan- 
nul if? and his hand is stretched 
out, and who shall turn it back? 

28 In the year that king A’haz 
died was this burden. 

29 { Rejoice not thou, whole 
P4l-es-ti/na, because the rod of 
him that smote thee is broken: 
for out of the serpent’s root shail 
come forth a cockatrice, and his 
fruit shall be a fiery flying 
serpent. 

30 And the firstborn of the poor 
shall feed, and the needy shall 
lie down in safety: and I will 
kill thy root with famine, and he 
shall slay thy remnant. 

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; 
thou, whole Pal-es-ti’na, art dis- 
solved: for there shall come from 
the north a smoke, and none 
shall be alone in his appointed 
times. 

32 What shall one then answer 
the messengers of the nation? 
That the LORD hath founded 
Zion, and the poor of his people 
shall trust in it. 


CHAPTER 15 


Moab’s lamentable state. 


HE burden of Mé’ab. Be- 
cause in the night Ar of 
M0/ab is laid waste, and brought 
to silence; because in the night 
Kir of M6’ab is laid waste, and 
brought to silence; i 
2 He is gone up to Ba’jith, and © 
to Di’bon, the high places, to 
weep: M6’ab shall howl over 
Né’bo, and over Méd’e-ba: on 


694 


810 


- E-le-a’/leh: 


- Moab’s doom foretold 


all their heads shall be baldness, 
and every beard cut 0 

3 In their streets they ‘shall gird 
themselves with sackcloth: on 
the tops of their houses, and in 
their streets, every one shall 
howl, weeping abundantly. 

4 And Hésh’bon shall cry, and 
their voice shali be 
heard even unto Ja’haz: there- 
fore the armed soldiers of M6’ab 
shall cry out; his life shall be 
grievous unto 

5 My heart shall cry out i 
MoO’ab: his fugitives shail 
unto Zo/at, an heifer of t ree 
years old: for by the mounting 
up of Lu’hith with weeping shall 
they go it up; for in the way of 
Ho6r-o-na’/im they shall raise up 
a cry ofjdestruction. 

6 For the waters of Nim’rim 
shall be desolate: for the hay is 
withered away, the grass faileth, 
there is no green thing. 

7 Therefore the abundance they 
have gotten, and that which they 
have laid up, shall they carry 
away to the brook of the willows. 

8 For the cry is gone round 
about the borders of M6’ab; the 
howling thereof unto fe’la-im, 
and the howling thereof unto 
Bé’er—é’lim. 

9 For the waters of Dimon 
shall be full of blood: for I will 
bring more upon Di’mon, lions 
upon him that escapeth of M6’ab, 
aa upon the remnant of the 
and. 


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CHAPTER 16 
1 Evxhortation to obedience. 6 Moabis 
threatened for her pride. 12 Moab's 


judgment. 


END ye the lamb to the ruler 
of the land from Sé/la to the 
wilderness, unto the mount of 
the daughter of Zi’6n. 
2 For it shall be, that, as a wan- 
dering bird cast out of the nest, 
o the daughters of M6’ab shail 
be at the fords of Ar’non. | 
3 Take counsel, execute judg- 
tment; make thy shadow as the 
nizht in the midst of the noon- 


ISAIAH, 16 


day; hide the outcasts; bewray 
not him that wandereth. 

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with 
thee, M0’ab; be thou a covert to 
them from the face of the spoiler: 
for the extortioner is at an end, 
the spoiler ceaseth, the oppres- 
ae are consumed out of the 
and. 

5 And in mercy shall the throne 
be established: and he shall sit 
upon it in truth in the tabernacle 
of Da’vid, judging, and seeking 
judgment, and hasting righteous- 
wig Ss. 

6_§ We have heard of the pride 
of M6’ab; he is very proud: even 
of his haughtiness, and his pride, 
epnereet wrath: but his lies shail 
not 

7 Therefore shall Mo’ab howl 
for M6’ab, every one shall how!: 
for the foundations of Kir—har’e- 
séth shall ye mourn; surely 
they are stricken. 

8 For the fields of Hésh’bon 
languish, and the vine of Sib’- 
mah: the lords of the heathen 
have broken down the principal 
plants thereof, they are come 
even unto Ja’zér, they wandered 
through the wilderness: her 
branches are stretched out, they 
are gone over the sea. 

9 ¥ Therefore I will bewail with 
the weeping of Ja’zér the vine of 
Sib’mah: I will water thee with 
my tears, O Hésh’bon, and E-le- 
a’leh: for the shouting for thy 
summer fruits and for thy har- 
vest is fallen. 

10 And gladness is taken away, 
and joy out of the plentiful field; 
and in the vineyards there shall 
be no singing, neither shall there 
be shouting: the treaders shall 
tread out no wine in their presses: 
I have made their vintage shout- 
ing to cease. 

11 Wherefore my bowels shall 
sound like an harp for M6’ab, and 
mine inward parts for Kir—ha’- 


esh. 
“2 q And it shall come to pass, 
when it is seen that Mo’ab is 
weary on the high place, that he 


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ISAIAH, 17, 18 


shall come to his sanctuary to 
pray; but he shall not prevail. 

13 This is the word that the 
LORD hath spoken concerning 
M6’ab since that time. 

14 But now the LorpD hath 
spoken, saying, Within three 
years, as the! years of an hire- 
ling, and the glory.of M6’ab shall 
be contemned, with all that great 
multitude; and the remnant 
shall be very small and feeble. 


696 CHAPTER 17 
1 Syria and Israel threatened. 6A 
remnant saved. 12 Woe to the 
wmpious. 
HE burden of Da-mas’cus. 
Behold, Da-mas’cus is taken 
away from being a city, and it 
shall be a ruinous heap. 

2 The cities of Ar’6-ér are for- 
saken: they shall be for flocks, 
which shall lie down, and none 
shall make them afraid. 

3 The fortress also shall cease 
from E’phra-im, and the king- 
dom from Da-mas’cus, and the 
remnant of Syr’i-a: they shall be 
as the glory of the children of 
is’ra-el, saith the LORD of hosts. 

4 And in that day it shall come 
to pass, that the glory of Ja’cob 
shall be made thin, and 
fatness of his flesh shall wax 


lean. 

5 And it shall be as when the 
harvestman gathereth the corn, 
and reapeth the ears with his 
arm; and it shall be as he that 
gathereth ears in the valley of 
Réph’a-im. 

6 4 Yet gleaning grapes shall be 
left in it, as the shaking of an 
olive tree, two or three berries in 
the top of the uppermost bough, 
four or five in the outmost fruit- 
ful branches thereof, saith the 
LORD God of fs’ra-el. 

7 At that day shall a man look 
to his Maker, and his eyes shall 
have respect to the Holy One of 
Is’ra-el. 

8 And he shall not look to the 
altars, the work of his hands, 
neither shall respect that which 


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Syria and Israel threatened 


his fingers have made, either the 
groves, or the images. 

9 4 In that day shall his strong 
cities be as a forsaken bough, and 
an uppermost branch, which they 
left because of the children of 
Is’ra-el: and there shall be des- 
olation. 

10 Because thou hast forgotten 
the God of thy salvation, and 
hast not been mindful of the rock 
of thy strength, therefore shalt 
thou plant pleasant plants, and 
shalt set it with strange slips: 

11 In the day shalt thou make 
thy plant to grow, and in the 
morning shalt thou make thy 
seed to flourish: but the harvest 
Shall be a heap in the day of 
grief and of desperate sorrow. 

12 4 Woe to the multitude of 
many people, which make a noise 
like the noise of the seas; and to 
the rushing of nations, that make 
a rushing like the rushing of 
mighty waters! 

13 The nations shall rush like 
the rushing of many waters: but 
God shall rebuke them, and they 
shall flee far off, and shall be 
chased as the chaff of the moun- 
tains before the wind, and like a 
J teste thing before the whirl- 


ind. 
14 And behold at eveningtide 
trouble; and before the morning 
he isnot. This is the portion of 
them that spoil us, and the lot of 
them that rob us. 


CHAPTER 18 697 


1 Destruction of the Ethiopians through 
God’s care of his people. 7 Growth 
_.of the church, 
WE to the land shadowing 
with wings, which is be- 
yond the rivers of E-thi-6’pi-a: 

2 That sendeth ambassadors 
by the sea, even in vessels of bul- 
rushes upon the waters, saying, 
Go, ye swift messengers, to a 
nation scattered and peeled, to a 
people terrible from their begin- 
ning hitherto; a nation meted 
out and trodden down, whose 
land the rivers have spoiled! 


812 


The burden of Egypt 


3 All ye inhabitants of the 
world, and dwellers on the earth, 
see ye, when he lifteth up an en- 
sign on the mountains; and 
when he bloweth a trumpet, hear 


ye. 

"4 For so the LORD said unto 
me, I will take my rest, and I will 
consider in. my dwelling place 
like a clear heat upon herbs, and 
like a cloud of dew in the heat of 
harvest. 

5 For afore the harvest, when 
the bud is perfect, and the sour 
grape is ripening in the flower, he 
shall both cut off the sprigs with 
pruning hooks, and take away 
and cut down the branches. 

6 They shall be left together 
unto the fowls of the mountains, 
and to the beasts of the earth 
and the fowls shall summer upon 
them, and all the beasts of the 
earth shall winter upon them. 

7 ¥ In that time shall the pres- 
ent be brought unto the LORD of 


hosts of a people scattered and 


nation meted out and trodd 


peeled, and from a people terrible 
from their beginning hitherto; a 
en 
under foot, whose land the rivers 


have spoiled, to the place of the 


; 


name of the LORD of hosts, the 


mount Zi’on. 


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ee es 


and 


‘One against his neighbour; 


CHAPTER 19 


1 Egypt’s confusion. 11 Folly o 
princes. 18 Cail to the church. 
HE burden of £’gypt. Behold, 

the LORD rideth upon a 
swift cloud, and shall come into 

F’gypt: and the idols of E’gypt 

shall be moved at his presence, 

and the heart of E’éypt shall melt 
in the midst of it. 


her 


2 And I will set the f£-gy¥p’- 


tians against the #&-zyYp’tians: 
they shall fight every one 
against his brother, and every 
city 
against city, and kingdom against 
kingdom. 


__3 And the spirit of E’é¥pt shall 


fail in the midst thereof; and I 
will destroy the counsel thereof: 
and they shall seek to the idols, 


ISAIAH, 19 


and to the charmers, and to them 
that have familiar spirits, and to 
the wizards. 

4 And the £-gyp’tians will I 
give over into the hand of a 
cruellord; and a fierce king shall 
rule over them, saith the Lord, 
the LORD of hosts. 

5 And the waters shall fail 
from the sea, and the river shall 
be wasted and dried up. 

6 And they shall turn the rivers 
far away; and the brooks of de=- 
fence shall be emptied and dried 
up: the reeds and flags shall 
wither. j 

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, 
by the mouth of the breoks, an 
every thing sown by the brooks, 
shall wither, be driven away, 
and be no more. 

8 The fishers also shall mourn, 
and all they that cast angle into 
the brooks shall lament, and they 
that spread nets upon the waters 
shall languish. 

9 Moreover they that work in 
fine flax, and they that weave 
networks, shall be confounded. 

10 And they shall be broken in 
the purposes thereof, all that 
make sluices and ponds for fish. 

11 { Surely the princes of Z6’an 
are fools, the counsel of the wise 
counsellors of Pha’radh is be- 
come brutish: how say ye unto 
Pha’raoh, I am the son of the 
wise, the son of ancient kings? 

12 Where are they? where are 
thy wise men? and let them tell 
thee now, and let them know 
what the LORD of hosts hath 
purposed upon E£’gypt. 

13 The princes of Z6’an are be- 
come fools, the princes of Noph 
are deceived; they have also se- 
duced E£’gypt, even they that are 
the stay of the tribes thereof. 

14 The LORD hath mingled a 
perverse spirit in the midst there- 
of: and they have caused E’éypt 
to err in every work thereof, as a 
drunken man staggereth in his 
vomit. 

15 Neither shall there be any 
work for E’gypt, which the 


813 


ISAIAH, 20, 21 


head or tail, branch or rush, 
may do. i 

16 In that day shall E’gypt be 
like unto women: and it shall be 
afraid and fear because of the 
shaking of the hand of the LORD 
ce hosts, which he shaketh over 


ate And the land of Ji’dah shall 
be a terror unto E ‘eynt, every one 
that maketh mention thereof 
shall be afraid in himself, because 
of the counsel of the LORD of 
hosts, which he hath determined 
against it. 

18 4 In that day shall five cities 
in the land of £’ gypt speak the 
language of Ca’naan, and swear 
to the LORD of hosts: one shall 
be ‘called, The city of destruction. 

19 In that day shall there be an 
altar to the LORD in the midst of 
the land of E’g¥pt, and a pillar at 
the border thereof to the LORD. 

20 And it shall be for a sign 
and for a witness unto the LORD 
of hosts in the land of E’g¥pt: for 
they shall cry unto the LORD be- 
cause of the oppressors, and he 
shall send them a saviour, and a 
great one, and he shall deliver 


em. 
21 And the Lorp shall be 
known to E’gypt, and the E-gyp’- 
tians shall know the LORD in 
that day, and shall do sacrifice 
and oblation; yea, they shall 
vow a vow unto the LORD, and 
perform it. 
_22 And the LORD shall smite 
E’gypt: he shall smite and heal 
if: and they shall return even to 
the LORD, and he shall be in- 
cage of them, and shall heal 


23 4 In that day shall there be 
a _ highway out of E ‘Sypt to As- 
syr/i- a, and the As-syr’i-an shall 
come into E’gypt, and the E-£yp’- 
tian into As-syr’i-a, and the 
E-syp’tians shall serve with 
the As-syr’i-ans. 

24 In that day shall is’ra-el be 
the third with E’sypt and with 
As-syr’i-a, even a blessing in the 
midst of the land: 


Egypt's captivity foretold 


25 Whom the LORD of hosts 
shall bless, saying, Blessed be 
k/gypt my people, and As-syr’i-a 
the work of my hands, and 
Is’ra-el mine inheritance. 


CHAPTER 20 699 

The captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. 

WN the year that Tar’tan came 

unto Ash’dod, (when Sadr’ Ass 
the king of As-s¥r’i-a sent 
and fought against Ash’dod, ana 
took it; : 

2 At the same time spake the 
LORD by. I-sa’/iah the son of 
A’m0z, saying, Go and loose the 
sackcloth from off thy loins, and 
put off thy shoe from thy foot. 
And he did so, walking naked 
and barefoot. 

3 And the LORD said, Like as 
eee servant I-sa’iah hath walked 
naked and barefoot three years 
for a sign and wonder upon 
Egypt and upon E-thi-6’ pi-a; 

4 So shall the king of As-syr’i-a 
lead away the E-gyp’tians pris- 
oners, and the E-thi-6’pi-ans cap- 
tives, young and old, naked and 
barefoot, even with their but- 
poe uncovered, to the shame 
of.E’£yp 

5 pee Tnde shall be afraid and 
ashamed of E-thi-6’pi-a their ex- 
pectation, and of E’gypt their 
glory. 

6 And the inhabitant of this 
isle shall say in that day, Behold, 
such is our expectation, whither 
we flee for help to be delivered 
from the king of As-syr’i-a: and 
how shall we escape? 


CHAPTER 21 700 


1 Vision of the fallof Babylon. 11 Re- 
pentance of Edom. 13 Burden of 
Arabia. 

HE burden of the desert of 
the sea. As whirlwinds in 
the south pass through; so it 

cometh from the desert, from a 

terrible land. : 

2 A grievous vision is declared 
unto me; the treacherous dealer 
dealeth treacherously, and the 
spoiler spoileth, Go up, O 


814 


Vistons of destruction 


Elam: besiege, O Mé’di-a; all 
the sighing thereof have I made 
to cease. : 

3 Therefore are my loins filled 
with pain: pangs have taken 
hold upon me, as the pangs of a 
woman that travaileth: I was 
bowed down at the hearing of it; 
A was dismayed at the seeing of 
i 


ISAIAH, 22 


that was thirsty, they prevented 
with their bread him that fled. 

For they fled from the 
swords, from the drawn sword, 
and from the bent bow, and from 
the grievousness of war. 

16 For thus hath the Lord said 
unto me, Within a year, accord- 
ing to the years of an hireling, 
and all the glory of Ké’dar shalt 


4 My heart panted, fearfulness | fail: 


affrighted me: the night of my 
pleasure hath he turned into fear 
unto me. : 

5 Prepare the table, watch in 
the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, 
ye princes, and anoint the shield. 

6 For thus hath the Lord said 
unto me, Go, set a watchman, 
let him declare what he seeth. 

And he saw a chariot witha 
couple of horsemen, a chariot of 
asses, and a chariot of camels; 
and he hearkened diligently with 
much heed: 

8 And he cried, A lion: My 
lord, I stand continually upon the 
watchtower, in the daytime, and 
I am set in my ward whole 
nights: 

9 And, behold, here cometh a 
chariot of men, with a couple of 
horsemen. And he answered 
and said, Bab’y-lon is fallen, is 
fallen; and all the graven images 
of her gods he hath broken unto 
the ground. : 

10 O my threshing, and the 
corn of my floor: that which I 
have heard of the LORD of hosts, 
the God of is’ra-el, have I de- 
clared unto you. 

il § The burden of Du’mah. 
He calleth to me out of Sé‘ir, 
Watchman, what of the night? 

atchman, what of the night? 

12 The watchman said, The 
morning cometh, and also the 
night: if ye will enquire, enquire 
ye: return, come. 

13 4 The burden upon A-ra’bi-a. 
In the forest in A-ra’bi-a shall ye 
lodge, O ye travelling companies 
of Déd’a-nim. | 

14 The inhabitants of the land 
of Té’ma brought water to him 


17 And the residue of the num- 
ber of archers, the mighty men 
of the children of Ké’dar, shall be 


diminished: for the LORD God 
of is’ra-el hath spoken i. 
CHAPTER 22 701 


1 Lament for the invasion of Jewry by 
Persia. 15 Shebna’s deprivation. 
20 Eliakim as a substitute. 

HE burden of the valley of 

vision. What aileth thee 

now, that thou art wholly gone 
up to the house tops? 

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a 
tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy 
slain men are not slain with the 
sword, nor dead in battle. 

3 All thy rulers are fled to- 
gether, they are bound by the 
archers: all that are found in 
thee are bound together, which 
have fled from far. 

4 Therefore said I, Look away 
from me; I will weep bitterly, 
labour not to comfort me, because 
of the spoiling of the daughter of 
my people. 

5 For it is a day of trouble, and 
of treading down, and of perplex- 
ity by the Lord GoD of hosts in 
the valley of vision, breaking 
down the walls, and of crying to 
the mountains. 

6 And E£’lam bare the quiver 
with chariots of men and horse- 
and Kir uncovered the 


7 And it shall come to pass, 
that thy choicest valleys shal! be 
full of chariots, and the horsemen 
shall set themselves in array at 
the gate. 

8 § And he discovered the cov- 
ering of Ju’dah, and thou didst 


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ISAIAH, 23 


The burden of Tyre 


look in that day to the armour of |in that day, that I will call my 


the house of the forest. 

9 Ye have seen'also the breaches 
of the city of Da’vid, that they 
are many: and ye gathered to- 
gether the waters of the lower 


pool. - 

10 And ye have numbered the 
houses of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and the 
houses have ye broken down to 
fortify the wall. 

11 Ye made also a ditch be- 
tween the two walls for the water 
of the old pool: but ye have not 
looked unto the maker thereof, 
neither had respect unto him that 
fashioned it long ago. 

12 And in that day did the 
Lord Gop of hosts call to weep- 
ing, and to mourning, and to 
baldness, and to girding with 
sackcloth: 

13 And behold joy and glad- 
ness, slaying oxen, and killing 
sheep, eating flesh, and drinking 
wine: let us eat and drink; for 
to morrow we shall die. —s, 

14 And it was revealed in mine 
ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely 
this iniquity shall not be purged 
from you till ye die, saith the 
Lord GoD of hosts. 

15 4 Thus saith the Lord GOD 
of hosts, Go, get thee unto this 
treasurer, even unto Shéb’na, 
which is over the house, and say, 

16 What hast thou here? and 
whom hast thou here, that thou 
hast hewed thee out a sepulchre 
here, as he that heweth him outa 
sepulchre on high, and that grav- 
eth an habitation for himself ina 
rock? 

17 Behold, the LORD will carry 
thee away with a mighty captiv- 
ity. and will surely cover thee. 

18 He will surely violently turn 
and toss thee like a ball into a 
large country: there shalt thou 
die, and there the chariots of thy 
glory shall be the shame of thy 
lord’s house. 

19 And I will drive thee from 
‘thy station, and from thy state 
shall he pull thee down. 

20 4 And it shall come to pass 


servant £-li’‘a-kim the son of 
Hil-ki’ah: 

21 And I will clothe him with 
thy robe, and strengthen him 
with thy girdle, and I will com- 
mit thy government into his 
hand: and he shall be a father 
to the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and to the house of Ji’dah. 

22 And the key of the house of 
Da’vid will I lay upon his shoul- 
der; so he shall open, and none 
shall shut; and he shall shut, 
and none shall open. 

23 And I will fasten him as a 
nail in a sure place; and he shall 
be for a glorious throne to his 
father’s house. 

24 And they shall hang upon 
him all the glory of his father’s 
house, the offspring and the 
issue, all vessels of small quanti- 
ty, from the vessels of cups, even 
to all the vessels of flagons. 

25 In that day, saith the LORD 
of hosts, shall the nail that is 
fastened in the sure place be re- 
moved, and be cut down, and 
fall; and the burden that was 
upon it shall be cut off: for the 


LORD hath spoken if. 


CHAPTER 23 702 

1 The overthrow of Tyre. 17 Her resto- 
ration after seventy years. 

HE burden of Tyre. Howl, 

ye ships of Tar’shish; for it 

is laid waste, so that there is no 

house, no entering in: from the 

land of Chit’tim it is revealed to 

them. f ; 

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the 
isle; thou whom the merchants 
of Zi’d6n, that pass over the sea, 
have replenished. 

3 And by great waters the seed 
of Si’/hér, the harvest of the river, 
is her revenue; and she isa mart 
of nations. si 

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zi’don: 
for the sea hath spoken, even the 
strength of the sea, saying, I tra- 
vail not, nor bring forth children, 
neither do I nourish up young 
men, nor bring up virgins. 


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God’s judgments on the land 


5 As at the report concerning 
E’éypt, so shall they be sorely 
pained at the report of Tyre. | 

6 Pass ye over to Tdar’shish; 
howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 

7 Is this your joyous city, 
whose antiquity is of ancient 
days? her own feet shall carry 
- her afar off to sojourn. 

8 Who hath taken this counsel 
against Tyre, the crowning city, 
whose merchants are princes, 
whose traffickers are the honour- 
able of the earth? 

9 The LORD of hosts hath pur- 
Posed it, to stain the pride of all 
glory, and to bring into contempt 
all the honourable of the earth. 

10 Pass through thy land as a 
river, O daughter of Tar’shish: 
there is no more strength. 

11 He stretched out his hand 
over the sea, he shook the king- 
doms: the LORD hath given a 
commandment against the mer- 
chant city, to destroy the strong 
holds thereof. 

12 And he said, Thou shalt no 
more rejoice, O thou oppressed 
virgin, daughter of Zi’d6n: arise, 
Pass over to Chit’tim; there also 
shalt thou have no rest. 

13 Behold the land of the Chal- 
dé’ans; this people was not, fill 
the As-syr’i-an founded it for 
them ‘that dwell in the wilder- 
ness: they set up the towers 
thereof, they raised up the pal- 
aces thereof; and he brought it 
to ruin. ‘ . 

14 Howl, ve ships of Tar’shish: 
for your strength is laid waste. 

15 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that Tyre shall be for- 
gotten seventy years, according 
to the days of one king: after the 
end of seventy years shall Tyre 
sing as an harlot. 

16 Take an harp, go about the 


city, thou harlot that hast been: 


forgotten; make sweet melody, 

sing many songs, that thou may- 

est be remembered. 

17 ¢ And it shall come to pass 

‘after the end of seventy years, 

that the LORD will visit Tyre, 
52 


ISAIAH, 24 


and she shall turn to her hire, 
and shail commit fornication 
with all the kingdoms of the 
world upon the face of the earth. 

18 A her merchandise and 
her hire shall be holiness to the 
LORD: it shall not be treasured 
nor laid up; for her merchandise 
shall be for them that dwell be- 
fore the LORD, to eat sufficiently, 
and for durable clothing. 


CHAPTER 24 703 
1 Judgments on the land. 16 They 
shall advance God's kingdom. 
Bee the LORD maketh 
the earth empty, and mak- 
eth it waste, and turneth it up- 
side down, and scattereth abroad 
the inhabitants thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as with the 
people, so with the priest; as 
with the servant, so with his 
master; as with the maid, so 
with her mistress; as with the 
buyer, so with the seller; as with 
the lender, so with the borrower; 
as with the taker of usury, so 
with the giver of usury to him. 

3 The land shall be utterly emp- 
tied, and utterly spoiled: for the 
LORD hath spoken this word. 

4 The earth mourneth and fad- 
eth away, the world languisheth 
and fadeth away, the haughty 
people of the earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is defiled 
under the inhabitants thereof: 
because they have transgressed 
the laws, changed the ordinance, 
broken the everlasting covenant. 

6 Therefore hath the curse de- 
voured the earth, and they that 
dwell therein are desolate: there- 
fore the inhabitants of the earth 
are burned, and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the 
vine languisheth, all the merry- 
hearted do sigh. 

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, 
the noise of them that rejoice end- 
eth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine 
with a song; strong drink shail 
be bitter to them that drink it. | 

10 The city of confusion is 


817 


ISAIAH, 25 


broken down: every house is shut 
up, that no man may come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine in 
the streets; all joy is darkened, 
the mirth of the land is gone. 

12 In the city is left desolation, 
and the gate is smitten with 
destruction. ; 

13 { When thus it shall be in 
the midst of the land among the 
people, there shall be as the 
shaking of an olive tree, and as 
the gleaning grapes when the 
vintage is done. é 

14 They shall lift up their voice, 
they shall sing for the majesty of 

the LORD, they shall cry aloud 
from the sea. , 

15 Wherefore glorify ye the 
LORD in the fires, even the 
name of the LORD God of Is’ra-el 
in the isles of the sea. 

16 4 From the uttermost part 
of the earth have we heard songs, 
evenglory tothe righteous. ButI 

said, My leanness, my leanness, 
woe unto me! the treacherous 
dealers have dealt treacherously; 
yea, the treacherous dealers have 
dealt very treacherously. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the 
snare, are upon thee, O inhabit- 
ant of the earth. 

18 And it shall come to pass, 
that he who fleeth from the noise 
of the fear shall fall into the pit; 
and he that cometh up out of the 
midst cf the pit shall be taken in 
the snare: for the windows from 
on high are open, and the foun- 
dations of the earth do shake. 

19 The earth is utterly broken 
down,the earth is clean dissolved, 
the earth is moved exceedingly. 

20 The earth shall reel to and 
fro like a drunkard, and shall be 
removed like a cottage; and the 
transgression thereof shall be 
heavy upon it; and it shall fall, 
and not rise again. 4 

- 21 And it shall come to pass 1n 
that day, that the LoRD shall 
punish the host of the high ones 
that are on high, and the kings 
of the earth upon the earth. 

22 And they shall be gathered 


A song of praise to God 


together, as prisoners are gath- 
ered in the pit, and shall be shut 
up in the prison, and after many 
days shall they be visited. 

23 Then the moon shall be con- 
founded, and the sun ashamed, 
when the LORD of hosts shall 
reign in mount Zion, and in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and before his 
ancients gloriously. 


CHAPTER 25 704 


1 Praise of God for his judgments and 
benefits. 9 Also for his salvation. 


LORD, thou arf my God; 

I will exalt thee, I will 
praise thy name; for thou hast 
done wonderful things; thy 
counsels of old are faithfulness 
and truth. 

2 For thou hast made of a city 
an heap; of a defenced city a 
ruin: a palace of strangers to be 
no city; it shall never be built. 

3 Therefore shall the strong 
people glorify thee, the city of the 
terrible nations shall fear thee. 

4 For thou hast been a strength 
to the poor, a strength to the 
needy in his distress, a refuge . 
from the storm, a shadow from 
the heat, when the blast of the 
terrible ones is as a storm against 
the wall. j 

5 Thou shalt bring down tke 
noise of strangers, as the heat 
in a dry place; even the heat 
with the shadow of a cloud: 
the branch of the terrible ones 
shall be brought low. __ 

6 { And in this mountain shall 
the LORD of hosts make unto 
all people a feast of fat things, 
a feast of wines on the lees, of 
fat things full of marrow, of wines 
on the lees wellrefined. . ¢ 

7 And he will destroy in this 
mountain the face of the covering 
cast over all people, and the veil 
that is spread over all nations.. 

8 He will swallow up_death in 
victory; and the Lord Gop will 
wipe away tears from off all 
faces; and the rebuke of his 
people shall he take away from 


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A song of confidence in God 


ISAIAH, 26 


off all the earth: for the LORD| for thee; the desire of our soul 


hath spoken it. Kise 

9 § And it shall be said in that 
day, Lo, this is our God; we 
have waited for him, and he will 
save us: this is the LORD; we 
have waited for him, we will be 
glad and rejoice in his salvation. 
- 10 For in this mountain shall 

the hand of the LORD rest, and 
Mo’ab shall be trodden down 
under him, even as straw is 
trodden down for the dunghill. 

11 And he shall spread forth his 
hands in the midst of them, as he 
that swimmeth spreadeth forth 
his hands to swim: and he shall 
bring down their pride together 
with the spoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortress of the high 
fort of thy walls shall he bring 
down, lay low, and bring to the 
ground, even to the dust. 


705 CHAPTER 26 
1 A song of confidence in God. 20 An 
exhoriation to wait his coming to 
judgment. 
Ji that day shall this song be 
sung in the land of Jia’dah; 
We have a strong city; salvation 
will God appoint for walls and 
bulwarks. 

2 Open ye the gates, that the 
righteous nation which keepeth 
the truth may enter in. 

3 Thou wilt keep him in per- 
fect peace, whose mind is stayed 
on thee: because he trusteth 
in thee. 4 

4 Trust ye in the LorD for 
ever: for in the LORD J&-HO’- 
VAH is everlasting strength: 

5 4 For he bringeth down them 
that dwell on high; the lofty 
city, he layeth it low; he layeth 
it low, even to the ground; he 
bringeth it even to the dust. 

_ 6 The foot shall tread it down, 
even the feet of the poor, and 
the steps of the needy. _ 

7 The way of the just is up- 
rightness: thou, most upright, 
dost weigh the path of the just. 

8 Yea, in the way of thy judg- 
ments, O LORD, have we waited 


is to thy name, and to the re- 
membrance of thee. 

9 With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night; yea, with my 
spirit within me will I seek thee 
early; for when thy judgments 
are in the earth, the inhabitants 
of the world will learn righteous- 
ness. 

10 Let favour be shewed to the 
wicked, yet will he not learn 
righteousness; in the land of 
uprightness will he deal un. 
justly, and will not behold the 
majesty of the LORD. 

11 LORD, when thy hand is 
lifted up, they will not see: but 
they shall see, and be ashamed 
for their envy at the people; 
yea, the fire o e€ enemies 
shall devour them. : 

‘12 FY LORD, thou wilt ordain 
peace for us: for thou also hast 
wrought all our works in us. 

13 O LORD our God, other 
lords beside thee have had domin- 
10n over us: but by thee only will 
we make mention of thy name. 

14 They are dead, they shall 
not live; they are deceased, they 
shail not rise: therefore hast 
thou visited and destroyed them, 
and made all their memory to 
perish. 

15 Thou hast increased the na- 
tion, O LORD, thou hastincreased 
the nation: thou art glorified: 
thou hadst removed it far unto 
all the ends of the earth. 

16 LORD, in trouble have they 
visited thee, they poured out a 
prayer when thy chastening 
was upon them. 

17 Like as a woman with child, 
that draweth near the time of her 
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out 
in her pangs; so have we been 
in thy sight, O LORD. é 

18 We have been with child, 
we have been in pain, we have 
as it were brought forth wind; 
we have not wrought any deliv- 
erance in the earth; neither have 
the inhabitants of the world 
fallen. 


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ISAIAH, 27, 28 


19 Thy dead men shall live, 
together with my dead body 
shall they arise. Awake and 
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for 
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, 
aud: the earth shall cast out the 

ead. 

20 § Come, my people, enter 
thou into thy chambers, and shut 
thy doors about thee: hide thy- 
self as it were for a little 
moment, until the indignation 
be overpast. 

21 For, behold, the LORD com~ 
eth out of his place to punish 
the inhabitants of the earth for 
their iniquity: the earth also 
shall disclose her blood, and 
shall no more cover her slain. 


706 CHAPTER 27 


1 God's vineyard. 7 His chastisements 
differ from judgments. 12 Restora- 
tion of the dispersed. 

N that day the LORD with his 

sore and great and strong 
sword shall punish leviathan 
the piercing serpent, even levia- 
than that crooked serpent; and 
he shall slay the dragon that 
isin the sea. 

2 In that day sing ye unto her, 
A vineyard of red wine. } 

3 Ithe LORD do keep it; I will 
water it every moment: lest 
any hurt it, I will keep it night 
and day. | ; 

4 Fury is not, in me: who 
would set the briers and thorns 
against me in battle? I would 
go through them, I would burn 
them together. 

5 Or let him take hold of my 
strength, that he may make 
peace with me; and he shail 
make peace with me. 

6 He shall cause them that 
come of Ja’cob to take root: 
Is’ra-el shall blossom and bud, 
and fill the face of the world with 


ruit. 

7 {Hath he smitten him, as 
he smote those that smote him? 
or is he slain according to the 
eee of them that are slain 

Mis 


Restoration of the dispersed 


8 In measure, when it shoot- 
eth forth, thou wilt debate with 
it: he stayeth his rough wind 
in the day of the east wind. . 
_9 By this therefore shall the in- 
iquity of Ja’cob be purged; and 
this is all the fruit to take away 

s sin; when he maketh all 
the stones of the altar as chalk- 
stones that are beaten in sunder, 
the groves and images shall not 
stand up. 

10 Yet the defenced city shall 
be desolate, and the habitation 
forsaken, and left like a wilder- 
ness: there shall the calf feed, 
and there shall he lie down, and 
consume the branches thereof. 

11 When the boughs thereof are 
withered, they shall be broken 
off; the women come, and set 
them on fire: for it is a people 
of no understanding: therefore 
he that made them will not have 
mercy on them, and he that 
formed them will shew them 
no favour. | 
_12._ And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that the LORD shall 
beat off from the channel of the 
river unto the stream of E’gypt, 
and ye shall be gathered one by 
one, O ye children of Is’ra-el. 
_13 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, fthat the great 
trumpet shall be blown, and they 
shall come which were ready to 
perish in the land of As-syr’1-a, 
and the outcasts in the land of 
E’/gypt, and shall worship the 
LORD in the holy mount at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


CHAPTER 28 707 
1 Ephraim is threatened for pride. 7 
The erring rebuked. Zion's pre- 
cious corner stone. 23 Considera- 
tion of God’s providence. 
OE to the crown of pride, 
i to the drunkards of 
E’phra-im, whose glorious beauty 
is a fading flower, which are on 
the head of the fat valleys of 
them that are overcome with 
wine! 
2 Behold, the Lord hath a 
mighty and strong one, which 


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The foundation stone in Zion 


ISAIAH, 28 


as a tempest of hail and a de-| line, line upon line; here a little, 


stroying storm, as_a flood of 
mighty waters overflowing, shall 
cast down to the earth with the 
hand. : 

3 The crown of pride, the 
drunkards of E’phra-im, shall 
be trodden under feet: 

4 And the glorious beauty, 
which is on the head of the fat 
valley, shall be a fading flower, 
and as the hasty fruit before the 
summer; which when he that 
looketh upon it seeth, while it is 
yet in his hand he eateth it up. 

5 ¥§ In that day shall the LORD 
of hosts be for a crown of glory, 
and for a diadem of beauty, unto 
the residue of his people, 

6 And for a spirit of judgment 
to him that sitteth in judgment, 
and for strength to them that 
turn the battle to the gate. 

7 § But they also have erred 
through wine, and through strong 
drink are out of the way; the 
priest and the prophet have erred 
through strong drink, they are 
swallowed up of wine, they are 
out of the way through strong 
drink; they err in vision, they 
stumble in judgment. 

8 For all tables are full of vomit 
and filthiness, so that there is 
no place clean. 

9 4 Whom § shall he _ teach 
knowledge? and whom shall he 
make to understand doctrine? 
them that are weaned from the 
milk, and drawn from the 
breasts. 

10 For precept must be upon 
precept, precept upon precept; 
line upon line, line upon line; 
here a little. and there a little: 

11 For with stammering lips 
and another tongue will he speak 
to this people. : 

12 To whom he said, This is 
the rest wherewith ye may cause 
the weary to rest; and this is 
the refreshing: yet they would 
not hear. 

13 But the word of the LORD was 
unto them precept upon precept, 
Precept upon precept; line upon 


and there a little; that they 
might go, and fall backward, and 
be broken, and snared, and taken. 

14 4 Wherefore hear the word 
of the LORD, ye scornful men, 
that rule this people which is in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

15 Because ye have said, Wa 
have made a covenant with 
death, and with hell are we at 
agreement; when the overflow- 
ing scourge shall pass through, 
it shall not come unto us: 
for we have made lies our refuge, 
and under falsehood have we 
hid ourselves: , 

16 § Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in 
Zion for a foundation a stone, 
a tried stone, a precious corner 
stone, a sure foundation: he that 
believeth shall not make haste. 

17 Judgment also will I lay 
to the line, and righteousness to 
the plummet: and the hail shall 
sweep away the refuge of lies, 
and the waters shall overflow 
the hiding place. ; 

18 § And your covenant with 
death shall be disannulled, and 
your agreement with hell shall 
not stand; when the overflow- 
ing scourge shall pass through, 
ang ye shall be trodden down 

y it. 

19 From the time that it goeth 
forth it shall take you: for 
morning by morning shall it 
pass over, by day and by night: 
and it shall be a vexation only 
to understand the report. 

20 For the bed is shorter than 
that a man can stretch himself 
on if: and the covering nar- 
rower than that he can wrap 
himself in it. j 

21 For the LORD shall rise up 
as in mount Pér’a-zim, he shall 
be wroth as in the valley of 
Gib’e-on, that he may do his 
work, his strange work; and 
bring to pass his act, his strange 


act. 
22 Now therefore be ye not 
mockers, lest your bands be 


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ISAIAH, 29 


made strong: for I have heard 
from the Lord GOD of hosts a 


consumption, even determined 
upon the whole e 
23 4 Give ye ear, and hear my 


voice; hearken, and hear my 
speech. 

24 Doth the plowman plow all 
day to sow? doth he open and 
break the clods of his ground? 

25 When he hath made plain 
the face thereof, doth he not cast 
abroad the fitches, and scatter 
the cummin, and cast in the 
principal wheat and the ap- 
pointed barley and the rie in 
their place? 

26 For his God doth instruct 
him to discretion, and doth teach 


1m. 

27 For the fitches are not 
threshed with a threshing in- 
strument, neither is a _ cart 
wheel turned about upon the 
cummin; but the fitches are 
beaten out with a staff, and the 
cummin with a rod. 

28 Bread corn is bruised; be- 
cause he will not ever be thresh- 
ing it, nor break it with the wheel 
of his cart, nor bruise it with 
his horsemen. 

29 This also cometh forth from 
the LORD of hosts, which is 
wonderful in counsel, ou excel- 
lent in working. 


708 CHAPTER 29 


1 God’s judgment on Jerusalem. 9 
The folly of her inhabitants. 18 A 
promise of better things. 

OE to Arvri-el, to A’ri-el, 

the city where Da’vid 
dwelt! add ye year to year; let 
them kill sacrifices. 

2 Yet I will distress A’ri-el, and 
there shall be heaviness and 
sorrow: and it shall be unto me 
as A’ri-el. 

3 And I will camp against thee 
round about, and will lay siege 
against thee with a mount, 
I will raise forts against thee. 

4 And thou shalt be brought 
down, and shalt speak out of 
the ground, and thy speech shall 


God’s judgment on Jerusalem 


be low out of the dust, and thy 
voice shall be, as of one that hath 
a familiar spirit, out of the 
ground, and thy speech shall 
whisper out of the dust. 

5 Moreover the multitude of 
thy strangers shall be like small 
dust, and the multitude of the 
terrible ones shall be as chaff 
that passeth away: yea, it shall 
be at an instant suddenly. 

6 Thou shalt be visited of the 
LORD of hosts with thunder, and 
with earthquake, and great noise, 
with storm and tempest, and 
ie flame of devouring fire. 

7 4 And the multitude of all 
the nations that fight against 
A’ri-el, even all that fight against 
her and her munition, and that 
distress her, shall be as a dream 
of a night vision. 

8 It shall even be as when an 
hungry man dreameth, and, be- 
hold, he eateth; but he awaketh, 
and his soul is empty: or as 
when a thirsty man dreameth, 
and, behold, he drinketh; but he 
awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, 
and his ‘soul hath appetite: so 
shall the multitude of all the 
nations be, that fight against 
mount Zi’6n. 

9 4 Stay yourselves, and won- 
der; cry ye out, and cry: they 
are drunken, but not with wine; 
they stagger, but not with strong 
drink. 

10 For the LORD hath poured 
out upon you the spirit of deep 
sleep, and hath closed your eyes: 
the prophets and your rulers, 
the seers hath he covered. | 

11 And the vision of all is be- 
come unto you as the words of a 
book that is sealed, which men 
deliver to one that is learned, 
saying, Read this, I pray thee: 
and he saith, I cannot; for it 
is sealed: i 

12 And ‘the book is delivered to 


and | him that is not learned, saying, 


Read this, I pray thee: and he 
saith, I am not learned. 
13 { Wherefore the Lord said, 


Forasmuch as this people draw 


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Israel threatened 


near me with their mouth, and| 23 But 


with their lips do honour me, 
but have removed their heart 
far from me, and their fear 
toward me is taught by the pre- 
cept of men: } 
14 Therefore, behold, I will 
proceed to do a marvellous work 
- among this people, even a mar- 
vellous work and a wonder: for 
the wisdom of their wise men 
shall perish, and the understand- 
tie of their prudent men shall be 


id. 
15 Woe unto them that seek 
deep to hide their counsel from 
the LORD, and their works are 
in the dark, and they say, Who 
seeth us? and who knoweth us? 
16 Surely your turning of things 
upside down shall be esteemed 
as the potter’s clay: for shall 
the work say of him that made 
it, He made me not? or shall 
the thing framed say of him 
that framed it, He had no under- 
standing? . 

17 Is it not yet a very little 
while, and Léb’a-non shall be 
turned into a fruitful field, and 
the fruitful field shall be es- 
teemed as a forest? 

18 4 And in that day shall the 
deaf hear the words of the book, 
and the eyes of the blind shall 
see out of obscurity, and out of 
darkness. 
_ 19 The meek also shall in- 

crease their joy in the LORD, and 
the poor among men shall re- 
joice in the Holy One of is’ra-el. 

20 For the terrible one is brought 
to nought, and the scorner is 
consumed, and all that watch 
for iniquity are cut off: 

21 That make a man an of- 
fender for a word, and lay a 
snare for him that reproveth 
in the gate, and turn aside the 
just for a thing of nought. 

22 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD, who redeemed A’bra- 
ham, concerning the house of 
Ja’cob, Ja’cob shall not now be 
ashamed, neither shall his face 
now wax pale. 


ISAIAH, 30 


when he seeth his chil- 
dren, the work of mine hands, 
in the midst of him, they shall 
sanctify my name, and sanctify 
the Holy One of Ja’cob, and shall . 
fear the God of is’ra-el. 

24 They also that erred in spirit 
shall come to understanding, 
and they that murmured shall 
learn doctrine. 


CHAPTER 30 709 


1 Israel threatened for inclining to 
Egypt. 18 God’s mercy to the 
church. 27 Assyria doomed. 

OE to the rebellious chil- 
dren, saith the Lorp, 
that take counsel, but not of me; 
and that cover with a covering, 
but not of my spirit, that they 

may add sin to sin: , 

2 That walk to go down into 
E’s¥pt, and have not asked at 
my mouth; to strengthen them- 
selves in the strength of Pha’- 
raoh, and to trust in the shadow 
of B’gypt! | 

3 Therefore shall the strength 
of Pha’rach be your shame, and 
the trust in the shadow of E’z¥pt 
your confusion. 

4 For his princes were at Z6’an, 


‘and his ambassadors came to 


Ha’nés. 

5 They were all ashamed of a 
people that could not profit them, 
nor be an help nor profit, but a 
shame, and also a reproach. 

6 The burden of the beasts of 
the south: into the land of trouble 
and anguish, from whence come 
the young and old lion, the viper 
and fiery flying serpent, they will 
carry their riches upon the shoul- 
ders of young asses, and their 
treasures upon the bunches of 
camels, to a people that shall 
not profit them. 

_7 For the £-g¥p’tians shall help 
in vain, and to no purpose: there- 
fore have I cried concerning 
this, Their strength is to sit still. 

8 { Now go, write it before 
them in a table, and note it ina 
book, that it may be for the time 
to come for ever and ever: 


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ISAIAH, 30 


God’s mercy on his people 


ee Me a ae AY oe ee 
9 That this is a rebellious peo-|in Zi’dn at Jé-ru’sa-lém: thou 


ple, lying children, children that 
will not hear the law of the LORD: 

10 Which say to the seers, See 
not; and to the prophets, Pro- 
phegy not unto us right things, 
speak unto us smooth things, 
prophesy deceits: 

11 Get you out, of the way, 
turn aside out of the path, cause 
the Holy One of Is’ra-el to cease 
from before us. 

12 Wherefore thus saith the 
Holy One of {s’ra-el, Because ye 
despise this word, and trust in 
oppression and _ perverseness, 
and stay thereon: | ‘ 

13 Therefore this iniquity shall 
be to you as a breach ready to 
fall, swelling out in a high wall, 
whose breaking cometh suddenly 
at an instant. 

14 And he shall break it as the 
breaking of the potters’ vessel 
that is broken in pieces; he shal 
not spare: so that there shall 
not be found in the bursting of it 
a sherd to take fire from the 
hearth, or to take water withal 
out of the pit. 

15 For thus saith the Lord 
Gop, the Holy One of fs’ra-el; 
In returning and rest shall ye be 
saved; in quietness and in con- 
fidence shall be your strength: 
and ye would not. i 

16 But ye said, No; for we will 
flee upon horses; therefore shall 
ye flee; and, We will ride upon 
the swift; therefore shail they 
that pursue you be swift. 

17 One thousand shall flee at 
the rebuke of one; at the rebuke 
of five shall ye flee: till ye be left 
as a beacon upon the top of a 
mountain, and as an ensign on 
an hill. ; 

18 4 And therefore will the 
LORD wait, that he may be gra- 
cious unto you, and therefore 
will he be exalted, that he may 
have mercy upon you: for the 
LoRD is a God of judgment: 
blessed are all they that wait 
for him. 

19 For the people shall dwell 


shalt weep no more: he will be 
very gracious unto thee at the 
voice of thy cry; when he shall 
hear it, he will answer thee. 

20 And though the Lord give 
you the bread of adversity, and 
the water of affliction, yet shall 
not thy teachers be removed into 
a corner any more, but thine eyes 
shall see thy teachers: 

21 And thine ears shall hear a 
word behind thee, saying, This 
is the way, walk ye in it, when 
ye turn to the right hand, and 
when ye turn to the left. 

22 Ye shall defile also the cov- 
ering of thy graven images of 
silver, and the ornament of thy 
molten images of gold: thou 
shalt cast them away as a men- 
struous cloth; thou shalt say 
unto it, Get thee hence. : 

23 Then shall he give the rain 


1| of thy seed, that thou shalt sow 


the ground withal; and bread 
of the increase of the earth, and 
it shall be fat and plenteous: in 
that day shall thy cattle feed in 
large pastures. 

24 The oxen likewise and the 
young asses that ear the ground 
shall eat clean provender, which 
hath been winnowed with the 
shovel and with the fan. 

25 And there shall be upon 
every high mountain, and upon 
every high hill, rivers and 
streams of waters in the day of 
the great slaughter, when the 
towers fall. 

26 Moreover the light of the 
moon shall be as the light of the 
sun, and the light of the sun 
shall be sevenfold, as the light 
of seven days, in the day that the 
LorRD bindeth up the breach of 
his people, and healeth the stroke 
of their wound. 

27 7 Behold, the name of the 
LORD cometh from far, burning 
with his anger, and the burden 
thereof is heavy: his lips are 
full of indignation, and his tongue 
as a devouring fire: 

28 And his breath, as an over- 


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— muc 


The folly of trusting in Egypt 


flowing stream, shall reach to 
the midst of the neck, to sift 
the nations with the sieve of 
vanity: and there shall be a 
bridle in the jaws of the people, 
causing them to err. Z 
29 Ye shall have a song, as in 
the night when a holy solemnity 


- is kept; and gladness of heart, 


as when one goeth with a pipe to 
come into the mountain of the 
LORD, to the mighty One of 
Is’ra-el, 


30 And the LorD shall cause 
his glorious voice to be heard, 
and shall shew the lighting down 
of his arm, with the indignation 
of his anger, and with the flame 
of a devouring fire, with scatter- 
ing, and tempest, and hailstones. 

31 For through the voice of the 
LorD shall the As-s¥r’i-an be 
beaten down, which smote with 
a rod. 

32 And in every place where 
the grounded staff shall pass, 
which the LORD shall lay upon 
him, it shall be with tabrets and 
harps: and in battles of shaking 
will he fight with it. 

33 For To’phet is ordained of 
old; yea, for the king it is pre- 
_ pared; he hath made it deep and 
large: the pile thereof is fire and 
h wood; the breath of the 
LORD, like a stream of brim- 
stone, doth kindle it. 


#710 CHAPTER 31 


1 The folly of trusting in Egypt. 6 Ex- 
j 8 Assyria’s 


hortation to conversion. 
doom. 


VW OE to them that go down 
/ to E’éypt for help; and 
stay on horses, and trust in 
chariots, because they are many; 
and in horsemen, because they 
are very strong; but they look 
not unto the Holy One of is’ra-el, 
neither seek the LORD! 

2 Yet he also is wise, and will 
bring evil, and will not call back 

Swords: but will arise against 

e house of the evildoers, and 


against the help of them that 


work iniquity. 


prey, 


ISAIAH, 31, 32 
3 Now the&-syp’tians are men, 


and not God; and their horses 
flesh, and not spirit. 
LORD shall 
both h 


When the 
stretch out his hand, 
e that helpeth shall fall, 
and he that is holpen shall fall] 
down, and they all shall fail to- 


gether, 


4 For thus hath the Lorp 
spoken unto me, Like as the lion 
and the young lion roaring on his 
when a multitude of shep- 
herds is called forth against him, 

e will not be afraid of their 
voice, nor abase himself for the 
noise: of them: so shall the 
LORD of hosts come down to 
fight for mount Zi’6n, and for the 
hill thereof. 

5 As birds flying, so will the 


LORD of hosts defend Jé-ru’sa- 
lém; defending also he will de- 
liver it; and passing over he will 
preserve if. 


6 { Turn ye unto him from 


whom the children of is’ra-el 
have deeply revolted.4 


For in that day every man 
shall cast away his idols of silver, 
and his idols of gold, which your 
own hands have made unto you 
for a sin. @ 

8 { Then shall the As-s¥r'i-an 
fall with the sword, not of a 
mighty man; and the sword, not 
of a mean man, shall devour him: 
but he shall flee from the sword, 
and his young men shall be 
discomfited. 

9 And he shall pass over to 
his strong] hold for fear, and his 
Princes shall be afraid of the en- 
sign, saith the LORD, whose fire 
is in Zion, and his furnace in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 


CHAPTER 32 711 

1 Blessings of Christ’s kingdom. 9 A 

prophecy of desolation. 15 The 

restoration promised. 

BEHOLD, a king shall reign in 

righteousness, and princes 
shall rule in judgment. 

a man shall be as an 


2 
hiding place from the wind, and 
a covert from the tempest; as 


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ISAIAH, 33 


rivers of water in a dry place, 
as the shadow of a great rock in 
a weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that 
see shall not be dim, and the ears 
of them that hear shall hearken. 

4 The heart also of the rash 
shall understand knowledge, and 
the tongue of the stammerers 
shall be ready to speak plainly. 

& The vile person shall be no 
more called liberal, nor the churl 
said to be bountiful. 

6 For the vile person will speak 
villany, and his heart will work 
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, 
and to utter error against the 
LORD, to make empty the soul 
of the hungry, and he will cause 
the drink of the thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the 
churl are evil: he deviseth 
wicked devices to destroy the 
poor with lying words, even 
when the needy speaketh right. 

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal 
things; and by liberal things 
shall he stand. 

9 {Rise up, ye women that 
are at ease; hear my voice, ye 
careless daughters; give ear un- 
to my speech. 

10 Many days and years shail 
ye betroubled, yecareless women: 
for the vintage shall fail, the 
gathering shall not come. 

11 Tremble, ye women that are 
at ease: be troubled, ye careless 
ones: strip you, and make you 
bare, and gird sackcloth upon 
your loins. 

12 They shall lament for the 
teats, for the pleasant fields, for 
the fruitful vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people 
shall come up thorns and briers; 
yea, upon ail the houses of joy 
in the joyous city: 

14 Because the palaces shall be 
forsaken; the multitude of the 

city shall be left; the forts and 
towers shali be for dens for ever, 
a joy of wild asses, a pasture of 


ocks; 
15 Until the spirit be poured 
upon us from on high, and the 













Blessings of Christ’s kingdom 


wilderness be a fruitful field, 
and the fruitful field be counted 
for a forest. 

16 Then judgment shall dwell 
in the wilderness, and righteous- 
ness remain in the fruitful field. 

17 And the work of righteous- 
ness shall be peace; and the 
effect of righteousness quietness 
and assurance for ever. 

18 And my people shall dwell 
in a peaceable habitation, and in 
sure dwellings, and in quiet rest- 
ing places; | ; \ 

19 When it shall hail, coming 
down on the forest; and the 
city shall be low in a low place. 

20 Blessed are ye that sow be- 
side all waters, that send forth 
thither the feet of the ox and 
the ass. 


CHAPTER 33 712 


1 Judgments against. the church's ene- 


12 The godly are privileged. 
OE to thee that spoilest, 
and thou wast not spoiled; 
and dealest treacherously, and 
they dealt not treacherously with 
thee! when thou shalt cease to 
spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and 
when thou shalt make an end to 
deal treacherously, they shall 
deal treacherously with thee. 

2 OLORD.be gracious unto us; 
we have waited for thee: be thou 
their arm every morning, our 
salvation also in the time of 
trouble. $ 

3 At the noise of the tumult the 
people fled; at the lifting up of thy- 
self the nations were scattered. 

4, And your spoil shall be gath- 
ered like the gathering of the 
caterpiller: as the running to 
and fro of locusts shall he run 
upon them. , 

& The LORD’ is exalted; for he 
dwelleth on high: he hath filled 
7i’6n with judgment and right- 
eousness. . 

6 And wisdom and knowledge 
shall be the stability of thy times, 
and strength of salvation: the 
fear of the LORD is his treasure. 

7 Behold, their valiant ones 


mies. 


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Privileges of the godly 


shall cry without: the ambas- 
sadors of peace shall weep bit- 
terly. 

8 The highways lie waste, the 
wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath 
broken the covenant, he hath 
despised the cities, he regardeth 
no man. 

9 The earth mourneth and lan- 


- guisheth: Léb’a-non is ashamed 


- shall 


and hewn down: Sh4r’on is like 
a wilderness; and Ba’shan and 
Car’mel shake off their fruits. 

10 Now will I rise, saith the 
LORD; now will I be exalted; 
now will I lift up myself. 

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye 
shall bring forth stubble: your 
breath, as fire, shall devour you. 

12 And the people shall be as 


- the burnings of lime: as thorns 


cae up shall they be burned in the 
re 

13 4 Hear, ye that are far off, 
what I have done; and, ye that 
are near, acknowledge my might. 

14 The sinners in Zi’dn are 
afraid; fearfulness hath se 
prised the hypocrites. 
among us shall dwell with ‘He 
devouring fire? who among us 
dwell with everlasting 
burnings? 

15 He that walketh righteous- 


ly, and speaketh uprightly; he 


that despiseth the gain of op- 
pressions, that shaketh his hands 
from holding of bribes, that stop- 


_peth his ears from hearing of 


blood, and shutteth his eyes 
from seeing evil; 
16 He shall dwell on high: his 


place of defence shall be the 
munitions of rocks: 


bread shall 
be given him; his waters shall 


be sure. 


17 Thine eyes shall see the king 
in his beauty: they shall behold 


the land that is very far off. 


‘people, ; 
\g speech than thou canst perceive; 


2 


18 Thine heart shall meditate 


terror. Where is the scribe? 


where is the receiver? where is 


he that counted the towers? 
19 Thou shait not see a fierce 
a people of a deeper 


ISAIAH, 34 


of a stammering tongue, that 
thou canst not understand. 

20 Look upon Zi’6n, the city of 
our solemnities: thine eyes shall 
see Jé-ru’sa-lém a quiet habita- 
tion, a tabernacle that shall not 
be taken down; not one of the 
stakes thereof shall ever be re- 
moved, neither shall any of the 
cords thereof be broken. 

21 But there the glorious 
LORD will be unto us a place of 
broad rivers and streams; where- 
in shall go no galley with oars, 
neither shall gallant ship pass 
thereby. 

22 For the LORD is our judze, 
the LORD is our lawgiver, the 
By is our king; he will save 


"33 Thy tacklings are loosed; 
they could not well strengthen 
their mast, they could not spread 
the sail: then is the prey of a 
great spoil divided; the lame 
take the prey. 

24 And the inhabitant shail not 
say, lam sick: the people that 
dwell therein shall be forgiven 
their iniquity. 


CHAPTER 34 713 


1 God’s judgments upon the nations. 
11 Desolation of all enemies. 16 
Surety of the prophecy. 

OME near, ye nations, to 

hear; and hearken, ye peo- 
ple: let the earth hear, and alli 
that is therein; the world, and 
all things that come forth of it. 

2 For the indignation of the 
Lone is upon all nations, and 
his fury upon all their armies: he 
hath utterly destroyed them, he 
hath delivered them to the 
slaughter. 

3 Their slain also shali be cast 
out, and their stink shall come 
up out of their carcases, and the 
mountains shall be melted with 
their blood. 

4 And all the host of heaven 
shall be dissolved, and 2 
heavens shall be rolled together 
as a scroll: and alli their host 
shall fall down, as the leaf falleth 


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ISAIAH, 35 


off from the vine, and as a falling 
fig from the fig tree. 

*5 For my sword shall be bathed 
in heaven: behold, it shall come 
down upon i-du-mé’a, and upon 
the pecple of my curse, to judg- 
ment. 

6 The sword of the LORD is 
filled with blood, it is made fat 
with fatness, and .with the blood 
of lambs and goats, with the fat 
of the kidneys of rams: for the 
LORD hath a sacrifice in B6z’rah, 
and a great slaughter in the land 
of I-du-mé’a. 

7 And the unicorns shall come 
down with them, and the bull- 
ocks with the bulls; and their 
land shall be soaked with blood, 
and their dust made fat with fat- 
ness. 

8 For it is the day of the 
LORD’S vengeance, and the year 
of recompences for the contro- 
versy of Zi’on. 

9 And the streams thereof shall 
be turned into pitch, and the dust 
thereof into brimstone, and the 
land thereof shall become burn- 
ing pitch. 

10 It shall not be quenched 
night nor day; the smoke thereof 
shall go up for ever: from gen- 
eration to generation it shall lie 
waste; none shall pass through 
it for ever and ever. 

11 § But the cormorant and 
the bittern shall possess it; the 
owl also and the raven shall 
dwell in it: and he shall stretch 
out upon it the line of confusion, 
and the stones of emptiness. 

12 They shall call the nobles 
thereof to the kingdom, but none 
shall be there, and all her princes 
shali be nothing. 

13 And thorns shall come up 
in her palaces, nettles and bram- 
bles in the fortresses thereof: and 
it shall be an habitation of drag- 
ons, and a court for owls. 

14 The wild beasts of the desert 
shall also meet with the wild 
beasts of the island, and the satyr 
shall cry to his fellow; the 
screechi owl also shall rest there, 


God’s judgments on the nations 


and find for herself a place of 
rest. 

15 There shall the great owl 
make her nest, and lay, and 
hatch, and gather under her 
shadow: there shall the vultures 
also be gathered, every one with 
her mate. 

16 {| Seek ye out of the book of 
the LORD, and read: no one of 
these shall fail, none shall want 
her mate: for my mouth it hath 
commanded, and his spirit it 
hath gathered them. 

17 And he hath cast the lot for 
them, and his hand hath divided 
it unto them by line: they shall 
possess it for ever, from genera- 
tion to generation shall they 
dwell therein. 


CHAPTER 35 


714 
1 Glory of the new Zion. 8 The way of 
holiness. 


HE wilderness and the solie 

tary place shall be glad for 

them; and the desert shall re- 
joice, and blossom as the rose. 

2 It shall blossom abundantly, 
and rejoice even with joy and 
singing: the glory of Léb’a-non 
shall be given unto it, the excel- 
lency of .Car’mel and Sh4r’on, 
they shall see the glory of the 
BORD, and the excellency of our 


3 q] Strengthen ye the weak 
hands, and confirm the feeble 

ees. 

4 Say to them that are of a 
fearful heart, Be strong, fear 
not: behold, your God will come 
with vengeance, even God with 
arecompence; he will come and 
save you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind 
shall be opened, and the ears of 
the deaf shall be unstopped. 

6 Then shall the lame man 
leap as an hart, and the tongue 
of the dumb sing: for in the wil- 
derness shall waters break out, 
and streams in the desert. 

7 And the parched ground shall 
become a pool, and the thirsty 
land springs of water: in the 


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Sennacherib invades Judah 


habitation of dragons, where 
each lay, shall be grass with 


_ reeds and rushes. 


8 And an highway shall be 
there, and a way, and it shall be 
called The way of holiness; the 
unclean shall not pass over it; 
but it shall be for those: the 
wayfaring men, though fools, 
_ shall not err therein. 

9 No lion shall be there, nor 
any ravenous beast shall go up 
thereon, it shalt not be found 
there; but the redeemed shail 
walk there: 

10 And the ransomed of the 
LORD shall return, and come to 
Zi’on with songs and everlasting 
joy upon their heads: they shall 
obtain joy and gladness, and 
sorrow,and sighing shall flee 
away. 


715 CHAPTER 36 
1 Sennacherib invades Judah. 4 Rab- 
shakeh’s blasphemous speech. 
OW it came to pass in the 
N fourteenth year of | king 
Héz-e-ki/ah, that Sén-nach’e- 
rib king of As-syr’i-a came up 
against all the defenced cities of 
Ja’dah, and took them. 

2 And the king of As-syr’i-a 
sent Rab’sha-keh from La’chish 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém unto king Héz-e- 
ki’ah with a greatarmy. Andhe 
stood by the conduit of the upper 
Bool in the highway of the fuller’s 

eld. 
3 Then came forth unto him 
f-li/a-kim, Hil-ki’ah’s son, which 
was over the house, and Shéb’na 
the scribe, and Jo’ah, A’saph’s 
son, the recorder. ; 

4 ¥ And Rab’sha-keh said unto 
them, Say ye now to Héz-e-ki’ah, 
Thus saith the great king, the 
king of As-syr’i-a, What confi- 
dence is this wherein thou 
trustest? 

5 I say, sayest thou, (but they 
are but vain words) have 
counsel and strength for war: 
now on whom dost thou trust, 
that thou rebellest against me? 

6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff 


ISAIAH, 36 


of this broken reed, on E/gypts 
whereon if a man lean, it will go 
into his hand, and pierce it: so 
is Pha’raoh king of E’é¥pt to all 
that trust in him. 

7 But if thou say to me, We 
trust in the LORD our God: is it 
not he, whose high places and 
whose altars Héz-e-ki/ah hath 
taken away, and said to Ji’dah 
and to Jé-ry’sa-lém, Ye shall 
worship before this altar? 

8 Now therefore give pledges, 
T pray thee, to my master the king 
of As-syr’i-a, and I will give thee 
two thousand horses, if thou be 
able on thy part to set riders upon 


em. 

9 How then wilt thou turn away 
the face of one captain of the 
least of my master’s servants, 
and put thy trust on E’géypt for 
chariots and for horsemen? 

10 And amInow come up with- 
out the LORD against this land to 
destroy it? the LORD said unto 
me, Go up against this land, and 
destroy it. : ; 

11 4 Then said £-li’a-kim and 
Shéb’na and Jo’ah unto Rab’sha- 
keh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy 
servants in the Syr’i-an lan- 
guage; for we understand it: 
and speak not to us in the Jews’ 
language, in the ears of the peo- 
ple that are on the wall. 

12 ¢ But Rab’sha-keh said, 
Hath my master sent me to thy 
master and to thee to speak these 
words? hath he not sent me to 
the men that sit upon the wall, 
that they may eat their own dung, 
and drink their own piss with 
you? 

13 Then Rab’sha-keh stood, 
and cried with a loud voice in the 
Jews’ language, and said, Hear 
ye the words of the great king; 
the king of As-syr’i-a. 

14 Thus saith the king, Let not 
Héz-e-ki/ah deceive you: for he 
shall not be able to deliver you. 

15 Neither let Héz-e-ki’ah make 
you trust in the LORD, saying, 
The LORD will surely deliver us; 
this city shall not be delivered 


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ISAIAH, 37 


into the hand of the king of 
As-syr’i-a. 

16 Hearken not to Héz-e-ki’ah: 
for thus saith the king of As-syr’- 
i-a, Make an agreement with me 
by a present, and come out to 
me: and eat ye every one of his 
vine, and every one of his fig 
tree, and drink ye every one the 
waters of his own cistern; 

17 Until I come and take you 
away to a land like your own 
land, a land of corn and wine, a 
land of bread and vineyards. 

18 Beware lest Héz-e-ki’ah 
persuade you, saying, The LORD 
will deliver us. Hath any of the 
gods of the nations delivered his 
land out of the hand of the king 
of As-syr’i-a? 

19 Where are the gods of Ha’- 
math and Ar’phad? where are 
the gods of Séph-ar-va’/im? an 
have they delivered Sa-ma’ri-a 
out of my hand? 

20 Who are they among all the 
gods of these lands, that have 
delivered their land out of my 
hand, that the LORD should de- 
liver Jé-ru’sa-lém out of my 
hand? . 

21 But they held their peace, 
and answered him not a word: 
for the king’s commandment 
was, saying, Answer him not. 

22 4 Then came £-li’a-kim, the 
son of Hil-ki’ah, that was over 
the household, and Shéb’na the 
scribe, and Jo’ah, the son o 
A’saph, the recorder, to Héz-e- 
ki’ah with (their clothes rent, 
and told him the words of Rab/’- 
sha-keh. 


716 CHAPTER 37 
1 Isaiah comforts Hezekiah. 8 Sen- 
nacherib’s blasphemous letter. 21 
Isaiah’s prophecy. 36 Assyrians 
slain by an angel. 37 Sennacherib 
is slain at Nineveh. 
ND it came to pass, when 
king Héz-e-ki/ah heard it, 
that he rent his clothes, and 
covered himself with sackcloth, 
and went into the house of the 
LORD. Rid; 
2 And he sent £E-li’a-kim, who 


Isaiah comforts Hezekiah 


was over the household, and 
Shéb’na the scribe, and the elders 
of the priests covered with sack-~ 
cloth, unto I-sa’iah the prophet 
the son of A’m6z. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus 
saith Héz-e-ki’ah, This day is 
a day of trouble, and of rebuke, 
and of blasphemy: for the chil- 
dren are come to the birth, and 
there is not strength to bring 
forth. 

4 It may be the LORD thy God 
will hear the words of Rab’sha- 
keh, whom the king of As-s¥r’i-a 
his master hath sent to reproach 
the living God, and will reprove 
the words which the LORD thy 
God hath heard: wherefore lift 
up thy prayer for the remnant 
that is left. ¢ f 

5 So the servants of king Héze 


d | e-ki’ah came to I-sa’iah. 


6 {And f-sa’/iah said unto 
them, Thus shall ye say unto 
your master, Thus saith the 
LORD, Be not afraid of the words 
that thou hast heard, wherewith 
the servants of the king of As- 
syr’i-a have blasphemed me. 

Behold, I will send a blast 
upon him, and he shall hear a 
rumour, and return to his own 
land; and I will cause him to 
fall by the sword in his own land. 

8 § So Rab’sha-keh returned, 
and found the king of As-s¥r’i-a 
warring against Lib’nah: for he 


f | had heard that he was departed 


from La’chish. 

9 And he heard say concerning 
Tir/ha-kah king of E-thi-d’pi-a, 
He is come forth to make war 
with thee. And when he heard 
it, he sent messengers to Héz-e- 
ki’/ah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Héz- 

e-ki/ah king of Ju’dah, saying, 
Let not thy Gods in whom thou 
trustest, deceive thee, saying, 
Jé-ru’sa-lém shall not be given 
into the hand of the king of 
As-syr’1-a. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard 
what the kings of As-syr’i-a have 
done to all lands by destroying 


830 


- Isaiah’s prophecy against Sennacherib 


them utterly; and shalt thou be 
delivered? : 

12 Have the gods of the nations 
delivered them which my fathers 
have destroyed, as G6’zan, and 
Ha’ran, and Ré’zeph, and the 
children of E’dén which were in 
Té-las’sar? | j 4 

13 Where is the king of Ha’- 
math, and the king of Ar’phad, 
and the king of the city of Séph- 
ar-va’/im, Hé’na, and I’vah? 

14 § And Héz-e-ki’ah received 
the letter from the hand of the 
messengers, and read it: and 
Héz-e-ki’ah went up unto the 
house of the LORD, and spread it 
before the LORD. 

15 Héz-e-ki’/ah prayed 
unto the LORD, saying, 

_16 O LORD of hosts, God of 
Is‘ra-el, that dwellest between 
the cherubims, noe art the ee 
even thou alone, of all the king- 
doms of the earth: thou hast 
made heaven and earth. 

17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, 
and hear; open thine eyes, O 
LORD, and see: and hear all the 
words of Sén-nach’e-rib, which 
hath sent to reproach the living 


God. 

18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings 
of As-syr’i-4 have laid waste all 
the nations, and their 
countries, J 

i9 And have cast their gods 
into the fire: for they were no 
gods, but the work of men’s 
hands, wood and stone: there- 
fore they have destroyed them. 

20 Now therefore, O LORD our 
God, save us from his hand, that 
all the kingdoms of the earth may 
know that thou art the LORD, 
even thou only. 

21 4 Then iesa’iah the son of 
A’m6z sent unto Héz-e-ki’ah, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD God 
of Is’ra-el, Whereas thou hast 
prayed to me against Sén-nach’e- 
rib king of As-s¥r’i-a: 

22 This is the word which the 
LORD hath spoken concerning 
him; The virgin, the daughter of 
Zi’on, hath despised thee, and 


ISAIAH, 37 


jaughed thee to scorn; the daugh- 
ter of Jé-ru’sa-lém hath shaken 
her head at thee. 

23 Whom hast thou reproached 
and blasphemed? and against 
whom hast thou exalted thy 
voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
on high? even against the Holy 
One of Is’ra-el. 

24 By thy servants hast thou 
reproached the Lord, and hast 
said, By the multitude of my 
chariots am I come up to the 
height of the mountains, to the 
sides of Léb’a-non; and I will 
cut down the tall cedars thereof, 
and the choice fir trees thereof: 
and I will enter into the height of 
his border, and the forest of his 
Car’mel. : 

25 I have digged, and drunk 
water; and with the sole of my 
feet have I dried up all the rivers 
of the besieged places. 

26 Hast thou not heard long 
ago, how I have done it; and of 
ancient times, that I have formed 
it? now have I brought it to pass, 
that thou shouldest be to lay 
waste defenced cities info ruin- 
ous heaps. 

27 Therefore their inhabitants 
were of small power, they were 
dismayed and confounded: they 
were as the grass of the field, and 
as the green herb, as the grass 
on the house tops, and as corn 
blasted before it be grown up. 

28 But I know thy abode, and 
thy going out, and thy coming in, 
and thy rage against me. 

29 Because thy rage against me, 
and thy tumult, is come up into 
mine ears, therefore will I put 
my hook in thy nose, and my 
bridle in thy lips, and I will turn 
thee back by the way by which 
thou camest. 

30 And this shall be a sign unto 
thee, Ye shall eat this year such 
as groweth of itself; and the 
second year that which SRE ot 
of the same: and in the third 
year sow ye, and reap, and plant 
vineyards, and eat the fruit 
thereof. 


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ISAIAH, 38 


31 And the remnant that is 
escaped of the house of Jia’dah 
a again take root downward, 
and bear fruit upwar 

32 For out of Jé-ru’sd-lém shall 
go forth a remnant, and_they 
that escape out of mount Zi’on: 
the zeal of the LORD of hosts 
shall do this. 

33 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD concerning: the king of 
As-syr’i-a, He shall not come into 
this city, nor shoot an arrow 
there, nor come before it with 
shields, nor cast a bank against 


it. 

34 By the way that he came, by 
the same shail he return, and 
shall not come into this city, saith 
the LORD. 

35 ForI will defend this city to 
save it for mine own sake, and 
for my servant Da’vid’s sake. 

36 Then the angel of the LORD 
went forth, and smote in the 
camp of the As-syr’i-ans a hun- 
dred and fourscore and five thou- 
sand: and when they arose early 
in the morning, behold, they 
were all dead corpses. 

37 4 So Sén-nach’e-rib king of 
As-syr’i-a departed, and went 
end returned, and dwelt at Nin’e- 
veh. 

38 And it came to pass, as he 
Was worshipping in the house of 
Nis’roch his god, that A-dram’- 
me-léch and Sh4-ré’zér his sons 
smote him with the sword; and 
they escaped into the land of 
Ar-mé’ni-a: and E’sar—-had’don 
his son reigned in his stead. 


717 CHAPTER 38 
1 Hezekiah’s life lengthened. 8 The 
sign of the dial. 9 A song of thanks. 
N those days was Héz-e-ki’ah 
sick unto death. And I-sa’- 
iah the prophet the son of A’m6z 
came unto him, and said unto 
him, Thus saith the LORD, Set 
thine house in order: for thou 
shalt die, and not live. 
2 Then Héz-e-ki’ah turned his 
face toward the wall, and prayed 
unto the LORD, 


king of As-syr’i-a: 


Hezekiah’s life lengthened 


3 And said, Remember now, O 
LORD, I beseech thee, how I have 
walked before thee in truth and 
with a perfect heart, and have 
done that which is good in thy 
sight. And Héz-e-ki’ah wept 
sore 

4 q Then came the word of the 
Cy to I-sa/iah, saying, 

5 Go, and say to Héz-e-ki’ah, 
Thus saith the LORD, the God of 
Da’vid thy father, I have heard 
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: 
behold, I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years. 

6 And I will deliver thee and 
this city out of the hand of the 


and I will 
defend this city. 

7 And this shall be a sign unto 
thee from the LORD, that the 
LORD will do this thing that he 
hath spoken; 

8 Behold, I will bring again the 
shadow of the degrees, which is 
gone down in the sun dial of 

A’haz, ten degrees backward. So 
the sun returned ten degrees, by 
which degrees it was gone down. 

9 4 The writing of Héz-e-ki’ah 
king of Ja’dah, when he had been 
sick, and was recovered of his 
sickness: 

10 I said in the cutting off of my 
days, I shall go to the gates of the 
grave: I am deprived of the 
residue of my years. 

11 I said, I shall not see the 
LORD, even the LORD, in the 
land of the living: I shall behold 
man no more with the inhabit- 
ants of the world 

12 Mine age is departed, and is 
removed from me as a shepherd’s 
tent: I have cut off like a weaver 
my life: he will cut me off with 
pining sickness: from day even 
to night wilt thou make an end 
of me. ; { 

13 Ireckoned till morning, that, 
as a lion, so will he break all my 
bones: from day even to night 
wilt thou make an end of me. 

14 Like a crane or a swallow, so 
did I chatter: I did mourn asa 
dove: mine eyes fail with looking 


832 


_ Isaiah foretells the captivity 


upward: O LORD, Iam oppress- 
ed; undertake for me. 

\ 15 What shall I say? he hath 
‘both spoken unto me, and him- 
self hath done it; I shall go softly 
all my years in the bitterness of 


my soul. : 

16 O Lord, by these things men 
live, and in all these things is the 
life of my spirit: so wilt thou 
recover me, and make me to live. 

17 Behold, for peace I had 
great bitterness: but thou hast 
in love to my soul delivered it 
from the pit of corruption: for 
thou hast cast all my sins behind 
thy back. 

18 For the grave cannot praise 
thee, death can nof celebrate 
thee: they that go down into the 
pit cannot hope for thy truth. 

19 The living, the living, he 
shall praise thee, as I do this day: 
the father to the children shall 
make known thy truth. 

20 The LORD was ready to 
save me: therefore we will sing 
my songs to the stringed instru- 
ments all the days of our life in 
the house of the LORD. 

21 For I-sa’iah had said, Let 
them take a lump of figs, and lay 
it for a plaister upon the boil, and 
he shall recover. 

22 Héz-e-ki/ah also had said, 
What is the sign that I shail go 
up to the house of the LORD? 


718 CHAPTER 39 
1 Hezekiah shews his treasures. 3 Isa- 
iah foretells the captivity. 

T that time Mé-r6’dach-bal’- 

a-dan, the son of Bal’a-dan, 

king of Bab’y-lon, sent letters 

and a present to Héz-e-ki’ah: 

for he had heard that he had 
been sick, and was recovered. 

2 And Héz-e-ki’ah was glad of 
them, and shewed them the 
house of his precious things, the 
silver, and the gold, and the 
spices, and the precious oint- 
ment, and all the house of his 
armour, and all that was found 
in his treasures: there was 
nothing in his house, nor in all 

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ISAIAH, 39, 40 


his dominion, that Héz-e-ki’/ah 
shewed them not. 

3 9, Then came I-sa’/iah the 
prophet unto king Héz-e-ki’ah, 
and said unto him, What said 
these men? and from whence 
came they unto thee? And Héz- 
e-ki/ah said, They are come from 
a far country unto me, even from 
Bab’y-lon. 

4 Then said he, What have they 
seen in thine house? And Héz-~ 
e-ki/ah answered, All that is in 
mine house have they seen: there 
1s no g among my treasures 
that I have not shewed them. 

5 Then said I-sa’iah to Héz-ee 
ki’ah, Hear the word of the LorD 
of hosts: 

6 Behold, the days come, that 
all that is in thine house, and 
that which thy fathers have laid 
up in store until this day, shall be 
carried to Bab’y-lon: nothing 
shall be left, saith the LORD. 

_7 And of thy sons that shall 
issue from thee, which thou shalt 
beget, shall they take away; and 
they shall be _eunuchs in the 
palace of the king of Bab‘¥-lon. 

_8 Then said Héz-e-ki’/ah to 
I-sa’iah, Good is the word of the 
LORD which thou hast spoken. 
He said moreover, For there shall 
be peace and truth in my days. 


CHAPTER 40 719 


1 Promulgation of the gospel. 9 Good 
tidings from Zion. 26 The people 
comforted. 

OMFORT ye, comfort ye my 
people, saith your God. 

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and cry unto her, that 
her warfare is accomplished, 
that her iniquity is pardoned: for 
she hath received of the LORD’S 
hand double for all her sins. 

_3 9 The voice of him that crieth 

in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 

way of the LORD, make straight 

a ie desert a highway for our 
re) 


4 Every valley shall be exalted, 
and every mountain and hill shall 
be made low: and the crooked 


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shall be made straight, and the 
rough places plain: 

5 And the glory of the LORD 
shall be revealed, an flesh 
shall see it together: for the 
mouth of the LORD hath spoken 


tt. 

6 The voice said, Cry. And he 
said, What shallI cry? Ali flesh 
is grass, and all the goodliness 
thereof is as thé flower of the 


el 

7 The grass withereth, the 
flower fadeth: because the spirit 
of the LORD bloweth upon it: 
surely the people is grass. 

8 The grass withereth, the 
ower fadeth: but the word of 
our God shall stand for ever. 

9 § O Zion, that bringest good 
tidings, get thee up into the high 
mountain; O Jé-ru’sa-lém, that 
bringest good tidings, lift up thy 
voice with strength; lift it up, be 
not afraid; say unto the cities of 
Jia’dah, Behold your God! i 

10 Behold, the Lord GOD will 
come with strong hand, and his 
arm shall rule for him: behold, 
his reward is with him, and his 
work before him. 

11 He shall feed his flock likea 
shepherd: he shall gather the 
lambs with his arm, and carry 
them in his bosom, and shali 
gently lead those that are with 
young. 

12 4 ‘Who hath measured the 
waters in the hollow of his hand, 
and meted out heaven with the 
span, and comprehended the dust 
of the earth in a measure, and 
weighed the mountains in scales, 
and the hills in a balance? 

13 Who hath directed the Spirit 
of the LORD, or being his coun- 
sellor hath taught him? 

14 With whom took he counsel, 
and who instructed him, and 
taught him in the path of judg- 
ment, and taught him knowledge, 
and shewed to him the way of 
understanding? 

15 Behold, the nations are as a 
drop of a bucket, and are counted 
as the small dust of the balance: 


Good tidings for Zion 


behold, he taketh up the isles as a 
very little thing. ; 

16 And Léb/a-non is not suffi- 
cient to burn, nor. the beasts 
thereof sufficient for a: burnt 
offering. 

17 All nations before him are as 
nothing; and they are counted to 
him less than nothing, and vanity. 

18 § To whom then will ye 
liken God? or what likeness 
will ye compare unto him: 

19 The workman melteth a 
graven image, and the goldsmith 
spreadeth it over with gold, and 
casteth silver chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished 
that he hath no oblation chooseth 
a tree that will not rot; he seek- 
eth unto him a cunning workman 
to prepare a graven image, that 
shall not be moved. 

21 Have ye not known? have 
ye not heard? hath it not been 
told you from the beginning? 
have ye not understood from the 
foundations of the earth? 

22 It is he that sitteth upon 
the circle of the earth, and the 
inhabitants thereof are as grass- 
hoppers; that stretcheth out 
the heavens as a curtain, and 
spreadeth them out as a tent to 
dwell in: 

23 That bringeth the princes to 
nothing; he maketh the judges 
of the earth as vanity. 

24 Yea, they shall not be plant- 
ed; yea, they shall not be sown: 
yea, their stock shall not take 
root in the earth: and he shall 
also blow upon them, and they 
shall wither, and the whirlwind 
shall take them away as stubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken 
me, or shall I be equal? saith the 
Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high. 
and behold who hath created 
these things, that bringeth out 
their host by number: he calleth 
them all by names by the great- 
ness of his might, for that he ts 
strong in power; not one faileth. 

27 Why sayest thou, O_Ja’cob, 
and speakest, O Is’ra-el, My way 


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God's care for his church 


is hid from the LORD, and my 
-\judgment is passed over from 
my God? 

28 § Hast thou not known? 
hast thou not heard, that the 
everlasting God, the LORD, the 
Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary? 
there is no searching of his 
understanding. ; 

29 He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might 
be increaseth strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint 
and be weary, and the young men 
' shall utterly fail: 

31 But they that wait upon the 
LORD shall renew their strength; 
they shall mount up with wings 
as eagles; they shall run, and 
not be weary; and they shall 
walk, and not faint. 


720 CHAPTER 41 


1 God displays his merciful providence 
in regard to the church. 21 Vanity 
of idols. 

EEP silence before me, O 
islands; and let the people 
renew their strength: let them 
come near; then let them speak: 
let us come near together to 
judgment. 

2 Who raised up the righteous 
man from the east, called him to 
his foot, gave the nations bcfore 
him, and made him rule over 
kings? he gave them as the dust 
to his sword, and as driven 
stubble to his bow. 

3 He pursued them, and passed 
safely; even by the way that he 
had not gone with his feet. 

4 Who hath wrought and dohe 

it, calling the generations from 

the beginning? I the LORD, the 

first, and with the last; I amhe. 

The isles saw it, and feared; 

the ends of the earth were afraid, 
drew near, and came. 

6 They helped every one his 
neighbour; and every one said 
to his brother, Be of good 
courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged 
the goldsmith, and he that 


ISAIAH, 41 


smootheth with the hammer him 
that smote the anvil, saying, Itis 
ready for the sodering: and he 
fastened it with nails, that it 
should not be moved. 

8 But thou, is’ra-el, art my 
servant, Ja’cob whom I have 
chosen, the seed of A’bra-ham 
my friend. 

9 Thou whom I have taken 
from the ends of the earth, and 
called thee from the chief men 
thereof, and said unto thee, 
Thou art my servant; I have 
chosen thee, and not cast thee 


away. 

10 § Fear thou not; for I am 
with thee: be not dismayed; for 
Iamthy God: I will strengthen 
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, 
I will uphold thee with the right 
hand of my righteousness. 

_11 Behold, all they that were 
incensed against thee shall be 
ashamed and confounded: they 
shall be as nothing; and they 
that strive with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and 
shalt not find them, even them 
that contended with thee: they 
that war against thee shall be as 
nothing, and as a thing of nought. 

13 For I the LORD thy God will 
hold thy right hand, saying unto 
thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 

14 Fear not, thou worm Ja’cob, 
and ye men of {s’ra-el; I will 
help thee, saith the LORD, and 
thy redeemer, the Holy One of 
Is’ra-el. 

15 Behold, I will make thee a 
new sharp threshing instrument 
having teeth: thou shalt thresb 
the mountains, and beat them 
small, and shalt make the hills 
as chaff. 

16 Thou shalt fan them, and 
the wind shall carry them away, 
and the whirlwind shall scatter 
them: and thou shalt rejoice in 
the LORD, and shalt glory in the 
Holy One of {is’ra-el. 

17 When the poor and needy 
seek water, and there is none, 
and their tongue faileth for thirst, 
I the LORD will hear them, J the 


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God of is’ra-el will not forsake 
them. é 

18 I will open rivers in high 
places, and fountains in the midst 
of the valleys: I will make the 
wilderness a pool of water, and 
the dry land springs of water. 

19 I will plant in the wilderness 
the cedar, the shittah tree, an 
the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will 
set in the desert the fir tree, and 
the pine, and the box tree to- 
gether: 

20 That they may see, and 
know, and consider, and under- 
stand together, that the hand of 
the LORD hath done this, and the 
es One of Is’ra-el hath created 


ot Produce your cause, saith 
the LORD; bring forth your strong 
reasons, saith the King of Ja’cob. 

22 Let them bring them forth, 
and shew us what shall happen: 
let them shew the former things, 
what they be, that we may con- 
sider them, and know the latter 
end of them; or declare us things 
for to come. P 

23 Shew the things that are to 
come hereafter, that we may 
know that ye are gods: yea, do 
good, or do evil, that we may be 
dismayed, and behold it together. 

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, 
and your work of nought: an 
abomination is he that chooseth 
you. 

25 I have raised up one from 
the north, and he shall come: 


from the rising of the sun shail | thin 


he call upon my name: and he 
shall come upon princes as upon 
morter, and as the potter treadeth 


clay. 

26 Who hath declared from the 
beginning, that we may know? 
and beforetime, that we may say, 
He is righteous? yea, there is 
none that sheweth, yea, there is 
none that declareth, yea, there is 
none that heareth your words. 

27 The first shall say to Zi’6n, 
Behold, behold them: and I will 
give to Jé-ru’sd4-lém one that 
bringeth good tidings. 


Vanity of idols 


28 For I beheld, and there was 
no man; even among them, and 
there was no counsellor, that, 
when I asked of them, could 
answer a word. 

29 Behold, they are all vanity; 
their works are nothing: their 
molten images are wind and 


and | confusion. 


CHAPTER 42 
1 Of God’s mission to the Gentiles. 
Praise for the gospel. 

EHOLD my servant, whom 

I uphold; mine elect, in 

whom my soul delighteth; I 

have put my spirit upon him: he 

shall bring forth judgment to the 
Gén’‘tiles. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, 
nor cause his voice to be heard in 
the street. 

3 A bruised reed shall he not 
break, and the smoking flax 
shall he not quench: he shall 
bring forth judgment unto truth. 

4 He shall not fail nor be dis- 
couraged, till he have set judg- 
ment in the earth: and the isles 
eae wait for his law. 

5 § Thus saith God the LORD, 
he that created the heavens, and 
stretched them out; he that 
spread forth the earth, and that 
which cometh out of it; he that 
giveth breath unto the people 
upon it, and spirit to them that 
walk therein: 

6 I the LORD have called thee 
in righteousness, and will hold 
e hand, and will keep thee, 
eae give thee for a covenant of 
the people, for a light of the 
Gén ‘tiles; 

7, To open the blind eyes, to 
bring out the prisoners from the 
prison, and them that sit in 
darkness out of the prison house. 

8 I am the LORD: that is my 
name: and my glory will I not 
give to another, neither my 
praise to graven images. 

9 Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things do 
I declare: before they spring 
forth I tell you of them. 


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Praise for God’s promises 
10 Sing unto the LORD a new 


_ song, and his praise from the end 


of the earth, ye that go down to 
the sea, and all that is therein; 
the isles, and the inhabitants 
thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the 
cities thereof lift up their voice, 
the villages that Ké’dar doth in- 


habit: let the inhabitants of the 


rock sing, let them shout from 
the top of the mountains. 

12 Let them give glory unto the 
LORD, and declare his praise in 
the islands. 

13. The LORD shall go forth asa 
mighty man, he shall stir up 
Jealousy like a man of war: he 
shali cry, yea, roar; he shall 
prevail against his enemies. 

14 I have long time holden my 
peace; I have been still, and re- 
frained myself: now will I cry 
like a travailing woman; I will 
destroy and devour at once. 

15 I will make waste mountains 
and hills, and dry up all their 


herbs; and I will make the rivers 


islands,and I will dry up the pools. 

16 And I will bring the blind by 
a way that they knew not; I will 
lead them in paths that they have 
not known: I will make dark- 
ness light before them, and 
crooked things straight. These 
things will I do unto them, and 
not forsake them. 

17 § They shall be turned back, 
they shall be greatly ashamed, 
that trust in graven images, that 
say to the molten images, Ye are 
our gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye 
blind, that ye may see. 

19 Who is blind, but my serv- 
ant? or deaf, as my messenger 
that I sent? who is blind as he 
that is perfect, and blind as the 
LORD’S servant? 

20 Seeing many things, but 
thou observest not; opening the 
ears, but he heareth not. 

21 The LORD is well pleased 
for his righteousness’ sake; he 
will magnify the law, and make 
it honourable. 


ISAIAH, 43 


22 But this is a people robbed 
and spoiled; they are all of them 
snared in holes, and they are hid 
in prison houses: they are for a 
prey, and none delivereth; fora 
spoil, and none saith, Restore. 

23 Who among you will give 
ear to this? who will hearken 
and hear for the time to come? 

24 Who gave Ja’cob for a spoil, 
and Is’ra-el to the robbers? did 
not the LORD, he against whom 
we have sinned? for they would 
not walk in his ways, neither 
were they obedient unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured 
upon him the fury of his anger, 
and the strength of battle: and 
it hath set him on fire round 
about, yet he knew not; and it 
burned him, yet he laid i¢ not to 
heart. 


CHAPTER 43 ee 
1 The church comforted with God’s 


promises. 14 Babylon's destruction 
foretold. 18 Deliverance of God's 
people. 


Ber now thus saith the LORD 
that created thee, O Ja’cob, 
and he that formed thee, O js’- 
ra-el, Fear not: for I have re- 
deemed thee, I have called thee 
by thy name; thou art mine. 

2 When thou passest through 
the waters, I will be with thee; 
and through the rivers, they shall 
not overflow thee: when thou 
walkest through the fire, thou 
shalt not be burned; neither 
shall the flame kindle upon thee. 

3 For I am the LORD thy God, 
the Holy One of_is’ra-el, thy 
Saviour: I gave E’g¥pt for thy 
ransom, E-thi-6’pi-a and Sé’ba 
for thee. 

4 Since thou wast precious in 
my sight, thou hast been honour- 
able, and I have loved thee: 
therefore will I give men for thee, 
and people for thy life. » 

Fear not: for I am with thee: 
I will bring thy seed from the east, 
and gather thee from the'west; 

6 I will say to the north, Give 
up; and to the south, Keep not 
back: bring my sons from far, 


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ISAIAH, 44 


and my daughters from the ends 
of the earth; 

7 Evenevery one that is called 
by my name: for I have created 
him for my glory, I have formed 
him; yea, I have made him. 

8 | Bring forth the blind peo- 
ple that have eyes, and the deaf 
that have ears. 

9° Let all the nations be gathered 
together, and let the people be 
assembled: who among them 
can declare this, and shew us 
former things? let them bring 
forth their witnesses, that they 
may be justified: or let them 
hear, and say, /¢ is truth. 

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith 
the LORD, and my servant 
whom I have chosen: that ye 
may know and believe me, and 
understand that I am he: before 
me there was no God formed, 
neither shall there be after me. 

11 I, evenI, amthe LORD; and 
beside me there is no saviour. 

12 I have declared, and have 
saved, and I have shewed, when 
there was no strange god among 
you: therefore ye are my wit- 
nesses, saith the LORD, that I 
am God. 

13 Yea, before the day was I 
am he; and there is none that 
can deliver out of my hand: I 
will work, and who shall let it? 

14 4 Thus saith the LORD, your 
redeemer, the Holy One of {s’- 
ra-el; For your sake I have sent 
to Bab’y-lon, and have brought 
down all their nobles, and the 
Chal-dé’ans, whose cry is in the 
ships. 

15 I am the LORD, your Holy 
One, the creator of is’ra-el, your 


ing. 

16 Thus saith the LORD, which 
maketh a way in the sea, and a 
path in the mighty waters; 

17 Which bringeth forth the 
chariot and horse, the army and 
the power; they shall lie down 
together, they shall not rise: they 
are extinct, they are quenched as 


tow. 
18 ¢ Remember ye not the 


God’s merciful providence 


former things, neither consider 
the things of old. 

19 Behold, I will do a new 
thing; now it shall spring forth; 
shall ye not know it? I will even 
make a way in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert. 

20 The beast of the field shall 
honour me, the dragons and the 
owls: because J give waters 
in the wilderness, and rivers in 
the desert, to give drink to my 
people, my chosen. 

21 This people have I formed 
for myself; they shall shew forth 
my praise. 

22 { But thou hast not called 
upon me, O Ja’cob; but thou 
hast been weary of me, O {s’- 
ra-el. 

23 Thou hast not brought me 
the small cattle of thy burnt 
offerings; neither hast thou 
honoured me with thy sacrifices. 
I have not caused thee to serve 
with an offering, nor wearied 
thee with incense. 

24 Thou hast bought me no 
sweet cane with money, neither 
hast thou filled me with the fat 
of thy sacrifices: but thou hast 
made me to serve with thy sins, 
thou hast wearied me with thine 
iniquities. 

25 I, evenI, am he that blotteth 
out thy transgressions for mine 
own sake, and will not remember 
thy sins. 

26 Put mein remembrance: let 
us plead together: declare thou, 
that thou mayest be justified. 

27 Thy first father hath sinned, 
and thy teachers have trans- 
gressed against me. 

28 Therefore I have profaned 
the princes of the sanctuary, 
and have given Ja’cob to the 
curse, and Is’ra-el to reproaches. 


CHAPTER 44 723 
1 God’s church comforted with prom- 
ises. 9 Vanity and folly of idol- 
makers. 21 Exhortation to trust in 
God’s mercy. 

ET now hear, O Ja’cob my 
servant; and Is’ra-el, whom 

I have chosen: 


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_ LORD’S; 


_ Folly of idol-makers 


2 Thus saith the LORD that 
made thee, and formed thee from 
the womb, which will help thee; 
Fear not, O Ja’cob, my servant; 
and thou, Jés’u-run, whom I 
have chosen. 

3 For I will pour water upon 
him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground: I will 
pour my spirit upon .thy seed, 
and my blessing upon thine off- 
spring: ; 

4 And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as willows by 
the water courses. 

5 One shall say, I am the 
( and another shall call 
himself by the name of Ja’cob; 
and another shall subscribe with 
his hand unto the LORD, and 
surname himself by the name of 
Iis’ra-el. 

6 Thus saith the LORD the King 
of Is’ra-el, and his redeemer the 
LORD of hosts; I am the first, 
and I am the last; and beside 
me there is no God. 

7 And who, as I, shail call, and 
shall declare it, and set it in order 
for me, since I appointed the an- 
cient people? and the things that 
are coming, and shall come, let 
them shew unto them. 3 

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: 
have not I told thee from _that 
time, and have declared it? ye 
are even my witnesses. Is there 
a God beside me? yea, there is 
no God; I know not any. 

9 9 They that make a graven 
image ave all of them vanity; and 
their delectable things shall not 
profit; and they are their own 
witnesses; they see not, nor 
know; that they may be ashamed. 

10 Who hath formed a god, or 
molten a graven image that is 
profitable for nothing? 

11 Behold, all his fellows shall 
be ashamed: and the workmen, 
they are of men: let them all be 
gathered together, let them stand 
up; yet they shall fear, and they 
shail be ashamed together. 

12 The smith with the tongs 
both worketh in the coals, and 


ISAIAH, 44 


fashioneth it with hammers, and 
worketh it with the strength of 
his arms: yea, he is hungry, and 
his strength faileth: he drinketh 
no water, and is faint. 

13 The carpenter stretcheth out 
his rule; he marketh it out with 
a line; he fitteth it with planes, 
and he marketh it out with the 
compass, and maketh it after the 
figure of a man, according to the 
beauty of a man; that it may 
remain in the house. 

14 He heweth him down ce- 
dars, and taketh the cypress and 
the oak, which he strengtheneth 
for himself among the trees of 
the forest: he planteth an ash, 
and the rain doth nourish it. 

15 Then shall it be for a man to 
burn: for he will take thereof, 
and warm himself; yea, he kin- 
dleth if, and baketh bread; yea, 
he maketh a god, and worship- 
peth it; he maketh it a graven 
image, and falleth down thereto. 

16 He burneth part thereof in 
the fire; with part thereof he 
eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, 
and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth 
himself, and saith, Aha, I am 
warm, I have seen the fire: 

17 And the residue thereof he 
maketh a god, even his graven 
image: he falleth down unto it, 
and worshippeth if, and prayeth 
unto it, and saith, Deliver me; 
for thou arf my god. 

18 They have not known nor 
understood: for he hath shut 
their eyes, that they cannot see; 
and their hearts, that they cannot 
understand. 

19 And none considereth in his 
heart, neither is there knowledge 
nor understanding to say, I have 
burned part of it in the fire; yea, 
also I have baked bread upon the 
coals thereof; I have roasted 
flesh, and eaten it: and shali I 
make the residue thereof an 
abomination? shall I fall down 
to the stock of a tree? 

20 He feedeth on ashes: a de- 
ceived heart hath turned him 
aside, that he cannot deliver his 


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ISAIAH, 45 


soul, nor say, Js there not a lie 
in my right hand? 

21 {Remember these, O Ja’cob 
and Is’ra-el; for thou art my 
servant: I have formed thee; 
thou arf my servant: O Is’ra-el, 
thou shalt not be forgotten of 


me. 

22 I have blotted out, as a thick 
cloud, thy transgressions, and, 
as a cloud, thy sins: return unto 
me; for I have redeemed thee. 

23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the 
LORD hath done if: shout, ye 
lower parts of the earth: break 
forth into singing, ye mountains, 
O forest, and every tree therein: 
for the LORD hath redeemed Ja’~ 
cob, and glorified himself in 
Is’ra-el. 

24 Thus saith the LORD, thy 
redeemer, and he that formed 
thee from the womb, I am the 
LORD that maketh all things; 
that stretcheth forth the heavens 
alone; that spreadeth abroad the 
earth by myself; 

25 That frustrateth the tokens 
of the liars, and maketh diviners 
mad; that turneth wise men 
backward, and maketh their 
knowledge foolish; 

26 That confirmeth the word 
of his servant, and performeth 
the counsel of his messengers; 
that saith to Jé-ru’sd-lém, Thou 
shalt be inhabited; and to the 
cities of Ja’dah, Ye shall be built, 
and I will raise up the decayed 
places thereof: 

27 That saith to the deep, Be 
dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 

28 That saith of C¥’rus, He is 
my shepherd, and shall perform 
all my pleasure: even saying to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, Thou shalt be 
built; and to the temple, Thy 
foundation shall be laid. 


724 CHAPTER 45 


1 God's call to Cyrus. 5 The omnipo- 
tence of God. 22 Salvation extends 
to all nations. 

TB vs saith the LORD to his 

4 anointed, to Cy’rus, whose 

tight hand I have holden, to 


God’s call to Cyrus 


subdue nations before him; and 
I will loose the loins of kings, to 
open before him the two leaved 
gates; and the gates shall not be 
shut; 

2 I will go before thee, and 
make the crooked places straight: 
I will break in pieces the gates of 
brass, and cut in sunder the bars 
of iron: 

3 And I will give thee the treas- 
ures of darkness, and hidden 
riches of secret places, that thou 
mayest know that I, the LORD, 
which call thee by thy name, 
am the God of Is’ra-el. 

4 For Ja’cob my servant’s sake, 
and is’ra-el mine elect, I have 
even called thee by thy name: I 
have surnamed thee, though thou 
hast not known me. 
®5 | I am the LORD, and there 
is none else, there is no God be- 
side me: I girded thee, though 
thou hast not known me: 

6 That they may know from 
the rising of the sun, and from 
the west, that there is none be= 
side me. I am the LORD, and 
there is none else, 

I form the light, and create 


darkness: I make peace, and 
create evil: I the LORD do all 
ese things. 


8 Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the skies pour 
down righteousness: let the 
earth open, and let them bring 
forth salvation, and let righteous- 
ness spring up together; I the 
LORD have created it. 

9 Woe unto him that striveth 
with his Maker! Let the pots- 
herd strive with the potsherds 
of the earth. the clay 
say to him that fashioneth it, 
What makest thou? or thy work, 
He hath no hands? ; 

10 Woe unto him that saith 
unto Ais father, What begettest 
thou? or to the woman, What 
hast thou brought forth? 

1] Thus saith the LORD, the 
Holy One of Is’ra-el, and his 
Maker, Ask me of things to come 
concerning my sons, and con- 


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-God’s omnipotence 


cerning the work of my hands 
command ye me. 

12 I have made the earth, and 
created man upon it: I, even my 
hands, have stretched out the 
heavens, and all their host have I 
commanded. j (ides 

13 [have raised him up in right- 
eousness, and I will direct all his 
ways: he shall build my city, 
and he shall let go my captives, 
not for price nor reward, saith 
the LORD of hosts. 

} 14 Thus saith the LORD, The 
labour of E’gypt, and merchan- 
dise of E-thi-60’pi-a and of the 
Sa-bé’ans, men of stature, shall 
come over unto thee, and they 
shall be thine: they shall come 
after thee; in chains they shall 
come over, and they shall fall 
down unto thee, they shall make 
supplication unto thee, saying, 
Surely God is in thee; and 
there is none else, there is no 


od. 

15 Verily thou art a God that 
hidest thyseif, O God of Is’ra-el, 
the Saviour. 

16 They shall be ashamed, and 
also confounded, all of them: 
they shall go to confusion to- 
gether that are makers of idols. 

17 But fs’ra-el shall be saved 
in the LORD with an everlast- 
ing salvation: ye shall not be 
ashamed nor confounded world 
without end. 

18 For thus saith the LORD 
that created the heavens; God 
himself that formed the earth and 
made it; he hath established it, 
he created it not in vain, he 
formed it to be inhabited: I am 
ae LORD; and fhere is none 
else. 

19 Ihave not spoken in secret, 
in a dark place of the earth: I 
said not unto the seed of Ja’cob, 
Seek ye mein vain: I the LORD 
speak righteousness, I declare 
things that are right. 

20 Assemble yourselves and 
come; draw near together, ye 
that are escaped of the nations: 
they have no knowledge that set 


ISAIAH, 46 


up the wood of their graven im- 
age, and pray unto a god that 
cannot save. 

21 Tell ye, and bring them 
near; yea, let them take counsel 
together: who hath declared 
this from ancient time? who 
hath told it from that time? have 
not I the LORD? and there is no 
God else beside me; a just God 
and a Saviour; there is none 
beside me, 

22 Look unto me, and be ye 
saved, all the ends of the earth: 
for I am God, and there is none 
else. 

23 I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not re- 
turn, That unto me every knee 
shall bow, every tongue shall 
swear. 

24 Surely, shall one say, in the 
LORD have I righteousness and 
strength: even to him shall men 
come; and all that are incensed 
against him shall be ashamed. 

25 In the LORD shall all the 
seed of Is’ra-el be justified, and 
shali glory. 


CHAPTER 46 725 

1 Weakness and vanity of idols. 5 Goad 
only equal to salvation. 

EL boweth down, Né’bé 


stoopeth, their idols were 
upon the beasts, and upon the 
cattle: your carriages were heavy 
loaden; they area burden to the 
weary beast. 

2 They stoop, they bow down 
together; they could not deliver 
the burden, but themselves are 
gone into captivity. 

3 § Hearken unto me, O house 
of Ja’cob, and all the remnant of 
the house of fs’ra-el, which are 
borne by me from the belly, 
which are carried from the 
womb: 

4 And even to your old age I 
am he; and even to hoar hairs 
will I carry you: I have made, 
and I will bear; even I will carry, 
and will deliver you. | 

To whom will ye liken me, 


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ISAIAH, 47 


and make me equal, and compare 
me, that we may be like? 

6 They lavish gold out of the 
bag, and weigh silver in the bal- 
ance, and hire a goldsmith; and 
he maketh it a god: they fall 
down, yea, they worship. 

They bear him upon the 
shoulder, they carry him, and set 
him in his place, and he standeth; 
from his place shall he not re- 
move: yea, one shall cry unto 
him, yet can he not answer, nor 
save him out of his trouble. 

8 Remember this, and shew 
yourselves men: bring it again 
to mind, O ye transgressors. 

0 Remember the former things 
of old: for I am God, and there 
is mone else; J am God, and 
there is none like me, 

10 Declaring the end from the 
beginning, and from ancient 
times the things that are not yet 
done, saying, My counsel shall 
stand, and I will do all my 
pleasure: 

11 Calling a ravenous bird from 
the east, the man that executeth 
my counsel from a far country: 
yea, I have spoken it, I will also 
bring it to pass; I have purposed 
2¢, I will also do it. 

12 { Hearken unto me, ye stout- 
hearted, that are far from right- 
eousness: : 

13 I bring near my righteous- 
ness; it shall not be far off, and 
my salvation shall not tarry: and 
Iwill place salvation in Zi’6n for 
Is’ra-el my glory. 


726 CHAPTER 47 
God’s judgments on Babyton and 
Chaldea. 


OME down, and sit in the 

dust, O virgin daughter of 
Bab’y-lon, sit on the ground: 
there is no throne, O daughter of 
the Chal-dé’ans: for thou shalt 
no more be called tender and 
delicate. 

2 Take the millstones, and 
grind meal; uncover thy locks, 
make bare the leg, uncover the 
thigh, pass over the rivers. 


Judgments on Babylon and Chaldea 


3 Thy nakedness shall be un- 
covered, yea, thy shame shall be 
seen: I will take vengeance, and 
I will not meet thee as a man. 

As for our. redeemer, the 
LORD of hosts is his name, the 
Holy One of Is’ra-el. 

_5 Sit thou silent, and get thee 

into darkness, O daughter of the 

Chal-dé’ans: for thou shalt no 

more be called, The lady of king- 
oms. 

6 4.1 was wroth with my peo- 
ple, I have polluted mine inher- 
itance, and given them into thine 
hand: thou didst shew them no 
mercy; upon the ancient hast 
saa very heavily laid ay yoke. 

7 ¥ And thou saidst, I shall be 

a lady for ever: so that thou 
didst not lay these things to thy 
heart, neither didst remember 
the latter end of it. 

8 Therefore hear now this, thou 
that art given to pleasures, that 
dwellest carelessly, that sayest 
in thine heart, I am, and none 
else beside me; I shall not sit as 
a widow, neither shall I know 
the loss of children: _. 

9 But these two things shall 
come to thee in a moment in one 
day, the loss of children, and 
widowhood: they shall come 
upon thee in their perfection 
for the multitude of thy sorcer- 
ies, and for the great abundance 
of thine enchantments. 

10 § For thou hast trusted in 
thy wickedness: thou hast said, 
None seeth me. Thy wisdom and 
thy knowledge, it hath perverted 
thee; and thou hast said in thine 
heart, I am, and none else beside 


me. 

11 4 Therefore shall evil come 
upon thee; thou shalt not know 
from whence itriseth: and mis- 
chief shall fall upon thee; thou 
shalt not be able to put it off: 
and desolation shall come upon 
thee suddenly, which thou shalt 
not know. 

12 Stand now with thine en- 
chantments, and with the mul- 
titude of thy sorceries, wherein 


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God reveals prophecies 


thou hast laboured from thy 
youth; if so be thou shalt be able 
to profit, if so be thou mayest 
prevail. 3 

13 Thou art wearied in the mul- 
‘titude of thy counsels. Let now 
the astrologers, the stargazers, 
the monthly  prognosticators, 
stand up, and save thee from 
these things that shall come upon 


ee. 
14 Behold, they shall be as 
stubble; the fire shall burn them; 
they shall not deliver themselves 
from the power of the flame: 
there shall not be a coal to warm 
at, nor fire to sit before it. 
_ 15 Thus shall they be unto thee 
with whom thou hast laboured, 
even thy merchants, from thy 
youth: they shall wander every 
one to his quarter; none shall 
save thee. 


727 CHAPTER 48 


1 God reveals his prophecies. 12 He 
exhorts to obedience. 20 His people 
delivered out of Babylon. 

EAR ye this, O house of Ja’= 
cob, which are called by the 
name of Is’ra-el, and are come 
forth out of the waters of Ja’dah, 
which swear by the name of the 
LORD, and make mention of the 
God of Is’ra-el, but not in truth, 
nor in righteousness. 

2 For they call themselves of 
the holy city, «and stay them- 
selves upon the God of fs’ra-el; 
The LORD of hosts is his name. 

_ 31 have declared the former 

things from the beginning: and 

_ they went forth out of my mouth, 

and I shewed them; I did them 

_ suddenly, and they came to pass. 

_ 4 Because I knew that thou art 

_ obstinate, and thy neck is an 

_ iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 

5 I have even from the begin- 

_ ning declared if to thee; before it 

_ came to pass I shewed if thee: 

| lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol 

hath done them, and my graven 
image, and my molten image, 

hath commanded them. i 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; 


ISAIAH, 48 


and will not ye declare it? Ihave 
Shewed thee new things from 
this time, even hidden things, 
and thou didst not know them. 

7 They are created now, and 
not from the beginning; even be- 
fore the day when thou heardest 
them_not; lest thou shouldest 
say, Behold, I knew them. 

8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, 
thou knewest not; yea, from 
that time that thine ear was not 
opened: for I knew that thou 
wouldest deal very treacherously, 
and wast called a transgressor 
from the womb. 

9 | For my name’s sake will I 
defer mine anger, and for my 
praise will I refrain for thee, that 
I cut thee not off. 

10 Behold, I have refined thee, 
but not with silver; I have 
chosen thee in the furnace of 
affliction. 

11 For mine own sake, even for 
mine own sake, will I do if: for 
how should my name be pol- 
luted? and I will not give my 
glory unto another. 

12 4 Hearken unto me, O Ja’- 
cob and _ Is’ra-el, my called; I 
amhe; I am the first, I also am 
the last. 

13 Mine hand also hath laid 
the foundation of the earth, and 
my right hand hath spanned the 
heavens: when JI call unto them, 
they stand up together. 

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, 
and hear; which among them 
hath declared these things? The 
LORD hath loved him: he will do 
his pleasure on Bab’y-lon, and 
his arm shall be on the Chal- 
dé’ans. 

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea,, 
Thave called him: I have brought 

im, and he shal! make his way 
prosperous. 

16 ¢ Come ye near unto me, 
hear ye this; I have not spoken 
in secret from the beginning: 
from the time that it was, there 
am I: and now the Lord Gop, 
and his Spirit, hath sent me. 

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy 


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ISAIAH, 49 


Redeemer, the Holy One of Is’- 
ra-el; I am the LORD thy God 
which teacheth thee to profit, 
which leadeth thee by the way 
that thou shouldest go. 

18 O that thou hadst heark- 
ened to my commandments! 
then had thy peace been as a 
river, and thy righteousness as 
the waves of the sea: 

19 Thy seed also had been as 
the sand, and the offspring of thy 
bowels like the gravel thereof; 
his name should not have been 
Sut off nor destroyed from before 


"20 { Go ye forth of Bab’y-lon, 
flee ye from the Chal-dé’ans, 
with a voice of singing declare 
ye, tell this, utter it even to the 
end of the earth; say ye, The 
Foe hath redeemed his servant 

a1 ‘And they thirsted not when 
he led them through the deserts: 
he caused the waters to flow 
out of the rock for them: he 
clave the rock also, and the waters 
gushed out. . 5 

22 There is no peace, saith the 
LORD, unto the wicked. 


728 CHAPTER 49 

1 Chrisi’s complaint of the Jews. 5 He 
is sent to the Gentiles. 13 God's love 
is perpetual. 24 Deliverance out of 
captivity. 


ISTEN, O isles, unto me; and 

hearken, ye people, from 

far; The LORD hath called me 

from the womb; from the bowels 

of my mother hath he made 
mention of my name. 

2 And he hath made my mouth 
like a sharp sword; in the shad- 
ow of his hand hath he hid me, 
and made me a polished shaft; 
in his quiver hath he hid me; 

3 And said unto me, Thou art 
my servant, O fs’ra-el, in whom 
I will be glorified. 

4 Then I said, I have laboured 
in vain, I have spent my strength 
for nought, and in vain: vet 
surely my judgment is with the 
HO. and my work with my 

od. 


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5 § And now, saith the LoRD 
that formed me from the womb 
to be his servant, to bring Ja’cob 
again to him, Though Is’ra-el be 
not gathered, yet shail I be 
glorious in the eyes of the LORD, 
and my God shall be my strength. 

6 And he said, It is a light 
ae that thou shouldest be my 
servant to raise up the tribes of 
Ja’cob, and to restore the pre- 
served of Is’ra-el: I will also 
give thee for a light to the Gén’- 
tiles, that thou mayest be my 
salvation unto the end of the 
earth. 

7 Thus saith the LORD, the 
Redeemer of Is’ra-el, and his 
Holy One, to him whom man 
despiseth, to him whom the na- 
tion abhorreth, to a servant of 
rulers, Kings shall see and arise, 
princes also shall worship, be- 
cause of the LORD that is faith- 
ful, and the Holy One of Is’ra-el, 
and he shall choose thee. 

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an 
acceptable time have I feared 
thee, and in a day of salvation 
have I helped thee: and I will 
presorve thee, and give thee for 
a covenant of the people, to 
establish the earth, to cause to 
inherit the desolate heritages; 

9 That thou mayest say to the 
prisoners, Go forth; to them 
that are in darkness, Shew your- 
selves. They shall feed in the 
ways, and their pastures shall be 
in all high places. 

10 They shall not hunger nor 
thirst; neither shall the heat nor 
sun smite them: for he that hath 
mercy on them shall lead them, 
even by the springs of water shall 
he guide them. 

11 And I will make all my 
mountains a way, and my high- 
ways shall be exalted. 

12 Behold, these shall come 
from far: and, lo, these from the 
north and from the west; and 
these ree the land of Si’nim. 

13 § Sing, O heavens; and be 
joyful, O earth; and break forth 
into singing, O mountains: 


for | 


God's love is enduring 


the LORD hath comforted his 
people, and will have mercy upon 
his afflicted. 

14 But Zi’on said, The LorRD 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. 

Can a woman forget her 
sucking child, that she should 
not have compassion on the son 
of her womb? yea, they may for- 
get, yet will I not forget thee. 

Behold, I have graven thee 
upon the palms of my hands; thy 
walls are continually before me. 

17 Thy children shall make 
haste; thy destroyers and they 
that made thee waste shall go 
forth of thee. 

18 § Lift up thine eyes round 
about, and behold: all these 
gather themselves together, and 
come to thee. As I live, saith the 
LORD, thou shalt surely clothe 
thee with them all, as with an 
ornament, and bind them on thee, 
as a bride doeth. 

19 For thy waste and thy deso- 
late places, and the land of thy 
destruction, shall even now be 
too narrow by reason of the in- 
habitants, and they that swal- 
lowed thee up shall be far away. 

20 The children which thou 
shalt have, after thou hast lost 
the other, shall say again in thine 
ears, The place is too strait for 
Be a she place to me that I may 


well. 
21 Then shalt thou say in thine 
heart, Who hath begotten me 
these, seeing I have lost my 
children, and am desolate, a cap- 
tive, and removing to and fro? 
and who hath brought up these? 
Behold, I was left alone; these, 
where had they been? 
*22 Thus saith the Lord Gop, 
Behold, I will lift up mine hand 
to the Gén’tiles, and set up my 
standard to the people: and they 
shall bring thy sons in their 
arms, and thy daughters shall 
be carried upon their shoulders. 
23 And kings shall be thy nurs- 
ing fathers, and their queens 
thy nursing mothers: they shall 


ISAIAH, 50 


bow down to thee with their face 
toward the earth, and lick up 
the dust of thy feet; and thou 
shalt know that I am the LORD: 
for they shall not be ashamed 
that wait for me. 

24 {| Shall the prey be taken 
from the mighty, or the lawful 
captive delivered? 

25 But thus saith the Lorp, 
Even the captives of the mighty 
shall be taken away, and the 
prey of the terrible shall be de- 
livered: for I will contend with 
him that contendeth with thee, 
and I will save thy children. 

26 And I will feed them that 
oppress thee with their own 
flesh; and they shall be drunken 
with their own blood, as with 
sweet wine: and all flesh shall 
know that I the LORD am thy 
Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Ja’cob. 


CHAPTER 50 729 


1 The dereliction of the Jews not to be 
imputed to God. 10 Exhortation to 
trust in God, not in human resources. 

ff Bias saith the LORD, Where 

is the bill of your mother’s 
divorcement, whom I have put 
away? or which of my creditors 
is if to whom I have sold you? 

Behold, for your iniquities have 

ye sold yourselves, and for your 

transgressions is your mother 
put away. 

2 Wherefore, when I came, was 
there no man? when I called, 
was there none to answer? Is 
my hand shortened at all, that it 
cannot redeem? or have I no 
power to deliver? behold, at my 
rebuke I dry up the sea, I make 
the rivers a wilderness: their 
fish stinketh, because there is no 
water, and dieth for thirst. 

3 I clothe the heavens with 
blackness, and I make sackcloth 
their covering. 

4 The Lord GoD hath given me 
the tongue of the learned, that I 
should know how to speak a 
word in season to him that is 
weary: he wakeneth morning 


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ISAIAH, 51 


by morning, he wakeneth mine 
ear to hear as the learned. 

5 4 The Lord GOD hath opened 
mine ear, and I was not rebel- 
lious, neither turned away back. 

6 I gave my back to the smiters, 

and my cheeks to them that 
plucked off the hair: I hid not 
Huy Me from shame and spitting. 
7 4 For the Lord Gop will 
help me; therefore shall I not be 
confounded: therefore have I 
set my face like a flint, and I 
know that I shall not be ashamed. 

8 He is near that justifieth me; 
who will contend with me? let us 
stand together: who is mine 
adversary? let him come near to 


me. 

9 Behold, the Lord Gop will 
help me; who is he that shail 
condemn me? lo, they ail shall 
wax old as a garment; the moth 
shall eat tee up. 

10 § Who is among you that 
feareth the LORD, that obeyeth 
the voice of his servant, that 
walketh in darkness, and hath 
no light? let him trust in the 
name of the LORD, and stay upon 
his God. ) 

11 Behold, all ye that kindle a 
fire, that compass yourselves 
about with sparks: walk in the 
light of your fire, and in the 
sparks that ye have kindled. 
This shall ye have of mine hand; 
ye shall lie down in sorrow. 


730 CHAPTER 51 
1 Exhortation to trustin God. 9 Christ 
to defend his people. 17 The afjlic- 
tions of Jerusalem. 
EARKEN to me, ye that 
follow after righteousness, 
ye that seek the LORD: look 
unto the rock whence ye are 
hewn, and to the hole of the pit 
whence ye are digged. 

2 Look unto A’/bra-ham your 
father, and unto Sa’rah that bare 
you: for I called him alone, and 
blessed him, and increased him. 

3 For the LORD shall comfort 
Zi’on: he will comfort all her 
waste places: and he will make 


Exhortation to trust in God 


her wilderness like E’dén, and 
her desert like the garden of the 
LORD; joy and gladness shall 
be found therein, thanksgiving, 
and the voice of melody. 

4 4 Hearken unto me, my peo- 
ple; and give ear unto me, O my 
nation: for a law shall proceed 
from me, and I will make my 
judgment to rest for a light of the 
people. 

5 My righteousness is near; 
my salvation is gone forth, and 
mine arms shall judge the peo- 
ple; the isles shall wait upon me, 
and on mine arm shall they trust. 

6 Lift up your eyes to the 
heavens, and look upon the earth 
beneath: for the heavens shall 
vanish away like smoke, and the 
earth shall wax old like a gar- 
ment, and they that dwell! therein 
shall die in like manner: but my 
salvation shall be for ever, and 
my righteousness shall not be 
pu egercas 

7 § Hearken unto me, ye that 
know righteousness, the people 
in whose heart is my law; fear 
ye not the reproach of men, 
neither be ye afraid of their re- 
vilings. 

8 For the moth shall eat them 
up like a garment, and the worm 
shall eat them like wool: but my 
righteousness shall be for ever, 
and my salvation from genera- 
tion to generation. 

9 | Awake, awake, put on 
strength, O arm of the LORD; 
awake, as in the ancient days, in 
the generations of old. Art thou 
not it that hath cut Ra’hab, and 
wounded the dragon? 

10 Art thou not it which hath 
dried the sea, the waters of the 
great deep; that hath made the 
depths of the sea a way for the 
ransomed to pass over? 

11 Therefore the redeemed of 
the LORD shall return, and come 
with singing unto Zi’on; and 
everlasting joy shall be upon 
their head: they shall obtain 
gladness and joy; and sorrow 
and mourning shall flee away- 


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12 I, even J. am he that com- 
forteth you: who art thou, that 
thou shouldest be afraid of a 
man that shail die, and of the son 
of man which shall be made as 
grass; 

13 And forgettest the LORD thy 
maker, that hath stretched forth 
the heavens, and laid the foun- 
dations of the earth; and hast 
feared continually every day be- 
cause of the fury of the oppressor, 
as if he were ready to destroy? 
and where is the fury of the op- 
pressor? 

14 The captive exile hasteneth 
_ that he may be loosed, and that 
he should not die in the pit, nor 
that his bread should fail. 

15 But Iam the LORD thy God, 
that divided the sea, whose 
waves roared: The LORD of 
hosts is his name. E 

16 And I have put my wordsin 
thy mouth, and I have covered 
- thee in the shadow of mine hand, 
that I may plant the heavens, 
and lay the foundations of the 
earth, and.say unto Zi’6n, Thou 
art my people. 

i7 § Awake, awake, stand up, 
O Jeé-ru’sd-léms which hast 
drunk at the hand of the LorpD 
the cup of his fury; thou hast 
drunken the dregs of the cup of 
trembling, and'wrung them out. 

18 There is none to guide her 
among all the sons whom she 
hath brought forth; neither is 
there any that taketh her by the 
hand of all the sons that she hath 
brought up. ; 
_ 19 These two things are come 

unto thee; who shall be sorry for 
thee? desolation, and destruc- 
tion, and the famine, and the 
sword: by whom shall I com- 
fort thee? 

20 Thy sons have fainted, they 
lie at the head of all the streets, 
as a wild bull in a net: they are 
full of the fury of the LORD, the 
rebuke of thy God. 

21 § Therefore hear now this, 
thou afflicted, and drunken, but 
not with wine: 


ISAIAH, 52 


22 Thus saith thy Lord the 
LORD, and thy God that plead- 
eth the cause of his people, Be- 
hold, I have taken out of thine 
hand the cup of trembling, even 
the dregs of the cup of my fury; 
thou shalt no more drink it again: 

23 But I will put it into the 
hand of them that afflict thee; 
which have said to thy soul, Bow 
down, that we may go over: and 
thou hast laid thy body as the 
ground, and as the street, to them 
that went over. 


CHAPTER 52 731 


1 An exhortation to accept the free re-~ 
demption of Christ. 13 Prophecy of 
Christ’s glory. 

jsNiese awake; put on thy 

strength, O Zi’6n; put on 
thy beautiful garments, O Jé- 
ru’/sa-lém, the holy city: for 
henceforth there shall no more 
come into thee the uncircumcised 
and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyself from the dust; 
arise, and sit down, O Jé-ru’sa- 
lém: loose thyself from the 
bands of thy neck, O captive 
daughter of Z1’6n. 

3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye 
have sold yourselves for nought: 
and ye shall be redeemed with- 
out money. 

4 For thus saith the Lord Gop, 
My people went down aforetime 
into E’éypt to sojourn there; and 
the As-syr’/i-an oppressed them 
without cause. 

Now therefore, what have I 
here, saith the LORD, that my 
people is taken away for nought? 
they that rule over them make 
them to howl, saith the LorD; 
and my name continually every 
day is blasphemed. 

6 Therefore my people shall 
know my name: therefore they 
shall know in that day that I am 
he that doth speak: behold, it 


is I. 
7 { How beautiful upon the 
mountains are the feet of him 
that bringeth good tidings, that 
publisheth peace; that bringeth 


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ISAIAH, 53 


good tidings of good, that pub- 
lisheth salvation; that saith unto 
Zi’on, Thy God reigneth! 

8 Thy watchmen shall lift up 
the voice; with the voice together 
shall they sing: for they shall 
see eye to eye, when the LORD 
shall bring again Zi’6n. 

9 §¥ Break forth into joy, sing 
together, ye waste places of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: for the LORD hath 
comforted his people, he hath re- 
deemed Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 The LORD hath made bare 
his holy arm in the eyes of all the 
nations; and all the ends of the 
earth shall see the salvation of 
our God. 

11 § Depart ye, depart ye, go 
ye out from thence, touch no 
unclean thing; go ye out of the 
midst of her; be ye clean, that 
bear the vessels of the LORD. | 

-12 For ye shall not go out with 
haste, nor go by flight: for the 
LORD will go before you; and 
the God of Is’ra-el will be your 
rereward. 

13 4 Behold, my servant shall 
deal prudently, he shall be ex- 
alted and extolled, and be very 
high. f 

14 As many were astonied at 
thee; his visage was so marred 
more than any man, and his form 
more than the sons of men: 

15 So shall he sprinkle many 
nations; the kings shall shut 
their mouths at him: for that 
which had not been told them 
shall they see; and that which 
they had not heard shall they 
consider. 


732 CHAPTER 53 


1 Complaint of incredulity. 4 Christ's 
passion foretold. 12 His interces- 
sory power. 

HO hath believed our re- 
port? and to whom is the 
arm of the LORD revealed? 

2 For he shall grow up before 
him as a tender plant, and as a 
root out of a dry ground: he 
hath no form nor comeliness; 
and when we shall see him, 


Christ’s sufferings and glory foretold 


there is no beauty that we should 

esire him. } ; 

3 He is despised and rejected 
of men; a man of sorrows, and 
acquainted with grief: and we 
hid as it were our faces from 
him; he was despised, and we 
esteemed him not. 

4 4 Surely he hath borne our 
griefs, and carried our sorrows: 
yet we did esteem him stricken, 
smitten of God, and afflicted. 

But he was wounded for our 
transgressions, he was bruised 
for our iniquities: the chastise- 
ment of our peace was upon him; 
and with his stripes we are 
healed. 

6 All we like sheep have gone 
astray; we have turned every 
one to his own way; and the 
LORD hath laid on,him the ini- 
quity of us all. 

He was oppressed, and he 
was afflicted, yet he opened not 
his mouth: he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a 
sheep before her shearers’ is 
dumb, so he. openeth not his 
mouth. 

8 He was taken from prison 
and from judgment: and who 
shall declare his. generation? for 
he was cut off out of the land of 
the living: for the transgression 
Be my people was he stricken. 

And he made his grave with 
the wicked, and with the rich in 


his death; because he had done — 


no violence, neither was any 
deceit in his mouth. 

10 4 Yet it pleased the LORD to 
bruise him; he hath put him to 
grief: when thou shalt make his 
soul an offering for sin, he shall 
see his seed, he shall prolong his 
days, and the pleasure of the 
LORD shall prosper in his hand. 

11 He shall see of the travail of 
his soul, and shall be satisfied: 
by his knowledge shall my 
righteous servant justify. many; 
for he shall bear their iniquities. 

12 Therefore Abas I divide him 
a portion with the great, and he 
shall divide the spoil with the 


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_ Deliverance promised 


strong; because he hath poured 
out his soul unto death: and he 
was numbered with the trans- 
gressors; and he bare the sin of 
many, and made intercession for 
the transgressors. 


733 CHAPTER 54 
1 Of the extent of the church. 4 Cer- 
tainty of deliverance and preservation. 
ING, O barren, thou that 
didst not bear; break forth 
into singing, and cry aloud, thou 
that didst not travail with child: 
for more are the children of the 
desolate than the children of the 
married wife, saith the LORD. 

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, 
and let them stretch forth the 
curtains of thine habitations: 
spare not, lengthen thy cords, 
and strengthen thy stakes; 

3 For thou shalt break forth on 
the right hand and on the left; 
and thy seed shall inherit the 
Gén’‘tiles, and make the desolate 
cities to be inhabited. 

4 Fear not; for thou shalt not 
be ashamed: neither be thou 
confounded; for thou shalt not 
be put to shame: for thou shalt 
forget the shame of thy youth, 
and shalt not remember the re- 
proach of thy widowhood any 
more. 3 i ; 

5 For thy Maker is thine hus- 
band; the LORD of hosts is his 
name; t 
Holy One of Is’ra-el; The God 
of the whole earth shall he be 
called. 

6 For the LORD hath called thee 
as a woman forsaken and grieved 
in spirit, and a wife of youth, 
when thou wast refused, saith 
thy God. 

7 For a small moment have I 
forsaken thee; but with great 
mercies will I gather thee. 

8 In a little wrath I hid my face 
from thee for a moment; but 
with everlasting kindness will I 
have mercy on thee, saith the 
LORD thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the waters of 
No’ah unto me: for as I have 


54 


and thy Redeemer the | [I 


ISAIAH, 54, 55 


sworn that the waters of N6’ah 
should no more go over the 
earth; so have I sworn that I 
would not be wroth with thee, 
nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains shall de- 
part, and the hills be removed; 
but my kindness shall not de- 
part from thee, neither shall the 
covenant of my peace be removed, 
saith the LORD that hath mercy 
on thee. 

11 §O thou afflicted, tossed 
with tempest, and not comforted, 
behold, I will lay thy stones with 
fair colours, and lay thy founda- 
tions with sapphires. 

12 AndI will make thy windows 
of agates, and thy gates of car- 
buncles, and all thy borders of 
pleasant stones. 

13 And all thy children shall be 
taught of the LORD; and great 
shall be the peace of thy children. 

14 In righteousness shalt thou 
be established: thou shalt be far 
from oppression; for thou shalt 
not fear: and from terror; for it 
shall not come near thee. _ 

15 Behold, they shall surely 
gather together, but not by me: 
whosoever shall gather together 
against thee shall fall for thy sake. 

16 Behold, I have created the 
smith that bloweth the coals in 
the fire, and that bringeth forth 
an instrument for his work: and 
have created the waster to 
destroy. 

17 4 No weapon that is formed 
against thee shall prosper; and 
every tongue that shall rise 
against thee in judgment thou 
shalt condemn. This 7s the herit- 
age of the servants of the LORD, 


and their righteousness is of 
me, saith the LORD. 
CHAPTER 55 734 


1 A call to faith and repentance. 8 
Happiness of believers. 


O, every one that thirsteth, 
come ye to the waters, and 

he that hath no money; come 
ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy 


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ISAIAH, 56 


wine and milk without money 
and without price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread? and 
your labour for that which satis- 
fieth not? hearken diligently unto 
me, and eat ye that which is 
good, and let your soul delight 
itself in fatness. 

3 Incline your ear, and come 
unto me: hear, and your soul 
shall live; and I will make an 
everlasting covenant with you, 
even the sure mercies of Da’vid. 

4 Behold, I have given him for 
a witness to the people, a leader 
and commander to the peopie. 

5 Behold, thou shalt call a na- 
tion that thou knowest not, and 
nations that knew not thee shall 
run unto thee because of the 
LORD thy God, and for the Holy 
ere of pe tacels for he hath glo- 


6 i. Sock ye the LORD while he 
may be found, call ye upon him 
while he is near: y 

Let the wicked forsake his 
way, and the unrighteous man 
his thoughts: and let him re- 
turn unto the LORD, and he will 
have mercy upon him; and to our 
new for he will abundantly par- 

on 

8 9 For my thoughts are not 
your thoughts, neither are your 
ways my ways, saith the LORD. 

9 For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways 
higher than your ways, and my 
thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 For as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, and 
returneth not thither, but water- 
eth the earth, and maketh it 
bring forth and bud, that it may 
give seed to the sower, and bread 
to the eater: 

11 So shall my word be that 
goeth forth out of my mouth: it 
shall not return unto me void, 
but it shall accomplish that 
which I please, and it shall pros- 
per in the thing whereto I sent it. 

12 For ye shall go out with Joy, 
and be led forth with peace: the 


A call to faith and repentance 


mountains and the hills shall 
break forth before you into sing- 
ing, and all the trees of the field 
shall clap their hands. 

13 Instead of the thorn shall 
come up the fir tree, and instead 
of the brier shall come up the 
myrtle tree: and it shall be to the 
LORD fora name, for an everlast- 
ing sign that shall not be cut off. 


CHAPTER 56 735 


1 An exhortation to sanctification. 9 
Blind waichmen reproved. 
HUS saith the LORD, Keep 

4& ye judgment, and do jus- 
tice: for my salvation is near to 
come, and my righteousness to 
be revealed. 

2 Blessed is the man that doeth 
this, and the son of man that 
layeth hold on it; that keepeth 
the sabbath from polluting it, and 
eaidaae his hand from doing any 


vil. 

3 { Neither let the son of the 
stranger, that hath joined him- 
self to the LORD, speak, saying, 
The LORD hath utterly separated 
me from his people: neither let 
the eunuch say, Behold, I am a 
dry tree. 

4 For thus saith the LORD unto 
the eunuchs that keep my sab- 
baths, and choose the things that 
please me, and take hold of my 
covenant; 

5 Even unto them will I give in 
mine house and within my walls 
a place and a name better than of 
sons and of daughters: I will 
give them an everlasting name, 
that shall not be cut off. 

6 Also the sons of the stranger, 
that join themselves to the LORD, 
to serve him, and to love the 
name of the LORD, to be his 
servants, every one that keepeth 
the sabbath from polluting it, and 
taketh hold of my covenant; 

7 Even them will I bring to my 
holy mountain, and make them 
joyful in my house of prayer: 
their burnt offerings and their 
sacrifices shall be. accepted upon 
mine altar; for mine house shall 


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Idolatry reproved 


be called an house of prayer for 
all people. 

8 The Lord GOD which gather- 
eth the outcasts of Is’ra-el saith, 
Yet will I gather others to him, 
beside those that are gathered 
unto him. 

9 § All ye beasts of the field, 
come to devour, yea, all ye beasts 
_ in the forest. 

10 His watchmen are blind: 
they are all ignorant, they are all 
dumb dogs, they cannot bark; 
sleeping, lying down, loving to 
slumber. 

11 Yea, they are greedy dogs 
which can never have enough, 
and they are shepherds that can- 
not understand: they all look to 
their own way, every one for his 
gain, from his quarter. 

12 Come ye, say they, I will 
fetch wine, and we will fill our- 
selves with strong drink; and to 
morrow shall be as this day, and 
much more abundant. 


736 CHAPTER 57 
1 Blessed death of the righteous. 3 Idol- 
atry reproved. 13 Promises to the 
penitent. 
HE righteous perisheth, and 
no man layeth if to heart: 
and *% merciful men are taken 
away, none considering that the 
righteous is taken away from the 
evil to come. : 

2 He shall enter into peace: 
they shall rest in their beds, each 
one walking in his uprightness. 

3 | But draw near hither, ye 
sons of the sorceress, the seed of 
the adulterer and the whore. 

4 Against whom do ye sport 
yourselves? against whom make 
ye a wide mouth, and draw out 
the tongue? are ye not children 
of transgression, a seed of false- 
hood, ; 

5 Enflaming yourselves with 
idols under every green tree, slay- 
ing the children in the valleys 
under the clifts of the rocks? 

6 Among the smooth stones of 
the stream is thy portion; they, 
they are thy lot: even to them 


ISAIAH, 57 


hast thou poured a drink offering, 
thou hast offered a meat offering. 
Should I receive comfort in these? 

7 Upon a lofty and high moun- 
tain hast thou set thy bed: even 
thither wentest thou up to offer 
sacrifice. 

8 Behind the doors also and the 
posts hast thou set up thy re- 
membrance: for thou hast dis- 
covered thyself to another than 
me, and art gone up; thou hast 
enlarged thy bed, and made thee 
a covenant with them: thou 
lovedst their bed where thou 
sawest if. 

9 And thou wentest to the king 
with ointment, and didst increase 
thy perfumes, and didst send thy 
messengers far off, and didst de- 
base thyself even unto hell. 

10 Thou art wearied in the 
greatness of thy way; yet saidst 
thou not, There is no hope: thou 
hast found the life of thine hand; 
therefore thou wast not grieved. 

11 And of whom hast thou been 
afraid or feared, that thou hast 
lied, and hast not remembered 
me, nor laid it to thy heart? 
have not I held my peace even 
of old, and thou fearest me not? 

12 I will declare thy righteous- 
ness, and thy works; for they 
shall not profit thee. . 

13 § When thou criest, let thy 
companies deliver thee; but the 
wind shall carry them all away; 
vanity shall take them: but he 
that putteth his trust in me shall 
possess the land, and shall in- 
herit my holy mountain: 

14 And shall say, Cast ye up, 
cast ye up, prepare the way, take 
up the stumblingblock out of the 
way of my people. ; 

15 For thus saith the high and 
lofty One that inhabiteth etern- 
ity, whose name is Holy; 
dwell in the high and holy place, 
with him also that is of a con- 
trite and humble spirit, to revive 
the spirit of the humble, and to 
revive the heart of the contrite 


ones. 
16 For I will not contend for 


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ISAIAH, 


ever, ee will I be always 
wroth: for the spirit should fail 
before me, and the souls which 
Ihave made. 

17 For the iniquity of his cov- 
etousness was wroth, and 
smote him: I hid me, and was 
wroth, and he went on froward- 
ly in the way of his heart. 

18 I have seen his ways, and 
will heal him: I will lead him 
also, and restore comforts unto 
him and to his mourners. 

19 Icreate the fruit of the lips; 
Peace, peace to him that is far 
off, and to hun that is near, saith 
the LORD; and I will heal him. 

20 But the wicked are like the 
troubled sea, when it cannot rest, 
whose waters cast up mire and 


21 There is no peace, saith my 
God, to the wicked. 


737 CHAPTER 58 
i The fast which God accepts. 13 Rev- 
erence of the sabbath. 

Ce aloud, spare not, lift up 

thy voice ‘like a trumpet, and 
shew my people their transgres- 
sion, and the house of Ja’cob 
their sins. : 

2 Yet they seek me daily, and 
delight to know my ways, as a 
nation that did righteousness, 
and forsook not the ordinance of 
their God: they ask of me the 
ordinances of justice; they take 
delight in approaching to God. 

3 § Wherefore have we fasted, 
say they, and thou seest not? 
wherefore have we afflicted our 
soul, and thou takest no knowl- 
edge? Behold, in the day of your 
fast ye find pleasure, and exact 
all your labours. 14 

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and 
debate, and to smite with the fist 
of wickedness: ye shall not fast 
as ye do this day, to make your 
voice to be heard on high. 

5 Is it such a fast that I have 
chosen? a day for a man to 
afflict his soul? is if to bow down 
his head as a bulrush, and to 
spread sackcloth and ashes under 


The acceptable fast 


him? wilt thou call this a fast, 
and an acceptable day to the 
LORD? f 

6 Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen? to loose the bands of 
wickedness, to undo the heavy 
burdens, and to let the oppressed 
go free, and that ye break every 
yoke? — 

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to 
the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy 
house? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him; and 
that thou hide not thyself from 
thine own flesh? 

8 § Then shall thy light picts 
forth as the morning, and 
health shall spring forth Biiceds 
ily: and thy righteousness shall 
go before thee: the glory of the 
LORD shall be thy rereward. 

9 Then shalt thou call, and the 
LORD shall answer; thou shalt 
cry, and he shall say, Here I am. 
If thou take away from the midst 
of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity; 

10 And if thou draw out thy 
soul to the hungry, and satisfy 
the afflicted soul; then shall thy 
light rise in obscurity, and thy 
darkness be as the noon day: 

1 And the LORD shall guide 
thee continually, and satisfy thy 
soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones: and thou shalt be 
like a watered garden, and like a 
spring of water, whose waters 
fail not. 

12 And they that shall be of 
thee shall build the old waste 
Places: thou shalt raise up the 
foundations of many genera- 
tions; and thou shalt be called, 
The repairer of the breach, The 
restorer of paths to dwell in. 

13 4 If thou turn away thy 
foot from the sabbath, from doing 
thy pleasure on my holy day; 
and call the sabbath a delight, 
the holy of the LORD, honour- 
able;. and shalt honour him, not 
doing thine own ways, nor find- 
ing thine own pleasure, nor 
speaking thine own words: 


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Israel’s sins and punishments 


ISAIAH, 59 


“14 Then shalt thou delight thy- | but behold obscurity; for bright- 


self in the LORD; and I will 
cause thee to ride upon the high 
places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Ja’cob thy 
father: for the mouth of the 
LORD hath spoken it. 


738 CHAPTER 59 
1 The nature of sin. 3 The sins of Is- 

rael. 9 Punishments therefor. 20 

A Redeemer in Zion. 

EHOLD, the LORD’S hand is 

not shortened, that it can- 

not save; neither his ear heavy, 
that it cannot hear: | 

2 But your iniquities have sep- 
arated between you and your 
God, and your sins have hid his 
ie from you, that he will not 

ear. 

3 For your hands are defiled 
with blood, and your fingers with 
iniquity; your lips have spoken 
lies, your tongue hath muttered 
perverseness. ey 

4 None calleth for justice, nor 
any pleadeth for truth: they trust 
in vanity, and speak flies; they 
conceive mischief, and bring 
forth iniquity. HAN 

_ 5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, 
_and weave the spider’s web: he 
that eateth of their eggs dieth, 
and that which is crushed break- 
eth out into a viper. 

_ 6 Their webs shall not become 
‘garments, neither shall they 
‘cover themselves with their 
works: their works are works of 
‘iniquity, and the act of violence 
is in their hands. . 

_7 Their feet run to evil, and 
they make haste to shed innocent 
blood: theirthoughts arethoughts 
of iniquity; wasting and de- 
struction are in their paths. 

_8 The way of peace they know 
not; and there is no judgment 
‘in their goings: they have made 
‘them crooked paths: whosoever 
‘goeth therein shall not know 
peace. eet 

2 {i Therefore is judgment far 
‘from us, neither doth justice 
Overtake us: we wait for light, 


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ness, but we walk in darkness. 

10 We grope for the wall like 
the blind, and we erope as if we 
had no eyes: we stumble at noon 
day as in the night; we are in 
desolate places as dead men. 

11 We roar all like bears, and 
mourn sore like doves: we look 
for judgment, but there is none; 
for salvation, but it is far off from 
us. 

12 For our transgressions are 
multiplied before thee, and our 
sins testify against us: for our 
transgressions are with us; and 
as for our iniquities, we know 
them; ; 

13 In transgressing and lying 
against the LORD, and departing 
away from our God, speaking 
oppression and revolt, conceiving 
and uttering from the heart 
words of falsehood. | 

14 And judgment is turned 
away backward, and justice 
standeth afar off: for truth is 
fallen in the street, and equity 
cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth faileth; and he 
that departeth from evil maketh 
himself a prey: and the LORD 
saw it, and it displeased him 
that there was no judgment. 

16 ¢ And he saw that there 
was no man, and wondered that 
there was no intercessor: there- 
fore his arm brought salvation 
unto him; and his righteousness, 
it sustained him. | 

For he put on righteousness 
as a breastplate, and an helmet of 
salvation upon his head; and he 
put on the garments of vengeance 
for clothing, and was clad with 
zeal as a cloke. 

18 According to their deeds, 
accordingly he will repay, fury to 
his adversaries, recompence to 
his enemies; to the islands he 
will repay recompence. 

19 So shall they fear the name 
of the LORD from the west, and 
his glory from the rising of the 
sun. | When the enemy shall 
come in like a flood, the Spirit 


ISAIAH, 60 


of the LORD shall lift up a stand- 
ard against him. 

20 4] And_the Redeemer shall 
come to Zi’/on, and unto them 
that turn from transgression in 
Ja’cob, saith the LORD. 

21 As for me, this is my cove- 
nant with them, saith the LORD; 
My spirit that is upon thee, 
my words which I have put in 
thy mouth, shall not depart out 
of thy mouth, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith 
the LORD, from henceforth and 
for ever. 


739 CHAPTER 60 
1 A light for the Gentiles. 10 Thewails 
of Salvation. 18 The gates of Praise. 
RISE, shine; for thy light is 
come, and the glory of the 
LORD is risen upon thee. 

2 For, behold, the darkness 
shall cover the earth, and gross 
darkness the people: but the 
LORD shall arise upon thee, and 
his glory shall be seen upon thee. 

3 And the Gén’tiles shall come 
to thy light, and kings to the 
brightness of thy rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round 
about, and see: all they gather 
themselves together, they come 
to thee: thy sons shall come 
from far, and thy daughters 
shall be nursed at thy side. 

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow 
together, and thine heart shall 
fear, and be enlarged; because 
the abundance of the sea shall be 
converted unto thee, the forces 
of the Gén’tiles shall come unto 


ee. 
6 The multitude of camels shall 
cover thee, the dromedaries of 
Mid’i-an and £E’phah; all they 
from Shé’ba shall come: they 
shall bring gold and incense; 
and they shall shew forth the 
praises of the LORD 

All the flocks of Ké’dar shall 
be gathered together unto thee, 
the rams of Né-ba‘ioth shall 
minister unto thee: they shall 
come up with acceptance on mine 


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Glorious promises 


altar, and I will glorify the house 
of my glory. 

8 Who are these that fly as a 
cloud, and as the doves to their 
windows? i i 

9 Surely the isles shall wait 
for me.and the ships of Tar’shish 
first, to bring thy sons from far, 


and | their silver and their gold with 


them, unto the name of the 
LORD thy God, and to the Holy 
One of is’ra-el, because he hath 
eae thee. 

0 And the sons of strangers 
shall build up thy walls, and 
their kings shall minister unto 
thee: for in my wrath I smote 
thee, but in my favour have I 
had mercy on thee 

11 Therefore rae ‘gates shall be 
open continualiy; they shall not 
be shut day nor night; that men 
may bring unto thee the forces of 
the Gén’tiles, and that their kings 
may be brought. 

12 For the nation and kingdom > 
that will not serve thee shall | 
perish; yea, those nations shall 
be utterly wasted. 

13 The glory of Léb’a-non 
shall come unto thee, the fir tree, 
the pine tree, and the box togeth- 
er, to beautify the place of my 
sanctuary; and I will make the 
place of my feet glorious. 

14 The sons also of them that 
afflicted thee shall come bending 
unto thee; and all they that de- 
spised thee shall bow themselves 
down atthe soles of thy feet; and 
they shall call thee, The city of 
the LORD, The Zi’6n of the Holy 
One of Is’ra-el. 

15 Whereas thou hast been for- 
saken and hated, so that no man 
went through thee, I will make 
thee an eternal excellency, a joy’ 
of many generations. 

16 Thou shalt also suck the’ 
milk of the Gén’tiles, and shalt 
suck the breast of 






am thy Saviour and a Redeem- 
er, the mighty One of Ja’cob. 

17 For brass I will bring gold, 
and for iron I will bring silver, 


Blessings for the faithful 


and for wood brass, and for 
stones iron: I will also make thy 
officers peace, and thine exactors 
righteousness. 

18 Violence shall no more be 
heard in thy land, wasting nor 
destruction within thy borders; 
but thou shalt call thy walls 
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 

19 The sun shall be no more 
thy light by day; neither for 
brightness shall the moon give 
light unto thee: but the LORD 
shall be unto thee an everlasting 
light, and thy God thy glory. 

20 Thy sun shall no more go 
down; neither shall thy moon 
withdraw itself: for the LORD 
shall be thine everlasting light, 
and the days of thy mourning 
shall be ended. 

21 Thy people also shall be all 
righteous: they shall inherit the 
land for ever, the branch of my 
planting, the work of my hands, 
that I may be glorified. 


22 A little one shall become aj th 


thousand, and a small one a 
strong nation: I the LORD will 
hasten it in his time. 


740 CHAPTER 61 
1 The office of Christ. 7 Blessings of 
the faithful. 


HE Spirit of the Lord GOD is 
upon me; because the LORD 
hath anointed me to preach good 
tidings unto the meek; he hath 
sent me to bind up the broken- 
hearted, to proclaim liberty to 
the captives, and the opening of 
the prison to them that are 
bound; } 
2 To proclaim the acceptable 
‘year of the LORD, and the day of 
vengeance of our God; to com- 
fort all that mourn; 

3 To appoint unto them that 
Mourn in Zi’6n, to give unto 
them beauty for ashes, the oil of 
joy for mourning, the garment of 
‘praise for the spirit of heaviness; 
‘that they might be called trees of 
righteousness, the planting of 
‘the LORD, that he might be 
giorified. 


ISAIAH, 61, 62 


4 4 And they shall build the 
old wastes, they shall raise up the 
former desolations, and they 
shall repair the waste cities, the 
desolations of many generations. 

And strangers shall stand 
and feed your flocks, and the 
sons of the alien shail be your 
plowmen and your vinedressers. 

6 But ye shall be named the 
Priests of the LORD: men shall 
call you the Ministers of our God: 
ye shall eat the riches of the Gén’- 
tiles, and in their glory shall ye 
boast yourselves. 

7 4 For your shame ve shall 
have double; and for confusion 
they shall rejoice in their portion: 
therefore in their land they shall 
possess the double: everlasting 
joy shall be unto them. 

8 For I the LORD love judg- 
ment, I hate robbery for burnt 
offering; and I will direct their 
work in truth, and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with 


em. 
9 And their seed shall be known 
among the Gén’tiles, and their 
offspring among the people: all 
that see them shali acknowledge 
them, that they are the seed 
which the LORD hath blessed. 

10 I will greatly rejoice in the 
LORD, my soul shall be joyful in 
my God; for he hath clothed me 
with the garments of salvation, 
he hath covered me with the 
robe of righteousness, as a bride- 
groom decketh himself with 
ornaments, and as a bride adorn- 
eth herself with her jewels. 

11 For as the earth bringeth 
forth her bud, and as the garden 
causeth the things that are sown 
in it to spring forth; so the Lord 
GoD will cause righteousness 
and praise to spring forth before 
all the nations. 


CHAPTER 62 741 

1 God’s promises to the nations. 6 

Watchmen set upon the walls. 10 
Preparation of the people. 

OR Zi’on’s sake will I not 

hold my peace, and for Jé- 


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ISAIAH, 63 


ru’sa-lém’s sake I will not rest, 
until the righteousness thereof 


Blessings promised to Jerusalem 


cometh; behold, his reward is 
with him, and his work before 


go forth as brightness, and the | him. 


salvation thereof as a lamp that 
burneth. 

2 And the Gén’tiles shall see 
thy righteousness, and all kings 
thy glory: and thou shalt be 
called by a new name, which the 
mouth of the LORD shall name. 

3 Thou shalt also be a crown 
of glory in the hand of the LORD, 
and a royal diadem in the hand 
of thy God. 

4 Thou shalt no more be termed 
Forsaken; neither shall thy land 
any more be termed Desolate: 
but thou shalt be called Héph/’zi- 
bah, and thy land Bew‘lah: for 
the LORD delighteth in thee, and 
thy land shall be married. 

5 § For as a young man mar- 
rieth a virgin, so shall thy sons 
marry thee: and as the bride- 
groom rejoiceth over the bride, 
so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 

6 I have set watchmen upon 
thy walls, O Jé-ru’sa-lém, which 
shall never hold their peace day 
nor night: ye that make mention 
of the LORD, keep not silence, 

7 And give him ink rest, till he 
establish, and till he make Jé- 
ry’sa-lém a praise in the earth. 

8 The LORD hath sworn by his 
right hand, and by the arm of his 
strength, Surely I will no more 
give thy corn to be meat for 
thine enemies; and the sons of 
the stranger shall not drink thy 
wine, for the which thou hast 
laboured: 

_9 But they that have gathered 
it shall eat it, and praise the 
LORD; and they that have 
brought it together shall drink 
it in the courts of my holiness. 

10 § Go through, go through 
the gates; prepare ye the way of 
the people; cast up, cast up the 
highway; gather out the stones; 
lift up a standard for the people. 

11 Behold, the LORD hath pro- 
claimed unto the end of the 
world, Say ye to the daughter 
of Zi’on, Behold, thy salvation 


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12 And they shall call them, 
The holy people, The redeemed 
of the LORD: and thou shalt be 
called, Sought out, A city not 
forsaken. 


CHAPTER 63 742 


i Christ shews his power for salvation. 
7 God's mercy to the church. 15 The 
church's profession of faith. 

HO is this that cometh 
from E’dom, with gee 
garments from B6z’rah? 

that is glorious in his naparell 

travelling in the greatness of his 

strength? I that speak in right- 
eousness, mighty to save. 

2 Wherefore art thou red in 
thine apparel, and thy ernohid 
like him that treadeth in the 
winefat? , 

3 I have trodden the winepress 
alone; and of the people there 
was none with me: for I will 
tread them in mine anger, and 
trample them in my fury; and 
their blood shall be sprinkled 
upon my garments, and I will 
stain all my raiment. Bie 
4 For the day of vengeance is in| 
mine heart, and the year of my 
redeemed is come | 

5 And I looked, and there was 
none to help; and I wondered 
that there was none to uphold: 
therefore mine own arm brought 
salvation unto me; and my fury, 
it upheld me. 

6 And I will tread down the. 
people in mine anger, and make 
them drunk in my fury, and I 
will bring down their strength 
to the earth. 

7 {I will mention the loving-; 
kindnesses of the LORD, and the, 
praises of the LORD, according, 
to all that the LORD hath be- 
stowed on us, and the great good- 
ness toward the house of Is’ra-el, 
which he hath bestowed on them 
according to his mercies, and; 
according to the multitude of his, 
lovingkindnesses. 






Confession and prayer 


8 For he said, Surely they are 
my people, children that will not 
lie: so he was their Saviour. 

9 In all their affliction he was 
afflicted, and the angel of his 
presence saved them: in his 
love and in his pity he redeemed 
them; and he bare them, and 
carried them all the days of 


old. 
10 { But they rebelled, and 
vexed his holy Spirit: there- 
fore he was turned to be their 
enemy, and he fought against 


em. 
11 Then he semembered the 
days of old, Md’ses, and his peo- 
ple, saying, Where is he that 
brought them up out of the sea 
with the shepherd of his flock? 
where is he that put his holy 
Spirit within him? 

12 That led them by the right 
hand of Mo’ses with his glorious 
arm, dividing the water before 
them, to make himself an ever- 
lasting name? 

13 That led them through the 
deep, as an horse in the wilder- 
ness, that they should not 
stumble? : 

14 As a beast goeth down into 
the valley, the Spirit of the LORD 
caused him to rest: so didst thou 
lead thy people, to make thyself 
‘a glorious name. 

15 § Look down from heaven, 
and behold from the habitation 
of thy holiness and of thy glory: 
‘where is thy zeal and thy strength, 
ithe sounding of thy bowels and 
‘of thy mercies toward me? are 
‘they restrained? 
| 16 Doubtless thou art our fa- 
‘ther, though A’bra-ham be igno- 
‘Tant of us, and Is’ra-el acknowl- 
edge us not: thou, O LORD, art 
our father, our redeemer; thy 
fame is from everlasting. 

17 4 O LORD, why hast thou 
made us to err from thy ways, 
and hardened our heart from 
thy fear? Return for thy serv- 
ants’ sake, the tribes of thine 
inheritance. . 

18 The people of thy holiness 


ISAIAH, 64 


have possessed it but a little 
while: our adversaries have 
trodden down thy sanctuary. 
19 We are thine: thou never 
barest rule over. them; they 
were not called by thy name. 


CHAPTER 64 743 
Prayer of the church for the illustration 
of God’s power. 
Gee that thou wouldest rend 
the heavens, that thou would- 
est come down, that the moun- 
tains might flow down at thy 
presence, 

2 As when the melting fire 
burneth, the fire causeth the 
waters to boil, to make thy name 
known to thine adversaries, thai 
the nations may tremble at thy 
presence! 

3 When thou didst_ terrible 
things which we looked not for, 
thou camest down, the moun- 
tains flowed down atthy presence. 

4 For since the beginning of the 

world men have not heard, nor 
perceived by the ear, neither hath 
the eye seen, O God, beside thee, 
what he hath prepared for him 
that waiteth for him. 
_») Thou meetest him that re- 
joiceth and worketh righteous- 
ness, those that remember thee 
in thy ways: behold, thou art 
wroth; for we have sinned: in 
those is continuance, and we 
shall be saved. 

6 But we are all as an unclean 
thing, and all our righteous- 
nesses are as filthy rags; and we 
all do fade as a leaf; and our 
iniquities, like the wind, have 
taken us away. 

7 And there is none that calleth 
upon thy name, that stirreth up 
himself to take hold of thee: for 
thou hast hid thy face from us, 
and hast consumed us, because 
of our iniquities. 

8 But now, O LORD, thou arf 
our father; we are the clay, and 
thou our potter; and we all are 
the work of thy hand. 

9 4 Be not wroth very sore, O 
LORD, neither remember iniquity 


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ISAIAH, 65 


Calling of the Gentiles 


se gh ea Sl en 
for ever: behold, see, we beseech nS 4 Thus saith the LORD, As 


thee, we are all thy people. 

10 Thy holy cities are a wilder- 
ness, Zi/6n is a wilderness, Jé- 
ry’sa-lém a desolation. : 

11 Our holy and our beautiful 
house, where our fathers praised 
thee, is burned up with fire: an 
all our pleasant things are laid 
waste. 

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for 
these things, O LORD? wilt thou 
ape! peace, and afflict us very 
sore 


744 CHAPTER 65 
1 Calling of the Geniiles. 11 Judg- 
ments on the wicked. 17 Blessed 


state of the new Jerusalem. 
AM sought of them that asked 
not for me; I am found of 
them that sought me not: I said, 
Behold me, behold me, unto a 
nation that was notcalled by my 
name. 

2 I have spread out my hands 
all the day unto a rebellious peo- 
ple, which walketh in a way that 
was not good, after their own 
thoughts; 

3 A people that provoketh me to 
anger continually to my face; 
that sacrificeth in gardens, and 
burneth incense upon altars of 
brick; . 

4 Which remain among the 
graves, and lodge in the monu- 
ments, which eat swine’s flesh, 
and broth of abominable things 
is in their vessels; 

5 Which say. Stand by thyself, 
come not near to me; for I am 
holier than thou. These are a 
- smoke in my nose, a fire that 
burneth all the day. 

6 Behold, if is written before 

me: I will not keep silence, but 
will recompense, even recom- 
pense into their bosom, 
_7 Your iniquities, and the in- 
iquities of your fathers together, 
saith the LORD, which have 
burned incense upon the moun- 
tains, and blasphemed me upon 
the hills: therefore will I measure 
their former work into their 
bosom. 


e new wine is found in the 
cluster, and one saith, Destroy it 
not; for a blessing is in it: so 
will I do for my servants’ sakes, 
that I may not destroy them all. 

9 And I will bring forth a seed 


d| out of Ja’cob, and out of Ji’dah 


an inheritor of my mountains: 
and mine electshall inheritit,and 
my servants shall dwell there. 

10 And Shar’on shall be a fold 
of flocks, and the valley of 
Ac’hér a place for the herds to 
lie down in, for my people that 
have sought me. 

11 § But ye are they that for- 
sake the LORD, that forget my 
holy mountain, that prepare a 
table for that troop, and that 
furnish the drink offering unto 
that number. 

12 Therefore will I number you 
to the sword, and ye shail all bow 
down to the slaughter: because 
when I called, ye did not answer; 
when I spake, ye did not hear; 
but did evil before mine eyes, and 
did choose that wherein I de- 
lighted not. | 

13 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD, Behold, my servants | 
shall eat, but ye shall e hungry: 
behold, my servants shall drink, 
but ye shall be thirsty: behold, 
my servants shall rejoice, but ye 
shall be ashamed: 

14 Behold, my servants shall 
sing for joy of heart, but ye shall 
cry for sorrow of heart, and shall 
howl for vexation of spirit. 

15 And ye shall leave your name 
for a curse unto my chosen: for 
the Lord GOD shall slay thee, 
and call his servants by another 


name: 

16 That he who blesseth him- 
self in the earth shall bless him- 
self in the God of truth; and he 
that sweareth in the earth shall 
swear by the Ged of truth; be- 
cause the former troubles are for- 
gotten, and because they are hid 
from mine eyes. 

17 4 For, behold, I create new 
heavens and a new earth: and 


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The new heavens and new earth 


the former shall not be remem- 
bered, nor come into mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice 
for ever in that which I create: 
for, behold, I create Jé-ru’sa-lém 
a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 

19 And I will rejoice in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and joy in my people: 
and the voice of weeping shall be 
no more heard in her, nor the 
voice of crying. 

20 There shall be no more 
thence an infant of days, nor an 
old man that hath not filled his 
days: for the child shali die an 
hundred years old; but the sin- 
ner being an hundred years old 
peal be accursed. 

1 And they shall build houses, 
bad inhabit them; and they shall 
aaa vineyards, and eat the fruit 
re) 

22 They shall not build, and 
another inhabit; they shall not 
plant, and another eat: for as 
the days of a tree are the days of 
my people, and mine elect shall 
long enjoy the work of their 


ands. 

"23 They shall not labour in 

vain, nor bring forth for trouble; 
for they are the seed of the blessed 
of the LORD, and their offspring 
with them. 
24 And it shall come to pass, 
that before they call, I will an- 
Swer; and while they are yet 
speaking, I will hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb shall 
feed together, and the lion shall 
‘eat straw like the bullock: and 
dust shall be the serpent’s meat. 
They shall not hurt nor destroy 
in all my holy mountain, saith 
the LORD. 


745 CHAPTER 66 


1 The core service of God in sincer- 
-2 ity. 5 e faithful comforted. 15 
Severe pc oer against the wicked. 

HUS saith the LORD, The 

heaven is my throne, and 
‘the earth is my footstool: where 
is the house that ye build unto 
‘Me? and where is the place of 
/my rest? 


ISAIAH, 66 


2 For all those things hath mine 
hand made, an those things 
have been, saith the LORD: but 
to this man will I look, even to 
him that ts poor and of a contrite 
spirit, and trembleth at. my word. 

3 He that killeth an ox is as if 
he slew a man; he that sacrific- 
eth a lamb, as if he cut off a 
dog’s neck; he that offereth an. 
oblation, as if he offered swine’s 
blood; he that burneth incense, 
as if he blessed an idol. Yea, 
they have chosen their own ways, 
and their soul delighteth in their 
abominations. 

4 I also will choose their de- 
lusions, and will bring their 
fears upon them; because when 
I called, none did answer; when 
I spake, they did not hear: but 
they did evil before mine eyes, 
and chose that in which I de- 
lighted not. 

5 4§ Hear the word of the LORD, 
ye that tremble at his word; 
Your brethren that hated you, 
that cast you out for my name’s 
sake, said, Let the LORD be 
glorified: but he shall appear to 
your joy, and they shall be 
ashamed. 

6 A voice of noise from the city, 
a voice from the temple, a voice 
of the LORD that rendereth rec- 
ompence to his enemies. 

7 Before she travailed, she 
brought forth; before her pain 
came, she was delivered of a 
man child. ; 

8 Who hath heard such a thing? 
who hath seen such things? 
Shall the earth be made to bring 
forth in one day? or shall a na- 
tion be born at once? for as soon 
as Zi’6n travailed, she brought 
forth her children. f 

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and 
not cause to bring forth? saith 
the LORD: shall I cause to bring 
forth, and shut the womb? saith 
thy God. 

10 Rejoice ye with Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and be glad with her, all ye 
thatlove her: rejoice for joy wi 
her all ye that mourn for her: 


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JEREMIAH, 1 


11 That ye may suck, and be 
satisfied with the breasts of her 
consolations; that ye may milk 
out, and be delighted with the 
abundance of her glory. 

12 For thus saith the LORD, 
Behold, I will extend peace to 
her like a river, and the glory of 
the Gén’tiles like a flowing 
stream: then shail ye suck, ye 
shall be borne upon her sides, 
and be dandled upon her 
knees. 

13 As one whom his mother 
comforteth, so will I comfort you; 
and ye shall be comforted in Jé- 
ru’sa-lém. ; 

14 And when ye see fhis, your 
heart shall rejoice, and your 
bones shall flourish like an herb: 
and the hand of the LORD shall 
be known toward his servants, 
and his indignation toward his 
enemies. 

15 For, behold, the LORD will 
come with fire, and with his 
chariots like a whirlwind, to 
render his anger with fury, and 
his rebuke with flames of fire. 

16 For by fire and by his sword 
will the LORD plead with all 
flesh: and the slain of the LORD 
shall be many. 3 
' 17 They that sanctify them- 
selves, and purify themselves in 
the gardens behind one (free in 
the midst, eating swine’s flesh, 
and the abomination, and the 
mouse, shall be consumed to- 
gether, saith the LORD. 

18 For I know their works and 
their thoughts: it shall come, 
that I will gather all nations and 


Judgments upon the wicked 


tongues; and they shall come, 
and see my glory. ; 

19 And I will set a sign among 
them, and I will send those that 
escape of them unto the nations, 
to Tar’shish, Pul, and Lud, that 
draw the bow, to Tu’bal, and 
Ja’van, to the isles afar off, that 
have not heard my fame, neither 
have seen my glory; and they 
shall declare my glory among the 
Gén’tiles. 

20 And they shall bring all your 
brethren for an offering unto the 
LORD out of all nations upon 


horses, and in chariots, and in > 


litters, and upon mules, and 
upon swift beasts, to my holy 
mountain Jé-ru’sa-lém, saith the 
LORD, as the children of Is’ra-el 
bring an offering in a clean vessel 
into the house of the LORD. 

21 And I will also take of them 


{for priests and for Lé’vites, saith 


the LORD. 

22 For as the new heavens and 
the new earth, which I will make, 
shall remain before me, saith the 


LORD, so shall your seed and 


your name remain. 

23 And it shall come to pass, 
that from one new moon to an- 
other, and from one sabbath to 
another, shall all flesh come to 
worship before me, saith the 
LORD. 

24 And they shall go forth, 
and look upon the carcases of 
the men that have transgressed 
against me: for their worm sh 


not die, neither shall their fire be 


quenched; and they shall be an 
abhorring unto all flesh. 


THE BOOK OF THE 


PROPHET JEREMIAH 


746 CHAPTER 1 
1 Thetime and calling of Jeremiah. 11 
‘His vision denoting speedy judgments. 
17 God's promise of assistance. 
HE words of Jér-e-mi’ah the 
. son of Hil-ki’ah, of the 
priests that were in An’a-thoth 


in the land of Bén’ja-min: 


2 To whom the word of the 
LORD came in the days of Jo- 
si’ah the son of A’mon king of 


Jii’dah, in the thirteenth year of 


his reign. 


*3 It came also in the days of Jé- 


hoi’a-kim the son of Jo-si’ah 


king of Ji’dah, unto the end of 


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The calling of Jeremiah 


; the Poeun year of Zéd-e-ki’ah 
the son of Jé-si’ah king of Ju’- 
dah, unto the carrying away of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém captive in the fifth 
month. 

4 Then the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

5 Before I formed thee in the 
belly I knew thee; and before 
thou camest forth out of the 
womb I sanctified thee, and I 
ordained thee a prophet unto the 
nations. 


6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! | ha 


penal I cannot speak: for Iam 
ac 

7 § But the LORD said unto me, 
Say not, I am a child: for thou 
shalt go to all that I shall send 
thee, and whatsoever I 
mand thee thou shalt speak 

8 Be not afraid of their faces: 
for I am with thee to deliver 
thee, saith the LORD. 

9 Then the LORD put forth his 
hand, and touched my mouth 
And the LORD said unto me, Be- 
hold, I have put my words in 
thy mouth. 

10 See, I have this day set thee 
over the nations and over the 
kingdoms, to root out, and to 
pull down, and to destroy, and to 
throw down, to build, and to 
plant. 

11 { Moreover the word of_the 
LORD came unto me, saying, Jér- 
e-mi’ah, what seest thou? And 
ries I see a rod of an almond 

ee 

12 Then said the LORD unto 
me, Thou hast well seen: for 
will hasten my word to perform 


it. 

13 And the word of the LORD 
came unto me the second time, 
saying, What seest thou? And I 
said, I see a seething pot; and 
the face thereof is toward the 


north. 

14 Then the LORD said unto 
me, Out of the north an evil shall 
break forth upon all the inhabit- 
ants of the land. 

15 For, lo, I will call all the 
families of the kingdoms of the 


I| LORD; 


JEREMIAH, 2 


north, saith the LORD; and 
they shall come, and they shall 
set every one his throne at the 
entering of the gates of Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, and against all the walls 
thereof round about, and against 
all the cities of Ji’dah. 

16 And I will utter my judg- 
ments against them touching all 
their wickedness, who have for- 
saken me, and have burned in- 
cense unto other gods, and wor- 
shipped the works of their own 


nds. 
17 § ‘Thou therefore gird up 
thy loins, and arise, and speak 
unto them all that I command 
thee: be not dismayed at their 
faces, lest I confound thee before 


com- | them 


18 Gr, behold, I have made 
thee this day a defenced city, and 
an iron pillar, and brasen walls 
against the whole land, against 
the kings of Ji’dah, against the 


. | princes thereof, against the priests 


thereof, and against the people of 
the land. 

19 And they shall fight against 
thee: but they shall not prevail 
against thee; for I am with thee, 
saith the LORD, to deliver thee. 


CHAPTER 2 747 
1 Expostulation with Israel. 14 They 
cause their own calamities. 20 Jue 


dah’s sins. 


OREOVER the word of the 
LORD came to me, saying, 

2 Go and cry in the ears of Jé- 
ru’sd-lém, saying, Thus saith the 
‘ I remember thee, the 
kindness of thy youth, the love 
of thine espousals, when thou 
wentest after me in the wilder- 
ness, in a land that was not 
sown. 

3 Is’ra-el was holiness unto the 
LORD, and the firstfruits of his 
increase: all that devour him 
shall offend; evil shall come upon 


them, saith ‘the LORD. 


4 Hear ye the word of the 
LORD, O house of Ja’cob, and 
all the families of the house or 
Is’ra-el° 


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JEREMIAH, 2 


5 § Thus saith the LORD, 
What iniquity have your fathers 
found in me, that they are gone 
far from me, and have walked 
after vanity, and are become 
vain? i 

6 Neither said they, Where is 
the LORD that brought us up out 
of the land of E’gypt, that led us 
through the wilderness, throug 
a land of deserts: and of pits, 
through a land of drought, and 
of the shadow of death, through 
a land that no man passed 
through, and where no man 
dwelt? 

7 And I brought you into a 
plentiful country, to eat the fruit 
thereof and the goodness thereof; 
but when ye entered, ye defiled 
my land, and made mine heritage 
an abomination. 

_8 The priests said not, Where 
is the LORD? and they that 
handle the law knew me not: 
the pastors also transgressed 
against me, and the prophets 
prophesied by Ba’al, and walked 
after things that do not profit. 

9 § Wherefore I will yet plead 
with you, saith the LORD, and 
with your children’s children 
will I plead. 

10 For pass over the isles of 
Chit’tim, and see; and send unto 
Ké’dar, and consider diligently, 
and see if there be such a thing. 

11 Hath a nation changed 
their gods, which are yet no 
gods? but my people have 
changed their glory for that 
which doth not profit. 

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, 
at this, and be horribly afraid, 
be ye very desolate, saith the 
LORD. 

13 For my people have commit- 
ted two evils; they have forsaken 
me the fountain of living waters, 
and hewed them out cisterns, 
broken cisterns, that can hold no 
water 

14 Hs Is Is’ra-el a servant? is he 
a homeborn slave? why is he 
spoiled? ; 

15 The young lions roared upon 


Expostulation with Israel 


him, and yelled, and they made 
his land waste: his cities are 
burned without inhabitant. 

16 Also the children of Noéph 
and Ta-hap’a-nés have broken 
the crown of thy head. 

17 Hast thou not procured this 
unto thyself, in that thou hast 
forsaken the LORD thy God, 


h | when he led thee by the way? 


18 And now what hast thou to 
do in the way of E’gypt, to drink 
the waters of Si/hér? or what 
hast thou to do in the way of As- 
syr’i-a, to drink the waters of the 
river? 

19 Thine own wickedness shall 
correct thee, and backslid- 
ings shall reprove thee: know 
therefore and see that it is an 
evil thing and bitter, that thou 
hast forsaken the LORD thy God, 
and that my fear is not in thee, 
saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 

20 4 For of old time I have 
broken thy yoke, and burst thy 
bands; and thou saidst, I will 
not transgress; when upon 
every high hill and under every 
green tree thou wanderest, play- 
ing the harlot. 

21 Yet I had planted thee a 
noble vine, wholly a right seed: 
how then art thou turned into the 
degenerate plant of a strange vine 
unto me? 

22 For though thou wash thee 
with nitre, and take thee much 
sope, yet thine iniquity is marked 
before me, saith the Lord Gop. 

23 How canst thou say, I am 
not polluted, Ihave not gone after 
Ba/al-im? see thy way in the 
valley. know what thou hast 
done: thou, art a swift drome- 
dary traversing her ways; 

24 A wild ass used to the wil- 
derness, that snuffeth up the 
wind at her pleasure; in her 
occasion who can turn her 
away? all they that seek her will 
not weary themselves; in her 
month they shall find her. 

25 Withhold thy foot from being 
unshod, and thy throat from 
thirst: but thou saidst, There 


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| Backsliding Judah and Israel 


JEREMIAH, 3 


_ isno hope: no; for I have loved 37 Yea; thou shalt go forth from 


strangers, and after them will I go. 


26 As the thief is ashamed when | h 


he is found, so is the house of is’- 
ta-el ashamed; they, their kings, 
their princes, and their priests, 
and their prophets, 

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art 
my father; and to a stone, Thou 
hast brought me forth: for they 
have turned‘their backi unto me, 
and not their face: but in the 
time of their trouble they will 
say, Arise, and save us. 

28 But where are thy gods that 
thou hast made thee? let them 
arise, if they can save thee in the 
time of thy trouble: for accord- 
ing to the number of thy cities are 
thy gods, O Ji’dah. : 

29 Wherefore will ye plead with 
me? ye all have transgressed 
against me, saith the LORD. 

30 In vain have I smitten your 
children; they received no cor- 
rection: your own sword hath 
devoured your: prophets,j like a 
destroying lion. _ 

31 § O seneration, see ye the 
word of the LORD. Have I been 
a wilderness unto Is’ra-el? a 
land of darkness? wherefore say 
my people, We are lords; we 
will come no more unto thee? 

32 Can a maid forget her orna- 
ments, or a bride her attire? yet 
my people have forgotten me 
days without number. 

33 Why trimmest thou thy way 
to seek love? therefore hast thou 
also taught the wicked ones thy 


ways. 
| 34 Also in thy skirts is found 
the blood of the souls of the poor 
innocents: I have not found it by 
secret search, but! upon all these. 
5 Yet thou sayest, Because I 
am innocent, surely his anger 
shall turn from me. Behold, I 
will plead ‘with thee, because 
thou sayest, I have not sinned. 
36 Why gaddest thou' about so 
much to change thy way? thou 
also shalt be ashamed of £’gypt, 
as thou wast ashamed of As- 
syr’i-a. 


, and thine hands upon thine 
head: for the LORD hath re- 
jected thy confidences, and thou 
shalt not prosper in them, 


CHAPTER 3 748 
1 Backsliding Judah and Israel. 12 

Promises to the penitent. 20 Israel's 

confession. 

HEY say, If a man put away 

his wife, and she go from 
him, and become another man’s, 
shall he return unto her again? 
shall not that land be greatly 
polluted? but thou hast played 
the harlot with many lovers; yet 
return again to me, saith the 
LORD. 

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the 
high places, and see where thou 
hast not been lien with. In the 
ways hast thou sat for them, as 
the A-ra’bi-an in the wilderness; 
and thou hast polluted the land 
with thy whoredoms and with 
thy wickedness. 

3 Therefore the showers have 
been withholden, and there hath 
been no latter rain; and thou 
hadst a whore’s forehead, thou 
refusedst to be ashamed. 

4 Wilt thou not from this time 
cry unto me, My father, thou art 
the guide of my youth? 

5 Will he reserve his anger for 
ever? will he keep it to the end? 
Behold, thou hast spoken and 
done evil things as thou couldest. 

6 § The LORD said also unto 
me in the days of Jé-si’ah the 
king, Hast thou seen that which 
backsliding fIs’ra-el hath done? 
she is gone up upon every high 
mountain and under every green 
tree, and there hath played the 
harlot. : 

7 And I said after she had done 
all these things, Turn thou unto 
me. Butshereturned not. And 
her treacherous sister Jii’dah 
saw 1t. 

8 And I saw, when for all the 
causes whereby backsliding Is’- 
ra-el committed adultery I had 
put her away. and given her a bill 


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of divorce; yet her treacherous 
sister Ji’dah feared not, but went 
and played the harlot also. 

9 And it came to pass through 
the lightness of her whoredom, 
that she defiled the land, an 
committed adultery with stones 
and with stocks. i 

10 And yet for all this her 
treacherous sister Ja’dah hath 
not turned unto. me with her 
whole heart, but feignedly, saith 
the LORD. ; 

11 And the LORD said unto 
me, The backsliding Is’ra-el 
hath justified herself more than 
treacherous Ji’dah. 

12 {Go and proclaim these 
words tow”=:: ‘lie north, and say, 
Return, ‘nou backsliding Is’- 
ra-el, saith the LORD; and I will 
not cause nine anger to fall upon 
you: for I am merciful, saith the 
LORD, and I will not keep anger 
for ever. ; 
_13 Only acknowledge thine 
iniquiiy, that thou hast trans- 
gressed against the LORD thy 
God, and hast scattered thy ways 
to the strengers under every 
green tree, and ye have not obeyed 
my voice, saith the LORD. 

Turn, 
dren, saith the LORD; for I am 
married unto you: and I will 
take you one ofa city, and two 
of a family, and I will bring you 
to Zi’on: 

15 And I will give you pastors 
according to mine heart, which 
shail feed you with knowledge 
and understanding. 

16 And it shall come to pass, 
when ye be multiplied and in- 
creased in the land, in those 
-days, saith the LORD, they shall 
say no more, The ark of the cov- 
enant of the LORD: neither shall 
it come to mind: neither shall 
they remember it; neither shall 
they visit if; neither shall that 
be done any more. 

17 At that time they shall call 
Jé-ru’sa-lém the throne of the 
LORD; and all the nations shall 
be gathered unto it, to the name of 


O backsliding chil-| th 


A call to repentance 


the LORD, toJé-ru’sa-lém: nei- 
ther shall they walk any more 
after the imagination of their evil 
heart. 

18 In those days the house of 


d | Ju’dah shall walk with the house 


of is’ra-el, and they shall come 
together out of the land of the 
north to the land that I have 
given for an inheritance unto 
your fathers. 

19 But I said, How shall I put 
thee among the children, and 
give thee a pleasant land, a 
goodly heritage of the hosts of 
nations? and I said, Thou shalt 
call me, My father; and shalt 
not turn away from me. 

20 ¥ Surely as a wife treacher- 
ously departeth from her hus- 
band, so have ye dealt treacher- 
ously with me, O house of fs’- 
ra-el, saith the LORD. 

21 A voice was heard upon the 
high places, weeping and suppli- 
cations of the children of Is’ra-el: 
for they have perverted their way, 
and they have forgotten the 
LORD their God. 

22 Return, ye backsliding chil- 
dren, and I will heal your back- 
slidings. Behold, we come unto 
ee for thou art the LORD our 

od. 

23 Truly in vain is salvation 
hoped for from the hills, and 
from the multitude of moun- 
tains: truly in the LORD our 
God is the salvation of fs’ra-el. 

24 For shame hath devoured . 
the labour of our fathers from 
our youth; their flocks and their 
herds, their sons and their 
daughters. 

25 We lie down in our shame, 
and our confusion covereth us: 
for we have sinned against the 
LORD our God, we and our fa- 
thers, from our youth even unto 
this day, and have not obeyed the 
voice of the LORD our God. 


CHAPTER 4 749 

1 God's call to Israel. 5 Judah er- 

horted to repentance. 19 Lamenta- 
tion for Judah. 


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4 
\ 
Judah exhorted to repent 


JF thou wilt return, O is’ra-el, 
saith the LORD, return unto 
me: and if thou wilt put away 
thine abominations out of my 
‘sight, then shalt thou not remove. 
2 And thou shalt swear, The 
LORD liveth, in truth, in judg- 
ment, and in righteousness; and 
the nations shall bless themselves 
in him, and in him shall they 
glory. 

3 4 For thus saith the LORD to 
the men of Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, Break up your fallow ground, 

and sow not among thorns. 

4 Circumcise yourselves to the 
LORD, and take away the fore- 
skins of your heart, ye men of 
Ja’dah and inhabitants of Jé- 
ru’sd-lém: lest my fury come 
forth like fire, and burn that none 
‘can quench if, because of the evi 
of your doings. 

5 Declare ye in Ji’dah, and 
publish in Jé-ru’sa-lém; and 
say, Blow ye the trumpet in the 
land: cry, gather together, and 
say, Assemble yourselves, and 
let us go into the defenced Cities. 

6 Set up the standard toward 
Zi’on: retire, stay not: for I will 
bring evil from the north, and a 
great destruction. 

7 The lion is come up from his 
thicket, and the destroyer of the 
Gén’tiles is on his way; he is 
gone forth from his place to make 
thy land desolate; and thy cities 
shall be laid waste, without an 
inhabitant. 

8 For this gird you with sack- 
cloth, lament and howl: for the 
fierce anger of the LORD is not 
turned back from us. 

9 And it shall come to pass at 
that day, saith the LORD, that the 
heart of the king shall perish, and 
the heart of the princes; and the 
priests shall be astonished, and 
the prophets shall wonder. 

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Gop! 
surely thou hast greatly de- 
ceived this people and Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, saying, Ye shall have peace; 
whereas the sword reacheth unto 
the soul. 

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JEREMIAH, 4 


11 At that time shall it be said 
to this people and to Jé-ry’sa- 
lem, A dry wind of the high 
places in the wilderness toward 
the daughter of my people, not to 
fan, nor to cleanse, 

12 Even a full wind from those 
blaces shall come unto me: now 
also will I give sentence against 


em. 

13 Behold, he shall come up as 
clouds, and his chariots shall be 
as a whirlwind: his horses are 
swifter than eagles. Woe unto 
us! for we are spoiled. 

14 O Jé-ru’sa-lém, wash thine 
heart from wickedness, that thou 
mayest be saved. How long 
shall thy vain thoughts lodge 
within thee? 

15 For a voice declareth from 
and publisheth affliction 
from mount E’phr4-im. 

16 Make ye mention to the na- 
tions; behold, publish against 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, that watchers come 
from a far country, and give out 
vee voice against the cities of 

’dah. 

17 As keepers of a field, are 
they against her round about; 
because she hath been rebellious 
against me, saith the LORD. 

18 Thy way and thy doings 
have procured these things unto 
thee; this is thy wickedness, be- 
cause it is bitter, because it reach- 
eth unto thine heart. 

19 {My bowels, my bowels! 
I am pained at my very heart: 
my heart maketh a noise in me; 
I cannot hold my peace, because 
thou hast heard, O my soul, the 
sound of the trumpet, the alarm 
of war. 

20 Destruction upon destruc- 
tion is cried; for the whole land 
is spoiled: suddenly are my 
tents spoiled, and my curtains in 
a moment. 

21 How long shall I see the 
standard, and hear the sound of 
the trumpet? : : 
*22 For my people is foolish, 
they have not known me; they 
are sottish children, and they 


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have none understanding: they 
are wise to do evil, but to do 
good they have no knowledee. . 

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it 
was without form, and|void; and 
the heavens,and they had no light. 

24 I beheld the mountains, and, 
lo, they trembled, and all the hills 
moved lightly. 

25 I beheld, and, lo, there was 
no man, and all the birds of the 
heavens were fled. 

26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful 
place was a wilderness, and all 
the cities thereof were broken 
down at the presence of the 
LORD, and by his fierce anger. 

27 For thus hath the LORD 
said, The whole land shall be 
desolate; yet will I not make a 
full end. 

28 For this shall the earth 
mourn, and the heavens above 
be black: because I have spoken 
it, I have purposed it, and will 
not repent, neither will I turn 
back from it. 

29 The whole city shall flee for 
the noise of the horsemen and 
bowmen; they shall go into 
thickets, and climb up upon the 
rocks: every city shall be for- 
saken, and not a man dwell 
therein. : 

30 And when thou art spoiled, 
what wilt thou do? oug 
thou clothest thyself with crim- 
son, though thou deckest thee 
with ornaments of gold, though 
thou rentest thy face with paint- 
ing, in vain shalt thou make thy- 
self fair; thy lovers will despise 
thee, they will seek thy life. 

31 For I have heard a voice as 
of a woman in travail, and the 
anguish as of her that bringeth 
forth her first child, the voice of 
the daughter of Zi’6n, that be- 
waileth herself, that_spreadeth 
her hands, saying, Woe is me 
now! for my soul is wearied be- 
cause of murderers. 


750 CHAPTER 5 

1 Judgments of God on Jewry ee ced 
iniquities. 19 Contempt of 
Wickedness in the state and hirtice 


866 


Judgment threatened because of sin 


UN ye to and fro through the 
streets of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
see now, and know, and seek in 
the broad places thereof, if ye 
can find a man, if there be any 
that executeth judgment, that 
seeketh the truth; and I w 
pardon it. 

2 And though they say, The 
LORD liveth; surely they swear 
falsely. : 

3 O LORD, are not thine eyes 
upon the truth? thou hast 
stricken them, but they have not 
grieved; thou hast consumed 
them, but they have refused to 
receive correction: they have 
made their faces harder than a 
rock; they have refused to return. 

4 Therefore I said, Surely these 
are poor; they are foolish: for 
they know not the way of the 
LORD, nor the judgment of their 


od. 

5 I will get me unto the great 
men, and will speak unto them; 
for they have known the way of 
the LORD, and the judgment 
of their God: but these have 
altogether broken the yoke, and 
burst the bonds. 

6 Wherefore a lion out of the 
forest shall slay them, and a 
wolf of the evenings shall spoil 
them, a leopard shall watch over 
their cities: every one that goeth 
out thence shall be torn in pieces: 
because their transgressions are 
many, and their backslidings are 
increased. 

7, { How shall I pardon thee for 
this? thy children have forsaken 
me, and sworn by them that 
are no gods: when I had fed 
them to the full, they then com- 
mitted adultery, and assembled 
themselves by troops in the har- 
lots’ houses. 

8 They were as fed horses in 
the morning: every one neighed 
after his neighbour’s wife. 

9 Shall I not visit for these! 
things? saith the LORD: and 
shall not my soul be avenged on. 
such a nation as this? 

10 4 Go ye up upon her walls, 


| 
| 
| 
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Wickedness throughout the land 


and destroy; but make not a full 
end: take away her battlements; 
for they are not the LORD’S. 

11 For the house of {Is’ra-el 
and the house of Jia’dah have 
dealt very treacherously against 
me, saith the LORD. 

12 They have belied the LorD, 
and said, If is not he; neither 
shall evil come upon us; neither 
shall we see sword nor famine: 

13 And the prophets shall be- 
come wind, and the word is not 
in them: thus shall it be done 
unto them. 

14 Wherefore thus saith the 
LORD God of hosts, Because ye 
speak this word, behold, I will 
make my words in thy mouth 
fire, and this people wood, and it 
shall devour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation 
upon you from far, O house of 
Is’ra-el, saith the LORD: itisa 
mighty nation, it is an ancient 
nation, a nation whose language 
thou knowest not, neither under- 
standest what they say. 

16 Their quiver is as an open 
sepulchre, they are all mighty 


men. 

17 And they shall eat up thine 
harvest, and thy bread, which 
thy sons and thy daughters 
should eat: they shall eat up thy 
flocks and thine herds: they 
shall eat up thy vines and thy fig 
trees: they shall impoverish thy 
fenced cities, wherein thou trust- 
edst, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless in those days, 
saith the LORD, I will not make a 
full end with you. 

19 q And it shall come to pass, 

When ye shall say, Wherefore 
doeth the LORD our God all these 
things unto us? then shalt thou 
answer them, Like as ye have 
forsakep. me, and served strange 
gods in your land, so shall ye 
Serve strangers in a land that is 
not yours. ; 
20 Declare this in the house of 
Ja’cob, and publish it in Ji’dah, 
Saying, : f 

21 Hear now this, O foolish 


JEREMIAH, 6 


people, and without understand- 
ing; which have eyes, and see 
neh which have ears, and hear 
not: 

22 Fear ye not me? saith the 
LORD: will ye not tremble at my 
presence, which have placed the 
sand for the bound of the sea by 
a perpetual decree, that it cannot 
Pass it: and though the waves 
thereof toss themselves, yet can 
they not prevail; though they 
roar, yet can they not pass over it? 

23 But this people hath a re- 
volting and a rebellious heart; 
they are revolted and gone. 

24 Neither say they in their 
heart, Let us now fear the LorRD 
our God, that giveth rain, both 
the former and the latter, in his 
season: he reserveth unto us the 
appointed weeks of the harvest. 

25 { Your iniquities have turned 
away these things, and your sins 
have withholden good {things 
from you. 

26 For among my people are 
found wicked men: they lay 
wait, as he that setteth snares; 
they set a trap, they catch men. 

27 As a cage is full of birds, so 
are their houses full of deceit: 
therefore they are become great, 
and waxen rich. 

28 They are waxen fat, they 
shine: yea, they overpass the 
deeds of the wicked: they judge 
not the cause, the cause of the 
fatherless, yet they prosper; and 
the right of the needy do they not 
judge. 

29 Shall I not visit for these 
things? saith the LORD: shall 
not my soul be avenged on such a 
nation as this? 

30 §.A wonderful and horrible 
thing is committed in the land: 

31 The prophets prophesy false- 
ly, and the priests bear rule by 
their means; and my _ people 
love to have it so: and what will 
ye do in the end thereofr 


CHAPTER 6 751 

1 Judah’s enemies encourage theme- 

selves. 9 The prophet’s lament. 26 
The people are called to mourn. 


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JEREMIAH. 6 


YE children of Bén’ja-min, 

gather yourselves to flee out 
of the midst of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
blow the trumpet in Té-k6’a, and 
set up a sign of fire in Béth— 
hac’ce-rém: for evil appeareth 
out of the north, and great de- 
struction. 

2 Ihave likened the daughter of 
Zi'bn to a comely and delicate 
woman. : j 

3 The shepherds with their 
flocks shall come unto her; they 
shall pitch their tents against her 
round about; they shall feed 
every one in his place. 

4 Prepare ye war against her; 
arise, and let us go up at noon. 
Woe unto us! for the day goeth 
away, for the shadows of the 
evening are stretched out. 

5 Arise, and let us go by night, 
and let us destroy her palaces. 

6 § For thus hath the LORD of 
hosts said, Hew ye down trees, 
and cast a mount against Jé- 
ru’sa-lém: this is the city to be 
visited; she is wholly oppres- 
sion in the midst of her. 

7 As a fountain casteth out her 
waters, so she casteth out her 
wickedness: violence and spoil 
is heard in her; before me con- 
tinually is grief and wounds. __ 

8 Be thou instructed, O Jeé- 
ru’sa-lém, lest my soul depart 
from thee; lest I make thee des- 
olate, a land not inhabited. 

9 | Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, They shall throughly glean 
the remnant of Is’ra-el as a vine: 
turn back thine hand as a grape- 
gatherer into the baskets. 

10 To whom shall I speak, and 
give warning, that they, may 
hear? behold, their ear. 7s un- 
circumcised, and they cannot 
hearken: behold, the word of 
the LORD is unto them a fre- 
proach; they have no delight in it. 

11 Therefore I am full of the 
fury of the LORD; I am weary 
with holding in: I will pour it out 
upon the children abroad, and 
upon the assembly of young men 
together: for even the husband 


Evil conditions deplored 


with the wife shall be taken, the 
aged with him that ts full of days. 

12 And their houses shall be 
turned unto others, with their 
fields and wives together: for I 
will stretch out my hand upon 
the inhabitants of the land, saith 
the LORD. 

13 For from the least of them 
even unto the greatest of them 
every one is given to covetous- 
ness; and from the prophet even 
unto the priest every one dealeth 
falsely. 

14 They have healed also the 
hurt of the daughter of my peo- 
ple slightly, saying, Peace, peace; 
when there is no peace. 

15 Were they ashamed when 
they had committed abomina- 
tion? nay, they were not at all 
ashamed, neither could they 
blush: therefore they shall fall 
among them that fall: at the 
time that I visit them they shall 
be cast down, saith the LORD. 

16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand 
ye in the ways, and see, and ask 
for the old paths, where is the 
good way, and walk therein, and 
ye shall find rest for your souls, 
But they said, We will not walk 
therein. 

17 Also I set watchmen over 
you, saying, Hearken to the 
sound of the trumpet. But they 
said, We will not hearken. 

18 4 Therefore hear, ye nations, 
and know, O congregation, what 
is among them. 

19 Hear, O earth: behold, I 
will bring evil upon this people, 
even the fruit of their thoughts, 
because they have not hearkened 
unto my words, nor to my law, 
but rejected it. 

20 To what purpose cometh 
there to me incense from Shé’ba, 
and the sweet cane from a far 
country? your burnt offerings 
are not acceptable, nor your sac- 
rifices sweet unto me. 

21 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD, Behold, I will lay stum- 
blingblocks before this people, 
and the fathers and the sons to- 


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: _ Judah called on to repent 


_ gether shall fall upon them; the 
neighbour and his friend shall 
perish. 

22 Thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, a people cometh from the 
north Routes and a great nation 
shall be raised from the sides of 
- the earth. 
ox “They shall lay hold on bow 

spear; they are cruel, and 

Wave no mercy; their voice roar- 
eth like the sea; and they ride 

upon horses, set in array as men 

for war against thee, O daughter 
of Zi’6n. 

24 We have heard the fame 
thereof: our hands wax feeble: 
anguish hath taken hold of us, 
and pain, as of a woman in 


' travail. 


25 Go not forth into the field, 
nor walk by the way; for the 
sword of the enemy and fear ts 
on every side. 

26 4 O daughter of my people, 

gird thee with sackcloth, and 
Salone thyself in ashes: make 
thee mourning, as for an only 
son, most bitter lamentation: for 
the spoiler shall suddenly come 
upon us. 

27 I have set thee for a tower 
and a fortress among my people, 
that thou mayest know and try 
their way. 

28 They are all grievous revolt- 
ers, walking with slanders: they 


are brass and: iron; they are all | by 


corrupters. 

29 The bellows are burned, the 
lead is consumed of the fire; the 
founder melteth in vain: for the 
wicked are not plucked away. 

30 Reprobate silver shall men 
call them, because the LORD hath 
rejected them.. 


752 CHAPTER 7 


3 wet eu Eas? calls Judah to repentance. 
7 God’s judgments threatened. 
Bucraees are rejected. 29 Exhorta- 
tion to mourn. 
HE word that came to Jér-e- 
mi’ah fromthe LORD, saying, 
2 Stand in the gate of the 
LORD’S house, and proclaim 
| there this word, and say, Hear 


+ | LORD, 


JEREMIAH, 7 


the word of the LORD, all ve of 
Ji’dah, that enter in at these 
gates to worship the LORD. 

3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of is’ra-el, Amend your 
ways and your doings, and I will 
cause you to dwell in this place. 

4 Trust ye not in lying words, 
saying, The temple of the LORD, 
The temple of the LORD, The 
temple of the LORD, are these. 

5 For if ye throughly amend 
your ways and your doings; if ye 
throughly execute judgment be- 
tween a man and his neighbour; 

6 If ye oppress not the stranger, 
the fatherless, and the widow, 
and shed not innocent blood in 
this place, neither walk after 
other gods to your hurt: 

7 Then will I cause you to 
dwell in this place, in the land 
that I gave to your fathers, for 
ever and ever. 

8 § Behold, ye trust in lying 
words, that cannot profit. 

9 Will ye steal, murder, and 
commit adultery, and swear 
falsely, and burn incense unto 
Ba’al, and walk after other gods 
whom ye know not; 

10 And come and stand before 
me in this house, which is called 
by my name, and say, We are 
delivered to do all these abom- 
inations? 

11 Is this house, whichis called 
my name, become a den of 
robbers in your eyes? Behold, 
even I have seen it, saith the 
LORD. 

12 But go ye now unto my 
place which was in Shi‘loh, 
where I set my name at the first, 
and see what I did to it for the 
wickedness of my people Is’ra-el. 

13 And now, because ye have 
done all these works, saith the 
and I spake unto you, 
rising up early and speaking, 
but ye heard not; and I called 
you, but ye answered not; 

14 Therefore will I do unto this 
house, which is called by my 
name, wherein ye trust, and unto 
the place which I gave to you and 


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JEREMIAH, 7 
to zone fathers, as I have done to 
Shi/l6h 


15 And I will cast you out of 
my sight, as I have cast out all 
your brethren, even the whole 
seed of E’/phra-im. 

16 Therefore pray not thou for 
this people, neither lift up cry nor 
prayer for them, neither make 
intercession tome: for I will not 
hear thee. 

17 4 Seest thou not eid they 
do in the cities of Ji’dah and in 
the streets of Jé-ru’sd-lém ? 

18 The children gather wood, 
and the fathers kindle the fire, 
and the women knead their 
dough, to make cakes to the 
queen of heaven, and to pour 
out drink offerings unto other 
gods, that they may provoke me 
to anger. 

19 Do they provoke me to 
anger? saith the LORD: do they 
not provoke themselves to the 
confusion of their own faces? 

20 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GoD; Behold, mine anger 
and my fury shall be poured out 
upon this place, upon man, and 
upon beast, and upon the trees 


of the field, and upon the fruit of | it 


the ground; and it shall burn, 
and shall not be quenched. 

21 4 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of is’ra-el; Put 
your burnt offerings unto your 
sacrifices, and eat flesh. 

22 For I spake not unto your 
fathers, nor commanded them in 
the day that I brought them out 
of the land of E’gypt, concerning 
burnt offerings or sacrifices: 

23 But this thing commanded I 
them, saying, Obey my voice, 
and I will be your God, and ye 
shall be my people: and walk ye 
in all the ways that I have com- 
manded you, that it may be well 
unto you. 

24 But they hearkened not, nor 
inclined their ear, but walked in 
the counsels and in the imagina- 
tion of their evil heart, and went 
backward, and not forward. 

25 Since the day that your fa- 


Sacrifices rejected 


thers came forth out of the land 
of E’gypt unto this day I have 
even sent unto you ail my serv- 
ants the prophets, daily rising 
up early and sending them: 

26 Yet they hearkened not unto 
me, nor inclined their ear, but 
hardened their neck: they did 
worse than their fathers. 

27 Therefore thou shalt speak 
all these words unto them; but 
they will not hearken to thee: 
thou shalt also call unto them; 
but they will not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt say unto 
them, This zs a nation that obey- 
eth not the voice of the LORD 
their God, nor receiveth correc- 
tion: truth is perished, and is cut 
off from their mouth. 

29 4 Cut off thine hair, O Jé- 
ry’sa-lém, and cast it away, and © 
take up a lamentation on high 
places; for the LORD hath re- 
jected and forsaken the genera- 
tion of his wrath. 

30 For the children of Ji’dah 
have done evil in my sight, saith 
the LORD: they have set their 
abominations in the house which 
is called by my name, to pollute — 


31 And they have built the 
high places of T6’phet, which is 
in the valley of the son of Hin’- 
nom, to burn their sons and their 
daughters in the fire; which I 
commanded them not, neither 
came it into my heart, 

32 4 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that it 
shall no more be called Té’phet, 
nor the valley of the son of Hin’- 
nom, but the valley of slaughter: 
for they shall bury in T6é’phet, 
till there be. no place. : 

33 And the carcases of this peo- 
ple shall be meat for the fowls of 
the heaven, and for the beasts of 
the earth; and none shall fray 
them away. | 

34 Then will I cause fom cease 
from the cities of Ja’dah, and 
from the streets of Jé-ru’ ax-lem 
the voice of mirth, and the voice 
of gladness, the voice of the 


870 


Calamities of Judah 
bridegroom, and the voice of the 


bride: for the land shall be 
desolate. 
753 CHAPTER 8 


1 Calamities of Judah. 13 Judgments 
on impenitence. 18 A desperate state. 
T that time, saith the LORD, 
they shall bring out the 
bones of the kings of Ji’dah, and 
the bones of his princes, and the 
bones of the priests, and the 
bones of the prophets, and the 
bones of the inhabitants of Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, out of their graves: 

2 And they shall spread them 
before the sun, and the moon, 
and all the host of heaven, whom 
they have loved, and whom they 
have served, and after whom 
they have walked, and whom 
they have sought, and whom 
they have worshipped: they shall 
not be gathered, nor be buried; 
they shall be for dung upon the 
face of the earth. 

3 And death shall be chosen 
rather than life by all the residue 
of them that remain of this evil 
family, which remain in all the 
places whither I have driven 
them, saith the LORD of hosts. 

4 4 Moreover thou shalt say 
unto them, Thus saith the LORD; 
Shall they fall, and not arise? 
shall he turn away, and not 
return? ‘ : 

5 Why then is this people of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém slidden back by a 
perpetual backsliding? they hold 
fast deceit, they refuse to return. 

6 I hearkened and heard, but 
they spake not aright: no man 
repented him of his wickedness, 
saying, What have I done? every 
one turned to his course, as the 
horse rusheth into the battle. 

7 Yea, the stork in the heaven 
knoweth her appointed times; 
and the turtle and the crane and 
the swallow observe the time of 
their coming; but my people 
know not the judgment of the 
LORD. ; 

8 How do ye say, We are wise, 
and the law of the LORD ts with 


JEREMIAH, 8 


us? Lo, certainly in vain made 
he it; the pen of the scribes is in 
vain. ; 

9 The wise men are ashamed, 
they are dismayed and taken: lo, 
they have rejected the word of 
the LORD; and what wisdom is 
in them? 

10 Therefore will I give their 
wives unto others, and their 
fields to them that shall inherit 
them: for every one from the 
least even unto the greatest is 
given to covetousness, from the 
prophet even unto the priest 
every one dealeth falsely. 

11 For they have healed the 
hurt of the daughter of my people 
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; 
when there is no peace. 

12 Were they ashamed when 
they had committed abomina- 
tion? nay, they were not at all 
ashamed, neither could they 
blush: therefore shall they fall 
among them that fall: in the 
time of their visitation they shall 
be cast down, saith the LORD. 

13 (I will surely consume 
them, saith the LORD: fhere 
shall be no grapes on the vine, 
nor figs on the fig tree, and the 
leaf shall fade; and the things 
that I have given them shall pass 
away from them. 

14 Why do we sit still? assem- 
ble yourselves, and let us enter 
into the defenced cities, and let 
us be silent there: for the LORD 
our God hath put us to silence, 
and given us water of gall to 
drink, because we have sinned 
against the LORD. 

15 We looked for peace, but no 
good came; and for a time of 
health, and behold trouble! 

16 The snorting of his horses 
was heard from Dan: the whole 
land trembled at the sound of 
the neighing of his strong ones; 
for they are come, and have de- 
voured the land, and all that is 
in it; the city, and those that 
dwell therein. é 

17 For, behold, I will send ser- 
pents, cockatrices, among you, 


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JEREMIAH, 9 


Lamentation for people’s sins 


which will not be charmed, and | their tongue to speak lies, and 


they shall bite you, saith the 
LORD. 

18 {When I would comfort my- 
self against sorrow, my heart is 
faint in me.’ 

19 Behold the voice of the cry 
of the daughter of my people be- 
cause of them that dwell in a far 
country: Js not the LORD in 
Zion? is not her king in her? 

y have they provoked me to 
anger with their graven images, 
and with strange vanities? 

20 The harvest is past, the 
summer is ended, and we are not 
saved. 

21 For the hurt of the daughter 
of my people am I hurt; I am 
black; astonishment hath taken 
hold on me. i 
.22 Is there no balm in Gil’e-4d; 
is there no physician there? why 
then is not the health of the 
daughter ofmy people recovered? 


754 CHAPTER 9 


1 Jeremiah laments the sins of the peo- 
ple. 12 Disobedience brings calami- 
ties. 17 An exhortation. 25 Jews 
and Gentiles threatened. 


©# that my head were waters, 

and mine eyes a fountain of 
tears, that I might weep day and 
night for the slain of the daughter 
of my people! 

2 Oh that I had in the wilder- 
ness a lodging place of wayfaring 
men; that I might leave my peo- 
ple, and go from them! for they 
be all adulterers, an assembly of 
treacherous men. 

3 And they bend their tongues 
like their bow for lies: but they 
are not valiant for the truth upon 
the earth; for they proceed from 
evil to evil, and they know not 
me, saith the LORD. 

4 Take ye heed every one of 
his neighbour, and trust ye not 
in any brother: for every brother 
will utterly supplant, and every 
Secret es will walk with slan- 

ers. 

5 And they will deceive every 
one his neighbour, and will not 
speak the truth: they have taught 


weary themselves to commit 


iniquity. Sa : 

6 Thine habitation is in the 
midst of deceit; through deceit 
they refuse to know me, saith 
the LORD. 

7 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, Behold, I will 
melt them, and try them; for 
how shall I do fer the daughter 
of my people? 

8 Their tongue is as an arrow 
shot out; it speaketh deceit: one 
speaketh peaceably to his neigh- 
bour with his mouth, but in 
heart he layeth his wait. 

9 § Shall I not visit them for 
these things? saith the LorD: 
shall not my soul be avenged on 
such a nation as this? 

10 For the mountains will I 
take up a weeping and wailing, 
and for the habitations of the 
wilderness a lamentation, be- 
cause they are burned up, so 
that none can pass through 
them; neither can men hear 
the voice of the cattle; both the 
fowl of the heavens and the beast 
are fied; they are gone. 

11 And I will make Jé-ru’s4- 
lém heaps, and a den of dragons; 
and I will make the cities of Jia’- 
dah desolate, 
habitant. 

12 { Who is the wise man, that 
may understand this? and who 
is he to whom the mouth of the 
LORD hath spoken, that he may 
declare it, for what the land per-. 
isheth and is burned up like a 
wilderness, that none passeth 
through? J 

13 And the LORD saith, Be- 
cause they have forsaken my law 
which I set before them, and have 
not obeyed my voice, neither 
walked therein; 

14 But have walked after the 
imagination of their own heart, 
and after Ba’al-im, which their 
fathers taught them: 

15 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of fs’- 
ra-el; Behold, I will feed them, 


without an in- 


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 Calamities threatened 


even this people, with worm- 
wood, and give them water of 
gall to drink. 

16 I will scatter them also 
among the heathen, whom nei- 
ther they nor their fathers have 
known: and I will send a sword 
after them, till I have consumed 


them. 

17 § Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, Consider ye, and call for 
the mourning women, that they 
may come; and send for cunning 
women, that they may come: 

18 And let them make haste, 
and take up a wailing for us, that 
our eyes may run down with 
tears, and our eyelids gush out 
with waters. raaeclah ie 

19 For a voice of wailing is 
heard out of Zi’6n, How are we 
spoiled! we are greatly con- 
founded, because we have for- 
saken the land, because our 
dwellings have cast us out. 

20 Yet hear the word of the 
LORD, O ye women, and let your 
ear receive the word of his mouth, 
and teach your daughters wail- 
ing, and every one her neighbour 
lamentation. 3 

21 For death is come up into 
our windows, and is entered into 
our palaces, to cut off the chil- 
dren from without, and the young 
men from the streets. 

22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, 
Even the carcases of men shall 
faJl as dung upon the open field, 
and as the handful after the 
harvestman, and none shall 
gather them. . 

23 ¥ Thus saith the LorpD, Let 
not the wise man glory in his 
wisdom, neither let the mighty 
man glory in his might, let not 
the rich man glory in his 
riches: 

24 But let him that glorieth 
glory in this, that he understand- 
eth and knoweth me, that I am 
the LORD which exercise loving- 
kindness, judgment, and right- 
eousness, in the earth: for in 
these things I delight, saith the 
LORD. 


JEREMIAH, 10 


25 § Behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that will 
punish all them which are cir- 
cumcised with the uncircum- 
cised; 
260 E’gypt, and Ji/’dah, and 
E’dom, and the children of Am’- 
mon, and Mo’ab, and all that are 
in the utmost corners, that 
dwell in the wilderness: for all 
these nations are uncircumcised, 
and all the house of Is’ra-el are 
uncircumcised in the heart. 


CHAPTER 10 755 


1 Unequal comparison of God and idels. 
17 The prophet warns the people. 19 
Lament for the tabernacle. 23 Jer- 
emiah’s supplication. 


EAR ye the word which the 
LORD speaketh unto you, 
O house of Is’ra-el: 

2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn 
not the way of the heathen, and 
be not dismayed at the signs of 
heaven; for the heathen are dis- 
mayed at them. 

3 For the customs of the peo- 
ple are vain: for one cutteth a 
tree out of the forest, the work of 
the hands of the workman, with 
the ax. 

4 They deck it with silver and 
with gold; they fasten it with 
nails and with hammers, that it 
move not. 

5 They are upright as the palm 
tree, but speak not: they must 
needs be borne, because they 
cannot go. Be not afraid of 
them; for they cannot do evil, 
neither also is if in them to do 
good. ; 

6 Forasmuch as there is none 
like unto thee, O LORD; thou 
art great, and thy name is great 
in might. 

7 Who would not fear thee, O 
King of nations? for to thee 
doth it appertain: forasmuch as 
among all the wise men of the 
nations, and in all their king- 
doms, there is none like unto thee. 

8 But they are _ altogether 
brutish and foolish: the stock 
ts a doctrine of vanities. : 

9 Silver spread into plates is 


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JEREMIAH, 11 


brought from’ T4ar’shish, and 
gold from U’phaz, the work of 
the workman, and of the hands 
of the founder: blue and purple 
is their clothing: they are all the 
work of cunning men. 

10 But the LORD is the true 
God, he is the living God, and 
an everlasting 
wrath the e 
and the nations shall not be able 
to abide his indignation. 

11 Thus shall ye say unto 
them, The gods that have not 
made the heavens and the e 
even they shall perish from the 
earth, and from under these 
heavens. 

12 He hath made the earth by 
his power, he hath established 
the world by his wisdom, and 
hath stretched out the heavens 
By his discretion. 

13 When he uttereth his voice, 
there is a multitude of waters 
in the heavens, and he causeth 
the vapours to ascend from the 
ends of the earth; he maketh 
hee ea with rain, and bring- 

forth the wind out of his 
freasures. ‘ svete 

14 Every man is brutish in his 
knowledge: every founder is 
confounded by the graven image: 
for his molten image ts falsehood, 
and there is no breath in them. 

15 They are vanity, and the 
work of errors: in the time of 
their visitation they shall perish. 

16 The portion of Ja’cob is not 
like them: for he zs the former of 
all things; and {fs’ra-el is the 
rod of his inheritance: The LORD 
of hosts is his name. 

17 4 Gather up thy wares out of 
the land, O inhabitant of the 
fortress. 

18 For thus saith the LORD, 
Behold, I will sling out the in- 
habitants of the land at this once, 
and will distress them, that they 
may find it so. 

19 ¢ Woe is me for my ave 
my wound is grievous: but I 
said, Truly this is a grief, and I 
must bear it. 


_ The true and living God 


20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and 
all my cords are broken: my 
children are gone forth of me, and 
they are not: there is none to 
stretch forth my tent any more, 
and to set up my curtains. 

21 For the pastors are become 

brutish, and have not sought the 
LORD: therefore they shall not 
prosper, and all their flocks shall 
be scattered. 
_22 Behold, the noise of the bruit 
is come, and a great commotion 
out of the north country, to make 
the cities of Ji’dah desolate, and 
a den of dragons. 

23 { O LORD, I know that ny 
way of man is not in himself: 
is not in man that walketh He 
direct his steps. 

24 O LORD, correct me, but 
with judgment; not in thine 
anger, lest thou bring me to 
nothing. 

25 Pour out thy fury upon the 
heathen that know thee not, and 
upon the families that call not on 
thy name: for they have eaten up 
Ja’cob, and devoured him, and 


consumed » and have made 
his habitation desolate. 
CHAPTER 11 756 


1 The prophet proclaims God's cove- 
nant. 8& Disobedient Jews rebuked. 
11 A prophecy of evil. 

HE word that came to Jér- 
e-mi’/ah from the LORD, 
saying, 

2 Hear ye the words of this cov- 
enant, and speak unto the men of 
Ja’dah, and to the inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; 

3 And say thou unto them, 
Thus saith the LORD God of 
Is’ra-el; Cursed be the man 
that obeyeth not the words of 
this covenant, 

4 Which I commanded your 
fathers in the day that I brought 
them forth out of, the land of 

E’gypt, from the iron furnace, 
saying, Obey my voice, and do 
them, according to all which I 
command you: so shall ye be my 
people, and I will be your God: 


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_A prophecy of evil 


' 5 That I may perform the oath 
_ which I have sworn unto your 
fathers, to give them a land flow- 
ing with milk and honey, as if is 
this day. Then answered I, and 

6 Then the LORD said unto me, 
Proclaim all these words in the 
cities of Ji’dah, and in the streets 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, Hear ye 
the words of this covenant, and 
do them. 

7 For Iearnestly protested unto 
your fathers in the day that I 
brought them up out of the land 
of E’gypt, even unto this day, 
rising early and protesting, say- 
ing, Obey my voice. ; 

8 Yet they obeyed not, nor in- 
clined their ear, but walked every 
one in the imagination of their 
evil heart: therefore I will bring 
upon them all the words of this 
covenant, which I commanded 
themto do; butthey did fhemnot. 

9 And the LORD said unto me, 
A conspiracy is found among the 
men of Ji’dah, and among the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 They are turned back to the 
iniquities of their forefathers, 
which refused to hear my words: 
and they went after other gods to 
serve them: the house of Is’ra-el 
and the house of Ju’dah have 
broken my covenant which I 
made with their fathers. | 

11 4 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD, Behold, I will bring evil 
upon them, which they shal! not 
be able to escape; and though 
they shall cry unto me, I will not 
hearken unto them. __ 

12 Then shall the cities of Jia’- 
dah and inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém go, and cry unto the gods 
unto whom they offer incense: 
but they shall not save them at 
all in the time of their trouble. 

13 For according to the number 
of thy cities were thy gods, O 

a’dah; and according to the 
number of the streets of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém have ye set up altars to that 
shameful thing, even altars to 
burn incense unto Ba’aL 


JEREMIAH, 11 


14 Therefore pray not thou for 
this people, neither lift up a cry 
or prayer for them: for I will not 
hear them in the time that they 
cry unto me for their trouble. 
_15 What hath my beloved to do 
in mine house, seeing she hath 
wrought lewdness with many, 
and the holy flesh is passed from 
thee? when thou doest evil, 
then thou rejoicest. 

16 The LORD called thy name, 
A green olive tree, fair, and of 
goodly fruit: with the noise of a 
great tumult he hath kindled fire 
upon it, and the branches of it 
are broken. 

17 For the LORD of hosts, that 
planted thee, hath pronounced 
evil against thee, for the evil of 
the house of Is’ra-el and of the 
house of Ja’dah, which they have 
done against themselves to pro- 
voke me to anger in offering in- 
cense unto Ba’al. , 

18 4 And the LORD hath given 
me knowledge of it, and I know 
it: then thou shewedst me their 
doings. 

19 But I was like a lamb or an 
ox that is brought to the slaugh- 
ter; and I knew not that they had 
devised devices against me, say- 
ing, Let us destroy the tree with 
the fruit thereof, and let us cut 
him off from the land of the liv- 
ing, that his name may be no 
more remembered. 

_20 But, O LORD of hosts, that 
judgest righteously, that triest 
the reins and the heart, let me see 
thy vengeance on them: for unto 
thee have I revealed my cause. 

21 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of the men of An’a-thoth, 
that seek thy life, saying, Proph- 
esy not in the name of the LORD, 
that thou die not by our hand: 

22 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, Behold, I will 
punish them: the young men 
shall die by the sword; their sons 
and their daughters shall die by 
famine: 

23 And there shall be no rem- 
nant of them: for I will bring 


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JEREMIAH, 12, 13 


evil upon the men of An’a-thoth, 
even the year of their visitation. 


757 CHAPTER 12 
1 Jeremiah's complaint of the prosper- 
ity of the wicked. God laments 
the desolation of his heritage. 14 
Promises to the penitent. 
Oo 


IGHTEOUS art thou, | 
LORD, when I plead with 
thee: yet let me talk with thee 
of thy judgments: Wherefore 
doth the way of the wicked pros- 
per? wherefore are all they happy 
that deal very treacherously? 
2 Thou hast pianted them, yea, 
they have taken root: they grow, 


yea, they bring forth fruit: thou | d 


art near in their mouth, and far 
from their reins. 

3 But thou, O LORD, knowest 
me: thou hast seen me, and tried 
mine heart toward thee: pull 
them out like sheep for the 
slaughter, and prepare them for 
the day of slaughter. 

4 How long shall the land 
mourn, and the herbs of every 
field wither, for the wickedness 
of them that dwell therein? the 
beasts are consumed, and the 
birds; because they said, He 
shall not see our last end. 

5 (If thou hast run with the 
footmen, and they have wearied 
thee, then how canst thou con- 
tend with horses? and if in the 
land of peace, wherein thou 
trustedst, they wearied thee, 
then how wilt thou do in the 
swelling of Jér’dan? 

6 For even thy brethren, and 


the house of thy father, even they | | 


have dealt treacherously with 
thee; yea, they have called a 
multitude after thee: believe 
them not, though they speak 
fair words unto thee. 

7 Ihave forsaken mine house, 
I have left mine heritage; I have 
given the dearly beloved of my 
soul into the hand of her enemies. 

8 Mine heritage is unto me as a 
lion in the forest; it crieth out 
against me: therefore have I 
hated it. ; 

9 Mine heritage is unto me as a 


Desolation of God’s heritage 


speckled bird, the birds round 
about are against her; come ye, 
assemble all the beasts of the 
field, come to devour. 

10 Many pastors have de- 
stroyed my vineyard, they have 
trodden my portion under foot, 
they have made my pleasant 
portion a desolate wilderness. 

11 They have made it desolate, 
and being desolate it mourneth 
unto me; the whole land is made 
desolate, because no man layeth 
it to heart. 

12 The spoilers are come upon 
all high places through the wil- 
erness: for the sword of the 
LORD shall devour from the one 
end of the land even to the other 
end of the land: no flesh shall 
have peace. 

13 They have sown wheat, but 
shall reap thorns: they have put 
themselves to pain, but shall not 
profit: and they shall be ashamed 
of your revenues because of the 
fierce anger of the LORD. 

14 4 Thus saith the LORD 
against all mine evil neighbours, 
that touch the inheritance which 
I have caused my people Is’ra-el 
to inherit; Behold, I will pluck 
them out of their land, and pluck 
out the house of Ja’dah from 
among them. 

15 And it shall come to pass, 
after that I have plucked them 
out I will return, and have com- 
passion on them, and will bring 
them again, every man to his 
heritage, and every man to his 


and. 

16 And it shall come to pass, if 
they will diligently learn the ways 
of my people, to swear by my 
name, The LORD liveth; as they 
taught my people to swear by 
Ba’al; then shall they be built in 
the midst of my people. 

17 But if they will not obey, I 
will utterly pluck up and destroy 
that nation, saith the LORD. 


CHAPTER 13 758 
1 A linen girdle types destruction. 12 
Figure of the botiles and wine. 15 


Exhortation to repentance. 


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The linen girdle a type of destruction 


HUS saith the LORD unto 
| me, Go and get thee a linen 

girdle, and put it upon thy loins, 
and put it notin water. _ 

2 So I got a girdle according to 
the word of the LORD, and put it 
on my loins. 

3 And the word of the LORD 
came unto me the second time, 
saying, 

4 Take the girdle that thou hast 
got, which is upon thy loins, and 
arise, go to Eu-phra’tés, and 
hide it there in a hole of the rock. 
|_5 So I went, and_hid it by 

Eti-phra’tés, as the LORD com- 
manded me. 

6 And it came to pass after 
many days, that the LORD said 
unto me, Arise, go to Eu-phra’- 
tés, and take the girdle from 
thence, which I commanded thee 

to hide there. 

Then I went to Eu-phra’tés, 
and digged, and took the girdle 
from the place where I had hid 
| it: and, behold, the girdle was 
marred, it was profitable for 
nothing. 

8 Then the word of the LORD 
came unto me, Saying, 

9 Thus saith the LORD, After 
this manner will I mar the pride 
of Ji’dah, and the great pride of 
Jé-ry’sa-lém. j 

__10 This evil people, which re- 
fuse to hear my words, which 
walk in the imaginatjon of their 
heart, and walk after other gods, 
to serve them, and to worship 
them, shall even be as this girdle, 
which is good for nothing. 

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to 
the loins of a man, so have I 
caused to cleave unto me the 
whole house of {s’ra-el and the 
whole house of Ja’dah, saith the 
LORD; that they might be unto 
me for a people, and for a name, 
and for a praise, and fora glory: 
but they would not hear. 

12 { Therefore thou shalt speak 
unto them this word; Thus saith 
the LORD God of is’ra-el, Every 
bottle shall be filled with wine: 
and they shall say unto thee, Do 


JEREMIAH, 13 


we not certainly know that every 
bottle shall be filled with wine? 

13 Then shait thou say unto 
them, Thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, I will fill all the inhabitants 
of this land, even the kings that 
sit upon Da’vid’s throne, and the 
priests, and the prophets, and all 
the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
with drunkenness. 

14 And I will dash them one 
against another, even the fathers 
and the sons together, saith the 
LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, 
nor have mercy, but destroy 
them. : 

15 4 Hear ye, and give ear; be 
not proud: for the LORD hath 
spoken. 

16 Give glory to the LORD 
your God, before he cause dark- 
ness, and before your feet stumble 
upon the dark mountains, and, 
while ye look for light, he turn it 
into the shadow of death, and 
make it gross darkness. 

17 But if ye will not hear it, my 
soul shall weep in secret places 
for your pride; and mine eye 
shall weep sore, and run down 
with tears, because the LORD’S 
flock is carried away captive. 

18 Say unto the king and to 
the queen, Humble yourselves, 
sit down: for your principalities 
shall come down, even the crown 
of your glory. 

19 The cities of the south shall. 
be shut up, and none shall open 
them: Ji’dah shall be carried 
away Captive all of it, it shall be 
wholly carried away captive. 

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold 
them that come from the north: 
where is the flock that was given 
thee, thy beautiful flock? 

21 What wilt thou say when he 
shall punish thee? for thou hast 
taught them fo be captains, and 
as chief over thee: shall not sor- 
rows take thee, as a woman in 
travail? : : 

22 q And if thou say in thine 
heart, Wherefore come these 
things upon me? For the great- 
ness of thine iniquity are thy 


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JEREMIAH, 14 


skirts discovered, and thy heels 
made bare. _ 

23 Can the E-thi-6’pi-an change 
his skin, or the leopard his spots? 
then may ye also do good, that 
are accustomed to do evil. 

24 Therefore will I scatter them 
as the stubble that passeth away 
by the wind of the wilderness. 

25 This} is thy lot, the portion 
of thy measures from me, saith 


the LORD; because thou hast 
forgotten me, and trusted in 
falsehood. 


26 Therefore will I discover 
thy skirts upon thy face, that thy 
shame may appear. 

27 I have seen thine adulteries, 
and thy neighings, the lewdness 
of thy whoredom, and thine 
abominations on the hills in the 
fields. Woe unto thee, O Jé- 
ru’sa-lém! wilt thou not be made 
clean? when shall it once be? 


759 CHAPTER 14 


1 Jeremiah’s prayer amid famine. 
Complaint against lying prophets. 
HE word of the LORD that 
came to Jér-e-mi/ah con- 
cerning the dearth. 

Ja’dah mourneth, and the 
gates thereof languish; they are 
black unto the ground; and the 
cry of Jé-ru’sd-lém is gone up. 

3 And their nobles have sent 
their little ones to the waters: 
they came to the pits, and found 
no water; they returned with 
their vessels empty; they were 
ashamed and confounded, and 
covered their heads. 

4 Because the ground is chapt, 
for there was no rain in the earth, 
the plowmen were ashamed, they 
covered their heads. 

5 Yea, the hind also calved in 
the field, and forsook it, because 
there was no grass. i 
_6 And the wild asses did stand 
in the high places, they snuffed 
up the wind like dragons; their 
eyes did fail, because there was 
no grass. 

7 9.0 LORD, though our in- 
iquities testify against us, do 


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Jeremiah’s prayer amid famine 


thou it for thy name’s sake: for 
our backslidings are many; we 
have sinned against thee. 

8 O the hope of Is’ra-el, the 
saviour thereof in time of trouble, 
why shouldest thou be as a 
stranger in the land, and as a 
wayfaring man that’ turneth 
aside to tarry for a night? 

9 Why shouldest thou be as a 
man astonied, as a mighty man 
that cannot save? yet thou, O 
LORD, art in the midst of us, and 
we ay called by thy name; leave 
us no 

10 7 ‘Thus saith the LORD unto 
this people, Thus have they loved 
to wander, they have not re- 
frained their feet, therefore the 
LORD doth not accept them; he 
will now remember their iniquity, 
and visit their sins. 

11 Then said the LORD unto 
me, Pray not for this people for 
their good. 

12 When they fast, I will not 
hear their cry; and when they 
offer burnt offering and an obla- 
tion, I will not accept them: 
but I will consume them by the 
sword, and by the famine, and: 
by the pestilence. 

3 § Then said I, Ah, Lord 

GoD! behold, the prophets say’ 
unto them, Ye shall not see the! 
sword, neither shall 
famine; but I 
assured peace in this place. 
} 14 Then the LORD said unto 
me, The prophets prophesy lies 
in my name: I sent them not, 
neither have I commanded them, 
neither spake unto them: they, 
prophesy unto you a false vision 
and divination, and a thing of 
nought, and the deceit of their 
heart. 

15 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD concerning the prophets: 
that prophesy in my name, and I 
sent them not, yet they say, 
Sword and famine shall not be 
in this land; By sword and 
famine shall those prophets be 
consumed. 

16 And the people to whom 






Rejection of Judah 


they prophesy shail be cast out 
in the streets of Jé-ru’sd4-lém 
because of the famine and the 
sword; and they shall -have 
none to bury them, them, their 
Wives, nor their sons, nor their 
daughters: for I will pour their 
wickedness upon them. 

17 §| Therefore thou shalt say 
this word unto them; Let mine 
eyes run down with tears night 
and day, and let them not cease: 
for the virgin daughter of my 
people is broken with a_ great 
breach, with a very grievous 
blow. 

18 If I go forth into the field, 
then behold the slain with the 
sword! and if I enter into the 
city, then behold them that are 
sick with famine! yea, both the 
prophet and the priest go about 
pito a land that they know 
not. 

19 Hast thou utterly rejected 
Ja’dah? hath thy soul loathed 
Zi’on? why hast thou smitten us, 
and there is no healing for us? 
we looked for peace, and there is 
no good; and for the time of 
healing, and behold trouble! 

20 We acknowledge, O LORD, 
our wickedness, and the iniquity 
of our fathers: for we have 
sinned against thee. 

21 Do not abhor us, for thy 
name’s sake, do not disgrace the 
throne of thy glory: remember, 
break not thy covenant with 
us. 
22 Are there any among the 
vanities of the Gén’tiles that can 
Cause rain? or can the heavens 
give showers? art not thou he, 
O LORD our God? therefore we 
will wait upon thee: for thou 
hast made all these things. 


760 CHAPTER 15 
lL Utter rejection of Judah, and conse- 
quent judgments. 10 Jeremiah re- 
ceives a promise and a threat. 15 A 
' complaint and prayer. 
a) HEN said the LORD unto me, 
Though Mo’ses and Sam/’- 
i-el stood before me, yet my 









_ JEREMIAH, 15 


mind could not be toward this 
people: cast them out of my 
sight, and let them go forth. 

2 And it shall come to pass, if 
they say unto thee, Whither shall 
we go forth? then thou shalt tell 
them, Thus saith the Lorp; 
Such as are for death, to death; 
and such as are for the sword, to 
the sword; and such as are for 
the famine, to the famine; and 
such as are for the captivity, to 
the captivity. 

3 And I will appoint over them 
four kinds, saith the LORD: the 
sword to slay, and the dogs to 
tear,and the fowls of the heaven, 
and the beasts of the earth, to 
devour and destroy. 

4 And I will cause them to 
be removed into all kingdoms of 
the earth, because of Ma-ndas’seh 
the son of Héz-e-ki’ah king of 
Ji’dah, for that which he did in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

5 For who shall have pity upon 
thee, O Jé-ru’s4-lém? or who 
shall bemoan thee? or who shall 
go aside to ask how thou doest? 

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith 
the LORD, thou art gone back- 
ward: therefore will I stretch 
out my hand against thee, and 
destroy thee; I am weary with 
repenting. 

7 And I will fan them with a 
fan in the gates of the land; I will 
bereave them of children, I will 
destroy my people, since they 
return not from their ways. 

8 Their widows are increased 
to me above the sand of the 
seas: I have brought-upon them 
against the mother of the young 
men a spoiler at noonday: I have 
caused him to fall upon it sud- 
denly, and terrors upon the city. 

9 She that hath borne seven 
languisheth: she hath given up 
the ghost; her sunis gone down 
while it was yet day: she hath 
been ashamed and confounded: 
and the residue of them will I 
deliver to the sword before their 
enemies, saith the LORD. 

10 ¢ Woe is me, my mother, 


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_ JEREMIAH, 16 


that thou hast borne me a man of 
strife and a man of contention to 
the whole earth! I have neither 
lent on usury, nor men have lent 
to me on usury; yet every one of 
them doth curse me. } 

11 The LORD said, Verily it 
shall be well with thy remnant; 
verily I will cause the enemy to 
entreat thee well in the time of 
evil and in the time of affliction. 

12 Shall iron break the northern 
iron and the steel? 

13 Thy substance and thy 
treasures will I give to the spoil 
without price, and that for all 
thy sins, even in all thy borders. 

14 And I will make thee to pass 
with thine enemies into a land 
which thou knowest not: for a 
fire is kindled in mine anger, 
which shall burn upon you. 

15 4 O LoRD, thou_knowest: 
remember me, and visit me, and 
revenge me of my persecutors; 
take me not away in thy long- 
suffering: know that for thy 
sake I have suffered rebuke. 

16 Thy words were found, and 
I did eat them; and thy word 
was unto me the joy and rejoicing 
of mine heart: for I am_called 
by thy name, O LORD God of 
hosts. 

17 I sat not in the assembly of 
the mockers, nor rejoiced; Isat 
alone because of thy hand: for 
unH hast filled me with indigna- 

ion. 

18 Why is my. pain perpetual, 
and my wound incurable, which 
refuseth to be healed? wilt thou 
be altogether unto me as a liar, 
and as waters that fail? . 

19 § Therefore thus saith the 
LorD, If thou return, then will 
I bring thee again, and thou shalt 
stand beforeme: and if thou 
take forth the precious from the 
vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: 
let them return unto thee; but 
return not thou unto them. 

20 And I will make thee unto 
this people a fenced brasen wall: 
and they shall fight against thee, 
but they shall not prevail against 






Ruin of the Jews foreshadowed 


thee: for 1 am with thee to save 
thee and to deliver thee, saith 
the LORD. . 

21 And I will deliver thee out 
of the hand of the wicked, and I 
will redeem thee out of the hand 


of the terrible. 


CHAPTER 16 761 
1 Ruin of the Jews foreshadowed by 
types. 14 Their return. 16 Double 
recompence for idolatry. 
HE word of the LORD came 
also unto me, saying; 

2 Thou shalt not take thee a 
wife, neither shalt thou have 
sons or daughters in this place. 

3 For thus saith the LORD con-~ 
cerning the sons and concerning — 
the daughters that are born in 
this place, and concerning their 
mothers that bare them, and con- 
cerning their fathers that begat 
them in this land; ; 

4 They shall die of grievous 
deaths: they shall not be la- 
mented; neither shall they be 
buried; but they shall be as 
dung upon the face of the earth: 
and they shall be consumed by 
the sword, and by famine; and 
their carcases shall be meat for 
the fowls of heaven, and for the 
beasts of the earth. | 

5 For thus saith the LORD, 
Enter not into the house of 
mourning, neither go to lament 
nor bemoan them: for I have 
taken away my peace from this 
people, saith the LORD, even 
lovingkindness and mercies. 

6 Both the great and the small 
shall die in this land: they shall 
not be buried, neither shall men 
lament for them, nor cut them- 
selves, nor make themselves 
bald for them: 

7 Neither shall men tear them- 
selves for them in mourning, to 
comfort them for the dead; nei- 
ther shall men give them the cup 
of consolation to drink for theit 
father or for their mother. 

8 Thou shalt not also go into 
the house of feasting, to sit with 
them to eat and to drink. | 


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Restoration promised 


9 For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Iis’ra-el; Be- 
hold, I will cause to cease out of 
this place in your eyes, and in 
your days, the voice of mirth, and 
the voice of gladness, the voice of 
the bridegroom, and the voice of 
‘the bride. 

10 { And it shall come to pass, 
when thou shalt shew this people 
all these words, and they shall 
say unto thee, Wherefore hath 
the LORD pronounced all this 
great evil against us? or what is 
our iniquity? or what is our sin 
that we have committed against 
the LORD our God? 

11 Then shalt thou say unto 
them, Because your fathers have 
forsaken me, saith the LORD, and 
have walked after other gods, 
and have served them, and have 
worshipped them, and have for- 
saben me, and have not kept my 

aw; 

12 And ye have done worse 
than your fathers; for, behold, 
ye walk every one after the 
imagination of his evil . heart, 
that they may not hearken unto 


me: 

13 Therefore will I cast you 
out of this land into a land that 
ye know not, neither ye nor your 
fathers; and there shall ye serve 
other gods day and night; where 
I will not shew you favour. 

14 4 Therefore, behold, ‘the 
days come, saith the LORD, that 
it shall no more be said, The 
LORD liveth, that brought up the 

children of is’ra-el out of the 
land of E£’éypt: t 

15 But, The LCRD liveth, that 
brought up the children of Is’- 
ra-el from the land of the north, 
and from all the lands whither 
he had driven them: and I will 
bring them again into their land 
that I gave unto their fathers. 

16 § Behold, I will send for 
many fishers, saith the LORD, 
and they shall fish them; and 
| after will I send for many hunt- 
ers, and they shall hunt them 
from every mountain, and from 

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JEREMIAH, 17 


every hill, and out of the holes 
of the rocks. 

17 For mine eyes are upon all 
their ways: they are not hid 
from my face, neither is their 
iniquity hid from mine eyes 

18 And first I will recompense 
their iniquity and their sin double; 
because they have defiled my 
land, they have filled mine in- 
heritance with the carcases of 
their detestable and abominable 
things. 

19 O LORD, my strength, and 
my fortress, and my refuge in the 
day of affliction, the Gén’tiles 
shall come unto thee from the 
ends of the earth, and shall say, 
Surely our fathers have inherited 
lies, vanity, and things wherein 
there is no profit. 

20 Shall a man make gods unto 
himself, and they are no gods? 

21 Therefore, behold, I will this 
once cause them to know, I will 
cause them to know mine hand 
and my might; and they shall 
know that my name is The 


LORD. 
CHAPTER 17 762 
1 Sin and captivity of Judah. 7 Trust 
in God is blessed. 12 God's salva- 
tion. 19 Renewal of the covenant. 
HE sin of Ji’dah is written 
with a pen of iron, and with 
the point of a diamond: if is 
graven upon the table of their 
heart, and upon the horns of 
your altars; | 

2 Whilst their children remem- 
ber their altars and their groves 
by the green trees upon the high 
hills. 

3 O my mountain in the 
field, I will give thy substance 
and all thy treasures to the spoil, 
and thy high places for sin, 
throughout all thy borders. 

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt 
discontinue from thine heritage 
that I gave thee; and I will cause 
thee to serve thine enemies in 
the land which thou knowest 
not: for ye have kindled a fire in 
mine anger, which shall burn for 
ever. 


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JEREMIAH, 17 


5 9 Thus saith the LORD; 

Cursed be the man that trusteth 
in man, and maketh flesh his 
arm, and whose heart departeth 
from the LORD. 
_6 For he shall be like the heath 
in 
when good cometh; but shall 
inhabit the parched places in the 
wilderness, in a salt land and not 
inhabited. 

7 Blessed ts ‘the man that 
trusteth in the LORD, and whose 
hope the LORD is. 

8 For he shall be as a tree 
planted by the waters, and that 
spreadeth out her roots by the 
river, and shall not see when 
heat cometh, but her leaf shall 
be green; and shall not be care- 
ful in the year of drought, nei- 
ner shall cease from yielding 


pute 

9 4 The heart is deceitful above 
all things, and desperately wick- 
ed: who can know it? 

10 I the LORD search the 
heart, J try the reins, even to 
give every man according to his 
ways, and according to the fruit 
of his doings. 

11 As the partridge sitteth on 
eggs, and hatcheth them not; so 
he that getteth riches, and not by 
right, shall leave them in the 
midst of his days, and at his end 
shall be a fool. 

12 4 A_ glorious high throne 
from the beginning 7. is the place of 
oe sanctuary. 

3 OLORD, the hope of Is’ra- 
Aan all that forsake thee shall 
be ashamed, and they that depart 
from me shall be written in the 
earth, because they have for- 
saken the LORD, the fountain of 
living waters. 

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I 
shall be healed; save me, and I 
shall be saved: for thou art my 

praise. 

15 { Behold, they say unto me, 
Where is the word of the LORD? 
let it come now. 

16 As for me, I have not hast- 
ened from being a pastor to fol- 


Blessedness of trust in the Lord 


low thee: neither have I desired 
the woeful day; thou knowest: 
that which came out of my lips 
was right before thee. 

17 Be not a terror unto me: 
thou art my hope in the day of 


the desert, and shall not see | evil 


18 Let them be confounded that 
persecute me, but let not me 
be confounded: let them be 
dismayed, but let not me be 
dismayed: bring upon them 
the day of evil, and destroy 
them with double destruction. 

19 ¥ Thus said the LORD unto 
me; Go and stand in the gate 
of the children of the people, 
whereby the kings of Jt’dah 
come in, and by the which they 


go out, and in all the gates of | 


Jé-ru’sa-lém; 

20 And say unto them, Hear 
ye the word of the LORD, ye 
kings of Ji’dah, and all Ja'dah, 
and all the inhabitants of Jé- 
ru an that enter in by these 
gate 


21 Thus saith the LORD; Take — 
heed to yourselves, and bear no — 


burden on the sabbath day, 
nor bring it in by the gates of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; 

22 Neither carry forth a burden 
out of your houses on the sabbath 
day, neither do ye any work, but 
hallow ye the sabbath day, as I 
commanded your fathers. . 

23 But they obeyed not, neither 
inclined their ear, but made their 
neck stiff, that they might not 
hear, nor receive instruction. 


24 And it shall come to pass, if 


ye diligently hearken unto me, 
saith the LORD, to bring in no 
burden through the gates of this 
city on the sabbath day, but hal- 
low the sabbath day, to do no 
work therein; : 

25 Then shall there enter into 
the gates of this city kings and 
princes sitting upon the throne of 
Da’vid, riding in chariots and on 
horses, they, and their princes, 
the men of Ji’dah, and the in- 
habitants of Jé-ru’sd-lém: and 
this city shall remain for ever. 


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The type of a potter 
26 And they shall come from 


the cities of Ji’dah, and from the 


places about Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
from the land of Bén’ja-min, and 
from the plain, and from the 
mountains, and from the south, 
bringing burnt offerings, and sac- 
rifices, and meat offerings, and 
incense, and bringing sacrifices 
of praise, unto the house of the 
LORD. ‘ 

27 But if ye will not hearken 
unto me to hallow the sabbath 
day, and not to bear a burden, 
even entering in at the gates of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém on the sabbath day; 
then will I kindle a fire in the 
gates thereof, and it shall devour 
the palaces of Jé-ru’sd-lém, and 
it shall not be quenched. 


763 CHAPTER 18 
1 God’s power typed by the potter. 11 
Judgments upon Judah. 18 A prayer. 


HE word which came to 
_Jér-e-mi’ah from the LORD, 
saying, 

2 Arise, and go down to the 
potter’s house, and there I will 
cause thee to hear my words. 

3 Then I went down to the 
potter’s house, and, behold, he 
wrought a work on the wheels. 

4 And the vessel that he made 
of clay was marred in the hand 
of the potter: so he made it 


again another vessel, as seemed | u 


good to the potter to make it. 

5 Then the word of the LORD 
came to me, saying, 

6 O house of Is’ra-el, cannot I 


JEREMIAH, 18 


concerning a kingdom, to build 
and to plant it; 

10 If it do evil i in my sight, that 
it obey not my voice, then I will 
repent of the good, wherewith J 
said I sa benefit tl them. 

11 4 Now therefore go to, speak 
to the men of Ji’dah, and to the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, say- 
ing, Thus saith the LORD; Be- 
hold, I frame evil against you, 
and devise a device against you: 
return ye now every one from 
his evil way, and make your 
ways and your doings good. 

12 And they said, There is no 
hope: but we will walk after our 
own devices, and we will every 
one do the imagination of his 
evil heart. f 

13 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Ask ye now among the 
heathen, who hath heard such 
things: the virgin of Is’ra-el hath 
aS a very horrible £3 

4 Will a man leave the snow 
of Léb’a-non which cometh from 
the rock of the field? or shall the 
cold flowing waters that come 
from another place be forsaken? 

15 Because my people hath for- 
gotten me, they have burned in- 
cense to vanity, and they have 
caused them to stumble in their 
ways from the ancient paths, to 
walk in paths, in a way not cast 


D; 

16 To make their land deso- 
late, and a perpetual hissing; 
every one that passeth thereby 
shall be astonished, and wag his 


do ie you as this potter? saith | hea 


the LORD. Behold, as the clay 
is in the potter’s hand, so are ye 
in mine hand, O house of Is’ra-el. 

7 At what instant I shall speak 
concerning a nation, and concern- 
ing a kingdom, to pluck up, and 
to pull down, and to destroy it; 

8 if that nation, against whom 
I have pronounced, turn from 
their evil, I will repent of the 
evil that I thought to do unto 
them. 

9 And at what instant I shall 
speak concerning a nation- and 


17 I will scatter them as with 
an east wind before the enemy; 
I will shew them the back, and 
not the face, in the day of their 
calamity. 

18 § Then said they, Come, 
and let us PRS devices against 
Jér-e-mi’ah; for the law shall 
not perish from the priest, nor 
counsel from the wise, nor the 
word from the prophet. Come, 
and let us smite him with the 
tongue, and let us not give heed 
to any of his words. 


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JEREMIAH, 19 


19 Give heed to me, O LORD, 
and hearken to the voice of them 
that contend with me. 

20 Shall evil be recompensed 
for good? for they have digged 
a pit for my soul. Remember 
that I stood before thee to speak 
good for them, and to turn away 
thy wrath from them. ; 

21 Therefore deliver up their 
children to the famine, and pour 
out their blood by the force of the 
sword; and let their wives be 
bereaved of their children, and 
be widows; and let their men be 
put to death; Jet their young men 
be slain by the sword in battle. 

22 Leta cry be heard from their 
houses, when thou shalt bring a 
troop suddenly upon them: for 
they have digged a pit to take me, 
and hid snares for my feet. 

23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all 
their counsel against me to slay 
me: forgive not their iniquity, 
neither blot out their sin from thy 
sight, but let them be overthrown 
before thee; deal thus with them 
in the time of thine anger. 


764 CHAPTER 19 


Destruction of a potter’ s vessel the type 
of Judah’s desolation. 
HUS saith the LORD, Go and 
get a potter’s earthen bottle, 
and take of the ancients of the 
people, and of the ancients of 
the priests; 

2 And go forth unto the valley 
of the son of Hin’nom, which is 
by the entry of the east gate, and 
proclaim there the words that I 
shall tell thee, 

3 And say, Hear ye the word of 
the LorD, O kings of Ju’dah, 
and inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém; 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 
God of is’ra-el; Behold, I \will 
bring evil upon this place, the 
which whosoever heareth, his 
ears shall tingle. 


4 Because they have forsaken 


me, and have estranged this 
place, and have burned incense 
in it unto other gods, whom 
neither they nor their fathers 


Judah’s desolation foretold 


have known, nor the kings of 
Ja’dah, and have filled this place 
with the blood of innocents; _ 
They have built also the high 
places of Ba’al, to burn their sons 
with fire for burnt offerings unto 
Ba’al, which I commanded not, 
nor spake it, neither came it into 


my mind: 

6 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that this 
place shall no more be called 
To’phet, nor The valley of the 
son of Hin’nom, but The valley 
of slaughter. 

And I will male void the 
counsel of Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa- 
lém in this place; and I will 
cause them to fall by the mnt 
before their enemies, and by the 
hands of them that seek their 
lives: and their carcases will I 
give to be meat for the fowls of 
the heaven, and for the beasts of 
the earth. 

8 And I will make this city 
desolate, and an hissing; every 
one that passeth thereby shall be 
astonished and hiss because of 
all the plagues thereof. 

9 And I will cause them to eat 
the flesh of their sons and the 
flesh of their daughters, and they 
shall eat every one the flesh of 
his friend in the siege and strait- 
ness, wherewith their enemies, 
and they that seek their lives, 
shall straiten them. 

0 Then shalt thou break the 
bottle in the sight of the men that 
go with thee, 

11 And shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 
Even so will I break this people 
and this city, as one breaketh a 
potter’s vessel, that cannot be 
made whole again: and they 
shall bury them in TO’phet, till 
there be no place to bury. 

12 Thus will I do unto this 
place, saith the LORD, and to the 
inhabitants thereof, and even 
make this city as To’phet: 

13 And the houses of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and the houses of the kings 
of Ja’dah, shall be defiled as the 


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_ Judgment on Pashur. 


place of T6’phet, because of all 
the houses upon whose roofs 
they have burned incense unto 
all the host of heaven, and have 
poured out drink offerings unto 
other gods. % 

14 Then came Jér-e-mi’ah from 
To’phet, whither the LORD had 
sent him to prophesy; and he 


stood in the court of the LORD’S | b 


house; and said to all the people, 

15 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el; Be- 
hold, I will bring upon this city 
and upon all her towns all the 
evil that I have pronounced 
against it, because they have 
hardened their necks, that they 
might not hear my words. 


765 CHAPTER 20 
1 Pashur smites Jeremiah. 6 Pashur’s 
x doom.% 7 Jeremiah’s complaint. 
OW Pash/tr the son of im’- 
mér the priest, who was also 
chief governor in the house of the 
LORD, heard that Jér-e-mi’ah 
prophesied these things. __ 

2 Then Pash’tr smote Jér-e- 
mi’ah the prophet, and put him in 
the stocks that were in the high 
gate of Bén’ja-min, which was 
by the house of the LORD. 

3 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that Pash’tr brought 
forth Jér-e-mi/ah out of the 
Then said Jér-e-mi’ah 


called thy name Pash/’tr, but 
Ma’g6r—mis’sa-bib. 

4 For thus saith the LORD, Be- 
hold, I will make thee a terror to 
thyself, and to all thy friends: 
and they shall fall by the sword 
of their enemies, and thine eyes 
shall behold it: and I will give 


all Ja’dah into the hand of the | 


king of Bab’y-lon, and he shall 
carry them captive into Bab’y- 
lon, and shall slay them with the 
sword. ‘ 

5 Moreover I will deliver all the 
strength of this city, and all the 
labours thereof, and all the pre- 
cious things thereof, and all the 
treasures of the kings of Ja’dah 


Jeremiah’s complaint 


him, The LORD hath not | hi 


JEREMIAH, 20 


will I give into the hand of their 
enemies, which shall spoil them, 
and take them, and carry them to 
Bab’y-lon. 

6 And thou, Pash’tr, and all 
that dwell in thine house shall 
go into Captivity: and thou shalt 
come to Bab’y-lon, and there 
thou shalt die, and shalt be 
uried there, thou, and all thy 
friends, to whom thou hast 
prophesied lies 

7 § O LORD, thou hast deceived 
me, and I was deceived: thou 
art stronger than I, and hast pre- 
vailed: I am in derision daily, 
every one mocketh me. 

8 For since I spake, I cried out, 
I cried violence and spoil; be- 
cause the word of the LORD was 
made a reproach unto me, and a 
derision, daily. 

9 Then I said, I will not make 
mention of him, nor speak any 
more in hisname. But his word 
was in mine heart as a burning 
fire shut up in my bones, and I 
was weary with forbearing, and 
I could not stay. ! 

10 § For I heard the defaming 
of many, fear on every side. 
Report, say they, and we will 
report it. All my familiars 
watched for my halting, saying, 
Peradventure he will be enticed, 
and we shall prevail against him, 
and we shall take our revenge on 


man 
11 But the LORD is with me as 
a mighty terrible one: therefore 
my persecutors shall stumble, 
and they shall not prevail: they 
shall be greatly ashamed; for 
they shall not prosper: their 
everlasting confusion shall never 
be forgotten. 

12 But, O LORD of hosts, that 
triest the righteous, and seest 
the reins and the heart, let me 
see thy vengeance on them: for 
unto thee have I opened my cause. 

13 Sing unto the LORD, praise 
ye the LORD: for he hath de- 
livered the soul of the poor from 
the hand of evildoers. 

14 4 Cursed be the day where- 


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JEREMIAH, 21 


in I was born: let not the day 
wherein my mother bare me be 
blessed. 

15 Cursed be the man who 
brought tidings to my father, 
saying, A man child is born unto 
thee; making him very glad. 

16 And let that man be as the 
cities which the LORD over- 
threw, and repented not: and let 
him hear the cryin the morning, 
and the shouting at noontide; 

17 Because he slew me not 
from the womb; or that my 
mother might have been my 
grave, and her womb fo be al- 
ways great with me. 

18 Wherefore came I forth out 
of the womb to see labour and 
sorrow, that my days should be 
consumed with shame? 


766 CHAPTER 21 
1 Zedekiah enquires of Jeremiah. 3 
Siege and captivity foretold. 11 The 
king’s house reproved. 
HE word which came unto 
Jér-e-mi’ah from the LORD, 
when king Zéd-e-ki’ah sent unto 
him Pash’tr the son of Meél-chi’- 
ah, and Zéph-a-ni’ah the son of 
Ma-a-sé’iah the priest, saying, 

2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the 
LORD for us; for Néb-u-chad- 
réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon maketh 
war against us; if so be that the 
LORD will deal with us according 
to all his wondrous works, that 
he may go up from us. _ 

3 4 Then said Jér-e-mi’ah unto 

them, Thus shall ye say to 
Zéd-e-ki’ah: 
4 Thus saith the LORD God of 
Is‘ra-el; Behold, I will turn back 
the weapons of war that are in 
your hands, wherewith ye fight 
against the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and against the Chal-dé’ans, 
which besiege you without the 
walls, and I will assemble them 
into the midst of this city. 

5 And I myself will fight against 
you with an outstretched hand 
and with a strong arm, even in 
anger, and in fury, and in great 
wrath. 


Judah’s captivity foretold 


6 And I will smite the inhabit- 
ants of this city, both man and 
beast: they shall die of a great 
pestilence. 

7 And afterward, saith the 
LORD, I will deliver Zéd-e-ki’ah 
king of Ja’dah, and his servants, 
and the people, and such as are 
left in this city from the pesti- 
lence, from the sword, and from 
the famine, into the hand of Néb- 
u-chad-réz’zar king of Bab’y-ion, 
and into the hand of their ene- 
mies, and into the hand of those 
that seek their life: and he shail 
smite them with the edge of the 
sword; he shall not spare them, 
neither have pity, nor have mercy. 

8 4 And unto this people thou 
shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; 
Behold, I set before you the way 
of life, and the way of death. | 

90 He that abideth in this city 
shall die by the sword, and by the 
famine, and by the pestilence: 
but he that goeth out, and falleth 
to the Chal-dé’ans that besiege 
you, he shall live, and his life 
shall be unto him for a prey. 

10 For I have set my face 
against this city for evil, and not 
for good, saith the LORD: it 
shall be given into the hand of 
the king of Bab’y-lon, and he 
shall burn it with fire. 

1i 4 And touching the house of 
the king of Ja’dah, say, Hear ye 
the word of the LORD; j 

12 O house of Da’vid, thus saith 
the LORD; , Execute judgment 
in the morning, and deliver him 
that is spoiled out of the hand of 
the oppressor, lest my fury go out 
like fire, and burn that none can 
quench if, because of the evil of 
your doings. 

13 Behold, I am against thee, 
O inhabitant of the valley, and 
rock of the plain, saith the LORD; 
which say, Who shall come 
down against us? or who shall 
enter into our habitations? 

14 But I will punish you ac- 
cording to the fruit of your do- 
ings, saith the LORD: and I will 
kindle a fire in the forest thereof, 


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Exhortation to repentance 


and it shall devour all things 
round about it. 


767 CHAPTER 22 
1 Jeremiah exhorts to repentance. 10 
His threats on Judah and her kings. 
HUS saith the LORD; 

* down to the house of the 
king of Ju’dah, and speak there 
this word, 

2 And say, Hear the word of 
the LORD, O king of Ja’dah, that 
sittest upon the throne of Da’vid, 
thou, and thy servants, and thy 
people that enter in by these 
gates: 

3 Thus saith the LORD; Exe- 
cute ye judgment and righteous- 
ness, and deliver the spoiled out 
of the hand of the oppressor: and 
do no wrong, do no violence to 
the stranger, the fatherless, nor 
the widow, neither shed innocent 
blood in this place. 

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, 
then shall there enter in by the 
gates of this house kings sitting 
upon the throne of Da’vid, riding 
in chariots and on horses, he, an 
his servants, and his people. 

5 But if ye will not hear these 
words, I swear by myself, saith 
the LORD, that this house shall 
become a desolation. 

6 For thus saith the LORD oe 
the king? s house of Ja’dah; 
art Gil’e-ad unto me, and the 
head of Léb’a-non: yet surely I 
will make thee a wilderness, and 
cities which are not inhabited. 

And I will prepare destroyers 
against thee, every one with his 
Weapons: and they shall cut 
down thy choice cedars, 
cast them into the fire. 

8 And many nations shall pass 


by this city, and they shall say. 


every man to his _ neighbour, 
Wherefore hath’ the LORD done 
thus unto this great city? 

9 Then they shall answer, Be- 
cause they have forsaken the 
covenant of the LORD their God, 
and worshipped other gods, and 
served them 

10 q Weep’ ye not for the dead, 


Go|J 


and | dah 


JEREMIAH, 22 


neither bemoan him: but weep 
sore for him that goeth away: for 
he shall return no more, nor see 
his native country. 

11 For thus saith the LORD 
touching Shal’/lum the son of 
0-si’ah king of Ji’dah, which 
reigned instead of Jé-si’ah his 
father, which went forth out of 
this place; He shall not return 
thither any more: 

12 But he shall die in the place 
whither they have led him cap- 
tive, and shall see this land no 
more 

13 q Woe unto him that build- 
eth his house by unrighteousness, 
and his chambers by wrong; 
that useth his neighbour’s serv- 
ice without wages, and giveth 

im not for his work; 

14 That saith, I will build mea 
wide house and large chambers, 
and cutteth him out windows; 
and it is cieled with cedar, and 
painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou reign, because 
thou closest thyself in cedar? did 
not thy father eat and drink, and 
do judgment and justice, and 
then it was weil with him: 

16 He judged the cause of the 
poor and needy; then it was well 
with him: was not this to know 
me? saith the LORD. j 

17 But thine eyes and thine 
heart are not but for thy covet- 
ousness, and for to shed inno- 
cent blood, and for oppression, 
and for violence, to do i. 

18 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD concerning Jé-hoi’a-kim 
the son of Joé-si’ah king of Jia’- 
; They shall not lament for 
him, saying, Ah my brother! or, 
Ah sister! they shal! not lament 
for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah 
his glory! f ; 

19 He shall be buried with the 
burial of an ass, drawn and cast 
forth beyond the gates of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. 

20 { Go up to Léb’a-non, and 
cry; and lift up thy voice in Ba’- 
shan, and cry from the passages: 
for all thy lovers are destroyed. 


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JEREMIAH, 23 


21 I spake unto thee in thy 
prosperity; but_thou saidst, I 
will not hear. This hath been 
thy manner from thy youth, that 
thou obeyedst not my voice. 

22 The wind shall eat up all 
thy pastors, and thy lovers shall 
go into captivity: surely then 
shalt thou be ashamed and con- 
founded for all thy wickedness. 

23 O inhabitant of Léb’a-non, 
that makest thy nest in the cedars, 
how gracious shalt thou be when 
pangs come upon thee, the pain 
as of a woman in travail! 

24 As I live, saith the LORD, 
though Cé-ni’ah the son of Jé- 
hoi’/a-kim king of Ji’dah were 
the signet upon my right hand, 
yet would I pluck thee thence; 

25 And I will give thee into the 
hand of them that seek thy life, 
and into the hand of them whose 
face thou fearest, even into the 
hand of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon, and into the hand 
of the Chal-dé’ans. 

26 And I will cast thee out, and 
thy mother that bare thee, into 
another country, where ye were 
not born; and there shall ye die. 

27 But to the land whereunto 
they desire to return, thither 
shall they not return. E 

28 Is this man Cé-ni’ah a 
despised broken idol? is he a 
vessel wherein is no pleasure? 
wherefore are they cast out, he 
and his seed, and are cast into a 
land which they know not? 

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear 
the word of the LORD. ; 

30 Thus saith the LORD, Write 
ye this man childless, a man 
that shall not prosper in his days: 
for no man of his seed shall 
prosper; sitting upon the throne 
of Da’vid, and ruling any more in 
Jii’dah. 


768 CHAPTER 23 
1 Restoration of the scattered flock. 
5 The righteous Branch and King. 


9 False prophets and mockers. 


WP°E be unto the pastors 
that destroy and scatter 


The righteous Branch and King 


the sheep of my pasture! saith the 
LORD. 

2 Therefore thus saith the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el against the pas- 
tors that feed my people; Ye 
have scattered my flock, and 
driven them away, and have not 
visited them: behold, I will visit 
upon you the evil of your doings, 
saith the LORD. 

3 And I will gather the rem- 
nant of my flock out of all coun- 
tries whither 1 have driven them, 
and will bring them again to their 
folds; and they shall be fruitful 
and increase. 

4 And I will set up shepherds 
over them which shall feed them: 
and they shall fear no more, nor 
be dismayed, neither shall they 
be lacking, saith the LORD. 

5 § Behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that I will raise 
unto Da’vid a righteous Branch, 
and a King shall reign and pros- 
per, and shall execute judgment 
and justice in the earth. 

6 In his days Ji’dah shall be 
saved, and Is’ra-el shall dwell 
safely: and this is his name 
whereby he shall be called, THE 
LORD OURRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

7 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that they 
shall no more say, The LORD 
liveth, which brought up _ the 
children of Is’ra-el out of the land 
of E’éyot; 4 

8 But, The LORD liveth, which 
brought up and which led the 
seed of the house of Is’ra-el out 
of the north country, and from 
all countries whither I had driven 
them; and they shall dwell in» 
their own land. . : 

9 4 Mine heart within me is 
broken because of the prophets; 
all my bones shake; I am like a 
drunken man, and like a man 
whom wine hath overcome, be- 
cause of the LORD, and because 
of the words of his holiness. 

10 For the land is full of adult- 
erers; for because of swearing 
the land mourneth; the pleasant 
places of the wilderness are dried 


‘False prophets and mockers” 


up, and their course is evil, and 
their force is not right. j 

11 For both prophet and priest 
are profane; yea, in my house 
have I found their wickedness, 
saiththe LORD. 

12 Wherefore their way shall 
be unto them as slippery ways in 
the darkness: they shall be 
driven on, and fall therein: for I 
will bring evil upon them, even 
the year of their visitation, saith 
the LORD. : 

13 And I have seen folly in the 
prophets of Sd-ma’ri-a; they 
prophesied in Ba’al, and caused 
my people Is’ra-el to err. 

14 I have seen also in the pro- 
phets of Jé-ru’sa-lém an horrible 
thing: they commit adultery, and 
walk in lies: they strengthen 
also the hands of evildoers, that 
none doth return from his wick- 
edness: they are all of them unto 
me as Sdd’om, and the inhabit- 
ants thereof as Gé-m6r’rah. 

15 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts concerning the 
prophets; Behold, I will feed 
them with wormwood, and make 
them drink the water of gall: for 
from the prophets of Jé-ry’sa- 
lém is profaneness gone forth 
into all the land. 

16 Thus saith the LORD of 
hests, Hearken not unto the 
words of the prophets that pro- 
phesy unto you: they make you 
vain: they speak a vision of their 
own heart, and not out of the 
mouth of the LORD. 

17 They say still unto them 
that despise me, The LORD hath 
said, Ye shall have peace; and 
they say unto every one that 
walketh after the imagination of 
his own heart, No evil shall come 
upon you. 

18 For who hath stood in the 
counsel of the LORD, and hath 
perceived and heard his word? 
who hath marked his word, and 
heard if? 

19 Behold, a whirlwind of the 

ORD is gone forth in fury, even 
a grievous whirlwind: it shall 


JEREMIAH, 23 
fall grievously upon the head of 
the wicked. 

20 The anger of the LORD shall 
not return, until he have exe- 
cuted, and till he have performed 
the thoughts of his heart: in the 
latter days ye shall consider it 
perfectly. 

21 Ihave-not sent these proph- 
ets, yet they ran: [have not spok- 
en to them, yet they prophesied. 

22 But if they had stood in my 
counsel, and had caused my peo- 
ple to hear my words, then they 
should have turned them from 
their evil way, and from the evil 
of their doings. ; 

23 Am I a God at hand, saith 
the LORD, and nota God afar off? 

24 Can any hide himself in 
secret places that I shall not see 
him? saith the LORD. Do notI 
fill heaven and earth? saith the 
LORD. 

25 I have heard what the 
prophets said, that. prophesy 
lies in my name, saying, I have 
dreamed, I have dreamed. 

26 How long shall this be in 
the heart of the prophets that 
prophesy lies? yea, they are 
prophets of the deceit of their 
own heart; 

27 Which think to cause my 
people to forget my name by their 
dreams which they tell every man 
to his neighbour, as their fathers 
have forgotten my name for Ba’al. 

28 The prophet that hath a 
dream, let him tell a dream; and 
he that hath my word, let him 
speak my word faithfully. What 
is the chaff to the wheat? saith 
the LORD. 

29 Is not my word like as a 
fire? saith the LORD; and like a 
hammer that breaketh the rock in 
pieces? 

30 Therefore, behold, I am 
against the prophets, saith the 
LORD, that steal my words every 
one from his neighbour. | 

31 Behold, I am against the 
prophets, saith the LORD, that use 
their tongues, and say, He saith. 

32 Behold, I am against them 


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_ JEREMIAH, 24 


that prophesy false dreams, saith 
the LORD, and do tell them, and 
cause my people to err by their 
lies, and by their lightness; yet 
I sent them not, nor commanded 
them: therefore they shall not 
profit this people at all, saith the 
LORD. 

33 § And when this people, or 
the prophet, or a priest, shall ask 
thee, saying, What is the burden 
of the LORD? thou shalt then say 
unto them, What burden? I will 
even forsake you, saith the LORD. 

34 And as for the prophet, and 
the priest, and the people, that 
shall say, The burden of the 
LORD, I will even punish that 
man and his house. 

35 Thus shall ye say every one 
to his neighbour, and every one to 
his brother, What hath the LORD 
answered? and, What hath the 
LORD spoken? 

36 And the burden of the LORD 
shall ye mention no more: for 
every man’s word shall be his 
burden; for ye have perverted 
the words of the living God, of 
the LORD of hosts our God. 

37 Thus shalt thou say to the 
prophet, What hath the LORD 
answered thee? and, What hath 
the LORD spoken? 

38 But since ye say, The burden 
of the LORD; therefore thus 
saith the LORD; Because ye say 
this word, The burden of the 
LORD, and I have sent unto you, 
saying, Ye shall not say, The 
burden of the LORD; 

39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, 
will utterly forget you, and I will 
forsake you, and the city that I 
gave you and your fathers, and 
cast you out of my presence: 

40 And I will bring an ever- 
lasting reproach upon you, and a 
perpetual shame, which shall not 
be forgotten. 


769 CHAPTER 24 


The good and bad figs type the restora- 
tion and captivity. 


HE LORD shewed me, a 


Type of good and bad figs 


were set before the temple of the 
LORD, after that Néb-u-chad- 
réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon had 
carried away captive Jéc-o-ni’ah 
the son of Jé-hoi’a-kim king of 
Ja’dah, and the princes of Ji’- 
dah, with the carpenters and 
smiths, from Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
had brought them to Bab’y-lon. 
2 One basket had very good 
figs, even like the figs that are 
first ripe: and the other basket 
had very naughty figs, which 
ae not be eaten, they were so 
a 


3 Then said the LORD unto me, 
What seest thou, Jér-e-mi’ah? 
And I said, Figs; the good figs, 
very good; and the evil, very evil, 
a cannot be eaten, they are so 
evi 

4 ¥ Again the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

5 Thus saith the LORD, the God 
of Is’ra-el; Like these good figs, 
so will I acknowledge them 
that are carried away captive of 
jJia’dah, whom I have sent out 
of this place into the land of the 
Chal-dé’ans for their good. 

6 For I will set mine eyes upon 
them for good, and I bring 
them again to this land: and I 
will build them, and not pull 
them down; and I will plant 
them, and not pluck them up. 

7 And I will give them an heart 
to know me, that lam the LORD: 
and they shall be my people, and 
I will be their God: for they shall 
ue unto me with their whole 


3. " ‘And as the evil figs, which 
cannot be eaten, they are so evil; 
surely thus saith the LORD, So 
will I give Zéd-e-ki’ah the king of 
Jia’dah, and his princes, and the 
residue of Jé-ru’sa-lém, that re- 
main in this land, and them 
that dwell in the land of E’éypt: 

9 And I will deliver them to be 
removed into all the kingdoms of 
the earth for their hurt, fo bea 
reproach and a proverb, a taunt 
and a curse, in all places whither 


and, 
behold, two -baskets of figs I shall drive them. 
800 


Judah’s captivity and Babylon’s doom foretold JEREMIAH, 25 


10 And I will send the sword, 
the famine, and the pestilence, 
among them, till they be con- 
sumed from off the land that I 
gave unto them and to their 
fathers. 


770 CHAPTER 25 
1 Reproof of the Jews. 8 The a let a 
> foretold. 12 Babylon to be destroyed. 
- 15 All nations to perish. 

HE word that came to Jér-e- 

mi’ah concerning all the peo- 

ple of Ji’dah in the fourth year 
of Jé-hoi’a-kim the son of Jo- 
si’ah king of Ja’dah, that was the 
first year of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon; 

2 The which Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet spake unto all the people 
of Ja’dah, and to all the in- 
habitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, 

3 From the thirteenth year of 
Jd-si’ah the son of A’mon king of 
jJa’dah, even unto this day, that 

‘ais the three and twentieth year, 
the word of the LORD hath come 
unto me, and I have spoken unto 
you, rising early and speaking; 
but ye have not hearkened. 

4 And the LORD hath sent unto 
you all his servants the prophets, 
rising early and sending them; 
but ye have not hearkened, nor 
inclined your ear to hear. : 

5 They said, Turn ye again 
now every one from his evil way, 
and from the evil of your doings, 
and dwell in the land that the 
LORD hath given unto you and 
to your fathers for ever and ever: 

6 And go not after other gods 
to serve them, and to worship 
them, and provoke me not to 
anger with the works of your 
hands; and I will do youno hurt. 

7 Yet ye have not hearkened 
unto me, saith the LORD; that 
ye might provoke me to anger 
with the works of your hands to 
your own hurt. : 

8 9 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts; Because ye have 
not heard my words, 

9 Behold, I will send and take 
all the families of the north, 


saith the LORD, and Neb-u- 
chad-réz’zar the king of Bab’y- 
lon, my servant, and will bring 
them against this land, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, 
and against all these nations 
round about, and wil] utterly 
destroy them, and make them 
an astonishment, and an hissing, 
and perpetual desolations. 

10 Moreover I will take from 
them the voice of mirth, and the 
voice of gladness, the voice of the 
bridegroom, and the voice of the 
bride, the sound of the millstones, 
and the light of the candle. 

11 And this whole land shall be 
a desolation, and an astonish- 
ment; and these nations shall 
serve the king of Bab’y-lon 
seventy years. 

12 4 And it shall come to pass, 
when seventy years are accom- 
plished, that I will punish the 
king of Bab’y-lon, and that na- 
tion, saith the LORD, for their 
iniquity, and the land of the 
Chal-dé’ans, and will make it 
perpetual desolations. 

13 And I will bring upon that 
land all my words which I have 
pronounced against it, even all 
that is written in this book, which 
Jér-e-mi’ah hath prophesied 
against all the nations. 

14 For many nations'and great 
kings shall serve themselves of 
them also: and I will recom- 
pense them according to their 
deeds, and according: to the 
works of their own hands. 

15 § For thus saith the LORD 
God of Is’ra-el unto me; Take 
the wine cup of this fury at my 
hand, and cause all the nations, 
to whom IJ send thee, to drink it. 

16 And they shall drink, and 
be moved, and be mad, because 
of the sword that I will send 
among them. 

17 Then took I the cup at the 
LoRD’s hand, and made all the 
nations to drink, unto whom the 
LORD had sent me: 4 

18 To wit, Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
the cities of Ji’dah, and the 


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JEREMIAH, 26 


kings thereof, and the princes 
thereof, to make them a desola- 
tion, an astonishment, an hiss- 
ing, and a curse; as if is this day; 

19 Pha’raoh king. of E’éypt, and 
his servants, and his princes, and 
all his people; 

20 And all the mingled people, 
and all the kings of the land o 
Uz, and all the kings of the land 
of the Phi-lis’tines, and Ash’ke- 
lén, and Az’zah, and Ek’ron, and 
the remnant of Ash’dod, 

21 &’dom, and M6d’ab, and the 
pata of Am’mon, 

all the kings of Ty’rus, 
and all the kings of Zi’d6n, and 
the kings of the isles which are 
beyond the sea, 

23 Dé’dan, and Té’ma, and 
Buz, and allithat are in the ut- 
most corners, - 

24 And all the kings of A-ra’- 
bi-a, and all the kings of the 
ae people that dwell in the 


des 

35 hea all the kings of Zim’ri, 
and all the kings of E’lam, and all 
the kings of the Médes, 

26 And all the kings of the 
north, far and near, one with an- 
other, and all the kingdoms of 
the world, which are upon the 
face of the earth: and the king 
of Shé’shach shall drink after 


them. 

27 Therefore thou shalt say 
unto them, Thus saith the LORD 
of hosts, the God of Is’ra-el; 
Drink ye, and be drunken, and 
spue, and fall, and rise no me 
because of the vod which 
will send among y 

28 And it shall bet “it they refuse 
to take the cup at thine hand to 
drink, then shalt thou say unto 
them, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 

29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil 
on the city which is called by my 
name, and should ye be utterly 
unpunished? Ye shall not be un- 
punished: for I will call for a 
sword upon all the inhabitants of 
the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. 

30 Therefore prophesy thou 


‘Destruction of nations foretold 


| against them all these words, and 


say unto them, The LORD shall 
roar from on high, and utter his 
voice from his holy habitation; 
he shall mightily roar upon his 
habitation; he shall give a shout, 
as they that tread the grapes, 
against all the inhabitants of the 


€ 

31 A noise shall come even to 
the ends of the earth; for the 
LORD hath a controversy with 
the nations, he will plead with 
all flesh; he will give them that 
are wicked to the sword, saith 
the LORD. 

32 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth 
from nation to nation, and a 
eat whirlwind shall be raised 
up from the coasts of the earth. 

33 And the slain of the LORD 
shall be at that day from one end 
of the e even unto the other 
end of the earth: they shall not 
be lamented, neither gathered, 
nor buried; they shall be dung 
upon the ground. 

34 Y Howl, ye shepherds, and 
cry; and wallow yourselves in 
the ashes, ye principal of the 
flock: for the days of your 
slaughter and of your disper- 
sions are accomplished; and ye 
shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 

35 And the shepherds shail 
have no way to flee, nor the prin- 
cipal of the flock to escape. 

36 A voice of the cry of the 
shepherds, and an howling of the 
principal of the flock, shall be 
I| heard: for the LORD hath spoil- 
ed their pasture. 

37 And the peaceable habita- 
tions are cut down because of the 
fierce anger of the LORD. 

38 He hath forsaken his covert, 
as the lion: for ‘their land is des- 
olate because of the fierceness 
of the oppressor, and because 
of his fierce anger. 


CHAPTER 26 


ee 
1 Jeremiah exhorts to repentance. 
His arrest. 10 His life rcatenét 
12 His vindication. 


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Jeremiah arrested, threatened, vindicated 


YN the beginning of the reign of 
Jé-hoi’a-kim the son of Jo- 

si’ah king of Ju’dah came this 

word from the LORD, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand 
in the court of the LORD’S 
house, and speak unto all the 
cities of Ja’dah, which come to 
worship in the LORD’S house, 
all) the words that I command 
thee to speak unto them; dimin- 
ish not a word: 

3 If so be they will hearken, 
and turn every man from his evil 
way, that I may repent me of the 
evil, which I purpose to do unto 
pa because of the evil of their 

oin 

4 Ana thou shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the LORD; If ye will 
not hearken to me, to walk in 
my law, which I have set before 
you, 

5 To hearken to the words of 
my servants the prophets, whom 
I sent unto you, both rising up 
early, and sending them, but ye 
have not hearkened; 

6 Then will I make this house 
like Shi/loh, and will make this 
city a curse to all the nations of 
the earth. 

7 So the priests and the proph- 

ets and all the people heard Jér- 
e-mi’ah shred, these words in 
the house of the LORD. 

8 ¥ Now it came to pass, when 
_ Jér-e-mi’ah had made an end of 
- speaking all that the LORD had 
commanded him to speak unto all 
the people, that the priests and 
the prophets and all the people 
took him, saying, Thou shalt 
surely die. 

9 Why hast thou prophesied in 
the name of the LORD, saying, 
This house shall be like Shi’/loh, 
and this city shall be desolate 
without an inhabitant? And all 
the people were gathered against 
Jér-e-mi’ah in the house of the 
LORD. 

10 § When theprinces of Ji’- 
dah heard these things, then they 
came up from the king’s house 


unto the house of the LORD, and. 
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JEREMIAH, 26 


sat down in the entry of the new 
gate of the LORD’S house. 

11 Then spake the priests and 
the prophets unto the princes and 
to all the people, saying, This 
man is worthy to die; for he 
hath prophesied against this city, 
as ye have heard with your ears. 

12 § Then spake Jér-e-mi’ah 
unto all the princes and to all the 
people, saying, The LORD sent 
me to prophesy against this 
house and against this city all the 
words that ye have heard. 

13 Therefore now amend your 
ways and your doings, and obey 
the voice of the LORD your God; 
and the LORD will repent him of 
the evil that he hath pronounced 
against you. 

14 As for me, behold, I am in 
your hand: o with me as 
seemeth good and meet unto you. 

15 But know ye for certain, that 
if ye put me to death, ye shall 
surely bring innocent blood upon 
yourselves, and upon this city, 
and upon the inhabitants thereof: 
for of a truth the LORD hath sent 
me unto you to speak all these 
words in your ears. 

16 4 Then said the princes and 
all the people unto the priests and 
to the prophets; This man ts not 
worthy to die: for he hath spok- 
en to us in the name of the LORD 
our God. 

17 Then rose up certain of the 
elders of the land, and spake to 
all pi assembly of the people, 
sayin 

18 Micah the M6’ras-thite pro- 
phesied in the days of Héz-e- 
ki’ah king of Ji’dah, and spake 
to all the people of Ja’dah, say- 
ing, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts: Zi’én shall be plowed 
like a field, and Jé-ru’sa-lem 
shall become heaps, and the 
mountain of the house as the 
pick Dias of a forest. 

Héz-e-ki’ah king of Jii’- 
dah aad all Ja’dah put him at all 
to death? did he not fear the 
LORD, and besought the LORD, 
and the LORD repented him of 


JEREMIAH, 27 


the evil which he had pronounced 
against them? Thus might we 
procure great evil against our 
souls. 

20 And there was also a man 
that prophesied in the name of 
the LORD, U-ri/jah_ the son of 
Shém-a-i’ah of  Kir’jath—jé’a- 
rim, who prophesied against this 
city and against this land accord- 
ing to all the words of Jér-e- 
mi’ah: 

21 And when Jé-hoi’a-kim the 
king, with all his mighty men, and 
all the princes, heard his words, 
the king sought to put him to 
death: but when U-ri’jah heard 
it, he was ee and fled, and 
ee into E’gyp 

And Tahoe ‘a-kim the king 
nee men into E’gypt, namely, 
El’/na-than the son of Ach’bor, and 
certain men with him into B’£¥pt. 

23 And they fetched forth U- 
ri’jah out of E’g¥pt, and brought 
him unto Jé-hoi’a-kim the king; 
who slew him with the sword, 
and cast his dead body into the 
graves of the common people. 

24 Nevertheless the hand of 
A-hi‘kam the son of Sha’phan 
was with Jér-e-mi’ah, that they 
should not give him into the hand 
of the people to put him to death. 


772 CHAPTER 27 


1 Babylonian conquests ibaa 8 
¥ Submission urged. 14 Of lying 
prophets. 
N the beginning of the reign of 
Jé-hoi’a-kim the son of Jé- 
si’ah king of Ji’dah came this 
word unto Jér-e-mi’ah from the 
LORD, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD to me; 
Make thee bonds and yokes, and 
put them upon thy neck, 

3 And send them to the king of 
E£’dom, and to the king of M6’ab, 
and to the king of the Am’mon- 
ites, and to the king of Ty’rus, 
and to the king of Zi’don, by the 
hand of the messengers which 
come to Jé-ru’sd-lém unto Zéd- 
e-ki’ah king of Jii’dah; 

4 And command them to say 


Babylonian conquests foretold 


unto their masters,. Thus saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God of 
Is’ra-el; Thus shall ye say unto 
your masters; 

5 I have made the earth, the 
man and the beast that are upon 
the ground, by my great power 
and by my outstretched arm, and 
have given it unto whom it 
seemed meet unto me. 

d now have I given all 
these lands into the hand of Néb- 
u-chad-néz’zar the king of Bab’- 
y-lon, my servant; and the 
beasts of the field have I given 
him also to serve him. 

7 And all nations shall serve 
him, and his son, and his son’s 
son, until the very time of his 
land come: and then many na- 
tions and great kings shall serve 
themselves of 

8 And it shall come to pass, 
that the nation and kingdom — 
which will not serve the same 
Neéb-u-chad-néz’zar the king of 
Bab’y-lon, and that will not put 
their neck under the yoke of the 
king of Bab’y-lon, that nation 
will I punish, saith the LORD, 
with the sword, and with the 
famine, and with the pestilence, 
until I have consumed them by 
his hand. 

9 Therefore hearken not ye to 
your prophets, nor to your divin- 
ers, nor to your dreamers, nor to 
your enchanters, nor to your sor- 
cerers, which speak unto you, 
saying, Ye shall not serve the 
king of Bab’y-lon: 


10 For they prophesy a lie unto — 


you, to remove you far from your 
land; and that I should drive 
you out, and ye should perish. 

11 But the nations that bring 
their neck under the yoke of the 
king of Bab’y-lon, and serve him, 
those will I let remain still in 
their own land, saith the LORD; 
and they shall till it, and dwell 
therein. 

12 4 I spake also to Zéd-e- 
ki/ah king of Ju’dah according 
to all these words, saying, Bring 
your necks under the yoke of the 


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JEREMIAH, 28 


king of Bab’y-lon, and serve him | hosts, the God of Is’ra-el, con- 


and his people, and live. 

13 Why will ye) die, thou and 
thy people, by the sword, by the 
famine, and by the pestilence, as 
the LORD hath spoken against 
the nation that will not serve the 
king of Bab’y-lon? 

14 Therefore hearken not unto 
the words of the prophets that 
speak unto you, saying, Ye shail 
not serve the king of Bab’y-lon: 
for they prophesy a lie unto you. 

15 For I have not sent them, 
saith the LORD, yet they pro- 
phesy a lie in my name; that I 
might drive you out, and that ye 
might perish, ye, and the proph- 
ets that prophesy unto you. 

16 Also I spake to the priests 
and to all this people, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD; Hearken 
not to the words of your prophets 
that prophesy unto you, saying, 
Behold, the vessels of the 
LORD’S house shall now shortly 
be brought again from Bab’y-lon: 
for they prophesy a lie unto you. 

17 Hearken not unto them; 
serve the king of Bab’y-lon, and 
live: wherefore should this city 
be laid waste? 

18 But if they be prophets, and 
if the word of the LORD be with 
them,-let them now make inter- 
cession to the LORD of hosts, that 
the vessels which are left in the 
house of the LORD, and in the 
house of the king of Ji’dah, and 
a “ é-ru’sa-lém, go not to Bab’y- 


19 q For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts concerning the pillars, and 
concerning the sea, and concern- 
ing the bases, and concerning 
the residue of the vessels that 
remain in this city, 

20 Which Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon took not, when 


he carried away captive Jéc-o- 


ni’ah the son of Jé-hoi’a-kim 
king of Ji’dah from Jé-ru’sa- 
lém to Bab’y-lon, and_all the 
Boles of Ji’dah and Jé-ru’sa- 


SL Yea, thus saith the LoRD of 


cerning the vessels that remain 
in the house of the LORD, and in 
the house of the king of Ji’dah 
and of Jé-ru’sa-lém; 

22 They shall be carried to 
Bab’y-lon, and there shall they 
be until the day that I visit them, 
saith the LORD; then will I 
bring them up, and restore them 
to this place. 


CHAPTER 28 


1 False prophecy of Hananiah. 
Jeremiah's counter prophecy. 
Hananiah’s death Forctold. 

ND it came to pass the same 
year, in the beginning of the 

reign of Zéd-e-ki’ah king of Ji’- 
dah, in the fourth year, and in 
the fifth month, that Han-a- 
ni’ah the son of A’zur the prophet, 
which was of Gib’e-on, spake 
unto me in the house of the 

LoRpD, in the presence of the 

priests and of all the people, 

saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el, saying; 
I have broken the yoke of the 
king of Bab’y-lon. 

3 Within two full years will I 
bring again into this place all 
the vessels of the LORD’S house, 
that Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon took away from this 
place, and carried them to Bab’~ 


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12 
15 


y-lon: 

4 And I will bring again to this 
place Jéc-o-ni’ah the son of Jé- 
hoi’a-kim king of Ja’dah, with 
all the captives of Ji’dah, that 
went into Bab’y-lon, saith the 
LORD: for I will break the yoke 
of the king of Bab’y-lon. _ 

5 ¢ Then the prophet Jér-e- 
mi’ah said unto the prophet 
Han-a-ni’ah in the presence 0 
the priests, and in the presence 0 
all the people that stood in the 
house of the LORD, 

6 Even the prophet Jér-e-mi’ah 
said, A-mén’: the LORD do so: 
the LORD perform thy words 
which thou hast prophesied, to 
bring again the vessels of the 


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JEREMIAH, 29 


LORD’S house, and all that is 
carried away captive,} from 
Bab’y-lon into this place. 

7 Nevertheless hear thou now 
this word that I speak in thine 
ears, and in the ears of all the 
people; 

8 The prophets that have been 
before me and before thee of old 
prophesied both against many 
countries, and against great 
kingdoms, of war, and of evil, 
and of pestilence. 

9 The prophet which prophe- 
sieth of peace, when the word of 
the prophet shall come to pass, 
then shall the prophet be known, 
ae the LORD hath truly sent 


m. 

10 § Then Han-a-ni’ah the 
prophet took the yoke from off 
the prophet Jér-e-mi’ah’s neck, 
and brake it. ; 

11 And Han-a-ni’ah spake in 
the presence of all the people, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD: 
Even so will I break the yoke of 
Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon from the neck of 
all nations within the space of 
two full years. And the prophet 
Jér-e-mi’ah went his way. 

12 { Then the word of the 
LORD came unto Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet, after that Han-a-ni’ah 
the prophet had broken the yoke 
from off the neck of the prophet 
Jér-e-mi’ah, saying, i 

13 Go and tell Han-a-ni’ah, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD; 
Thou hast broken the yokes of 
wood; but thou shalt make for 
them yokes of iron. 

14 For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of  is’ra-el; 
have put a yoke of iron upon the 
neck of all these nations, that 
they may serve Néb-u-chad- 
néz’zar king of Bab’y-lon; and 
they shall serve him: and [ 
have given him the beasts of the 
field also. 

.15 §¢ Then said the prophet 
Jér-e-mi’ah unto Han-a-ni’ah 
the prophet, Hear now, Han-a- 
ni’ah; The LORD hath not sent 


Hananiah the false prophet 


thee; but thou makest this peo- 
ple to trust in a lie. 

16 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, I will cast thee 
from off the face of the earth: 
this year thou shalt die, because 
thou hast taught rebellion against 
the LORD. 

17 So Han-a-ni’ah the prophet 
died the same year in the seventh 


month. 
CHAPTER 29 774 
1 Jeremiah’s letter to the captives. 10 
Their return after seventy years. 20 


Fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah. 
30 Doom of Shemaiah. 
No these are the words of 
the letter that Jér-e-mi’ah 
the prophet sent from Jé-ru’sa- 
1ém unto the residue of the elders 
which were carried away cap- 
tives, and to the priests, and to 
the prophets, and to all the people 
whom Néb-u-chad-néz’zar had 
carried away captive from Jé- 
ru’sa-lém to Bab’y-lon; 

2 (After that Jéc-o-ni/ah the 

g, and the queen, and the 
eunuchs, the princes of Ja’dah 
and Jé-ru’sa-lém, and the car- 
penters, and the smiths, were 
departed from Jé-ru’sa-lém;) 

3 By the hand of El’a-sah the 
son of Sha’phan, and Gém-a- 
ri’ah the son of Hil-ki’ah, «whom 
Zéd-e-ki’ah king of Ji’dah sent 
unto Bab’y-lon to Néb-u-chad- 
nez’zar king of Bab’y-lon) saying, 

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of Is’ra-el, unto all that 
are carried away captives, whom 
I have caused to be carried away 
ee Jé-ru’sa-lém unto Bab’y- 
on; 

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in 
them; and plant gardens, and 
eat the fruit of them; 

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons 
and daughters; and take wives 
for your sons, and give your 
daughters to husbands, that they 
may bear sons and daughters; 
that ye may be increased there, 
and not diminished. 

7 And seek the peace of the 
city whither I have caused you to 


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Return after seventy years promised 


_be carried away captives, and 
pray unto the LORD for it: for in 
the peace thereof shall ye have 
peace. , 

8 § For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of is’ra-el; Let 
not your prophets and your di- 
viners, that be in the midst of 
you, deceive you, neither hearken 
to your dreams which ye cause 
to be dreamed. 

9 For they prophesy falsely 
unto you in my name: ave not 
sent them, saith the LORD. 

10 § For thus saith the LORD, 
That after seventy, years be 
accomplished at Bab’y-lon I will 
visit you, and perform my good 
word toward you, in causing you 
to return to this place. 

11 For I know the thoughts 
that I think toward you, saith the 
LORD, thoughts of peace, and 
not of evil, to give you an ex- 
pected end. 

12 Then shall ye call upon me, 
and ye shall go and pray unto me, 
and I will hearken unto you. 

13 And ye shall seek me, and 
find me, when ye shall search for 
me with all your heart. 

14 And I will be found of you, 
saith the LORD: and I will turn 
away your captivity, and I will 
gather you from all the nations, 
and from all the places whither I 
have driven you, saith the LORD; 
and I will bring you again into 
the place whence I caused you to 
be carried away captive. 

15 § Because ye have said, The 
LORD hath raised us up prophets 

in Bab’y-lon; 

_.16 Know that thus saith the 
LORD of the king that sitteth 
upon the throne of Da’vid, and of 
all the people that dwelleth in 
this city, and of your brethren 
that are not gone forth with you 
into captivity; 

Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Behold, I will send upon 
them the sword, the famine, and 
the pestilence, and will make 
them like vile figs, that cannot 
be eaten, they are so evil. 

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JEREMIAH, 29 


18 And I will persecute them 
with the sword, with the famine, 
and with the pestilence, and will 
deliver them to be removed to all 
the kingdoms of the earth, to be 
a curse, and an astonishment, 
and an hissing, and a reproach, 
among all the nations whither I 
have driven them: 

19 Because they have not heark- 
ened tomy words,saith the LORD, 
which I sent unto them by my 
servants the prophets, rising up 
early and sending them; but ye 
would not hear, saith the LORD. 

20 { Hear ye therefore the word 
of the LORD, all ye of the captiv- 
ity, whom I have sent from Jé- 
ru’sa-lém to Bab’y-lon: 

21 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el, of A’= 
hab the son of K6l-a-i’ah, and of 
Zéd-e-ki’/ah the son of Ma-a- 
sé/iah, which prophesy a lie 
unto you in my name; Behold, I 
will deliver them into the hand 
of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon; and he shall slay 
them before your eyes; 

22 And of them shall be taken 
up a curse by all the captivity of 
Ji’dah which are in Bab’y-lon, 
saying, The LORD make thee like 
Zéd-e-ki’ah and like A’hab, 
whom the king of Bab’y-lon 
roasted in the fire; 

23 Because they have com- 
mitted villany in fs’ra-el, and 
have committed adultery with 
their neighbours’ wives, and have 
spoken lying words in my name, 
which I have not commanded 
them; even I know, and am a 
witness, saith the LORD. 

24 4 Thus shalt thou also speak 
to. Shém-a-i’ah the Né-hél’a- 
mite, saying, 

25 Thus speaketh the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el, saying, 
Because thou hast sent letters 
in thy name unto all the people 
that are at iJé-ru’sa-lém, and to 
Zéph-a-ni’ah the son of Ma-a- 
sé/iah the priest, and to all the 
priests, saying, 

26 The LORD hath made thee 


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JEREMIAH, 30 


priest in the stead of Jé-hoi’a-da 
the priest, that ye should be offi- 
cers in the house of the LORD, 
for every man that is mad, and 
maketh himself a prophet, that 
thou shouldest put him in 
prison, and in the stocks. 

27 Now therefore why hast 
thou not reproved Jér-e-mi’ah 
of An’a-thoth, which maketh 
himself a prophet to you? 

28 For therefore he sent unto 
us in Bab’y-lon, saying, This 
cabtivity is long: build ye houses, 
and dwell in them; and plant 
gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 

29 And Zéph-a-ni’ah the priest 
read this letter in the ears of Jer- 
e-mi’ah the prophet. 

30 Then came the word of the 
LORD unto Jér-e-mi’ah, saying, 

31 Send to all them of the cap- 
tivity, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD, concerning Shém-a-i’ah 
the Né-hél’a-mite; Because that 
Shém-a-i’ah hath prophesied un- 
to you, and I sent him not, and 
he caused you to trust in a lie: 

32 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, I will punish 
Shém-a-i’ah the Né-hel’a-mite, 
and his seed: he shall not have 
a man to dwell among this peo- 
ple; neither shall he behold the 
good that I will do for my people, 
saith the LORD; because he 
hath taught rebellion against 
the LORD. 


975 CHAPTER 30 
i Word of the Lord concerning Israel 
and Judah. 10 Jacob comforted. 
18 Their return promised. 
HE word that came to 
_ Jér-e-mi’ah from the LORD, 
saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the LORD God 
of is’ra-el, saying, Write thee all 
the words that I have spoken 
unto thee in a book. ; 

3 For, lo, the days come, saith 
the LORD, that I will bring again 
the captivity of my people Is’ra-el 
and Ju’dah, saith the LORD: and 
I will cause them to return to the 
land that I gave to their fathers, 
and they shall possess it. 


Israel comforted 


4 9 And these are the words 
that the LORD spake concerning 
is’ra-el and concerning Ji’dah. 

5 For thus saith the LORD; We 
have heard a voice of trembling, 
of fear, and not of peace. 

6 Ask ye now, and see whether 
a man doth travail with child? 
wherefore do I see every man 
with his hands on his loins, as a 
woman in travail, and all faces 
are turned into paleness? 

7 Alas! for that day is great, 
so that none is like it: it is even 
the time of Ja’cob’s trouble; but 
he shall be saved out of it. 

8 For it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the LORD of hosts, 
that I will break his yoke from off 
thy neck, and will burst thy 
bonds, and strangers shall no 
more serve themselves of him: 

9 But they shall serve the LORD 
their God,and Da’vid their king; 
whom I will raise up unto them. 

10 § Therefore fear thou not, 
O my servant Ja’cob, saith the 
LORD; neither be dismayed, O 
ts’ra-el: for, lo, I will save thee 
from afar, and thy seed from the 
land of their captivity; and Ja’- 
cob shall return, and shall be in 
rest, and be quiet, and none shall 
make him afraid. . 

11 For I am with thee, saith the 
LORD, to save thee: though I 
make a full end of all nations 
whither I have scattered thee, 
yet will I not make a full end of 
thee: but I will correct thee in 
measure, and will not leave thee 
altogether unpunished. 

12 For thus saith the LORD, 
Thy bruise is incurable, and thy 
wound is grievous. 

13 There is none to plead thy 
cause, that thou mayest be bound 
up: thou hast no healing medi- 


cines. 

14 All thy lovers have forgot- 
ten thee; they seek thee not; for 
I have wounded thee with the 
wound of an enemy, with the 
chastisement of a cruel one, for 
the multitude of thine iniauitys 
because thy sins were increased. 


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15 Why criest thou for thine 
affliction? thy sorrow is incur- 
able for the multitude of thine 
iniquity: because thy sins were 
increased, I have done these 
things unto thee. 

16 Therefore all they that de- 
vour thee shall be devoured; and 
all thine adversaries, every one of 
them, shall go into captivity; and 
they that spoil thee shall be a 
spoil, and all that prey upon thee 
will I give for a prey. 

For I will restore health 
unto thee, and I will heal thee of 
thy wounds, saith the LORD; be- 
cause they called thee an Out- 
cast, saying, This is Zi’6n, whom 
no man seeketh after. 

18 4_Thus saith the LORD; Be- 
hold, I will bring again the cap- 
tivity of Ja’cob’s tents, and have 
mercy on his dwellingplaces; and 
the city shall be builded upon her 
own heap, and the palace shall 
remain after the manner thereof. 

19 And out of them shall pro- 
ceed thanksgiving and the voice 
of them that make merry: and 
I will multiply them, and they 
shall not be few; I will also glo- 
rify them, and they shall not be 


small. 

¥20 Their children also shall be 
as aforetime, and their congrega- 
tion shall_be established before 
‘me, and I will punish all that 
oppress them. 

21 And their nobles shall be of 
themselves, and’ their governor 
shall proceed from the midst of 
them; and I will cause him to 
draw near, and he shall approach 
unto me: for who is this that 
engaged his heart to approach 
unto me? saith the LORD. 

22 And ye shall be my people, 
and I will be your God. | 

23 Behold, ithe. whirlwind of 
‘the LORD goeth forth with fury, 
a continuing’ whirlwind: it shall 
fall with pain upon the head of 
the wicked. 

24 The fierce anger of the LORD 
‘shall not return, until he have 
‘done it, and until he have per- 


JEREMIAH, 31 


formed the intents of his heart: 
in the latter days ye shall con- 
sider it. 


CHAPTER 31 776 
1 Israel's restoration. 12 Rejoicing of 
the nation. 22 Christ is promised. 

31 The new covenant. 

A: the same time, saith the 
LORD, wiJl I be the God 

of all the families of {s’ra-el, 

and they shal! be my people. 

2 Thus saith the LorD, The 
people which were left of the 
sword found grace in the wilder- 
ness; even Is’ra-el, when [ 
went to cause him to rest. 

3 The LORD hath appeared of 
old unto me, saying, Yea, I have 
loved thee with an everlasting 
love: therefore with lovingkind- 
ness have I drawn thee. 

4 Again I will build thee, and 
thou shalt be built, O virgin of 
Is’ra-el: thou shalt again be 
adorned with thy tabrets, and 
shalt go forth in the dances of 
them that make merry. 

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines 
upon the mountains of Sa-ma’- 
ri-a: the planters shall plant, and 
shall eat themas common things. 

6 For there shall be a day, that 
the watchmen upon the mount 
E’phra-im shall cry, Arise ye, 
and let us go up to Zi’6n unto the 
LORD our God. 
k7 For thus saith the LORD; 
Sing with gladness for Ja’cob, 
and shout among the chief of the 
nations: publish ye, praise ye, 
and say, O LORD, save thy peo- 
ple, the remnant of Is’ra-el. 

8 Behold, I will bring them from 
the north country, and gather 
them from the coasts of the earth, 
and with them the blind and the 
lame, the woman with child and 
her that travaileth with child to- 
gether: a great company shall 
return thither. ; 

9 They shall come with weep- 
ing, and {with supplications will I 
lead them: I will cause them to 
walk by the rivers of waters in a 
straight way, wherein they sh 


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not stumble: for I am a father to 
Is’ra-el, and E’phra-im is my 
firstborn. 

10 { Hear the word of the 
LORD, O ye nations, and declare 
it in the isles afar off, and say, 
He that scattered Is’ra-el will 
gather him, and keep him, as a 
shepherd doth his flock. 

11 For the Lorp hath re- 


deemed Ja’cob,~and ransomed 


him from the hand of him that 
was stronger than he. 

12 Therefore they shall come 
and sing in the height of Zi’on, 
and shall flow_together to the 
goodness of the LORD, for wheat, 
and for wine, and for oil, and for 
the young of the flock and of the 
herd: and their soul shall be as a 
watered garden; and they s 
not sorrow any more atall. . 

13 Then shall the virgin rejoice 
in the dance, both young men and 
old together: for I will turn their 
mourning into joy, and will com- 
fort them, and make them rejoice 
from their sorrow. | 

14 And I will satiate the soul of 
the priests with fatness, and my 
people shall be satisfied with my 
goodness, saith the LORD. 

15 § Thus saith the LORD; A 
voice was heard in Ra’mah, la- 
mentation, and bitter weeping; 
Ra/hel weeping for her chil- 
dren refused to be comforted 
for her children, because they 
were not. 

16 Thus saith the LORD; Re- 
frain thy voice from weeping, and 
thine eyes from tears: for thy 
work shall be rewarded, saith the 
LorD; and they shall come 
again from the land of the enemy. 

17 And there is hope in thine 
end, saith the LORD, that thy 
children shall come again to their 
own border. 

18 {I have surely heard £’- 
phra-im bemoaning himself thus; 


Thou hast chastised me, and I 


was chastised, as a bullock un- 
accustomed to the yoke: turn 
thou me, and I shall be turned; 
for thou art the LORD my God. 


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I watch over them, to build 
to plant, saith the LORD. 





Joy to succeed mourning 


19 Surely after that I was 

turned, I repented; and after 
that I was instructed, I smote 
upon my thigh: I was ashamed, 
yea, even confounded, because I 
did bear the reproach of my 
youth. 
20 Is &’phra-im my dear son? 
is he a pleasant child? for since I 
spake against him, I do earnestly, 
remember him still: therefore 
my bowels are troubled for him; 
I will surely have mercy upon 
him, saith the LORD. 

21 Set thee up waymarks, make 
thee high heaps: set thine heart 
toward the highway, even the 
way which thou wentest: turn 
again, O virgin of Is’ra-el, turn 
again to these thy cities. 

22 § How long wilt thou go 
about, O thou backsliding daugh- 
ter? for the LORD hath created a 
new thing in the earth, A woman 
shall compass a man. 

23 Thus saith the LorD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el; As yet 
they shall use this speech in the 


land of Ja’dah and in the cities 


thereof, when I shall bring again 
their captivity; The LorD bless 
thee, O habitation of justice, and 
mountain of holiness. 

24 And there shall dwell in 
Ja’dah itself, and in all the cities 
thereof together, husbandmen, 
and they that go forth with flocks. 

25 For I have satiated the 
weary soul, and I have replen- 
ished every sorrowful soul. __ 

26 Upon this I awaked, and be- 
held; and my sleep was sweet 


unto me. 

27 { Behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that I will sow 
the house of Is’ra-el and the 
house of Ju’dah with the seed of 
man, and with the seed of beast. 

28 And it shall come to pass, 
that like as I have watched over 
them, to pluck up, and to break 
down, and to throw down, and 
to destroy, and to afflict; so wat 
, an 


29 In those days they shall say 


The new covenant 


JEREMIAH, 32 


Te ee RANE a ECE Re ETE 
no more, The fathers have eaten| 38 4 Behold, the days come. 


a sour grape, and the children’s 
teeth are set on edge. 

30 But every one shall die for 
his own iniquity: every man that 
eateth the sour grape, his teeth 
shall be set on edge. 

31 § Behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that I will make 
anew covenant with the house of 


Is’ra-el, and with the house of 
jJu’dah: 


32 Not according to the cove- 
nant that I made with their fa- 
thers in the day that I took them 
by the hand to bring them out of 
the land of E’g¥pt; which my 
covenant they brake, although I 
was an husband unto them, saith 
the LORD: 

33 But this shall be the cove- 
nant that I will make with the 
house of Is’ra-el; After those 
days, saith the LORD, I will put 
my law in their inward parts, and 
write it in their hearts; and will 
be their God, and they shall be 
my people. 

34 And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbour, and 
every man his brother, saying, 
Know the LORD: for they shall 
all know me, from the least of 
them unto the greatest of them, 
saith the LORD: for I will for- 
give their iniquity, and I will 
remember their sin no more. 

35 § Thus saith the LORD, 
which giveth the sun for a light 
by day, and the ordinances of the 
moon and of the stars for a light 
by night, which divideth the sea 
when the waves thereof roar; 
The LORD of hosts is his name: 

36 If those ordinances depart 
from before me, saith the LORD, 
then the seed of Is’ra-el also 
shall cease from being a nation 
before me for ever. 

37 Thus saith the LORD; If 


heaven above can be measured, 
and the foundations of the earth 


searched out beneath, I will also 

cast off all the seed of is’ra-el for 

p that they have done, saith the 
ORD. 


Saith the LORD, that the city shall 
be built to the LorpD from the 
tower of Ha-nan’e-el unto the 
gate of the corner. 

39 the measuring line 
shall yet go forth over against it 
upon the hill of Ga’réb, and shall 
compass about to G6/ath. 

40 And the whole valley of the 
dead bodies, and of the ashes, 
and all the fields unto the brook 
of Kid’ron, unto the corner of 
the horse gate toward the east, 
shall be holy unto the LORD; it 
shall not be plucked up, nor 
thrown down any more for ever. 


CHAPTER 32 777 


1 Jeremiah’s imprisonment. 16 A 
prayer. 26 Confirmation of the cap- 
tivity and return. 

HE word that came to Jér-e- 
mi’ah from the LORD in the 
tenth year of Zéd-e-ki’ah king of 

Jua’dah, which was the eighteenth 

year of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar. 

2 For then the king of Bab’y- 
lon’s army besieged Jé-ru’sa- 
lém: and Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet 
was shut up in the court of the 
prison, which was in the king of 
Ji’dah’s house. ; 

3 For Zéd-e-ki’ah king of Jii’~ 
dah had shut him up, saying, 
Wherefore_dost thou prophesy, 
and say, Thus saith the Lorp, 
Behold, I will give this city into 
the hand of the king of Bab’y- 
lon, and he shall take it; 

4 And Zéd-e-ki’ah king of Ji’- 
dah shall not escape out of the 
hand of the Chal-dé’ans, but 
shall surely be delivered into the 
hand of the king of Bab’¥-lon, 
and shall speak with him mouth 
to mouth, and his eyes shall be- 
hold his eyes; 

5 And he shall lead Zéd-e-ki’ah 
to Bab’y-lon, and there shall he 
be until I visit him, saith the 
LORD: though ye fight with the 
Chal-dé’ans, ye shall not prosper. 

6 ¢ And Jér-e-mi’ah said, The 
word of the LORD came unto me, 
sayings 


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7 Behold, Ha-nam’e-el the son 
of Shal’/lum thine uncle shall 
come unto thee, saying, Buy thee 
my field that is in An’a-thoth: for 
the right of redemption is thine 
to buy it. 

8 So Ha-nam/e-el mine uncle’s 
son came to me in the court of 
the prison according to the word 
_ of the LORD, and said unto me, 
Buy my field, I pray thee, that ts 
in vAn’a-thoth, which is in the 
country of Bén’ja-min: for the 
right of inheritance is thine, and 
the redemption is thine; buy it 
for thyself. Then I knew that 
this was the word of the LORD. 

9 And I bought the field of Ha- 
nam/’e-el my uncle’s son, that 
was in An’a-thdth, and weighed 
him the money, even seventeen 
shekels of silver. | 

10 And I subscribed the evi- 
dence, and sealed it, and took 
witnesses, and weighed him the 
money in the balances. 

11 So I took the evidence of the 
purchase, both that which was 
sealed according to the law an 
custom, and that which was 


open: 

12 And I gave the evidence of 
the purchase unto Ba’ruch_ the 
son of Né-ri’ah, the son of Ma-a- 
sé’iah, in the sight of Ha-nam’e- 
el mine uncle’s son, and in the 
presence of the witnesses that 
subscribed the book of the pur- 
chase, before all the Jews that sat 
in the court of the prison. 

13 § And I charged Ba’ruch be- 
fore them, saying, 

14 Thus saith the LorD of 
hosts, the God of fs’ra-el; Take 
these evidences, this evidence of 
the purchase, both which is 
sealed, and this evidence which 
is open; and put them in an 
earthen vessel, that they may 
continue many day. 


Ss. 
15 For thus saith the LORD of 


hosts, the God of is’ra-el; 


Houses and fields and vineyards 
shall be possessed again in this 


land. 
16 § Now when I had delivered 
90 


ness unto thousands, and 


men: 
ing to his ways, and according to 
the fruit of his doings: | 


Jeremiah’s prayer 


the evidence of the purchase unto 
Ba’ruch the son of Né-ri’ah, I 
prayed unto the LORD, saying, 
17 AhLord Gop! behold, thou 
hast made the heaven and the 


earth by thy great power and 


stretched out arm, and there is 


nothing too hard for thee: 


18 Thou shewest lovingkind- 
re- 
compensest the iniquity of the 
fathers into the bosom of_their 
children after them: the Great, 
the Mighty God, the LORD of 


hosts, is his name, 


19 Great incounsel, and mighty 
in work: for thine eyes are open 
upon all the ways of the sons of 
to give every one accord- 


20 Which hast set signs and 


wonders in the land of E’éypt, 


even unto this day, and in Is’- 


ra-el, and among other men; and 
oe He thee a name, as at 
Ss 


ay; 
21 And hast brought forth thy 


people is’ra-el out of the land of 
£’/éypt with signs, and with won- 


ders, and with a strong hand, 
and with a stretched out arm, 
and with great terror; j 

22 And hast given them this 
land, which thou didst swear to 
their fathers'to give them, a land 
flowing with milk and honey; 

23 And they came in, an 
possessed it; but they obeyed 
not thy voice, neither walked in 
thy law: they have done nothing 
of all that thou commandedst 
them to do: therefore thou hast 
caused all this evil to come upon 


them: 

24 Behold the mounts, they 
are come unto the city to take its 
and the city is given into the 
hand of the Chal-dé’ans, that 
ficht against it, because of the 
sword, and of the famine, and 
of the pestilence: and what thou 
hast spoken is come to Pass; 
and, behold, thou seest it. 

25 And thou hast said unto me, 
O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field 


2 


Captivity and return confirmed 


for money, and take witnesses; 
for the city is given into the 
hand of the Chal-dé’ans. 

26 { Then came the word of the 
LORD unto Jér-e-mi’ah, saying, 

27 Behold, I am the LORD, the 
God of all flesh: is there any 
thing too hard for me? 

28 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, I will give this 
city into the cena of the Chal 
dé’ans, and into the hand 7 

éb-u-chad-réz’zar king of Bab’- 
y-lon, and he shall take it: 

29 And tae Chal-dé’ans, that 
fight against this city, shall come 
and set fire on this city, and burn 
it with the houses, upon whose 
roofs they have offered incense 
unto Ba’al, and poured out drink 
offerings unto other gods, to 
provoke me to anger. 

30 For the children of Is’ra-el 
and the children of Ji’dah have 
oniy done evil before me from 
their youth: for the children of 
Is’ra-el have only provoked me 
to anger with the work of their 
hands, saith the LORD. 

31 For this city hath been to me 
as a provocation of mine anger 
and of my fury from the day that 
they built it even unto this day; 
that I should remove it from be- 
fore my face, 

32 Because of all the evil of the 
children of Is’ra-el and of the 
children of Ja’dah, which they 
have done to provoke me to 
anger, they, their kings, their 
princes, their priests, and their 
prophets, and the men of Ji’dah, 
BS the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa- 


33 "And they have turned unto 
me the back, and not the face: 
though I taught them, rising up 
early and teaching them, yet they 
have not hearkened to receive 
instruction. 

34 But they set their abomina- 
tions in the house, which is called 
by my name, to defile it. 

35 And they built the high 
places of Ba’al, which are in the 
valley of the son of Hin’nom, to 


JEREMIAH, 32 


cause their sons and their 
daughters to pass through the 
fire unto Mo’lech; which I com- 
manded them not, neither came 
it into my mind, that they should 
do this abomination, to cause 

Ji’dah to sin. 

36 4 And now therefore thus 
saith the LORD, the God of is’- | 
ra-el, concerning this city, where- 
of ye say, It shall be delivered 
into the hand of the king of Bab’- 
y-lon by the sword, and by the 
famine, and by the pestilence; 

37 Behold, I will gather them 
out of all countries, whither I 
have driven them in mine anger, 
and in my fury, and in great 
wrath; and I will bring them 
again unto this place, and I 
will cause them to dwell 
safely: 

38 And they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God: 

39 And I will give them one 
heart, and one way, that they 
may fear me for ever, for the 
good of them, and of their chil- 
dren after them: 

40 And I will make an ever- 
lasting covenant with them, that 
I will not turn away from them, 
to do them good; but I will put 
my fear in their hearts, that they 
shall not depart from me. 

41 Yea, I will rejoice over them 
to do them good, and I will plant 
them in this land assuredly with 
my whole heart and with my 
whole soul. 

42 For thus saith the LORD; 
Like as I have brought all this 
great evil upon this people, so will 
I bring upon them all the good 
that I have promised them. 

43 And fields shall be bought in 
this land, whereof ye say, It is 
desolate without man or beast; 
it is given into the hand of the 
Chal-dé’ans. 

44 Men shall buy fields for 
money, and subscribe evidences, 
and seal them, and take wit- 
nesses ot the land of Beén’ja- 
min, and in the places about Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and in the cities of 


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JEREMIAH, 33 


Ja’dah, and in the cities of the 
mountains, and in the cities of 
the valley, and in the cities of the 
south: for I will cause their cap- 


tivity to return, saith the 
LORD. 
778 CHAPTER 33 


_ 1 Jeremiah, in prison, prophesies @ 
gracious return from captivity. 15 
Promise of Christ... 

OREOVER the word of the 
LORD came unto Jer-e- 
mi/ah the second time, while he 
was yet shut up in the court of 

the prison, saying, . 

2 Thus saith the LORD the 
maker thereof, the LORD that 
formed it, to establish it; the 
LORD is his name; : 

3 Call unto me, and I will an- 
swer thee, and shew thee great 
and mighty things, which thou 
knowest not. , 

4 For thus saith the LORD, the 
God of is’ra-el, concerning the 
houses of this city, and concern- 
ing the houses of the kings of 
Ja’dah, which are thrown down 
by the mounts, and by the 
sword; } 

5 They come to fight with the 
Chal-dé’ans, but it is to fill them 
with the dead bodies of men, 
whom I have slain in mine anger 
and in my fury, and for all whose 
wickedness I have hid my face 
from thiscity. |. , 

6 Behold, I will bring it health 
and cure, and I will cure them, 
and will reveal unto them the 
abundance of peace and truth. 

7 And I will cause the captivity 
of Ji’dah and the captivity of 
{s’ra-el to return, and will build 
them, as at the first. 

8 And I will cleanse them from 
ali their iniquity, whereby they 
have sinned against me; and I 
will pardon all their iniquities, 
whereby they have sinned, and 
whereby they have transgressed 
against me. 

9 ¢ And it shall be to me a 
name of joy, a praise and an 
honour before all the nations of 


Jeremiah tn prison prophesies return 


the earth, which shall hear all 
the good that I do unto them: 
and they shall fear and tremble 
for all the goodness and for all 
the prosperity that I procure unto 


it. 

10 Thus saith the LORD; Again 
there shall be heard in this place, 
which ye say shall be desolate 
without man and without beast, 
even in the cities of Ji’dah, and 
in the streets of Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
that are desolate, without man, 
and without inhabitant, and 
without beast, 

11 The voice of joy, and the 
voice of gladness, the voice of the 
bridegroom, and the voice of the 
bride, the voice of them that shall 
say, Praise the LORD of hosts: 
for the LORD is good; for his 
mercy endureth for ever: and of 
them that shall bring the sac- 
rifice of praise into the house of 
the LORD. For I will cause to 
return the captivity of the land, 
as at the first, saith the LORD. 

12 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Again in this place, 
which is desolate without man 
and without beast, and in all the 
cities thereof, shall be an habita- 
tion of shepherds causing their 
flocks to lie down. 

13 In the cities of the moun- 
tains, in the cities of the vale, and 
in the cities of the south, and in 
the land of Bén’ja-min, and in 
the places about Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and in the cities of Ji’dah, shall 
the flocks pass again under the 
hands of him that telleth them, 
saith the LORD. 

14 Behold, the days come, saith 
the LORD, that I will perform 
that good thing which I have 
promised unto the house of Is’- 
ra-el and to the house of Ji’dah. 

15 § In those days, and at that 
time, will I cause the Branch of 
righteousness to grow up unto 
Da’vid; and he shali execute 
judgment and righteousness in 
the land. 

16 In those days shall Jia’dah 
be saved, and Jé-ru’sa-lém shall 


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and Ja’cob: 


Destruction of Jerusalem foretold 


dwell safely: and this is the 
name wherewith she shall be 


_ Called, The LORD our righteous- 


ness. 

17 §| For thus saith the Lorp; 
Da’vid shall never want a man 
to sit upon the throne of the 
house of {s’ra-el; 

18 Neither shall the priests the 
Lé’vites want a man before me 
to offer burnt offerings, and to 
kindle meat offerings, and to do 
sacrifice continually. 

19 ¥ And the word of the LORD 
came unto Jér-e-mi’ah, saying, 
} 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye 
can break my covenant of the 
day, and my covenant of the 
night, and that there should not 
be day and night in their season; 

21 Then may also my covenant 
be broken with Da’vid my serv- 
ant, that he should not have a son 
to reign upon his throne; and 
with the Lé’vites the priests, my 
ministers. 

22 As the host of heaven can- 
not be numbered, neither the 
sand of the sea measured: so 
will I multiply the seed of Da’vid 
my servant, and the Lé’vites that 
minister unto me. 

23 Moreover the word of the 
LORD came to Jér-e-mi’ah, 
saying, 

24 Considerest thou not what 
this people have spoken, saying, 
The two families which the LORD 
hath chosen, he hath even cast 
them off? thus they have de- 
spised my people, that they 
should be no more a nation 
before them. 

25 Thus saith the LORD; If 
my covenant be not with day 
and night, and if I have not 
appointed the ordinances of 
heaven and earth; 

26 Then will I cast_away the 
seed of Ja’cob, and Da’vid my 
servant, so that I will not take 
any of his seed fo be rulers over 
the seed of A’bra-ham, Ylsaac, 
for I will cause 
their captivity to return, and 
have mercy on them. 


JEREMIAH, 34 


CHAPTER 34 779 


1 Capture of Zedekiah and destruction 
of Jerusalem ue by Jeremiah. 
17 Judah shall be given into the hands 
of the enemy. J 

HE word which came unto 

J er-e-mi’ah from the LORD, 
when Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon, and all his army, 
and all the kingdoms of the 
earth of his dominion, and all 
the people, fought against Jé- 
ru’sé-lém, and against all the 
cities thereof, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD, the God 
of Is’ra-el; Go and speak to Zéd- 
e-ki/ah king of Ji’dah, and tell 
him, Thus saith the LORD; Be- 
hold, I will give this city into the 
hand of the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and he shall burn it with fire: 

3 And thou shalt not escape 
out of his hand, but shalt surely 
be taken, and delivered into his 
hand; and thine eyes shall 
behold the eyes of the king of 
Bab’y-lon, and he shall speak 
with thee mouth to mouth, and 
thou shalt go to Bab’y-lon. 

4 Yet hear the word of the 
LORD, O Zéd-e-ki’/ah king of 
Ja’dah; Thus saith the LORD of 
thee, Thou shalt not die by the 
sword: ton 

5 But thou shalt die in peace: 
and with the burnings of thy 
fathers, the former kings which 
were before thee, so shall they 
burn odours for thee; and they 
will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! 
for I have pronounced the word, 
saith the LORD. \ 

6 Then Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet 
spake all these words unto 
Zéd-e-ki’ah king of Ji’dah in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, y 

7 When the king of Bab’y-lon’s 
army fought against Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and against all the cities of 
Ji’dah that were left, against 
La’chish, and against A-zé’kah: 
for, these defenced cities re- 
mained of the cities of Ji’dah. 

8 ¥ This is the word that came 
unto Jér-e-mi’ah from the LORD, 
after that the king Zéd-e-ki’ah 


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JEREMIAH, 35 


had made a covenant with all the 

people which were at Jé-ru’sa- 

lém, to proclaim liberty unto 
em; 

9 That every man should let 
his manservant, and every man 
his maidservant, being an Hé’- 
brew or an Hé’brew-éss, go free; 
that none should serve _himsel 
of them, to wit,.of a Jew his 
brother. 

10 Now when all the princes, 


Desolation of Judah foretold 


subjection, to be unto you for 
servants and for handmaids. 

17 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Ye have not hearkened 
unto me, in proclaiming liberty, 
every one to his brother, and 
every man to his neighbour: be- 
hold, I proclaim a liberty for you, 


f | saith the LORD, to the sword, 


to the pestilence, and to the fam- 
ine; and I will make you to be 
removed into all the kingdoms of 


and all the people, which had | thee 


entered into the covenant, heard 
that every one should let his 
manservant, and every one his 
maidservant, go free, that none 
should serve themselves of them 
any more, then they obeyed, and 
let them go. 

11 But afterward they turned, 
and caused the servants and the 
handmaids, whom they had let 
go free, to return, and brought 
them into subjection for servants 
and for handmaids. 

12 § Therefore the word of the 
LORD came to Jér-e-mi’ah from 
the LORD, saying, 

13 Thus saith the LORD, the 
God of is’ra-el; I made a cove- 
nant with your fathers in the day 


18 And I will give the men that 
have transgressed my covenant, 
which have not performed the 
words of the covenant which 
they had made before me, when 
they cut the calf in twain, and 
passed between the parts thereof, 

19 The princes of Jii’dah, an 
the princes of Jé-ru’sa-lém, ‘the 
eunuchs, and the priests, and all 
the people of the land, which 
pag between the parts of the 
calf; 

20 I will even give them into the 
hand of their enemies, and into 
the hand of them that seek their 
life: and their dead bodies shall 
be for meat unto the fowls of the 
heaven, and to the beasts of the 


that I brought them forth out of | earth 


the land of E’gypt, out of the 
house of bondmen, saying, 

14 At the end of seven years 
let ye go every man his brother an 
Hé’brew, which hath been sold 
unto thee; and when he ha 
served thee six years, thou shalt 
let him go free from thee: but 
your fathers hearkened not unto 
me, neither inclined their ear. 

15 And ye were now turned, 
and had done right in my sight, 
in proclaiming liberty every man 
to his neighbour; and ye had 
made a covenant before me in 
the house which is called by my 
name: 

16 But ye turned and polluted 
my name, and caused every man 
his servant, and every man his 
handmaid, whom he had set at 
liberty at their pleasure, to 
return, and brought them into 


21 And Zéd-e-ki’ah king of 
Ji’dah and his princes will I give 
into the hand of their enemies, 
and into the hand of them that 
seek their life, and into the hand 


th | of the king of Bab’y-lon’s army, 


which are gone up from you. 

22 Behold, I will command, 
saith the LORD, and cause them 
to return to this city; and they 
shall fight against it, and take it, 
and burn it with fire: and I will 
make the cities of Jia’dah a deso- 
lation without an inhabitant. 


CHAPTER 35 

1 Obedience of the Rechabites. 

miah holds them up as a model. 
Rechabites are blessed. 

HE word which came unto 

Jér-e-mi’ah from the LORD 

in the days of Jé-hoi’a-kim the 

son of Jé-si’ah king of Ji’dah, 

saying, 


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The Rechabites 


2 Go unto the house of the 
Ré’chab-ites, and speak unto 
them, and bring them into the 
house of the LORD, into one of 
the chambers, and give them 
wine to drink. - 

3 Then I took Ja-4z-a-ni’ah the 
son of Jér-e-mi’ah, the son of 
Hab-a-zi-ni’ah, and his brethren, 
and all his sons, and the whole 
house of the Ré’chab-ites; 

4 And I brought them into the 
house of the LORD, into the 
chamber of the sons of Ha’nan, 
the son of Ig-da-li’ah, a man of 
God, which was by the chamber 
of the princes, which was above 
the chamber of M4-a-sé’iah the 
son of Shal’lum, the keeper of 
the door: 

5 And I set before the sons of 
the house of the Ré’chab-ites pots 
full of wine, and cups, and I said 
unto them, Drink ye wine. 

6 But they said, We will drink 
no wine: for Jon’a-dab the son of 
Ré’chab our father commanded 
us, saying, Ye shall drinkno wine, 
neither ye,nor your sons for ever: 

7 Neither shall ye build house, 
nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, 
nor have any: but all your days 
ye shall dwell in tents; that ye 
may live many days in the land 
where ye be strangers. 

8 Thus have we obeyed the 
voice of Jén’a-dab the son of 
Ré’chab our father in all that he 
hath charged us, to drink no 
wine all our days, we, our wives, 
our sons, nor our daughters; 

- 9 Nor to build houses for us to 
dwell in: neither have we vine- 
yard, nor field, nor seed: 

10 But we have dwelt in tents, 
and have obeyed, and done ac- 
cording to all that Jon’a-dab our 
father commanded us. 

11 But it came to pass, when 
Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king of Bab’- 
y-lon came up into the land, that 
we said, Come, and let us go to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém for fear of the army 
of the Chal-dé’ans, and for fear 
of the army of the Syr’i-ans: so 
We dwell at Jé-ry’sa-lém. 


JEREMIAH, 35 


12 { Then came the word of 
the LORD unto Jér-e-mi’ah, 
saying, 

13 Thus saith the LorpD of 
hosts, the God of is’ra-el; Go 
and tell the men of Ji/dah and 
the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
Will ye not receive instruction to 
hearken to my words? saith the 
LORD. 

14 The words of Jén’a-dab the 
son of Ré’chab, that he com- 
manded his sons not to drink 
wine, are performed; for unto 
this day they drink none, but 
obey their father’s command- 
ment: notwithstanding I have 
spoken unto you, rising early 
and speaking; but ye hearkened 
not unto me. 

15 I have sent also unto you 
all my servants the prophets, 
rising up early and sending them, 
saying, Return ye now every 
man from his evil way, and 
amend your doings, and go not 
after other gods to serve them, 
and ye shall dwell in the land 
which I have given to you and to 
your fathers: but ye have not 
inclined your ear, nor hearkened 
unto me. 

16 Because the sons of J6n’a- 
dab the son of Ré’chab have per- 
formed the commandment of 
their father, which he command- 
ed them; but this people hath 
not hearkened unto me: 

17 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD God of hosts, the God of 
Is’‘ra-el; Behold, I will bring 
upon Ji’dah and upon all the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém all 
the evil that I have pronounced 
against them: because I have 
spoken unto them, but they have 
not heard; and I have called unto 
them, but they have not an- 
swered. ; f : 

18 § And Jér-e-mi’ah said unto 
the house of the Ré’chab-ites, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of is’ra-el; Because ye 
have obeyed the commandment 
of Jon’a-dab your father, and 
kept all his precepts, and done 


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JEREMIAH, 36 


according unto all that he hath 
commanded you: 

19 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of is’- 
ra-el; JOn’a-dab the son of Ré’- 
chab shall not want a man to 
stand before me for ever. 


781 CHAPTER 36 


1 Baruch writes Jeremiah’s prophecy. 
19 Baruch and Jeremiah hide them- 
\ selves. 20 Jehoiakim burns the roll. 

32 Baruch re-writes it. 

ND it came to passin the 

fourth year of Jé-hoi’a-kim 

the son of Jé-si’ah king of Ji’- 

dah, that this word came unto 

Jér-e-mi/ah from the LORD, 
saying, 

2 Take thee a roll of a book, 
and write therein all the words 
that I have spoken unto thee 
against Is’ra-el, and against 
Ju’dah, and against all the na- 
tions, from the day I spake unto 
thee, from the days of Jé-si’ah, 
even unto this day. 

3 It_ may. be that the house of 
Ji’dah will hear all the evil 
which I purpose to do unto them; 
that they may return every man 
from his evil way; that I may 
forgive their iniquity and their 


sin. 

4 Then Jér-e-mi’ah called Ba’- 
ruch the son of Né-ri’ah: and 
Ba’ruch wrote from the mouth 
of Jér-e-mi’ah all the words of 
the LORD, which he had spoken 
unto him, upon a roll of a book. 

5 And Jér-e-mi’ah commanded 

Ba’ruch, saying, I am shut up; I 
cannot go into the house of the 
LORD: 
_6 Therefore go thou, and read 
in the roll, which thou hast writ- 
ten from my mouth, the words of 
the LORD in the ears of the peo- 
ple in the LORD’S house upon 
the fasting day: and also thou 
shalt read them in the ears of all 
Ja’dah that come out of their 
cities. ( 

7 It may be they will present 
their supplication before the 
LORD, and will return every one 


Baruch writes Jeremiah’s prophecy 


from his evil way: for great is 
the anger and the fury that the 
LORD hath pronounced against 
this people. 

8 And Ba’ruch the son of Né- 
riiah did according to all that 
Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet com- 
manded him, reading in the book 
the words of the LORD in the 
LORD’S house. 

9 And it came to pass in the fifth 
year of Jé-hoi’a-kim the son of 
Jo-si’ah king of Ju’dah, in the 
ninth month, that they_ pro- 
claimed a fast before the LORD 
to all the people in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and to all the people that came 
from the cities of Ji’dah unto 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 Then read Ba’ruch in the 
book the words of Jér-e-mi’ah in 
the house of the LORD, in the 
chamber of Gém-a-ri’ah the son 
of Sha’phan the scribe, in the 
higher court, at the entry of the 
new gate of the LORD’S house, 
in the ears of all the people. 

11 § When Mi-cha’iah the son 
of Gém-a-ri’ah, the son of Sha’- 
phan, had heard out of the book 
all the words of the LORD, 

12 Then he went down into the 
king’s house, into the scribe’s 
chamber: and, lo, all the princes 
sat there, even E-lish’a-ma the 
scribe, and Dél-a-i’ah the son of 
Shém-a-i’ah, and El’na-than the 
son of Ach’bér, and Gém-a-ri’ah 
the son of Sha’phan, and Zéd-e- 
ki’ah the son of Han-a-ni’ah, and 
all the princes. 

13 Then Mi-cha’iah declared 
unto them all the words that he 
had heard, when Ba’ruch read 
the book in the ears of the people. 

14 Therefore all the princes sent — 
Jé-hi’di the son of Néth-a-ni’ah, | 
the son of Shél-e-mi’ah, the son 
of Cu’shi, unto Ba’ruch, saying, 
Take in e hand the roll 
wherein thou hast read in the 
ears of the people, and come. So 
Ba’ruch the son of Né-ri’ah took 
the roll in his hand, and came 
unto them 

15 And t they said unto him, Sit 


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k The roll burned and rewritten 


down now,and read it in our ears. 

So Ba’ruch read i¢ in their ears. 
16 Now it came to pass, when 

they had heard all the words, 


they were afraid both one and/ th 


other, and said unto Ba’ruch, We 
will surely tell the king of all 
these words. 

17, And they asked _Ba’ruch, 
saying, Tell us now, How didst 
thou write all these words at his 
mouth? 

18 ThenBa’ruchanswered them, 
He pronounced all these words 
unto me with his mouth, and I 
wrote them with ink in the book. 

19 Then said the princes unto 
Ba’ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and 
Jér-e-mi’/ah; and let no man 
know where ye be. 

20 4 And they went in to the 
king into the court, but they laid 
up the roll in the chamber of 
_ ft-lish’a-ma the scribe, and told 
a the words in the ears of the 


g. 

21 So the king sent Jé-hi’di to 
fetch the roll: and he took it out 
_ of E-lish’a-ma the scribe’s cham- 
ber. And Jé-hi’di read it in the 
ears of the king, and in the ears 
of all the princes which stood 
| beside the king. — ; 

22 Now the king sat in the 
winterhouse in the ninth month: 
and there was a fire on the hearth 
burning before him. 

23 And it came to pass, that 
when Jé-hi’di had read three or 
four leaves, he cut it with the 
penknife, and cast i¢ into the fire 
that was on the hearth, until all 
the roll was consumed in the fire 
that was on the hearth. 

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor 
rent their garments, neither the 
king, nor any of his servants that 
heard all these words. 

25 Nevertheless El’na-than and 
Dél-a-i’ah and Gém-a-ri’ah had 
made intercession to the king 
that he would not burn the roll: 
but he would not hear them. 

_26 But the king commanded 
Jé-raih’me-el the son of Ham’- 
me-léch, and Sér-a-i’ah the son 


JEREMIAH, 37 


of Az’ri-el, and Shél-e-mi’ah the 
son of Ab’de-el, to take Ba’ruch 
the scribe and Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet: but the Lorp hid 


em. 
27 § Then the word of the 
LORD came to Jér-e-mi’ah, after 
that the king had burned the roll, 
and the words which Ba’ruch 
wrote at the mouth of Jér-e-mi’- 
ah, saying, 

28 Take thee again another roll, 
and write in it all the former. 
words that were in the first roll, 
which Jé-hoi’a-kim the king of 
Ji’dah hath burned. 

29 And thou shalt say to Jé- 
hoi’a-kim king of Ji’dah, Thus 
saith the LORD; Thou hast 
burned this roll, saying, Why 
hast thou written therein, say- 
ing, The king of Bab’y-lon shall 
certainly come and destroy this 


land, and shall cause to cease 


from thence man and beast? 

30 Therefore thus. saith the 
LORD of Jé-hoi’a-kim king of 
Ji’dah; He shall have none to 
sit upon the throne of Da’vid: 
and his dead body shall be cast 
out in the day to the heat, and 
in the night to the frost. 

31 And I will punish him and 
his seed and his servants for 
their iniquity; and I will bring 
upon them, and upon the inhabit- 
ants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and upon 
the men-_of Ji’dah, all the evil 
that I have pronounced against 
them; but they hearkened not. 

32 ¥ Then took Jér-e-mi’ah an- 
other roll, and gave it to Ba’ruch 
the scribe, the son of Né-ri’ah; 
who wrote therein from the 
mouth of Jér-e-mi’ah all the 
words of the book which Jé-hoi’- 
a-kim king of Ji’dah had burned 
in the fire: and there were added 
besides unto them many like 
words. 


CHAPTER 37 782 


1 Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah for 


prayer. 6 Jeremiah prophesies @ 
Chaldean victory. 11 He is arrested 
and imprisoned. 21 He obtains 


some favour. 


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ND king Zéd-e-ki’ah the son 

of Jo-si’ah reigned instead 

of Cé-ni’ah the son of Jé-hoi’a- 

kim, whom Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 

king of Bab’y-lon made king in 
the land of Ja’dah. ; 

2 But neither he, nor his serv- 
ants, nor the people of the land, 
did hearken unto the words of 
the LORD, which he spake by 
the prophet Jér-e-mi’ah. ; 

3 And Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
sent Jé-hii’cal the son of Shél- 
e-mi’ah and Zéph-a-ni’ah the 
son of Ma-a-sé’iah the priest to 
the prophet Jér-e-mi’ah, saying, 
Pray now unto the LORD our 
God for us. : . 

4 Now Jér-e-mi’ah came in and 
went out among the people: for 
they had not put him into prison. 

Then Pha’rao6h’s army was 
come forth out of E’éypt: and 
when the Chal-dé’ans that be- 
sieged Jé-ru’s4-lém heard tidings 
of them, they departed from 
Jé-ru’sd-lém. 


6 4 Then came the word of the | th 


LORD unto the prophet Jér-e- 
mi’ah, saying, 

7 Thus saith the LORD, the God 
of Is’ra-el; Thus shall ye say to 
the king of Ju’dah, that sent you 
unto me to enquire of me; Be- 
hold, Pha’raoh’s army, which is 
come forth to help you, shall re- 
turn to E’gypt into their own 


and. 

8 And the Chal-dé’ans shall 
come again, and fight against this 
city, and take it, and burn it with 


re. 

9 Thus saith the LORD; De- 
ceive not yourselves, saying, 
The Chal-dé’ans shall surely 
depart from us: for they shall 
not depart. i 

10 For though’ ye had smitten 
the whole army of the Chal-dé’- 
ans that fight against you, and 
there remained but wounded 
men among them, yet should 
they rise up every man in his 
tent, and burn this city with fire. 

11 4 And it came to pass, that 
when the army of the Chal-dé’- 


Jeremiah foretells Chaldean victory 


ans was broken up from Jé- 
ru’sa-lém for fear of Pha’radh’s 
army, i 

12 Then Jér-e-mi’ah went forth 
out of Jé-ru’sa-lém to go into the 
land of Bén’ja-min, to separate 
himself thence in the midst of the 
people. : 

13 And when he was in the 
gate of Bén’ja-min, a captain of 
the ward was there, whose name 
was I-ri’/jah, the son of Shél-e- 
mi’ah, the son of Han-a-ni’ah; 
and he took Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet, saying, Thou fallest 
away to the Chal-dé’ans. : 

14 Then said Jér-e-mi’ah, It is 
false; I fall not away to the 
Chal-dé’ans. But he hearkened 
not to him: so I-ri’jah took Jér- 
e-ini’ah, and brought him to the 
princes. 

15 Wherefore the princes were 
wroth with Jér-e-mi’ah, an 
smote him, and put him in prison 
in the house of Jon’a-than the 
scribe: for they had made that 

e prison. ; - . 

16 4 When Jér-e-mi’ah was 
entered into the dungeon, and 
into the cabins, and Jér-e-mi’ah 
had remained there many days; 

17 Then Zéd-e-ki/ah the king 
sent, and took him out: and the 
king asked him secretly in his 
house, and said, Is there any 
word from the LORD? And 
Jér-e-mi’ah said, There is: for, 
said he, thou shalt be delivered 
into the hand of the king of 
Bab’y-lon. 

18 Moreover Jér-e-mi’ah said 
unto king Zéd-e-ki’ah, What 
have I offended against thee, or 
against thy servants, or against 
this people, that ye have put me 
in prison? 

19 Where are now your proph- 
ets which prophesied unto you, 
saying, The king of Bab’y¥-lon 
shall not come against you, nor 
against this land? 

20 Therefore hear now, I pray 
thee, O my lord the king: let my 
supplication, I pray thee, be ac- 
cepted before thee; that thou 


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Jeremiah cast into dungeon 


cause me not to return to the 
house of Jén’a-than the scribe, 
lest I die there. 5 
21 Then Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
commanded that they should 
commit Jér-e-mi’ah into the 
court of the prison, and that 
they should give him daily a 
piece of bread out of the bakers’ 
street, until all the bread in the 
city were spent. Thus Jér-e- 
mi’ah remained in the court of 
the prison. 


783 CHAPTER 38 


1 Jeremiah is cast into Malchiah’s dun- 
geon. 14 The king spares his life. 
17 Jeremiah counsels 
24 A secret conference. 


HEN Shéph-a-ti’ah the son 

of Mat’tan, and Géd-a-li’ah 

the sonof Pash’tr, and Ji’cal 

the son of Shél-e-mi’ah, and 

Pash’tr the son of Mal-chi’ah, 

heard the words that J ér-e- 

mi’ah had spoken unto all the 
people, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD, 
that remaineth in this city shall 
die by the sword, by the famine, 
and by the pestilence: but he that 
goeth forth to the Chal-dé’ans 
shall live; for he shall have his 
life for a prey, and shall live. 

3 Thus saith the LORD, This 
city shall surely be given into the 
hand of the king of Bab’y-lon’s 
army, which shall take it. 

4 Therefore the princes said 
unto the king, We beseech thee, 
let this man be put to death: for 
thus he weakeneth the hands of 
the men of war that remain in 
this city, and the hands of al! the 
people, in speaking such words 
unto them: for this man seeketh 
not the welfare of this people, 
but the hurt. : 

5 Then Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
said, Behold, he is in your hand: 
for the king is not he that can do 
any thing against you. 

6 Then took they Jér-e-mi’ah, 
and cast him into the dungeon of 
Mal-chi’ah the son of Ham’me- 
léch, that was in the court of the 


submission. 


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JEREMIAH, 38 


prison: and they let down Jér-e- 

mi’ah with cords. And in the 
dungeon there was no water, but 
nite so Jér-e-mi’ah sunk in the 


"7 ‘ Now when &’bed—mé’lech 
the E-thi-0’pi-an, one of the 
eunuchs which was in the king’s 
house, heard that they had put 
Jér-e-mi’ah in the dungeon; the 
king then sitting in the gate of 
Bén/’ja-min; 

8 &’bed—mé'lech went forth out. 
ae the king’s house, and spake to 
the king, saying, 

9 My lord the king, these men 
have done evil in that they 
have done to Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet, whom they have cast 
into the dungeon; and he is like 
to die for hunger in the place 
where he is: for there is no more 
bread in the city. 

10 Then the king commanded 

E’bed—mé‘lech the E-thi-0’pi-an, 
saying, Take from hence thirty 
men with thee, and take up 
ér-e-mi’ah the prophet out of 
the dungeon, before he die. 

11 So E’bed—mé@’lech took the 
men with him, and went into the 
house of the king under the 
treasury, and took thence old 
cast clouts and old rotten rags, 
and let them down by epee into 
the dungeon to Jér-e-mi’ 

12 And B’bed—mé’lech — the 
E-thi-6’pi-an said unto Jér-e- 
mi’ah, Put now these old cast 
clouts and rotten rags under thine 
armholes under the cords. And 
Jér-e-mi’ah did so. 

13 So they drew up Jér-e-mi’ah 
with cords, and took him up out 
of the dungeon: and Jér-e-mi’ah 
remained in the court of the 
prison. 

14 4 Then Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
sent, and took Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet unto him into the third 
entry that is in the house of the 
LORD: and the king said unto 
Jér-e-mi’ah, I will ask thee a 
thing; hide nothing from me. 

15 Then Jér-e-mi’ah said unto 
Zéd-e-ki’ah, If I declare if unto 


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JEREMIAH, 39 


thee, wilt thou cy surely put 
me to death? and if I give thee 
counsel, wilt thou not hearken 
unto me? | i j 

16 So Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
sware secretly unto Jér-e-mi’ah, 
saying, As the LORD liveth, that 
made us this soul, I will not put 
thee to death, neither will I give 
thee into the hand of these men 
that seek thy life. 

17 Then said Jér-e-mi’ah unto 
Zéd-e-ki’ah, Thus saith the 
LORD, the God of hosts, the God 
of is’ra-el; If thou wilt assured- 
ly go forth unto the king of 
Bab’y-lon’s princes, then thy soul 
shall live, and this city shall not 
be burned with fire; and thou 
shalt live, and thine house: 

18 But if thou wilt not go forth 
to the king of Bab’y-lon’s princes, 
then shall this city be given into 
the hand of the Chal-dé’ans, 
they shall burn it with fire, and 
thou shalt notescape out of their 


hand. 

19 And Zéd-e-ki’ah the_ king 
said unto Jér-e-mi’ah, am 
afraid of the Jews that are fallen 
to the Chal-dé/ans, lest they de- 
liver me into their hand, and they 
mock me. . 

20 But Jér-e-mi’ah said, They 
shall not deliver thee. ‘Obey, I 
beseech thee, the voice of the 
LORD, which I speak unto thee 
so it shall be well unto thee, and 
thy soul shall live. 

21 But if thou refuse to go 
forth, this is the word that the 
LORD hath shewed me: 

22 And, behold, all the omen 
that are left in the king of Ju’- 
dah’s house shall be brought 
forth to the king of Bab’y-lon’s 
princes, and those women shall 
say, Thy friends have set thee 
on, and have prevailed against 
thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, 
and they are turned away back. 

23 So they shall bring out all 
thy wives and thy children to 
the Chal-dé’ans: and thou shalt 
not escape out of their hand, but 
shalt be taken by the hand of the 


Jerusalem captured 


king of Bab’y-lon: and thou 
shalt cause this city to be burned 
with fire. 

24 4 Then said Zéd-e-ki’ah un- 
to Jér-e-mi’ah, Let no man know 
of these words, and thou shalt 
not die. 

25 But if the princes hear that I 
have talked with thee, and they 
come unto thee, and say unto 
thee, Declare unto us now what 
thou hast said unto the king, hide 
it not from us, and we will not 
put thee to death; also what the 
king said unto thee: 

26 Then thou shalt say unto 
them, I presented my supplica- 
tion before the king, that he 
would not cause me to return to 
Jén’a-than’s house, to die there. 

27 Then came all the princes 
unto Jér-e-mi’ah, and asked him: 
and he told them according to all 


and | these words that the king had 


commanded. So they left off 
speaking with him; for the mat- 
ter was not perceived. 

28 So Jér-e-mi’ah abode in the 
court of the prison until the day 
that Jé-ru’sa-lém was taken: 
and he was there when Jé-ru’sa- 
lém was taken. 


CHAPTER 39 784 
1 Jerusalem is captured. 4 Zedekiah 
is captured and blinded. 8 The city 


ruined. 11 Jeremiah cared for. 15 


A promise to Ebed-melech. 
N the ninth year of Zéd-e-ki’ah 
king of Ji’dah, in the tenth 
month, came Néb-u-chad-réz’ uM 
king of Bab’y-lon and all hi 
army against Jé-ru’sa-lém, aul 
they besieged it. 

2 And in the eleventh year of 
Zedota’ah. in the fourth month, 
the ninth day of the month, the 
city was broken up. 

3 And all the princes of the 
king of Bab’y-lon came in, an 
sat in the middle gate, even Woo 
gal-sha-ré’zer, Sam/gar—né’bd, 
Sdr-sé’chim, Rab’-sa-ris, Nér’- 
gal-sha-ré’zer, Rab’—mag, with 
all the residue of the princes of 
the king of Bab’y-lon. 


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Zedekiah taken to Babylon 


4 § And it came to pass, that 
when Zéd-e-ki’/ah the king of 
Jia’dah saw them, and all the 
men of war, then they fled, and 
went forth out of the city by 
night, by the way of the king’s 
| garden, by the gate betwixt the 
| two walls: and he went out the 
way of the plain. 

5 But the Chal-dé’ans’ army 
pursued after them, and over- 
took Zéd-e-ki’ah in the plains of 
Jér’i-cho: and when they had 
taken him, they brought ae up 
to Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 

Bab’y-lon to Rib’/lah in the Tan 
of Ha’/math, where he gave judg- 
ment upon him 

C Then the king of Bab’y-lon 
| slew the sons of Zéd-e-ki’ah in 

Rib'lah before his eyes: also the 

g of Hori ae slew all the 
pables of Ji’d 
Moreover va put out Zéd-e- 
ki/ah’s eyes, and bound him with 
ten to carry him to Bab’y-lon. 
the Chal-dé’ans 
pemcd the king’s house, and 
the houses of the people, with 
fire, and brake down the walls 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém 

9 Then Néb’u-zdr-a’dan the 
captain of the guard carried 
away captive into Bab’y-lon the 
remnant of the people that re- 
mained in the city, and those that 
fell away, that fell to him, with 
the rest of the people that re- 
mained. 

10 But Néb’u-zir—a’dan the 
captain of the guard left of the 
poor of the people, which had 
nothing, in the land of Ja’dah, 
and gave them vineyards and 
fields at the same time. 

11 4 Now Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon gave charge 
concerning Jér-e-mi’ah to Néb’- 
u-zdr—a’dan the captain of the 
guard, saying, 

12 Take him, and look well to 
him, and do him no harm; but do 
unto him even as he shall say 
unto thee. 

13 So Néb’u-zar—a’dan the cap- 
tain of the guard sent, and Néb- 

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JEREMIAH, 40 
u-shas’ban, Rab’-sa-ris, and 
Nér’gal-sha-ré’zer, Rab’—mag, 


and all the king of Bab’y-lon’s 
princes; 

14 Even they sent, and took 
Jér-e-mi’ah out of the court of 
the prison, and committed him 
unto Géd-a-li‘ah the son of 
A-hi/kam the son of Sha’phan, 
that he should carry him home: 
so he dwelt among the people. 

15 § Now the word of the LORD 
came unto Jér-e-mi’ah, while he 
was shut up in the court of the 


of | prison, saying, 


16 Go and speak to E’bed- 
mé’lech the E-thi-6’pi-an, saying, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of fIs’ra-el; Behold, I 
will bring my words upon this 
city for evil, and not for good; 
and they shall be accomplished 
in that day before thee. 

17 But I will deliver thee in that 
day, saith the LORD: and thou 
shalt not be given into the hand 
of the men of whom thou arf 
afraid. 

18 For I will surely deliver thee, 
and thou shalt not fall by the 
sword, but thy life shall be fora 
prey unto thee: because thou 
Hest put thy trust in me, saith the 

RD. 


CHAPTER 40 785 
1 Jeremiah dwells with Gedaliah, the 
governor of Judah. 13 Ishmael’s 
CONSPtUTacy. 
HE word that came to Jér-e- 
mi’ah from the LORD, after 
that Néb’u-zar—a’dan the captain 
of the guard had let him go from 
Ra’mah, when he had taken him 
being bound in chains among all 
that were carried away captive of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém and Ja’dah, which 
were carried away captive unto 
Bab’y-lon. 

2 And the captain of the guard 
took Jér-e-mi’ah, and said unto 
him, The LORD thy God hath 
pronounced this evil upon this 
place. 

3 Now the LORD hath brought 
it, and done according as he hath 


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said: because ye have sinned 
against the LORD, and have not 
obeyed his voice, therefore this 
thing is come upon you. 

4 And now, behold, I loose thee 
this day from the chains which 
were upon thine hand. If it 
seem good unto thee to come with 
me into Bab’y-lon, come; and I 
will look well unto thee: but if it 
seem ill unto thee to come with 
me into Bab’y-lon, forbear: be- 
hold, all the land is before thee: 
whither it seemeth good and 
convenient for thee to go, thither 


go. 

5 Now while he was not yet 
gone back, he said, Go back also 
to Géd-a-li’ah the son of A-hi’- 
kam the son of Sha’phan, whom 
the king of Bab’y-lon hath made 
governor over the cities of Jia’dah, 
and dwell with him among the 
people: or go wheresoever it 
seemeth convenient unto thee to 
go. So the captain of the guard 
gave him victuals and a reward, 
and let him go. y 
6 Then went Jér-e-mi’ah unto 
Géd-a-li’ah the son of A-hi’/kam 
to Miz’pah; and dwelt with him 
among the people that were left 
in the land. 

7 § Now when all the captains 
of the forces which were in the 
fields, even they and their men, 
heard that the king of Bab’y-lon 
had made Géd-a-li’ah the son of 
A-hi’‘kam governor in the land, 
and had committed unto him 
men, and women, and children, 
and of the poor of the land, of 
them that were not carried away 
Captive to Bab’y-lon; i 

Then they came to Géd-a- 
li’ah to Miz’pah, even Ish’ma-el 
the son of Néth-a-ni’ah, and Jé- 
ha’nan and Jén’a-than the sons 
of Ka-ré’ah, and Sér-a-i’ah the 
son of Tan’hu-méth, and the sons 
of E’phai the Né-tdph’a-thite, and 
Jéz-a-ni’ah the son of a Ma-ach’- 
a-thite, they and their men. 

9 d Géd-a-li’ah the son of 
A-hi’‘kam the son of Sha’phan 
sware unto them and to their 


Gedaliah governor. Ishmael’s conspiracy 


men, saying, Fear not to serve 
the Chal-dé’ans: dwell in the 
land, and serve the king of Bab’- 
y-lon, and it shall be well with 
you. 

10 As for me, behold, I will 
dwell at Miz’pah, to serve the 
Chai-dé’ans, which will come 
unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, 
and summer fruits, and oil, and 
put them in your vessels, and 
dwell in your cities that ye have 
taken. 

11 Likewise when all the Jews 
that were in M6’ab, and among 
the Am’mon-ites, and in E’dom, 
and that were in all the coun- 
tries, heard that the king of 
Bab’y-lon had left a remnant of 
Ji’dah, and that he had set 
over them Géd-a-li’ah the son of 
A-hi’kam the son of Sha’phan; 

12 Even all the Jews returned 
out of all places whither they 
were driven, and came to the land 
of Ji’dah, to Géd-a-li’ah, unto 
Miz’pah, and gathered wine and 
summer fruits very much. 

13 § Moreover Jé-ha’nan the 
son of Ka-ré’ah, and all the cap- 
tains of the forces that were in 
the fields, came to Géd-a-li’ah to 
Miz’pah, 

14 And said unto him, Dost 
thou certainly know that Ba’al-is 
the king of the Am’mon-ites hath 
sent Ish’ma-el the son of Néth-a- 
ni’ah to slay thee? But Géd-a- 
li’ah the son of A-hi’kam believed 
them not. 

15 Then J6-ha’nan the son of 

K4-ré’ah spake to Géd-a-li’ah in 
Miz’pah secretly, saying, Let me 
go, I pray thee, and I will slay 
Ish’ma-el the son of Néth-a-ni’- 
ah, and no man shall know if: 
wherefore should he slay thee, 
that ail the Jews which are 
gathered unto thee should be 
scattered, and the remnant in 
Ja’dah perish? 
_16 But Géd-a-li’ah the son of 
A-hi’kam said unto Jé-ha’nan the 
son of Ka-ré’ah, Thou Ishalt not 
do this thing: for thou speakest 
falsely of ish’ma-el. 


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786 CHAPTER 41 
i Ishmael kills Gedaliah and flees. 
Johanan recovers the captives. 
OW it came to pass in the 
seventh month, that Ish’- 
ma-el the son of Néth-a-ni’ah the 
son of E-lish’a-ma, of the seed 
_ royal, and the princes of the king, 
even ten men with him, came 
_ unto Géd-a-li’ah the son of A-hi’- 
_.kam to Miz’pah; and there they 
| oe eat bread together in Miz’- 


11 


pan. 

2 Then arose ish’ma-el the son 
of Néth-a-ni’ah, and the ten men 
that were with him, and smote 
Géd-a-li’ah the son of A-hi/kam 
the son of Sha’phan with the 
sword, and slew him, whom the 
king of Bab’y-lon had made gov- 
-ernor over the land. 

3 ish’ma-el also slew all the 
Jews that were with him, even 
with Géd-a-li’ah, at Miz’pah, and 
the Chal-dé’ans that were found 
there, and the men of war. 

4 And it came to pass the second 
day after he had slain Géd-a-li’- 
ah, and no man knew it, 

5 That there came certain from 
Shé’chem, from Shi/léh, and 
from Sa-ma’ri-a, even fourscore 
men, having their beards shav- 
en, and their clothes rent, and 
having cut themselves, with of- 
ferings and incense in their hand, 
to bring them to the house of the 
LORD. 

6 And ish’ma-el the son of 
Néth-a-ni’ah went forth from 
Miz’pah to meet ithem, weeping 
all along ashe went: and it came 
to pass, as he met them, he said 
unto them, Come to Géd-a-li’ah 
the son of A-hi’/kam. 

And it was so, when they 
came into the midst of the city, 
that Ish’ma-el the son of Néth-a- 

ni/ah slew them, and cast them 
into the midst of the pit, he, and 
the men that were with him 

8 But ten men were Mound 
among them that said unto Ish’- 
ma-el, Slay us not: for we have 
treasures in the field, of wheat, 
and of barley, and of oil, and of 


JEREMIAH, 41 


honey. So he forbare, and slew 
them not among their brethren. 
9 Now the pit wherein Ish’ma- 
el had cast all the dead bodies of 
the men, whom he had slain be- 
cause of Géd-a-li’/ah, was it 
which A’sa the king had made 
for fear of Ba’a-sha king of Is’- 
ra-el: and ish’ma-el the son of 
Néth-a-ni’ah filled it with them 
that were slain. 

10 Then Iish’ma-el carried away 
captive all the residue of the peo- 
ple that were in Miz’pah, even 
the king’s daughters, and all the 
people that remained in Miz’pah, 
whom Néb’u-zar—a’/dan the cap- 
tain of the guard had committed 
to Géd-a-li’ah the son of A-hi’- 
kam: and ish’ma-el the son of 
Néth-a-ni’ah carried them away 
captive, and departed to go over 
to the Am’mon-ites. 

11 { But when Jé-ha’nan the 
son of Ka-ré’ah, and all the cap- 
tains of the forces that were with 
him, heard of all the evil that 
Ish’ma-el the son of Néth-a-ni’ah 
had done, 

12 Then they took all the men, 
and went to fight with Ish’ma-el 
the son of Néth-a-ni’ah, and 
found him by the great waters 
that are in Gib’e-on. 

13 Now it came to pass, that 
when all the people which were 
with iIsh’ma-el saw Jo-ha’nan 
the son of K4-ré’ah, and all the 
captains of the forces that were 
with him, then they were glad. 

14 So all the people that ish’- 

ma-el had carried away captive 
from Miz’pah cast about and re- 
turned, and went unto Jé-ha’nan 
the son of Ka-ré’ah. 

15 But Ish’ma-el the’son of 
Néth-a-ni’ah¥ escaped from Joé-« 
ha’nan with eight men, and went 
to the Am’mon-ites. 

16 Then took Jé-ha’nan the son 
of Ka-ré’ah, and all the captains 
of the forces that were with him, 
all the remnant of the people 
whom he had recovered from 
Ish’ma-el the son of Néth-a-ni’~ 
ah, from Miz’pah, after that he . 


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Jeremiah’s advice 


had slain Géd-a-li’ah the son of |er it be evil, we will obey the 
A-hi’‘kam, even mighty men of | voice of the ‘LORD our God, to 
ae and the women, and the | whom wesend thee; that it may 


children, and the eunuchs, whom 
he had brought again from 
Gib’e-on: 

17 And they departed, and 
dwelt in the habitation of Chim’- 
‘ham, which is by Béth’—lé-hem, 

to go to enter into E’gypt, 

18 Because of the Chal-dé’ans: 
for they were afraid of them, be- 
cause Ish’ma-el the son of Néth- 
a-ni’ah had slain Géd-a-li’ah the 
son of A-hi’kam, whom the king 
of Bab/y-lon made governor in 
the land. 


787 CHAPTER 42 


\1 Johanan enquires of Jeremiah. 7 
Safety promised in Judea. 19 
Hypocrisy reproved. 

HEN all the captains of the 

forces, and Jo6-ha’nan the 

son of K4-ré’ah, and Jéz-a-ni’ah 

the son of Hésh-a-i’ah, and all 

the people from the least even 
unto the greatest, came near, 

2 And said unto Jér-e-mi’ah 
the prophet, Let, we beseech 
thee, our supplication be accepted 
‘before thee, and pray for us unto 
the LORD thy God, even for all 
this remnant; (for we are left but 
.a few of many, as thine eyes do 
behold us:) 

3 That the LORD thy God may 
shew us the way wherein we 
-may walk, and the thing that we 
may do. 

4 Then Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet 
said unto them, I have heard you; 
behold, I will pray unto the LORD 
your God according to your 
words; and it shall come to pass, 
that whatsoever thing the LORD 
shall answer_you, I will declare 
it unto you; I will keep nothing 
back from you. 

5 Then they said to Jér-e-mi’ah, 
The LORD be a true and faithful 
witness between us, if we do not 
even according to all things for 
the which the begy thy God 
shall send thee to u 

6 Whether it be pe or wheth- 


be well with us, when we. obey 
‘he voice of the LORD our God. 
And it came to pass after 
ae days, that the word of the 
LORD came unto Jér-e-mi’ah. 

8 Then called he Jo-ha’nan the 
son of Ka-ré’ah, and all the cap- 
tains of the forces which were 
with him, and all the people from 
the least even to the greatest, 

9 And said unto them, Thus 
saith the LORD, the God of Is’- 
ra-el, unto whom ye sent me to 
present your supplication before 


10 ‘If ye will still abide in this 
land, then will I buiid you, and 
not pull you down, and I will 
plant you, and not pluck you up: 
for I repent me of the evil that I 
have done unto you. 

11 Be not afraid of the king of 
Bab’y-lon, of whom ye are afraid; 
be not afraid of him, saith the 
LORD: for I am with you to 
save you, and to deliver you from 
his hand. 

12 And I will shew mercies 
unto you, that he may have 
mercy upon you, and cause you 
to return to your own land. 

13 4 But if ye say, We will not 
dwell in this land, neither obey 
ne voice of the LORD your 


4 Saying, No; but we will go 
into the land of E’gypt, where we 
shall see no war, nor hear the 
sound of the trumpet, nor have 
hunger of bread; and there will 
we dwell: 

15 And now therefore hear the 
word of the LORD, ye remnant of 
Ja’dah; Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of is’ra-el; If ye 
wholly set your faces to enter 
into E’éypt, and go to sojourn 
there; 

16 Then it shall come to Pass, 
that the sword, which ye feared, 
shall overtake you there in the 
land of E’gypt, and the famine, 
whereof ye were afraid. 


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| Jeremiah taken to Egypt 


follow close after you there in 
E’gypt; and there ye shall die. 


17 So shall it be with all the | th 


men that set their faces to go into 
E’gypt to sojourn there; 
Shall die by the sword, by the 
famine, and by the pestilence: 
and none of them shall remain or 
escape from the evil that I will 
bring upon them. 

18 For thus saith the LorD of 
hosts, the God of fs’ra-el; As 
mine anger and my fury hath 
been poured forth upon the in- 
habitants of J 6-ru’sa-lém; so 
shall my fury be poured forth 
upon _ you, when ye shall enter 
into E’éypt: and ye shall be an 
execration, and an astonishment, 
and a curse, and a reproach; and 
ye shall see this place no more. 


19 4 The LORD hath said con- | J 


cerning you, OG ye remnant of 
Ji’dah; Go ye not into B’é¥pt: 
know certainly that I have ad- 
monished you this day. 

20 For ye dissembied ii: your 
hearts, when ye sent me unto the 
LORD your God, saying, Pray for 
us unto the LORD our God; and 
according unto all that the Lorp 
our God shall say, so declare 
unto us, and we will do 2¢. 

21 And now I have this day de- 
Clared it to you; but ye have not 
obeyed the voice of the LoRD 
your God, nor any thing for the 
which he hath sent me unto 
you. 

22 Now therefore know cer- 
tainly that ye shall die by the 
sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence, in the place whither ye 
desire to go and to sojourn. 


788 CHAPTER 43 


1 Jeremiah is carried to Egypt. 8 
Conquest of Egypt prophesied. 

ND it came to pass, that when 

Jér-e-mi/ah had made an 

end of speaking unto all the peo- 

ple all the words of the LoRD 

their God, for which the Lorp 

their God had sent him to them, 

even all these words, _ 
2 Then spake Az-a-ri’ah the 


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JEREMIAH, 43 


son of Hosh-a-i/ah, and Jé-ha’- 
nan the son of Ka-ré’ah, and all 
1¢ proud! men, saying unto 
Jér-e-mi’ah, Thou speakest false- 
ly: the LORD our God hath not 
sent thee to say, Go not into 
E’gypt to sojourn there: 

3 But Ba’ruch the son of Né- 
ri/ah setteth thee on against us, 
for to deliver us into the hand of 
the Chal-dé’ans, that they might 
put us to death, and carry us 
away Captives into Bab’y-lon. 

4 So Jo-ha’nan the son of Ka- 
ré’ah, and all the captains of the 
forces, and all the people, obeyed 
not the voice of the LORD, to 
dwell in the land of Ji’dah. 

5 But Jé-ha’nan the son of Ka- 
ré’ah, and all the captains of the 
forces, took all the remnant of 
u’dah, that were returned from 
all nations, whither they had been 
driven, to dwell in the land of 
Ji’dah; 

6 Even men, and women, and 
children, and the king’s daugh- 
ters, and every person that 
Néb’u-zar—a’dan the captain of 
the guard had left with Géd-a- 
li’ah the son of A-hi’kam the son 
of Sha’phan, and Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet, and Ba’ruch the son of 
Né-ri’ah. 

7 So they came into the land of 
E’éypt: for they obeyed not the 
voice of the LORD: thus came 
they even to Tah’pan-hés. 

8 { Then came the word of the 
LORD unto Jér-e-mi’ah in Tih’- 
pan-hés, saying, 

9 Take great stones in thine 
hand, and hide them in the clay 
in the brickkiln, which is at the 
entry of Pha’raodh’s house in 
Tah’pan-hés, in the sight of the 
men of Ja’dah; 

10 And say unto them, Thus 
saith the LORD of hosts, the God 
of fs’ra-el; Behold, I will send 
and take Néb-u-chad-réz’zar the 
king of Bab’¥-lon, my servant, 
and will set his throne upon 
these stones that I have hid; 
and he shall spread his royal 
pavilion over them. 


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11 And when he cometh, he 
shall smite the land of £’gypt, 
and deliver such as are for death 
to death; and such as are for 
captivity to captivity; and such 
as are for the sword to the 
sword. 

12 And I will kindle a fire in the 
houses of the gods of £’é¥pt; and 
he shall burn them, and carry 
them away captives: and he 
shall array himself with the land 
of E’é¥pt, as a shepherd putteth 
on his garment; and he shall go 
forth from thence in peace. 

13 He shall break also the im- 
ages of Béth—shé’mesh, that is 
in the land of £’éypt; and the 
houses of the gods of the E-gyp’- 
tians shall he burn with fire. 


789 CHAPTER 44 
1 The desolation of Judah. 
idolatrous shall be destroyed. 
Jews threatened for obstinacy. 
Destruction of Egypt foretold. 
HE word that came to Jé pabacl 
mi’ah concerning 
Jews which dwell in the land of 
E’gypt, which dwell at Mig’dol, 
and at Tiuh’pan-hés, and at 
Noph, ‘and in the country of 
Path’ros, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
the God of Is’ra-el; Ye have 
seen al! the evil that I have 
brought upon Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
upon all the cities of Ja’dah; and, 
behold, this day they are a deso- 
lation, and no man dwelleth 
therein, 

3 Because of their wickedness 
which they have committed to 
provoke me to anger, in that they 
went to burn incense, and to 
serve other gods, whom they 
knew not, neither they, ye, nor 
your fathers. 

4 Howbeit I sent unto you all 
my servants the prophets, rising 
early and sending them, saying, 
Oh, do not this abominable thing 
that I hate. 

But they hearkened not, nor 
inclined their ear to turn from 
their wickedness, to burn no in- 
cense unto other gods. 


11 The 
20 
29 


Desolation of Judah 


6 Wherefore my fury and mine 
anger was poured forth, and was 
kindled in the cities of Ji’dah 
and in the streets of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém; and they are wasted and 
desolate, asatthisday. | 

7 Therefore now thus saith the 
LORD, the God of hosts, the God 
of Is’ra-el; Wherefore commit ye 
this great evil against your souls, 
to cut off from you man and 
woman, child and suckling, out 
of Ji’dah, to leave you none to 
remain; 

8 In that ye provoke me unto 
wrath with the works of your 
hands, burning incense unto 
other gods in the land of E’gypt, 
whither ye be gone to dwell, that 
ye might cut yourselves off, and 
that ye might be a curse and a 
reproach among all the nations of 
the earth? j 

9 Have ye forgotten the wick- 
edness of your fathers, and the 
wickedness of the kings of Ji’- 
dah, and the wickedness of their 
wives, and your own wicked- 
ness, and the wickedness of your 
wives, which they have com- 
mitted in the land of Ja’dah, and 
ma ae streets of Jé-ru’sa-lém? 

0 They are not humbled even 
bate this day, neither have they 


feared, nor walked in my law, 


nor in my statutes, that I set he- 
fore you and before your fathers. 

11 { Therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of is’- 
ra-el; Behold, I will set my face 
against you for evil, and to cut 
off all Ja’dah. 

12 And I will take the remnant 
of Ja’dah, that have set their 
faces, to go into the land of E’gypt 
to sojourn there, and they shall 
all be consumed, and fall in the 
land of E’gypt; they shall even 
be consumed by the sword and 
by the famine: they shall die, 
from the least even unto the 
greatest, by the sword and by the 
famine: and they shall be an 
execration, and an astonishment, 
and a curse, and a reproach. 

13 For I will punish them that 


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| 


Jews in Egypt threatened for sins 


dwell in the land of E’g¥pt, as I 
have punished Jé-ru’sa-lém, by 
the sword, by the famine, and by 
the pestilence: 

14 So that none of the remnant 
of Ji’dah, which are gone into 
the land of E’gypt to sojourn 
there, shall escape or remain, 
that they should return into the 
land of Ja’dah, to the which they 
have a desire to return to dwell 
there: for none shall return but 
such as shall escape. ! 

15 § Then all the men which 
knew that their wives had burned 
incense unto other gods, and all 
the women that stood by, a great 
multitude, even all the people that 
dwelt in the land of E’gypt, in 
Path’ros, answered Jér-e-mi’ah, 
saying, 

16 As for the word that thou 
hast spoken unto us in the name 
of the LORD, we will not heark- 
en unto thee. ‘ 

17 But we will certainly do 
whatsoever thing goeth forth 
out of our own mouth, to burn 
incense unto the queen of heav- 
en, and to pour out drink offerings 
unto her, as we have done, we, 
and our fathers, our kings, and 
our princes, in the cities of Ji’- 
dah, and in the streets of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém: for then had we plenty 
of victuals, and were well, and 
saw no evil. 

18 But since we left off to burn 
incense to the queen of heaven, 
and to pour out drink offerings 
unto her, we have wanted all 
things, and have been consumed 
by the sword and by the famine. 

19 And when we burned in- 
cense to the queen of heaven, and 
poured out drink offerings unto 
her, did we make her cakes to 
worship her, and pour out drink 
offerings unto her, without our 
men? : és t 

20 4 Then Jér-e-mi’ah said un- 
to all the people, to the men, and 


_ to the women, and to all the peo- 


ple which had given him that 


- answer, saying, 


21 The incense that ye burned 


JEREMIAH, 44 


in the cities of Ji’dah, and in the 
streets of Jé-ru’s4-lém, ye, and 
your fathers, your kings, and 
your princes, and the people of 
the land, did not the LorD re- 
member them, and came it not 
into his mind? 

22 So that the LoRD could no 
longer bear, because of the evil of 
your doings, and because of the 
abominations which ye have 
committed; therefore is your 
land a desolation, and an aston- 
ishment, and a curse, without an 
inhabitant, as at this day. i 

23 Because ye have burned in- 
cense, and because ye have sinned, 
against tha LORD, and have not 
obeyed the voice of the Lorp, 
nor walked in his law, nor in his 
statutes, nor in his testimonies; 
therefore this evil is happened 
unto you, as at this day. 

24 Moreover Jér-e-mi’ah said 
unto all the people, and to all the 
women, Hear the word of the 
LORD, all Ji’dah that are in the 
land of E’£ypt: 

25 Thus saith the LorD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el, say- 
ing; Ye and your wives have 
both spoken with your mouths, 
and fulfilled with your hand, 
saying, We will surely perform 
our vows that we have vowed, to 

urn incense to the queen of 
heaven, and to pour out drink 
offerings unto her: ye will surely 
accomplish your vows, and sure- 
ly perform your vows. 

26 Therefore hear ye the word 
of the LORD, all Ju’dah that 
dwell in the land of E’g¥pt; Be- 
hold, I have sworn by my great 
name, saith the LURD, that my 
name shall no more be named in 
the mouth of any man of Jii’dah 
in all the land of E’g¥pt, saying, 
The Lord Gop liveth. 

27 Behold, I will watch over 
them for evil, and not for good: 
and all the men of Ji’dah that 
are in the land of E’gy¥pt shall be 
consumed by the sword and by 
the famine, until there be an end 
of them. 


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28 Yet a small number that 
escape the sword shall return out 
of the land of E’gypt into the land 
of Ja’dah, and all the remnant 
of Ju’dah, that are gone into the 
land of E’gypt to sojourn there, 
shall know whose words shall 
stand, mine, or theirs. 

29 4 And this shall be a sign 
unto you, saith the LORD, that I 
will punish you inthis place, that 
ye may know that my words shall 
surely stand against you for evil:, 

30 Thus saith the LORD;  Be- 
hold, I will give Pha’raoh—-hoph’- 
ra king of E’gypt into the hand of 
his enemies, and into the hand of 
them that seek his life; as I gave 
Zéd-e-ki’/ah king of Ja’dah into 
the hand of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon, his enemy, and 
that sought his life. 


790 CHAPTER 45 
Jeremiah instructs and comforts Baruch. 
HE word that Jér-e-mi’ah 
the prophet spake unto Ba’- 
ruch the son of Né-ri’ah, when he 
had written these words in a book 
at the mouth of Jér-e-mi’ah, in 
the fourth year of Jé-hoi’a-kim 
the son of Jé-si’ah king of Ja’dah, 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD, the God 
of is’ra-el, unto thee, O Ba’ruch; 

3 Thou didst say, Woe is me 
now! for the LORD hath added 
grief to my sorrow; I fainted in 
my ens and I find no rest. 

4 4 Thus shalt thou say unto 
him, The LORD saith thus; Be- 
hold, that which I have built will 
I break down, and that which I 


have planted I will pluck up, even | >° 


this whole land. : 

5 And seekest thou great things 
for thyself? seek them not: for, 
behold, I will bring evil upon all 
flesh, saith the LORD: but thy 
life will I give unto thee for a 
ath all places whither thou 
goest. 


791 CHAPTER 46 

1 Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow 
of Pharaoh’s army at Euphrates. 13 
oa ON ela a hapa S conquest of 
Lgyp 


Overthrow of Egypt foretold 


HE word of the LORD which 
came to Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet against the Gén’tiles; 

2 Against E’gyrt, against the 
army of Pha’radh—né’cho king of 
E’gypt, which was by the river 
Eu-phra’tés in Cdar’che-mish, 
which Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon smote in the fourth 
year of Jé-hoi’a-kim the son of 
Jo-si’ah king of Ja’dah 

3 Order ye the buckler and 
shield, and draw near to battle. 

4 Harness the horses; and get 
up, ye horsemen, and stand forth 
with your helmets; furbish the 
spears, and puton the brigandines. 

5 Wherefore have I seen them 
dismayed and turned away back? 
and their mighty ones are beaten 
down, and are fled apace, and 
look not back: for fear was 
round about, saith the LORD. 

6 Let not the swift flee away, 
nor the mighty man escape; they 
shall stumble, and fall toward 
the north by the river,Ei-phra’tés. 

Who is this that cometh up 
as a flood, whose waters are 
moved as the rivers? . 

8 E’gypt riseth up like a flood, — 
and his waters are moved like 
the rivers; and he saith, I will go 
up, and will cover the earth; I 
will destroy the city and the in- 
habitants thereof. 

9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, 
ye chariots; and let the mighty 
men come forth; the £-thi-0’- 
pi-ans and the Lib’y-ans, that 
handle the shield; and the Lyd’i- 
ans, that handle and bend the 


w. 
10 For this is the day of the 
Lord GoD of hosts, a day of 
vengeance, that he may avenge 
him of his adversaries: and the 
sword shall devour, and it shall 
be satiate and made drunk with 
their blood: for the Lord GOD of 
hosts hath a sacrifice in the 
north country by the river Et- 
phra’tés. 
11 Go up into Gil’e-ad, and 
take balm, O virgin, the daugh- 
ter of E’g¥pt: in vain shalt thou 


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Egypt to be conquered by Nebuchadrezzar 
for thou 


use many medicines; 
shalt not be cured. 


12 The nations have heard of 


thy shame, and thy cry hath 


filled the land: for the mighty 


man hath stumbled against the 
mighty, and they are fallen both 
together. 

13 § The word that the LoRD 
spake to Jér-e-mi’ah the prophet, 
how Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon should come and smite 
the land of E’é¥pt. __ 

14 Declare ye in E’gypt, and 
publish in Mig’dol, and publish in 
Noph and in Tih’pan-hés: say 
ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; 
for the sword shall devour round 
about thee. ¢ 

15 Why are thy valiant men 
swept away? they stood not, 
because the LORD did drive 
them. 

16 He made many to fall, yea, 
one fell upon another: and they 
said, Arise, and let us go again to 
our own people, and to the land 
of our nativity, from the oppress- 
ing sword. 

17 They did cry there, Pha’rash 
king of E’gypt is but a noise; he 
hath passed the time appointed. 

18 As I live, saith the King, 
whose name is_the LORD of 
hosts, Surely as Ta’boér is among 
the mountains, and as Car’mel by 
the sea, so shall he come. i 

19 O thou daughter dwelling 
in E’gypt, furnish thyself to go 
into captivity: for Noph shall be 
waste and desolate without an 
inhabitant. : 

20 E’éypt is like a very fair 
heifer, but destruction cometh; 
it cometh out of the north. } 

21 Also her hired men are in 
the midst of her like fatted bull- 
ocks; for they also are turned 
back, and are fled away together: 
they did not stand, because the 
day of their calamity was come 


upon them, and the time of their 


visitation. 


22 The voice thereof shall go 
they shall 


like a serpent; for 
“march with an army, and come 







JEREMIAH, 47 


against her with axes, as hewers 
of wood. 

23 They shall cut down her 
forest, saith the LORD, though it 
cannot be searched; because 
they are more than the grass- 
hoppers, and are innumerable. | 

24 The daughter of £’s¥pt shall 
be confounded; she shall be 
delivered into the hand of the 
people of the north. 

25 The LORD of hosts, the God 
of Is’ra-el, saith; Behold, I will 
punish the multitude of N6, and 
Pha’rach, and E’é¥pt, with their 
gods, and their kings; even Pha’- 
Fete and ail them that trust in 


m: 

26 And I will deliver them into 
the hand of those that seek their 
lives, and into the hand of Néb- 
u-chad-réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon, 
and into the hand of his servants: 
and afterward it shall be in- 
habited, as in the days of old, 
saith the LORD. 

27 § But fear not thou, O my 
servant Ja’cob, and be not dis- 
mayed, O Is’ra-el: for, behold, 
I will save thee from afar off, and 
thy seed from the land of their 
captivity; and Ja’cob shall re- 
turn, and be in rest and at ease, 
and none shall make him afraid. 

28 Fear thou not, O Ja’cob my 
servant, saith the LORD: for f 
am with thee; for I will make a 
full end of all the nations whither 
Ihave driven thee: but I will not 
make a full end of thee, but cor- 
rect thee in measure; yet will I 
we ates thee wholly unpun- 
ished. 


CHAPTER 47 792 


Jeremiah’s prophecy against the Philis- 
. tines. 


HE-word of the LorD that 

came to Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet against the Phi-lis’tines, 
before that Pha’ratbh smote 
Ga’za. 

2 Thus saith the LORD; Be- 
hold, waters rise up out of the 
north, and shall be an overflow- 
ing flood, and shall overflow the 


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JEREMIAH, 48 


land, and all thatis therein; the 
city, and them that dwell therein: 
then the men shall cry, and all the 
inhabitants of the land shall howl. 

3 At the noise of the stamping 
of the hoofs of his strong horses, 
at the rushing of his chariots, 
and at the rumbling of his wheels, 
the fathers shall not look back to 
their children for feebleness of 
hands; ; 

4 Because of the day that com- 
eth to spoil all the Phi-lis’tines, 
and to cut off from Ty’rus and 
Zi’don every helper that remain- 
eth: for the LORD will spoil the 
Phi-lis’tines, the remnant of the 
country of Caph’tor. Sait) 

5 Baldness is come’ upon Ga’za; 
Ash’ke-lin is cut off with the 
remnant of their valley: how 
long wilt thou cut thyself? 

6 O thou sword of the LORD, 
how long will it be ere thou be 
quiet? put up thyself into thy 
scabbard, rest, and be still. . 

7 How can it be quiet, seeing 
the LORD hath given it a charge 
against Ash’ke-lon, and against 
the sea shore? there hath he ap- 
Pointed it. 


793 CHAPTER 48 


1 Judgments on Moab for sins. 26 
Their contempt of God and his people. 

47 Moabites recalled from captivity. 
GAINST Mo60/’ab thus saith 
the LORD of hosts, the God 
of Is’‘ra-el; Woe unto Né’bd! for 
it is spoiled: Kir-i-a-tha’im is 
confounded and taken: Mis’gab 

is confounded and dismayed. 

2 There shall be no more praise 
of M6o’ab: in Hésh’bon they have 
devised evil against it; 


O Mad’men; the sword 
shall pursue thee. 

3 A voice of crying shall be 
from Hor-o-na’im, spoiling and 
great destruction. 

4 MO/’ab is destroyed; her little 
ones have caused a cry to be 
heard. . ; 

_ 5 For in the going up of Lu’hith 


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Judgments on Philistines and Moab 


continual weeping shall go up; 
for in the going down of Hor-o- 
na’/im the enemies have heard a 
cry of destruction. _ 

6 Flee, save your lives, and be 
like the heath in the wilderness. 

7 (For because thou hast 
trusted in thy works and in thy 
treasures, thou shalt also be 
taken: and Ché’mosh shall go 
forth into captivity with his 
priests and his princes together. 

8 And the spoiler shall come 
upon every city, and no city shall 
escape: the valley also shall 
perish, and the plain shall be 
destroyed, as the LORD hath 
spoken. | 

0 Give wings unto M6/ab, that 
it may flee and get away: for the 
cities thereof shall be desolate, 
without any to dwell therein. 

10 Cursed be he that doeth the 
work of the LorD deceitfully, 
and cursed be he that keepeth 
back his sword from blood. 

11 { Mdé’ab hath been at ease 
from his youth, and he hath 
settled on his lees, and hath not 
been emptied from vessel to 
vessel, neither hath he gone into 
captivity: therefore his taste re- 
mained in him, and his scent is 
not changed. 

12 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that I will 
send unto him wanderers, that 
shall cause him to wander, and 
shall empty his vessels, and break 
their bottles. 

13 And Mo’ab shall be ashamed 
of Ché’mosh, as the house of Is’- 
ra-el was ashamed of Béth’-el 
their confidence. 

14 { How say ye, We are 
mighty and strong men for the 
war? 

15 M6’ab is spoiled, and gone 
up out of her cities, and his chos- 
en young men are gone down to 
the slaughter, saith the King, 
whose name is the LORD of hosts. 

16 The calamity of M6/’ab is 
near to come, and his affliction 
hasteth fast. i 
17 All ye that are about him, 


Judgments on Moab 


bemoan him; and all ye that 
know his name, say, How is the 
strong staff broken, and the 
beautiful rod! 

_18 Thou daughter that dost 
inhabit Di’/bon, come down from 
thy glory, and sit in thirst; for 
the spoiler of M6’ab shall come 
upon thee, and he shall destroy 
thy strong holds 

- 19 O inhabitant of Ar’6-ér, 
stand by the way, and espy; 
ask him that fleeth, and her that 
escapeth, and say, What is done? 

20 MO’ab is confounded; for it 
is broken down: howl and cry; 
tell ye it in Ar’n6n, that MO’ab is 
spoiled, | 

21 And judgment is come upon 
the plain country; upon H6/lon, 
and upon Ja-ha’zah, and upon 
Méph’a-ath, 

22 And upon Di’bon, and upon 
Né’b6, and upon Béth-dib-la- 
tha’im, 

23 And upon Kir-i-a-tha’im, 
and upon Béth-ga’mul, and upon 
Béth—mé’on, 

24 And upon Ké’ri-oth, and 
upon BO6z’rah, and upon all the 
cities of the land of M6’ab, far or 


near. 

25 The horn of M6’ab is cut off, 
and his arm is broken, saith the 
LORD. 

26 {Make ye him drunken: 
for he magnified himself against 
the LORD: MO6/’ab also shall 
wailow in his vomit, and he also 
shall be in derision. | 

27 For was not Is’ra-el a de- 
rision unto thee? was he found 
among thieves? for since thou 
uae of him, thou skippedst 

or jo 

28 O ye that dwell in Md’ab, 
leave the cities, and dwell in the 
rock, and be like the dove that 
maketh her nest in the sides of 
the hole’s mouth. 

29 We have heard the pride of 
Mo/ab, (he is exceeding proud) 
his loftiness, and his arrogancy, 
and his pride, and the haughti- 
ness of his heart. ; 

30 I know his wrath, saith the 


JEREMIAH, 48 


LORD; but zt shall not be so; 
his lies shall not so effect if. 

31 Therefore will I howl for 
Mo’ab, and I will cry out for all 
Mo’ab; mine heart shall mourn 
for the men of Kir—hé’rés. 

32 O vine of Sib’mah, I will 
weep for thee with the weeping of 
Ja’zér: thy plants are gone over 
the sea, they reach even to the 
sea of Ja’zér: the spoiler is fallen 
upon thy summer fruits and upon 
thy vintage. 

33 And joy and gladness is 
taken from the plentiful field, and 
from the land of M6’ab; and I 
have caused wine to fail from the 
winepresses: none shall tread 
with shouting; their shouting 
shall be no shouting. 7 

34 From the cry of Hésh’bon 
even unto E-le-a’leh, and even 
unto Ja’haz, have they uttered 
their voice, from Z0’ar even unto 
Hor-o-na’im, as an heifer of 
three years old: for the waters 
aio of Nim’rim shall be deso- 
ate. 

35 Moreover I will cause to 
cease in Md’ab, saith the LORD, 
him that offereth in the high 
places, and him that burneth in- 
cense to his gods. 

36 Therefore mine heart shall 
sound for M6’ab like pipes, and 
mine heart shall sound like pipes 
for the men of Kir—-hé’rés: be- 
cause the riches that he hath, 
gotten are perished. 

37 For every head shall b« 
bald, and every beard clipped, 
upon all the hands shall be cut.. 
tings, and upon the loins sack-~ 
cloth. 

38 There shall be lamentation 
generally upon all the house tops 
of M0d’ab, and in the streets 
thereof: for I have broken MO’ab 
like a vessel wherein is no 
pleasure, saiththe LORD. 

39 They shall howl, saving, 
How is it broken down! how 
hath Mo’ab turned the back 
with shame! so shall Mo’ab be 
a derision and a dismaying to all 
them about him. 


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JEREMIAH, 49 


Judgments on Ammon and Edom 


and her daughters shall be burned 


40 For thus saith the LORD; 
Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, 
and shall spread his wings over 
MO’ab. : 

41 Ké’ri-oth is taken, and the 
strong holds are surprised, and 
the mighty men’s hearts in 
M6’ab at that day shall be as the 
heart of a woman in her pangs. 

42 And M06’ab shall be destroy- 
ed from being a people, because 
he hath magnified himself 
against the LORD. 

43 Fear, and the pit, and the 
snare, shall be upon thee, O in- 
habitant of M6d’ab, saith the 
LORD. 

44 He that fleeth from the fear 
shall fall into the pit; and he that 
getteth up out of the pit shall be 
taken in the snare: for I will 
bring upon it, even upon MO’ab, 
ie Bath of their visitation, saith 

e 

45 They that fled stood under 
the shadow of Hésh’bon because 
of the force: but a fire shall 
come forth out of Hésh’bon, and 
a flame from the midst of Si’/hon, 
and shall devour the corner of 
M06/’ab, and the crown of the head 
of the tumultuous ones. 

46 Woe be unto thee, O MOo’ab! 
the people of Ché’mésh perish- 
eth: for thy sons are taken cap- 
tives, and thy daughters captives. 

47 4 Yet will I bring again the 
captivity of M6’ab in the latter 
days, saith the LORD. Thus far 
is the judgment of M6’ab. 


794 CHAPTER 49 


1 Judgment of the Ammonites 7\I 


Edom, Damascus, Kedar, 
and Elam are judged also. 
ONCERNING the Am’mon- 
ites, thus saith the LORD; 
Hath is’ra-el no sons? hath he 
no heir? why then doth their 
king inherit Gad, and his people 
dwell in his cities? 

2 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that I will 
cause an alarm of war to be heard 
in Rab’bah of the Am’mon-ites; 
and it shall be a desolate heap, 


Hazor, 


with fire: then shall is’ra-el be 
heir unto them that were his 
heirs, saith the LORD. 

3 Howl, O Hésh’b6n, for A’i is 
spoiled: cry, ye daughters of 
Rab’bah, gird you with sack- 
cloth; lament, and run to and 
fro by the hedges; for their king 
shall go into captivity, and his 
priests and his princes together. 

4. Wherefore gloriest thou in the 
valleys, thy flowing valley, O 
backsliding daughter? that trust- 
ed in her treasures, saying, Who 
shall come unto me? 

Behold, I will bring a fear 
upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of 
hosts, from all those that be 
about thee; and ye shall be driv- 
en out every man right forth; and 
none shall gather up him that 
wandereth. 

6 And afterward I will bring 
again the captivity of the children 
of ao saith the LORD. 

7 4 Concerning £’dom, thus 
saith the LORD of hosts; Js 
wisdom no more in Té’man? is 
counsel perished from the pru- 
dent? is their wisdom vanished? 

8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell 
deep, O inhabitants of Dé’dan; 
for I will bring the calamity of 
E’sau upon him, the time that I 
will visit him. 

9 If grapegatherers come to 
thee, would they not leave some 
gleaning grapes? if thieves by 
night, they will destroy till they 
have enough. 7 
10 But I have made E’sau bare, 

have uncovered his secret 
places, and he shall not be able to 
hide himself: his seed is spoiled, 
and his brethren, pot his neigh- 
bours, and he is not. 

11 Leave thy fatherless chil- 
dren, I will preserve them alive; 
and let thy widows trust in me. 

12 For thus saith the LORD; 
Behold, they, whose judgment 
was not to drink of the cup have 
assuredly drunken; and art thou 
he that shall altogether go un- 
punished? thou shalt not go un- 


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“ 


Judgments on Damaseus and Kedar 


punished, but thou shalt surely 
drink of it. 

13 For I have sworn by myself, 
saith the LORD, that Bdz’rah 
shall become a desolation, a re- 
proach, a waste, and a curse; 
and all the cities thereof shall be 
perpetual wastes. 

14 [have heard a rumour from 
the LORD, and an ambassador is 
sent unto the heathen, saying, 
Gather ye together, and come 
against her, and rise up to the 
battle. 

15 For, lo, I will make thee 
small among the heathen, and 
despised among men. 

16 Thy terribleness hath de- 
ceived thee, and the pride of thine 
heart, O thou that dwellest in the 
clefts of the rock, that holdest the 
height of the hill: though thou 
shouldest make thy nest as high 
as the eagle, I will bring thee 
down from thence, saith the 
LORD. 

17 Also&’dom shall be a desola- 
tion: every one that goeth by it 
shall be astonished, and shall 
hiss at all the plagues thereof. 

18 As in the overthrow of 
S6d’om and Gé-mor’rah and the 
neighbour cities thereof, saith the 
LORD, no man shall abide there, 
neither shall a son of man dwell 


in it. 

“19 Behold, he shall come up 

ike a lion from the swelling of 
Jor’dan against the habitation of 
the strong: but I will suddenly 
make him run away from her: 
and who is a chosen man, that I 
may appoint over her? for who 
is like me? and who will appoint 
me the time? and who is that 
shepherd that will stand before 


et 
20 Therefore hear the counsel 
of the LORD, that he hath taken 
against E’dom; and his purposes, 
that he hath purposed against the 
inhabitants of Té’man: Surely 
the least of the flock shall draw 
them out: surely he shall make 
88 habitations desolate with 
Pn em. 


JEREMIAH, 49 


21 The earth is moved at the 
noise of their fall, at the cry the 
noise thereof was heard in the 
Red sea. 

22 Behold, he shall come up 
and fly as the eagle, and spread © 
his wings over B6z’rah: and at 
that day shall the heart of the 
mighty men of E’dom be as the 
heart of a woman in her pangs. 

23 4] Concerning Dda-mas’cus. 
Ha’math is confounded, and 
Ar’pad: for they have heard evil 
tidings: they are fainthearted; 
there is sorrow on ithe sea: it 
cannot be quiet. 

24 Da-mas’cus is waxed feeble, 
and turneth herself to flee, and 
fear hath seized on her: anguish 
and sorrows have taken her, as a 
woman in travail. 

25 How is the city of praise 
not left, the city of my joy! 

26 Therefore her young men 
shall fall in her streets, and all 
the men of war shall be cut off in 
that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 

27 And I will kindle a fire in 
the wall of Da-mdas’cus, and it 
shall consume the palaces of 
Bén—ha’dad. 

28 § Concerning Ké’diar, and 
concerning the kingdoms of Ha’- 
zor, which Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon shall smite, 
thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, 
go up to Ké’dar, and spoil the 
men of the east. 

29 Their tents and their flocks 
shall they take away: they shall 
take to themselves their curtains, 
and all their vessels, and their. ° 
camels; and they shall cry unto 
them, Fear is on every side. 

30 9 Flee, get you far off, 
dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of 
Ha’zor,. saith the LORD; for 
Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king of Bab’- 
y-lon hath taken counsel! against 
you, and hath conceived a pur- 
pose against you. 

31 Arise, get you up unto the 
wealthy nation, that dwelleth 
without care, saith the LORD, 
which have neither gates nor 
bars, which dwell alone. 


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JEREMIAH, 50 


32 And their camels shall be a 
booty, and the multitude of their 
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter 
into all winds them ¢hat are in 
the utmost corners; and I will 
bring their calamity from all sides 
thereof, saith the LORD. 

33 And Ha’z6r shall be a 
dwelling for dragons, and a deso- 
lation for ever: there shall no 
man abide there; nor any son of 
man dwell in it. 

34 9 The word of the LORD 
that came to Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet against E’lam in the be- 
ginning of the reign of Zed-e- 
ki’ah king of Ja’dah, saying, 

35 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Behold, I will break the 
bow of E’lam, the chief of their 
might. 

36 And upon Elam will I bring 
the four winds from the four 
quarters of heaven, and will 
scatter them toward all those 
winds; and there shall be no 
nation whither the outcasts of 
E’lam shall not come. 

37 For I will cause E’lam to be 
dismayed before their enemies, 
and before them that seek their 
life: and I will bring evil upon 
them, even my fierce anger, saith 
the LORD; and I will send the 
sword after them, till I have 
consumed them: : 
_38 And I will set my throne in 
Elam, and will destroy from 
thence the king and the princes, 
saith the LORD. 
_ 39 ¥§ But it shall come to pass 

in the latter days, that I will 
bring again the captivity of Elam, 
saith the LORD. 


795 CHAPTER 50 
1 The judgment of Babylon. 
demption of Israel. 
HE word that the LORD 
spake against Bab’y-lon 
and against the land of the Chal- 
dé’ans by Jér-e-mi’ah the 
prophet. 
2 Declare ye among the na- 
tions, and publish, and set up a 
standard; publish, and conceal 


4 Re- 


Judgments on Babylon 


not: say, Bab’y-lon is taken, 
Bél is confounded, Mé-r6’dach 
is broken in pieces; her idols 
are confounded, her images are 
broken in pieces. 

3 For out of the north there 
cometh up a nation against her, 
which shall make her land deso-. 
late, and none shall dwell there-. 
in: they shall remove, they shall 
depart, both man and beast. 

4 {In those days, and in that 
time, saith the LORD, the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el shall come, they 
and the children of Ji’dah to- 
gether, going and weeping: they 
shall go, and seek the LORD 
their God. 

5 They shall ask the way to 
Zi’6n with their faces thither- 

ward, saying, Come, and let us 
join ourselves to the LORD in a 
perpetual covenant that shall not 
be forgotten. 

6 My people hath been lost 
sheep: their shepherds have 
caused them to go astray, they 
have turned them away on the 
mountains: they have gone from 
mountain to hill, they have for- 
gotten their restingplace. 

7 All that found them have de- 
voured them: and their adver- 

saries said, We offend not, be- 
cause they have sinned against 
the LORD, the_ habitation of 
justice, even the LORD, the hope 
of their fathers. * ; 

8 Remove out of the midst of 
Bab’y-lon, and go forth out of the: 
land of the Chal-dé’ans, and be 
as the he goats before the flocks. 

9 ¢ For, lo, I will raise and 
cause to come up against Bab’y- 
lon an assembly of great nations. 
from the north country: and 
they shall set themselves in array 
against her; from thence she 
shall be taken: their arrows. 
shall be as of a mighty expert 
man; none shall return in vain. 

10 And Chal-dé’a shall be a 
spoil: all that spoil her shall be 
satisfied, saith the LORD. 

11 Because ye were glad, be- 
cause ye rejoiced, QO ye destroyers 


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Judgments on Babylon 


of mine heritage, because ye are 
grown fat as the heifer at grass, 
and bellow as bulls; 

12 Your mother shall be sore 
confounded; she that bare you 
shall be ashamed: behold, the 


hindermost of the nations shall’ 


be a wilderness, a dry land, and 
a desert. 

13 Because of the wrath of the 
LORD it shall not be inhabited, 
but it shall be wholly desolate: 
every one that goeth by Bab’y-lon 
shall be astonished, and hiss at 
all her plagues. : 

14 Put yourselves in array 
against Bab’y-lon round about: 
all ye that bend the bow, shoot 
at her, spare no arrows: for she 
hath sinned against the LORD. 

15 Shout against her round 
about: she hath given her hand: 
her foundations are fallen, her 
walls are thrown down: for it is 
the vengeance of the LORD: take 
vengeance upon her; as_ she 
hath done, do unto her. 

16 Cut off the sower from Bab’- 
y-lon, and him that handleth the 
sickle in the time of harvest: for 
fear of the oppressing sword 
they shall turn every one to his 
people, and they shall flee every 
one to his own land. 

17 { is’ra-el is a_ scattered 

sheep; the lions have driven 
him away: first the king of As- 
syr/i-a hath devoured him; and 
last this Néb-u-chad-réz’zar 
king of Bab’y-lon hath broken 
his bones. 

18 Therefore thus_ saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of Is’- 
ta-el; Behold, I will punish the 
king ‘of Bab’ ¥-1on and his land, 
as I have punished the king of 
As-syr’i-a 
- 19 kad “I will bring is’ra-el 
again to his habitation, and he 
shall feed on Car’mel and 

Ba’shan, and his soul shall be 
Satisfied upon mount E’phra-im 
‘and Gil’e-ad. 

: 20 In those days, and in that 
time, saith the LORD, the iniaq- 
ity of Is’ra-el shall be sought 





JEREMIAH, 50 


for, and there shall be none; and 
the sins of Ji’dah, and they shail 
not be found: for I will pardon 
them whom I reserve. 

21 { Go up against the land of 
Mér-a-tha’im, even against it, 
and against the inhabitants of 
Pé’kod: waste and utterly de- 
stroy after them, saith the LORD, 
and do according to all that I 
have commanded thee. 

22 A sound of battle is in the 
land, and of great destruction. 

23 Howis the hammer of the 
whole earth cut asunder and 
broken! how is Bab’y-lon be- 
come a desolation among the 
nations! 

24 I have laid a snare for thee, 
and thou art also taken, O Bab’y- 
lon, and thou wast not aware: 
thou art found, and also caught, 
because thou hast striven against 
the LORD. 

25 The LORD hath opened his 
armoury, and hath brought forth 
the weapons of his indignation: 
for this is the work of the Lord 
GOD of hosts in the land of the 
Chal-dé’ans. 

26 Come against her from the 
utmost border, open her store- 
houses: cast her up as heaps, 
and destroy her utterly: let noth- 
ing of her be left. 

27 Slay all her bullocks; let 
them go down to the slaughter: 
woe unto them! for their day is 
ee: the time of their visita- 
ion 

28 The voice of them that flee 
and escape out of the land of 
Bab’y-lon, to declare in Zi’6n the 
vengeance of the LORD our God, 
the vengeance of his temple. 

29 Call together the archers 
against Bab’y-lon: all ye that 
bend the bow, camp against it 
round about; let none thereof 
escape: recompense her accord- 
ing to her work; according to all 
that she hath done, do unto her: 
for she hath been proud against 
the LORD, against the Holy One 
of Is’ra-el. 

30 Therefore shall her young 


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men fall in the streets, and all her 
men of war shall be cut off in that 
day, saith the LORD. 

1 Behold, I am against thee, O 
thou most proud, saith the Lord 
GoD of hosts: for thy day is 
come, the time that I will visit 


ee. 

32 And the most proud shall 
stumble and fall, and none shall 
raise him up: and I will kindle 
a fire in his cities, and it shall 
devour all round about him. 

33 Y Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; The children of Is’ra-el 
and the children of Jia’dah were 
oppressed together: and all that 
took them captives held them 
fast; they refused to let them go. 

34 Their Redeemer its strong; 
the HouD of hosts is his name: 
he shall throughly plead their 
cause, that he may give rest to 
the land, and disquiet the inhab- 
itants of Bab’y-lon. 

35 § A sword is upon the Chal- 
dé’ans, saith the LORD, and upon 
the inhabitants of Bab’y-lon, and 
upon her princes, and upon her 
wise men. 1 

36 A sword is upon the liars; 
and they shall dote: a sword is 
upon her mighty men; and they 
shall be dismayed. . 

37 A sword ts upon their horses, 
and upon their chariots, and upon 
ali the mingled people that are 
in the midst of her; and they 
shall become as women: a sword 
is upon her treasures; and they 
shall be robbed. 

38 A drought is upon her 
waters; and they shall be dried 
up: for it is the land of grav- 
en images, and they are mad 
upon their idols. 

39 Therefore the wild beasts of 
the desert with the wild beasts of 
the islands shall dwell there, and 
the owls shall dwell therein: and 
it shall be no more inhabited for 
ever; neither shall it be dwelt in 
from generation to generation. 

40 As God overthrew S6d’om 
and Go-mor’rah and the neigh- 
bour cities thereof, saith the 


Judgments on Babylon 


LORD; so shall no man abide 
there, neither shall any son of 
man dwell therein. 

41 Behold, a people shall come 
from the north, and a great na- 
tion, and many kings shall be 


raised up from the coasts of the 


earth. 

42 They shall hold the bow 
and the lance: they are cruel, 
and will not shew mercy: their 
voice shall roar like the sea, and 
they shall ride upon horses, every 
one put in array, like a man to 
the battle, against thee, O daugh- 
ter of Bab’y-lon. 

43 The king of Bab’y-lon hath 
heard the report of them, and his 
hands waxed ‘feeble: anguish 
took hold of him, and pangs as of 
a woman in travail. 

44 Behold, he shall come up 
like a lion from the swelling of 
Jor’dan unto the habitation of the 
strong: 
suddenly run away from her: 
and who is a chosen man, that I 
may appoint over her? for who 
is like me? and who will ap- 
point me the time? and who is 


that shepherd that will stand 


before me? 


but I will make them 


45 Therefore hear ye the coun-| 
sel of the LORD, that he hath 


taken against Bab’y-lon; and his 


purposes, that he hath purposed 


against the land of the Chal-dé’- 
ans: Surely the least of the flock 
shall draw them out: 
shall make their habitation deso- 
late with them. 

46 At the noise of the taking of 
Bab’y-lon the earth is moved, 


and the cry is heard among the 


nations. 


CHAPTER 51 796 


1 Cr a dabei against Babylon in’revenge 
of Israel. 59 Jeremiah gives this 
book of prophecy to Seraiah. 

HUS saith the LORD; Be- 
hold, I will raise up against 

Bab’y-lon, and against them that 

dwell in the midst of them that 


rise up against me, a destroying 


wind; 


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surely he | 


Destruction of Babylon foretold 


2 And will send unto Bab’y-lon 
fanners, that shall, fan her, and 
shall empty her land: for in the 
day of trouble they shall be 
against her round about 

3 Against him that hetdeth let 
the archer bend his bow, and 
against him that lifteth himself 
up in his brigandine: and spare 
ye not her young men; destroy 
ye utterly all her host. 

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the 
land of the Chal-dé’ans, and 
they that are thrust through in 
her streets. 

5 For Is’ra-el hath not been 
forsaken, nor Ja’dah of his God, 
of the LORD of hosts; though 
their land was filled with sin 
against the Holy One of Is’ra-el. 

6 Flee out of the midst of Bab’- 
y-lon, and deliver every man his 
soul: be not cut off in her iniq- 
uity; for this is the time of the 
LORD’S vengeance; he will 
render unto her a recompence. 


JEREMIAH, 51 


watch strong, set up the watch- 
men, prepare the ambushes: for 
the LORD hath both devised and 
done that which he spake against 
the inhabitants of Bab’y-lon. 

13 O thou that dwellest upon 
many waters, abundant i in treas- 
ures, thine end is come, and the 
measure of thy covetousness. 

14 The LorD of hosts hath 
sworn by himself, saying, Surely 
I will fill thee with men, as with 
caterpillers; and they shall lift 
up a shout against thee. 

15 He hath made the earth by 
his power, he hath established 
the world by his wisdom, and 
hath stretched out the heaven by 
his understanding. ‘ 

16 When he uttereth his voice, 
there is a multitude of waters in 
the heavens; and he causeth the 
vapours to ascend from the ends 
of the earth: he maketh light- 
nings with rain, and_bringeth 
oe the wind out of his treas- 


7 Bab’y-lon_hath beena golden | ure 


cup in the LORD’S hand, that 
made all the earth drunken: the 
nations have drunken of her wine; 
therefore the nations are mad. 

8 Bab’y-lon is suddenly fallen 
and destroyed: howl for her; 
take balm for her pain, if so be 
she may be healed. 

9 We would have healed Bab’y- 
lon, but she is not healed: for- 
sake her, and let us go every 
one into his own country: for 
her judgment reacheth unto 
heaven, and is lifted up even to 
the skies 

10 The. LorD hath brought 
forth our righteousness: come, 
and let us declare in Zi’on the 
work of the LORD our God. 

11 Make bright the arrows; 
gather the shields: the LORD 
hath raised up the spirit of the 
kings of the Médes: for his de- 
vice is against Bab’y-lon, to de- 
stroy it; because it 7s the ven- 
geance of the LORD, the ven- 
geance of his temple. 

12 Set up the standard upon 
the walls of Bab’y-lon, make the 

59 


17, ‘Every man is brutish by his 
knowledge; every founder is 
confounded by the graven image: 
for his molten image is false- 
npaes and there is no breath in 


18 : They are vanity, the work 
of errors: in the time of their 
visitation they shall perish. 

19 The portion of Ja’cob is not 
like them: for he is the former of 
ail things: and /s’ra-el is the rod 
of his inheritance: the LORD of 
hosts 1s his name. 

20 Thou art my battle ax and 
weapons of war: for with thee 
will I break in pieces the nations, 
and with thee will I destroy 
kingdoms; 

21 And with thee will I break in 
pieces the horse and_his riders 
and with thee will I break in 
pieces the chariot and his rider; 
22 With thee also will I break in 
pieces man and woman; and 
with thee will I break in pieces 
old and young; and with thee 
will I break in pieces the young 
man and the maid; 


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23 I will also break in pieces 
with thee the shepherd and his 
flock; and with thee will I break 
in pieces the husbandman and 
his yoke of oxen; and with thee 
will I break in pieces captains 
and rulers. 

24 And I will render unto 
Bab’y-lon and to all the inhabit- 
ants of Chal-dé’a all their evil 
_ that they have done in Zi’6n in 

your sight, saith the LORD. 

25 Behold, I am against thee, 

destroying mountain, saith 
the LORD, which destroyest all 
the earth: and I will stretch out 
mine hand upon thee, and ro 
thee down from the .rocks, and 
will make thee a burnt mountain. 

26 And they shall not take of 
thee a stone for a corner, nor a 
stone for foundations; but thou 
shalt be desolate for ever, saith 
the LORD. j 

27 Set ye up a standard in the 
land, blow the trumpet among 
the nations, prepare the nations 
against her, call together against 
kingdoms of. Ar’a-rat, 
and Ash’che-naz; ap- 
point a captain against her; 
cause the horses to come up as 
the rough caterpillers. 

28 Prepare against her the 
nations with the kings of the 
Médes, the captains thereof, and 
all the rulers thereof, and 
the land of his dominion. 

29 And the land shall tremble 
and sorrow: for every purpose of 
the LORD shall be performed 
against Bab’y-lon, to make the 
land of Bab’y-lon a desolation 
without an inhabitant. 

3C The mighty men of Bab’y- 
lon have forborn to fight, they 
have remained in their holds: 
their might hath failed; they 
became as women: they have 
burned her dwellingplaces; her 
bars are broken. 

31 One post shall run to meet 
another, and one messenger to 
meet another, to shew the king of 
Bab’y-lon that his city is taken 
at one end, 


Destruction of Babylon foretold 


32 And that the passages are 
stopped, and the reeds they have 
burned with fire, and the men of 
war are affrighted. 

33 For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts, the God of Is’ra-el; The 
daughter of Bab’y-lon is like a 
threshingfloor, if is time to 
thresh her: yet a little while, 
and the time of her harvest shall 
come. : 

34 Néb-u-chad-réz’zar the king 
of Bab’y-lon hath devoured me, 
he hath crushed me, he hath 
made me an empty vessel, he 
hath swallowed me up like a 


11 | dragon, he hath filled his belly 


with Hee delicates, he hath cast 
me out. 

35 The violence done to me 
and to my flesh be upon Bab’y- 
lon, shall ¢ the inhabitant of Zi’on 
say; and my blood upon the in- 
habitants of Chal-dé’a, shall 
Jé-ru’sa-lém say. é 

36 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, I will plead thy 
cause, and take vengeance for 
thee; and I will dry up her sea, 
and make her springs dry. 

37 And Bab’¥-lon shall become 
heaps, a dwellingplace for drag- 
ons, an astonishment, and an 
hissing, without an inhabitant. 

38 They shall roar together like 
lions: they shall yell as lions’ 


all | wheips. 


39 In their heat I will make 
their feasts, and I will make them 
drunken, that they may rejoice, 
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and 
not wake, saith the LORD. 

40 I will bring them down like 
lambs to the slaughter, like rams 
with he goats. 

41 How is Shé’shach taken! 
and! how is the praise of the 
whole earth surprised! how is 
Bab’y-lon become an astonish- 
ee among the nations! 

2 The sea is come up upon 
Bab ‘¥Y-lon: she is covered with 
the multitude of the waves 
thereof. J 

43 Her cities are a desolation, a 
dry land, and a wilderness, a 


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Destruction of Babylon foretold 


land wherein no man dwelleth, 
neither doth any son of man pass 
thereby. 

44 And I will! punish Bél in 
Bab’y-lon, and I will bring forth 
out of his mouth that which he 
hath swallowed up: and the 
nations shall not flow together 
any more unto him: yea, the 
wall of Bab’y-ion shall fall. 

45 My people, go ye out of the 
midst of her, and deliver ye every 
man his soul from the fierce anger 
of the LORD. 

46 And lest your heart faint, 
and ye fear for the rumour that 
shall be heard in the land; a 
rumour shall both come one 
year, and after that in another 
year shall come a rumour, and 
violence in the land, ruler against 
ruler. 

47 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, that I will do judgment 
upon the graven images of Bab’y- 
lon: and her whole land shall be 
confounded, and all her slain 
shall fall in the midst of her. 

48 Then the heaven and the 
earth, and all that is therein, shall 
sing for Bab’y-lon: for the spoil- 
ers shall come unto her from the 
north, saith the LORD. 

9 As Bab’y-lon hath caused 

the slain of Is’ra-el to fall, so at 
Bab’y-lon shall fall the slain of 
all the earth. 
_ 50 Ye that have escaped the 
sword, go away, stand not still: 
remember the LORD afar off, and 
let Jé-ru’sa-lém come into your 
mind. 

' 51 We are confounded, be- 
cause we have heard reproach: 
shame hath covered our faces: 
for strangers are come into the 
sanctuaries of the LORD’S house. 

52 Wherefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the LORD, that I will 
do judgment upon her graven 
images: and through all her land 
the wounded shall groan. 

53 Though Bab’y-lon should 
mount up to heaven, and though 
she should fortify the height of 
her strength, yet from me shall 


JEREMIAH, 51 


Spoulers come unto her, saith the 

54 A_sound of a cry cometh 
from Bab’y-lon, and great de- 
struction from the land of the 
Chal-dé’ans: 

55 Because the LORD. hath 
spoiled Bab’y-lon, and destroyed 
out of her the great voice; when 
her ways do roar like great 
waters, a noise of their voice is 
uttered: 

56 Because the spoiler is come 
upon her, even upon Bab’y-lon, 
and her mighty men are taken, 
every one of their bows is broken: 
for the LORD God of recom- 
pences shall surely requite. 

57 And I will make drunk her 
princes, and her wise men, her 
captains, and her rulers, and her 
mighty men: and they shall sleep 
a perpetual sleep, and not wake, 
saith the King, whose name is 
the LORD of hosts. 

58 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; The broad walls of Bab’- 
y-lon shall be utterly broken, 
and her high gates shali be 
burned with fire; and the people 
shall labour in vain, and the folk 
an ithe fire, and they shall be 


“50 rf ‘The word which Jér-e- 
mi/ah the prophet commanded 
Sér-a-i’/ah the son of Né-ri’ah, 
the son of Ma-a-sé’iah, when he 
went with Zéd-e-ki’ah the king 
of Ji’dah into Bab’y-lon in the 
fourth year of hisreign. And this 
Sér-a-l’ah was a quiet prince. 

60 So Jér-e-mi’ah wrote in a 
book all the evil that should come 
upon Bab’y-lon, even all these 
words that are written against 
Bab’y-lon. 

61 And Jér-e-mi’ah said to 
Sér-a-i’/ah, When thou comest to 
Bab’y-lon, and shalt see, and 
shalt read all these words; 

62 Then shalt thou say, O 
LORD, thou hast spoken against 
this place, to cut it off, that none 
shall remain in it, neither man 
nor beast, but that it shall be 
desolate for ever. 


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63 And it shall be, when thou 
hast made an end of reading this 
book, that thou shalt bind a 
stone to it, and cast it into the 
pees of Et-phra’tés: 

4 And thou shalt say, Thus 
shall Bab’y-lon sink, and shall 
not rise from the evil that I will 
bring upon her: and they shall be 


weary. Thus far are the words 

of Jér-e-mi’ah 

797“ CHAPTER 52 

1 Zedekiah rebels. 4 Jerusalem taken 
and spoiled. 24 Judah carried 
away captive. 31 Jehoiachin ad- 
vanced. 


ED-E-KI’AH was one and 
twenty years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned 
eleven years in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
And his mother’s name was 
Ha-mii’tal the daughter of Jér-e- 
mi’ah of Lib’nah. 

2 And he did that which was 
evil in the eyes of the LORD, 
according to all that Jé-hoi’a- 
kim had done. 

3 For through the anger of the 
LORD it came to pass in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lem and Jua’dah, till he had 
cast them out from his presence, 
that Zéd-e-ki’ah rebelled against 
the ane of Bab’y-lon. 

4 4 And it came to pass in He 
ninth year of his reign, in 
tenth month, in the tenth aad of 
the month, that Néb-u-chad- 
réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon came, 
he and all his army, against Jé- 
tu’sa-lém, and pitched against 
it, and built forts against it 
round about. 

5 So the city was besieged unto 
a eleventh year of king Zéd-e- 


6 And in the fourth month, in 
the ninth day of the month, a 
famine was sore in the city, so 
that there was no bread for the 
people of the land. 

7 Then the city was broken up, 
and all the men of war fled, and 
went forth out of the city by 
night by the way of the gate be- 
tween the two walls, which was 
by the king’s garden; (now the 


Jerusalem taken and spoiled 


Chal-dé’ans were by the city 
round about:) an they went by 
the way of the plain. 

8 ¥ But the army of the Chal- 
dé’ans pursued after the king, 
and overtook Zéd-e-ki’ah in the 
plains of Jér’i-cho; and all his 
army was scattered from him. 

9 Then they took the king, 
and carried him up unto the 
king of Bab’y-lon to Rib/lah in 
the land of Ha’math; where he 
gave judgment upon him 

10 And the king of Bab’y-lon 
slew the sons of Zéd-e-ki’ah 
before his eyes: he slew also 
all the princes of Ji’dah in 
Rib’lah. 

11 Then he put out the eyes 
of Zéd-e-ki’ah; and the king of 
Bab’y-lon bound him in chains, 
and carried him to Bab’y-lon, 
and put him in prison till the 
day of his death. 

12 § Now in the fifth month, 
in the tenth day of the month, 
which was the nineteenth year 
of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king of 
Bab’y-lon, came Né€b’u-zar—a’- 
dan, captain of the guard, which 
served the king of Bab’y-lon, 
into Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

13 And burned the house of 
the LORD, and the king’s house; 
and all the houses of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and all the houses of the 
great men, burned he with fire: 

14 And all the army of the 
Chal- dé’ans, that were with the 
captain of the guard, brake down 
all the walls of Jé-ru’sa-lém 
round about. 

15 Then WNeéb’u-zar—a’dan the 
captain of the guard carried 
away captive certain of the poor 
of the people, and the residue of 
the people that remained in the 
city, and those that fell away, 
that fell to the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and the rest of the multitude. | 

16 But Néb’u-zar-—a’dan the 
captain of the guard left certain 
of the poor of the land for vine- 
dressers and for husbandmen. 

17 Also the pillars of brass that 
were in the house of the LORD,. 


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Judah carried away captive 


and the bases, and the brasen 
‘sea that was in the house of the 
LORD, the Chal-dé’ans brake, 
‘and carried all the brass of them 
‘to Bab’y-lon. 

18 The caldrons also, and the 
shovels, and the snuffers, and 
‘the bowls, and the spoons, and all 
‘the vessels of brass wherewith 
they Hata ie took they away. 
BS the basons, and the 
| eee and the bowls, and the 
caldrons, and the candlesticks, 
and the spoons, and the cups; 
‘that which was of gold in gold, 
and that which was of silver in 
silver, took the captain of the 
‘guard away. 
| 20 The two pillars, one sea, and 
twelve brasen bulls that were 
‘under the bases, which king 
‘S6l’o-mon had made in the 
house of the LORD: the brass 
of all these vessels was without 
weight. 5 ; 

_ 21 And concerning the pillars, 
the height of one pillar was 
‘eighteen cubits; and a fillet of 
‘twelve cubits did compass it; 
‘and the thickness thereof was 
four fingers: it was hollow. 

| 22 And a chapiter of brass was 
lupon it; and the height of one 
chapiter was five cubits, with 
network and pomegranates upon 
the chapiters round about, all of 

‘brass. The second pillar also 
a the pomegranates were like 

ae these. 

3 And there were ninety and 
sk Becieuradates on a side; and 
‘all the pomegranates upon the 
Boost. were an hundred round 

ou 

| 24 4 And the captain of the 
‘guard took Sér-a-i’ah the chief 
‘priest, and Zéph-a-ni’ah the 
second priest, and the three 
keepers of the door: 

25 He took also out of the city 
an eunuch, which had the charge 
of the men of war; and seven 
men of them that were near 
the king’s person, which pee 
found in the city; and 
principal scribe of the host, wits 











JEREMIAH, 52 


mustered the people of the land; 
and threescore men of the people 
of the land, that were found in 
the midst of the city. 

26 So Néb’u-zar—a’dan the cap- 
tain of the guard took them, and 
brought them to the king of 
Bab’y-lon to Rib’lah. 

27 And the king of Bab’y-lon 
smote them, and put them to 
death in Rib’lah in the land of 
Ha’math. Thus Ji’dah was 
catried away captive out of his 
own land. | 

28 This is, the people whom 
Néb-u-chad-réz’zar carried away 
captive: in the seventh year 
three thousand Jews and three 
and twenty: | 

29 In the eighteenth year of 
Néb-u-chad-réz’zar he carried 
away captive from Jé-ru’sa-lém 
eight hundred thirty and two 
persons: 

30 In the three and twentieth 
year of Néb-u-chad-réz’zar Néb’- 
u-zar—a’dan the captain of the 
guard carried away captive of 
the Jews seven hundred forty 
and five persons: all the persons 
were four thousand and six 
hundred. 

31 4 And it came to pass in the 
seven and thirtieth year of the 
captivity of Jé-hoi’a-chin king 
of Ja’dah, in the twelfth month, 
in the five and twentieth day of 
the month, that E’vil—-mé-r6’dach 
king of Bab’y-lon in the first 
year of his reign lifted up the 
head of Jé-hoi’a-chin king of 
Ja’dah, and brought him forth 
out of prison, ‘ 

32 And spake kindly unto 
him, and set his throne above 
the throne of the kings that were 
with him in Bab’y-lon, 

33 And changed his prison gar- 
ments: and he did continually 
eat bread before him all the days 
of his life. 

34 And for his diet, there was 
a continual diet given him of 
the king of Bab’y-lon, every 
day a portion until the day of 
his death, all the days of his life. 


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THE 


LAMENTATIONS OF 
JEREMIAH 


798 CHAPTER 1 
1 Misery of Jerusalem for her sins. 
Confession of God’s justice. 
OW doth the city sit solitary, 
that was full of people! 
how is she become as a widow! 
she that was great among the 
nations, and princess among 
the provinces, how is she become 
tributary! : 

2 She weepeth sore in the 
night, and her tears ave on her 
cheeks: among all her lovers 
she hath none to comfort her: 
all her friends have dealt treach- 
erously with her, they are be- 
come her enemies. |. 

3 Ju’dah is gone into captiv- 
ity because of affliction, and be- 
cause of great servitude: she 
dwelleth among the heathen, she 
findeth no rest: all her persecu- 
tors overtook her between the 
straits. 

4 The ways of Zi’6n do mourn, 
because none come to the solemn 
feasts: all her gates are desolate: 
her priests sigh, her virgins are 
afflicted, and she 7s in bitterness. 

Her adversaries are the chief, 
her enemies prosper; for the 
LORD hath afflicted her for the 
multitude of her transgressions: 
her children are gone into cap- 
tivity before the enemy. 

6 And from the daughter of 
Zion all her beauty is departed: 
her princes are become like harts 
that find no pasture, and they 
are gone without strength before 
the pursuer. 


18 


7 Jé-ru’sa-leém remembered in| da 


the days of her affliction and of 
her miseries all her pleasant 
things that she had in the days 
of old, when her people fell into 
the hand of the enemy, and 
none did help her: the adver- 


saries saw her, and did mock at 
her sabbaths. 

8 Jé-ru’sda-lém hath grievously 
sinned; therefore she is re- 
moved: all that honoured her 
despise her, because they have 
seen her nakedness: yea, she 
sigheth, and turneth backward. 

9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; 
she remembereth not her last 
end; therefore she came down 
wonderfully: she had no com- 
forter. LORD, behold my 
affliction: for the enemy hath 
magnified himself. 

10 The adversary hath spread 
out his hand upon all her pleas- 
ant things: for she hath seen 
that the heathen entered into her 
sanctuary, whom thou _ didst 
command that they should not 
enter into thy congregation. 

11 All her people sigh, they 
seek bread; they have given 
their pleasant things for meat to 
relieve the soul: see, O LORD, 
an consider; for I am become 
vile 

12 ¢ Zs it nothing to you, all 
ye that pass by? behold, and 
see if there be any sorrow like 
unto my sorrow, which is done 
unto me, wherewith the LORD 
hath afflicted me in the day of 
his fierce anger. 

13 From above hath he sent 
fire into my bones, and it pre- 
vaileth against them: he hath 
spread a net for my feet, he hath 
turned me back: he hath made 
me desolate and faint all the 


y. 
14 The yoke of my transgres- 
sions is bound by his hand: 
they are wreathed, and come up 
upon my neck: he hath made 
my strength to fall, the Lord 
hath delivered me into their 


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| Jeremiah laments over Jerusalem 


hands, from whom I am not able 
to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden 
under foot all my mighty men in 
the midst of me: he hath called 
an assembly against me _ to 
crush my young men: the Lord 
hath trodden the virgin, the 
daughter of Ji’dah, as in a 
winepress. : 

16 For these things I weep; 
mine eye, mine eye runne 
down with water, because the 
comforter that should relieve 
my soul is far from me: my 
children are desolate, because 
the enemy prevailed. 

17 Zi/én spreadeth forth her 
hands, and there is none to com- 
fort her: the LORD _hath com- 
manded concerning Ja’cob, that 
his adversaries should be round 
about him: Jé-ru’sa-lém is as 
a menstruous woman among 


em. 
18 { The LORD is righteous; 
for I have rebelled against his 
commandment: hear, pray 
you, all people, and behold my 
sorrow: my virgins and my 
young men are gone into Cap- 


tivity. 

19 I called for my lovers, but 
they deceived me: my priests 
and mine elders gave up the 
ghost in the city, while they 
sought their meat to relieve their 


souls. 

20 Behold, O LORD; for I am 
in distress: my powels are 
troubled; mine heart is turned 
within me; for I have grievously 
rebelled: abroad the sword 
bereaveth, at home there is as 
death. : 

21 They have heard that I sigh: 
there is none to comfort me: all 
mine enemies have heard of my 
trouble; they are glad that thou 
hast done if: thou wilt bring 
the day that thou hast called, 
and they shall be like unto me. 

22 Let all their wickedness 
come before thee; and do unto 
them, as thou hast done unto 
me for all my transgressions: 


LAMENTATIONS, 2 


for my sighs are many, and my 
heart is faint. 


CHAPTER 2 799 
1 Jeremiah laments the misery of Je- 
rusalem. 20 His complaint to God. 

OW hath the Lord covered 

the daughter of Zi’6n with 

a cloud in his anger, and cast 

down from heaven unto the 

earth the beauty of Is’ra-el, and 

remembered not his footstool 
in the day of his anger! 

2 The Lord hath swallowed up 
all the habitations of Ja’cob, and 
hath not pitied: he hath thrown 
down in his wrath the strong 
holds of the daughter of Ji’dah; 
he hath brought them down to 
the ground: he hath polluted 
the kingdom and the princes 
thereof. t 

3 He hath cut off in his fierce 
anger all the horn of Is’ra-el: 
he hath' drawn. back his right 
hand from before the enemy, and 
he burned against Ja’cob like a 
flaming fire, which devoureth 
round about. 

4 He hath bent his bow like an 
enemy: he stood with his right 
hand as an adversary, and slew 
all that were pleasant to the 
eye in the tabernacle of the 
daughter of Zi’én: he poured 
out his fury like fire. 

5 The Lord was as an enemy: 
he hath swallowed up Is’ra-el, 
he hath swallowed up all her 
palaces: he hath destroyed his 
strong holds, and hath increased 
in the daughter of Jia’dah mourn- 
ing and lamentation. 

6 And he hath violently taken 
away his tabernacle, as if it 
were of a garden: he_ hath 
destroyed his places of the 
assembly: the LORD hath 
caused the solemn feasts and 
sabbaths to be forgotten in Zi’6n, 
and hath despised in the indigna- 
tion of his anger the king and 
the priest. ; 

7 The Lord hath cast off his 
altar, he hath abhorred his 
sanctuary, he hath given up 


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LAMENTATIONS, 2 


into the hand of the enemy the 
walls of her palaces; they have 
made a noise in the house of the 
LORD, as in the day of a solemn 
feast. 

8 The LORD hath purposed to 
destroy the wall of the daughter 
of Zi’on: he hath stretched out 
a line, he hath not withdrawn 
his hand from destroying: there- 
fore he made the rampart and 
the wall to lament; they lan- 
guisned together. 2 

9 Her gates are sunk into the 
ground; he hath destroyed and 
broken her bars: her king and 
her princes are among the Gén’- 
tiles: the law is no more; her 
prophets also find no vision 
from the LORD. 

10 The elders of the daughter 
of Zi’on sit upon the ground, 
and keep silence: they have 
cast up dust upon their heads; 
they have girded themselves 
with sackcloth: the virgins of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém hang down their 
heads to the ground. 

11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, 
my bowels are troubled, my 
liver is poured upon the earth, 
for the destruction of the daugh- 
ter of my people; because the 
children andthe sucklings swoon 
in the streets of the city. 

12 They say to their mothers, 
Where is corn and wine? when 
they swooned as the wounded 
in the streets of the city, when 
their soul was poured out into 
their mothers’ bosom. 

13 What thing shall I take to 
witness for thee? what thing 
shall I liken to thee, O daughter 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém? what shall I 
equal to thee, that I may com- 
fort thee, O virgin daughter of 
Zion? for thy breach is great 
like the sea: who can heal thee? 

14 Thy prophets have seen vain 
and foolish things for thee: and 
they have not discovered thine 
iniauity, to turn away thy cap- 
tivity; but have seen for thee 
false burdens and causes of 
banishment. 


Jeremiah laments over Jerusalem 


15 All that pass by clap their 
hands at thee; they hiss and 
wag their head at the daughter 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém, saying, Is this 
the city that men call The per- 
fection of beauty, THe joy of the 
whole earth? 

16 All thine enemies have opened 
their mouth against thee: they 
hiss and gnash the teeth: they 
say, We have swallowed her 
up: certainly this zs the day that 
we looked for; we have found, 
we have seen 7. 

17 The LORD hath done that 
which he had devised; he hath 
fulfilled his word that he had 
commanded in the days of old: 
he hath thrown down, and hath 
not pitied: and he hath caused 
thine enemy to rejoice over 
thee, he hath set up the horn of 
thine adversaries. | 

18 Their heart cried unto the 
Lord, O wall of the daughter of 
Zi/on, let tears run down like 
a river day and night: give thy- 
self no rest; let not the apple of 
thine eye cease. ta 

19 Arise, cry out in the night: 
in the beginning of the watches: 
pour out thine heart like water 
before the face of the Lord: lift 
up thine hands toward him for 
the life of thy young children, 
that faint for hunger in the top 
of every street. 

20 { Behold, O LORD, and 
consider to whom thou hast 
done this. Shall the women 
eat their fruit, and children of 
a span long? shall the priest 
and the prophet be slain in the 
sanctuary of the LORD? 3 

21 The young and the old lie 
on the ground in the streets: my 
virgins and my young men are 
fallen by the sword; thou hast 
slain them in the day of thine 
anger; thou hast killed, and not 
pitied. : 

22 Thou hast called as in a 
solemn day my terrors round 
about, so that in the day of the 
LORD’S anger none escaped nor 
remained: those that I have 


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t 


Jeremiah bewails his own calamities 


swaddled and brought up hath 
mine enemy consumed. 


800 CHAPTER 3 
1 Jeremiah bewails his own calamities, 
22 He nourishes hope. 55 Prayer 
for deliverance. 
AM the man ¢hat hath seen 
scape by the rod of his 


4 ane hath led me, and brought 
Bi into darkness, but not into 
ight. 

3 Surely against me is he 
turned; he turneth his hand 
against me all the day. 

4 My flesh and my skin hath 
he made old; he hath broken 
my bones. 

5 He hath builded against me, 
and compassed me with gall 
and travail. 

6 He hath set me in dark 
Tee as they that be dead of 


old. 

7 He hath hedged me about, 
that I cannot get out: he hath 
made my chain heavy. 

8 Also when I cry and shout, 
he shutteth out my prayer. 

9 He hath inclosed my ways 
with hewn stone, he hath made 
my paths crooked. 

10 He was unto me as a bear 
lying in wait, and as a lion in 
secret places. : 

11 He hath turned aside my 
ways, and pulled me in pieces: 
he hath made me desolate. 
12 He hath bent his bow, and 
‘set me as a mark for the arrow. 
13 He hath caused the arrows 
of his quiver to enter into my 
reins. : 

14 I was a derision to all my 
people; and their song all the 


day. 

15 He hath filled me with 
bitterness, he hath made me 
drunken with wormwood. 

16 He hath also broken my 
teeth with gravel stones, he hath 
covered me with ashes. : 

17 And thou hast removed my 
soul far off from peace: I forgat 
prosperity. 


LAMENTATIONS, 3 


18 And I said, My strength 
and my hope is perished from 
the LORD: 

19 Remembering mine afflic- 
tion and my misery, the worm- 
wood and the gall. 

20 My soul hath them still in 
remembrance, and is humbled 


in me. 

"21 This I recall to my mind, 
therefore have I hope. 

22 9 Jt is of the LORD’S 
mercies that we are not con- 
sumed, because his compassions 
fail not. 

23 They are new every morn- 
ing: great is thy faithfulness. 

24 The LORD is my portion, 
saith my soul; therefore will I 
hope in him. ; 

25 The LORD is good unto 
them that wait for him, to the 
soul that seeketh him. 

26 It is good that a man should 
both hope and quietly wait for 
the salvation of the LORD. 

27 It is good for a man that 
he bear the yoke in his youth. 

28 He sitteth alone and keep- 
eth silence, because he hath 
borne if upon him. 

29 He putteth his mouth in 
the dust; if so be there may be 
hope. 

30 He giveth his cheek to him 
that smiteth him: he is filled 
full with reproach. 

31 For the: Lord will not cast 
off for ever: 

32 But though he cause grief, 
yet will he have compassion 
according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

33 For he doth not afflict 
willingly nor grieve the children 
of men. 

34 To crush under his feet all 
the prisoners of the ea 

35 To turn aside the right of a 
man before the face of the most 
High, 

36 To subvert a man in his 
cause, the Lord approveth not. 

7 § Who is he that saith, 
and it cometh to pass, when the 
Lord commandeth i¢ not? 


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LAMENTATIONS, 4 


38 Out of the mouth of the 
most High proceedeth not evil 
and good? 

39 Wherefore doth a living man 
complain, a man for the pun- 
ishment of his sins? 

40 Let us search and try our 
and turn again to the 


41 Let uslift up our heart with 
our hands unto God in the 
heavens. 

42 We have transgressed and 
have rebelled: thou hast not 
pardoned. 

43 Thou hast covered with 
anger, and persecuted us: thou 
hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 

44 Thou hast covered thyself 
with a cloud, that our prayer 
should not pass through. 

45 Thou hast made us as the 
off scouring and refuse in the 
midst of the people. 

46 All our enemies have opened 
their mouths against us. 

47 Fear and a snare is come 
noon us, desolation and destruc- 

on. 

48 Mine eye runneth down with 
rivers of water for the destruction 
of the daughter of my people. 
'49 Mine eye trickleth down, 
and ceaseth not, without any 
intermission, 

50 Till the LORD look down, 
and behold from heaven. j 

51 Mine eye affecteth mine 
heart because of all the daugh- 
ters of my city. 

52 Mine enemies chased me 
sore, like a bird, without cause. 

They have cut off my life 
in the dungeon, and cast a 
stone upon me. 

54 Waters flowed over mine 
head; then I said, I am cut off. 
55 49 1 called upon thy name, 
O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 
56 Thou hast heard my voice: 
hide not thine ear at my breath- 

ing, at my cry. 

57 Thou drewest near in the 
day that I called upon thee: 
thou saidst, Fear not. 

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded 


Lamentation for Zion 


the causes of my soul; thou 
hast redeemed my life. 

59 O LORD, thou hast seen my 
wrong: judge thou my cause. 

60 Thou hast seen all their 
vengeance and all their imagina- 
tions against me. 

61 Thou hast heard their re- 
proach, O LORD, and all their 
imaginations against me; 

62 The lips of those that rose 
up against me, and their device 
against me all the day. 

3 Behold their sitting down, 
and their rising up; I am their 
musick. 

64 | Render unto them a 
recompence, O LORD, according 
to the work of their hands. | 

65 Give them sorrow of heart, 
thy curse unto them. | 

66 Persecute and destroy them 
in anger from under the heavens 
of the LORD. 


CHAPTER 4 801 
1 Lamentation of Zion. 13 Her con- 
fessions. 21 Edom threatened. | 
OW is the gold become dim! 
how is the most fine gold 
changed! the stones of the sanc- 
tuary are poured out in the top 
of every street. 

2 The precious sons of Zin, 
comparable to fine gold, how are 
they esteemed as earthen pitch- 
ers, the work of the hands of the 
potter! 

3 Even the sea monsters draw 
out the breast, they give suck to 
their young ores: the daughter 
of my people is become cruel, 
like the ostriches in the wilder- 
ness. 

4 The tongue of the sucking 
child cleaveth to the roof of his 
mouth for thirst: the young 
children ask bread, and no man 
breaketh it untothem. | 

5 They that did feed delicately 
are desolate in the streets: they 
that were brought up in scarlet 
embrace dunghills. 

6 For the punishment of the 
iniquity of the daughter of my 
people is greater than the punish- 





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Pitiful complaint in prayer to God 


ment of the sin of Sdd’om, that 

Was overthrown asin a moment, 
and no hands stayed on her. 

7 Her Naz’a-rites were purer 
than snow, they were whiter 
than milk, they were more ruddy 
in body than rubies, their polish- 
ing was of sapphire: 

8 Their visage is blacker than 
a coal; they are not known in 
the streets: their skin cleaveth 
to their bones; it is withered, it 
is become like a stick. 

9 They that be slain with the 
sword are better than they that 
be slain with hunger: for these 
pine away, stricken through for 
want of the fruits of the field. 

10 The hands of the pitiful 
women have sodden their own 
children: they were their meat 
in the destruction of the daughter 
of my people. 

11 The LORD hath accom- 
plished his fury; he hath poured 
out his fierce anger, and hath 
kindled a fire in Zi’6n, and it 
hath devoured the foundations 
thereof. 

12 The kings of the earth, and 
all the inhabitants of the world, 
would not have believed that 
the adversary and the enemy 
should have entered into the 
gates of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

13 ¥ For the sins of her proph- 
ets, and the iniquities of her 
‘priests, that have shed the 
blood of the just in the midst of 


er, ‘ 
14 They have wandered as 
blind men in the streets, they 
have polluted themselves with 
blood, so that men could not 
touch their garments. 

15 They cried unto them, De- 
part ye; it is unclean; depart, 
depart, touch not: when they 
fled away and wandered, they 
said among the heathen, They 
shall no more sojourn there. 

16 The anger of the LORD hath 
divided them; he will no more 
regard them: they _ respected 
not the persons of the priests, 
they favoured not the elders. 


LAMENTATIONS, 5 


17 As for us, our eyes as yet 
failed for our vain help: in our 
watching we have watched for 
a nation that could not save us. 

18 They hunt our steps, that 
We cannot go in our streets: our 
end is near, our days are ful- 
filled; for our end is come. 

19 Our persecutors are swifter 
than the eagles of the heaven: 
they pursued us upon the moun- 
tains, they laid wait for us in 
the wilderness. 

20 The breath of our nostrils, 
the anointed of the LORD, was 
taken _in their pits, of whom we 
said, Under his shadow we shall 
live among the heathen. 

21 { Rejoice and be glad, O 
daughter of E’dom, that dwellest 
in the land of Uz; the cup also 
shall pass through unto thee: 
thou shalt be drunken, and shalt 
make thyself naked. 

22 4 The punishment of thine 
iniquity is accomplished, O 
daughter of Zi’on; he will no 
more carry thee away into cap- 
tivity: he will visit thine iniquity, 


O daughter of E’dom; he will 
discover thy sins. 
CHAPTER 5 802 


Zion's pitiful Cor One in prayer to 
od. 


EMEMBER, O LORD, what 
is come upon us: consider, 
and behold our reproach. 

2 Our inheritance is turned to 
strangers, our houses to aliens. 

3 We are orphans and father- 
less, our mothers are as widows. 

4 We have drunken our water 
for money; our wood is sold 
unto us. 

5 Our necks are under perse- 
eek we labour, and have no 
rest. 

6 We have given the hand fo 
tie E-gyp’tians, and _ to the 
As-syr’i-ans, to be satisfied with 
bread. i 

7 Our fathers have sinned, 
and are not; and we have borne 
their iniquities. 


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EZEKIEL, 1 


8 Servants have ruled over us: 
there is none that doth deliver 
us out of their hand. 

9 We gat our bread with the 
peril of our lives because of the 
sword of the wilderness. | 

10 Our skin was black like an 
oven because of the terrible 
famine. : 

11 They ravished the women 
in Zion, and the maids in the 
cities of Ja’dah. 

12 Princes are hanged up by 
their hand: the faces of elders 
were not honoured. 

13 They took the young men 
to grind, and the children fell 
under the wood. 

14 The elders have ceased 
from the gate, the young men 
from their musick. t 

15 The joy of our heart is 


Ezekiel’s vision of cherubims and wheels 


ceased; our dance is turned into 
mourning. 

16 The crown is fallen from 
our head: woe unto us, that we 
have sinned! 

17 For this our heart is faint; 
for these things our eyes are dim. 

18 Because of the mountain of 
Zi’on, which is desolate, the 
foxes walk upon it. 

19 Thou, O LORD, remainest 
forever; thy throne from genera- 
tion to generation. 

20 Wherefore dost thou forget 
us for ever, and forsake us so 
long time? 

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O 
LORD, and we shall be turned; 
renew our days as of old. 

22 But thou hast utterly re- 
jected us; thou art very wroth 
against us. 





THE BOOK OF THE 


PROPHET EZEKIEL 


803 CHAPTER 1 
1 Time of Ezekiel’s prophecy at Chebar. 
4 His vision. 


NOY it came to pass in the 
thirtieth year, in the fourth 
month, in the fifth day of the 
month, as I was among the 
captives by the river of Ché’bir, 
that the heavens were opened, 
and I saw visions of God. 

2 In the fifth day of the month, 
which was the fifth year of king 
Jé-hoi’a-chin’s captivity, 

3 The word of the LORD came 


expressly unto &-zé’ki-el the | f 


priest, the son of Bia’zi, in the 
land of the Chal-dé’ans by the 
river Ché’bar; and the hand of 
the LORD was there upon him. 
4 4 And I looked, and, behold, 
a whirlwind came out of the 
north, a great cloud, and a fire 
infolding itself, and a bright- 
ness was about it, and out of the 
midst thereof as the colour of 
amber, out of the midst of the fire. 
5 Also out of the midst thereof 


came the likeness of four living 
creatures. And this was their 
appearance; they had the like- 
ness of a man. 

6 And every one had four 
faces, and every one had four 
wings. 

7 And their feet were straizht 
feet; and the sole of their feet 
was like the sole of a calf’s foot: 
and they sparkled like the 
colour of burnished brass. 

8 And they had the hands of 
aman under their wings on their 
our sides; and they four had. 
their faces and their wings. 

9 Their wings were joined one | 
to another; they turned not 
when they went; they went 
every one straight forward. | 

10 As for the likeness of their 
faces, they four had the face of 
a man, and the face of a lion, on 
the right side: and they four 
had the face of an ox on the left 
side; they four also had the 
face of an eagle. 


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Ezekiel’s vision of a throne 


EZEKIEL, 2 


11 Thus were their faces: and}. 22 And the likeness of the 


their wings were stretched up- 

ward; two wings of every one 

were joined one to another, and 
two covered their bodies. 

12 And they went every one 
Straight forward: whither the 

spirit was to go, they went; and 
they turned not when they went. 
13 As for the likeness of the 
living creatures, their appearance 
was like burning coals of fire, 
and like the appearance of 
lamps: it went up and down 
among the living creatures; and 
the fire was bright, and out of 
the fire went forth lightning. 

14 And the living creatures ran 
and returned as the appearance 
of a flash of lightning. “ 

15 ¥ Now as I beheld the living 
creatures, behold one wheel 
upon the earth by the living 
creatures, with his four faces. 

16 The appearance of the 
wheels and their work was like 
unto the colour of a beryl: and 
they four had one likeness: and 
their appearance and their work 
was as it were a wheel in the 
middle of a wheel. oa 

17 When they went, they went 
upon their four sides: and they 
turned not when they went. 

18 As for their rings, they were 
so high that they were dreadful; 
and their rings were fulli of 
eyes round about them four. 

19 And when the living crea- 
tures went, the wheels went by 
‘them: and when the living 
‘creatures were lifted up from the 
earth, the wheels were lifted up. 
20 Whithersoever the spirit was 
to go, they went, thither was 
their spirit to go; and the wheels 
were lifted up over against them: 
for the spirit of the living crea- 
ture was in the wheels. 

21 When those went, these 
went; and when those stood, 
these stood; and when those 
were lifted up from the earth, 
the wheels were lifted up over 
againstthem: forthe spirit of the 
living creature wasin the wheels. 


firmament upon the heads of the 
living creature was as the colour 
of the terrible crystal, stretched 
forth over their heads above. 

23 And under the firmament 
were their wings straight, the 
one toward the other: every one 
had two, which covered on this 
side, and every one had two, 
which covered on that side, their 
bodies. 

24 And when they went, I 
heard the noise of their wings, 
like the noise of great waters, 
as the voice of: the Almighty, 
the voice of speech, as the noise 
of an host: when they stood, 
they let down their wings. 

2 there was a voice from 
the firmament that was over 
their heads, when they stood, 
and had let down their wings. 

26 4 And above the firmament 
that was over their heads was 
the likeness of a throne, as the 
appearance of a sapphire stone: 
and upon the likeness of the 
throne was the likeness as the 
appearance ofa man above uponit. 

27 And I saw as the colour of 
amber, as the appearance of fire 
round about within it, from the 
appearance of his loins even up- 
ward, and from the appearance 
of his loins even downward, I 
saw as it were the appearance 
of fire, and it had brightness 
round about. 

28 As the appearance of the 
bow that is in the cloud in the 
day of rain, so was the appear- 
ance of the brightness round 
about. This was the appear- 
ance of the likeness of the glory 
of the LORD. And when I saw 
it, I fell upon my face, and [ 
heard a voice of one that spake. 


CHAPTER 2 804 

1 Commission of Ezekiel. 6 Instruc- 
tion. 9 Roll of his prophecy. 

ND he said unto me, Son of 

man, stand upon thy feet, 
and I will speak unto thee. | 

2 And the spirit entered into 


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me when he spake unto me, and 
set me upon my feet, that I 
heard him that spake unto me. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of 
man, I send thee to the children 
of is’ra-el, to a rebellious nation 
that hath rebelled against me: 
they and their fathers have 
transgressed against me, even 
unto this very day. 

4 For they are impudent 
children and -stiffhearted. I 
do send thee unto them; and 
thou shalt say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD. . 

5 And they, whether they will 
hear, or whether they will for- 
bear, (for they are a rebellious 
house,) yet shall know that 
there hath been a prophet among 


em. 

6 § And thou, son of man, be 
not afraid of them, neither be 
afraid of their words, though 
briers and thorns be with thee, 
and thou dost dwell among 
scorpions: be not afraid of their 
words, nor be dismayed at their 
looks, though they be a rebel- 
lious house. 

7 And thou shalt speak my 
words unto them, whether they 
will hear, or whether they will 
forbear: for they are most 
rebellious. 

8 But thou, son of man, hear 
what I say unto thee; Be not 
thou rebellious like that rebel- 
lious house: open thy mouth, 
and eat that I give thee. 

9 4 And when I looked, behold, 
an hand was sent unto me; 
and, lo, a roll of a book was 
therein; , 

10 And he spread it before me; 
and it was written within and 
without: and there was written 
therein lamentations, and mourn- 
ing, and woe. 


805 CHAPTER 3 
1 Ezekiel eats the roll. 4 He is in- 
structed and encouraged by God. 
OREOVER he said unto 
me, Son of man, eat that 
thou findest; eat this roll, and 


Ezekiel’s commission 


go speak unto the house of 
Is’ra-el. 

2 So I opened my mouth, and 
he caused me to eat that roll. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of 
man, cause thy belly to eat, and 
fill thy bowels with this roll that 
I give thee. Then did I eat it; 
and it was in my mouth as honey 
for sweetness. 

4 § And he said unto me, Son 
of man, go, get thee unto the 
house of Is’ra-el, and speak 
with my words unto them. 

5 For thou art not sent to a 
people of a strange speech and 
of an hard language, but to the 
house of Is’ra-el; 

6 Not to many people of a 
strange speech and of an hard 
language, whose words thou 
canst not understand. Surely, 
had I sent thee to them, they 
would have hearkened unto thee. 

7 But the house of Is’ra-el will 
not hearken unto thee; for they 
will not hearken unto me: for 
all the house of Is’ra-el are 
impudent and hardhearted. 

8 Behold, I have made thy face 
strong against their faces, an 
thy forehead strong against their 
foreheads. 

9 As an adamant harder than 
flint have I made thy forehead: 
fear them not, neither be dis- 
mayed at their looks, though 
they be a rebellious house. 

10 Moreover he said unto me; 
Son of man, all my words that 
I shall speak unto thee receive 
in thine heart, and hear with 
thine ears. 

11 And go, get thee to them of 
the captivity, unto the children 
of thy people, and speak unto 
them, and tell them, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD; whether they 
will hear, or whether they will 
forbear. 

12 Then the spirit took me up, 
and I heard behind me a voice 
of a great rushing, saying, 
Blessed be the glory of the LORD 
from his place. : 

13 I heard also the noise of the 


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Siege a type of famine 


wings of the living creatures 
that touched one another, and 
the noise of the wheels over 
against them, and a noise of a 
great rushing. 

14 So the spirit lifted me up, 
| and took me away, and I went 
in bitterness, in the heat of my 
spirit; but the hand of the 
LORD was strong upon me. 

15 § Then I came to them of 
the captivity at Tél-a’bib, that 
dwelt by the river of Ché’bdr, 
and I sat where they sat, and 
remained there astonished among 
them seven days. 

16 And it came to pass at the 
end of seven days, that the word 
of the LORD came unto me, 
| saying, 

17 Son of man, I have made 
thee a watchman unto _ the 
house of Is’ra-el: therefore hear 
the word at my mouth, and give 
them warning from me. 


18 When I say unto the wicked, | f 


Thou shalt surely die; and thou 
givest hi not warning, nor 
speakest to warn the wicked 
from his wicked way, to save 
his life; the same wicked man 
shall die in his iniquity; but 
his blood will I require at thine 
hand. 

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, 
and he turn not from his wicked- 
ness, nor from his wicked way, 
he shall die in his iniquity; 
but thou hast delivered thy soul. 
| 20 Again, When a righteous 
‘man doth turn from his right- 
eousness, and commit iniquity, 
_and I lay a stumblingblock before 
him, he shall die: because thou 
‘hast not given him warning, he 
shall die in his sin, and his 
righteousness which he hath 
done shall not be remembered; 
but his blood will I reauire at 
thine hand. 

21 Nevertheless if thou warn 
the righteous man, that the 
‘Tighteous sin not, and he doth 
not sin, he shall surely live, 
because he is warned; also 
thou hast delivered thy soul. 


EZEKIEL, 4 


22 4 And the hand of the LoRD 

was there upon me; and he 
said unto me, Arise, go forth 
into the plain, and I will there 
talk with thee. 
_23 Then I arose, and went forth 
into the plain: and, behold, the 
glory of the LORD stood there, 
as the glory which I saw by 
the river of Ché’bar: and I fell 
on my face. ; 

24 Then the spirit entered into 
me, and set me upon my feet, and 
spake with me, and said unto me, 
Go, shut thyself within thine 
house. 

25 But thou, O son of man, be- 
hold, they shall put bands upon 
thee, and shall bind thee with 
them, and thou shalt not go out 
among them: 

26 And I will make thy tongue 
cleave to the roof of thy mouth, 
that thou shalt be dumb, and 
shalt not be to them a reprover: 
or they are a rebellious house. 
27 But when I speak with thee, 
I will open thy mouth, and thou 
shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord Gop; He that heareth, 
let him hear; and he that for- 


beareth, let him forbear: for 
they are a rebellious house. 
CHAPTER 4 806 


A typical siege foreshadows the famine 
in Jerusalem. 
HOU also, son of man, take 
thee a tile, and lay it before 
thee, and pourtray upon it the 
city, even Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

2 And lay siege against it, and. 
build a fort against it, and casta 
mount against it; set the camp 
also against it, and set battering 
rams against it round about. 

3 Moreover take thou unto thee 
an iron pan, and set it for a wall 
of iron between thee and the city: 
and set thy face against it, and it 
shall be besieged, and thou shalt 
lay siege against it. This shall 
be a sign to the house of Is’ra-el. 

Lie thou also upon thy. left 
side, and lay the iniquity of the 
house of is’ra-el upon it: accord= 


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EZEKIEL, 5 


ing to the number of the days 
that thou shalt lie upon it thou 
shalt bear their iniquity. 

5 For I have laid upon thee the 
years of their iniquity, according 
to the number of the days, three 
hundred and ninety, days: so 
shalt thou bear the iniquity of the 
house of is’ra-el. 

6 And when thou hast accom- 
plished them, lie again on t 
tight side, and ‘thou shalt bear 
the iniquity of the house of Ju’- 
dah forty days: Ihave appointed 
thee each day for a year. 

7 Therefore thou shalt set thy 
face toward the siege of Jé-ru’sa- 
1ém, and thine arm shall be un- 
covered, and thou shalt prophesy 
against it. : 

gs And, behold, I will lay bands 
upon thee, and thou shalt not 
turn thee from one side to an- 
other, till thou hast ended the 
days of thy siege. 

9 4 Take thou also unto thee 
wheat, and barley, and beans, 
and lentiles, and millet, and 
fitches, and put them in one 
vessel, and make thee bread 
thereof, according to the number 
of the days that thou shalt lie 
upon thy side, three hundred and 
ninety days shalt thoueat thereof. 

10 And thy meat which thou 
shalt eat shall be by weight, 


twenty shekels a day: from time | th 


to time shalt thou eat it. 

11 Thou shalt drink also water 
by measure, the sixth part of an 
hin: from time to time shalt thou 
drink. 

12 And thou shalt eat it as 
barley cakes, and thou shalt bake 
it with dung that cometh out of 
man, in their sight. 

13 And the LorD said, Even 
thus shall the children of Is’- 
ra-el eat their defiled _ bread 


among the Gén’tiles, whither I|h 


will drive them. 

14 Then said I, Ah Lord Gop! 
behold, my soul hath not been 
polluted: for from my youth up 
even till now have I not eaten of 
that which dieth of itself, or is 


The prophet’s hair a type of yudgment 


tornin pieces; neither came there 
abominable flesh into my mouth. 

15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I 
have given thee cow’s dung for 
man’s dung, and thou shalt pre- 
pare thy bread therewith. 

16 Moreover he said unto me, 
Son of man, behold, I will break 
the staff of bread in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém: and they shall eat bread 
by weight, and with care; and 
they shall drink water by meas- 
ure, and with astonishment: 

17 That they may want bread 
and water, and be astonied one 
with another, and consume 
away for their iniquity. 


CHAPTER 5 807 

The prophet’s hair types the judgments 
on Jerusalem. 

yore, thou, son of man, take 

thee a sharp knife, take thee 

a barber’s razor, and cause if to 

pass upon thine head and upon 

thy beard: then take thee bal- 

ances to weigh, and divide the 


air. 

2 Thou shalt burn with fire a 
third part in the midst of the 
city, when the days of the siege 
are fulfilled: and thou shalt take 
a third part, and smite about it 
with a knife: and a third part 
thou_shalt_ scatter in the wind; 
and I will draw out a sword after 


em. 

3 Thou shalt also take thereof. 
a few in number, and bind them 
in thy skirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and 
cast them into the midst of the 
fire, and burn them in the fire; 
for thereof shall a fire come forth 
into all the house of Is’ra-el. 

5 4 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
This is Jé-ru’sa-lém: I have set 
it in the midst of the nations and 
countries that are round about 


er. 

_6 And she hath changed my 
judgments into wickedness more 
than the nations, and my statutes 
more than the countries that are 
round about her: for they have 
refused my judgments and my 


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Judgments on Israel for idolatry 


statutes, they have not walked 
in them. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GoOD;. ecause ye multiplied 
more than the nations that are 
round about you, and have not 
walked in my statutes, neither 
have kept my judgments, neither 

ave done according to the judg- 
ments of the nations that are 
round about you; 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
|GOD; Behold, I, even I, am 
against thee, and will execute 
| judgments in the midst of thee 
in the sight of the nations. 

9 And I will do in thee that 
which I have not done, and 
| whereunto I will not do any 
more the like, because of all 
thine abominations. 

10 Therefore the fathers shall 
eat the sons in the midst of thee, 
and the sons shall eat their fa- 
thers; and I will execute judg- 
ments in thee, and the whole 
remnant of thee will I scatter 
into all the winds. 

11 Wherefore, as I live, saith 
the Lord Gop; Surely, because 
thou hast defiled my sanctuary 
with all thy destestable things, 
and with all thine abominations, 
therefore will I also diminish 
thee; neither shall mine eye 
spare, neither will I have any pity.! 

12 4, A third part of thee shall 
die with the pestilence, and with 
famine shall they be consumed in 
the midst of thee: and a third 
part shall fall by the sword round 
about thee; and [I will scattera 
third part into all the winds, and 
I will draw out a sword after 


em. 
13 Thus shall mine anger be 
accomplished, and I will cause 
‘My fury to rest upon them, and 
I will be comforted: and they 
Shall know that I the LORD have 
spoken it in my zeal, when I 
have accomplished my fury in 
them. 

14 Moreover I will make thee 
waste, and a reproach among the 
Nations that are round about 

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EZEKIEL, 6 
Ra in the sight of all that pass 


y. 

15 So it shall be a reproach 
and a taunt. an instruction and 
an astonishment unto the nations 
that are round about thee, when 
I shall execute judgments in thee 
In anger and in fury and in fu- 
rious rebukes. I the LORD have 
spoken it. 

16 When I shail send upon 
them the evil arrows of famine, 
which shall be for their destruc- 
tion, and which I will send to 
destroy you: and I will increase 
the famine upon you, and will 
break your staff of bread: 

17 So will I send upon you 
famine and evil beasts, and they 
Shall bereave thee; and pesti- 
lence and blood shall pass 
through thee; and I will bring 


the sword upon thee. I the 
LORD have spoken it. 
CHAPTER 6 808 


1 Judgments on Israel pes idolatry. 8 
A remnant to be left. 
BAND the word of the LorpD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face to- 
ward the mountains of is’ra-el, 
and prophesy against them, 

.3 And say, Ye mountains of 
Is’ra-el, hear the word of the 


-Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord 


GOD to the mountains, and to 
the hills, to the rivers, and to the 
valleys; Behold, I, even I, will 
bring a sword upon you, and I 
will destroy your high places. 
And your altars shall be deso- 
late, and your images shall be 
broken: and I will cast down 
your slain men before your idols. 

And I will lay the dead car- 
cases of the children of Is’ra-el 
before their idols; and I will 
scatter your bones round about 
your altars. 

6 In all your dwellingplaces the 
Cities shall be laid waste, and the 
high places shall be desolate; 
that your altars may be laid 
waste. and made desolate, and 
your idols may be broken and 


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EZEKIEL, 7 


cease, and your images may be 
cut down, and your works may 
be abolished. 

7 And the slain shall fall in the 
midst of you, and ye shall know 
that I am the LORD. 


8 § Yet will Ileave a remnant, | i 


that ye may have some that shall 
escape the sword among the na- 
tions, when ye shall be scattered 
through the countries. 

9 And they that escape of you 
shall remember me among the 
nations whither they shall be 
carried captives, because I am 
broken with their whorish heart, 
which hath departed from me, 
and with their eyes, which go a 
whoring after their idols: and 
they shall loathe themselves for 
the evils which they have com- 
mitted in all their abominations. 

10 And they shall know that I 
am the LORD, and that I have 
not said in vain that I would do 
this evil unto them. 

11 { Thus saith the Lord GoD; 
Smite with thine hand, and 
stamp with thy foot, and say, 
Alas for all the evil abominations 
of the house of {is’ra-el! for they 
shall fall by the sword, by the 
famine, and by the pestilence. 

12 He that is far off shall die of 
the pestilence; and he that is 
near shall fall by the sword; and 
he that remaineth and is besieged 
shall die by the famine: thus will 
T accomplish my fury upon them. 

13 Then shall ye know. that I 
am the LORD, when their slain 
men shall be among their idols 
round about their altars, upon 
every high hill, in all the tops of 
the mountains, and under every 
green tree, and under every thick 
oak, the place where they did 
offer sweet savour to all their 
idols. i 

14 So will I stretch’ out’ my 
hand upon them, and make the 
land desolate, yea, more desolate 
than the wilderness toward 
Dib’ath in all their habita- 
tions: and they shall know that 
I am the LORD. 


Final desolation of Israel 


, CHAPTER 7 809 
1 Final desolation of Israel. 20 The 
sanctuary defiled. 23 Miseries of 
their captivity. ; 
OREOVER the word of the 
LORD came unto me, say- 


ing, 

2 Also, thou son of man, thus 
saith the Lord GOD unto the land 
of Is’ra-el; An end, the end is 
come upon the four corners of the 
land. 3 

3 Now is the end come upon 
thee, and I will send mine anger 
upon thee, and will judge thee 
according to thy ways, and will 
recompense) upon. thee all thine 
abominations. 

4 And mine eye shall not spare 
thee, neither will Ihave pity: but 
I will recompense thy ways upon 
thee, and thine abominations 
shall be in the midst of thee: and 
ye shall know that I am the 
LORD. 

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
An evil, an only evil, behold, is 
come. 

6 An end is come, the end is 
come: it watcheth for thee; be- 
hold, it is come. 

The morning is come unto 
thee, O thou that dwellest in the 
Icnd: the time is come, the day 
of troublo is near, and not the 
sounding againi of the moun- 
tains. } 

8 Now will I shortly pour out 
my fury upon thee, and accom- 
plish mine anger upon thee: and 
I will judge thee according to thy 
ways, and will recompense thee 
for all thine abominations. 

9 And mine eye shall not spare, 
neither will I have pity: I wi 
recompense thee according to 
thy ways and thine abominations 
that are in the midst of thee; and 
ye shall know that I am the 
LORD that smiteth. iat. 

10 Behold the day, behold, it is 
come: the morning is gone forth; 
the rod hath blossomed, pride 
hath budded. 4 

11 Violence is risen up into a 
rod of wickedness: none of them 


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Ezekiel’s vision at Jerusalem 


shail remain, nor of their multi- 


tude, nor of any of theirs: nei- 


ther shall there be wailing for 
them 


12 The time is come, the day 
draweth near: let not the buyer 
rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for 


wrath is upon all the multitude 
thereof. 

13 For the seller shall not return 
to that which is sold, although 
they were yet alive: for the vision 
ts touching the whole multitude 
thereof, which shall not return; 
neither shall any strengthen him- 
self in the iniquity of his life. 

14 They have blown the trumpet, 
even to make all ready; but none 
goeth to the battle: for my wrath 
_ Is upon all the multitude thereof. 
_ 15 The sword is without, and 
_ the pestilence and the famine 
within: he that is in the field 
_ Shall die with the sword; and he 
_-that is in the city, famine and 
pestilence shall devour him. 

16 | But they that escape of 
them shall escape, and shall be 
on the mountains like doves of 
the valleys, all of them mourning, 
every one for his iniquity. 

17 All hands shall be feeble, 
and all knees shall be weak as 
water. 

18 They shall also gird them- 
selves with sackcloth, and hor- 
ror shall cover them; and shame 
shall be upon all faces, and bald- 
ness upon all their heads. 

19 They shall cast their silver 
in the streets, and their gold shall 
be removed: their silver and 
their gold shall not be able to de- 
liver them in the day of the wrath 
of the LORD: they shall not 
satisfy their souls, neither fill 
their bowels: because it is the 
stumblingblock of their iniquity. 

20 4 As for the beauty of his 
ornament, he set it in majesty: 
but they made the images of 
their abominations and of their 
detestable things therein: there- 
fore have I set it far from them. 

21 And I will give it into the 
hands of the strangers for a prey, 





EZEKIEL, 8 


and to the wicked of the earth for 
a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 

22 My face will I turn also from 
them, and they shall pollute my 
secret place: for the robbers 
shall enter into it, and defile it. 

23 § Make a chain: for the 
land is full of bloody crimes, and 
the city is full of violence. 

Wherefore I will bring the 
worst of the heathen, and they 
shall possess their houses: J will 
also make the pomp of the strong 
to cease; and their holy places 
shall be defiled. 

25 Destruction cometh; and 
they shall seek peace, and there 
shall be none. 

26 Mischief shall come upon 
mischief, and rumour shall be 
upon rumour; then shall they 
seek a vision of the prophet; but 
the law shall perish from the 
priest, and counsel from the 
ancients. _ 

27 The king shall mourn, and 
the prince shall be clothed with 
desolation, and the hands of the 
people of the land shall be trou- 
bled: I will do unto them after 
their way, and according to 
their deserts will I judge them; 
and they shall know that I am 
the LORD. 


CHAPTER 8 810 


1 Ezekiel’s vision at Jerusalem. 5 Im- 
age of jealousy. 15 Sun worshippers. 
AMD it came to pass in the 
sixth year, in the sixth 
month, in the fifth day of the 
month, as I sat in mine house, 
and the elders of Ja’dah sat be- 
fore me, that the hand of the 
Lord GOD fell there upon me. 

2 Then I beheld, and lo a like- 
ness as the appearance of fire: 
from the appearance of his loins 
even downward, fire; and from 
his loins even upward, as the 
appearance of brightness, as the 
colour of amber. 

3 And he put forth the form of 
an hand, and took me by a lock 
of mine head; and the spirit 
lifted me up between the earth 


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EZEKIEL, 9 


and the heaven, and brought me 
in the visions of God to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, to the door of the inner 
gate that looketh toward the 
north; where was the seat of 
the image of jealousy, which 
provoketh to jealousy. 

4 And, behold, the glory of the 
God of is’ra-el was there, ac- 
cording to the vision ‘that I saw 
in the plain. 

5 § Then said he unto me, Son 
of man, lift up thine eyes now the 
way toward the north. So I 
lifted up mine eyes the way to- 
ward the north, and behold 
northward at the gate of the 
altar this image of jealousy in 
the entry. 

6 He said furthermore unto me, 
Son of man, seest thou what they 
do? even the great abomina- 
tions that the house of Is’ra-el 
committeth here, that I should 
go far off from my _ sanctuary? 
but turn thee yet again, and thou 
shalt see greater abomina- 
tions. 

7 | And he brought me to the 
door of the court; and when I 
peo ads behold a hole in the 
wall. 

8 Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, dig now in the wall: and 
when I had digged in the wall, 
behold a door. : 

9 And he said unto me, Go in, 
and behold the wicked abomina- 
tions that they do here. 
+10 So I went in and saw; and 
behold every form of creeping 
things, and abominable beasts, 
and all the idols of the house of 
is’‘ra-el, pourtrayed upon the 
wall round about. 

11 And there stood before them 
seventy men of the ancients of 
the house of Is’ra-el, and in the 
midst of them, stood Ja-az-a- 
ni’‘ah the son of Sha’phan, with 
every] man his censer in his 
hand; and a thick cloud of in- 
cense went up. 

12 Then said he unto me, Son 
of man, hast thou seen what the 
ancients of the house of Is’ra-el 


Sun worshippers — 


do in the dark, every man in the 
chambers of his imagery? for 
they say, The LORD seeth us 
not; the LORD hath forsaken 
the earth, | 

13 ¢ He said also unto me, 
Turn thee yet again, and thou 
shalt see greater abominations 
that they do. 

14 Then he brought me to the 
door of the gate of the LORD’S 
house which was toward the 
north; and, behold, there sat 
women weeping for Tam’muz. 

15 4 Then said he unto me, 
Hast thou seen this, O son of 
man? turn thee yet again, and. 
thou shalt see greater abomina- 
tions than these. 

16 And he brought me into the 
inner court of the LORD’S house, 
and, behold, at the door of the 
temple of the LORD, between the 
porch and the altar, were about 
five and twenty men, with their. 
backs toward the temple of the 
LORD, and their faces toward the 
east; and, they worshipped the 
sun toward the east. 

17 4 Then he said unto me, 
Hast thou seen this, O son of 
man? Is ita light thing to the 
house of Ji’dah that they commit 
the abominations which they 
comnnit here? for they have filled 
the land with violence, and have 
returned to provoke me to anger: 
and, lo, they put the branch to 
their nose. 

18 Therefore will I also deal in 
fury: mine eye shall not spare, 
neither will I have pity: and 
though they cry in mine ears 
with a loud voice, yet will I not 
hear them. 


CHAPTER 9 811 


A vision shewing how some are spared, 
the rest destroyed. 
E cried also in mine ears 
with a loud voice, saying, 
Cause them that have charge 
over the city to draw near, even 
every man with his destroying 
weapon in his hand. 
2 And, behold, six men came 


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: Vision of coals of fire 


from the way of the higher gate, 
which lieth toward the north, 
and every man a_ slaughter 
Weapon in his hand; and one 
man among them was clothed 
with linen, with a writer’s ink- 
horn by his side: and they went 
tH and stood beside the brasen 
altar. 

3 And the glory of the God of 
Is’ra-el was gone up from the 
cherub, whereupon he was, to 
the threshold of the house. And 
he called to the man clothed with 
linen, which had the writer’s 
inkhorn by his side; 

4 And the LORD said unto him, 
Go through the midst of the city, 
through the midst of Jé-ry’sa- 
lém, and set a mark upon the 
foreheads of the men that sigh 
and that cry for all the abomina- 
tions that be’ done in the midst 
thereof. 

5 q And to the others he said in 
mine hearing, Go ye after him 
through the city, and smite: let 
not your eye spare, neither have 
ye pity: 

6 Slay utterly. old and young, 
both maids, and little children, 
and women: but come not near 
any man upon whom is the 
mark; and begin! at my sanctu- 
ary. Then they began at the 
ancient men which were before 
the house. 

7 And he said unto them, De- 
file the house, and fill the courts 
with the slain: go ye forth. 
And they went forth, and slew 
in the city. 

8 4 And it came to pass, while 
they were slaying them, and I 
was left, that I fell upon my 
face, and cried, and said, Ah 
Lord GoD! wilt thou destroy 
all the residue of Is’ra-el in thy 

pouring out of thy fury upon 
_Jé-ru’sa-lém? 
__9 Then said he unto me, The 
| ey of the house of Is’ra-el 
Ju’dah is exceeding great, 
fend the land is full of blood, 
and the city full of gener ee 
for they say, The LORD hath 


EZEKIEL, 10 


forsaken the earth, and the 
Nig seeth not. 

0 And as for me also, mine 
ve shall not spare, neither will 
I have pity, but I will recom- 
pense their way upon their head. 

11 And, behold, the man clothed 
with linen, which had the ink- 
horn by his side, reported the 
matter, saying, I have done as 
thou hast commanded me. 


CHAPTER 10 
1 Vision of the coals of fire. 
the cherubims. 

NS aetna I looked, and, behold, 

in the firmament that was 

above the head of the cherubims 

there appeared over them as it 

were a sapphire stone, as the 

appearance of the likeness of a 
throne. 

2 And he spake unto the man 
clothed with linen, and said, Go 
in between the wheels, even 
under the cherub, and fill thine 
hand with coals of fire from 
between the cherubims, and 
scatter them over the city. 
And he went in in my sight. 

3 Now the cherubims stood on 
the right side of the house, when 
the man went in; and the cloud 
filled the inner court. 

4 Then the glory of the LorD 
went up from the cherub, and 
stood over the threshold of the 
house; and the house was 
filled with the cloud, and the 
court was full of the brightness 
of the LORD’S glory. 

d the sound of the cheru- 
bims’ wings was heard even to 
the outer court, as the voice of 
the Almighty God when he 
speaketh 

6 And it came to pass, fhat 
when he had commanded the 
man clothed with linen, saying, 
Take fire from between the 
wheels, from between the cherus° 
bims; then he went in, and 
stood beside the wheels. 

d one cherub stretched 
forth his hand from between the 
cherubims unto the fire that was 


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EZEKIEL, 11 


between the cherubims, and took 
thereof, and put it into the hands 
of him that was clothed with 
linen: who took if, and went out. 

8 § And there appeared in the 
cherubims the form of a man’s 
hand under their wings. 

9 And when I looked, behold 
the four wheels by the cheru- 
bims, one wheel»by one cherub, 
and another wheel by another 
cherub: and the appearance of 
the wheels was as the colour of 
a beryl stone. ‘ 

10 And as for their appear- 
ances, they four had one likeness, 
as if a wheel had been in the 
midst of a wheel. 

11 When they went, they went 
upon their four sides; _ they 
turned not as they went, but to 
the place whither the head 
looked they followed it; they 
turned not as they went. 

12 And their whole body, and 
their backs, and their hands, and 
their wings, and the wheels, 
were full of eyes round about, 
even the wheels that they four 


ad. 

13 As for the wheels, it was 
cried unto them in my hearing, 
O wheel. 

14 And every one had four 
faces: the first face was the face 
of a cherub, and the second face 
was the face of a man, and the 
third the face of a lion, and the 
fourth the face of an eagle. 

15 And the cherubims were 
lifted up. This is the living 
creature that I saw by the river 
of Ché’bar. 

16 And when the cherubims 
went, the wheels went by them: 
and when the cherubims lifted 
up their wings to mount up from 
the earth, the same wheels also 
turned not from beside them. 

17 When they stood, these 
‘stood; and when they were 
lifted up, these lifted up them- 
selves also: for the spirit of the 
living creature was in them. 

18 Then the glory of the LORD 
departed from off: the threshold 


their wings, 








Vision of cherubims 


of the house, and stood over the 
cherubims. ; 

19 And the cherubims lifted up 
and mounted up 
from the earth in my sight: when 


they went out, the wheels also 


were beside them, and every one 
stood at the door of the east 
gate of the LORD’S house; and 
the glory of the God of is’ra-el 
was over them above. 

20 This is the living creature 
that I saw under the God of 
Is’ra-el by the river of Ché’bar; 
and I knew that they were the 
cherubims. 

21 Every one had four faces 
apiece, and every one four wings; 
and the likeness of the hands of 
aman was under their wings. 

22 And the likeness of their 
faces was the same faces which 
I saw by the river of Ché’bar, 
their appearances and them- 
selves: they went every one 
straight forward. 


CHAPTER 11 813 


1 The wicked princes. 14 God's pur- 
pose in saving a_ remnant. 22 
Departure of God’s glory. 


OREOVER the spirit lifted 

me up, and brought me 

unto the east gate of the LORD’S 

house, which looketh eastward: 

and behold at the door of the 

gate five and twenty men; among 

whom I saw Ja-az-a-ni’ah the 

son of A’zur, and Pél-a-ti’ah the 

son of Bé-na’iah, princes of the 
people. 

2 Then said he unto me, Son 
of man, these are the men that 
devise mischief, and give wicked 
counsel in this city: | 

3 Which say, /t is not near; 
let us build houses: this city is 
the caldron, and we be the flesh. 

4 | Therefore prophesy against 
them, prophesy, son of man. 

5 And the Spirit of the LORD 
fell upon me, and said unto me, 
Speak; Thus saith the LORD; 
Thus have ye said, O house of 
Is’ra-el: for I know the things 
that come into your mind, every 
one of them. 


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Wicked princes. 


in this city, and ye have filled 
the streets thereof with the 


slain. 
7 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Your slain whom 


ye have laid in the midst of it, 
they are the flesh, and this city 
is the caldron: but I will bring 
you forth out of the midst of it. 

8 Ye have feared the sword; 
and I will bring a sword upon 
you, saith the Lord Gop. 

9 And I will bring you out of 
the midst thereof, and deliver 
you into the hands of strangers, 
and will execute judgments 
among you. 

10 Ye shall fall by the sword; 
I will judge you in the border of 
Is’ra-el; and ye _ shail know 
that I am the LORD. 

11 This city shall not be your 
caldron, neither shall ye be the 
flesh in the midst thereof; but 
I will judge you in the border of 
Is’ra-el: 

12 And ye shall know that I 
am the LORD: for ye have not 
walked in my statutes, neither 
executed my judgments, but 
have done after the manners of 
_the heathen that are round 

about you. | 

13 § And it came to pass, when 
I prophesied, that Pél-a-ti’ah 
the son of Bé-na’iah died. Then 
fell I down upon my face, and 
cried with a loud voice, and said, 
Ah Lord GoD! wilt thou make a 
full end of the remnant of {s’ra-el? 

14 Again the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

15 Son of man, thy brethren, 
even thy brethren, the men of 
thy kindred, and all the house of 

is’ra-el wholly, are they unto 
whom the inhabitants of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém have said, Get you far 
from the LORD: unto us is this 
land given in possession. ( 

16 Therefore say, Thus saith 
the Lord Gop; Although I have 
cast them far off among the 
heathen, and although I have 
scattered them among the coun- 


A remnant to be saved 
_6 Ye have multiplied your slain | tries, 


EZEKIEL, 12 


: yet will I be to them asa 
little sanctuary in the countries 
where they shall come. 

17 Therefore say, Thus saith 
the Lord Gop; will even 
gather you from the people, and 
assemble you out of the countries 
where ye have been scattered, 
and I will give you the land of 
Is’ra-el. 

18 And they shall come thither, 
and they shall take away all the 
detestable things thereof and all 
the abominations thereof from 
thence. 

19 And I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new 
spirit within you; and I wil] 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them an 
heart of flesh: \ 

20 That they may walk in my 
statutes, and keep mine ordi- 
nances, and do them: and they 
shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. 

21 But as for them whose 
heart walketh after the heart of 
their detestable things and their 
abominations, I will recompense 
their way upon their own heads, 
saith the Lord Gop. 

22 {Then did the cherubims 
lift up their wings, and the 
Wheels beside them; and the 
glory of the God of is’ra-el was 
over them above. 

23 And the glory of the Lorp 
went up from the midst of the 
city, and stood upon the moun- 
tain which is on the east side 
of the city. 

24 4 Afterwards the spirit took 
me up, and brought me in a 
vision by the Spirit of God into 
Chal-dé’a, to them of the cap- 
tivity. So the vision that I had 
seen went up from me. 

25 Then I spake’ unto them of 
the captivity all the things that 
the LORD had shewed me. 


CHAPTER 12 814 
1 Zedekiah’s captivity foreshadowed. 


17 The desolation of the Jews. 21 
Jewish proverb. 


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EZEKIEL, 12 


HE word of the LORD also 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, thou dwellest in 
the midst of a rebellious house, 
which have eyes to see, and see 
not; they have ears to hear, 
and hear not: for they are a 
rebellious house. 

3 Therefore, thou son of man, 
prepare thee stuff. for removing, 
and remove by day in their sight; 
and thou shalt remove from thy 
place to another place in their 
sight: it may be they will con- 
sider, though they be a rebel- 
lious house. 

4 Then shalt thou bring forth 
thy stuff by day in their sight, as 
stuff for removing: and thou 
shalt go forth at even in their 
sight, as they that go forth into 
captivity. g 

5 Dig thou through the wall in 


their sight, and carry out thereby. | tr. 


6 In their sight shalt thou bear 
it upon thy shoulders, and carry 
it forth in the twilight: thou 
shalt cover thy face, that thou 
see not the ground: for I have 
set thee for a sign unto the house 
of Is’ra-el. 

7 And I did so as I was com- 
manded: I brought forth my 
stuff by day, as stuff for captiv- 
ity, and in the even I digged 
through the wall with mine 
hand; I brought it forth in the 
twilight, and I bare i¢ upon my 
shoulder in their sight. | 

8 § And in the morning came 
the word of the LORD unto me, 
saying, 

9 Son of man, hath not the 
house of fs’ra-el, the rebellious 
house, said unto thee, What 
doest thou? 

10 Say thou unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD; This 
burden concerneth the prince in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and all the house 
of Is’ra~-el that are among them. 

11 Say, I am your sign: like 
as I have done, so shall it be 


done unto them: they shall re-|L 


move and go into captivity. 


12 And the prince that is 


Zedekiah’s captivity foretold 


among them shall bear upon his 
shoulder in the twilight, and 
shall go forth: they shall dig 
through the wall to carry out 
thereby: he shall cover his face, 
that he see not the ground with 
his eyes. , 

13 My net also will I spread 

upon him, and he shall be taken 
in my snare: and I will bring 
him to Bab’¥-lon fo the land of 
the Chal-dé’ans; yet shall he 
not see it, though he shall die 
there. 
14 And I will scatter toward 
every wind all that are about 
him to help him, and all his 
bands; and I will draw out the 
sword after them. 

15 And they shall know that 
I am the LORD, when I shall 
scatter them among the nations, 
and disperse them in the coun- 


ies. 

16 But I will leave a few men 
of them from the sword, from 
the famine, and from the pesti- 
lence; that they may declare all 
their abominations among the 
heathen whither they come; and 
they shall know that I am the 
LORD. 

17 § Moreover the word of the 
LORD came to me, saying, 

18 Son of. man, eat thy bread 
with quaking, and drink thy 
water with trembling and with 
carefulness; 

19 And say unto the people of 
the land, Thus saith the Lord 
GoD of the inhabitants of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and of the land of Is’ra- 
el; They shall eat their bread 
with carefulness, and drink their 
water with astonishment, that 
her land may be. desolate from 
all that is therein, because of 
the violence of all them that 
dwell therein. 

20 And the cities that are in- 
habited shall be laid waste, and 
the land shall be desolate; and 
ye shall know that I am the 


ORD. 
21 ¥ And the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 


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Lying prophets reproved 


22 Son of man, what is that 
proverb that ye have in the land 
of Is’ra-el, saying, The days 
a prolonged, and every vision 
aile 

23 Tell them ee ee Thus 
Saith the Lord GOD; I will make 
this proverb to cease, and they 
shall no more use it as a proverb 
in Is’ra-el; but say unto them, 
The days are at hand, and the 
effect of every vision. 

24 For there shall be no more 
any vain vision nor flattering 
divination within the house of 
Is’ra-el. 

25 For I am the LorRD: I will 


speak, and thei word that I shall | b 


speak shall come to pass; it 
shall be no more prolonged: for 
in your days, O rebellious house, 
will I say the word, and will 
perform it, saith the Lord GoD. 

26 {Again the word of the 
LORD came to me, saying, 

27 Son of man, behold, they of 
the house of Is’ra-el say, The 
vision that he seeth is for many 
days to come, and he prophesieth 
of the times that are far off. 

28 Therefore say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord GOD; There 
shall none of my words be pro- 
longed any more, but the word 
which I have spoken shall be 
done, saith the Lord GOD. 


815 CHAPTER 13 


1 Lying pro $Y pled reproved. 17 Reproof 
false prophetesses also. 
ND the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against 
the prophets of Is’ra-el that 
prophesy, and say thou unto 
them that prophesy out of their 
own hearts, Hear ye the word 
of the LORD: 

3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Woe unto the foolish prophets, 
that follow their ‘own spirit, and 
have seen nothing! 

4 O Is’ra-el, thy prophets are 
like the foxes in the deserts. 

'5 Ye have not gone up into the 
gaps, neither made up the hedge 


EZEKIEL, 13 


for the house of Is’ra-el to stand 
in the battle in the day of the 
LORD. 

6 They have seen vanity and 
lying divination, saying, The 
LORD saith: and the LORD hath 
not sent them: and they have 
made others to hope that they 
would confirm the word. 

Have ye not seen a vain 
vision, and have ye not spoken a 
lying divination, whereas ye say, 
The LORD saith it; albeit I have 
not spoken? 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Because ye have spoken 
vanity, and seen lies, therefore, 
ehold, I am against you, saith 
the Lord GOD 

9 And mine hand shall be upon 
the prophets that see vanity, and 
that divine lies: they shall not 
be in the assembly’ of my 
people, neither shall they be 
written in the writing of the 
house of Is’ra-el, neither shall 
they enter into the land of Is’ra- 
el; and ye shall know that Iam 
the Lord GoD. 

10 {| Because, even because they 
have seduced my people, saying, 
Peace; and there was no peace; 
and one built up a_wall, and, lo, 
others daubed it with un- 
tempered morter: 

_11 Say unto them which daub 
it with untempered morter, that 
it shall fall: there shall be an 
overflowing shower; and ye, O 
great hailstones, shall fall; and 
a stormy wind shall rend it. 

12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, 
shall it, not be said unto you, 
Where is the daubing wherewith 
ye have daubed it? 

13 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; I will even rend it 
with a stormy wind in my fury; 
and there shall be an overflowing 
shower in mine anger, and great 
pelstones in my fury to con- 


“14. So" will I break down the 
wall that ye have daubed with 
untempered morter, and bring 
it down to the ground, so that 


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EZEKIEL, 14 


the foundation thereof shall be 
discovered, and it shall fall, and 
ye shall be consumed in the 
midst thereof: and ye _ shall 
know that I am the LORD. 

15 Thus will I accomplish my 
wrath upon the wall, and upon 
them that have daubed it with 
untempered morter, and_ will 
say unto you, The wall is no 
more, neither they that daubed 


1t; 

16 To wit, the prophets of Is’- 
ra-el which prophesy concerning 
jé-ru’sa-lém, and: which see 
visions of peace for her, and 
there is no peace, saith the Lord 


GoD. 

17 § Likewise, thou son of man, 
set thy face against the daugh- 
ters of thy people, which prophesy 
out of their own heart; an 
prophesy thou against them, 

18 And say, Thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Woe to the women 
that sew pillows to all armholes, 
and make kerchiefs upon_ the 
head of every stature to hunt 
souls! Will ye hunt the souls 
of my people, and will ye save 
the souls alive that come unto 


you? 

19 And will ye pollute me 
among my people for handfuls 
of barley and for pieces of bread, 
to slay the souls that should not 
die, and to save the souls alive 
that should not live, by your 
lying to my people that hear 
your lies? 

20 Wherefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Behold, I am against 
your pillows, wherewith ye there 
hunt the souls to make them 
Ay, and I will tear them from 
your arms, and will let the souls 
zo, even the souls that ye hunt 
to make them fly. 

21 Your kerchiefs also will I 
tear, and deliver my people out 
of your hand, and they shall be 
no more in your hand to be 
hunted: and ye shall know that 
I am the LORD. 

' 22 Because with lies ye have 
made the heart of the righteous 


Idolaters reproved 


sad, whom I have not made sad; 
and strengthened the hands of 
the wicked, that he should not 
return from his wicked way, by 
promising him life: 

23 Therefore ye shall see no 
more vanity, nor divine divina- 
tions: for I will deliver my 
people out of your ‘hand: and 
ye shall know that I am the 
LORD. : 


CHAPTER 14 816 

1 Reproof of idolaters. 6 Exhoriation 

to repentance. 12 Visitations of 

famine and pestilence. 22 A rems 

nant to be left. 

HEN came certain of the 

elders of is’ra-el unto me, 
and sat before me. 

2 And the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, these men have 
set up their idols in their heart, 
and put the stumblingblock of 
their iniquity before their face: 
should I be enquired of at all by © 
them? ‘ | 

4 Therefore speak unto them, — 
and say unto them, Thus saith © 
the Lord Gop; Every man of 
the house of Is’ra-el that setteth 
up his idols in his heart, and 
putteth the stumblingblock of 
his iniquity before his face, and 
cometh to the prophet; I the 
Lorp will answer him that 
cometh according to the multi- 
tude of his idols; . 
5 That I may take the house of 
fs’ra-el in their own heart, be- 
cause they are all estranged from 
me through their idols. 

6 9 Therefore say unto the 
house of is’ra-el, Thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Repent, and turn 
yourselves from your idols; and 
turn away your faces from a 
your abominations. . 
_7 For every one of the house of 
is’ra-el, or of the stranger that 
sojourneth in is’ra-el, which 
separateth himself from me, and 
setteth up his idols in his heart, 
and putteth the stumblingblock 
of his iniquity before his face, 
and cometh to a prophet to en- 


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Famine and pestilence 


quire of him concerning me; I 
the LORD will answer him by 
myself: 

sg And I will set my face 
against that man, and will make 
him a sign and a proverb, and 
I will cut him off from the midst 
of my people; and ye shall know 
that I am the LORD. ; 

9 And if the prophet be deceived 

when he hath spoken a thing, I 
the LORD have deceived that 
prophet, and I will stretch out 
my hand upon him, and will de- 
-stroy him from the midst of my 
people Is’ra-el. 
10 And they shall bear the 
punishment of their iniquity: the 
punishment of the prophet shall 
be even as the punishment of him 
that seeketh unto him; . 

11 That the house of Is’ra-el 
may go no more astray from me, 
neither be polluted any more 
with all their transgressions; but 
that they may be my people, and 
I may be their God, saith the 
Lord GOD. 

12 ¢ The word of the LORD 
came again to me, saying, 

13 Son of man, when the land 
sinneth against me by trespass- 
ing grievously, then will 
stretch out mine hand upon it, 
and will break the staff of the 
bread thereof, and will send 
famine upon it, and will cut off 
man and beast from it: 

14 Though these three men, 
No’ah, Dan‘iel, and Job, were in 
it, they should deliver but their 
own souls by their righteous- 
ness, saith the Lord GOD. 

15 { If1 cause noisome beasts 
to pass through the land, and 
they spoil it, so that it be 
desolate, that no man may pass 
through because of the beasts: 

16 Though these three men 
were in it, as I live, saith the 
Lord GOD, they shall deliver 
neither sons nor daughters; they 
only shall be delivered, but the 
land shall be desolate. 

17 9 Or if I bring a sword 
upon that land, and say, Sword, 


EZEKIEL, 15 


go through the land; so that I 
cut off man and beast from it: 

18 Though these three men 

were in it, as I live, saith the 
Lord GoD, they shall deliver 
neither sons nor daughters, but 
they only shall be delivered 
themselves. 
_19 § Or if I send a pestilence 
into that land, and pour out my 
fury upon it in blood, to cut off 
from it man and beast: 

20 Though N6’ah, Daniel, and 
Job, were in it, as I live, saith 
the Lord GOD, they shall deliver 
neither son nor daughter; they 
shall but deliver their own souls 
by their righteousness. 

21 For thus saith the Lord 
Gop; How much more when 
I send my four sore judgments 
upon Jé-ru’sd-lém, the sword, 
and the famine, and the noisome 
beast, and the pestilence, to cut 
off from it man and beast? 

22 *{ Yet, behold, therein shall 
be left a remnant that shall be 
brought forth, both sons and 
daughters: behold, they shall 
come forth unto you, and ye 
shall see their way and their 
doings: and ye shall be com- 


I| forted concerning the evil that I 


have brought upon Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
even concerning all that I have 
brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort you, 
when ye see their ways and 
their doings: and ye shall know 
that I have not done without 
cause all that I have done in it, 
saith the Lord GOD. 


CHAPTER 15 817 
Jerusalem's rejection shewn by the unfit 
vine branch. 


AND the word of the LorD 
came unto me, Saying, . 

2 Son of man, Whatis the vine 
tree more than any tree, or than 
a branch which is among the 
trees of the forest? 

3 Shall wood be taken thereof 
to do any work? or will men take 
a pin of it to hang any vessel 
thereon? 


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EZEKIEL, 16 


4 Behold, it is cast into the 
fire for fuel; the fire devoureth 
both the ends of it, and the 
midst of itis burned. Is it meet 
for any work? 

5 Behold, when it was whole, 
it was meet for no work: how 
much less shall it be meet yet 
for any work, when the fire hath 
devoured it, and it is burned? 

6 § Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD; As»the vine tree 
among the trees of the forest, 
which I have given to the fire for 
fuel, so will I give the inhabi- 
tants of Jé-ru’sa-lém. j 

7 And I will set my face against 
them; they shall go out from 
one fire, and another fire shall 
devour them; and ye _ shall 
know that I am the LORD, when 
I set my face against them. 

8 And I will make the land 
desolate, because they have 
committed’ a: trespass, saith the 
Lord GoD. 


818 CHAPTER 16 


1At ree hes of Jerusalem's original state. 
d’s love toward Jerusalem. 44 


Sen numerous sins. 60 Promise of 


mercy. 
GAIN the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, cause Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém to know her abomina- 
tions, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
GoD unto Jé-ru’sa-lém; Thy 
birth. and thy nativity is of the 
land of Ca’naan; thy father was 
an Am/6r-ite, and thy mother an 
Hit’tite. 

4 And as for thy nativity, in 
the day thou wast born thy navel 
was not cut, neither wast thou 
washed in water to supple thee; 
thou wast not salted at all, nor 
swaddled at all. 

5 None eye pitied thee, to do 
any of these unto thee, to have 
compassion upon thee; but thou 
wast cast out in the open Ach. 
to the loathing of thy person, in 
the day that thou wast born. 

6 § And when I passed by thee. 


God’s love toward Jerusalem 


and saw thee polluted in thine 
own blood, I said unto thee when 
thou wast in thy blood, Live; 
yea, I said unto thee when thou 

wast in thy blood, Live. | 

7 I have caused thee to multi- 
ply as the bud of the field, and 
thou hast increased and waxen — 
great, and thou art come to 
excellent ornaments: thy breasts 
are fashioned, and thine hair is 
grown, whereas thou wast naked 
and bare. 

8 Now when I passed by thee, 
and looked upon thee, behold, 
thy time was the time of love; 
and I spread my skirt over thee, 
and covered thy nakedness: yea, 
I sware unto thee, and entered — 
into a covenant with thee, saith 
the Lord GOD, and thou be- 
camest mine. 

9 Then washed I thee with 
water; yea, I throughly washed 
away thy blood from thee, and 
I anointed thee with oil. 2 

10 I clothed thee also with 
broidered work, and shod thee — 
with badgers’ skin, and I girded — 
thee about with fine linen, and 
I covered thee with silk. 

11 I decked thee also with orna- 
ments, and I put bracelets upon 
thy hands, and a chain on thy 
neck. 

12 And I put a jewel on thy 
forehead, and earrings in thine 
ears, and a beautiful crown upon 
thine head. : 

13_ Thus wast thou decked with — 
gold and silver; and thy raiment — 
was of fine linen, and silk, and 
broidered work; thou didst eat 
fine flour, and honey, and oil: 
and thou wast exceeding beauti- 
ful, and thou didst prosper into 
a kingdom. 

14 And thy renown went forth 
among the heathen for thy 
beauty: for it was perfect 
through my comeliness, which I 
had put hopon thee, saith the 
Lord Go 

15 4 But thou didst trust in 
thine own beauty, and eran 
the harlot because of thy renowns 


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and pouredst out thy fornications 
on every one that passed by; his 
it was. 

16 And of thy garments thou 
didst take, and deckedst thy 
high places with divers colours, 
and playedst the harlot there- 
upon: the like things shall not 
come, neither shall it be so. 

17 Thou hast also taken thy 
fair jewels of my gold and of my 
Silver, which I had given thee, 
and madest to thyself images of 
men, and didst commit whore- 
dom with them, 

18 And tookest thy broidered 
garments, and coveredst them: 
and thou hast set mine oil and 
mine incense before them. 

19 My meat also which I gave 
thee, fine flour, and oil, and 
honey, wherewith I fed thee, 


thou hast even set it before: them 


for a sweet savour: and thus 
it was, saith the Lord Gop. 

20 Moreover thou hast taken 
thy sons and thy daughters, 
whom thou hast borne unto me, 
and these hast thou sacrificed 
unto them to be devoured. Is 
this of thy whoredoms a small 
matter, ; 

21 That thou hast slain my 
children, and delivered them to 
cause them to pass through the 
fire for them? 


22 And in all. thine abomina-| b 


tions and thy whoredoms thou 
hast not remembered the days 
of thy youth, when thou wast 
naked and bare, and wast pol- 
luted in thy blood. 

23 And it came to pass after all 
thy wickedness (woe, woe unto 
thee! saith the Lord Gopb;) 

24 That thou hast also built 
unto thee an eminent place, 
and hast made thee an high 
place in every street. 

25 Thou hast built thy high 
place at every head of the way, 
and hast made thy beauty to be 
abhorred, and hast opened thy 
feet to every one that passed by, 
and multiplied thy whoredoms. 

26 Thou hast also committed 


EZEKIEL, 16 


fornication with the E-éyp’tians 
thy neighbours, great of flesh; 
and hast increased thy whore- 
doms, to provoke me to anger. 

27 Behold, therefore I have 
stretched out my hand over thee, 
and have diminished thine ordi- 
nary food, and delivered thee 
unto the will of them that hate 
thee, the daughters of the Phi- 
lis‘tines, which are ashamed of 
thy lewd way. 

28 Thou hast played the whore 
also with the As-syr’i-ans, be- 
cause thou wast unsatiable; yea, 
thou hast played the harlot with 
them, and yet couldest not be 
satisfied. 

29 Thou hast moreover multi- 
plied thy fornication in the land 
of Ca’naan unto Chal-dé’a; and 
yet thou wast not satisfied here- 
with. ; 

30 How_weak is thine heart, 
saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou 
doest all these things, the work 
of an imperious whorish woman; 

31 In that thou buildest thine 
eminent place in the head of 
every way, and makest thine 
high place in every street; and 
hast not been as an harlot, in 
that thou scornest hire; 

32 But as a wife that com- 
mitteth adultery, which taketh 
strangers instead of her hus- 
and! : 
33 They give gifts to all whores: . 
but thou givest thy gifts to all 
thy lovers, and hirest them, 
that they may come unto thee on 
every side for thy whoredom. 

34 And the contrary is in thee 
from other women in thy whore- 
doms, whereas none followeth 
thee to commit whoredoms: and 
in that thou givest a reward, and 
no reward is given unto thee, 
therefore thou art contrary. 

35 § Wherefore, O harlot, hear 
the word of the LorD: 

36 Thus saith the Lord GoD; 
Because thy filthiness was poured 
out, and thy nakedness discov- 
ered through thy whoredoms 
with thy lovers, and with all the 


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EZEKIEL, 16 


idols of thy abominations, and by 
the blood of thy children, which 
thou didst give unto them; 

37 Behold, therefore I will 
gather all thy lovers, with whom 
thou hast taken pleasure, and all 
them that thou hast loved, with 
all them that thou hast hated; I 
will even gather them round 
about against thee, and will dis- 
cover thy nakedness unto them, 
that they may see all thy naked- 
ness. 

38 And I will judge thee, as 
women that break wedlock and 
shed blood are judged; and I 
will give thee blood in fury and 
jealousy. 

39 And I will also give thee into 


their hand, and they shall throw | i 


down thine eminent place, and 
shall break down thy high places: 
they shali strip thee also of thy 
clothes, and shall take thy fair 
jewels, and leave thee naked and 


are. 

40 They shall also bring up a 
company against thee, and they 
shall stone thee with stones, and 
thrust thee through with their 
swords. 

41 And they shall burn thine 
houses with fire, and execute 
judgments upon thee in the sight 
of many women: and I will 
cause thee to cease from playing 
the harlot, and thou also shalt 
give no hire any more. 

42 So will I make my fury to- 
ward thee to rest, and my jeal- 
ousy shall depart from thee, and 
I will be quiet, and will be no 
more angry. 

43 Because thou hast not re- 
membered the days of thy youth, 
but hast fretted me in all these 
things; behold, therefore I also 
will recompense thy way upon 
thine head, saith the Lord GOD: 
and thou shalt not commit this 
lewdness above all thine abom- 
inations. 

44 4 Behold, every one that 
useth proverbs shall use this 
proverb against thee, saying, As 
is the mother, so is her daughter. 


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Punishment of Jerusalem — 


45 Thou art thy mother’s 
daughter, that loatheth her hus- 
band and her children; and thou 
art the sister of thy sisters, which 
loathed their husbands and their 
children: your mother was an 
Hit’tite, and your father an 
Am/6r-ite. 

46 And thine elder sister is Sa- 
ma/ri-a, she and her daughters 
that dwell at thy left hand: and 
thy younger sister, that dwelleth 
at thy right hand, is Sdd’om and 
ker daughters. 

47 Yet hast thou not walked 
after their ways, nor done after 
their abominations: but, as if 
that were avery little thing, thou 
wast corrupted more than they 
in all thy ways. 

48 As I live, saith the Lord 
GOD, Séd’om thy sister hath 
not done, she nor her daughters, 
as thou hast done, thou and thy 
daughters. ; 

49 Behold, this was the iniquity 
of thy sister Sdd’om, pride, ful- 
ness of bread, and abundance of 
idleness was in her and in her 


daughters, neither did she 
strengthen the hand of the poor 
and needy. 


50 And they were haughty, and 
committed abomination before 
me: therefore I took them away 
as I saw good. 

51 Neither hath Sa-méa’ri-a 
committed half of thy sins; but 
thou hast multiplied thine abom- 
inations more than they, and 
hast justified thy sisters in all — 
thine abominations which thou 
hast done. : 

52 Thoualso, which hastjudged 
thy sisters, bear thine own shame 
for thy sins that thou hast com- 
mitted more abominable than 
they: they are more righteous 
than thou: yea, be thou con- 
founded. also, and bear thy 
shame, in that thou hast justi- 
fied thy sisters. i F 

53 When I shall bring again 
their captivity, the captivity of 
Séod’om and her daughters, and 
the captivity of Sa-ma/ri-4 and 


Parable of the eagles and the vine 


her daughters, then will I bring 
again the captivity of thy captives 
in the midst of them A 

54 That thou tiawoct bear thine 
own shame, and mayest be con- 
founded in all that thou hast 
done, in that thou art a comfort 
unto them. 

55 When thy sisters, Sdd’om 
and her daughters, shall return 
to their former estate, and Sa- 
ma’ri-a and her daughters shall 
return to their former estate, 
then thou and thy daughters shall 
return to your former estate. 

56 For thy sister Sod’om was 
not mentioned by thy mouth in 
the day of thy pride, 

57 Before thy wickedness was 
discovered, as at the time of thy 
reproach of the daughters of 
Syr’i-a, and all that are round 
about her, the daughters of the 
Phi-lis’tines, which despise thee 
round about. 

58 Thou hast borne thy lewd- 
ness and thine abominations, 
saith the LORD. 

59 For thus saith the Lord 
GOD; I will even deal with thee 
as thou hast done, which hast 
despised the oath in breaking 
we covenant. 

Nevertheless I will re- 
‘ae er my covenant with thee 


in the days of thy youth, and I 


will establish unto thee an ever- 
lasting covenant. 

61 Then thou shalt remember 
thy ways, and be ashamed, when 
thou shalt receive thy sisters, 
thine elder and thy younger: and 
I will give them unto thee for 
even: but not by thy cov- 
ena 

62 eand I will establish my 
covenant with thee; and thou 
shalt know that I am the 
LORD: 

63 That thou mayest remember, 
and be confounded, and never 
open thy mouth any more be- 
cause of thy shame, when I am 
pacified toward thee for all that 
pos hast done, saith the Lord 

OD. 


EZEKIEL, 17 


CHAPTER 17 819 
1 Parable of the eagles and vine. 11 
God’s judgments on Jerusalem. 22 


A promise of Christ’s kingdom. 


ND the word of the LORD 

came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, put forth a rid- 
dle, and speak a parable unto the 
house of Is’ra-el; 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
GoD; A great eagle with great 
wings, longwinged, full of feath- 
ers, which had divers colours, 
came unto Léb’a-non, and took 
the highest branch of the cedar: 

4 He cropped off the top of his 
young twigs, and carried it into a 
land of traffick; he set it ina city 
of merchants. 

5 He took also of the seed of the 
land, and planted it in a fruitful 
field; he placed it by great _wa- 
ters, and set it as a willow 
tree. 

6 And it grew, and became a 
spreading vine of low stature, 
whose branches turned toward 
him, and the roots thereof were 
under him: so it became a vine, 
and brought forth branches, and 
shot forth sprigs. 

7 There was also another great 
eagle with great wings and many 
feathers: and, behold, this vine 
did bend her roots toward him, 
and shot forth her branches to- 
ward him, that he might water it 
by the furrows of her plantation. 

8 It was planted in a good soil 
by great waters, that it might 
bring forth branches, and that it 
might bear fruit, that it might be 
a goodly vine. 

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord 
Con Shall it prosper? shall he 
not pull up the roots thereof, and 
cut off the fruit thereof, that it 
wither? it shall wither in all the 
leaves of her spring, even without 
great power or many people to 
pluck ix up by the roots thereof. 

10 Yea, behold, being planted, 
shall it prosper? shall it not 
utterly wither, when the east 
wind toucheth it? it shall wither 
in the furrows where it grew. 


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11 { Moreoever the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

12 Say now to the rebellious 
house, Know ye not what these 
things mean? _tell them, Behold, 
the king of Bab’y-lon is come to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and hath taken the 
king thereof, and the princes 
thereof, and led them with him 
to Bab’y-lon; ; 

i3 And hath taken of the king’s 
seed, and made a covenant with 
him, and hath taken an oath of 
him: he hath also taken the 
mighty of the land: 

14 That the kingdom might be 
base, that it might not lift itself 
up, but that by keeping of his 
covenant it might stand. 

15 But he rebelled against him 
in sending his ambassadors into 
Egypt, that they might give him 
horses and much people. Shall 
he prosper? shall he escape that 
doeth such things? or shall he 
break the covenant, and be de- 
livered? 

16 As I live, saith the Lord 
GOD, surely in the place where 
the king dwelleth that made him 
king, whose oath he despised, 
and whose covenant he brake, 
even with him in the midst of 
Bab’y-lon he shall die. 

17 Neither shall Pha’rash with 
his mighty army and great com- 
pany make for him in the war, 
by casting up mounts, and build- 
ing forts, to cut off many persons: 

18 Seeing he despised the oath 
by breaking the covenant, when, 
lo, he had given his hand, and 
hath done all these things, he 
shall not escape. 

19 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; As I live, surely mine 
oath that he hath despised, and 
my covenant that he hath broken, 
even it will I recompense upon 
his own head. 

20 And I will spread my net 
upon him, and he shall be taken 
in my snare, and I will bring him 
to Bab’y-lon, and will plead with 
him there for his trespass that he 
hath trespassed against me. 


Judgments on Jerusalem 


21 And all his fugitives with all 
his bands shall fall by the sword, 
and they that remain shall be 
scattered toward all winds: and 
ye shall know that I the LORD’ 
have spoken it. 

22 ¥ Thus saith the Lord Gob; 
I will also take of the highest 
branch of the high cedar, and 
will set it; I will crop off from 
the top of his young twigs a 
tender one, and will plant it upon 
an high mountain and eminent: 

23 In the mountain of the 
height of Is’ra-el will I plant it; 
and it shall bring forth boughs, 
and bear fruit, and be a goodly 
cedar: and under it shall dwell 
all fowl of every wing; in the 
shadow of the branches thereof 
shall they dwell. 

24 And all the trees of the field 
shall know that I the LORD have 
brought down the high tree, have 
exalted the low tree, have dried 
up the green tree, and have made 
the dry tree to flourish: I the. 
LORD have spoken and have 


° 


done it. 


CHAPTER 18 820 

1 God’s reproof of the unjust proverb of 

sour grapes. 25 He defends the 

equity of his dealings. 31 An exhor- 
tation to repentance. 

HE word of the LORD came 

unto me again, saying, . 

2 What mean ye, that ye use 
this proverb concerning the land 
of Is’ra-el, saying, The fathers 
have eaten sour grapes, and the — 
children’s teeth are set on edge? © 

3 As I live, saith the Lord Gop, 
ye shall not have occasion any 
more to use this proverb in 
Is’ra-el. 

4 Behold, all souls are mine; 
as the soul of the father, so also 
the soul of the son is mine: the 
soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

5 { But if aman be just, and do 
that which is lawful and right, 

6 And _ hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up 
his eyes to the idols of the house 
of Is’ra-el, neither hath defiled 


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Unjust proverb of sour grapes 


his neighbour’s wife, neither hath 
come near to a menstruous 


| woman, 


7 And hath not oppressed any, 
but hath restored to the debtor 
his pledge, hath spoiled none by 
violence, hath given his bread to 
the hungry, and hath covered the 
naked with a garment; 

8 He that hath not given forth 
upon usury, neither hath taken 
any increase, that hath with- 
drawn his hand from iniquity, 
hath executed true judgment 
between man and man 

9 Hath walked in my statutes, 
and hath kept my judgments, to 
deal truly; he is just, he shall 
surely live, saith the Lord GOD. 

0 he beget a son that is a 
robber, a shedder of blood, and 
that doeth the like to any one of 
these things, 

11 And that doeth not any of 
those duties, but even hath eaten 
upon the mountains, and defiled 
his neighbour’s wife, 

12 Hath oppressed the poor and 
“needy, hath spoiled by violence, 
hath not restored the pledge, and 
hath lifted up his eyes to the 
idols, hath committed abomi- 
nation, 

13 Hath given forth upon 
usury, and hath taken increase: 
shall he then live? he shall 
live: he hath done all these 
abominations; he shall surely 
die; his blood shall be upon him. 

14 § Now, lo, if he beget a son, 
that seeth all his father’s sins 
which he hath done, and con- 
sidereth, and doeth not such like, 

15 That hath not eaten upon 
the mountains, neither hath lifted 
up his eyes to the idols of the 
house of Is’ra-el, hath not defiled 
his neighbour’s wife, 

16 Neither hath oppressed any, 
hath not withholden the pledge, 
neither hath spoiled by violence, 
but hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the 
naked with a garment, _ 

17 That hath taken off his hand 
from the poor, that hath not re- 

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not. 


EZEKIEL, 18 


ceived usury nor increase, hath 
executed my judgments, hath 
walked in my statutes; he shall 
not die for the iniquity of his 
father, he shall surely live. 

18 As for his father, because he 
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his 
brother by violence, and did thaé 
which is not good among his 
people, lo, even he shall die in 
fie iniquity. 

Yet say ye, Why? doth 
aoe the son bear the iniquity of 
the father? When the son hath 
done that which is lawful and 
right, and hath kept all my 
statutes, and hath done them, 
he shall surely live. 

20 The soul that sinneth, it 
shall die. The son shall not 
bear the iniquity of the father, 
neither shall the father bear the 
iniquity of the son: the right- 
eousness of the righteous shall 


be upon » and the wick- 
edness of the wicked shall be 
upon him. 


21 But if the wicked will turn 
from all his sins that he hath 
committed, and keep all my 
statutes, and do that which is 
lawful and right, he shall surely 
live, he shall not die. 

22 All his transgressions that 
he hath committed, they shall not 
be mentioned unto him: in his 
righteousness that he hath done 
he shall live. 

23 Have I any pleasure at all 
that the wicked should die? saith 
the Lord GOD: and not that he 
should return from his ways, and 
ive? 

24 ¢ But when the righteous 
turneth away from his righteous- _ 
ness, and committeth iniquity, 
and doeth according to all the 
abominations that the wicked 
man doeth, shall he live? All 
his righteousness that he hath 
done shall not be mentioned: in 
his trespass that he hath tres- 
passed, and in his sin that he 
hath sinned, in them shall he die. 

25 § Yet ye say, The way of 
the Lord is not equal. Hear 


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now, O house of Is’ra-el; Is not 
my way equal? are not your 
ways unequal? 

26 When arighteous man turn- 
eth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and 
dieth in them; for his iniquity 
that he hath done shall he die. 

27 Again, when_ the wicked 
man turneth away from his wick- 
edness that he hath committed, 
and doeth that which is lawful 
and right, he shall save his soul 
alive. j 

28 Because he considereth, and 
turneth away from all his trans- 
gressions that he hath commit- 
ted, he shall surely live, he shall 
not die. t 

29 Yet saith the house of Is’- 
ra-el, The way of the Lord is not 
equal. O house of Is’ra-el, are 
not my ways equal? are aot your 
Ways unequal? 

30 Therefore I will judge you, 
© house of Iis’ra-el, every one 
according to his ways, saith the 
Lord GoD. Repent, and turn 
yourselves from all your trans- 
gressions; so iniquity shall not 
be your ruin. 

31 4 Cast away from you all 
your transgressions, whereby ye 
have transgressed; and make 
you a new heart and a new 
spirit: for why will ye die, O 
house of Is’ra-el? , 

32 For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord GOD: wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 


821 CHAPTER 19 


1 Lameniation for Israel’s princes. 
Also for Jerusalem. 
OREOVER take thou up a 
4 lamentation for the princes 
of Is’ra-el, 2 

2 And say, What is thy mother? 
A lioness: she lay down among 
lions, she nourished her whelps 
among young lions. 

3 And she brought up one of 
her whelps: it became a young 
lion, and it learned to catch the 
prey; it devoured men. 


10 


Lamentation for Israel’s princes 


4 The nations also heard of 
him; he was taken in their pit, 
and they brought him with chains 
unto the land of E£’s¥pt. . 

5 Now when she saw that she 
had waited, and her hope was 
lost, then she took another of 
her whelps, and made him a 
young lion. 

6 And he went up and down 
among the lions, he became a 
young lion, and learned to catch 
the prey, and devoured men. 

he knew their desolate 
palaces, and he laid waste their 
cities; and the land was desolate, 
and the fulness thereof, by the 
noise of his roaring. 

8 Then the nations set against 
him on every side from the prov- 
inces, and spread their net 
ore him: he was taken in their 


ae "And they put him in ward 
in chains, and brought him to 
the king of Bab’y-lon: they 
brought him into holes, that 
his voice should no more’ be 
heard upon the mountains of 
Is’ra-el. 

10 § Thy mother is like a vine 
in thy blood, planted by the wa- 
ters: she was fruitful and full of 
branches by reason of many 
waters. 

11 And she had strong rods for 
the sceptres of them that bare 
rule, and her stature was exalted 
among the thick branches, and 
she appeared in her height with 
the multitude of her branches. | 

12 But she was plucked up in 
fury, she was cast down to the 
ground, and the east wind dried 
up her fruit: her strong rods 
were broken and withered; the 
fire consumed them. 

13 And now she is planted in 
the wilderness, in a dry and 
thirsty ground. 

14 And fire is gone out of arod 
of her branches, which hath de- 
voured her fruit, so that she hath 
no strong rod to be a sceptre to 
rule. This is a lamentation, and 
shall be for a lamentation. 


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Israel’s rebellions 
822 CHAPTER 20 


1 God refuses to be consulted by Israel's 
elders. 5 Rebellions of Israel. 33 
God’s promise to gather the nation 
again. 

ND it came to pass in the 
seventh year, in the 
month, the tenth day of the 
month, that certain of the elders 
of is’ra-el came to enquire of the 

LORD, and sat before me. 

2 Then came the word of the 
LORD unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, speak unto the 
elders of Is’ra-el, and say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Are ye come to enquire of me? 
As IL live, saith the Lord Gop, I 
will not be enquired of by 


you. 

4 Wilt thou judge them, son of 
man, wilt thou judge them? 
cause them to know the abom- 
inations of their fathers: 

5 ¥¢ And say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD; In the day 
when I chose Is’ra-el, and lifted 
up mine hand unto the seed of 
the house of Ja’cob, and made 
myself known unto them in the 
land of E’éypt, when I lifted up 
mine hand unto them, saying, I 
am the LORD your God; 

6 In the day that I lifted up 
mine hand unto them, to bring 
them forth of the land of E’gypt 
into a land that I had espied for 
them, flowing with milk and 
honey, which is the glory of all 


ands: 

7 Then said I unto them, Cast 
ye away every man the abomi- 
nations of his eyes, and defile not 
yourselves with the idols of 
E’z¥pt: Iamthe LORD your God. 

8 But they rebelled against me, 
and would not hearken unto me: 
they did not every man cast 
away the abominations of their 
eyes, neither did they forsake the 
idols of E’éypt: then I said, I will 
pour out my fury upon them, to 
accomplish my anger against 
them in the midst of the land of 
E’gypt. 


9 But I wrought for my 


EZEKIEL, 20 - 


name’s sake, that it should not 
be polluted before the heathen, 
among whom they were, in 
whose sight I made_ myself 
known unto them, in bringing 
them forth out of the land of 


h | E’gypt. 


10 { Wherefore I caused them 
to go forth out of the land of 
Egypt, and brought them into 
the wilderness. 

11 And I gave them my 
statutes, and shewed them my 
judgments, which if a man do, 
he shall even live in them. 

12 Moreover also I gave them 
my sabbaths, to be a sign be- 
tween me and them, that they 
might know that I am the LORD 
that sanctify them. : 

13 But the house of Is’ra-el 
rebelled against me in the wilder- 
ness: they walked not in my 
statutes, and they despised my 
judgments, which if a man do, 
he shall even live in them; and 
my sabbaths they greatly pol- 
luted: then I said, I would pour 
out my fury upon them in the 
wilderness, to consume them. 

14 But I wrought for my name’s 
sake, that it should not be pol- 
luted before the heathen, in 
whose sight I brought them out. 

15 Yetalso I lifted up my hand 
unto them in the wilderness, that 
I would not bring them into the 
land which I had given them, 
flowing with milk and honey, 
which is the glory of all lands; 

16 Because they despised my 
judgments, and walked not in 
my statutes, but polluted my 
sabbaths: for their heart went 
after their idols. 

17 Nevertheless mine eye 
spared them from destroying 
them, neither did I make an end 
of them in the wilderness. ; 

18 But I said unto their chil- 
dren in the wilderness, Walk ye 
not in the statutes of your 
fathers, neither observe their 
judgments, nor defile yourselves 
with their idols: 

19 I am the LORD your God; 


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EZEKIEL, 20 


walk in my statutes, and keep 
my judgments, and do them; 

20 And hallow. my sabbaths; 
and they shall be a sign between 
me and you, that ye may know 
that I am the LORD your God. 

21 Notwithstanding the chil- 
dren rebelled against me: they 
walked not in my _ statutes, 
neither kept my judgments to 
do them, whichf a man do, he 
shall even live in them; they 
polluted my sabbaths: then I 
said, I would pour out my fury 
upon them, to accomplish my 
anger against them in the wil- 
derness. 

22 Nevertheless I withdrew 
mine hand, and wrought fer my 
name’s sake, that it should not 
be polluted in the sight of the 
heathen, in echoed sight I brought 
them forth. 

23 I lifted up mine hand unto 
them also in the wilderness, that 
I would scatter them among the 
heathen, and disperse them 
through the countries; 

24 Because they had not exe- 
cuted my judgments, but had 
despised my statutes, and had 
polluted my sabbaths, and their 
eyes were after their fathers’ 
idols. 

25 Wherefore I gave them also 
statutes that were not good, and 
judgments whereby they should 
not live; ! 

26 And I polluted them in their 
own gifts, in that they caused to 
pass through the fire all that 
openeth the womb, that I might 
make them desolate, to the end 
that they might know that I am 
the LORD. 

27 4 Therefore, son of man, 
speak unto the house of fs’ra-el, 
and say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord GoD; Yet in this your 
fathers have blasphemed me, in 
that they have committed a 
trespass against me. 

28 For when I had brought 
them into the land, for the which 
I lifted up mine hand to give it 
to them, then they saw every 


Promise of restoration 


high hill, and all the thick trees, 
and they offered there their sacri- 
fices, and there they presented 
the provocation of their offering: 
there also they made their sweet 
savour, and poured out there 
their drink offerings. 

29 Then I said unto them, 
What is the high place where- 
unto ye go? And the name there- 
a is called Ba’mah unto this 

ay. 

30 Wherefore say unto the 
house of Is’ra-el, Thus saith the 
Lord GoD; Are ye polluted after 
the manner of your fathers? and 
commit ye whoredom after their 
abominations? . 

31 For when ye offer your gifts, 
when ye make your sons to pass 
through the fire, ye pollute your- 
selves with all your idols, even 
unto this day: and shall I be 
enquired of by you, O house of 
Is’ra-el? As I live, saith the 
Lord GOD, I will not be enquired 
of by you. 

32 And that which cometh 
into your mind shall not be at 
all, that ye say, We will be as the 
heathen, as the families of the 
countries, to serve wood and 
stone. 

33 ¥ As I live, saith the Lord 
GOD, surely with a mighty 
hand, and with a stretched out 
arm, and with fury poured out, 
will I rule over you: 

34 And I will bring you out 
from the people, and will gather 
you out of the countries wherein 
ye are scattered, with a mighty 
hand, and with a stretched out 
arm, and with fury poured out. 

35 And I will bring you into the 
wilderness of the people, and 
there will I plead with you face 
to face. 

36 Like as I pleaded with your 
fathers in the wilderness of the 
land of E’gypt, so will I. plead 
with you, saith the Lord GOD. 

37 And I will cause you to pass 
under the rod, and I will bring 
yout inte the bond of the cove- 
nant: 


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Promise of restoration 


38 And I will purge out from 
among you the rebels, and them 
that transgress against me: 
will bring them forth out of the 
country where they sojourn, and 
they shall not enter into the 
land of Is’ra-el: and ye shall 
know that Iam the LORD. | 

39 As for you, O house of Is’- 
ra-el, thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Go ye, serve ye every one his 
idols, and hereafter also, if ye 
will not hearken unto me: but 
pollute ye my holy name no more 
with your gifts, and with your 
idols. ; 

40 For in mine holy mountain, 
in the mountain of the height of 
Is’ra-el, saith the Lord GOD, 
there shall all the house of 
Is’ra-el, all of them in the land, 
serve me: there will I accept 
them, and there will I require 
your offerings, and the first- 
fruits of your oblations, with all 
your holy things. 

41 I will accept you with your 
sweet savour, when I bring you 
out from the people, and gather 
you out of the countries wherein 
ye have been scattered; and I 
will be sanctified in you before 
the heathen. 

42 And ye shall know that I 
am the LORD, when I shall 
bring you into the land of Is’- 
ra-el, into the country for the 
which I lifted up mine hand to 
give it to your fathers. 

And there shall ye remem- 
ber your ways, and all your 
doings, wherein ye have been 
defiled; and ye shall loathe 
yourselves in your own sight for 
all your evils that ye have com- 
mitted. 

44 And ye' shall ‘know that I 
am the LORD, when I have 
wrought with you for my 
name’s sake, not according to 
your wicked ways, nor according 
to your corrupt doings, O ye 
house of Is’ra-el, saith the Lord 
Gop. 

45 § Moreover the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 


EZEKIEL, 21 


46 Son of man, set thy face to- 
ward the south, and drop thy 


I| word toward the south, and 


prophesy against the forest of 
the south field; 

47 And say to the forest of the 
south, Hear the word of the 
LORD: Thus saith the Lord 
GoD; Behold, I will kindle a 
fire in thee, and it shall devour 
every green tree in thee, and 
every dry tree: the flaming flame 
shall not be quenched, and ail 
faces from the south to the 
north shall be burned therein. 

48 And all flesh shall see that I 
the LORD have kindled it: it 
shall not be quenched. 

49 Then said I, Ah Lord Gop! 
they say of me, Doth he not 
speak parables? 


CHAPTER 21 823 
Ezekiel prophesies pases Israel with a 
sign of sighing. 
ND the word of the LorD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son’ of man, set thy face 
toward Jé-ru’sa-lém, and drop 
thy word toward the holy places, 
and prophesy against the land of 
Is’ra-el, 

3 And say to the land of Is’ra= 
el, Thus saith the LORD; Be- 

old, I am against thee, and will 
irae forth my sword out of his 
sheath, and will cut off from 
thee the righteous and the 
wicked. 

4 Seeing then that I will cut 
off from thee the righteous and 
the wicked, therefore shall my 
sword go forth out of his sheath 
against all flesh from the south 
to the north: 

5 That all flesh may know that 
I the LORD have drawn forth 
my sword out of his sheath: it 
shall not return any more. 

6 Sigh therefore, thou son of 
man, with the breaking of thy 
loins; and with bitterness sigh 
before their eyes. 

7 And it shall be, when they 
say unto thee, Wherefore sighest 
thou? that thou shalt answer, 


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EZEKIEL, 21 


For the tidings; because it 
cometh: and every heart shall 
melt, and all hands shall be 
feeble, and every spirit shall 
faint, and all knees shall be 
weak as water: behold, it 
cometh, and shall be brought to 
pass, saith the Lord GOD. 

8 ¢ Again the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

9 Son of man, prophesy, an 
say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, 
A sword, a sword is sharpened, 
and also furbished: 

10 It is sharpened to make a 
sore slaughter; it is furbished 
that it may glitter: should we 
then make mirth? it contemneth 
the rod of my son, as every tree. 

11 And he hath given it to be 
furbished, that it may be handled: 
this sword is sharpened, and it 
is furbished, to give it into the 
hand of the slayer. 

12 Cry and howl, son of man: 
for it shall be upon my people, it 
shall be upon all the princes of 
is’ra-el: terrors by reason of the 
sword shall be upon my people: 
smite therefore upon thy thigh. 

13 Because it is a trial, and 
what if the sword contemn even 
the rod? it shall be no more, 
saith the Lord GOD. 

14 Thou therefore, son of man, 
prophesy, and smite thine hands 
together, and let the sword be 
doubled the third time, the sword 
of the slain: it is the sword of 
the great men that are slain, 
which entereth into their privy 
chambers. : 

15 I have set the point of the 
sword against all their gates, 
that their heart may faint, and 
their ruins be multiplied: ah! 
it is made bright, if is wrapped 
up for the slaughter. 

16 Go thee one way or other, 
either on the right hand; or on 
the left, whithersoever thy face 


is set. 

17 I will also smite mine 
hands together, and I will cause 
my fury to rest: I the LORD 
have said it. 


Prophecy against Jerusalem 


18 § The word of the LORD 
came unto me again, saying, 

19 Also, thou son of man, 
appoint thee two ways, that the 
sword of the king of Bab’y-lon 
may come: both twain shall 
come forth out of one land: and 
choose thou a place, choose it at 
the head of the way to the city. 

20 Appoint a way, that the 
sword may come to Rab’bath 
of the Am’mon-ites, and to Ju’- 
dah in Jé-ru’sa-lém the de- 
fenced. 4 

21 For the king of Bab’y-lon 
stood at the parting of the way, 
at the head of the two ways, to 
use divination: he made his 
arrows bright, he consulted with 
images, he looked in the liver. 

22 At his right hand was the 
divination for Jé-ru’sa-lém, to 
appoint captains, to open the 
mouth in the slaughter, to lift 
up the voice with shouting, to 
appoint battering rams against 
the gates, to cast a mount, and 
to build a fort. 

23 And it shall be unto them as 
a false divination in their sight, 
to them that have sworn oaths: 
but he will call to remembrance 
the iniquity, that they may be 
taken. ¢ 

24 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GoD; Because ye have 
made your iniquity to be remem- 
bered, in that your transgressions 
are discovered, so that in all your 
doings your sins do appear; be- 
cause, I say, that ye are come to 
remembrance, ye shall be taken 
with the hand. : 

25 § And thou, profane wicked 
prince of Is’ra-el, whose day is 
come, when iniquity shall have 


an end, ; 

26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Remove the diadem, and take 
off the crown: this shall not be 
the same: exalt him that 1s 
low, and abase Aim that is high. 

27 I will overturn, overturn, 
overturn, it: and it shall be ne 
more, until he come whose right 


itis; and I will give it him. 


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28 4 And thou, son of man, 
prophesy and say, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD concerning the 
Am’/mon-ites, and concerning 
their reproach; even say thou, 
The sword, the sword is drawn: 
for the slaughter it is furbished, 
to consume because of the glit- 
tering: : 

29 Whiles they see vanity unto 
thee, whiles they divine a lie 
unto thee, to bring thee upon the 
necks of them that are slain, of 
the wicked, whose day is come, 
when their iniquity shall have 


an end. 
_30 Shall I cause if to return 
into his sheath? I will judge thee 
in the place where thou. wast 
created, in the land of thy 
nativity. 
31, And I will pour out_mine 
indignation upon thee, I will 
blow against thee in the fire of 
my wrath, and deliver thee into 
the hand of brutish men, and 
skilful to destroy. 

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to 
the fire; thy blood shall be in 
the midst of the land; thou shalt 
be no more remembered: for I 
the LORD have spoken 7f. 


824 CHAPTER 22 
1 Sins of the Jews. 15 Their disper- 
sion. 23 Corruption of prophets, 
| princes, priests, and people. 
AVP CRE Over the word of the 
: LORD came unto me, say- 


ing, 

2 Now, thou son of man, wilt 
thou judge, wilt thou judge the 
bloody city? yea, thou shalt 
shew her all her abominations. 

3 Then say thou, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth 
blood in the midst of it, that her 
time may come, and maketh 
idols against herself to defile 
herself. 

4 Thou art become guilty in 
thy blood that thou hast shed; 
and hast defiled thyself in thine 
idols which thou hast made; and 
thou hast caused thy days to 
draw near, and art come even 


EZEKIEL, 22 


unto thy years: therefore have 
I made thee a reproach unto the 
heathen, and a mocking to all 
countries. 

5 Those that be near, and 
those that be far from thee, shall 
mock thee, which art infamous 
and much vexed. : 

6 Behold, the princes of Is’- 
ra-el, every one were in thee to 
their power to shed blood. 

7 In thee have they set light 
by father and mother: in the 
midst of thee have they dealt by 
oppression with the stranger: 
in thee have they vexed the 
fatherless and the widow. 

8 Thou hast despised mine holy 
things, and hast profaned my 
sabbaths. 

9 In thee are men that carry 
tales to shed blood: and in thee 
they eat upon the mountains: in 
the midst of thee they commit 
lewdness. 

10 In thee have they discovered 
their fathers’ nakedness: in thee 
have they humbled her that was 
set apart for pollution. : 

11 And one hath committed 
abomination with his neigh- 
bour’s wife; and another hath 
lewdly defiled his daughter in 
law; and another in thee hath 
humbled his sister, his father’s 
daughter. : 

12 In thee have they taken gifts 
to shed blood; thou hast taken 
usury and increase, and thou 
hast greedily gained of thy 
neighbours by extortion, and 
hast forgotten me, saith the 
Lord GOD. 

13 4 Behold, therefore I have 
smitten mine hand at thy dis- 
honest gain which thou hast 
made, and at thy blood which 
hath been in the midst of thee. 

14 Can thine heart endure, or 
can thine hands be strong, in the 
days that I shall deal with thee? 
I the LORD have spoken if, and 
will do it. 

15 And I will scatter thee 
among the heathen, and dis- 
perse thee in the countries, and 


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EZEKIEL, 23 


will consume thy filthiness out 
of thee. 

,16 And thou shalt take thine 
inheritance in thyself in the 
sight of the heathen, and thou 
shalt know that I am the LORD. 

17 And the word of the LORD 

came unto me, saying, 
_18 Son of man, the house of 
Is’ra-el is to me become dross: 
all they are brass, and tin, and 
iron, and lead,-in the midst of 
the furnace; they are even the 
dross of silver. 

19 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Because ye are all 
become dross, behold, therefore 
I will gather you into the midst 
of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

20 As they gather silver, and 
brass, and iron, and lead, and 
tin, into the midst of the furnace, 
to blow the fire upon it, to melt 
it; so will I gather you in mine 
anger and in my fury, and I will 
leave you there, and melt you. 

21 Yea, I will gather you, and 
blow upon you in the fire of my 
wrath, and ye shall be melted in 
the midst thereof. 

22 As silver is melted in the 
midst of the furnace, so shall ye 
be melted in the midst thereof; 
and ye shall know that I the 
LORD have poured out my fury 
upon you. 

23 4 And the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, say unto her, 
Thou arf the land that is not 
cleansed, nor rained upon in the 
day of indignation. 

25 There is a conspiracy of 
her prophets in the midst thereof, 
like a roaring lion ravening the 
prey; they have devoured souls; 
they have taken the treasure 
and precious things; they have 
made her many widows in the 
midst therec*. : 

26 Her priests have violated 
my law, and have _ profaned 
mine holy things: they have put 
no difference between the holy 
and profane, neither have they 
shewed difference between the 





Dispersion foretold 


unclean and the clean, and have 
hid their eyes from my sabbaths, 
and I am profaned among them. 

27 Her princes in the midst 
thereof are like wolves ravening 
the prey, to shed blood, and to 
destroy souls, to get dishonest 
gain. 

28 And her prophets have 
daubed them with untempered 
morter, seeing vanity, and divin- 
ing lies unto them, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD, when the 
LORD hath not spoken. 

29 The people of the land have 
used oppression, and exercised 
robbery, and have vexed the 
poor and needy: yea, they have 
pee tt the stranger wrong- 


sought for a man 
among them, that should make 
up the hedge, and stand in the 
gap before me for the land, that 
I should not destroy it: but I 
found none. 

31 Therefore have I poured out 
mine indignation upon them; 
have consumed them with the 
fire of my wrath: their own way 
have I recompensed upon their 
heads, saith the Lord GOD. 


CHAPTER 23 825 
1 The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholi- 
bah. 36 Reproof of their adulteries. 

45 Judgments upon them. 

HE word of the LORD came 
again unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, there were two 
women, the daughters of one 
mother: 

3 And they committed whore- 
doms in E’gypt; they committed 
whoredoms in their youth: there 
were their breasts pressed, and 
there they bruised the teats of 
their virginity. 

4 And the names of them were 
A-h6’lah the elder, and A-h6l’i- 
bah her sister: and they were 
mine, and they bare sons and 
daughters. Thus were their 
names; Sd-ma’ri-a is A-h6’lah, 
and Jé-ru’sa-lém A-h6l’i-bah. 

5 And A-hd’lah played the har- 


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Parable of Aholah and Aholibah 


lot when she was mine; and she 
doted on her lovers, on the 
As-syr’i-ans her neighbours, 

6 Which were clothed with 
blue, captains and rulers, all of 
them desirable young men, horse- 
men riding upon horses. 

7 Thus she, committed her 
whoredoms with them, with all 
them that were the chosen men 
of As-syr’i-a, and with all on 
whom she doted: with all their 
idols she defiled herself. 

8 Neither left she her whore- 
doms brought from E’gypt: for 
in her youth they lay with her, 
and they bruised the breasts of 
her virginity, and poured their 
whoredom upon her. 

9 Wherefore I have delivered 
her into the hand of her lovers, 
into the hand of the As-syr’i- 
ans, upon whom she doted. 

10 These discovered her naked- 
ness: they took her sons and 
her daughters, and slew her 
with the sword: and she be- 
came famous among, women; 
for they had executed judgment 
upon her. 

11 And when her sister A-hOl’i- 
bah saw this, she was more cor- 
rupt in her inordinate love than 
she, and in her whoredoms more 
than her sister in her whoredoms. 

12 She doted upon the As- 
syr'i-ans her neighbours, cap- 
tains and rulers clothed most 
gorgeously, horsemen riding up- 
on horses, all of them desirable 
young men. 

13 Then I saw that she was 
defiled, that they took both one 


way. 

14 And that she increased her 
whoredoms: for when she saw 
men pourtrayed upon the wall, 
the images of the Chal-dé’ans 
pourtrayed with vermilion, 

15 Girded with girdles upon 
their loins, exceeding in dyed 
attire upon their heads, all of 
them princes to look to, after the 
manner of the Bab-y-10’ni-ans of 
Chal-dé’a, the land of their 
nativity: 


EZEKIEL, 23 


16 And as scon as she saw 
them with her eyes, she doted 
upon them, and sent messengers 
unto them into Chal-dé’a. 

17 And the Bab-y-l0’ni-ans 
came to her into the bed of love, 
and they defiled her with their 
whoredom, and she was polluted 
with them, and her mind was 
alienated from them. 

18 So she discovered her whore- 
doms, and discovered her naked- 
ness: then my mind was alien- 
ated from her, like as my mind 
was alienated from her sister. 

19 Yet she multiplied her 
whoredoms, in calling to re- 
membrance the days of her 
youth, wherein she had played 
the harlot in the land of E’gypt. 

20 For she doted upon their 
paramours, whose flesh is as 
the flesh _of asses, and whose 
issue is like the issue of horses. 

21 Thus thou calledst to re- 
membrance the lewdness of thy 
youth, in bruising thy teats by 
the £-gyp’tians for the paps of 
thy youth. 

22 4 Therefore, O A-h6dl’i-bah, 
thus saith the Lord GOD; Be- 
hold, I will raise up thy lovers 
against thee, from whom thy 
mind is alienated, and I will 
ee them against thee on every 
si 

23 The Bab-y-10’ni-ans, and all 
the Chal- dé’ans, Pé’ kod, and 
Sh6’a, and K6’a, and all the As- 
syr’i-ans with them: all of them 
desirable young men, captains 
and rulers, great lords and re- 
nowned, all of them riding upon 
horses. 

24 And they shall come against 
thee with chariots, wagons, and 
wheels, and with an assembly of 
people, which shall set against 
thee buckler and shield and hel- 
met round about: and I will set 
judgment before them, and they 
shall judge thee according to 
their judgments. 

25 And I will set my jealousy 
against thee, and they shall deal 
furiously with thee: they shall 


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EZEKIEL, 23 


take away thy nose and thine 
ears; and thy remnant shall fall 
by the sword: they shall take thy 
sons and thy daughters; and thy 
ce shall be devoured by the 


26 They shall. also strip thee 
out of thy clothes, and take away 
thy fair jewels. 

27 Thus will I make thy lewd- 
ness to cease from thee, and thy 
whoredom brought from the land 
of E’gypt: so that thou shalt not 
lift up thine eyes unto them, nor 
remember E’gypt any more. 

28 For thus saith the Lord 
Gop; Behold, I will deliver thee 
into the hand of them whom thou 
hatest, into the hand of them 
from whom thy mind is alienated: 

29 And they shall deal with thee 
hatefully, and shall take away all 
thy labour, and shall leave thee 
naked and bare: and the naked- 
ness of thy whoredoms shall be 
discovered, both thy lewdness 
and thy whoredoms. 

30 I will do these things unto 
thee, because thou hast gone a 
whoring after the heathen, and 
because thou art polluted with 
their idols. 

31 Thou hast walked in the way 
of thy sister; therefore will I give 
her cup into thine hand. 

32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s 
cup deep and large: thou shalt 
be laughed to scorn and had in 
derision; it containeth much. 

33 Thou shalt be filled with 
drunkenness and sorrow, with 
the cup of astonishment and 
desolation, with the cup of thy 
sister S4-ma’ri- -a. 

34 Thou shalt even drink it and 
suck if out, and thou shalt break 
the sherds thereof, and pluck off 
thine own breasts: for I have 
spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 

35 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Because thou hast 
forgotten me, and cast me be- 
hind thy back, therefore bear 
thou also thy lewdness and thy 
whoredoms. 


Parable of Aholah and Aholibah 


36 § The LORD said moreover 
unto me; Son of man, wilt thou 
judge A-hd/lah and A-h6ol’i-bah? 
yea, declare unto them their 
abominations; . 

37 That they have committed 
adultery, and blood is in their 
hands, and with their idols have 
they committed adultery, and 
have also caused their sons, 
whom they bare unto me, to 
pass for them through the fire, 
to devour them. 

38 Moreover this they have 
done unto me: they have defiled 
my sanctuary in the same day, 
and have profaned my sabbaths. 

39 For when they had slain 
their children to their idols, then 
they came the same day into my 
sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, 
thus have they done in the midst 
of mine house. 

40 And furthermore, that ye 
have sent for men to come from 
far, unto whom a messenger 
was sent; and, lo, they came: 
for whom thou didst wash thy- 
self, paintedst thy eyes, and 
deckedst thyself with ornaments, 

41 And satest upon a stately 
bed, and a table prepared before 
it} whereupon thou hast set 
mine incense and mine oil. 

42 And a voice of a multitude 
being at ease was with her: and 
with the men of the common 
sort were brought Sda-bé’ans 
from the wilderness, which put 
bracelets upon their hands, and 
beautiful crowns upon their 
heads. 

43 Then said I unto_her that 
was old in adulteries, Will they 
now commit whoredoms with 
her, and she with them? 

44 Yet they went in unto her, as 
they go in unto a woman that 
playeth the harlot: so went they 
in unto A-h6’Jah and unto A-hol’i- 
bah, the lewd women. 

45 § And the righteous men, 
they shall judge them after the 
manner of adulteresses, and after 
the manner of women that shed 
blood; because they are adul- 


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Parable of the boiling pot 


teresses, and blood is in their 
ands. 

46 For thus saith the Lord 
GoD; I will bring up a company 
upon them, and will give them 
to be removed and spoiled. 

47 And the company shall stone 
them with stones, and dispatch 
them with their swords; they 
shall slay their sons and their 
daughters, and burn up their 
houses with fire. 

48 Thus will I cause lewdness 
to cease out of the land, that all 
women may be taught not to do 
after your lewdness. 

49 And they shall recompense 
your lewdness upon you, and ye 
shall bear the sins of your idols: 
and ye shall know that I am the 

OD. 


826 CHAPTER 24 


1 Parable of the boiling pot. 18 Death 
of Ezekiel’s wife. 19 Jerusalem's de- 
struction foreshadowed. 


GAIN in the ninth year, in the 

tenth month, in the tenth 

day of the month, the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, write thee the 
name of the day, even of. this 
same day: the king of Bab’y-lon 
set himself against Jé-ru’sa-lém 
this same day. 

_ 3 And utter a parable unto the 
rebellious house, and say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord GoD; 

Set on a pot, set it on, and also 
pour water into it: 

__ 4 Gather the pieces thereof into 
it, even every good piece, the 
thigh, and the shoulders; fill i¢ 
with the choice bones. 

5 Take the choice of the flock, 
-and burn also the bones under 
it, and make it boil well, and let 
them seethe the bones of it 
therein. 

69 He IG thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody 
city, to the pot whose scum is 
therein, and whose scum is not 
gone out of it! bring it out piece 
by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 


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7 For her blood is in the midst 
of her; she set it upon the top of 
arock; she poured it not upon 
the ground, to cover it with dust; 

8 That it might cause fury to 
come up to take vengeance; 
have set her blood upon the top 
of a rock, that it should not be 
covered. 

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GOD; Woe to the bloody city! 
I will even make the pile for fire 
great. 

10 Heap on wood, kindle the 
fire, consume the flesh, and spice 
it well, and let the bones be 
burned. 

11 Then set it empty upon the 
coals thereof, that the brass of it 
may be hot, ‘and may burn, and 
that the filthiness of it may be 
molten in it, that the scum of it 
may be consumed. 

12 She hath wearied herself 
with lies, and her great scum 
went not forth out of her: her 
scum shall be in the fire. 

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: 
because I have purged thee, and 
thou wast not purged, thou shalt 
not be purged from thy filthiness 
any more, till I have caused my 
fury to rest upon thee. 

_14 I the LORD have spoken if: 
it shall come to pass, and I will 
do?7t; I will not go back, neither 
will I spare, neither will I repent; 
according to thy ways, and ac- 
cording to thy doings, shall they 
judge thee, saith the Lord Gop. 

15 ¥ Also the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

16 Son of man, behold, I take 
away from thee the desire of thine 
eyes with a stroke: yet neither 
shalt thou mourn nor weep, 
neither shall thy tears run 
down. 

17 Forbear to cry, make no 
mourning for the dead, bind the 
tire of thine head upon thee, and 
put on thy shoes upon thy feet, 
and cover not thy lips, and eat 
not the bread of men. : 

18 So I spake unto the people in 
the morning: and at even my 


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EZEKIEL, 25 


wife died; and I did in the morn- 
ing as I was commanded. 

19 4 And the people said unto 
me, Wilt thou not tell us what 
these things are to us, that thou 
doest so? 

20 Then I answered them, The 

word of the LORD came unto me, 
saying, 
.21 Speak unto the house of 
Is’ra-el, Thus saith the Lord 
Gop; Behold, I will profane 
my sanctuary, the excellency of 
your strength, the desire of your 
eyes, and that which your soul 
pitieth; and your sons and your 
daughters whom ye have left 
shall fall by tne sword. 

22 And ye shall do as I have 
done: ye shall not cover your 
lips, nor eat the bread of men. 

23 And your tires shall be ipon 
your heads, and your shoes upon 
your feet: ye shall not mourn 
nor weep; but ye shall pine 
away for your iniquities, and 
mourn one toward another. 

24 Thus k-zé’ki-el is} unto you 

a sign: according to all that he 
hath done shall ye do: and when 
this cometh, ye shall know that 
I am the Lord Gop. 
_25 Also, thou son of man, shall 
it not be in the day when I take 
from them their strength, the joy 
of their glory, the desire of their 
eyes, and that whereupon they 
set their minds, their sons and 
their daughters, ; 

26 That he that escapeth in that 
day shall come unto thee, to 
cause thee to hear it with thine 
ears? 

27 In that day shall thy mouth 
be opened to him which isescaped, 
and thou shalt speak, and be no 
more dumb: and thou shalt be a 
sign unto them; and they shal] 
know that I am the LORD. 


827 CHAPTER 25 
1 God’s vengeance on Ammon. 8 
Moab, Seir, Edom, and Philistia are 
to be subject to God’s vengeance. 
HE word of the LORD came 
again unto me, saying, 


God’s vengeance on Ammon and Moa} 


2 Son of man, set thy face 
against the Am/mon-ites, and 
prophesy against them; 

d say unto the Am’mon- 
ites, Hear the word of the Lord 
GOD; Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
Because thou _ saidst, Aha, 
against my sanctuary, when it 
was profaned; and against the 
land of Is’ra-el, when it was 
desolate; and against the house 
of Ji’dah, when they went into 
Captivity; 

4 Behold, therefore I will de- 
liver thee to the men of the east 
for a possession, and they shall 
set their palaces in thee, and 
make their dwellings in thee: 
they shall eat thy fruit, and they 
shall drink thy milk. 

5 And I will make Rab’bah a 
stable for camels, and the Am’- 
mon-ites a couching place for 
flocks: and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD. | 

6 For thus saith the Lord Gop; 
Because thou hast clapped thine 
hands, and_ stamped with the 
feet, and rejoiced in heart with 
all thy despite against the land of 
Is’ra-el; 

7 Behold, therefore I will stretch 
out mine hand upon thee, and 
will deliver thee for a spoil to the 
heathen; and I will cut thee off 
from the people, and I will cause 
thee to perish out of the coun- 
tries: I will destroy thee; and 
thou shalt know that I am the 
LORD. 

8 { Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
Because that Mo’ab and Sé‘ir 
do say, Behold,. the house of 
Jai’dah is like unto all the 
heathen; 

9 Therefore, behold, I will open 
the side of M6’ab from the cities, 
from his cities which are on his 
frontiers, the glory of the coun- 
try, Béth—jésh’i-méth, Ba/’al— 
mé/on, and Kir-i-a-tha’im, 

10 Unto the men of the east 
with the Am’mon-ites, and will 
give them in possession, that the 

‘mon-ites may not be remem- 
bered among the nations. 


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Threats against Tyre 


11 And I will execute judg- 
ments upon M6d’ab; and they 
shall know that I am the LORD. 

12 { Thus saith the Lord GoD; 
Because that E’dom hath dealt 
against the house of Ji’dah by 
taking vengeance, and hath 
greatly offended, and revenged 
himself upon them; : 

13 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; I will also stretch 
out mine hand upon E’dom, and 
will cut off man and beast from 
it; and I will make it desolate 
from Té’man; and they of Dé’- 
dan shall fall by the sword. 

14 And I willlay my vengeance 
upon E’dom by the hand of my 
people Is’ra-el: and they shall 
do in E’dom according to mine 
anger and according to my fury; 
and they shall know my ven- 
geance, saith the Lord GOD. 

15 4 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Because the Phi-lis’tines have 
dealt by revenge, and have taken 
vengeance with a_ despiteful 
heart, to destroy it for the old 


hatred; 
16 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Behold, I will 


stretch out mine hand upon the 
-Phi-lis’tines, and I will cut off 
the Chér’e-thims, and destroy 
the remnant of the sea coast. 

17 And I will execute great 
vengeance upon! them with 
furious rebukes; and_ they 
shall know that I am the LORD, 
when I shall lay my vengeance 
upon them. 


828 CHAPTER 26 


1 Tyre is threatened for her speech 
against Jerusalem. 15 The sea 
mourns. 

ND it came to pass in the 
eleventh year, in the first 
day of the month, that the word 
of the LORD came unto me, say- 


ing, 

2 Son of man, because that 
Ty’rus hath said against Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, Aha,' she! is broken that 
was the gates of the people: she 
is turned unto me: I shall be 


EZEKIEL, 26 


replenished, now she is laid 
waste: 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
GoD; Behold, I am against thee, 
O Ty’rus, and will cause many 
nations to come up against thee, 
as the sea causeth his waves to 
come up. : 

4 And they shall destroy the 
walls of Ty’rus, and break down 
her towers: I will also scrape 
her dust from her, and make her 
like the top of a rock. 

5 It shall be a place for the 
spreading of nets in the midst of 
the sea: for I have spoken it, 
saith the Lord GOD: and it shall 
become a spoil to the nations. 

6 And her daughters which are 
in the field shall be slain by the 
sword; and they shall know 
that I am the LORD. 

7 9 For thus saith the Lord 
GoD; Behold, I will bring upon 
Ty’rus Néb-u-chad-réz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon, a king of kings, 
from the north, with horses, and 
with chariots, and with horse- 
men, and companies, and much 
people. 

8 He shall slay with the sword 
thy daughters in the field: an 
he shall make a fort against 
thee, and cast a mount against 
thee, and lift up the buckler 
against thee. 

9 And he shall set engines of 
War against thy walls, and with 
his axes he shall break down thy 
towers. 

10 By reason of the abundance 
of his horses their dust shall 
cover thee: thy walls shall shake 
at the noise of the horsemen, and 
of the wheels, and of the chariots, 
when he shall enter into thy 
gates, as men enter into a city 
wherein is made a breach. 

11 With the hoofs of his horses 
shall he tread down all thy 
streets: he shall slay thy people 
by the sword, and thy strong 
garrisons shail go down to the 


ground. 
12 And they shall make a spoil 
of thy riches, and make a prey of 


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thy merchandise: and they shall 
break down thy walls, and de- 
stroy thy pleasant houses: and 
they shall lay thy stones and thy 
timber and thy dust in the midst 
of the water. 

13 And I will cause the noise of 
thy songs to cease; and the 
sound of thy harps shall be no 
more heard. 

14 And I will make thee like the 
top of a rock: thou shalt be a 
dlace to spread nets upon; thou 
shalt be built no more: for I the 
LORD have spoken it, saith the 
Lord GOD 

15 4 Thus saith the Lord GoD 
to Ty’rus; Shall not the isles 
shake at the sound of thy fall, 
when the wounded cry, when the 
slaughter is made in the midst of 


eet 
16 Then all the princes of the 
sea shall come down from their 
thrones, and lay away their 
robes, and put off their broidered 
garments: they shall clothe 
themselves with trembling; 
they shall sit upon the ground, 
and shall tremble at every 
moment, and be astonished at 


thee. 

17 And they shall take up a 
lamentation for thee, and say to 
thee, How art thou destroyed, 
that wast inhabited of seafaring 
men, the renowned city, which 
wast strong in the sea, she and 
her inhabitants, which cause 
their terror to be on all that haunt 


it! 

18 Now shall the isles tremble 
in the day of thy fall; yea, the 
isles that are in the sea shall be 
troubled at thy departure. 

19 For thus saith the Lord 
GOD; When I shall make thee 
a desolate city, like the cities that 
are not inhabited; when I shall 
bring up the deep upon thee, and 
great waters shall cover thee; 

20 When I shall bring thee 
down with them that descend 
into the pit, with the people of 
old time, and shall set thee in the 
low parts of the earth, in places 


Beauty and riches of Tyre 


desolate of old, with them that 
go down to the pit, that thou be 
not inhabited; and I shall set 
glory in the land of the living; 
21 I will make thee a terror, 
and thou shalt be no more: 
though thou be sought for, yet 
shalt thou never be found again, 
saith the Lord GoD. 


CHAPTER 27 
1 Beauty and riches of Tyre. 
irrecoverable fall. 
HE word of the LORD came 
again unto me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, take 
up a lamentation for Ty’rus; 

3 And say unto Ty’rus, O thou 
that art situate at the entry of the 
sea, which art a merchant of the - 
people for many isles, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD; O TY’rus, thou 
hast said, Iam of perfect beauty. 

4 Thy borders are in the midst 
of the seas, thy builders have per- 
fected thy beauty. 

5 They have made all thy ship 
boards of fir trees of Sé’nir: they 
have taken cedars from Léb’a- 
non to make masts for thee. 

6 Of the oaks of Ba’shan have 
they made thine oars; the com- 
pany of the Ash’tir-ites have made 
thy benches of ivory, brought out 
of the isles of Chit’tim. 

7 Fine linen with broidered 
work from E’gypt was that which 
thou spreadest forth to be thy 
sail; blue and purple from the 
isles of E-li’shah was that which 
covered thee. 

8 The inhabitants of Zi’don and 
Ar’vad were thy mariners: thy 
wise men, O Ty’rus, that were in 
thee, were thy pilots. 

9 The ancients of Gé’bal and 
the wise men thereof were in thee 
thy calkers: all the ships of the 
sea with their mariners were in 
thee to occupy thy merchandise. 

10 They of Pér’sia and of Lud 
and of Phtt were in thine army, 
thy men of war: they hanged 
the shield and helmet in thee; 
they set forth thy comeliness. 

1 The men of Ar’vad with 


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a 


Downfall of Tyre 


thine army were upon thy walls 
round about, and the Gam’ma- 
dims were in thy towers: they 
hanged their shields upon thy 
walls round about; they have 
made thy beauty perfect. 

12 Tar’shish was thy mer- 
chant by reason of the multitude 
of all kind of riches; with 
silver, iron, tin, and lead, they 
traded in thy fairs. 

13 Ja’van, Tu’bal, and Mé’- 
shech, they were thy merchants: 
they traded the persons of men 
and vessels of brass in thy 
market. i 

14 They of the house of To-|s 
gdar’mah traded in thy fairs with 
horses and horsemen and mules. 

15 The men of Dé’dan were 
thy merchants; many isles were 
the merchandise of thine hand: 
they brought thee for a present 
horns of ivory and ebony. 

16 Syr’i-a was thy merchant 
by reason of the multitude of 
the wares of thy making: they 
occupied in thy fairs with 
emeralds, purple, and broidered 
work, ong fine linen, and coral, 
and ag 

17 Ji’ iia and the land of Is’- 
ra-el, they were thy merchants: 
they ‘traded in thy market wheat 
of Min’nith, and Pan’nag, and 
honey, and oil, and balm. 

18 Da-mas’cus was thy mer- 
chant in the multitude of the 
wares of thy making, for the 
multitude of all riches; in the 
wine of Hél’bon, and white wool. 

19 Dan also and Ja’van going 
to and fro occupied in thy fairs: 
bright iron, cassia, and calamus, 
were in thy market. 

20 Dé’dan was thy merchant 
in precious clothes for chariots. 

21 A-ra’bi-a, and all the princes 
of Ké’dar, they occupied with 
thee in lambs, and rams, and 
goats: in these were they thy 
merchants. 

22 The merchants of Shé’ba 
and Ra’a-mah, they were thy 
merchants: they occupied in thy 
fairs with chief of all spices, and 


EZEKIEL, 27 


a all precious stones, and 
gold. 
_23 Ha’ran, and Can’neh, and 
E/dén, the merchants of Shé’ba, 
As’shur, and Chil’mad, were thy 
merchants. 
_24 These were thy merchants 
in all sorts of things, in blue 
clothes, and broidered; work, 
and in chests of rich apparel, 
bound with cords, and made of 
cedar, among thy merchandise. 
25 The ships of Tar’shish did 
sing of thee in thy market: and 
thou wast replenished, and made 
ee glorious in the midst of the 


: 26 ‘§ Thy rowers have brought 
thee into great waters: the 
east wind hath broken thee in 
the midst of the seas. 

27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, 
thy merchandise, thy mariners, 
and thy pilots, thy calkers, and 
the occupiers of thy merchan- 
dise, and all thy men of war, 
that are in thee, and in all thy 

company which is in the midst 
of thee, shall fall into the midst 
of the seas in the day of thy 


ruin. 

28 The suburbs shal! shake at 
the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 

29 And all that handle the oar, 
the mariners, and all the pilots 
of the sea, shall come down from 
their ships, they shall stand upon 
the land; 

30 And shall cause their voice 
to be heard against thee, and 
shall cry bitterly, and shall cast 
up dust upon their heads, they 
shall wallow themselves in the 
ashes: 

31 And they shall make them- 
selves utterly bald for thee, and 
gird them with sackcloth, and 
they shall weep for thee with bit- 
terness of heart and bitter wailing. 

32 And in their wailing they 
shall take up a lamentation for 
thee, and lament over thee, say- 
ing, What city is like Ty’rus, like 
the destroyed in the midst of 
the sea? 

33 When thy wares went forth 


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out of the seas, thou filledst 
many people; thou didst enrich 
the kings of the earth with the 
multitude of thy riches and of 
thy merchandise. 

34 In the time when thou shalt 
be broken by the seas in the 
depths of the waters thy mer- 
chandise and all thy company 
in the midst of thee shall fall. 


35 All the inhabitants of the|th 


isles shall be astonished at thee, 
and their kings shall be sore 
afraid, they shall be troubled in 
their countenance. 

36 The merchants among the 
people shall hiss at thee; thou 
shalt be a terror, and never 
shalt be any more. 


830 CHAPTER 28 
1 God’s judgment on the prince of Tyre. 

20 Judgment of Zidon. 24 Israel’s 

restoration. 

HE word of the LORD came 
again unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, say unto the 
prince of Ty’rus, Thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Because thine heart 
is lifted up, and thou hast said, 
I am a God, I sit in the seat of 
God, in the midst of the seas; 
yet thou art a man, and not 
God, though thou set thine heart 
as the heart of God: 

3 Behold, thou art wiser than 
Dan‘iel; there is no secret that 
they can hide from thee: é 

4 With thy wisdom and with 
thine understanding thou hast 
gotten thee riches, and hast got- 
ten gold and silver into thy 
treasures: 

5 By thy great wisdom and by 
thy traffick hast thou increase: 
thy riches, and thine heart is 
lifted up because of thy riches: 

6 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Because thou hast 
ay thine heart as the heart of 


od; 
7 Behold, therefore I will bring | fir 


strangers upon thee, the terrible 
of the nations: and they shall 
Graw their swords against the 
beauty of thy wisdom, and they 
shall defile thy brightness. 


God’s judgments on Tyre 


8 They shall bring thee down 
to the pit, and thou shalt die the 
deaths of them that are slain in 
the midst of the seas. 

9 Wilt thou yet say before him 
that slayeth thee, I am God? but 
thou shalt be a man, and no 
God, in the hand of him that 
slayeth thee. 

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of 
e€ uncircumcised by the hand 
of strangers: for I have spoken 
it, saith the Lord Gop. 

11 { Moreover the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

12 Son of man, take up a 
lamentation upon the king of 
Ty’rus, and say unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD; Thou 
sealest up the sum, full of wis- 
dom, and perfect in beauty. 

13 Thou hast been in E’dén 
the garden of God; _ every 
precious stone was thy covering, 
the sardius, topaz, and the 
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, 
and the jasper, the sapphire, the 
emerald, and the carbuncle, and 
gold: the workmanship of thy 
tabrets and of thy pipes was pre- 
pared in thee in the day that 
thou wast created. 

14 Thou art the anointed cher- 
ub that covereth; and I have set 
thee so: thou wast upon the 
holy mountain of God; thou 
hast walked up and down in the 
midst of the stones of fire. 

15 Thou wast perfect in thy 
ways from the day that thou 
wast created, till iniquity was 
found in thee. 

16 By the multitude of thy mer- 
chandise they have filled the 
midst of thee with violence, and 
thou hast sinned: therefore I 
will cast thee as profane out of 
the mountain of God: and I will 
destroy thee, O covering cherub, 
from the midst of the stones of 


e. 
17 Thine heart was lifted up 
because of thy beauty, thou hast 
corrupted thy wisdom by reason 
of thy brightness: I will cast 
thee to the ground, I will lay 


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thee before kings, that they may 
behold thee. 

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanc- 
tuaries by the multitude of thine 
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy 
traffick; therefore will I bring 
forth a fire from the midst of 
thee, it shall devour thee, and I 
will bring thee to ashes upon the 
earth in the sight of all them 
that behold thee. 

19 All they that know thee 
among the people shall be aston- 
ished at thee: thou shalt be a 
terror, and never shalt thou be 
any more. 

20 { Again the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

21 Son of man, set thy face 
against Zi’don, and prophesy 
against it, : 

22 And say, Thus saith the 
Lord GoD; _ Behold, am 
against thee, O Zi/dén; and I 
will be glorified in the midst of 
thee: and they shall know that 
I am the LORD, when I shall 
have executed judgments in her, 
and shail be sanctified in her. 

23 For: I. will send into her 
pestilence, and blood into her 
streets; and the wounded shail 
be judged in the midst of her by 
the sword upon her on every 
side; and they shall know that 
I am the LORD. 

24 4 And there shali be no more 
a pricking brier unto the house 
of is’ra-el, nor any grieving 
thorn of ali that are round about 
them, that despised thems; and 
they shall know that I am the 


ord GOD. |. 

25 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
When I shall have gathered the 
house of is’ra-el from the people 
among whom they are scattered, 
and shall be sanctified in them 
in the sight of the heathen, then 
shall_ they dwell in their land 
that I have given to my servant 
Ja’cob. 

26 And they shall dwell safely 
therein, and shail build houses, 
and plant vineyards; yea, they 
shail dwell with confidence, 

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EZEKIEL, 29 


when I have executed judgments 
upon all those that despise 
them round about them; and 
they shall know that I am the 
LORD their God. 


CHAPTER 29 831 


1 Judgment of Pharaoh for treachery 
to Israel. 8 Egypt's deseolaiion. 


Ge the tenth year, in the tenth 
month, in the twelfth day of 
the month, the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face 
against Pha’raoh king of E’éYpt, 
and prophesy against him, and 
against all E’éypt: 

3 Speak, and say, Thus saith 

the Lord GoD; Behold, I am 
against thee, Pha’radh king of 
E’éypt, the great dragon that 
lieth in the midst of his rivers, 
Which hath said, My river is 
mine own, and I have made it 
for myself. _ i 
,* But I will put hooks in thy 
jaws, and I will cause the fish 
of thy rivers to stick unto thy 
scales, and I will bring thee up 
out of the midst of thy rivers, 
and all the fish of thy rivers shall 
stick unto thy scales. 
_» And I will leave thee thrown 
into the wilderness, thee and all 
the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt 
fall upon the open fields; thou 
shalt not be brought together, 
nor gathered: I have given thee 
for meat to the beasts of the field 
and to the fowls of the heaven. 

_6 And ali the inhabitants of 
E’/gypt shail know that I am the 
LORD, because they have been a 
staff of reed. to the house of 
Is’ra-el. 

7 When they took hold of thee 
by thy hand, thou didst break, 
and rend all their shoulder: and 
when they leaned upon thee, 
thou brakest, and madest ail 
their loins to be at a stand. 

8 { Therefore thus_ saith the 
Lord Gop; Behold, I will bring 
a sword upon thee, and cut off 
man and beast out of thee. 


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Desolation of Egypt 


er 
9 And the land of £’g¥pt shall | his army to serve a great service 


be desolate and waste; and they 
shall know that I am the LORD: 
because he hath said, The river 
is mine, and J have made if. 

10 Behold, therefore I am 
against thee, and against thy 
rivers, and I will make the 
land of E’gypt utterly waste and 
desolate, from the tower of 
Sy-é’ne even unto the border of 
E-thi-0’pi-a. 

11 No foot of man shall pass 
through it, nor foot of beast shall 
pass through it, neither shall it be 
inhabited forty years. 

12 And I will make the land 
of &/gypt desolate in the midst 
of the countties that are desolate, 
and her cities among the cities 
that are laid waste shall be 
desolate forty years: and I will 
scatter the E-gyp’tians among 
the nations, and will disperse 
them through the countries. 

13 § Yet thus saith the Lord 
Gop; At the end of forty years 
will I gather the £-£yp’tians from 
the people whither they were 
scattered: HES : 

14 And I will bring again the 
captivity of E’éypt, and will 
cause them to return info the 
land of Path’ros, into the land of 
their habitation; and they shall 
be there a base gdom. 

15 It shall be the basest of the 
kingdoms; neither shall it exalt 
itself any more above the nations: 
for I will diminish them, that 
they shall no more rule over the 
nations. | 

16 And it shall be no more the 
confidence of the house of 
{s’ra-el, which bringeth their 
iniquity to remembrance, when 
they shall look after them: but 
they shall know that i am the 
Lord GOD. y 

17 4 And it came to pass in the 
seven and twentieth year, in the 
first month, in the first day of 
the month, the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, Néb-u-chad- 
réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon caused 


against Ty’rus: every head was 
made bald, and every shoulder 
was peeled: yet had he no 
wages, nor his army, for Ty’rus, 
for the service that he had served 
against it; 

19 Therefore thus saith the 

Lord GOD; Behold, I will give 
the land of E’gypt unto Néb-u- 
chad-réz’zar king of Bab’y-lon; 
and he shall take her multitude, 
and take her spoil, and take her 
prey; and it shall be the wages 
for his army. ; 
_20 Ihave given him the land of 
E’é¥pt for his labour wherewith 
he served .against it, because 
they wrought for me, saith the 
Lord GOD. 

21 {In that day will I cause 
the horn of the house of Is’ra-el 
to bud forth, and I will give thee 
the opening of the mouth in the 
midst of them; and they shall 
know that I am the LORD. 


CHAPTER 30 832 


1 Desolation of Egypt and her helpers: 
20 Babylon to be strengthened. 


HE word of the LORD came 
again unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy_and 
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 

3 For the day is near, even 
the day of the LORD is near, a 
cloudy day; it shail be the time 
of the heathen. 

4 And the sword shall come 
upon E’éypt, and. great pain 
shall be in E-thi-0’pi-a, when the 
slain shall fall in E’sypt, and 
they shall take away her multi- 
tude, and her foundations shall 
be broken down. 4 ke 

5 E-thi-6’pi-a, and Lib’y-a, and 
Lyd’i-a, and_ all the mingled 
people, and Chib, and the men 
of the land that is in league, shall 
fall with them by the sword. 

6 Thus saith the LORD; They 
also that uphold E’éypt shall fall; 
and the pride of her power shall 
come down: from the tower of 


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Sy-e’ne shall they fall in it by 
the sword, saith the Lord Gop. 

7 And they shall be desolate 
in the midst of the countries that 
are desolate, and her cities shall 
be in the midst of the cities that 
are wasted. 

8 And they shall know that I 
am the LORD, when I have set 
a fire in E’éypt, and when all her 
helpers shall be destroyed. 

9 In that day shall messengers 
go forth from me_in ships to 
make the careless E-thi-6’pi-ans 
afraid, and great pain shall 
come upon them, as in the day 
of E’g¥pt: for, lo, it cometh. 

10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
I will also make the multitude 
of E’é¥pt to cease by the hand of 
N pas Tae king of Bab’- 
y-lon. 

11 He and his people with him, 
the terrible of the nations, shall 
be brought to destroy the land: 
and they shall draw their swords 
against E’gypt, and fill the land 
with the slain. ; 

12 And I will make the rivers 
dry, and sell the land into the 
hand of the wicked: and I will 
make the land waste, and all 
that is therein, by the hand of 
Strangers: I the LORD have 
spoken it. 

13 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
I will also destroy the idols, and 
I will cause ‘their images to 
cease out of Noph; and there 
shall be no more a prince of the 
land of E’éypt: and I will put 
a fear in the land of E’éypt. 

14 And I will make Path’ros 
desolate, and will set fire in 
Zo/an, and will execute judg- 
ments in N6. 

15 And iwill pour my fury upon 
Sin, the strength of E’g¥pt; and 
r. “a cut off the multitude 


of No. 

16 And I will set fire in £’é¥pt: 
Sin shall have great pain, and 
No shall be rent asunder, and 
Noph shall have distresses daily. 
17 The young men of A’ven 
and of Pi-bé’seth shall fall by 


EZEKIEL, 30 


the sword: and these cities shall 
go into captivity. 

18 At Té-haph’ne-hés also the 
day shall be darkened, when I 
Shall break there the yokes of 
E’gypt: and the pomp of her 
strength shall cease in her: as 
for her, a cloud shall cover her, 
and her daughters shall go into 
captivity. 

19 Thus will I execute judg- 
ments in E’gypt: and they shall 
know that I am the Lorp. 

20 4 And it came to pass in the 
eleventh year, in the first month, 
in the seventh day of the month, 
that the word of the LORD came 
unto me, saying, — 

21 Son of man, I have broken 
the arm of Pha’rach king of 
E’gypt; and, lo, it shall not be 
bound up to be healed, to put a 
roller to bind it, to make it 
strong to hold the sword. 

22 Therefore thus saith the 

Lord GOD; Behold, I am against 
Pha’rach king of E’sYpt, and will 
break his arms, the strong, and 
that which was broken; and I 
will cause the sword to fall out 
ofhishand. 
.23,And I will scatter the 
E-gyp’tians among the nations, 
and will disperse them through 
the countries. | 

24 And J will strengthen the 
arms of the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and put my sword in his hand: 
but I will break DPha’radh’s 
arms, and he shall groan before 
him with the groanings of a 
deadly wounded man. 

25 But I will strengthen the 
arms of the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and the arms of Pha’radh shall 
fall down; and they shall 
know that I am the LORD, when 
I shall put my sword into the 
hand of the king of Bab’y-lon, 
and he shall stretch it out upon 
the land of &’£¥pt. ti 
26 And I will scatter the b-&¥p’- 
tians among the nations, and 
disperse them among the coun- 
tries; and they shall know that 
I am the LORD. 


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833 ' CHAPTER 31 
3 Assyria’s glory. _10 Her predicted 
fall through pride. 
ND it came to pass in_ the 
eleventh year, in the third 
month, in the first day of the 
month, that the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 
2 Son of man, speak unto Pha’- 
raoh king of E’gypt, and to his 


multitude; Whom art thou like 
in thy greatness? ee te, 
3 4 Behold, the As-syr’i-an 


was a cedar in Léb’a-non with 
fair branches, and with a shad- 
owing shroud, and of an high 
stature; and his top was among 
the thick boughs. ; 

4 The waters made him great, 
the deep set him up on high 
with her rivers running round 
about his plants, and sent out 
her little rivers unto all the 
trees of the field. 

5 Therefore his height was ex- 
alted above all the trees of the 
field, and his’ boughs were 
multiplied, and his branches 
became long because of the 
multitude of waters, when he 
shot forth. 

6 All the fowls of heaven 
made their nests in his boughs, 
and under his branches did all 
the beasts of the field bring forth 
their young, and under his 
shadow dwelt all great nations, 

7 Thus was he fair in, his 
greatness, in the length of his 
branches: for his root was by 
great waters. . 

8 The cedars in the garden of 
God could not hide him: the fir 
trees were not like his boughs, 
and the chesnut trees were not 
like his branches; nor any tree 
in the garden of God was like 
unto him in his beauty. , 

9 I have made him fair by the 
multitude of his branches: so 
that all the trees of E’dén, that 
were in the garden of God, 
envied him. ; 

10 § Therefore thus saith the 
Lord GOD; Because thou hast 
lifted up thyself in height, and 


Assyria’s glory and downfall 


he hath shot up his top among 
the thick boughs, and his heart 
is lifted up in his height; 

11 I have therefore delivered 
him into the hand of the mighty 
one ot the heathen; he shali 
surely deal with him: I have 
driven him out for his wicked- 
ness. 

12 And strangers, the terrible 
of the nations, have cut him off, 
and have left him: upon the 
iountains and in all the valleys 
his branches are fallen, and his 
boughs are broken by all the 
rivers of the land; and all the 
people of the earth are gone 
down from his shadow, and 
have left him. 

13 Upon his ruin shall all the 
fowis of the heaven remain, and 
all the beasts of the field shall be 
upon his branches: 

14 To the end that none of all 
the trees by the waters exalt 
themselves for their height, nei- 
ther shoot up their top among the 
thick boughs, neither. their trees 
stand up in their height, ail that 
drink water: for they are all 
delivered unto death, to the 
nether parts of the earth, in the 
midst of the children of men, 
with them that go down to the 


pit. 

15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
In the day when he went down 
to the grave I caused a mourning: 
I covered the deep for him, and I 
restrained the fioods thereof, and 
the great waters were stayed: 
and I caused Léb’a-non to 
mourn for him, and all the trees 
of tho field fainted for him. 

16 I made the nations to shake 
at the sound of his fall, when I 
cast him down to hell with them 
that descend into the pit: and 
all the trees of E’dén, the choice 
and best of Léb’a-non, all that 
drink water, shali be comforted 
in the nether parts of the earth. 

17 They also went down into 
hell with him unto them that be 
slain with the sword; and they 
that were his arm, that dwelt 


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_ Lamentation for Egypt 


under his shadow in the midst of 
the heathen. 

*18 § To whom art thou thus 
like in glory and in greatness 
among the trees of E’dén? yet 
_ Shalt thou be brought down with 
the trees of E’dén unto the nether 
parts of the earth: thou shalt 
lie in the midst of the uncircum- 
cised with them that be slain by 
the sword. This is Pha’raoh 
and all his multitude, saith the 
Lord Gop. 


834 CHAPTER 32 
Lamentation for the fall of Egypt. 


ND it came to pass in the 
twelfth year, in the twelfth 
month, in the first day of the 
month, that the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, take up a lam- 
entation for Pha’radh_ king of 
Egypt, and say unto him, Thou 
art like a young lion of the na- 
tions, and thou art as a whale 
in the seas: and thou camest 
forth with thy rivers, and trou- 
bledst the waters with thy feet, 
and fouledst their rivers. 

3 Thus saith the Lord Gop; I 
will therefore spread out my net 
over thee with a company of 
many people; and they shall 
bring thee up in my net. 

4 Then will I leave thee upon 
the land, I will cast thee forth 
upon the open field, and will 
cause all the fowls of the heaven 
to remain upon thee, and I will 
fill the beasts of the whole earth 


with thee. 
5 And I will lay thy flesh upon | th 


the mountains, and fill the val- 
leys with thy height. 

6 I will also water with thy 
blood the land wherein thou 
swimmest, even to the moun- 
tains; and the rivers shall be ful! 
of thee. 

7 And when I shall put thee 
out, I will cover the heaven, and 
make the stars thereof dark; 
will cover the sun with a cloud, 
pedithe moon shall not give her 
iZnt. 


EZEKIEL, 32 


8 Ali the bright lights of heaven 
will I make dark over thee, and 
set darkness upon thy land, saith 
the Lord Gop. 

9 I wili also vex the hearts of 
many people, when I shall bring 
thy destruction among the na- 
tions, into the countries which 
thou hast not known. 

10 Yea, I will make many peo- 
ple amazed at thee, and their 
kings shall be horribly afraid for 
thee, when I shall brandish my 
sword before them; and they 
Shall tremble at every moment, 
every man for his own life, in the 
day of thy fall. 

11 4 For thus saith the Lord 
GoD; The sword of the king of 
Bab’y-lon shall come upon thee. 

12 By the swords of the mighty 
will I cause thy multitude to fall, 
the terrible of the nations, all of 
them: and they shall spoil the 
pomp of £’éypt, and all the mui- 
titude thereof shall be destroyed. 

13 I will destroy also all the 
beasts thereof from beside the 
great waters; neither shall the 
foot of man trouble them any 
more, nor the hoofs of beasts 
trouble them. 

14 Then will I make their 
Waters deep, and cause _ their 
rivers to run like oil, saith the 
Lord Gop. 

15 When I shall make the land 
of E’éypt desolate, and the coun- 
try shall be destitute of that 
whereof it was full, when I shall 
smite all them that dwell therein, 
then shall they know that I am 
e LORD. | 
16 This is the lamentation 
wherewith they shall lament her: 
the daughters of the nations shall 
lament her: they shall lament 
for her, even for E’é¥pt, and for 
a her multitude, saith the Lord 

OD. 


17 4 It came to pass also in the 
twelfth year, in the fifteenth day 


I | of the month, that the word of the 


LORD came unto me, saying, 
18 Son of man, wail for the 
multitude of E’gypt, and cast 


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EZEKIEL, 33 


them down, even her, and the 
daughters of the famous nations, 
unto the nether parts of the earth, 
ae them that go down into the 
pit. F 

19 Whom dost thou pass in 
beauty? go down, and be thou 
laid with the uncircumcised. | 

20 They shali fall in the midst 
of them that are slain by the 
sword: she is delivered to the 
BWword: draw her and all her 
multitudes. 

21 The strong among _ the 
mighty shall speak to him out of 
the midst of hell with them that 
help him: they are gone down, 
they lie uncircumcised, slain by 
the sword. | 

22 As’shur is there and all her 
company: his graves are about 
him: all of them slain, fallen by 
the sword: 

23 Whose graves are set in the 
Sides of the pit, and her company 
is round about her grave: all of 
them slain, fallen by the sword, 
which caused terror in the land 
of the living. 

24 There is E’/lam and all her 
multitude round about her grave, 
all of them slain, fallen by the 
sword, which are gone down un- 
circumcised into the nether parts 
of the earth, which caused their 
terror in the land of the living; 
yet have they borne their shame 
with them that go down to thepit. 

25 They have set her a bed in 
the midst of the slain with all her 
multitude: her graves are round 
about him: ali of them uncir- 
cumcised, slain by the sword: 
though their terror was caused 


in the land of the living, yet have | 


they borne their shame with them 
that go down to the pit: he is put 
in the midst of them that be 
slain. : 
¥206 There is Mé’shech, Tu’bal, 
and all her multitude: her graves 
are round about him: all of them 
uncircumcised, slain by the 
sword, though they caused their 
terror in the land of the living. 
27 And they shall not lie with 


Lamentation for Egypt 


the mighty that are fallen of the 
uncircumcised, which are gone 
down to hell with their weapons 
of war: and they have laid their 
swords under their heads, but 
their iniquities shall be upon 
their bones, though they_ were 
the terror of the mighty in the 
land of the living. 

28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in 
the midst of the uncircumcised, 
and shalt lie with them that are 
slain with the sword. 

29 There is E’dom, her kings, 
and all her princes, which with 
their might are laid by them 
that were slain 
they shall lie with the uncircum- 
cised, and with them that go 
down to the pit. 

30 There be the princes of the 
north, all of them, and all the 
Zi-do/ni-ans, which are gone 
down with the slain; with their 
terror they are ashamed of their 
might; and they lie uncircum- 
cised with them that be slain by 
the sword, and bear their shame 
with them that go down to the 


pit. 

31 Pha’rach shail see them, and 
shall be comforted over all his 
multitude, even Pha’raoh and all 
his army slain by the sword, 
saith the Lord Gop. 

_32 For I have caused my terror 
in the land of the living: and he 
Shall be laid in the midst of the 
uncircumcised with them that 
are slain with the sword, even 
Pha’rach and all his multitude, 
saith the Lord Gop. 


CHAPTER 33 835 


1 The watchman’s duty. 10 Justice of 
God’s ways. 
dealings. 
lem. 


Acts the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak to the 
children of thy people, and say 
unto them, When 
sword upon a land, if the people 
of the land take a man of theif 
coasts, and set him for theif 
watchman: 


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by the sword: 


I bring the | 


17 Equity of God’s - 
28 Desolation of Jerusa- — 


A watchman’s duty 


3 If when he seeth the sword 
come upon the land, he blow the 
trumpet, and warn the people; 

4 Then whosoever heareth the 
sound of the trumpet, and taketh 
not warning; if the sword come, 

and take him away, his blood 
shall be upon his own head. 

He heard the sound of the 

trumpet, and took not warning; 
his blood shall be upon him. But 
he that taketh warning shall de- 
liver his soul. 
But if the watchman see the 
sword come, and blow not the 
trumpet, and the people be not 
warned; if the sword come, and 
take any person from among 
them, he is taken away in his in- 
iquity; but his blood will I re- 
eee Be the watchman’s hand. 

7 49 So thou, O son of man, I 
have set thee a watchman unto 
the house of is’ra-el; therefore 
thou shalt hear the word at my 
mouth, and warn them from me. 

8 When I say unto the wicked, 


O wicked man, thou shalt surely | die 


die; if thou dost not speak to 
' warn the wicked from his way, 
that wicked man shall die in his 
iniquity; but his blood will I re- 
quire at thine hand. 

9 Nevertheless, if thou warn 
the wicked of his way to turn 
from it; if he do not turn from 
his way, he shall die in his in- 
iquity; but thou hast delivered 
thy soul. 

10 Therefore, O thou son of 
man, speak unto the house of 
Is’ra-el; Thus ye speak, saying, 
If our transgressions and our 
sins be upon us, and we pine 
away in them, how should we 
then live? 

11 Say unto them, As [I live, 
saith the Lord GoD, I have no 
pleasure in the death of the 
wicked; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live: turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 
'for why will ye die, O house of 
is’ra-el? 

12 Therefore, thou son of man, 
say unto the children of thy peo- 


EZEKIEL, 33 


ple, The righteousness of the 
righteous shall not deliver him in 
the day of his transgression: as 
for the wickedness of the wicked, 
he shall not fall thereby in the 
day that he turneth from his 
wickedness; neither shall the 
righteous be able to live for his 
PAGES in the day that he 
sinneth 

13 When I shall say to the 
righteous, that he shall surely 
live; if he trust to his own 
righteousness, and commit in- 
iquity, all his righteousnesses 
shall not be remembered; but 
for his iniquity that he hath com- 
mitted, he shall die for it. 

14 Again, when I say unto the 
wicked, Thou shalt surely die; 
if he turn from his sin, and do 
that which is lawful and right; 

15 Jf the wicked restore the 
pledge, give again that he had 
robbed, walk in the statutes of 
life, without committing iniquity; 
he shall surely live, he shall not 


16 None of his sins that he 
hath committed shall be men- 
tioned unto him: he hath done 
that which is lawful and right; 
he shall surely live. 

17 § Yet the children of thy 
people say, The way of the Lord 
is not equal: but as for them, 
their way is not equal. 

18 When the righteous turneth 
from his righteousness, and com- 
mitteth iniquity, he shall even die 
thereby. 

19 But if the wicked turn from 
his wickedness, and do that 
which is lawful and right, he 
shall live thereby. 

20 §| Yet ve say, The way of 
the Lord is not equal. O ye 
house of Is’ra-el, I will judge 
you every one after his ways. 

21 § And it came to pass in the 
twelfth year of our captivity, in 
the tenth month, in the fifth day 
of the month, that one that had 
escaped out of Jé-ru’sa-lem came 
unto me, saying, The city is 
smitten. 


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EZEKIEL, 34 


22 Now the hand of the LORD 
Was upon me in the evening, 
afore he that was escaped came; 
and had opened my mouth, until 
he came to me in the morning; 
and my mouth was opened, and 
I was no more dumb. 

23 Then the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, they that in- 
habit those wastes of the land of 
is‘ra-el speak, saying, A’bra- 
ham was one, and he inherited 
the land: but we are many; the 
land is given us for inheritance. 

25 Wherefore say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord GoD; Ye 
eat with the blood, and lift up 
your eyes toward your idols, and 
shed blood: and shail ye pos- 
sess the land? 

26 Ye stand upon your sword, 
ye work abomination, and ye 
defile every one his neighbour’s 
wife: amd shall ye possess the 
land? 

27 Say thou thus unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord GoD; As I 
live, surely they that are in the 
wastes shall fall by the sword, 
and him that is in the open field 
will I give to the beasts to be 
devoured, and they that be in 
the forts and in the caves shall 
die of the pestilence. 

28 For I will lay the land most 
desolate, and the pomp of her 
strength shall cease; 
mountains of Is’ra-el shall be 
desolate, that none shall pass 
through. 

29 Then shall they know that I 
am the LORD, when I have laid 
the land most desolate because of 
ali their abominations which they 
have committed. 

30 {| Also, thou son of man, the 
children of thy people still are 
talking against thee by the walls 
and in the doors of the houses, 
and speak one to another, every 
one to his brother, saying, Come, 
i pray you, and hear what is the 
word that cometh forth from the 


ORD. 
31 And they come unto thee 


and the|h 


Reproof of Israel’s shepherds 


as the people cometh, and they 
sit before thee as my people, and 

they hear thy words, but they 

will not do them: for with their 

mouth they shew much love, 
but their heart goeth after their 
covetousness. 

32 And, lo, thou aré unto them 
as avery lovely song of one that 
hath a pleasant voice, and can 
play well on an instrument: for 
they hear thy words, but they do 
them not. 

33 And when this cometh to 
pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall 
they know that a prophet hath 
been among them. 


CHAPTER 34 836 
1 Reprooj of the shepherds of Israel. 7 
God's care of his fiock. 20 Christ’s 
kingdom. 
ND the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against 
the shepherds of Is’ra-el, proph- 
esy, and say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord GOD unto the 
shepherds; Woe be to the 
shepherds of is’ra-el that do feed 
themselves! should not the shep- 
herds feed the flocks? 

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe 
you with the wool, ye kill them 
a are fed: but ye feed not the 


ock. | 

4 The diseased have ye not 
strengthened, neither have ye 
ealed that which was sick, nei=- 
ther have ye bound up that which 
was broken, neither have ye 
brought again that which was 
driven away, neither have ye 
sought that which was lost; but 
with force and with cruelty have 
ye ruled them. 

5 And they were scattered, 
because there is no shepherd: 
and they became meat to all the 
beasts of the field, when they 
were scattered. 

6 My sheep wandered through 
all the mountains, and upon 
every high hill: -yea, my flock 
was scattered upon all the face 
of the earth, and none did search 
or seek after them. 


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God's care of his flock 


7 {| Therefore, ye shepherds, 
hear the word of the LORD; 

8 As I live, saith the Lord GoD, 
surely because my flock became 
“aprey, and my flock became meat 
to every beast of the field, because 
there was no shepherd, neither 
did my shepherds search for my 
flock, but the shepherds fed them- 
‘selves, and fed not my flock; 
_.9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, 
hear the word of the LORD; 
-_10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 

Behold, I am against the shep- 
herds; and I will require my 

flock at their hand, and cause 
them to cease from feeding the 
flock; neither shall the shep- 
herds feed themselves any more; 
for I will deliver my flock from 
their mouth, that they may not 
be meat for them. 





11 § For thus saith the Lord |-L 


Gop; Behold, I, even I, will 
both search my sheep, and seek 
them out. 

1Z As a shepherd seeketh ou 
his flock in the day that he is 
among his sheep that are scat- 
tered; so will I seek out my 
sheep, and will deliver them out 
of all places where they have 
been scattered in the cloudy and 


ark day. 
13 And I will bring them out 
from the people, and gather them 

from the countries, and will bring 
‘them to their own land, and feed 
them upon the mountains of Is’- 
‘ra-el by the rivers, and in all the 
inhabited places of the country. 
14 I will feed them in a good 
pasture, and upon the high 
‘mountains of Is’ra-el shall their 
fold be: there shali they lie ina 
good fold, and in a fat pasture 
shall they feed upon the moun- 
tains of Is’ra-el. 

15 I will feed my flock, and I 
will cause them to lie down, saith 
the Lord Gop. 

16 I will seek that which was 
lost, and bring again that which 

was driven away, and will bind 
up that which was broken, and 
will strengthen that which was 


EZEKIEL, 34 


sick: but I will destroy the fat 
and the strong; I will feed them 
with judgment. 

17 And as for you, O my flock, 
thus saith the Lord Gop; Be- 
hold, I judge between cattle and 
cattle, between the rams and the 
he goats. : 

18 Seemeth it a small thing 
unto you to have eaten up the 
good pasture, but ye must tread 
down with your feet the residue 
of your pastures? and to have 
drunk of the deep waters, but ye 
ery foul the residue with your 

eet! 

19 And as for my flock, they 
eat that which ye have trodden 
with your feet; and they drink 
that which ye have fouled with 
your feet. 

20 4 Therefore thus saith the 
ord GOD unto them; Behold, L 
even I, will judge between the 
fat cattle and between the lean 
cattle. 

21 Because ye have thrust with 
side and with shoulder, and 
pushed all the diseased with 
your horns, till ye have scattered 
them abroad; 

22 Therefore will I save my 
flock, and they shall no more be 
aprey; and I will judge between 
cattle and cattle. 

23 And I will set up one shep- 
herd over them, and he shall feed 
them, even my servant Da’vid: 
he shall feed them, and he shall 
be their shepherd. 

24 And I the LORD will be 
their God, and my servant Da’- 
vid a prince among them; I the 
LORD have spoken i#. 

25 And I will make with them a 
covenant of peace, and will 
cause the evil beasts to cease out 
of the land: and they shall 
dwell safely in the wilderness, 
and sleep in the woods. 

26 And I will make them and 
the places round about my hill 
a blessing; and I will cause the 
shower to come down in his sea= 
son; there shall be showers of 
blessing. 


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EZEKIEL, 35, 36 


27 And the tree of the field 
shall yield her fruit, and the earth 
shall yield her increase, and they 
shall be safe in their land, and 
shall know that I am the LORD, 
when I have broken the bands 
of their yoke, and delivered them 
out of the hand of those that 
served themselves of them. 

28 And they shall no more bea 
prey to the heathen, neither shall 
the beast of the land devour 
them; but they shall dwell safely, 
and none shall make them afraid. 

29 And I will raise up for them 
a plant of renown, and they shall 
be no more consumed with hun- 
ger in the land, neither bear the 
shame of the heathen any more. 

30 Thus shall they know that 
I the LORD their God am with 
them, and that they, even the 
house of Is’ra-el, are my people, 
saith the Lord GOD 

31 And ye my flock, the flock 
of my pasture, are men, andIam 
your God, saith the Lord GOD, 


837 CHAPTER 35 
The irate Heath of mount Seir for their 
atred of Israel. 
eee cnae the word of the 
: LORD came unto me, say- 
ing, 

2 Son of man, set thy face 
against mount Sé‘ir, and proph- 
esy against it, ; 

3 And say unto it, Thus saith 
the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount 
Séir, I am against thee, and I 
will stretch out mine hand 
against thee, and I will make 
thee most desolate. 

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and 
thou shalt be desolate, and thou 
shalt know that I am the LORD. 

5 Because thou hast had a per- 
pe etual hatred, and hast shed the 

lood of the children of Is’ra-el 
by the force of the sword in the 
time of their calamity, in the 
time that their iniquity had an 


end: 

6 Therefore, as I live, saith the 
Lord Gop, I will prepare thee 
unto blood, and blood shall pur- 


Judgment of Mount Seir 


sue thee: sith thou hast not 
hated blood, even blood shall 
pursue thee. 

7 Thus will I make mount Sé@ir 
most desolate, and cut off from it 
him that passeth out and him that 
returneth. 

8 And I will fill his mountains 
with his slain men: in thy hills, 
and in thy valleys, and in all thy 
rivers, shall they fall that are 
slain with the sword. 

9 I will make thee perpetual 
desolations, and thy cities shall 
not return: and ye shall know 
that I am the LORD. 

10 Because thou hast said, 
These two nations and these two 
countries shall be mine, and we 
will possess it; whereas the 
LORD was there: 

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the 
Lord GoD, I will even do ac- 
cording to thine anger, and ac- 
cording to thine envy which thou 
hast used out of thy hatred 
against them; and I will make 
myself known among them, 
when I have judged thee. 

12 And thou shalt know thatI 
am the LORD, and that I have 
heard all thy blasphemies which 
thou hast spoken against the 
mountains of Is’ra-el, saying, 
They are laid desolate, they are 
given us to consume. : 

13 Thus with your mouth ye 
have boasted against me, and 


have multiplied your words 
against me: JI have heard 
them. 


14 Thus saith the Lord GoD; 
When the whole earth rejoiceth, 
I will make thee desolate. 

15 As thou didst rejoice at the 
inheritance of the house of Is’- 
ra-el, because it was desolate, so 
will I do unto thee: thou shalt be 
desolate, O mount Sé’ir, and all 
I-du-mé’a, even all of it: and 
they shall know that I am the 
LORD. 


CHAPTER 36 838 


1 Israel is comforted. 25 A new heart 
Wane spirit. 27 Promised blessings. 


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Israel comforted 
LSO, thou son of man, proph- 
esy unto the mountains of 
iye'ra-el. and say, Ye mountains 
Pie ee teaey hear the word of the 
> ‘Thus saith the Lord GoD; 
Because the enemy hath said 
against you, Aha, even the an- 
‘cient high places are ours in 
possession: 

3 Therefore prophesy and say, 
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Be- 
cause they have made you deso- 
late, and swallowed you up on 
every side, that ye might be a 
possession unto the residue of the 
heathen, and ye are taken up in 
the lips of talkers, and are an 
infamy of the people: 

4 Therefore, ye mountains of 
Is’ra-el, hear the word of the 
Lord Gop; Thus saith the Lord 
Gop to the mountains, and to the 
hills, to the rivers, and to the 
valleys, to the desolate wastes, 
and to the cities that are for- 
'saken, which became a prey and 
‘derision to the residue of the 
heathen that are round about; 
__5 Therefore thus saith the Lord 

Gop; Surely in the fire of my 

jealousy have I spoken against 
the residue of the heathen, and 
against all I-du-mé’a, which 
have appointed my land into their 

‘possession with the joy of all 

their heart, with despiteful 

pence, to cast it out for a 
pre 
|. 6 Sepotiecy therefore concern- 
ing the land of Is’ra-el, and say 
unto the mountains, and to the 

hills, to the rivers, and to the 
valleys, Thus saith the Lord 
Gop; Behold, I have spoken in 
my jealousy and in my fury, 
because ye have borne the 
shame of the heathen: 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
Gop; I have lifted up mine 
hand, Surely the heathen that 
are about you, they shall bear 
their shame. 

*8 J Butye, O mountains of Is’- 
ra-el, ye shall shoot forth your 
branches, and yield your fruit to 





EZEKIEL, 36 


my people of Is’ra-el; for they 
are at hand to come. 

9 For, behold, I am for you, 
and I will turn unto you, and ye 
shall be tilled and sown: 

10 And I will multiply men upon 
you, all the house of Iis’ra-el, 
evenall of it: and the cities shall 
be! inhabited, and the wastes 
pal be builded: 

1 And I will multiply upon 
ae man and beast; and they 
shall increase and bring fruit: 
and I will settle you after your 
old estates, and will do better 
unto you than at your begin- 
nings: and ye shall know that I 
am the LORD. 

12 Yea, I will cause men to walk 
upon you, even my people Is’- 
ra-el; and they shall possess 
thee, and thou shalt be their in- 
heritance, and thou shalt no 
more henceforth bereave them 
of men. 

13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Because they say unto you, 
Thou land devourest up men, 
and hast bereaved thy nations; 

14 Therefore thou shalt devour 
men no more, neither bereave 
thy nations any more, saith the 
Lord GOD. 

15 Neither will I cause men to 
hear in thee the shame of the 
heathen any more, neither shalt 
thou bear the reproach of the 
people any more, neither shalt 
thou cause thy nations to fall any 
more, saith the Lord GOD. 

16 { Moreover the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

17 Son of man, when the house 
of Is’ra-el dwelt in their own 
land, they defiled it by their own 
way and by their doings: their 
way was before me as the un- 
cleanness of a removed woman. 

18 Wherefore I poured my fury 
upon them for the blood that 
they had shed upon the land, and 
for their idols wherewith they 
had polluted it: 

19 And I scattered them among 
the heathen, and they were dis- 
persed through the countries: 


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EZEKIEL, 37 


according to their way and ac- 
cording to their doings I judged 
them. 

20 And when they entered unto 
the heathen, whither they went, 
they profaned my holy name, 
when they said to them, These 
are the people of the LORD, and 
are gone ect out of his land. 

21 4 But I had pity for mine 
holy name, which the house of 
Is’ra-el had profaned among the 
heathen, whither they went. 

22, Therefore say unto the house 
of Is’ra-el, Thus saith the Lord 
Gop; I do not this for your 
sakes, O house of Is’ra-el, but 
for mine holy name’s sake, which 
ve have profaned among the 
heathen, whither ye went. 

23 And I will sanctify my great 
name, which was profaned among 
- the heathen, which ye have pro- 
faned in the midst of them; and 
the heathen shall know thatI am 
the LORD, saith the Lord GoD, 
when I shall be sanctified in you 
before their eyes. 

24 For I will take you from 
among the heathen, and gather 
you out of all countries, and will 
bring you into your own land. 

25 4q'Then will I sprinkle clean 
water upon you, and ye shall be 
clean: from ali your filthiness, 
and from all your idols, will I 
cleanse you. 

26 Anew heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you: and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and I will give you an heart of 


esh. 

27 And I will put my spirit 
within you, and cause you to 
walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
keep my judgments, and do them. 
_28 And ye shall dwell in the 
iand that I gave to your fathers; 
and ye shall be my people, and I 
will be your God. 

29 I will also save you from all 
your uncleannesses: and I wiil 
call for the corn, and will increase 
it, and lay no famine upon you. 

30 And I will multiply the fruit 


Promised blessings 


of the tree, and the increase of 
the field, that ye shall receive no 
more reproach of famine among 
the heathen. 

31 Then shall ye remember 
your own evil ways, and your 
doings that were not good, and 
shall loathe yourselves in your 
own sight for your iniquities and 
for your abominations. 

32 Not for your sakes do I 
this, saith the Lord GOD, be it 
known unto you: be ashamed 
and confounded for your own 
ways, O house of Is’ra-el. 

33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
In the day that I shall have 
cleansed you from all your in- 
iquities I will also cause you to 
dwell in the cities, and the wastes 
shall be builded. 

34 And the desolate land shall 
be tilled, whereas it lay desolate 
in the sight of all that passed by. 

35 And they shall say, This land 
that was desolate is become like 
the garden of E’dén; and the 
waste and desolate and ruined 
cities are become fenced; and are 
inhabited. 

36 Then the heathen that are 
left round abous you shall know. 
that I the LORD build the ruined 
places, and plant that that was 
desolate: I the LORD have 
spoken if, and I will do if. 

37 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
I will yet for this be enquired of 
by the house of Is’ra-el, to do it 
for them; I will increase them 
with men like a flock. 

38 As the holy flock, as the 
flock of Jé-ru’sd-lém in her 
solemn feasts; so shall the waste 
cities be filled with flocks of men: 
ane they shall know that I am the 

ORD. 


CHAPTER 37 839 
Resurrection of the dry bones tynes 
Israel's revived hope. 

HE hand of the LORD was 
upon me, and carried me out 
in the spirit of the LORD, and set 
me down in the midst of the 
valley which was full of bones, 


988 


Visions of dry bones and sticks 


2 And caused me to pass by 
them round about: and, behold, 
there were very many in the open 
palleys and, lo, they were very 

Ty. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of 
man, can these bones live? And 
I answered, O Lord GOD, thou 
knowest. 

4 Again he said unto me, 
Prophesy upon these bones, and 
say unto them, O ye dry bones, 
hear the word of the LORD. 

5 Thus saith the Lord Gop 
unto these bones; Behold, I will 
cause breath to enter into you, 
and ye shall live: 

6 And I will lay sinews upon 
you, and will bring up flesh upon 
you, and cover you with skin, 
and put breath in you, and ye 
shall live; and ye shall know 
that Iam the LORD. 

7 Solprophesied as I was com- 
manded: and as I prophesied, 
there was 2 noise, and behold a 
shaking, and the bones came to- 
gether, bone to his bone. 

8 And when I beheld, lo, the 
sinews and the flesh came up 
upon them, and the skin covered 
them above: but there was no 
breath in them. 

9 Then said he unto me, Proph- 
esy unto the wind, prophesy, 
son of man, and say to the wind, 
Thus saith the Lord GoD; Come 
from the four winds, O breath, 
and breathe upon these slain, 


that they may live. 
10 So I prophesied as he com- 
manded me, and the breath 


came into them, and they lived, 
and stood up upon their feet, an 
exceeding great army. 

11 4 Then he said unto me, Son 
of man, these bones are the whole 
house of fs’ra-el: behold, they 
say, Our bones are dried, and 
our hope is lost: we are cut off 
for our parts. : 

12 Therefore prophesy and say 
unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
GoD; Behold, O my people, I 
will open your graves, and cause 
you to come up out of your 


EZEKIEL, 37 


graves, and bring you into the 
land of Is’ra-el. 

13 And ye shall know that lam 
the LORD, when I have opened 
your graves, O my people, and 
brought you up out of your 
graves, 

14 And shall put my spirit in 
you, and ye shall live, and I shall 
place you in your own land: then 
shall ye know that I the LORD 
have spoken if, and performed it, 
saith the LORD. 

15 q The word of the LorRD 
came again unto me, saying, 

16 Moreover, thou son of man, 
take thee one stick, and write 
upon it, For Ju’dah, and for the 
children of Is’ra-el his com- 
panions: then take another 
stick, and write upon it, For J6’- 
seph, the stick of E’phra-im, and 
for all the house of is’ra-el his 
companions: 

17 And join them one to an- 
other inte one stick; and they 
shall become one in thine hand. 

18 9 And when the children of 
thy people shall speak unto thee, 
saying, Wilt thou not shew us 
what thou meanest by these? 

19 Say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord Gop; _ Behold, I will 
take the stick of Jo’seph, which is 
in the hand of E’phra-im, and the 
tribes of Is’ra-el his fellows, and 
will put them with him, even 
with the stick of Ji’dah, and 
make them one stick, and they 
shall be one in mine hand. 

20 § And the sticks whereon 
thou writest shall be in thine 
hand before their eyes. 

21 And say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I 
will take the children of Is’ra-el 
from among the heathen, whither 
they be gone, and will gather 
them on every side, and bring 
them into their own land: 

22 And I will make them one 
nation in the land upon the 
mountains of Is’ra-el; and one 
king shall be king to them ail: 
and they shall be no more two 
nations, neither shall they be 


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EZEKIEL, 38 


divided into two kingdoms any 
more at all: 

23 Neither shall they defile 
themselves any more with their 
idols, nor with their detestable 
things, nor with any of their 
transgressions: but I will save 
them out of all their dwelling- 
places, wherein they have sinned, 
and will cleanse them: so shall 
they be my people, and I will be 
their God. : 

24 And Déa’vid my _ servant 
Shall be king over them; and 
they all shall have one shepherd: 
they shall also walk in my judg- 
ments, and observe my statutes, 
and do them. 

25 And they shall dwell in the 
land that I have given unto Ja’cob 
my servant, wherein your fathers 
have dwelt; and they shall dwell 
therein, even they, and their chil- 
dren, and their children’s chil- 
dren for ever: and my servant 
Da’vid shall be their prince for 
ever. 

26 Moreover I will make a 
covenant of peace with them; it 
shall be an everlasting covenant 
with them: andI will place them, 
and multiply them, and will set 
my sanctuary in the midst of 
them for evermore. 

27 My tabernacle also shall be 
with them: yea, I will be their 
God, and they shall be my people. 

28 And the heathen shall know 
that I the LORD do sanctify Is’- 
ra-el, when my sanctuary shall 
be in the midst of them for. ever- 
more. 


840 CHAPTER 38 
1 Prophecy against Gog. 
judgment wpon them. 
ND the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face 
against Gog, the land of Ma’gog, 
the chief prince of Mé’shech and 
Tu’bal, and prophesy against him, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
Gop; _ Behold, I am against 
thee, O Gog, the chief prince of 
Mé’shech and Tw’bal: 


14 God’s 


Prophecy against Gog 


4 And I will turn thee back, 
and put hooks into thy jaws, and 
I will bring thee forth, and all 
thine army, horses and horse- — 
men, all of them clothed with all 
sorts of armour, even a great 
company with bucklers 
shields, all of them handling 
swords: | 

5 Pér’sia, £-thi-d’/pi-a, and | 
Lib’y-a4 with them; all of them 
with shield and helmet: 

6 GOd’mér, and all his bands; 
the house of Té-gir’mah of the © 
north quarters, and all his bands: 
and many people with thee. i! 

e thou prepared, and pre- — 
pare for thyself, thou, and all thy 
company that are assembled unto 
thee, and be thou a guard unto 
them. 

8 | After many days thou — 
shalt be visited: in the latter 
years thou shalt come into the 


land that is brought back from — 


the sword, and is gathered out — 
of many people, against the 
mountains of Is’ra-el, which — 


have been always waste: but it — 


is brought forth out of the na- — 
tions, and they shall dwell safely — 
all of them. ia 
9 Thou shalt ascend and come © 
like a storm, thou shalt be like 


a cloud to cover the land, thou, — 


and all thy bands, and many ~ 
people with thee. a 
10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; © 


It shall also come to pass, that at _ 


the same time shall things come — 
into thy mind, and thou shalt 
think an evil thought: ‘ 

11 And thou shalt say, I will go © 
up to the land of unwalled vil- — 
lages; I will go to them that are © 


at rest, that dwell safely, all of _ 


them dwelling without walls, and — 
having neither bars nor gates, 

12 To take a spoil, and to take 
a prey; to turn thine hand upon ~ 
the desolate places that are now 
inhabited, and upon the people 
that are gathered out of the na- 
tions, which have gotten, cattle 
and goods, that dwell in the 
midst of the land. 


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and 


Judgments on Gog 


the merchants of Tar’shish, with 
all the young lions thereof, shall 
say unto thee, Art thou come to 
take a spoil? hast thou gathered 
thy company to take a prey? to 
carry away silver and gold, to 
take away cattle and goods, to 
take a great spoil? 
14 § Therefore, son _of man, 
_ prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus 
saith the Lord Gop; In that 
_day when my people of. Is’ra-el 
dwelleth safely, shalt thou not 
_ know if? 
15 And thou shalt come from 
thy place out of the north parts, 
thou, and many people with thee, 
all of them riding upon horses, a 
great company, and a mighty 
army: 

16 And thou shalt come up 
against my people of Is’ra-el, asa 
cloud to cover the land; it shall 
be in the latter days, and I will 
bring thee against my land, that 
the heathen may know me, when 
I shall be sanctified in thee, O 
Gog, before their eyes. 

17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
Art thou he of whom I have 
spoken in old time by my serv- 
ants the prophets of Is’ra-el, 
which prophesied in those days 
many years that I would bring 
thee against them? 

18 And it shail come to pass at 
the same time when Gog shall 
come against the land of 
{s’ra-el, saith the Lord GoD, 
that my fury shall come wp in 
my face. d 

19 For in my jealousy and in 
the fire of my wrath have I 
spoken, Surely in that day there 
shall be a great shaking in the 
land of Is’ra-el; 

20 So that the fishes of the sea, 
and the fowls of the heaven, and 





the beasts of the field, and al 
creeping things that creep upon 
the earth, and all the men that 
are upon the face of the earth, 
shall shake at my presence, and 


the mountains shall be thrown 
down, and the steep places shall 


EZEKIEL, 39 


13 Shé’ba, and Dé’dan, and _| fall, and every wall shall fall to 


the ground. 

21 And I will call for a sword 
against him throughout all my 
mountains, saith the Lord GOD: 
every man’s sword shall be 
against his brother. 

22 And I will plead against him 

with pestilence and with blood; 
and I will rain upon him, and 
upon his bands, and upon the 
many people that are with him, 
an _ overflowing rain, and great 
hailstones, fire, and  brim- 
stone. 
23 Thus will I magnify myself, 
and sanctify myself; and I will 
be known in the eyes of many 
nations, and_they shali know 
that Iam the LORD. 


CHAPTER 39 841 

4 Judgments on Gog. 8 Israel's vic- 
tory. 23 Gathering of Israel. 

HEREFORE, thou son of 

man, prophesy against Gog, 

and say, Thus saith the Lord 

Gob: Behold, I am against thee, 

O Gog, the chief prince of Mé’- 

shech and Tu’bal: 

2 And I will turn thee back, and 
leave but the sixth part of thee, 
and will cause thee to come up 
from the north parts, and will 
bring thee upon the mountains of 
Is’ra-el: 

3 And I will smite thy bow out 
of thy left hand, and will cause 
thine arrows to fall out of thy 
right hand. 

4 Thou shalt fall upon the 
mountains of is’ra-el, thou, and 
all thy bands. and the people that 
is with thee: I will give thee 
unto the ravenous birds of every 
sort, and fo the beasts of the 
field to be devoured. 

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open 
field: for I have spoken it, saith 


1] the Lord GOD. 


6 And I will send a fire on Ma’- 
g6g, and among them that dwell 
carelessly in the isles: and they 
shall know that I am the LORD, 

7 So will I make my holy name 
known in the midst of my people 


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EZEKIEL, 39 


Is’ra-el; and I will not let them 
pollute my holy name any more: 
and the heathen shall know that 
IT am the LORD, the Holy One in 
is’ra-el, ; Mol 
8 { Behold, it is come, and itis 
done, saith the Lord Gop; this 
is the day whereof I have spoken. 
9 And they that dwell in the 
Cities of is’ra-el shall go forth, 
and shall set on fire and burn the 
weapons, both the shields and 
the bucklers, the bows and the 


atrows, and the handstaves, and | bl 


the spears, and they shail burn 
them with fire seven years: 

10 So that they shall take no 
wood out of the field, neither cut 
down any out of the forests; for 
they shall burn the weapons with 
fire: and they shall spoil those 
that spoiled them, and rob those 
ual robbed them, saith the Lord 

OD. 

11 { And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that I will give unto 
Gog a place there of graves in 
Is’ra-el, the valley of the passen- 
gers on the east of the sea: and 
it shall stop the noses of the 
passengers: and there shall they 
bury Gog and all his multitude: 
and they shall call it The valley of 

a’mon-gog. 

12 And seven months shall the 
house of Is’ra-el be burying of 
them, that they may cleanse the 
land. 

13 Yea, all the people of the land 
shall bury them; and it shall be 
to them a renown the day that 
I shall be glorified, saith the 
Lord Gop. 

14 And they shall sever out 
men of continual employment, 
passing through the land to bury 
with the passengers those that 
remain upon the face of the earth, 
to cleanse it: .after the end of 
seven months shall they search. 

15 And the passengers that pass 
through the land, when anu seeth 
a man’s bone, then shall he set 
up a sign by it, till the buriers 

ave buried it in the valley of 
Ha’mon-—godg. 


Gog’s overthrow 


16 And also the name of the 
city shall be Ha-md’nah. Thus 
shall they cleanse the land. 

i7 § And, thou son of man, 
thus saith the Lord Gop; Speak 
unto every feathered fowl, and 
to every beast of the field, As- 
semble yourselves, and come: 
gather yourselves on every side 
to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice 
for you, even a great sacrifice 
upon the mountains of Is’ra-el, 
that we may eat flesh, and drink 


ood. 

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the 
mighty, and drink the blood of 
the princes of the earth, of rams, 
of lambs, and of goats, of bull- 
ocks, all of them fatlings of 
Ba’shan. 

19 And ye shall eat fat till ve be 
full, and drink blood till ye be 
drunken, of my sacrifice which I 
have sacrificed for you. 

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my 
table with horses and chariots, 
with mighty men, and with all 
men of war, saith the Lord Gop. 

21 And I will set my glory 
among the heathen, and all the 
heathen shall see my judgment 
that I have executed, and my 
hand that I have laid upon them. 

22 So the house of Is’ra-el shall 
know that I am the Lorp their 
God from that day and forward. 

23 4 And the heathen. shall 
know that the house of is’ra-el _ 
went into captivity for their iniq- 
uity: because they trespassed 
against me, therefore hid I my 
face from them, and gave them 
into the hand of their enemies: 
so fell they all by the sword. 

24 According to their unclean- | 
ness and according to their trans- 
gressions have I done unto them, 
and hid my face from them. 

25 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; Now will I bring 
again the captivity of Ja’cob, and 
have mercy upon the whole 
house of is’ra-el, and will be 
jealous for my holy name; 

26 After that they have borne 
their shame and all their tres- 


992 : 


Measuring the temple 


passes whereby they have tres- 
passed against me, when they 
dwelt safely in their land, and 
none made them afraid. 

27 When I have brought them 
again from the people, and gath- 
ered them out of their enemies’ 
lands, and am sanctified in them 

in the sight of many nations; 

28 Then shail they know that I 
am the LORD their God, which 
caused them to be led into cap- 
tivity among the heathen: but I 
have gathered them unto their 
own land, and have left none of 
them any more there. 

29 Neither will I hide my face 
any more from them: for I have 
poured) out my spirit upon the 
house of Is’ra-el, saith the Lord 

OD. 


842 CHAPTER 40 


1 Time, manner, and end of Ezekiel’s 
vision. 6 Gates of the temple. 39 
Tables. 48 The porch. 


ie the five and twentieth year of 
our Captivity, in the beginning 
of the year, in the tenth day of the 
month, in the fourteenth year 
after that the city was smitten, 
in the seifsame day the hand of 
the LORD was upon me, and 
brought me thither. 

2 In the visions of God brought 
he me into the land of fs’ra-el, 
and set me upon a very high 
mountain, by which was as the 
frame of a city on the south. 

3 And he brought me thither, 
and, behold, there was a man, 
whose appearance was like the 
appearance of brass, with a line 
of flax in his hand, and a meas- 
uring reed; and he stood in the 

gate. 
4 And the man said unto me, 
Son of man, behold with thine 
eyes, and hear with thine ears, 
: and set thine heart upon all that I 

shall shew thee; for to the intent 
) that I might shew them unto thee 


art thou brought hither: declare 
all that thou seest to the house of 
Is’ra-el. 





ee 63 
. 


1 
5 And behoid a wall on the out- | fif 
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EZEKIEL, 40 


side of the house round about, 
and in the man’s hand a meas- 
uring reed of six cubits long by 
the cubit and an hand breadth: 
so he measured the breadth of 
the building, one reed; and the 
height, one reed. 

6 4 Then came he unto the gate 
which looketh toward the east, 
and went up the stairs thereof, 
and measured the threshold of 
the gate, which was one reed 
broad; and the other threshold of 
the gate, which was one reed 

road. 

7 And every little chamber 
was one reed long, and one reed 
broad; and between the little 
chambers were five cubits; and 
the threshold of the gate by the 
perce of the gate within was one 
reed. 

8 He measured also the porch 
of the gate within, one reed. 

9 Then measured he the porch 
of the gate, eight cubits; and the 
posts thereof, two cubits; and 
the porch of the gate was inward. 

10 And the little chambers of 
the gate eastward were three on 
this side, and three on that side: 
they three were of one measure: 
and the posts had one measure 
on this side and on that side. 

i1 And he measured the 
breadth of the entry of the gate, 
ten cubits; and the length of 
the gate, thirteen cubits. 

12 The space also before the 
little chambers was one cubit on 
this side, and the space was one 
cubit on that side: and the little 
chambers were six cubits on this 
side, and six cubits on that side. 

13 He measured then the gate 
from the roof of one little cham- 
ber to the roof of another: the 
breadth was five. and twenty 
cubits, door against door. 

14 He made also posts of three- 
score cubits, even unto the post of 
the court round about the gate. 

15 And from the face of the gate 
of the entrance unto the face of 
the porch of the inner gate were 
ty cubits. 


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16 And there were narrow 
windows to the little chambers, 
and to their posts within the gate 
round about, and likewise to the 
arches: and windows’ were 
round about inward: and upon 
each post were paim trees. | 

17 Then brought he me into 
the outward court, and, lo, there 
were chambers, and a pavement 
made for the court round about: 
thirty chambers: were upon the 
pavement. 

18 And the pavement by the 
side of the gates over against the 





length of the gates was the lower 
pavement. 
19 Then he measured the 


breadth from the forefront of the 
lower gate unto the forefront of 
the inner court without, an 
hundred cubits eastward and 
northward. 

20 § And the gate of the out- 
ward court that looked toward 
the north, he measured the length 
thereof, and the breadth thereof. 

21 And the little chambers 
thereof were three on this side 
and three on that side; and the 
posts thereof and the arches 
thereof were after the measure 
of the first gate: the length there- 
of was fifty cubits, and the 
breadth five and twenty cubits. 

22 And their windows, and 
their arches, and their palm trees, 
were after the measure of the 
gate that looketh toward the east; 
and they went up unto it by 
seven steps; and the arches 
thereof were before them. | 

23 And the gate of the inner 
court was over against the gate 
toward the north, and toward the 
east; and he measured from 
gate to gate an hundred cubits. 

24 4 After that he brought me 
toward the south, and behold a 
gate toward the south: and he 
measured the posts thereof and 
the arches thereof according to 
these measures. 

25 And there were windows in 
it and in the arches thereof round 
about, like those windows: the 





Measuring the temple 


length was fifty cubits, and the 
breadth five and twenty cubits. 

26 And there were seven steps 
to go up to it, and the arches 
thereof were before them: and it 
had palm trees, one on this side, 
and another on that side, upon 
the posts thereof. 

27 And there was a gate in the 
inner court toward the south: 
and he measured from gate to 
gate toward the south an hun- 
dred cubits. . 

28 And he brought me to the 
inner court by the south gate: 
and he measured the south gate 
according to these measures; 

29 And the little chambers 
thereof, and the posts thereof, 
and the arches thereof, according 
to these measures: and there 
were windows in it and in the 
arches thereof round about: if 
was fifty cubits long, and five and 
twenty cubits broad. 

30 And the arches round about 
were five and twenty cubits long, 
and five cubits broad. 

31 And the arches thereof were 
toward the utter court; and 
palm trees were upon the posts 
thereof: and the going up to it 
had eight steps. 

32 4 And he brought me into 
the inner court toward the east: 
and he measured the gate accord- 
ing to these measures. 

33 And the little chambers 
thereof, and the posts thereof, 
and the arches thereof, were ac< 
cording to these measures: and 
there were windows therein and 
in the arches thereof round about: 
it was fifty cubits long, and five 
and twenty cubits broad. 

34 And the arches thereof were 
toward the outward court; and 
palm trees were upon the posts 
thereof, on this side, and on that 
side: and the going up to it had 
eight steps. 

35 ¥ And he brought me to the 
north gate, and measured it ac- 
cording to these measures; 

36 The little chambers thereof, 
the posts thereof, and the arches 





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Measuring the temple 


thereof, and the windows to it 
round about: the length was 
fifty cubits, and the breadth five 
and twenty cubits. 

37 And the posts thereof were 
toward the utter court; and palm 
trees were upon the posts thereof, 
on this side.and on that side: and 
the going up to it had eight steps. 

38 And the chambers and the 
entries thereof were by the posts 
of the gates, where they washed 
the burnt offering. 

39 4 And in the porch of the 
gate were two tables on this side, 
and two tables on that side, to 
slay thereon the burnt offering 
and the sin offering and the 
trespass offering. 

40 And at the side without, as 
One goeth up to the entry of the 
north gate, were two tables; and 
on the other side, which was at 

the porch of the gate, were two 

tables. 
41 Four tables were on this 
side, and four tables on that side, 
by the side of the gate; eight 
tables, whereupon they slew their 
Sacrifices. 

42 And the four tables were of 
hewn stone for the burnt offering, 
of a cubit and an halflong, anda 
cubit and an half broad, and one 
cubit high: whereupon also they 
laid the instruments wherewith 
they slew the burnt offering and 
the sacrifice. _ 

43 And within were hooks, 

-an hand broad, fastened round 
about: and upon the tables was 
the flesh of the offering, 

44 4 And without the inner gate 
were the chambers of the singers 
in the inner court, which was at 

the side of the north gate; and 
their prospect was toward the 
south: one at the side of the east 
gate having the prospect toward 
the north. ; f 

45 And he said unto me, This 

chamber, whose. prospect is 

‘toward the south, is for the 
priests, 'the keepers of the 
charge of the house. 

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EZEKIEL, 41 


prospect is toward the north is 
for the priests, the keepers of the 
charge of the altar: these are the 
sons of Za’dék among the sons 
of Lé’vi, which come near to the 
LORD to minister unto him. 

47 So he measured the court, 
an hundred cubits long, and an 
hundred cubits broad. foursaquare: 
and the altar that was before the 
house. 

48 4 And he brought me to the 
porch of the house, and meas- 
ured each post of the porch, five 
cubits on this side, and five cubits 
on that side: and the breadth of 
the gate was three cubits on this. 
side, and three cubits on that side. 

49 The length of the porch 
was twenty cubits, and the 
breadth eleven cubits; and he 
brought me by the steps whereby 
they went up to it: and there 
were pillars by the posts, one 
on this side, and another on 
that side. 


CHAPTER 41 843 


Measures, parts, chambers, and orna- 
ments of the temple. 
FTERWARD he brought me 
to the temple, and meas- 
ured the posts, six cubits broad 
on the one side, and six cubits 
broad on the other side, which 
was the breadth of the taber- 
nacle. 

2 And the breadth of the door 
was ten cubits; and the sides of 
the door were five cubits on the 
one side, and five cubits on the 
other side: and he measured the 
length thereof, forty cubits: and. 
the breadth, twenty cubits. 

3 Then went he inward, and 
measured the post of the door, 
two cubits; and the door, six 
cubits; and the breadth of the 
door, seven cubits. 

4 So he measured the length 
thereof, twenty cubits; and the 
breadth, twenty cubits, before 
the temple: -and he said unto me, 
This is the most holy place. 

5 After he measured the wall of 
the house, six cubits; and the 


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EZEKIEL, 41 


breadth of every side chamber, 
four cubits, round about the 
house on every side. 

6 And the side chambers were 
three, one over another, and 
thirty in order; and they entered 
into the wall which was of the 
house for the side chambers 
round about, that they might 
have hold, but they had not hold 
in the wall of the house. 

7 And there was an enlarging, 
and a winding about still upward 
to the side chambers: for the 
winding about of the house went 
still upward round about the 
house: therefore the breadth of 
the house was still upward, and 
so increased from the lowest 
el to the highest by the 


"8 I ay also the height of the 
house round about: the foun- 
dations of the side chambers 
were a full reed of six great cubits. 

0 The thickness of the wall, 
which was for the side chamber 
without, was five cubits: and 
that which was left was the place 
of the side chambers that were 
within. 

10 And between the chambers 
was the wideness of twenty 
cubits round about the house on 
every side. 

11 And the doors of the side 
chambers were toward the place 
that was left, one door toward 
the north, and another door to- 
ward the south: and the breadth 
of the place that was left was five 
cubits round about. 

12 Now the building that was 
before the separate place at the 
end toward the west was seventy 
cubits broad; and the wall of the 
building was five cubits thick 
round about, and the 
thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he measured the house, 
an hundred cubits long; and the 
separate place, and the building, 
with the walls thereof, an hun- 
dred cubits long; 

14 Also the breadth of the face 
of the house, and of the separate 


length 


Measuring the temple 


place toward the east, an hun- 
dred cubits. 

15 And he measured the length 
of the building over against the 
separate place which was behind 
it, and the galleries thereof on 
the one side and on the other 
side, an hundred cubits, with the 
inner temple, and the porches of 
the court; | 

16 The door posts, and the 
narrow windows, and the gal- 
leries round about on their three 
stories, over against the door, 
cieled with wood round about, 
and from the ground up to the 
windows, and the windows were 
covered; 

17 To that above the door, even 
unto the inner house, and with- 
out, and by all the wall round 
about within and without, by 
measure. : 

18 And it was made with 
cherubims and palm trees, so that 
a palm tree was between a cherub 
and a cherub; and every cherub 
had two faces; 

19 So that the face of a man 
was toward the palm tree on the 
one side, and the face of a young 
lion toward the palm tree on the 
other side: if was made through 
all the house round about. 

20 From the ground unto above 
the door were cherubims and 
palm trees made, and on the wall 
of the temple. 

21 The posts of the temple 
were squared, and the face of the 
sanctuary; the appearance of the 
one asthe appearance of the other. 

22 The altar of wood was three 
cubits high, and the length there- 
of two cubits; and the corners 
thereof, and the length thereof, 
and the walls thereof, were of 
wood: and he said unto me; 
This is the table that is before 
the LORD. 

23 And the temple and the 
sanctuary had two doors. 

24 And the doors had two 
leaves abdiece, two turning leaves; 
two leaves for the one door, and 
two leaves for the other door. 


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The priests’ chambers 


25 And there were made on 
them, on the doors of the temple. 
cherubims and palm trees, like as 
were made upon the walls; and 
there were thick planks upon the 
face of the porch without. 

26 And theré were narrow 
windows and palm trees on the 
one side and on the other side, 
on the sides of the porch, and 
upon the side chambers of the 
house, and thick planks. 


844 CHAPTER 42 
1 The tempie. 2 Priests’ chambers. 
13 Their uses. 


HEN he brought me forth 
into the utter court, the way 
toward thenorth: andhe brought 
me. into the chamber that was 
over against the separate place, 
and which was before the build- 
ing toward the north. 

2 Before the length of an hun- 
dred cubits was the north door, 
and the breadth was fifty cubits. 

3 Over against the twenty 
cubits which were for the inner 
court, and over against the pave- 
ment which was for the utter 
court, was gallery against gallery 
in three sfories. 

4 And before the chambers wes 
a walk of ten cubits breadth in- 
ward, a way of one cubit; and 
their doors toward the north. 

5 Now the upper chambers 
were shorter: for the galleries 
were higher than these, than the 
lower, and than the middlemost 
of the building. , 

6 For they were in three sfories, 
but had not pillars as the pillars 
ef the courts: therefore the 
building was straitened more 
than the lowest and the middle- 
most from the ground. 

7 And the wall that was with- 
out over against the chambers, 
toward the utter court on the 
forepart of the chambers, the 
length thereof was fifty cubits. 

8 For the length of the chambers 
that weve in the utter court was 
fifty cubits: and, lo, before the 
temmple were an hundred cubits. 


EZEKIEL, 42 


oO And from under these cham- 
bers was the entry on the east 
side, as one goeth into them from 
the utter court. 

10 The chambers were in the 
thickness of the wall of the court 
toward the east, over against the 
separate place, and over against 
the building. 

11 And the way before them 
was like the appearance of the 
chambers which were toward the 
north, as long as they, and as 
broad as they: and all their 
goings out were both according 
to their fashions, and according 
to their doors. 

12 And according to the doors 
of the chambers that were to- 
ward the south was a door in the 
head of the way, even the way 
directly before the wall toward the 
east, as one entereth into them. 

13 { Then said he unto me, The 


north chambers and the south 


chambers, which are before the 
separate place, they be holy 
chambers, where the priests that 
approach unto the LORD shall 
eat the most holy things: there 
shall they lay the most holy 
things, and the meat offering, and 
the sin offering, and the trespass 
offering; for the place is holy. 

14 When the priests enter there- 
in, then shall they not go out of 
the holy place into the utter court, 
but there they shall lay their gar- 
ments wherein they minister; for 
they are holy; and shall put on 
other garments, and shall ap- 
proach to those things which are 
for the people. 

15 Now when he had made an 
end of measuring the inner 
house, he brought me forth to- 
ward the gate whose prospect is 
toward the east, and measured 
it round about. I 

16 He measured the east side 
with the measuring reed, five 
hundred reeds, with the measur- 
ing reed round about. { 

17 He measured the north side, 
five hundred reeds, with the 
measuring reed round about. 


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EZEKIEL, 43 


18 He measured the south side, 
five hundred reeds, with the 
measuring reed. 

19 4 He turned about to the 
west side, and measured five 
hundred reeds with the measur- 
ing reed. 

20 He measured it by the four 
sides: it hada wall round about, 
five hundred reeds long, and five 
hundred broad, to make a sepa- 
ration between the sauctuary and 
the profane place. _ 


845 CHAPTER 43 
1 Returning glory unto the tempte. 10 
Eixhortation to repentance. 13 Meas- 


ures and ordinances of the aitar. 
FTERWARD he brought me 
to the gate, even the gate 

that looketh toward the east: 

2 And, behold, the glory of the 
God of Is’ra-el came from the 
way of the east: and his voice 
was like a noise of many waters: 
and the earth shined with his 
Slory.iih): : 

3 And it was according to the 
appearance of the vision which I 
saw, even according to the vision 
that I saw when I came to de- 
stroy the city: and the visions 


were like the vision that I saw | th 


by the river Ché’bar; and I fell 
upon my face. 

4 And the glory of the LORD 
came into the house by the way 
of the gate whose prospect is to- 
ward the east. 

5 So the spirit took me up, and 
brought me into the inner court: 
and,, behold, the glory of the 
LORD filled the house. 

6 And I heard him speaking 
unto me out of the house; and 
the man stood by me. 

7 4 And he said unto me, Son 
of man, the place of my throne, 
and the place of the soles of my 
feet, where I will dwell in the 
midst of the children of is’ra-el 
for ever, and my holy name, shall 
the house of Is’ra-el no more 
defile, neither they, nor their 
kings, by their whoredom, nor 
by the carcases of their kings in 
their high places.’ 


God’s glory comes to the temple 


8 In their setting of their 
threshold by my thresholds, and 
their post by my posts, and the 
wall between me and them, they 
have even defiled my holy name 
by their abominations that they 
have committed: wherefore I 
have consumed them in mine 
anger. 

9 Now let them put away their 
whoredom, and the carcases of 
their kings, far from me, and I 
will dwell in the midst of them 
for ever. 

10 § Thou son of man, shew 
the house to the house of Is’ra-el, 
that they may be ashamed of 
their iniquities: and let them 
measure the pattern. 

11 And if they be ashamed of all 
that they have done, shew them 
the form of the house, and the 
fashion thereof, and the goings 
out thereof, and the comings in 
thereof, and all the forms thereof, 
and all the ordinances thereof, 
and all the forms thereof, and all | 
the laws thereof: and write if in 
their sight, that they may keep 
the whole form thereof, and ail - 
the ordinances thereof, and do 


em. 
12 This is the law of the house; 
Upon the top of the mountain 
the whole limit thereof round 
about shall be most holy. Be- 
hold, this is the law of the house. 

13 | And these are the meas- 
ures of the altar after the cubits: 
The cubit is a cubit and an hand 
breadth; even the bottom shall 
be a cubit, and the breadth a 
cubit, and the border thereof by 
the edge thereof round about 
shall be a span: and this shall 
be the higher place of the altar. 

14 And from the bottom upon 
the ground even to the lower 
settle shall be two cubits, and 
the breadth one cubit; and from 
the lesser settle even to the 
greater settle shall be four cubits, 
and the breadth one cubit. 

15 So the altar shall be four 
cubits; and from the altar and 
upward shall be four horns. 


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16 And the altar shall be twelve 
cubits long, twelve broad, square 
in the four squares thereof. 

17 And the settle shall be four- 
teen cubits long and fourteen 
broad in the four squares thereof; 
and the border about it shall be 
half a cubit; and the bottom 
thereof shall be a cubit about; 
and his stairs shall look toward 
the east. 

18 § And he said unto me, Son 
of man, thus saith the Lord GoD; 
These are the ordinances of the 
altar in the day when they shall 
make it, to offer burnt offerings 
thereon, and to sprinkle blood 


thereon. 

19 And thou shalt give to the 
priests the Lé’vites that be of the 
seed of Za’dok, which approach 
unto me, to minister unto me, 
saith the Lord GOD, a young 
bullock for a sin offering. 

20 And thou shalt take of the 
blood thereof, and put if on the 
four horns of it, and on the four 
corners of the settle, and upon 
the border round about: thus 
shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock 
also of the sin offering, and he 
shall burn it in the appointed 
place of the house, without the 
sanctuary. 

22 And on the second day thou 
shalt offer a kid of the goats with- 
out blemish for a sin offering; 
and they shall cleanse the altar, 
as they did cleanse it with the 
bullock. 

23 When thou hast made an 
end of cleansing if, thou shalt 
offer a young bullock without 
blemish, and a ram out of the 
flock without blemish. 

24 And thou shalt offer them 
before the LORD, and the priests 
shall cast salt upon them, and 
they shall offer them up for a 
burnt offering unto the LORD. 

25 Seven days shalt thou pre- 
pare every day a goat for a sin 
offering: they shall also prepare 
a young bullock, and a ram out 
of the flock, without blemish. 


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26 Seven days shall they purge 
the altar and purify it; and they 
shall consecrate themselves. 

27 And when these days are 
expired, it shall be, that upon the 
eighth day, and so forward, the 
priests shall make your burnt 
offerings upon the altar, and your 
peace offerings; and I will ac- 
cept you, saith the Lord GoD. 


CHAPTER 44 846 
4 The north gate entrance. 9% Levites 
are reproved. 15 Sons of Zadok 
accepted. 17 Priests’ ordinances. 
HEN he brought me back the 
way of the gate of the out- 
ward sanctuary which looketh 
toward the east; and it was shut. 

2 Then said the LORD unto me; 
This gate shall be shut, it shail 
not be opened, and no man shall 
enter in by it; because the LORD, 
the God of is’ra-el, hath entered 
in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 

3 It is for the prince; the 
prince, he shall sit in it to eat 
bread before the LORD; he shall 
enter by the way of the porch of 
that gate, and shall go out by the 
way of the same. 

4 4 Then brought he me the 
way of the north gate before the 
house: and I looked, and, be- 
hold, the glory of the LORD filled 
the house of the LORD: and I 
fell upon my face. _- 

5 And the LORD said unto me, 
Son of man, mark well, and be- 
hold with thine eyes, and hear 
with thine ears all that I say unto 
thee concerning all the_ ordi- 
nances of the house of the LORD, 
and all the laws thereof; and 
mark well the entering in of the 
house, with every going forth of 
the sanctuary. 

6 And thou shalt say to the 
rebellious, even to the house of 
is’ra-el, Thus saith the Lord 
Gop; O ye house of Is’ra-el, 
let it suffice you of all your 
abominations, : 

In that ye have brought into 
my sanctuary strangers, uncif- 
cumcised in heart, and uncircum- 


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EZEKIEL, 44 


cised in flesh, to be in my sanc- 
tuary, to pollute it, even my 
house, when ye offer my bread, 
the fat and the blood, and they 
have broken my covenant be- 
cause of all your abominations. 

8 And ye have not kept the 
charge of mine holy things: but 
ye have set keepers of my charge 
in my sanctuary for your- 
selves. 

9 q Thus saith the Lord GOD; 
No stranger, uncircumcised in 
heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, 
shall enter into my sanctuary, of 
any stranger that is among the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

10 And the Lé’vites that are 
gone away far from me, when 
Is’ra-el went astray, which went 
astray away from me after their 
1a sa shall even bear their 
iniqui 

11 Yor they shall be ministers 
in my] sanctuary, having charge 
at the gates of the house, and 
ministering to the house: they 
shali slay the burnt offering and 
the sacrifice for the people, and 
they shall stand before them to 
minister unto them. 

12 Because they ministered unto 
them before their idols, and 
caused the house of Is’ra-el to 
fall into inquity; therefore have 
I lifted up mine hand against 
them, saith the Lord GOD, and 
they shall bear their iniquity. 

13 And they shall not come 
near unto me, to do the office of a 
priest unto me, nor to come near 
to any of my holy things, in the 
most holy place: but they shall 
bear their shame, and their 
abominations which they have 
committed. 

14 ButI will make them keep- 
ers of the charge of the house, for 
all the service thereof, and for all 
that shall be done therein. 

15 ¢ But the priests the Lé’- 
vites, the sons of Za’dodk, that 
kept the charge of my sanctuary 
when the children of fIs’ra-el 
went astray from me, they shall 
come near to me to minister unto 


The sons of Zadok 


me, and they shall stand before 
me to offer unto me the fat and 
the blood, saith the Lord Gop: 

16 They shall enter into my 
sanctuary, and they shall come 
near to my table, to minister 
unto me, and they shall keep my 
charge. 

17 4 And it shall come to pass, 
that when they enter in at the — 
gates of the inner court, they 
shall be clothed with linen gar- 
ments; and no wool shall come 
upon them, whiles they minister 
in the gates of the inner court, 
and within. 

18 They shall have linen bon- 
nets upon their heads, and shall 
have linen breeches upon their 
loins; they shail not gird them- 
selves with any thing that caus- 
eth sweat. 

19 And when they go forth into 
the utter court, even into the 
utter court to the people, they 
shall put off their garments 
wherein they ministered, and lay - 
them in the holy chambers, and 
they shall put on other garments} 
and they shall not sanctify the 
people with their garments. 

20 Neither shall they shave 
their heads, nor suffer their locks 
to grow long; they shall only 
poll their heads. 

21 Neither shail any priest 
drink wine, when they enter into 
the inner court. 

22 Neither shall they take for 
their wives a widow, nor her that 
is put away: but they shall take 
maidens of the seed of the hcuse 
of is’ra-el, ora widow that hada 
priest before. 

23 And they shall teach my 
people the difference between the 
holy and profane, and cause them 
to discern between the unclean 
and the clean. 

24 And in controversy they 
shall stand in judgment; and 
they shall judge it according to 
my judgments: and they shail 
keep my laws and my statutes 
in all mine assemblies; and they 
shall hallow my sabbaths, 


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25 And they shall come at no 
dead person to defile themselves: 
but for father, or for mother, or 
for son, or for daughter, for 
brother, or for sister that hath 
had no husband, they may defile 
themselves. 

26 And after he is cleansed, 
they shall reckon unto him seven 


ays. 

27 And in the day that he goeth 

into the sanctuary, unto the inner 
court, to minister in the sanc- 
-tuary, he shall offer his sin 
_ offering, saith the Lord GOD. 
28 And it shall be unto them for 
an inheritance: I am their in- 
heritance: and ye shall give them 
mo possession in Is’ra-el: I am 
_ their possession. 

29 They shall eat the meat of- 
fering, and the sin offering, and 
the trespass offering; and every 
dedicated thing in Is’ra-el shall 
be theirs. 

30 And the first of all the 
firstfruits of all things. and every 
oblation of all, of every sort of 
your oblations, shall be the 
priest’s: ye shail also give unto 
the priest the first of your dough, 
that he may cause the blessing to 
rest in thine house. 

31 The priests shall not eat of 
any thing thatis dead of itself, or 
torn, whether it be fowl or beast. 


847 CHAPTER 45 
Partition of land for sanctuary, city, 
and prince. 


OREOVER, when ye shall 

divide by lot the land for 
inheritance, ye shall offer an 
oblation unto the LORD, an holy 
portion of the land: the length 
shall be the length of five and 
twenty thousand reeds, and the 
breadth shall be ten thousand. 
This shail be holy in all the 
borders thereof round about. 

2 Of this there shall be for the 
sanctuary five hundred inlength, 
with five hundred in breadth, 
square round about; and fifty 
cubits round about for the sub- 
urbs thereof. 


EZEKIEL, 45 


3 And of this measure shalt 
thou measure the length of five 
and twenty thousand, and the 
breadth of ten thousand: and in 
it shall be the sanctuary and the 
most holy place. 

4 The holy portion of the land 
shall be for the priests the min- 
isters of the sanctuary, which 
shall come near to minister unto 
the LORD: and it shall be a 
place for their houses, and an 
holy place for the sanctuary. 

5 And the five and twenty 
thousand of length, and the ten © 
thousand of breadth, shall also 
the Lé’vites, the ministers of the 
house, have for themselves, for a 
possession for twenty chambers. 

And ye shall appoint the 
possession of the city five thou- 
sand broad, and five and twenty 
thousand long, over against the 
oblation of the holy portion: it 
shall be for the whole house of 
Is’ra-el. : 

7 4 And a portion shall be for 
the prince on the one side and on 
the other side of the oblation of 
the holy portion, and of the pos- 
session of the city, before the ob- 
lation of the holy portion, and 
before the possession of the city, 
from the west side westward, 
and from the east side eastward: 
and the length shall be over 
against one of the portions, from 
the west border-unto the east 
border. 

8 In the land shall be his pos- 
session in Is’ra-el: and my prin- 
ces shall no more oppress my 
people; and the rest of the land 
shall they give to the house of 
is’ra-el according to their tribes. 

9 ¥ Thus saith the Lord Gob; 
Let it suffice you, O princes of 
Is’ra-el: remove violence .and 
spoil, and execute judgment and 
justice, take away your exac- 
tions from my people, saith the 
Lord GOD. 

10 Ye shall have just balances, 
and a just ephah, and a just bath. 

11 Theephah and the bath shail 
be of one measure, that the bath 


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EZEKIEL, 46 


may contain the tenth part of an 
homer, and the ephah the tenth 
part of an homer: the measure 
thereof shall be after the homer. 

12 And the shekel shall be 
twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, 
five and twenty shekels, fifteen 
shekels, shall be your maneh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye 
shall offer: the sixth part of an 
ephah of an homer of wheat, and 
ye shall give the-sixth part of an 
ephah of an homer of barley: 

14 Concerning the ordinance o 
oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer 
the tenth part of a bath out of the 
cor, which is an homer of ten 
baths; for ten baths are an 
homer: 

15 And one lamb out of the 
flock, out of two hundred, out of 
the fat pastures of Is’ra-el; for 
a meat offering, and for a burnt 
offering, and for peace offerings, 
to make peconeiialgs for them, 
pas the Lord Go 

6 All the ee of the land 
shall give this oblation for the 
prince in Is’ra-el. 

17 And it shall be the prince’s 
part fo give burnt offerings, and 
meat offerings, and drink offer- 
ings, in the feasts, and in the new 
moons, and in the sabbaths, in all 
solemnities of the house of is’- 
ra-el: he shall prepare the sin 
offering, and the meat offering, 
and the burnt offering, and the 
peace offerings, to make rec- 
onciliation for the house of 
Is’ra-el. 

18 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
In the first month, in the first day 
of the month, thou shalt take a 
young bullock without blemish, 
and cleanse the sanctuary: 

19 And the priest shall take of 
the blood of the sin offering, and 
put 7¢ upon the posts of the house, 
and upon the four corners of the 
settle of the altar, and upon the 
posts of the gate of the inner 
court. 

20 And so thou shalt do the 
seventh day of the month for 
every one that erreth, and for 


Ordinances for prince and people 


him that is simple: so shall ye 
reconcile the house. 

21 In the first month, in the 
fourteenth day of the month, ye 
shall have the passover, a feast 
of seven days; unleavened bread 
shall be eaten. 

22 And upon that day shall 
the prince prepare for himself 
and for all the people of the land 
a bullock for a sin offering. 

23 And seven days of the feast 
he shall prepare a burnt offering 
to the LORD, seven bullocks and 
seven rams without blemish daily 
the seven days; and a_ kid of the 
goats daily for a sin offering. 

24 And he shall prepare a meat 
offering of an ephah for a bullock, 
and an ephah for a ram, and an 
hin of oil for an ephah. 

25 In the seventh month, in the 
fifteenth day of the month, shall 
he do the like in the feast of the 
seven days, according to the sin 
offering, according to the burnt — 
offering, and according to the 
ie On aes and according to 

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CHAPTER 46 848 
Ordinances for prince and people in 
worship. 


SRM saith the Lord GOD; 
The gate of the inner court 
that looketh toward the east shall 
be shut the six working days; but 
on the sabbath it shall be opened, 
and in the day of the new moon it 
an be opened. 

2 And the prince shall enter by 
the way of the porch of that gate 
without, and shall stand by the 
post of the gate, and the priests 
shall prepare his burnt offering 
and his peace offerings, and he 
shali worship at the threshold of 
the gate: then he shall go forth; 
but the gate shall not be shut 
until the evening. 

3 Likewise the people of the 
land shall worship at the door of 
this gate before the LORD in the 
sabbaths and in the new moons. 

4 And the burnt offering that 
the prince shall offer unto the 


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Ordinances for prince and people 


_LORD in the sabbath day shail be 
“six lambs without blemish, and a 
ram. without blemish. 

-5 And the meat offering shall 
_be an ephah for a ram, and the 
_mneat offering for the lambs as he 
shall be able to give, and an hin 

of oil to an ephah. 

_ 6 And in the day of the new 
moon if shall be a young bullock 
without blemish, and six lambs, 
and aram: they shall be without 
blemish. 

7 And he shall prepare a meat 
offering, an ephah for a bullock, 
and an ephah for a ram, and for 
the lambs according as his hand 
shall attain unto, and an hin of 
oil to an ephah. 

8 And when the prince shall 
enter, he shall go in by the way 
of the porch of that gate, and he 
shall go forth by the way thereof. 

9 § But when the people of the 
land shall come before the LORD 
in the solemn feasts, he that en- 
tereth in by the way of the north 
gate to worship shall go out by 
the way of the south gate; and 
he that entereth by the way of the 
south gate shall go forth by the 
way of the north gate: he shall 
not return by the way of the gate 
whereby he came in, but shall go 
forth over against it. ; 
-10 And the prince in the midst 
of them, when they go in, shall 
go in; and when they go forth, 
shall go forth. 

11 And in the feasts and in the 
solemnities the meat offering 
shall be an ephah to a bullock, 
and an ephah to a ram, and to the 
lambs as he is able to give, and 
an hin of oil to an ephah. 

12 Now when the prince shall 
prepare a voluntary burnt offer- 
ing or peace offerings voluntarily 
unto the LORD, one shall then 
open him the gate that looketh to- 
ward the east, and he shall pre- 
pare his burnt offering and his 
peace offerings, as he did on the 
sabbath day: then he shall go 
forth; and after his going forth 
one shali shut the gate. 





EZEKIEL, 46 


13 Thou shalt daily prepare a 
burnt offering unto the LORD ofa 
lamb of the first year without 
blemish: thou shalt prepare it 
every morning. 

14 And thou shalt prepare a 
meat offering for it every morn- 
ing, the sixth part of an ephah, 
and the third part of an hin of oil, 
to temper with the fine flour; a 
meat offering continually by a per- 
petual ordinance unto the LORD. 

15 Thus shall they prepare the 
lamb, and the meat offering, and 
the oil, every morning for a con- 
tinual burnt offering. 

16 4 Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
If the prince give a gift unto any 
of his sons, the inheritance there- 
of shall be his sons’; it shall be 
their possession by inheritance. 

17 But if he give a gift of his in- 
heritance to one of his servants, 
then it shall be his to the year of 
liberty; after it shall return to the 
prince: but his inheritance shall 
be his sons’ for them. 

18 Moreover the prince shall 
not take of the people’s inherit- 
ance by oppression, to thrust 
them out of their possession; buf 
he shail give his sons inheritance 
out of his own possession: that 
my people be not scattered every 
man Sete his possession. 

19 §¢ After he brought me 
through the entry, which was at 
the side of the gate, into the holy 
chambers of the priests, which 
locked toward the north: and, 
behold, there was a place on the 
two sides westward. 

20 Then said he unto me, This 
is the place where the priests 
shall boil the trespass offering 
and the sin offering, where they 
shall bake the meat offering; 
that they bear them not out into 
the utter court, to sanctify the 
people. 

21 Then he brought me forth 
into the utter court, and caused 
me to pass by the four corners of 
the court; and, behold, in every 
corner of the court there was a 
court. 


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EZEKIEL, 47 


22 In the four corners of the 
court there were courts joined 
of forty cubits long and thirty 
broad: these four corners were 
of one measure. 

23 And there was a row of 
building round about in them, 
round about them four, and if 
was made with boiling places 
under the rows round about. 

24 Then said he unto me, These 
are the places of them that boil, 
where the ministers of the house 
shall boil the sacrifice of the 
people. 


849 CHAPTER 47 
1 Vision of holy waters. 6 The virtue 
He them. 22 Division of the land by 


FTERWARD he brought me 
again unto the door of the 
house; and, behold, waters is- 
sued out from under the threshold 
of the house eastward: for the 
forefront of the house stood to- 
ward the east, and the waters 
came down from under from the 
right side of the house, at the 
south side of the altar. 

2 Then brought he me out of the 
way of the gate northward, and 
led me about the way without un- 
to the utter gate by the way that 
looketh eastward; and, behold, 
sacte ran out waters on the right 
side. 

3 And when the man that had 
the line in his hand went forth 
eastward, he measured a thou- 
sand cubits, and he brought me 
through the waters; the waters 
were to the ancles. 

4 Again he measured a thou- 
sand, and brought me through 
the waters; the waters were to 
the knees. Again he measured a 
thousand, and brought me 
through; the waters were to the 
loins. 

5 Afterward he measured a 
thousand; and it was ariver that 
I could not pass over: for the 
waters were risen, waters to 
swim in, a river that could not be 
Passed over. 

6 ¥ And he said unto me, Son 


Viston of the holy waters 


of man, hast thou seen this? 
Then he brought me, and caused 
me to return to the brink of the 
ae 

7 Now when I had returned, 
behold, at the bank of the river 
were very many trees on the one 
side and on the other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These 
waters issue out toward the east 
country, and go down into the 
desert, and go into the sea: 
which being brought forth into 
the sea, the waters shall be 
healed. 

9 And it shall come to pass, 
that every thing that liveth, which 
moveth, whithersoever the rivers 
shall come, shall live: and there 
shall be a very great multitude of 
fish, because these waters shall 
come thither: for they shall be 
healed; and every thing shall 
live whither the river cometh. 

10 And it shall come to pass, 
that the fishers shall stand upon 
it from En-é’di even unto En- 
ég’la-im; they shall be a place to 
spread forth nets; their fish shall 
be according to their kinds, as the 
fish of the great sea, exceeding 
many. 

11 But the miry places thereof 
and the marishes thereof shall 
not be healed; they shall be given 
to salt. 

12 And by the river upon the 
bank thereof, on this side and on 
that side, shall grow ail trees for 
meat, whose leaf shall not fade, 
neither shall the fruit thereof be 
consumed: it shall bring forth 
new fruit according to his 
months, because their waters 
they issued out of the sanctuary: 
and the fruit thereof shall be for 
meat, and the leaf thereof for 
medicine. 

13 q Thus saith the Lord Gop; 
This shail be the border, whereby 
ye shall inherit the land accord- 
ing to the twelve tribes of is’ra-el: 
J6’seph shall have two portions. 

14 And ye shall inherit it, one 
as well as another: concerning 
the which I lifted up mine hand 


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| Portions of the tribes 


to give it unto your fathers: and 
this land shall fall unto you for 
inheritance. 
15 And this shall be the border 
of the land toward the north side, 
from the great sea, the way of 
-Hétb’lon, as men go to Zé’dad; 
16 Ha’math, Bé-rd’thah, Sib’- 
-ta-im, which is between the bor- 

der of Da-mas’cus and the border 
of Ha’math; Ha/’zar-hat’ti-con, 

which is by the coast of Hau’ran. 

17 And the border from the sea 

shall be Ha/’zar—é’nan, the bor- 
der of Da-mas’cus, and the north 
northward, and the border of Ha’- 
math. And this is the north side. 

18 And the east side ye shall 
measure from MHau’ran, and 
from D4a-mas’cus, and from 
Gil’e-dd, and from the land of 
is’ra-el by Jér’dan, from the 
border unto the east sea. And 
this:is the east side. 

19 And the south side south- 
ward, from Ta’mar even to the 
waters of strife in Ka’desh, the 
river to the greatsea. And this 
is the south side southward. 

20 The west side also shall be 
the great sea from the border, till 
@ man come over against Ha’- 
math. This is the west side. 

21 So shall ye divide this land 
unto you according to the tribes 
of Is’ra-el. 

22 4 And it shall come to pass, 
that ye shall divide it by lot for an 
inheritance unto you, and to the 
strangers that sojourn among 

you, which shall beget children 
among you: and they shall be 
unto you as born in the country 
among the children of Is’ra-el; 

_ they shall have inheritance with 

- you among the tribes of Is’ra-el. 

' 23 And it shall come to pass, 

' that in what tribe the stranger 
sojourneth, there shall ye give 
him his inheritance, saith the 
Lord GOD. 


850 CHAPTER 48 
Portions of the tribes and of the sanctuary. 


INO these are the names of 
the tribes. From the north 


EZEKIEL, 48 


end to the coast of the way of 
Héth’loén, as one goeth to Ha’- 
math, Ha’zar—é’nan, the border 
of Da-mas’cus northward, to the 
coast of Ha’math; for these are 
his sides east and west; a por- 
tion for Dan. 

2 And by the border of Dan, 
from the east side unto the west 
side, a portion for Ash’ér. 

3 And by the border of Ash’ér, 
from the east side even unto the 
west side, a! portion for Naph’ta-li. 

4 And by the border of Naph’- 
ta-li, from the east side unto the 
west side, a portion for Ma-nas’- 


seh. 

5 And by the border of Ma-nas’- 
seh, from the east side unto the 
west side, a portion forE’phra-im. 
_6 And by the border of E’phra- 
im, from the east side even_unto 
the west side, a portion for Rew’- 


ben. 

7 And by the border of Reu’ben, 
from the east side unto the west 
side, a portion for Ja’dah. 

8 4¥ And by the border of Ji’- 
dah, from the east side unto the 
west side, shall be the offering 
which ye shall offer of five 
and twenty thousand reeds in 
breadth, and in length as one 
of the other parts, from the 
east side unto the west side: 
and the sanctuary shall be in 
the midst of it. 

9 The oblation that ye shali 
offer unto the LORD shall be of 
five and twenty thousand in 
length, and of ten thousand in 
breadth. 

10 And for them, even for the 
priests, shall be this holy obla- 
tion; toward the north five and 
twenty thousand in length, and 
toward the west ten thousand in 
breadth, and toward the east ten 
thousand in breadth, and toward 
the south five and twenty thou- 
sand in length: and the sanc- 
tuary of the LORD shall be in the 
midst thereof. : 

11 It shall be for the priests 
that are sanctified of the sons of 
7a'dok; which have kept my 


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EZEKIEL, 48 


charge, which went not astray 
when the children of Is’ra-el went 
astray, as the Lé’vites went 
astray. 

12 And this oblation of the land 
that is offered shall be unto them 
a thing most holy by the border 
of the Lé’vites. 

13 And over against the border 
of the priests the Lé’vites shall 
have five and twenty thousand in 
length, and ten thousand in 
breadth: all the length shail be 
five and twenty thousand, and 
the breadth ten thousand. 

14 And they shall not sell of it, 
neither exchange, nor alienate the 
firstfruits of the land: for if is 
holy unto the LORD. 

15 { And the five thousand, 
that are left in the breadth over 
against the five and twenty thou- 
sand, shall be a profane place 
for the city, for dwelling, and for 
suburbs: and the city shail be in 
the midst thereof. 

16 And these shail be the meas- 
ures thereof; the north side four 
thousand and five hundred, and 
the south side four thousand and 
five hundred, and on the east side 
four thousand and five hundred, 
and the west side four thousand 
and five hundred. 

17 And the suburbs of the city 
shall be toward the north two 
hundred and fifty, and toward 
the south two hundred and fifty, 
and toward the east two hun- 
dred and fifty, and toward the 
west two hundred and fifty. 

18 And the residue in length 
over against the oblation of the 
holy portion shall be ten thou- 
sand eastward, and ten thousand 
westward: and it shall be over 
against the oblation of the holy 
portion; and the increase thereof 
shall be for food unto them that 
serve the city. 

19 And they that serve the city 
shall serve it out of all the tribes 
of Is’ra-el. 

20 All the oblation shall be five 
and twenty thousand by five and 
twenty thousand: ye shall offer 


Portions of the tribes 


the holy oblation foursquare, 
with the possession of the city. 

21 § And the residue shall be 
for the prince, on the one side and 
on the other of the holy oblation, 
and of the possession of the city, 
over against the five and twenty 
thousand of the oblation toward 
the east border, and westward 
over against the five and twenty 
thousand toward the west border, 
over against the portions for the 
prince: and it shall be the holy 
oblation; and the sanctuary of 
the house shall be in the midst 
thereof. 

22 Moreover from the posses- 
sion of the Lé’vites, and from the 
possession of the city, being in 
the midst of that which is the 
prince’s, between the border of 
Jii’dah and the border of Bén’ja- 
min, shall be for the prince. | 

23 As for the rest of the tribes, 
from the east side unto the west 
side, Bén’ja-min shall have a 
portion. ane 

24 And by the border of Bén’ja- 
min, from the east side unto the 
west side, Sim’e-on shall have a 
portion. 

25 And by the border of Sim’e- 
on, from the east side unto the 
west side, Is’sa-char a portion. 

26 And by the border of Is’sa- 
char, from the east side unto the 
west side, Zéb’u-lin a portion. — 

27 And by the border of Zéb’u- 
lin, from the east side unto the 
west side, Gad a portion. 

28 And by the border of Gad, at 
the south side southward, the 
border shail be even from Ta’- 
mar unto the waters of strife in 
Ka’desh, and to the river toward 
the great sea. f 

29 This is the land which ye 
shall divide by lot unto the tribes 
of is’ra-el for inheritance, and 
these are their portions, saith the 
Lord GoD. 

30 4 And these are, the goings 
out of the city on the north side, 
four thousand and five hundred 
measures. q 

31 And the gates of the city 


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Daniel at the king’s court 


shall be after the names of the 
tribes of Is’ra-el: three gates 
northward; one gate of Rey’ben, 
one gate of Ji’dah, one gate of 
Lé’vi. 

32 And at the east side four 
thousand and five hundred: and 
three gates; and one gate of Jo’- 
seph, one gate of Bén’ja-min, one 
gate of Dan. 

_ 33 And at the south side four 
thousand and five hundred meas- 





DANIEL, 1 


ures: and three gates; one gate 
of Sim’e-on, one gate of is’sa- 
char, one gate of Zéb’u-ltin 
At the west side four, thou- 
sand and five hundred, with their 
three gates; one gate of Gad, one 
pate of Ash’ér, one gate of Naph’- 
a= ° 
35 It was round abouteighteen 
thousand measures: and the 
name of the city from that day 
shall be, The LORD is there. 


THE 


BOOK OF DANIEL 


CHAPTER 1 


3 He and other 
17 


851 
1 Time of Daniel. 
princes are selected by Ashpenaz. 
Their wisdom. 
N the third year of the reign of 
Jé-hoi’a-kim king of Ji’dah 
came Néb-u-chad-néz’zar king 
of Bab’y-lon unto Jé-ry’sa-lém, 
and besieged it. : 

2 And the Lord gave Jé-hoi’a- 
kim king of Ji’dah into his hand, 

with part of the vessels of the 
house of God: which he carried 
into the land of Shi’nar to the 
house of his god; and he brought 
the vessels into the treasure 
house of his god. 

3 4 And the king spake unto 
Ash’pe-naz the master of his eu- 
puchs, that he should bring 
certain of the children of 
¥s’ra-el, and of the king’s seed, 
and of the princes; 

4 Children in whom was no 
blemish, but well favoured, and 
skilful in all wisdom, and cun- 
ning in knowledge, and under- 
standing science, and such as 
had ability in them to stand in 
the king’s palace, and whom 
they might teach the learning and 
the tongue of the Chal-dé’ans. 
And the king appointed them 
a daily provision of the king’s 
meat, and of the wine which he 
drank: so nourishing them three 
years, that at the end thereof 


they might stand before the 
ing. 

6 Now among these were of the 
children of Ja’dah, Daniel, Han- 

a-ni’ah, Mish’a-el, and Az-a- 
ri’ah: 

7 Unto whom the prince of the 
eunuchs gave names: for he 
gave unto Dan/‘iel the name of 
Beél-te-shaz’zar; and to Han-a- 
ni/ah, of Sha’drach; and to 
Mish’a-el, of Mé’shach; and to 
Az-a-ti’ah, of A-béd’—ne-g6. 

8 4 But Dan‘iel purposed in his 
heart that he would not defile 
himself with the portion of the 
king’s meat, nor with the wine 
which he drank: therefore he 
requested of the prince of the 
eunuchs that he might not defile 
himself. 

9 Now God had brought Dan’- 
iel into favour and tender love 
with the prince of the 
eunuchs. 

10 And the prince of the eunuchs 
said unto Dan‘iel, I fear my lord 
the king, who hath appointed 
your meat and your drink: for 
why should he see your faces 
worse liking than the children 
which are of your sort? then 
shall ye make me endanger my 
head to the king. 

11 Then said Dan’iel to Mél’- 
zat, whom the prince of the 
eunuchs had set over Dan’iel, 


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DANIEL, 2 


Han-a-ni’ah, Mish’a-el, and Az- 
a-ri’ah, 

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech 
thee, ten days; and let them give 
us pulse to eat, and water to 
drink. 

13 Then let our countenances 
be looked upon before thee, and 
the countenance of the children 
that eat of the portion of the 
king’s meat: and as thou seest, 
deal with thy servants. f 

14 So he consénted to them in 
this matter, and proved them ten 


ays. 

15 And at the end of ten 
days their countenances appeared 
fairer and fatter in flesh than 
all the children which did eat 
the portion of the king’s meat. 

16 Thus Mél’zar took away the 
portion of their meat, and the 
wine that they should drink; and 
gave them pulse. 

17 4 As for these four children, 
God gave them knowledge and 
skill in all learning and wisdom: 
and Dan’iel had understanding 
in all visions and dreams. 

18 Now at the end of the days 
that the king had said he should 
bring them in, then the prince of 
the eunuchs brought them in be- 
fore Néb-u-chad-néz’zar. 

19 And the king communed 
with them; and among them all 
was found none like Daéan/‘iel, 
Han-a-ni/ah, Mish’a-el, and 
Az-a-ri’/ah: therefore stood they 
before the king. \ 

20 And in all matters of wis- 
dom and understanding, that the 
king enquired of them, he found 
them ten times better than all the 
magicians and astrologers that 
were in all his realm. 

21 And Dan‘iel continued even 
unto the first year of king Cy’rus. 


852 CHAPTER 2 
1 Nebuchadnezzar forgets his dream. 
14 It is revealed to Daniel. 36 His 
inter pretation. 46 Daniel is ad- 
vanced. 
ND in the second year of the 
reign of Néb-u-chad-néz’- 


Nebuchadnezzar’s dream 


zar Néb-u-chad-néz’/zar dreamed 
dreams, wherewith his spirit 
was troubled, and his sleep 
brake from him. 

2 Then the king commanded to 
call the magicians, and the 
astrologers, and the sorcerers, 
and the Chal-dé’ans, for to shew 
the king his dreams. So they 
came and stood before the king. 

3 And the king said unto them, 
Ihave dreamed a dream, and my 
spirit was troubled to know the 
dream. 

4 Then spake the Chal-dé’ans 
to the king in Syr’i-ack, O king, 
live for ever: tell thy servants 
the dream, and we will shew the 
interpretation. 

5 The king answered and said 
to the Chal-dé’ans, The thing is 
gone from me: if ye will not 
make known unto me the dream, 
with the interpretation thereof, 
ye shall be cut in pieces, and 
your houses shall be made a 
dunghill. 

6 Butif ye shew the dream, and 
the interpretation thereof, ye 
shall receive of me gifts and re- 
wards and great honour: there- 
fore shew me the dream, and the 
interpretation thereof. _ 

They answered again and 
said, Let the king tell his servants 
the dream, and we will shew the 
interpretation of it. : 

8 The king answered and said, 
I know of certainty that ye would 
gain the time, because ye see the 
thing is gone from me. 

9 Butif ye will not make known 
unto me the dream, there is but 
one decree for you: for ye have 
prepared lying and corrupt words 
to speak before me, till the time 
be changed: therefore tell me the 
dream, and I shall know that ye 
can shew me the interpretation 
thereof. 

10 The Chal-dé’ans answered 
before the king, and said, There 
is not a man upon the earth that 
can shew the king’s matter: 
therefore there is no king, lord, 
nor ruler, fhat asked such things 


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Daniel offers to interpret the dream 
or astrologer, tt the darkness, and the light 


at any magician, 
or Chal-dé’an. c 

11 And if is a rare thing that the 
king requireth, and there is none 
other that can shew it before the 
king, except the gods, whose 
dwelling is not with flesh. 

12 For this cause the king was 
angry and very furious, and com- 
manded to destroy all the wise 
men of Bab’y-lon. 

13 And the decree went forth 
that the wise men should be 
slain: and they sought Dan’iel 
and his fellows to be slain. 

14 § Then Dan’iel answered 
with counsel and wisdom to 
A’ri-6ch the captain of the king’s 
guard, which was gone forth to 
slay the ,wise men of Bab’y- 


on: 

15 He answered and said to 
A’ri-6ch the king’s captain, Why 
is the decree so hasty from the 
king? Then A’ri-dch made the 
thing known to Dan’icl. | 
16 Then Dan’iel went in, and 
desired of the king that he would 
give him time, and that he would 
shew the king the interpretation. 

17 Then Dan’iel went to his 
house, and made the _ thing 
known to Han-a-ni’ah, Mish’a-el, 
and Az-a-ri’ah, his companions: 

i8 That they would desire 
mercies of the God of heaven 
concerning this secret; that 

Dan'iel and his fellows should 
not perish with the rest of the 
wise men of Bab’y-lon. 

19 4 Then was the secret re- 
vealed unto Daniel in a night 

tision. Then Dan/‘iel blessed 
the God of heaven. 

20 D&n’‘iel answered and said, 
Blessed be the name of God for 
ever and ever: for wisdom and 
mizht are his: 

21 And he changeth the times 
and the seasons: he removeth 
kings, and setteth up kings: he 
giveth wisdom unto the wise, and 
knowledge to them that know 
understanding: 

22 He revealeth the deep and 

secret things: he knoweth what 
: 64 


DANIEL, 2 


welleth with him. 

23 Ithank thee, and praise thee, 
O thou God of my fathers, who 
hast given me wisdom and might, 
and hast made known unto me 
now what we desired of thee: for 
thou hast now made known unto 
us the king’s matter. 

24 § Therefore Dan’iel went in 
unto A’ri-6ch, whom the king had 
ordained to destroy the wise men 
of Bab’y-lon: he_went and said 
thus unto him; Destroy not the 
wise men of Bab’y-lon: bring me 
in before the king, and I will 
shew unto the king the interpre- 
tation. E 

25 Then A’ri-é6ch brought in 
Daniel before the king in haste, 
and said thus unto him, I have 
found a man of the captives of 
Jua’dah, that will make known 
unto the king the interpretation. 

26 The king answered and said 
to Dan’iel, whose name was Béli- 
te-shaz’zar, Art thou able to 
make known unto me the dream 
which I have seen, and the in- 
terpretation thereof? 

27 Dan’‘iel answered in the 
presence of the king, and said, 
The secret which the king hath 
demanded cannot the wise men, 
the astrologers, the magicians, 
ee soothsayers, shew unto the 

Ing; 

28 But there isa God in heaven 
that revealeth secrets, and 
maketh known to the king Néb- 
u-chad-néz’zar what shall be in 
the latter days. Thy dream, and 
the visions of thy head upon thy 
bed, are these; 

29 As for thee, O king, thy 
thoughts came. into thy mind 
upon thy bed, what should come 
to pass hereafter: and he that 
revealeth secrets maketh known 
to thee what shall come to pass. 

30 But as for me, this secret is 
not revealed to me for any wise 
dom that I have more than any 
living, but for their. sakes that 
shall make known the interpre- 
tation to the king, and that thou 


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DANIEL, 2 


The dream and the interpretation 


mightest know the thoughts of | dom shall be divided; but there 


thy heart. 
31 § Thou, O king, 
and behold a great image. 


was excellent, stood before thee; 
and the form thereof was terrible. 


32 This image’s head was of 


fine gold, his breast and his arms 
of silver, his belly and his 
thighs of brass, 


33 His legs of iron, his feet part 


of iron and part of clay. 
34 Thou sawest till that a stone 
was cut out without hands, 


which smote the image upon his 


feet that were of iron and clay, 
and brake them to pieces. 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, 
the brass, the silver, and the gold, 
broken to pieces together, and 
became like the chaff of the sum- 
mer threshingfloors; and the 
wind carried them away, that no 
place was found for them: and 
the stone that smote the image 
became a great mountain, and 
filled the whole earth. 

36 4 Thisis the dream; and we 


will tell the interpretation thereof 


before the king. ; 

37 Thou, O king, art a king of 
kings: for the God of heaven 
hath given thee a kingdom, 
power, and strength, and glory. 

38 And wheresoever the chil- 
dren of men dwell, the beasts of 
the field and the fowls of the 
heaven hath he given into thine 
hand, and hath made thee ruler 
over them all. Thou art this 
head of gold. { 

39 And after thee shall arise 
another kingdom inferior to 
thee, and another third kingdom 
of brass, which shall bear rule 
over all the earth, ‘ 

40 And the fourth kingdom 
shall be strong as iron: foras- 
much as iron breaketh in pieces 
and subdueth all things: and as 
iron that breaketh all these, shall 
it break in pieces and bruise. 

41 And whereas thou sawest 
the feet and toes, part of potters’ 
clay, and part of iron, the king- 


sawest, 
Bi) his 
great image, whose brightness 


shall be in it of the strength 
of the iron, forasmuch as thou 
ape the iron mixed with miry 
clay. 

42 And as the toes of the feet 

were part of iron, and part of 
clay, so the kingdom shall be 
partly strong, and partly 
broken. 
_43 And whereas thou sawest 
iron mixed with miry clay, they 
shall mingle themselves with the 
seed of men: but they shall not 
cleave one to another, even 
as iron is not mixed with 
clay. / 

44 And in the days of these 
kings shall the God of heaven set 
up a kingdom, which shall never 
be destroyed: and the kingdom 
shall not be left to other people, 
but it shall break in pieces and 


consume all these kingdoms, and ) 


it shall stand for ever. 


45 Forasmuch as thou sawest_ 
that the stone was cut out of the 
mountain without hands, and 


that it brake in pieces the iron, 
the brass, the clay, the silver, and 
the gold; the great God hath 
made known to the king what 
shall come to pass hereafter: 
and the dream is certain, and the 


interpretation thereof sure. 


46 4 Then the king Néb-u- 
chad-néz’zar fell upon his face, 
and worshipped Dan/iel, and 
commanded that they should 
offer an oblation and sweet 
odous unto him. 


The king answered unto 


Dan’iel, and said, Of a truth it is, 
that your God is a God of gods, 


and a Lord of kings, and a re- 
vealer of secrets, seeing thou 


couldest reveal this secret. 


48 Then the king made Dan’‘iel © 


a great man, and gave him many 
great gifts, and made him ruler 
over the whole province of Bab’¥- 
lon, and chief of the governors 
over all the wise men of Bab’y- 


on. 
49 Then Dan’iel requested of 
the king, and he set Sha’drach, 


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Worship of the golden image 


Mé’shach, and A-béd’—ne-g6, over 
the affairs of the province of 
_Bab’y-lon: but Dan‘iel, sat in 
the gate of the king. 


853 CHAPTER 3 


1 The golden image set up. . 26 Deliv- 
ery of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego. 


EB-U-CHAD-NEZ’ZAR the 
king made an image of 
_ gold, whose heightwas threescore 
cubits, and the breadth thereof 
six cubits: he set it up in the 
plain of Dw’ra, in the province of 
Bab’y-lon. 

2 Then Néb-u-chad-néz’zar the 
king sent to gather together the 
princes, the governors, and the 
captains, the judges, the treas- 
urers, the counsellors, the sher- 
iffs, and all the rulers of the 
provinces, to come to the dedica- 
tion of the image which Néb-u- 
chad-néz’zar the king had set up. 

3 Then the princes, the govern- 
ors, and captains, the judges, the 
treasurers, the counsellors, the 
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the 
provinces, were gathered to- 
gether unto the dedication of the 
image that Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
the king had set up; and they 


stood before the image that Néb- | ki 


u-chad-néz’zar had set up. 

4 Then an herald cried aloud, 
To you it is commanded, 
people, nations, and languages, 

5 That at what time ye hear the 
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and 
all kinds of musick, ye fall down 
and worship the golden image 
that Néb-u-chad-néz’zar the king 
hath set up: 

6 And whoso falleth not down 
and worshippeth shall the same 
hour be cast into the midst of a 
burning fiery furnace. 

7 Therefore at that time, when 
all the people heard the sound of 
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, 
psaltery, and all kinds of musick, 
all the people, the nations, and 
the languages, fell down and 


DANIEL, 3 


worshipped the golden image that 
Néb-u-chad-néz’zar the king had 
set up. 

8 { Wherefore at that time cer- 
tain Chal-dé’ans came near, 
and accused the Jews. 


| 9 They spake and said to the 


king Néb-u-chad-néz’zar, 
king, live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, hast made a 
decree, that every man that shall 
hear the sound of the cornet, 
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, 
and dulcimer, and all kinds o 
musick, shall fall down and 
worship the golden image: 

11 And whoso falleth not down 
and worshippeth, that he should 
be cast into the midst of a burn- 
ing fiery furnace. 

12 There are certain Jews 
whom thou hast set over the 
affairs of the province of Bab’y- 
lon, Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and 
A-béd’—ne-g6; these men, 
king, have not regarded thee: 
they serve not thy gods, nor 
worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 

_13 4 Then Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
in his rage and fury commande 

to bring Sha’drach, Mé’shach, 
and A-béd’—ne-g6. Then they 
brought these men before the 


ng. 
14 Néb-u-chad-néz’zar spake 
and said unto them, Js it true, O 


O|Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and A- 


béd’—ne-g6, do not ye serve my 
gods, nor worship the golden 
image which I have set up? 

15 Now if ye be ready that at 
what time ye hear the sound of 
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, 
psaltery, and dulcimer, and all 
kinds of musick, ye fall down 
and worship the image which I 
have made; well: but if ye wor- 
ship not, ye shall be cast tre same 
hour into the midst of a burning 
fiery furnace; and who is that 
God that shall deliver you out of 
my hands? — | 

16 Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and 
A-béd’—ne-g6, answered and said 
to the king, O Néb-u-chad- 


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DANIEL, 4 


méz/zar, we are not careful to 
answer thee in this matter. 

17 If it be so, our God whom 
we serve is able to deliver us from 
the burning fiery furnace, and he 
will deliver us out of thine hand, 


king. 

18 Butif not, be it known unto 
thee, O king, that we will not 
serve thy gods, nor worship the 
golden image which thou hast 
set up. t 

19 § Then was Néb-u-chad- 
néz’zar full of fury, and the 
form of his visage was changed 
against Sha’drach, Mé’shach, 
and A-béd’—ne-g6: therefore he 
spake, and commanded that they 
should heat the furnace one 
seven times more than it was 
wont to be heated. 

20 And he commanded the 
most mighty men that were in 
his army to bind Sha’drach, 
Mé’shach, and A-béd’—ne-g6, and 
to cast them into the burning 
fiery furnace. 

21 Then these men were bound 
in their coats, their hosen, and 
their hats, and their other gar- 
ments, and were cast into the 
midst of the burning fiery fur- 
nace. : 

22 Therefore because the king’s 
commandment was urgent, and 
the furnace exceeding hot, the 
flame of the fire slew those 
men that took up Sha’drach, 
Mé’shach, and A-béd’—ne-g6. 

23 And these three men, 
Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and 
A-béd’—ne-g6, fell down bound 
into the midst of the burning 
fiery furnace. * 

24 Then WNeéb-u-chad-néz’zar 
the king was astonied, and rose 
up in haste, and spake, and said 
unto his counsellors, Did not 
we cast three men bound into the 
midst of the fire? They answered 
fa said unto the king, True, O 

ng. 

25 He answered and said, Lo, I 
see four men loose, walking in 
the midst of the fire, and they 
have no hurt; and the form of 


Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire 


a fourth is like the Son of 


od. 

26 4 Then Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
came near to the mouth of the 
burning fiery furnace, and spake, 
and said, Sha’drach, Mé’shach, 
and A-béd’—ne-g6, ye servants of 
the most high God, come forth, 
and come hither. Then Sha’- 
drach, Mé’shach, and A-béd’— 
ne-go, came forth of the midst of 
the fire. 

27 And the princes, governors, 
and captains, and the king’s 
counsellors, being gathered to- 
gether, saw these men, upon 
whose bodies the fire had no 
power, nor was an hair of their 
head singed, neither were their 
coats changed, nor the smell of 
fire had passed on them. 

28 Th 


en Néb-u-chad-néz’zar — 


spake, and said, Blessed be the — 


God of Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and 
A-béd’—ne-g6, who hath sent his 
angel, and delivered his servants 
that trusted in him, and have 
changed the king’s word, and 
yielded their bodies, that they 


might not serve nor worship any © 


god, except their own God. 

29 Therefore I make a dee 
cree, That every people, nation, 
and language, which speak any 
thing amiss against the God of 


Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and A- — 


béd’—ne-g6, shall be cut in 
pieces, and their houses shall be 
made a dunghill: because there 
is no other God that can deliver 
after this sort. 

30 Then the king promoted 
Sha’drach, Mé’shach, and A- 
béd’—ne-g6, in the province of 
Bab’y-lon. 

CHAPTER 4 854 


1 Nebuchadnezzar_acknowledges God's 


dominion. 4 Relates a dream. 19 
Daniel’s interpretation. 28 The 
dream fulfilled. 


EB-U-CHAD-NEZ’ZAR the 


king, unto all people, na- — 


tions, and languages, that dwell 


in all the earth; Peace be multi- | 


plied unto you. 
2 I thought it good to shew the 


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Nebuchadnezzar dreams again 


signs and wonders that the high 
God hath wrought toward me. 


3 How great are his signs! and|a watcher and an 


how mighty are his wonders! his 
kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and his dominion is from 
generation to generation. 
4 9 I Néb-u-chad-néz’zar was 
at rest in mine house, and flour- 
ishing in my palace: 
5 I saw a dream which made 

me afraid, and the thoughts 
upon my bed and the visions of 
my head troubled me. 

6 Therefore made I a decree to 
bring in the wise men of 
Bab’y-lon before me, that they 
might make known unto me the 
interpretation of the dream. 

Then came in the magicians, 
the astrologers, the Chal-dé’ans, 
and the soothsayers: and I told 
the dream before them; but they 
did not make known unto me the 
interpretation thereof. 

8 4 But at the last Dan’iel came 
in before me, whose name was 
Bél-te-shaz’zar, according to the 
name of my god, and in whom 
is the spirit oF the holy gods: and 
before him I told the dream, 
saying, 

9 O Bél-te-shaz’zar, master of 
the magicians, because I know 
that the spirit of the holy gods is 
in thee, and no secret troubleth 
thee, tell me the visions of my 
dream that I have seen, and the 
interpretation thereof. _ 

10 Thus were the visions of 
mine head in my bed; I saw, 
and behold a tree in the midst 
of the earth, and the height 
thereof was great. 

1 The tree grew, and was 
strong, and the height thereof 
reached unto heaven, and the 
sight thereof to the end of all the 
earth: 

12 The leaves thereof were fair, 
and the fruit thereof much, and 
init was meatforall: the beasts 
of the field had shadow under it, 
and the fowls of the heaven dwelt 
in the boughs thereof, and all 
flesh was fed of it. 


DANIEL, 4 


13 I saw in the visions of my 
head upon my bed, and, behold, 
holy one 
came down from heaven; 

14 He cried aloud, and said 
thus, Hew down the tree, and 
cut off his branches, shake off 
his leaves, and scatter his fruit: 
let the beasts get away from 
under it, and the fowls from his 
branches: 

15 Nevertheless leave the stump 
of his roots in the earth, even 
with a band of iron and brass, i in 
the tender grass of the field; and 
let it be wet with the dew of 
heaven, and let his portion be 
with the beasts in the grass of the 
earth: 4 

16 Let his heart be changed 
from man’s, and let a beast’s 
heart be given unto him; and let 
seven times pass over him. 

17 This matter is by the decree 
of the watchers, and the demand 
by the word of the holy ones: to 
the intent that the living may 
know that the most High ruleth 
in theikingdom of men, and giv- 
eth it to whomsoever he will, and 
setteth up over it the basest of 


men. 
18 This dream I king Néb-u- 
chad-néz’zar have seen. Now 
thou, O Bél-te-shaz’zar, declare 
the interpretation thereof, foras- 
much as all the wise men of my 
kingdom are not able to make 
known unto me the interpreta- 
tion: but thou art able; for the 
spirit of the holy gods is in thee. 
19 {| Then Dan’‘iel, whose name 
was Bél-te-shaz’zar, was as- 
tonied for one hour, and _ his 
thoughts troubled him. |The 
king spake, and said, Bél-te- 
shaz’zar, let not the dream, or 
the interpretation thereof, trouble 
thee. él-te-shaz’zar answered 
and said, My lord, the dream be 
to them that hate thee, and the 
interpretation thereof to thine 
enemies. 

20 The tree that thou sawest, 
which grew, and was strong, 
whose height reached unto the 


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DANIEL, 4 


heaven, and the sight thereof to 
all the earth; 

21 Whose leaves were fair, and 
the fruit thereof much, and in it 
was meat for all; under which 
the beasts of the field dwelt, and 
upon whose branches the fowls 
of the heaven had their habita- 
ion: 

22 It is thou, O king, that art 
grown and become strong: for 
thy greatness is grown, and 
reacheth unto heaven, and thy 
dominion to the end of the earth. 

23 And whereas the king saw a 
watcher and an holy one coming 
down from heaven, and saying, 
Hew the tree down, and destroy 
it; yet leave the stump of the 
roots thereof in the earth, even 
with a band of iron and brass, in 
the tender grass of the field; and 
let it be wet with the dew of 
heaven, and let his portion be 
with the beasts of the field, till 
seven times pass over him; 

24 This is the interpretation, O 

g, and this 7s the decree of the 
most High, which is come upon 
my lord the king: 

25 That they shall drive thee 
from men, and thy dwelling shall 
be with the beasts of the field, and 
they shall make thee to eat grass 
as oxen, and they shall wet thee 
with the dew of heaven, and 
seven times shall pass over thee, 
till thou know that the most 
High ruleth in the kingdom of 
men, and giveth it to whomso- 
ever he will. 

26 And whereas they com- 
manded to leave the stump of the 
tree roots; thy kingdom shall be 
sure unto thee, after that thou 
shalt have known that the heav- 
ens do rule. 

27 Wherefore, O king, let my 
counsel be acceptable unto thee, 
and break off thy sins by right- 
eousness, and thine iniquities by 
shewing mercy to the poor; if it 
may be a lengthening of thy 
tranquillity. — 

28 { All this came upon the 
king Néb-u-chad-néz’zar. 


Daniel interprets the dream 


29 At the end of twelve months 
he walked in the palace of the 
kingdom of Bab’y-lon. ) 

30 The king spake, and said, Is 
not this great Bab’y-lon, that I 
have built for the house of the 
kingdom by the might of my 
power, and for the honour of my 
majesty? : 

31 While the word was in the 
king’s mouth, there fell a voice 
from heaven, saying, O king 
Néb-u-chad-néz’zar, to thee it is 
spoken; The kingdom is depart- 
ed from thee. ; 

32 And they shall drive thee 
from men, and thy dwelling shail 
be with the beasts of the field: 
they shall make thee to eat grass 
as oxen, and seven times shall 
pass over thee, until thou know 
that the most High ruleth in the 
kingdom of men, and giveth it to 
whomesoever he will. 

33 The same hour was the 
thing fulfilled upon Néb-u-chad- 
néz/zar: and he was driven from 
men, and did eat grass as oxen, 
and his body was wet with the 
dew of heaven, till his hairs were 
grown like eagles’ feathers, and 
his nails like birds’ claws. 

34 And at the end of the days I 
Néb-u-chad-néz’zar lifted up 
mine eyes unto heaven, and mine 
understanding returned unto me, 
and I blessed the most High, and 
I praised and honoured him that 
liveth for ever, whose dominion 
is an everlasting dominion, and 
his kingdom is from generation 
to generation: ' ¢ 

35 And all the inhabitants of 
the earth are reputed as nothing: 
and he doeth according to his 
will in the army of heaven, and 
among the inhabitants of the 
earth: and none can stay his 
hand, or say unto him, What 
doest thou? ; 

36 At the same time my reason 
returned unto me; and for the 
glory of my kingdom, mine hon- 
our and brightness returned unto 
me; and my counsellors and my 
lords sought unto me; and I was 


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Belshazzar’s feast 


established in my kingdom, and 
excellent majesty was added un- 


to me. 

37 Now I Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
praise and extol and honour the 
King of heaven, all whose works 
are truth, and his ways judg- 
ment: and those that walk in 
pride he is able to abase. 


855 CHAPTER 5 
1 Impious feast of Belshazzar. 5 A 
handwriting on the wall. 25 Daniel's 


interpretation. 30 Belshazzar is 
slain and the Medes take possession 
of the monarchy. 
BEL-SHAZ’ZAR the king 
made a great feast to a 
thousand of his lords, and drank 
wine before the thousand. 

2 Bél-shaz’zar, whiles he tasted 
the wine, commanded to bring 
the golden and silver vessels 
which his father Néb-u-chad- 
néz’zar had taken out of the 
temple which was in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém; that the king, and his 
princes, his wives, and his con- 
cubines, might drink therein. 

3 Then they brought the golden 
vessels that were taken out of 
the temple of the house of God 
which was at Jé-ru’sad-lém; and 
the king, and his princes, his 
wives, and his concubines, drank 
in them. ‘ ‘ 

4 They drank wine, and praised 
the gods of gold, and of silver, of 
brass, of iron, of wood, and of 
stone. 

5 4In the same hour came 
forth fingers of a man’s hand, and 
wrote over against the candle- 
stick upon the plaister of the wall 
of the king’s palace: and the 
king saw the part of the hand 
that wrote. | 

6 Then the king’s countenance 
was changed, and his thoughts 
troubled him, so that the joints 
of his loins were loosed, and his 
knees smote one against another. 
_7 The king cried aloud to bring 
in the astrologers, the Chal-dé’- 
ans, and the soothsayers. And 
the king spake, and said to the 
wise men of Bab’y-lon, Whoso- 


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ever shall read this writing, and 
shew me the interpretation there- 
of, shall be clothed with scarlet, 
and have a chain of gold about 
his neck, and shall be the third 
ruler in the kingdom. 

8 Then came in al! the king’s 
wise men: but they could not 
read the writing, nor make known 
to the king the interpretation 
thereof. 

9 Then was king Bél-shaz/zar 
greatly troubled, and his coun- 
tenance was changed in him, and 
his lords were astonied. 

10 9% Now the queen by reason 
of the words of the king and his 
lords came into the banquet 
house:_and the queen spake and 
said, O king, live for ever: let 
not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor 


-let thy countenance be changed: 


11 There is a man in thy king- 
dom, in whom is the spirit of the 
holy gods; and in the days of thy 
father light and understanding 
and wisdom, like the wisdom of 
the gods, was found in him; 
whom the king Néb-u-chad- 
néz’zar thy father, the king, / 
say, thy father, made master of 
the magicians, astrologers, Chal- 
dé’ans, and soothsayers; 

12 Forasmuch as an excellent 
spirit, and knowledge, and un- 
derstanding, interpreting of 
dreams, and shewing of hard 
sentences, and dissolving of 
doubts, were found in the same 
Dan‘iel, whom the king named 
Bél-te-shaz’zar: now let Dan’iel 
be called, and he will shew the 
interpretation. ; 

13 Then was Dan’iel brought in 
before the king. And the king 
spake and said unto Dan’iel, Art 
thou that Dan‘iel, which art of 
the children of the captivity of 
Ta’dah, whom the king my fa- 
ther brought out of Jew’ry? 

14 I have even heard of thee, 
that the spirit of the gods is in 
thee, and that light and under- 
standing and excellent wisdom 
is found in thee. ; 

15 And now the wise men, the 


DANIEL, 6 


astrologers, have been brought in 
before me, that they should read 
this writing, and make known 
unto me the interpretation there- 
of: but they could not shew the 
interpretation of the thing: 

16 And I have neard of thee, 
that thou canst make interpre- 
tations, and dissolve doubts: 
now if thou canst read the writ- 
ing, and make known to me the 
interpretation thereof, thou shalt 
be clothed with scarlet, and have 
a chain of gold about thy neck, 
and shalt be the third ruler in the 
kingdom. 

17 ¢ Then Dan’iel answered 
and said before the king, Let thy 
gifts be to thyself, and give thy 
rewards to another; yet I will 
read the writing unto the king, 
and make known to him the 
interpretation. { 

18 O thou king, the most high 
God gave Néb-u-chad-néz’zar 
thy father a kingdom, and ma- 
jesty, and glory, and honour: 

19 And for the majesty that he 
gave him, all people, nations, 
and languages, trembled and 
feared before him: whom he 
would he slew; and whom he 
would he kept alive; and whom 
he would he set up; and whom 
he would he put down. 

20 But when his heart was 
lifted up, and his mind hardened 
in pride, he was deposed: from 
his kingly throne, and they took 
his glory from him: | 

21 And he was driven from the 
sons of men; and his heart was 
made like the beasts, and his 
dweiling was with the wild asses: 
they fed him with grass like oxen, 
and his body was wet with the 
dew of heaven; till he knew 
that the most high God ruled in 

e kingdom of men, and that he 
ae Cointeth over it whomsoever 
he will. 

22 And thou his son, O Bél- 
shaz’zar, hast not humbled thine 
heart, though thou knewest all 


this 
23 But hast lifted up thyself 


The writing on the wall 


against the Lord of heaven; and 
they have brought the vessels of 
his house before thee, and thou, 
and thy lords, thy wives, and thy 
concubines, have drunk wine in 
them; and thou hast praised the 
gods of silver, and gold, of brass, 
iron, wood, and stone, which see 
not, nor hear, nor know: and the 
God in whose hand thy breath 
is, and whose are all thy ways, 
hast thou not glorified: 

24 Then was the part of the 
hand sent from him; and this 
writing was written. a5 

25 g And this is the writing 
that was written, ME’NE, ME’- 
NE, TE’KEL, U-PHAR’SIN. 

26 This is the interpretation of 
the thing: ME’NE; God hath 
numbered thy kingdom, and 
finished it. 

_27 TE/KEL; Thou art weighed 
in the balances, and art found 
wanting. 

28 PER’ES; Thy kingdom is di- 
vided, and given to the Médes 
and Pér’sians. é 

29 Thencommanded Bél-shaz’- 
zar, and they clothed Dan’iel 
with scarlet, and put a chain of 
gold about his neck, and made 
a proclamation concerning him, 
that he should be the third ruler 
in the kingdom. 

30 YJ In that night was Bél- 
shaz’zar the king of the Chal- 
dé’ans slain. 

31 And D4&-ri’us the Mé’di-an 
took the kingdom, being about 
threescore and two years old. 


CHAPTER 6 856 


1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents. 
4 A conspiracy. 16 He is cast into 
the lions’ den. 18 His deliverance. 
T pleased Da-ri’us to set over 

the kingdom an hundred and 
twenty princes, which should be 
over the whole kingdom; 

2 And over these three presi- 
dents; of whom Dan’‘iel was 
first: that the princes might give 
accounts unto them, and the king 
should have no damage. 

3 Then this Dan’iel was pre- 


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ferred above the presidents and 
Princes, because an _ excellent 
spirit was in him; and the king 
thought to set him over the whole 
realm. 

4 4 Then the presidents and 
princes sought to find occasion 
against Dan/iel concerning the 
kingdom; but they could find 
none occasion nor fault; foras- 
much as he was faithful, neither 
was there any error or fault 
found in him. 

5S Then said these men, We 
shall not find any occasion 
against this Daniel, except we 
find it against him concerning the 
law of his God. 

6 Then these presidents and 
princes assembled together. to 
the king, and said thus unto him, 
King Da-ri’us, live forever. | 

7 All the presidents of the king- 
dom, the governors, and the 
princes, the counsellors, and the 
captains, have consulted to- 
gether to establish a royal statute, 
and to make a firm decree, that 
whosoever shall ask a petition of 
any God or man for thirty days, 
save of thee, O king, he shall be 
cast into the den of lions. 

8 Now, O king, establish the 
decree, and sign the writing, that 
it be not changed, according to 
the law of the Médes and Pér’- 
sians, which altereth not. __ 

Wherefore king Dé-ri’us 
signed the writing and the 
decree. 

10 § Now when Daniel knew 
that the writing was signed, he 
went into his house: and his 
windows being open in his 
chamber toward Jé-ru’sd-lém, 
he kneeled upon his knees three 
times a day, and prayed, and 
gave thanks before his God, as he 
did aforetime. 

11 Then these men assembled, 
and found Dan‘iel praying and 
ett supplication before his 

od. 

12 Then they came near, and 
spake before the king concerning 
the king’s decree; Hast thou not 


DANIEL, 6 


signed a decree, that every man 
that shall ask a petition of any 
God or man within thirty days, 
save of thee, O king, shall be cast 
into the den of lions? The king 
answered and said, The thing is 
true, according to the law of the 
Médes and Pér’sians, which al- 
tereth not. 

13 Then answered they and 
said before the king, That Dan’- 
iel, which is of the children of 
the captivity of Ji’dah, regard- 
eth not thee, O king, nor the 
decree that thou hast signed, but 
make his petition three times a 

ay. 

14 Then the king, when he 
heard these words, was sore 
displeased with himself, and set 
his heart on Dan’iel to deliver 
him: and he laboured till the 
poine down of the sun to deliver 


im. 

15 Then these men assembled 
unto the king, and said unto the 
king, Know, O king, that the law 
of the Médes and Pér’sians is, 
That no decree nor statute which 
the king establisheth may be 
changed. 

16 Then the king commanded, 
and they brought Daniel, and 
cast him into the den of lions. 
Now the king spake and said 
unto Dan’‘iel, Thy God whom 
thou servest continually, he will 
deliver thee. 

17 And a stone was brought, 
and laid upon the mouth of the 
den; and the king sealed it with 
his own signet, and with the 
signet of his lords; that the pur- 
pose might not be changed con- 
cerning Dan ‘iel. rf 

18 ¢ Then the king went to his 
palace, and passed the night fast- 
ing: neither were instruments of 
musick brought before him: and 
his sleep went from him. 

19 Then the king arose very 
early in the morning, and went in 
haste unto the den of lions. 

20 And when he came to the 
den, he cried with a lamentable 
voice unto Dan’iel: and the king 


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spake and said to Dan’‘iel, O 
Dan’‘iel, servant of the living 
God, is thy God, whom thou 
servest continually, able to de- 
liver thee from the lions? 

21 Then said Dan’iel unto the 
king, O king, live for ever. | 

22 My God hath sent his an- 
gel, and hath shut the lions’ 
mouths, that they have not hurt 
me: forasmuch as before him 
innocency was found in me; and 
also before thee, O king, have I 
done no hurt. : 

23 Then was the king exceeding 
glad for him, and commanded 
that they should take Dan’iel up 
out of the den. So Dan/‘iel was 
taken up out of the den, and no 
manner of hurt was found upon 
him, because he believed in his 


God. 

24 § And the king commanded, 
and they brought those men 
which had accused Dan’‘iel, and 
they cast them into the den of 
lions, them, their children, and 
their wives; and the lions had 
the mastery of “hea and brake all 
their bones in pieces or ever they 
came at the bottom of the den. 

25 ¥ Then king Da-ri’us wrote 
unto all people, nations, and lan- 
guages, that dwell in all the 
a Peace be multiplied unto 


736 I make a decree, That in 
every dominion of my kingdom 
men tremble and fear before the 
God of Dan/’iel: for he 7s the 
living God, and stedfast for ever, 
and his kingdom that which shall 
not be destroyed, and his domin- 
ion shall be even unto the end. 

27 He delivereth and rescueth, 
and he worketh signs and 
wonders in heaven and in earth, 
who hath delivered Dan’iel from 
the power of the lions. 

28 So this Dan‘iel prospered in 
the reign of Da-ri’us, and in the 
reign of Cy’rus the Pér’sian. 


857 CHAPTER 7 
1 Daniel’s vision of four beasts and of 


oo s kingdom. 15 The interpreta- 
On 


Daniel’s vision of the four beasts 


N the first year of Bél-shaz’zar 

king of Bab’y-lon Dan’‘iel had 

a dream and visions of his head 

upon his bed: then he wrote the 

dream, and told the sum of the 
matters. 

2 Dan’iel spake and said, Isaw 
in my vision by night, and, be- 
hold, the four winds of the heav- 
en strove upon the great sea. 

3 And four great beasts came 
up from the sea, diverse one 
from another. 

4 The first was like a lion, and 
had eagle’s wings: I beheld till 
the wings thereof were plucked, 
and it was lifted up from the 
earth, and made stand upon the 
feet as a toe and a man’s heart 
was given to it 

And behold another beast, a 
second, like to a bear, and it 
raised up itself on one side, and it 
had three ribs in the mouth of it 
between the teeth of it: and they 
said thus unto it, Arise, devour 
much flesh. 

6 After this I beheld, and lo 
another, like a leopard, which 
had upon the back of it four 
wings of a fowl; the beast had 
also four heads; and dominion 
was given to it. 

7 After this I saw in the night 
visions, and behold a fourth 
beast, dreadful and terrible, and 
strong exceedingly; and it had 
great iron teeth: it devoured and 
brake in pieces, and stamped the 
residue with the feet of it: and it 
was diverse from all the beasts 
that were before it; and it had 
ten horns. 

8 I considered the horns, and, 
behold, there came up among 
them another little horn, before 
whom there were three of the first 
horns plucked up by the roots: 
and, behold, in this horn were 
eyes like the eyes of man, anda 
mouth speaking great things. 

9 FI beheld till the thrones 
were cast down, and the Ancient 
of days did sit, whose garment 
was white as snow, and the hair 
of his head like the pure wool: 


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his throne was like the fiery 
flame, and his wheels as burn- 
ing fire. 

10 A ‘fiery stream issued and 
came forth from before 
thousand thousands ministered 
unto him, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand stood before 

the judgment was set, an 
the books were opened. 
11 I beheld then because of the 


- voice of the great words which 


' the horn spake: 
till the beast was slain, and 


beheld apes 
is 
body destroyed, and given to the 


| burning flame. 


12 As concerning the rest of the 


_ beasts, they had their dominion 


taken away: yet their lives were 
prolonged for a season and time. 

13 I saw in the night visions, 
and, behold, one like the Son of 
man came with the clouds of 
heaven, and came to the Ancient 
of days, and a brought him 
near before 

14 And there was given him 
dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and 
languages, should serve him: 
his dominion is an everlasting 
dominion, which shall not pass 
away, and his kingdom {that 
which shall not be destroyed. 

15 4 I Dan’iel was grieved in 
my spirit in the midst of my 
body, and the visions of my 
head troubled me. 

16 Icame near unto one of them 
that stood by, and asked him the 
truth of all this. So he told me, 
and made me know the interpre- 
tation of the things. 

17 These great beasts, which 
are four, are four kings, which 
shall arise out of the earth. 

18 But the saints of the most 


High shall take the kingdom, and | k 


possess the kingdom for ever, 
even for ever and ever. 

19 Then I would know the truth 
of the fourth beast, which was 
diverse from all the others, ex- 
ceeding dreadful, whose teeth 
were of iron, and his nails of 
brass; which devoured, brake in 


DANIEL, 7 


pieces, and stamped the residue 
with his feet; 

20 And of the ten horns that 
were in his head, and of the other 


:| which came up, and before whom 


three fell; even of that horn that 
had eyes, and a mouth that spake 
very great things, whose look 
was more stout than his fellows. 

21 Ibeheld, and the same horn 
made war with the saints, and 
prevailed against them; 

22 Until the Ancient of days 
came, and? judgment was given 
to the saints of the most High; 
and the time came that the saints 
possessed the kingdom. 

23 Thus he said, The fourth 
beast shall be the fourth kingdom 
upon earth, which shall be di- 
verse from all kingdoms, and 
shall devour the whole earth, and 
shall tread it down, and break it 
in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns out of 
this kingdom are ten kings that 
shall arise: and another shall 
rise after them; and he shall be 
diverse from the first, and he shall 
subdue three kings. 

25 And he shall speak great 
words against the most High, 
and shall wear out the saints of 
the most High, and think to 
change times and laws: and 
they shall be given into his hand 
until a time and times and the 
dividing of time. 

26 But the judgment shall sit, 
and they shall take away his 
dominion, to consume and to 
destroy if unto the end. 

27 And the kingdom and do- 
minion, and the greatness of the 
kingdom under the whole heaven, 
shall be given to the people of the 
saints of the most High, whose 
ingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and all dominions shall 
serve and obey him 

28 Hitherto is the end of the 
matter. As for me Dan/‘iel, my 
cogitations much troubled me, 
and my countenance changed in 
eee but I kept the matter in my 

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858 CHAPTERS 


4 Daniel’s vision of the ram and he goat. 
13 Days of sacrifice. 15 The vision 
interpreted. 

WN the third year of the reign 
of king Bél-shaz’zar a vision 
appeared unto me, even unto 
me Dan’‘iel, after that which 
appeared unto me at the first. _ 

2 And I saw in a vision; and it 
came to pass, when I saw, that I 
was at Shu’shan in the palace, 
which is in the province of 
E/lam; and I saw in a vision, and 
I was by the river of U’la-i. 

3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 
and saw, and, behold, there stood 
before the river a ram which had 
two horns: and the two horns 
were high; but one was higher 
than the other, and the higher 
came up last. 

4 I saw the ram pushing west- 
ward, and northward, and south- 
ward; 
stand before him, neither was 
there any that could deliver out 
of his hand; but he did accord- 
ing to his will, and became great. 

And as I was considering, be- 
old, an he goat came from the 
west on the face of the whole 
earth, and touched not the 

ground: and the goat had a 

notable horn between his eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that 
had two horns, which I had seen 
standing before the river, and ran 
unto him in the fury of his power. 

7 And I saw him come close 
unto the ram, and he was moved 
with choler against him, and 
smote the ram, and brake his 
two horns: and there was no 
power in the ram to stand before 
him, but he cast him down to the 
ground, and stamped upon him: 
and there was none that could 
Geliver the ram out of his hand. 

8 Therefore the he goat waxed 
very great: and when he was 
strong, the great horn was brok- 
en; and forit came up four not- 
able ones toward the four winds 
of heaven. 

9 And out of one of them came 


so that no beasts might | fi 


Daniel’s vision of the two beasis 


forth a little horn, which waxed 
exceeding great, toward the 
south, and toward the east, and 
toward the pleasant land. 

10 And it waxed great, even to 
the host of heaven; and it cast 
down some of the host and of the 
stars to the ground, and stamped 
upon them. ; ; 

11 Yea, he magnified himself 
even to the prince of the host, 
and by him the daily sacrifice 
was taken away, and the place of 
his sanctuary was cast down. 

12 And an host was given him 
against the daily sacrifice by rea- 
son of transgression, and it cast 
down the truth to the ground; 
and it practised, and prospered. 

13 4, Then I heard one saint 
speaking, and another saint said 
unto that certain saint which 
spake, How long shall be the 
vision concerning the daily sacri- 
ce, and the transgression of 
desolation, to give both the sanc- 
tuary and the host to be trodden 
under foot? 

14 And he said unto me, Unto 
two thousand and three hundred 
days; then shall the sanctuary 
be cleansed, 

15 § And it came to pass, when ~ 
I, even I Dan’iel, had seen the 
vision, and sought for the mean- 
ing, then, behold, there stood be- 
fore me as the appearance of a 


man. 

16 And I heard a man’s voice 
between the banks of W'la-i, 
which called, and said, Ga’bri- 
el, make this man to understand 
the vision. 

17 So he came near where I 
stood: and when he came, I was 
afraid, and fell upon my face: 
but he said unto me, Understand, 
O son of man: for at the time of 
the end shall be the vision. 

18 Now_as he was speaking 
with me, I was in a deep sleep on 
my face toward the ground: but 
he touched me, and set me up- 
right. 

19 And he said, Behold, I will 
make thee know what shall be in 


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- Daniel’s confession 


the last end of the indignation: 
ios aight the time appointed the end 
sha 

20 The ram which thou sawest 
having two horns are the kings of 
Mé’di-a and Pér’sia. 

21 And the rough goat is the 
king of Gré’cia: and the great 
horn that is between his eyes is 
the first king. 

22 Now that being broken, 
whereas four stood up for it, four 
kingdoms shall stand up out of 
the nation, but notin his power. | 

23 And in the latter time of their 
kingdom, when the transgressors 
are come to the full, a king of 
fierce countenance, and under- 
standing dark sentences, shall 
stand up. 

24 And his power shall be 
mighty, but not by his own pow- 
er: and he shall destroy wonder- 
fully, and shall prosper, and 
practise, and shall destroy the 
mighty and the holy people. 

25 And through his policy also 
he shall cause craft to prosper in 
his hand; and he shall magnify 
himself in his heart, and by 
peace shall destroy many: he 
shall also stand up against the 
Prince of princes; but he shall be 
broken without hand. i 

26 And the vision of the evening 
and the morning which was told 
is true: wherefore shut thou up 
the pistons for it shall be for 
many day 
ed. a. ie Dan’‘iel fainted, and 
was sick certain days; afterward 
I rose up, and did the king’s 
business; and I was astonished 
at the vision, but none under- 
stood it. 


859 CHAPTER 9 
1 Daniel’s confession. 16 His prayer 
for Jerusalem. 4 The seventy 


weeks foretold. 


N the first year of Da-ri’us the 
son of A-has-t-é’rus, of the 
seed of the Médes, which was 
made king over the realm of the 
Chal-dé’ans; 
2 In the first year of his reign I 


DANIEL, 9 


Dan’iel understood by books the 
number of the years, whereof the 
word of the LORD came to Jér- 

e-mi’ah the prophet, that he 
would accomplish seventy years 
in the desolations of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 ¥ And I set my face unto the 
Lord God, to seek by prayer and 
supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes: 

4 And I prayed unto the LORD 
my God, and made my confes- 
sion, and said, O Lord, the great 
and dreadful God, keeping the 
covenant and mercy to them that 
love him, and to them that keep 
his commandments; 

5 We have sinned, and have 
committed iniquity, and have 
done wickedly, and have rebelled, 
even by departing from thy pre- 
cepts and from thy judgments: 

6 Neither have we hearkened 
unto thy servants the prophets, 
which spake in thy name to our 
kings, our princes, and our fa- 
thers, and to all the people of the 
land. ‘ 

7 O Lord, righteousness be- 
longeth unto thee, but unto us 
confusion of faces, as at this day; 
to the men of Ju’dah, and to the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
unto all Is’ra-el, that are near, 
and that are far off, through all 
the countries whither thou hast 
driven them, because of their 
trespass that they have trespassed 
against thee. 

8 O Lord, to us belongeth con- 
fusion of face, to our kings, to 
our princes, and to our fathers, 
peas we have sinned against 


9 Fo the Lord our God belong 
merciesand forgivenesses, though 
we have rebelled against him; 

10 Neither have we obeyed the 
voice of the LORD our God, to 
walk in his laws, which he set 
before us by his servants the 
prophets. : 

11 Yea, all Is’ra-el have trans- 
gressed thy law, even by depart- 
ing, that they might not obey thy 
voice; therefore the curse is 


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DANIEL, 9 


poured upon us, and the oath 
that is written in the law of 
Mo’ses the servant of God, be- 
nape we have sinned against 


12 And herhath} confirmed his 
words, which he spake against 
us, and against our judges that 
judged us, by bringing upon us a 
great evil: for under the whole 
heaven hath not been done as 
hee been done upon Jé-ru’sa- 

em. 

13 As itis written in the law of 
MO’ses, all this evil is come upon 
us: yet made we not our prayer 
before the LORD our God, that 
we might turn from our iniquities, 
and understand thy truth. 

14 Therefore hath the Lorp 
watched upon the evil, and 
brought it upon us: for the 
LORD our God is righteous in all 
his works which he doeth: for 
we obeyed not his voice. 

15 And now, O Lord our God, 
that hast brought thy people forth 
out of the land of E’éypt with a 
mighty hand, and hast gotten 
thee renown, as at this day; we 
have sinned, we have done wick- 


edly. 

16 § O Lord, according to all 
thy righteousness, I beseech thee, 
let thine anger and thy fury be 
turned away from thy city Jé- 
ru’s4-lém, thy holy mountain: 
because for our sins, and for the 
iniquities of our fathers, Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém and thy people are be- 
come a reproach to all that are 
about us. 

17 Now therefore, O our God, 
hear the prayer of thy servant, 
and his supplications, and cause 
thy face to shine upon thy sanc- 
tuary that is desolate, for the 
Lord’s sake. 

18 O my God, incline thine ear, 
and hear; open thine eyes, and 
behold our desolations, and the 
city which is called by thy name: 
for we do not present our suppli- 
cations before thee for our right- 
eousnesses, but for thy great 
mercies. 


Daniel’s prayer 


19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, for- 
give; ‘O Lord, hearken and do; 
defer not, for thine own sake, O 
my God: for thy city and thy 
people are called by thy name. 

20 {| And whiles I was speak- 
ing, and praying, and confessing 
my sin and the sin of my people 
Is’ra-el, and presenting my sup- 
plication before the LORD my 
God for the holy mountain of my 


od; 

21 Yea, whiles I was speaking 
in prayer, even the man Ga’bri-el, 
whom I had seen in the vision at 
the beginning, being caused to fly 
swiftly, touched me about the 
time of the evening oblation. 

22 And he informed me, and 
talked with me, and said, O 
Dan’iel, Iam now come forth to 
give thee skill and understanding, 

23 At the beginning of thy sup- 
plications the commandment 
came forth, and I am come to 
shew thee; for thou art greatly 
beloved: therefore understand 
the matter, and consider the 
Vision. 

24 Seventy weeks are deter- 
mined upon thy people and upen 
thy holy city, to finish the trans- 
gression, and to make an end of 
sins, and to make reconciliation 
for iniquity, and to bring in ever- 
lasting righteousness, and to seal 
up the vision and prophecy, and 
to anoint the most Holy. 

25 Know therefore and under-. 
stand, that from the going forth 
of the commandment to restore 
and to build Jé-ru’sd-lém unto 
the Més-si’ah the Prince shall be 
seven weeks, and threescore and 
two weeks: the street shall be 
built again, and the wall, even 
in troublous times. 

26 And after threescore and two 
weeks shall Més-si’ah be cut off, 
but not for himself: and the 
people of the prince that shall 
come shall destroy the city and 
the sanctuary; and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and 
unto the end of the war desola- 
tions are determined. 


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Daniel’s glorious vision 


| 27 And he shall confirm the 
covenant with many for one 
Week: and in the midst of the 
| week he shall cause the sacrifice 
| and the oblation to cease, and 
for the overspreading of abomi- 
_ nations he shall make it desolate, 
even until the consummation, 
and that determined shall be 
_ poured upon the desolate. 


' 860 CHAPTER 10 
| Daniel sees a glorious vision. 
1S the third year of Cy’rus king 
of Pér’sia a thing was re- 
vealed unto Dan‘iel, whose name 


DANIEL, 10 
9 Yet heard I the voice of his 
words: and when I heard the 


voice of his words, then was I in 
a deep sleep on my face, and my 
face toward the ground. 

10 § And, behold, an hand 
touched me, which set me upon 
my knees and upon the palms of 
my hands. 

1i And he said unto me, O 
Dan’iel, a man greatly beloved, 
understand the words that I 
speak unto thee, and stand up- 
right: for unto thee am I now 
sent. And when he had spoken 
this word unto me, I stood trem- 


was called Beél-te-shaz’zar; and | blin 


the thing was true, but the time 
appointed was long: and he un- 

derstood the thing, and had un- 

derstanding of the vision. 

2 In those days I Dan‘iel was 
mourning three full weeks. - 

3.I ate no pleasant bread, 
neither came flesh nor wine in 
my mouth, neither did I anoint 
myself at all, till three whole 
weeks were fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth 
day of the first month, as I was 
by the side of the great river, 
which is Hid’de-kél;_ 

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 
and looked, and behold a cer- 
tain man clothed in linen, whose 
loins were girded with fine gold 
of U’phaz: 


6 His body also was like the |b 


beryl, and his face as the appear- 
ance of lightning, and his eyes as 
lamps of fire, and his arms and 
his feet like in colour to polished 
brass, and the voice of his words 
like the voice of a multitude. 

7 And I Dan‘iel alone saw the 
vision: for the men that were 
with me saw not the vision; but 
a great quaking fell upon them, 
so that they fled to hide them- 
selves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, 
and saw this great vision, and 
there remained no strength in 
me: for my comeliness was 
turned in me into corruption, and 
I retained no strength. 


g. 

12 Then said he unto me, Fear 
not, Dan’‘iel: for from the first 
day that thou didst set thine 
heart to understand, and to 
chasten thyself before thy God, 
thy words were heard, and I am 
come for thy words. 

13 But the prince of the king- 
dom of Pér’sia withstood me one 
and twenty days: but, lo, Mi’- 
chaél, one of the chief princes, 
came to help me; and I remained 
there with the kings of Pér’sia. 

14 NowI am come to make thee 
understand what shall befall thy 
people in the latter days: for yet 
the vision is for many days. 

15 And when he had spoken 

such words unto me, I set my 
face toward the ground, and I 
ecame dumb. 
16 And, behold, one like the 
similitude of the sons of men 
touched my lips: then I opened 
my mouth, and spake, and said 
unto him that stood before me, O 
my lord, by the vision my sor- 
rows are turned upon me, and I 
have retained no strength. 

17 For how can the servant of 
this my lord talk with this my 
lord? for as for me, straightway 
there remained no strength in 
me, neither is there breath left 


in me. 

18 Then there came again and 
touched me one like the appear-~ 
ance of a man, and he strength- 
ened me, 


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DANIEL, 11 


19 And said, O man greatly be- 
loved, fear not: peace be unto 
thee, be strong, yea, be strong. 
And when he had spoken unto 
me, I was strengthened, and 
said, Let my lord speak; for thou 
hast strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou 
wherefore I come unto thee? and 
now will I return to fight with 
the prince of Pér’sia: and when 
I am gone forth, lo, the prince of 
Gré’cia shall come. 

21 But I will shew thee that 
which is noted in the scripture of 
truth: and there is none that 
holdeth with me in these things, 
but Mi’chaél your prince. 


861 CHAPTER 11 
1 Overthrow of Persia by Greece. 5 
Conflicts between other kings and 
nations. 30 Impious tyranny of 
Rome. 
LSO I in the first year of 
Da-ri’us the Méde, even I, 
stood to confirm and to strength- 
en him. 

2 And now will I shew thee the 
truth. Behold, there shall stand 
up yet three kings in Pér’sia; 
and the fourth shall be far richer 
than they all: and by his strength 
through his riches re shall stir up 
all against the realm of Gré’cia. 

3 And a mighty king shall 
stand up, that shall rule with 
great dominion, and do accord- 
ing to his will. 

4 And when he shall stand up, 
his kingdom shall be broken, 
and shall be divided toward the 
four winds of heaven; and not 
to his posterity, nor according to 
his dominion which he ruled: 
for his kingdom shall be plucked 
up, even for others beside those. 

5 § And the king of the south 
shall be strong, and one of his 
princes; and he shall be strong 
above him, and have dominion; 
his dominion shall be a great 
dominion. 

6 And in the end of years they 
shall join themselves together; 
for the king’s daughter of the 
south shall come to the king of 


Overthrow of Persia foretold 


the north to make an agreement: 


but she shall not retain the power 


of the arm; neither shall he 
stand, nor his arm: but she shall 
be given up, and they that 
brought her, and he that begat 
her, and he that strengthened her 
in these times. 

7 But out of a branch of her 
roots shail one stand up in his 
estate, which shall come with an 
army, and shall enter into the 
fortress of the king of the north, 
and shall deal against them, and 
shall prevail: 

8 And shall also carry captives 
into E’gypt their gods, with their 
princes, and with their precious 
vessels of silver and of gold; and 
he shall continue more years 
than the king of the north. 

9 So the king of the south shall 
come into his kingdom, and shall 
return into his own land. | 

10 But his sons shall be stirred 
up, and shall assemble a multi- 
tude of great forces: and one 
shall certainly come, and over- 


flow, and pass through: then | 


shall he return, and be stirred up, — 


even to his fortress. 
11 And the king of the south 


shall be moved with choler, and — 


shall come forth and fight with 


him, even with the king of the © 
north: and he shall set forth a 


great multitude; but the multi- 
tude shall be given into his hand. 

12 And when he hath taken 
away the multitude, his heart 
shall be lifted up; and he shall 
cast down many ten thousands: 
nue oo shall not be strengthened 


13 “For the king of the north 
shall return, and shall set forth a 
multitude greater than the for- 
mer, and shall certainly come 
after certain years with a great 
army and with much riches. 

14 And in those times there 
shall many stand up against the 
king of the south: also the rob- 
bers of thy people shall exalt 
themselves to establish the 
vision; but they shall fall, 


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The kings of the north and south 


15 So the king of the north shall 
come, and cast up a mount, and 
take the most fenced cities: and 
the arms of the south shall not 
withstand, neither his chosen 
people, neither shall there be any 
strength to withstand. i 

16 But he that cometh against 
him shall do according to his own 
will, and none shall stand before 
him: and he shall stand in the 
glorious land, which by his 

hand shall be consumed. 

17 He shall also set his face to 
enter with the strength of his 
whole kingdom, and 
ones with him; thus shall he do: 
and he shall give him the daugh- 
ter of women, corrupting her: 
but she shall not stand on his 
side, neither be for him. 

18 After this shall he turn his 
face unto the isles, and shall take 
many: but a prince for his own 
behalf shall cause the reproach 
offered by him to cease; without 
his own reproach he shall cause 
z¢ to turn upon him. ‘ 

19 Then he shall turn his face 
toward the fort of his own land: 
but he shall stumble and fall, 
and not be found. 


20 Then shall stand up in his} 1 


estate a raiser of taxes in the 
glory of the kingdom: but within 
few days he shall be destroyed, 
neither in anger, nor in battle. 

21 And in his estate shall 
stand up a vile person, to whom 
they shall not give the honour of 
the kingdom: but he shall come 
in peaceably, and obtain the 
kingdom by filatteries. 

22 And with the arms of a flood 
shall they be overflown from 
before him, and shall be broken; 
yea, also the prince of the cove- 
nant. 

23 And after the league made 
with him he shall work deceit- 
fully: for he shall come up, and 
shall become strong with a small 
people. — 

24 He shall enter peaceably 
even upon the fattest places of 
the province; and he shall do 

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upright | hi 


DANIEL, 1i 


that which his fathers have not 
done, nor his fathers’ fathers; 
he shall scatter among them the 
prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, 
and he shall forecast his devices 
against the strong holds, even 
for a time. 

25 And he shall stir up his 
power and his courage against 
the king of the south with a great 
army; and the king of the south 
shall be stirred up to battle with 
a very great and mighty army; 
but he shall not stand: for they 
shall forecast devices against 

m 


26 Yea, they that feed of the 
portion of his meat shall destroy 

» and his army shall over- 
flow: and many shall fall down 
slain. 

27 And both these _ kings’ 
hearts shall be to do mischief, 
and they shall speak lies at one 
table; but it shall not prosper: 
for yet the end shall be at the 
time appointed. 

28 Then shall he return into his 
land with great riches; and his 
heart shall be against the holy 
covenant; and he shall do ex- 
ploits, and return to his own 


and. 

29 At the time appointed he 
shall return, and come toward 
the south; but it shall not be as 
the former, or as the latter. 

30 4 For the ships of Chit’- 
tim shall come against him: 
therefore he shall be grieved, and 
return, and have indignation 
against the holy covenant: so 
shall he do; he shall even return, 
and have intelligence with them 
that forsake the holy covenant. 

31 And arms shall stand on his 
part, and they shall pollute the 
Sanctuary of strength, and shall 
take away the daily sacrifice, and 
they shall place the abomination 
that maketh desolate. _ 

32 And such as do wickedly 
against the covenant shall he 
corrupt by flatteries: bt 
people that do know their God 
shall be strong, and do exploits, 


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but the | 


DANIEL, 12 


33 And they that understand 
among the people shall instruct 
many: yet they shall fall by the 
sword, and by flame, by captiv- 
me and by spoil, many days. 

Now when they shall fall, 
ee shall be holpen with a little 
help: but many shall cleave to 
them with flatteries. 

35 And some of them of under- 
standing shall fall, to try them, 
and to purge, and to make them 
white, even to the time of the 
end: because it is yet for a time 
appointed. 

36 And the king shall do ac- 
cording to his wills. and he shall 
exalt himself, and magnify him- 
self above every god, and shall 
speak marvellous things against 
the God of gods, and shall pros- 
per till the indignation be accom- 
plished: for that that is deter- 
mined shall be done. 

37 Neither shall he regard the 
God of his fathers, nor the desire 
of women, nor regard any god: 
for he shall magnify himself 
above all. 

38 But in his estate shall he 
honour the God of forces: and 
a god whom his fathers knew not 
shall he honour with gold, and 
silver, and with precious stones, 
and pleasant things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the 
most strong holds with a 
strange god, whom he shall ac- 
knowledge and increase with 
glory: and he shall cause them 
to rule over many, and shall 
divide the land for gain. 

40 And at the time of the end 
shall the king of the south push 
athim: and the king of the north 
shall come against him like a 
whirlwind, with chariots, and 
with horsemen, and with many 
ships; and he shall enter into the 
countries, and shall overflow and 
pass over. 

41 He shall enter also into the 
glorious land, and many coun- 
tries shall be overthrown: sa 
these shall escape out of h 
hand, even E’dom, and Moras 


Michael the great prince 


and the chief of the children 
of Am’mon. 

42 He shall stretch forth his 
hand also upon the countries: 
and ie land of E’gypt shall not 
escap 

43 But he shall have power over 
the treasures of gold. and of 
silver, and over all the precious 
things of E’éypt: and the Lib’y- 
ans and the E-thi-6’pi-ans shall 
be at his steps. 

44 But tidings out of the east 
and out of the north shall trouble 
him: therefore he shall go forth 
with great fury to destroy, and 
utterly to make away many. 

45 And he shall plant the taber- 
nacles of his palace between the 
seas in the glorious holy moun- 
tain; yet he shall come to his 
end, and none shall help him. 


CHAPTER 12 862 


1 Michael, the great prince, to deliver 
the Israelites. 5 Daniel’s informa- 
tion of the times. 


ND at that time shall Mi’- 
chaél stand up, the great 
prince which standeth for the 
children of thy people: and 
there shall be a time of trouble, 
such as never was since there 
was a nation even to that same 
time: and at that time thy people 
shall be delivered, every one 
that shall be found written in 
the book. 

2 And many of them that sleep 
in the dust of the earth shall 
awake, some to everlasting life, 
and some to shame and ever- 
lasting contempt. 

3 And they that be wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the 
firmament; and they that turn 
many to righteousness as the 
stars for ever and ever. 

4 But thou, O Dan‘iel, shut up 
the words, and seal the book, 
even to the time of the end: 
many shall run to and fro, and 
reat: shall be increased. 

5 ¥ Then I Dan‘iel looked, and, 
behold, there stood other two, 


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Three prophetic times 


HOSEA, 1 


the one on this side of the bank| 9 And he said, Go thy way, 


of the river, and the other on that 
side of the bank of the river. 

6 And one said to the man 
clothed in linen, which was 
upon the waters of the river, 
How long shail it be to the end 
of these wonders? 

7 And I heard the man clothed 
in linen, which was upon the 
waters of the river, when he held 
up his right hand and his left 
hand unto heaven, and sware by 
him that liveth for ever that if 
Shail be for a time, times, and an 
half; and when he shall have 
accomplished to scatter the 
power of the holy people, all 
these things shall be finished. 

8 And I heard, but I understood 
not: then said I, O my Lord, 
what shall be the end of these 
things? 


vy 


Dan’iel: for the words are 
closed up and sealed till the time 
of the end. 

10 Many shall be purified, and 
made white, and tried; but the 
wicked shall do wickedly: and 
none of the wicked shall under- 
stand; but the wise shall under- 
stand. 

11 And from the time that the 
daily sacrifice shall be taken 
away, and the abomination that 
maketh desolate set up, there 
shall be a thousand two hundred 
and ninety days. 

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, 
and cometh to the thousand three 
hundred and five and thirty days. 

13 But go thou thy way till the 
end be: for thou shalt rest, and 
stand in thy lot at the end of the 

ays. . 





HOSEA 


863 CHAPTER 1 
1 Time of Hosea. 2 His mystical 
shewing of God’s judgments upon 
whoredoms. 
HE word of the LORD that 
came unto Ho-sé’a, the son 
of Bé-é’ri, in the days of Uz-zi’ah, 
Jo’tham, A’haz, and Héz-e-ki’ah, 
kings of Ji’dah, and in the days 
of Jér-o-bd’am the son of J6’ash, 
king of is’ra-el. 

2 The beginning of the word of 
the LORD by Ho-sé’a. And the 
LORD said to Hoé-sé’a, Go, take 
unto thee a wife of whoredoms 
and children of whoredoms: for 
the land} hath! committed great 
whoredom, departing from the 
LORD. 

3 So he went and took G6’mér 
the daughter of Dib’/la-im; which 
conceived, and bare him a son. 

4 And the LORD said unto him, 


Call his name Jéz’re-el; for yet| G 


a little while, and I will avenge 
the blood of Jéz’re-el upon the 
house of Jé’hi, and will cause 
to cease the kingdom of the 
house of Is’ra-el. 


5 And it shall come to pass at 
that day, that I will break the 
bow of Is’ra-el in the valley of 
Jéz’re-el. ; 

6 4 And she conceived again, 
and bare a daughter. And God 
said unto him, Call her name 
L6’-ru-ha’mah: for I will no 
more have mercy upon the house 
of is’ra-el; but I will utterly 
take them away. 

7 But I will have mercy upon 
the house of Ja’dah, and will 
save them by the LorRD their 
God, and will not save them by 
bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, 
by horses, nor by horsemen. 

8 § Now when she had weaned 
Lo’-ru-ha’mah, she conceived, 
and bare a son. 

9 Then said God, Call his name 
L6’-am’/mi: for ye are not my 
poeple, and I will not be your 


0) ° 

10 ¢ Yet the number of the 
children of is’ra-el shall be as 
the sand of the sea, which can- 
not be measured nor numbered; 
and it shall come to pass, that in 


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HOSEA, 2 


the place where it was said unto 
them, Ye are not my people, there 
it shall be said unto them, Ye are 
the sons of the living God. 

11 Then shall the children of 
Ja’dah and the children of Is’ra- 
el be gathered together, and ap- 
point themselves one head, and 
they shall come up out of the 
land: for great shall be the day 
of Jéz’re-el. 


864 CHAPTER 2 
1 Idolatry of the people. 6 God's 
judgments of them. 14 Reconcilia- 
tion promised. 
AY ye unto your brethren, 
‘mi; and to your sisters, 
Ruy-ha’/mah. 

2 Plead with your mother, 
plead: for she is not my wife, 
neither am I her husband: let 
her therefore put away her 
whoredoms out of her sight, 
and her adulteries from between 
her breasts; 

3 Lest I strip her naked, and 
set her as in the day that she was 
born, and make her as a wilder- 
ness, and set her like a dry land, 
and slay her with thirst. 

4 And I will not have mercy 
upon her children; for they be 
the children of whoredoms. 

5 For their mother hath played 
the harlot: she that conceived 
them hath done shamefully: for 
she said, I will go after my lovers, 
that give me my bread and my 
water, my wool and my flax, 
mine oil and my drink. 

6 4 Therefore, behold, I will 
hedge up thy way with thorns, 
and make a wall, that she shall 
not find her paths. 

7 And she shall follow after her 
lovers, but she shall not overtake 
them; and she shall seek them, 
but shall not find them: then 
shall she say, I will go and re- 
turn to my first husband; for 
then was it better with me than 


now. 
8 For she did not know that. : f 


gave her corn, and wine, and oil, 
and multiplied her silver and 


Judgments for idolatry 


an which they prepared for 
a’a 

9 Therefore will I return, and 
take away my corn in the time 
thereof, and my wine in the 
season thereof, and will recover 
my wool and my flax given to 
cover her nakedness. 

10 And now will I discover her 
lewdness in the sight of her 
lovers, and none shall deliver her 
out of mine hand. 

11 I will also cause all her 
mirth to cease, her feast days, 
her new moons, and her sab- 
baths, and all her solemn feasts. 

12 And I will destroy her vines 
and her fig trees, whereof she 
hath said, These are my rewards 
that my lovers have given me: 
and I will make them a forest, 
and the beasts of the field shall 
eat then... ee 

13 And I will visit upon her the 
days of Ba’al-im, wherein she 
burned incense to them, and she 
decked herself with her earrings 
and her jewels, and she went 
after her lovers, and forgat me, 
saith the LORD. 

14 § Therefore, behold, I will 
allure her, and bring her into the 
wilderness, and speak comfort- 
ably unto her. 

15 And I will give her her vine- 
yards from thence, and the 
valley of A’chér for a door of 
hope: and she shall sing there, 
as in the days of her youth, and 
as in the day when she came up 
out of the land of E’gypt. 

16 And it shall be at that day, 
saith the LORD, that thou shalt 
call me Ishi; and shalt call me 
no more Ba’al-i. 

17 For I will take away the 
names of Ba/’al-im out of her 
mouth, and they shall no more 
be paint ce by their 


“18 ‘Anda in that day will I ae 
a covenant for them with 
beasts of the field, and with the 
owls of heaven, and with the 
creeping things of the ground: 
and I will break the bow and the 


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fsrael’s desolation and restoration 


sword and the battle out of the 
earth, and will make them to lie 
down safely. 

_ 19 And I will betroth thee unto 
_ me for ever; yea, I will betroth 
thee unto me in righteousness, 
_ and in judgment, and in loving- 
kindness, and in mercies. 

20 I will even betroth thee unto 
me in faithfulness: and thou 
shalt know the LORD. ‘ 

21 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, I will hear, saith the 
LORD, I will hear the heavens, 
and they shall hear the 
earth; ; 

22 And the earth shall hear the 
corn, and the wine, and the oil; 
and they shall hear Jéz’re-el. 
_23 And I will sow her unto me 
in the earth; and I will have 
mercy upon her that had not ob- 
tained mercy; and I will say to 
them which were not my people, 
Thou art my people; and they 
shall say, Thou art my God. 


865 CHAPTER 3 


The prophet symbolizes Israel's desola- 
tion before restoration. 

HEN said the LORD unto me, 

Go yet, love a woman be- 

loved of her friend, yet an adul- 

teress, according to the love of 

the LORD toward the children of 

Is’ra-el, who look to other gods, 
and love flagons of wine. 

2 So I bought her to me for 
fifteen pieces of silver, and for an 
homer of barley, and an half 
homer of barley: 

3 And I said unto her, Thou 
shalt abide for me many days; 
thou shalt not play the harlot, 
and thou shalt not be for another 
man: so will I also be for thee. 

4 For the children of Is’ra-el 
shail abide many days without a 
king, and without a prince, and 
without a sacrifice, and without 
an image, and without an eph- 
od, and without teraphim: 

5 Afterward shall the children 
of Is’ra-el return, and seek the 
LORD their God, and Da’vid 
their king; and shall fear the 


HOSEA, 3, 4 


LORD and his goodness in the 
latter days. 


CHAPTER 4 866 
1 God's judgments upon the people for 
sims. 15 Warning to IAS 

HEAR the word of the Lorp, 

ye children of is’ra-el: for 

the LORD hath a controversy 

with the inhabitants of the land, 

because there is no truth, nor 

mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. | 

2 By swearing, and lying, and 
killing, and stealing, and com- 
mitting adultery, they break out, 
and blood toucheth blood. 

3 Therefore shall the land 
mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, 
with the beasts of the field, and 
with the fowls of heaven; yea, 
the fishes of the sea also shall be 
taken away. 

4 Yet let no man strive, nor re- 
prove another: for thy people are 
as they that strive with the 
priest. 

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in 
the day, and the prephet also 
shall fall with thee in the night, 
and I will destroy thy mother. _ 

6 § My people are destroyed 
for lack of knowledge: because 
thou hast rejected knowledge, I 
will also reject thee, thati thou 
shalt be no priest to me: seeing 
thou hast forgotten the law of thy 
God, I will also forget thy chil- 
dren. 

7 As they were increased, so 
they sinned against me: there- 
fore will I change their glory into 
shame. , 

8 They eat up the sin of my 
people, and they set their heart 
on their iniquity. ; 

9 And there shall be, like people, 
like priest: and I will punish 
them for their ways, and teward 
them their doings. 

10 For they shall eat, and not 
have enough: they shall commit 
whoredom, and shall not in- 
crease: because they have left 
off to take heed to the LORD. 


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HOSEA, 5 


11 Whoredom and wine and 
new wine take away the heart. 

12 4 My people ask counsel at 
their stocks, and their staff de- 
clareth unto them: for the spirit 
of whoredoms hath caused them 
to err, and they have gone a 
whoring from under their God. 

13 They sacrifice upon the tops 
of the mountains, and burn in- 
cense upon the hills, under oaks 
and poplars and elms, because 
the shadow thereof is good: 
therefore your daughters shall 
commit whoredom, and your 
spouses shall commit adultery. 

141 will not punish your 
daughters when they commit 
whoredom, nor your spouses 
when they commit adultery: for 
themselves are separated with 
whores, and they sacrifice with 
harlots: therefore the people that 
doth not understand shall fall. 

15 4 Though thou, Is’ra-el, play 
the harlot, yet let not Ji’dah of- 
fend; and come not ye unto 
Gil’gal, neither go ye up to Béth— 
a’ven, nor swear, The LORD 
liveth. 


16 For is’ra-el slideth back as | th 


a backsliding heifer: now the 
LORD will feed them as a lamb 
in a large place. 

17 E’phra-im is joined to idols: 
let him alone. 

18 Their drink is sour: they 
have committed whoredom con- 
tinually: her rulers with shame 
fo love, Give ye. 

9 The wind hath bound her up 

i ee wings, and they shall be 

peuaied because of their sacri- 
ces. 


867 CHAPTER 5 

God's judgments against Israel for their 
manifold sins. 
EAR ye this, O priests;, and 
hearken, ye house of Is’ra- 
el; and give ye ear, O house of 
the king; for judgment is toward 
you, because ye have been a snare 
on Miz’pah, and a net spread 
upon Ta’bor. 

2 And the revolters are pro- 


Judgments on Israel for sins” 


found to make slaughter, 
though I have been a rebuker of 
them all. _ 

3 I know E’phra-im, and Is’ra- 
el is not hid from me: for now, 
O._ £’phra-im, thou committest 
whoredom, and Iis’ra-el is defiled. 

4 They will not frame their 
doings to turn unto their God: 
for the spirit of whoredoms is in 
the midst of them, and they have 
not known the LORD 

5 And the pride of Is’ra-el doth 
testify to his face: therefore shall 
Is’ra-el and E’phra-im fall in 
their iniquity; Ji’dah also shall 
fall with them. < , 

6 They shall go with their flocks 
and with their herds to seek the 
LORD; but they shall not find 
him; he hath withdrawn him- 
self from them. 

7 They have dealt treacherously 
against the LORD: for they have 
begotten strange children: now 
shall a month devour them with 
their portions. 

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gib’e- 
ah, and the trumpet in Ra’mah: 


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cry aloud at Béth—a’ven, after 


ee, O Bén’ja-min. 
9 &’phra-im shall be desolate in 
the day of rebuke: among the 


tribes of Is’ra-el have I made 

known that which shall surely be. © 
10 The princes of Ji’dah were 

like them that remove the 


bound: 
my wrath upon them like water. 
11 E’phra-im is oppressed and 
broken in judgment, because he 
willingly walked after the com- 
mandment. 
_12 Therefore will I be unto 
E’phra-im as a moth, and to the 
house of Ji’dah as rottenness. | 
13 When £’phra-im saw his 
sickness, and Jii’dah saw his 
wound, then went E’phra-im to 
the As-syr’i-an, and sent to king 
Ja’reb: yet could he not heal 
you, nor cure you of your wound. 
14 For I will be unto E’phra-im 
as a lion, and as a young lion to 
the house of Ji’dah: I, even I, 
will tear and go away; I 


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therefore I will pour out > 


: 


An exhortation to repentance 


take away, and none shall rescue 

im. 

15 {I will go and return to my 
place, till they acknowledge their 
offence, and seek my face: in 
Bans affliction they will seek me 
early. 


868 CHAPTER 6 
1 An exhortation to repentance. 4A 
complaint of iniquity. 

OME, and let us return unto 
the LORD: for he hath torn, 
and he will heal us; he hath 
smitten, and he will bind us up. 

2 After two days will he revive 
us: in the third day he will raise 
us ase and we shall live in his 
si 

3 Then shall we know, if we 
follow. on to know the LORD: 
his going forth is prepared as the 
morning; and he shall come unto 
us as the rain, as the latter and 
former rain unto the earth. 

4 4 O E’phra-im, what shall I 
do unto thee? O Ji’dah, what 
shall I do unto thee? for your 
goodness. is as a morning cloud, 
and as the early dew it goeth 


away. 

5 Therefore have I hewed them 
by the prophets; I have slain 
them by the words of my mouth: 
and thy judgments are as the 
light that goeth forth. 

6 For I desired mercy, and 
not sacrifice; and the knowl- 
edge of God more than burnt 
offerings. 

7 Butthey like men have trans- 
gressed the covenant: there have 
ey dealt treacherously against 


"8 “Gil’e-Ad is a city of them that 
work iniquity, and is polluted 
with bloo 

9 And as +roops of robbers wait 
for a man, so the company of 


HOSEA, 6, 7 


11 Also, O Ja’dah, he hath set 
an harvest for thee, when I re- 
turned the captivity of my people. 


CHAPTER 7 869 


1 Reproof of sins. 11 God’s wrath 
against hypocrisy. 


HEN I would have healed 
Is’ra-el, then the iniquity 
of E’phra-im was discovered, and 
the wickedness of Sa-ma’ri-a: 
for they commit falsehood; and 
the thief cometh in, and the troop 
of robbers spoileth without. 

Z And they consider not in 
their hearts that I remember all 
their wickedness: now their 
own doings have beset them 
about; they are before my face. 

3 They make the king glad with 
their wickedness, and the princes 
with their lies. 

4 They are all adulterers, as an 
oven heated by the baker, who 
ceaseth from raising after he 
hath kneaded the dough, until it 
be leavened. 

5 In the day of our king the 
princes have made him sick with 
bottles of wine; he stretched out 
his hand with scorners. 

6 For they have made ready 
their heart like an oven, whiles 
they lie in wait: their baker 
sleepeth all the night; in the 
morning it burneth as a flaming 


re. 

7 They are all hot as an-.oven, 
and have devoured their judges; 
all their kings are fallen: there 
is none among them that calleth 
unto me. i 

8 E’phra-im, he hath mixed 
himself among the people; E’- 
phra-im is acake not turned. | 

9 Strangers have devoured his 
strength, and he knoweth if not: 
yea, gray hairs are here and 
there upon him, yet he knoweth 


priests murder in the way by | not 


consent: for they commit lewd- 
ness. 

10 Ihave seen an horrible thing 
in the house of Is’ra-el: there is 
the whoredom of E’phra-im, Is’- 
ta-el is defiled. 


10 And the pride of Is’ra-el 
testifieth to his face: and they do 
notreturn to the LORD their God, 
nor seek him for all this. 

11 9 £’phra-im also is like a 
silly dove without heart: they 


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HOSEA, 8, 9 


call to E’éypt, they go to As- 

syr’i-a. 

12 When they shall go, I will 
spread my net upon them; I will 
bring them down as the fowls of 
the heaven; I will chastise them, 
as their congregation hath heard. 

13 Woe unto them! for they 
have fled from me: destruction 
unto them! because they have 
transgressed against me: though 
I have redeemed them, yet they 
have spoken lies against me. | 

14 And they have not cried 
unto me with their heart, when 
they howled upon their beds: 
they assemble themselves for 
corn and wine, and they rebel 
against me. # 

15 Though y have bound and 
strengthened their arms, yet do 
they imagine mischief against me. 

16 They return, but not to the 
most High: they are like a de- 
ceitful bow: their princes shall 
fall by the sword for the rage of 
their tongue: this shall be their 
derision in the land of £’£Ypt. 


870 CHAPTER 8 
Israel’s destruction threatened for im- 
piety and idolatry. 

ET the trumpet to thy mouth. 

He shall come as an eagle 
against the house of the LORD, 
because they have transgressed 
my covenant, and trespassed 
against my law. 

2 is’ra-el shall cry unto me, 
My God, we know thee. 

3 Is’ra-el hath cast off the 
pind that is good: the enemy 
shall pursue 

4 They have set up kings, but 
not by me: they have made 
princes, and I knew it not: of 
their silver and their gold have 
they made them idols, that they 
may be cut off. 

5 9 Thy calf, O Sa-ma’ri-a, 
hath cast thee off; mine anger is 
kindled against them: how long 
will it be ere they attain to 
innocency? 

6 For from fs’ra-el was it also: 
the workman made it; therefore 


Judgments for impiety and idolatry 


it is not God: but the calf of 
Sa-ma’ri-a shall be broken in 
pieces. 

7 For they have sown the wind, 
and they shall reap the whirl- 
wind: it hath no stalk: the bud 
shall yield no meal: if so be it 
yield, the strangers shall swallow 
it up. 

8 is’ra-elis swallowed up: now 
shall they be among the Gén’tiles 
asa vessel wherein is no pleasure. 

9 For they are gone up to As- 
syr’i-a, a wild ass alone by him- 
self: E’phra-im hath hired lovers. 

10 Yea, though they have hired 
among the nations, now will I 
gather them, and they shall sor- 
row alittle for the burden of the 
king of princes. i 

11 Because £E’phra-im hath 
made many altars to sin, altars 
shall be unto him to sin. 

12 I have written to him the 
great things of my law, but they 
were counted as a strange thing. 

13 They sacrifice flesh for the 
sacrifices of mine offerings, and 
eat it; but the LORD accepteth 
them not; now will he remember 
their iniquity, and visit their sins: 
they shall return to E’£ypt. 

14 For is’ra-el hath forgotten 
his Maker, and buildeth temples; 
and Ji’dah hath multiplied 
fenced cities: but I will send a 
fire upon his cities, and it shall 
devour the palaces thereof. 


CHAPTER 9 871 
The distress and captivity oe Esrael for 
their sins and idolatr 

EJOICE not, O ts’ra-el. for 

joy, as other people: for 

thou hast gone a whoring from 

thy God, thou hast loved a re- 
ward upon every cornfloor. 

2 The floor and the winepress 
shall not feed them, and the new 
wine shall fail in her. 

3 They shall not dwell in the 
LORD’S land; but &’phra-im 
shall return to E’gypt, and they 
af hall eat unclean things in As- 


yr'i-a 
ee They shall not offer wine of- 


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Israel reproved 


ferings to the LORD, neither shall 
they be pleasing unto him: their 
sacrifices shall be unto them as 
the bread of mourners; all that 
eat thereof shall be polluted: for 
their bread for their soul shall 
: net come into the house of the 
5 What will ye do in the solemn 
day, and in the day of the feast of 
ae LORD? 

_ 6 For, lo, they are gone because 
--of destruction: E’gypt shall 
gather them up, Mém’phis shall 
bury them: the pleasant places 
for their silver, nettles shall pos- 
sess them: thorns shall be in 
their tabernacles. |. ‘ 

7 The days of visitation are 
come, the days of recompence are 
come; Is’ra-elshall knowit: the 
prophet is a fool, the spiritual 
man is mad, for the multitude of 
thine iniquity, and the great 
hatred. 

8 The watchman of E’phra-im 
was with my God: but the 
prophet is a snare of a fowler in 
ail his ways, and hatred in the 
house of his God. 

9 They have deeply corrupted 
themselves, as in the days of 
Gib’e-ah: therefore he will re- 
member hes iniquity, he will 
visit their sin 

10 I found Taree at like grapes 
in the wilderness; I saw your 
fathers as the firstripe in the fig 
tree at her first time: but they 
went to Ba’al—pé’or, and sepa- 
‘rated themselves unto  fthat 
shame; and their abominations 
were according as they loved. 
.11 As for E’phra-im, their glory 
shall fly away like a bird, from 
the birth, and from the womb, 
and from the conception. 

12 Though they bring up their 
children, yet will I bereave them, 
that there shall not be a man 
left: yea, woe also to them when 
I depart from them! 

13 &’phra-im, as I saw TY’rus, 
is planted in a pleasant place: 
- but E’phra-im shall bring forth 

his children to the murderer. 


HOSEA, 10 


14 Give them, O LORD: what 
wilt thou give? give them a mis- 
carrying womb and dry breasts. 

15 All their wickedness is in 
Gil’gal: for there I hated them: 
for the wickedness of their doings 
I will drive them out of mine 
house, I will love them no more: 
all their princes are revolters. 

16 E’phra-im is smitten, their 
root is dried up, they shall bear 
no fruit: yea, though they bring 
forth, yet will I slay even the be- 
loved fruit of their womb. 

17 My God will cast them 
away, because they did not 
hearken unto him: and they 
shall be wanderers among the 
nations. 


CHAPTER 10 


Reproof of Israel and a threat. 


S’RA-EL is an empty vine, he 
bringeth forth fruit unto him- 
self: according to the multitude 
of his fruit he hath increased the 
altars; according to the good- 
ness of his land they have made 
goodly images. : 

2 Their heart is divided; now 
shall they be found faulty: he 
shall break down their altars, he 
shall spoil their images. 

3 For now they shall say, We 
have no king, because we feared 
not the LORD; what then should 
a king do to us? 

4 They have spoken words, 
swearing falsely in making a 
covenant: thus judgment spring- 
eth up as hemlock in the furrows 
of the field. | 

5 The inhabitants of Sa-ma’- 
ri-a shall fear because of the 
calves of Béth—a’ven: for the 
people thereof shall mourn over 
it, and the _ priests thereof that 
rejoiced on it, for the glory there- 
of, because it is departed from it. 

6 It shall be also carried unto 
As-syr’i-a for a present to king 
Ja’reb: E’phra-im shall receive 
shame, and is’ra-el shall be 
aus of his own counsel. 

7 As for Sa-ma’ri-a, her king is 


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HOSEA, 11, 12 


cut off as the foam upon the 
water. 

8 The high places also of A’ven, 
the sin of Is’ra-el, shall be de- 
stroyed: the thorn ‘and the thistle 
shall come up on their altars; 
and they shall say to the moun- 
tains, Cover us; and to the hills, 
Fall on us. 

9 O is’ra-el, thou hast sinned 
from the days of Gib’e-ah: there 
they stood: the battle in Gib’e-ah 
against the children of iniquity 
did not overtake them. 

10 It is in my desire that I 
should chastise them; and the 
people shall be gathered against 
them, when they shall bind 
themselves in their two furrows. 

11 And £’phra-im is as an 
heifer that is taught, and loveth 
to tread out the corn; but I 
passed over upon her fair neck: 
I will make E’phra-im to ride; 
Ja’dah shall plow, and Ja’cob 
shall break his clods. + 

12 Sow to yourselves in right- 
eousness, reap in mercy; break 
up your fallow ground: for it is 
time to seek the LORD, till he 
come and rain righteousness 
upon you. 

13 Ye have plowed wicked- 
ness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye 
have eaten the fruit of lies: be- 
cause thou didst trust in thy way, 
in the multitude of thy mighty 


men. 

14 Therefore shall a tumult 
arise among thy people, and all 
thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as 
Shal’/man spoiled Béth—dr’bel in 
the day of battle: the mother 
was dashed in pieces upon her 
children. 

15 So shall Béth’-el do unto 
you because of your great wick- 
edness: in a morning shall the 
king of Is’ra-el utterly be cut off. 


873 CHAPTER li 
The ingratitude of Israel unto God for 
his benefits. 


HEN fs’ra-el was a child, 
then I loved him, and 
called my son out of E’g¥pt. 


_Israel’s ingratitude to God 


2 As they called them, so they 
went from them: they sacrificed 
unto Ba/al-im, and burned in- 
cense to graven images. 

3 I taught E’phra-im also to go, 
taking them by their arms; but 
they knew not that I healed 
them. 

4 I drew them with cords of a 
man, with bands of love: and I 
was to them as they that take 
off the yoke on their jaws, and I 
laid meat unto them. 

5 § He shall not return into the 
land of E’gypt, but the As-syr’i-an 
shall be his king, because they 
refused to return 

6 And the sword shall abide on 
his cities, and shall consume his 
branches, and devour them, be- 
cause of their own counsels. 

7 And my people are bent to 
backsliding from me: though 
they called them to the most 
aha none at all would exalt 


3 How shall I give thee up, 
E’phra-im? how shall I deliver 
thee, Is’ra-el? how shall I make 
thee as Ad’mah? how shall I 
set thee as Ze-bd/im? mine 
heart is turned within me, my 
repentings are kindled together. 

9 I will not execute the fierce- 
ness of mine anger, I will not 
return to destroy E’phra-im: for 
I_ am God, and not man; _ the 
Holy One in the midst of thee: 
and I will not enter into the city. 

10 They shall walk after the 
LORD: he shall roar like a lion: | 
when he shall roar, then the chil- | 
dren shall tremble from the west. 

11 They shall tremble as a bird 
out of E’gypt, and as a dove out 
of the land of As-syr’i-a: and I 
will Bae them in their houses, — 
saith the LORD. 

12 E’phra-im compasseth me 
about with lies, and the house of 
Is’ra-el with deceit: but Ja’dah 
yet ruleth with God, and is faith- 
ful with the saints. 


CHAPTER 12 874 
Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob. 


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Ephraim reproved 


| Roe feedeth on wind, 
— and followeth after the east 
wind: he daily increaseth lies 
and desolation; and they do 
make a covenant with the As- 
syr/i-ans, and oil is carried into 
E’gypt. 

2 The LorD hath also a con- 
troversy_ with Ji’dah, and will 
punish Ja’cob according to his 
ways; according to his doings 
will be recompense him. 

_3 4 He took his brother by the 
heel in the womb, and by_ his 
strength he had power with God: 

4 Yea, he had power over the 
angel, and prevailed: he wept, 
and made supplication unto him: 
he found him in Béth’-el, and 
there he spake with us; 

5 Even the LORD God of hosts; 
the LORD is his memorial. 

6 Therefore turn thou to thy 
God: keep mercy and judg- 
ment, and wait on thy God con- 
tinually. . 

7 § He is a merchant, the bal- 
ances of deceit are in his hand: 
he loveth to oppress. 

8 And £’phra-im said, Yet Iam 
become rich, I have found me out 
substance: in all my_ labours 
they shall find none iniquity in 
me that were sin. 

9 And I that am the LORD thy 
God from the land of E’gypt will 
yet make thee to dwell in taber- 
nacles, as in the days of the 
solemn feast. 

10 I have also spoken by the 
prophets, and I have multiplied 
visions, and used similitudes, by 
the ministry of the prophets. 

11 Js there iniquity in Gil’e-ad? 
surely they are vanity: they sac- 
rifice bullocks in Gil’gal; yea, 
their altars are as heaps in the 
furrows of the fields. 

12 And Ja’cob fled into the 
country of Syr’i-a, and Is’ra-el 
served for a wife, and for a wife 
he kept sheep. 

13 And by a prophet the LORD 
brought Is’ra-el out of E’£ypt, 
and by a prophet was he pre- 
served. 


HOSEA, 13 


14 E’phra-im provoked him to 
anger most bitterly: therefore 
shall he leave his blood upon 
him, and his reproach shall his 
Lord return unto him. 


CHAPTER 13 

1 Ephraim’s idolatry. 2 His glory de- 
parts. 9 God’s mercy promised. 

HEN E£’phra-im spake 

. trembling, he exalted 
himself in Is’ra-el; but when he 
offended in Ba/al, he died. 

2 And now they sin more and 
more, and have made them mol- 
ten images of their silver, and 
idols according to their own un- 
derstanding, all of it the work of 
the craftsmen: they say of them, 
Let the men that sacrifice kiss 
the calves. 

3 Therefore they shall be as the 
morning cloud, and as the early 
dew that passeth away, as the 
chaff that is driven with the 
whirlwind out of the floor, and 
as the smoke out of the chimney. 

4 Yet I am the LORD thy God 
from the land of E’éypt, and thou 
shalt know no god but me: for 
there is no saviour beside me. 

5 41 did know thee in the wil- 
derness, in the land of great 
drought. 

6 According to their pasture, so 
were they filled; they were filled, 
and their heart was exalted; 
therefore have they forgotten me. 

7 Therefore I will be unto them 
as alion: as a leopard by the way 
will I observe them: 

8 I will meet them as a bear 
that is bereaved of her whelbs, 
and will rend the caul of their 
heart, and there will I devour 
them like a lion: the wild beast 
shall tear them. 

9 ¢O Is’ra-el, thou hast de- 
stroyed thyself; but in me is 
thine help. . 

10 I will be thy king: where is 
any other that may save thee in 
all thy cities? and thy judges of 
whom thou saidst, Give me a 
king and princes? i 

11 I gave thee a king in min@ 


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FIOSEA, 14; JOEL, 1 


anger, and took him away in my 
wrathoi(: 2 vite 4 , 

12 The iniquity of E’phra-im is 
bound up; his sin is hid. ; 

13 The sorrows of a travailing 
woman shall come upon him: he 
is an unwise son; for he should 
not stay long in the place of the 
breaking forth of children. 

14 I will ransom them from 
the power of the grave; I will 
redeem them from death: O 
death, I will be thy plagues; O 
grave, I will be thy destruction: 
repentance shall be hid from 
mine eyes. 

15 ¢ Thowgh he be fruitful 
among his brethren, an east wind 
shall come, the wind of the LORD 
shall come up from the wilder- 
ness, and his spring shall become 
dry, and his fountain shall be 
dried up: he shall spoil the treas- 
ure of ali pleasant vessels. 

16 Sa-ma’ri-a shall become 


desolate; for she hath rebelled | th 


against her God: they shall fall 
by the sword: their infants shall 
be dashed in pieces, and their 
women with child shall be ripped 
up. 


876 CHAPTER 14 


1 Israel called to repentance. 
promise of a blessing. 
IS’RA-EL, return unto the 
LORD thy God; for thou 
hast fallen by thine iniquity. 


4 God's | d 


Blessing promised 


2 Take with you words, and 
turn to the LORD: say unto him, 
Take away all iniquity, and re- 
ceive us graciously: so will we 
render the calves of our lips. 

3 As’shur shall not save us; we 
will not ride upon horses: nei- 
ther will we say any more to the 
work of our hands, Ye are our 
gods: for in thee the fatheriess 

deth mercy. 

4 4 I will heal their backsliding, 
I will love them freely: for mine 
anger is turned away from him. 

5 I will be as the dew unto is’- 
ra-el: he shall grow as the lily, 
and cast forth his roots as Léb’= 
a-non. 

6 His branches shall spread, 
and his beauty shall be as the 
olive tree, and his smell as Léb’- 
a-non. 

7 They that dwell under his 
shadow shall return; they shall 
revive as the corn, and grow as 
e vine: the scent thereof shall 
be as the wine of Léb’a-non. : 

8 E’phra-im shall say, What 
have I to do any more with idols? » 
I have heard him, and observed 
him: I am like a green fir tree. 
From me is thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shali 
understand these things? pru- 
ent, and he shall know them? 
for the ways of the LORD are 
right, and the just shall walk in 
them: but the transgressors shal! 
fall therein. 


JOEL 


877 CHAPTER 1 


1 Joel declares God’s judgments. 2 
fk Exhortation to observance. 144A 
fast for complaint. 
HE word of the LORD that 
came to Jo’el the son of Pé- 
thi’el. 

2 Hear this, ye old men, and 
give ear, all ye inhabitants of the 
land. Hath this been in your 
days, or even in the days of your 
fathers? 


3 Tell ye your children of it, 
and let your children te?] their 
children, and their children an- 
other generation. 

4 That which the palmerworm 
hath left hath the locust eaten; © 
and that which the locust hath © 
left hath the cankerworin eaten; — 
and that which the cankerworm 
hath left hath the caterpiller 
eaten. 

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and 


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Exhortation to repentance 


weep; and huwl, all ye drinkers 
of wine, because of the new wine; 
for it is cut off from your 
mouth. f 

6 For a nation is come up upon 
my land, strong, and without 
number, whose teeth are the 
teeth of a lion, and he hath the 
cheek teeth of a great lion. 

7 He hath laid my vine waste, 
and barked my fig tree: he hath 
made it clean bare, and cast it 


‘away; the branches thereof are 


made white. ee 

8 § Lament like a virgin girded 
with sackcloth for the husband 
of her youth. 

9 The meat offering and the 


_ drink offering is cut off from the 


house of the LORD; the priests, 
the LORD’S ministers, mourn. 

10 The field is wasted, the land 
mourneth; forthe cornis wasted: 
the new wine is dried up, the oil 
languisheth. 

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye hus- 
bandmen; howl, O ye vinedress- 
ers, for the wheat and for the bar- 
ley; because the harvest of the 
field is perished. 

12 The vine is dried up, and the 
fiz tree languisheth; the pome- 
granate tree, the palm tree also, 
and the apple tree, even ali the 
trees of the field, are withered: 
because joy is withered away 
from the sons of men. 

13 Gird yourselves, and la- 
ment, ye priests: howl, ye minis- 
ters of the altar: come, lie all 
night in sackcloth, ye ministers 
of my God: for the meat offering 
and the drink offering is with- 
holden from the house of your 


od. 
14 4 Sanctify ye a fast, call a 
solemn assembly, gather the 
elders and all the inhabitants of 
the land into the house of the 
LORD your God, and cry unto 
the LORD, 

15 Alas for the day! for the 
day of the LORD is at hand, and 
as a destruction from the Al- 
mighty shall it come. 

16 Is not the meat cut off before 


JOEL, 2 


our eyes, yea, joy and gladness 
from the house of our God? 

17 The seed is rotten under 
their clods, the garners are laid 
desolate, the barns are broken 
down; for the corn is withered. 

18 How do the beasts groan! 
the herds of cattle are perplexed, 
because they have no pasture; 
yea, the flocks of sheep are made 
desolate. — 

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: 
for the fire hath devoured the 
pastures of the wilderness, and 
the flame hath burned all the 
trees of the field. 

20 The beasts of the field cry 
also unto thee: for the rivers of 
waters are dried up, and the fire 
hath devoured the pastures of the 
wilderness. 


CHAPTER 2 878 


1 God's terrible judgments. 12 Exhor- 
tation to repentance. 15 A fast pre- 
scribed. 21 Zion comforted. 


LOW ye the trumpet in Zi’- 
6n, and sound an alarm in 
my holy mountain: let all the in- 
habitants of the land tremble: for 
the day of the LORD cometh, for 
it is nigh at hand; 

day of darkness and of 
gloominess, a day of clouds and 
of thick darkness, as the morning 
spread upon the mountains: a 
great people and a strong; there 
hath not been ever the like, 
neither shall be any more after it, 
even to the years of many gen- 
erations. 

3 A fire devoureth before them; 
and behind them a flame burn- 
eth: the land is as the garden of 
E’dén before them, and behind 
them a desolate wilderness; yea, 
and nothing shall escape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as 
the appearance of horses; and as 
horsemen, so shall they run. 

5 Like the noise of chariots on 
the tops of mountains shall they 
leap, like the noise of a flame of 
fire that devoureth the stubble, as 
a strong people set in battle array. 

6 Before their face the people 


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shall be much pained: all faces 
shall gather blackness. 

7 They shall run like mighty 
men; they shall climb the wall 
like men of war; and they shall 
march every one on his ways, 
and they shall not break their 
ranks: 

8 Neither shall one thrust an- 
other; they shall walk every one 
in his path: and when they fall 
upon the sword, they shall not 
be wounded. : 

9 They shall run to and fro in 
the city; they shall run upon the 
wall, they shall climb up upon the 
houses; they shall enter in at the 
windows like a thief. 

10 The earth shall quake before 
them; the heavens shall tremble: 
the sun and the moon shall be 
dark, and the stars shall with- 
draw their shining: : 

11 And the LORD shall utter his 
voice before his army: for his 
camp is very great: for he is 
strong that executeth his word: 
for the day of the LORD is great 
and very terrible; and who can 
abide it? 

12 4 Therefore also now, saith 
the LORD, turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with 
fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning: 

13 And rend your heart, and 
not your garments, and turn unto 
the LORD your God: for he is 
gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, and 
repenteth him of the evil. 

14 Who knoweth if-he will re- 
turn and repent, and leave a 
blessing behind him; even a 
meat offering and a drink offer- 
ing unto the LORD your God? 

15 4 Blow the trumpet in Zi’on, 
sanctify a fast, call a solemn as- 
sembly: i 

16 Gather the people, sanctify 
the congregation, assemble the 
elders, gather the children, and 
those that suck the breasts: let 
the bridegroom go forth of his 
genre and the bride out of her 
closet. 


A fast proclaimed 


17 Let the priests, the ministers 
of the LORD, weep between the 
porch and the altar, and let them 
say, Spare thy people, O LORD, 
and give not thine heritage to re- 
proach, that the heathen should 
rule over them: wherefore 
should they say among the 
eee eynete is their God? 

18 § Then will the LORD be 
jealous for his land, and pity his 
people. 

19 Yea, the LORD will answer 
and say unto his people, Behold, 
I will send you corn, and wine, 
and oil, and ye shall be satisfied 
therewith: and I will no more 
make you a reproach among the 
heathen: 

20 But I will remove far off 
from you the northern army, and 
will drive him into a land barren 
and desolate, with his face to- 
ward the east sea, and his hinder 
part toward the utmost sea, and 
his stink shall come up, and his 
ill savour shall come up, because 
he hath done great things. 

21 4 Fearnot,O land; be glad 
and rejoice: for the LORD will do 
great things. 

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of 
the field: for the pastures of the 


wilderness do spring, for the tree © 


beareth her fruit, the fig tree and > 


the vine do yield their strength. 


23 Be glad then, ye children of 
Zion, and rejoice in the LORD — 
your God: for he hath given you — 


the former rain moderately, and 
he will cause to come down for 
you the rain, the former rain, 
and the latter rain in the first 
month. 

24 And the floors shall be full of 
wheat, and the fats shall over- 
flow with wine and oil. 

25 And I will restore to you the 
years that the locust hath eaten, 
the cankerworm, and the cater- 
piller, and the palmerworm, my 
great army which I sent among 
you. 

26 And ye shall eat in plenty, 
and be satisfied, and praise the 
name of the LORD your God, that 


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God’s judgments on the nations 


hath dealt wondrously with you: 
and my people shall never be 
ashamed. 

27 And ye shall know that Iam 
in the midst of Is’ra-el, and that 
I am the LORD your God, and 
none else: and my people shall 
never be ashamed. 

28 ¥ And it shall come to pass 
afterward, that I will pour out 
my spirit upon all flesh; and 
your sons and your daughters 
shall prophesy, your old men 
shall dream dreams, your young 
men shall see visions: 

29 And also upon the servants 
and upon the handmaids in those 
days will I pour out my spirit. 

30 And I will shew wonders in 
the heavens and in the earth, 
blood, and fire, and pillars of 
smoke. 

31 The sun shall be turned into 
darkness, an e moon into 
blood, before the great and the 
terrible day of the LORD come. 

32 And it shall come to pass, 
that whosoever shall call on the 
name of the LORD shall be de- 
livered: for in mount Zion and 
in Jé-ru’sa-lém shall be deliver- 
ance, as the LORD hath said, and 
in the remnant whom the LORD 
shall call. 


879 CHAPTER 3 
1 God’s judgmenis declared. 
blessing upon the church. 
OR, behold, in those days, 
and in that time, when 
shall a again the captivity of 
Ja’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

2 Iwill also gather all nations, 
and will bring them down into 
the valley of Jé-hosh’a-phat, 
and will plead with them there 
for my people and for my heritage 
is’ra-el, whom they have scat- 
tered among the nations, and 
parted my land. 

3 And they have cast lots for 
my people; and have given a boy 
for an harlot, and sold a girl for 
wine, that they might drink. 

4 Yea, and what have ye to do 
with me, O Tyre, and Zi’don, 


13 A 


JOEL, 3 


and all the coasts of Pal’es-tine? 
will ye render me a recompence? 
and if ye recompense me, swiftly 
and speedily will I return your 
recompence upon your own 
head; 

5 Because ye have taken my 
silver and my gold, and have car- 
ried into your temples my goodly 
pleasant things: 

6 The children also of Ji’/dah 
and the children of Jé-ru’sa-lem 
have ye sold unto the Gré’cians, 
that ye might remove them far 
from their border. 

7 Behold, I will raise them out 
of the place whither ye have sold 
them, and will return your 
recompence upon your own head: 

8 And I will sell your sons and 
your daughters into the hand of 
the children of Ji’dah, and they 
shall sell them to the Sa-bé’ans, 
to a people far off: for the LORD 
hath spoken it. 

9  Proclaim ye this among the 

Gén’tiles; Prepare war, wake up 
the mighty men, let all the men of 
war draw near; let them come 
up: 
10 Beat your plowshares into 
swords, and your pruninghooks 
into spears: let the weak say, I 
am strong. 

11 Assemble yourselves, and 
come, all ye heathen, and gather 
yourselves together round about: 
thither cause thy mighty ones to 
come down, O LORD 

12 Let the heathen be eae 
and come up to the valley of 
hosh’a-phat: for there will I sit 
to judge all the heathen round 
about. n ; 

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the 
harvest is ripe: come, get you 
down; for the press is full, the 
fats overflow; for their wicked- 
ness 1s great. : 

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the 
valley of decision: for the day of 
the LORD is near in the valley of 
decision. 

15 The sun and the moon shall 
be darkened, and the stars shall 
withdraw their shining. 


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Judgments on four peoples 





16 The LORD also shall roar out 
of Zion, and utter his voice from 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; and the heavens 
and the earth shall shake: but 
the LORD will be the hope of his 
people, and the strength of the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

17 So shall ye know that Iam 
the LORD your God dwelling in 
Zi’6n, my holy mountain: then 
shall Jé-ru’sa-lém be holy, and 
there shall no strangers pass 
through her any more. 

18 4 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that the mountains 
shall drop down new wine, and 
the hills shall flow with milk, and 


all the rivers of Ji’dah shall flow 

with waters, and a fountain 

shall come forth of the house of 

the LORD, and shall water the 
valley of Shit’tim. 

19 E’g¥pt shall be a desolation, 
and E’dom shall be a desolate 
wilderness, for the violence 
against the children of Jia’dah, 
because they have shed innocent 
blood in their land. 

20 But Ji’dah shall dwell for 
ever, and Jé-ru’sa-lém from gen- 
eration to generation. 

21 For I will cleanse their blood 
that I have not cleansed: for 
the LORD dwelleth in Zi’6n. 





AMOS 


880 CHAPTER 1 
Judgments upon Syria, Philistia, 
Edom, and Ammon. 


HE words of A’mos, who was 
among the herdmen of Té- 
kko’a, which he saw concerning 
Is’ra-el in the days of Uz-zi’ah 
king of Ja’dah, and in ie days % 
Jér-o-b6d’/am the son of Jo’ash 
fing of Is’ra-el, two years before 
the earthquake. 

2 And he said, The LORD will 
roar from Zi’6n, and utter his 
voice from Jé-ry’sa-lem; and the 
habitations of the shepherds shail 
mourn, and the top of Car’mel 
shall wither. 

3 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of Da 
mas/cus, and for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment 
thereof; because they have 
threshed Gil’e-ad with threshing 
instruments of iron 

4 But I will send a fire into the 
house of Haz’a-el, which shall 
devour the palaces of Bén—ha’- 


ad. 

5 I will break also the bar of 
Da-mas’cus, and cut off the in- 
habitant from the plain of A’ven, 
and him that hoideth the sceptre 
from the house of F’dén: and 
the people of Syr’i-a shall go 


-| saith the Lord 


ie bantivaty, unto Kir, saith the 


6 4 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of Gda’za, 
and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; because 
they carried away captive the 
whole captivity, to deliver them 
up to E’dom 

7 But I wiil send a fire on the 
wall of Ga’za, which s Be 
vour the palaces thereof: 

8 And I will cut off the inhab- 
itant from Ash’dod, and him that 
holdeth the sceptre from Ash’ke- 
lon, and I will turn mine hand 
against Ek’ron: and the remnant 
of the Phi-lis’tines shall perish, 
Gop. 

9 4 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of Ty’rus, 
and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; because 
they delivered up the whole cap- 
tivity to E’dom, and remembered 
not the brotherly covenant: 

10 But I will send a fire on the 
wall of Ty’rus, which shall de- 
vour the palaces thereof. 

11 4 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of E’dom, 
and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; because 
he did pursue his brother with 


ad 


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God’s wrath against Moab, Judah, 


the sword, and did cast off all 
pity, and his anger did tear per- 
petually, and he kept his wrath 
for ever: 

12 But I will send a fire upon 
Té’man, which shall devour the 
palaces of Boz’rah. 

13 § Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of the chil- 
dren of Am’mon, and for four, I 
will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof; because they have 
ripped up the women with child 
of Gil’e-ad, that they might en- 
large their border: 

14 But I will kindle a fire in the 
wall of Rab’bah, and it shali de- 
-vour the palaces thereof, with 

shouting in the day of battle, 
with a tempest in the day of the 
whirlwind: 

15 And their king shall go into 
captivity, he and_his princes to- 
gether, saith the LORD. 


881 CHAPTER 2 
1 God’s wrath against Moab, Judah, 
and Israel. 9 Their unthankfulness. 
HUS saith the LorD; For 
three transgressions of 
Mé’ab, and_ for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment there- 
of; because he burned the bones 
of the king of E’dom into lime: 

2 But I will send a fire upon 
Mo’ab, and it shall devour the 
palaces of Kir’i-dth: and M6’ab 
shall die with tumult, with shout- 
ing, and with the sound of the 
trumpet: 

3 And I will cut off the judge 
from the midst thereof, and will 
slay all the princes thereof with 
him, saith the LORD. 

4 4 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of Ju’dah, 
and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; be- 
cause they have despised the law 
-.of the LORD, and have not kept 
his commandments, and their 
lies caused them to err, after the 
which their fathers have walked. 

5 But I will send a fire upon 
Ji’dah, and it shall devour the 
palaces of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

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and Israel AMOS, 2 


6 4 Thus saith the LORD; For 
three transgressions of Is’ra-el, 
and for four, I will not turn away 
the punishment thereof; because 
they sold the righteous for silver, 
and the poor for a pair of 
shoes; 

7 That pant after the dust of the 
earth on the head of the poor, and 
turn aside the way of the meek: 
and aman and his father will go 
in unto the same maid, to pro- 
fane my holy name: 

8 And they lay themselves 
down upon clothes laid to pledge 
by every altar, and they drink 
the wine of the condemned in the 
house of their god. iu 

O 4 Yet destroyed I the Am’ér- 
ite before them, whose height 
was like the height of the cedars, 
and he was strong as the oaks; 
yet I destroyed his fruit from 
above, and his roots from be- 
neath. 

10 Also I brought you up from 
the land of £’éypt, and led you 
forty years through the wilder- 
ness, to possess the land of the 
Am/6r-ite. 

11 And I raised up of your sons 
for prophets, and of your young 
men for Naz’a-rites. Js it not 
even thus, O ye children of 
fs’ra-el? saith the LORD. _ 

12 But ye gave the Naz’a-rites 
wine to drink; and commanded 
the prophets, saying, Prophesy 


not. 

13 Behold, I am pressed under 
you, as a cart is pressed that is 
full of sheaves. : 

14 Therefore the flight shall 
perish from the swift, and the 
strong shall not strengthen his 
force, neither shail the mighty 
deliver himself: 

15 Neither shall he stand that 
handleth the bow; and he that 
is swift of foot shall not deliver 
himself: neither shall he that 
rideth the horse deliver himself. 

16 And he that is courageous 
among the mighty shall flee away 
aa in that day, saith the 

ORD. 


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AMOS, 3, 4 
882 CHAPTER 3 


Israel to be punished for transgression 


12 Thus saith the LORD; As 


1 Necessity of God's wrath against | the shepherd taketh out of the 


Israel. 9 Publication thereof, with 

its causes. 

EAR this word that the 

LORD hath spoken against 

you, O children of  iIs’ra-el, 

against the whole family which I 

brought up from the land of 
E’gypt, saying, 

2 You only have I known of all 
the families of the earth: there- 
fore I will punish you for all 
your iniquities. 

3 Can two walk together, ex- 
cept they be agreed? 

4 Will a lion roar in the forest, 
when he hath no prey? will a 
young lion cry out of his den, if 
he have taken nothing? 

5 Cana bird fallin a snare upon 
the earth, where no gin is for 
him? shall one take up a snare 
from the earth, ard have taken 
nothing at all? 

6 Shall a trumpet be blown in 
the city, and the people not be 
afraid? shall there be evil in a 
city, and the LORD hath not 
done it? 

7 Surely the Lord Gop will do 
nothing, but he revealeth his 
secret unto his servants the 
prophets. 

8 The lion hath roared, who 
will not fear? the Lord GoD 
hath spoken, who can but 
prophesy? 

9 4 Publish in the palaces at 
Ash’déd, and in the palaces in the 
land of E’éypt, and say, Assemble 
yourselves upon the mountains 
of Sd-ma’ri-a, and behold the 
great tumults in the midst there- 
of, and the oppressed in the 
midst thereof. 

10 For they know not to do 
right, saith the LORD, who store 
up violence and robbery in their 
palaces. 

11 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord Gop; An adversary there 
shall be even round about the 
land; and he shall bring down 
thy strength from thee, and thy 
palaces shall be spoiled. 


mouth of the lion two legs, or a 
piece of anear; so shall the chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el be taken out that 
dwell in Sa-m4a’ri-a in the corner 
of a bed, and in Da-mas’cus ina 
couch. 

13 Hear ye, and testify in the 
house of Ja’cob, saith the Lord 
GOD, the God of hosts, 

14 That in the day that I shall 
visit the transgressions of Is’ra- 
el upon him I will also visit the 
altars of Béth’-el: and the horns 
of the altar shall be cut off, and 
fall to the ground. 

15 And I will smite the winter 
house with the summer house; 
and the houses of ivory shall 
perish, and the great houses 
shall have an end, saith the 
LORD. 


CHAPTER 4 883 

1 Reproof of Israel for oppression and 

idolatry. 6 Also for their incorrigi- 

bility. 
EAR this word, ye kine of 
Ba’shan, that are in the 
mountain of Sa-ma/ri-a, which 
oppress the poor, which crush 
the needy, which say to their 
masters, Bring, and let us drink. 

2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by 
his holiness, that, lo, the days 
shall come upon you, that he will 
take you away with hooks, and 
your posterity with fishhooks. 

3 And ye shall go out at the 
breaches every cow at that which 
is before her; and ye shall cast 
them into the palace, saith the 
LORD. 

4 9Come to Beéth’-el, and 
transgress; at Gil’gal multiply 
transgression; and bring your 
sacrifices every morning, and 
your tithes after three years: ; 

5 And offer a_ sacrifice of 
thanksgiving with leaven, and 
proclaim and publish the free 
offerings: for this liketh you, O 
ye children of Is’ra-el, saith the 
Lord Gop. P 

6 ¢ And I also have given you 


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A lamentation for Israel 


cleanness of teeth in all your 
cities, and want of bread in all 
your places: yet have ye not 
returned unto me, saith the 


LORD. 

7 And also I have withholden 
the rain from you, when there 
were yet three months to the har- 
vest: and I caused it to rain upon 


_ one city, and caused it not to rain 
upon another city: one piece was 


rained upon, and the piece where - 


upon it rained not withered. 


8 So two or three cities wan- 


dered unto one city, to drink: 


water; but they were not satis- 
fied: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the LORD. 

9 1I have smitten you with 
blasting and mildew: when your 
gardens and your vineyards and 
your fig trees and your olive trees 
increased, the palmerworm de- 
voured them: yet have ye not 
returned unto me, saith the 
LORD. 

10 I have sent among you the 
pestilence after the manner of 
E’eypt: your young men have I 
slain with the sword, and have 
taken away your horses; and I 
have made the stink of your 
camps to come up unto your nos- 
trils: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the LORD. 

11 I have overthrown some of 
you, as God overthrew Sod’om 
and God-mor’rah, and ye were as 
a firebrand plucked out of the 
burning: yet have ye not re- 
turned unto me, saith the LORD. 

12 Therefore thus will Ido unto 
thee, O Is’ra-el: and because I 
will do this unto thee, prepare to 
meet thy God, O Iis’ra-el. 

13 For, lo, he that formeth the 
mountains, and createth the 
wind, and declareth unto man 
what is his thought, that maketh 
the morning darkness, and 
treadeth upon the high places of 
the earth, The LoRD, The God 
of hosts, is his name. 


884 CHAPTER 5 
1 A lamentation for Israel. 
exhortation to repentance. 


4 An 


AMOS, 5 


EAR ye this word which I 
take up against you, evena 
lamentation, O house of Is’ra-el. 
2 The virgin of Is’ra-el is fallen; 
she shall no more rise: she is 
forsaken upon her land; there is 
none to raise her up. 

3 For thus saith the Lord Gop; 
The city that went out by a thou- 
sand shall leave an hundred, and 
that which went forth by an 
hundred shall leave ten, to the 
house of Is’ra-el. 

4 4 For thus saith the LORD 
unto the house of Is’ra-el, Seek 
ye me, and ye shall live: 

5 But seek not Béth’-el, nor 
enter into Gil’gal, and pass not to 
Bé’er-shé’ba: for Gil’gal shall 
surely go into captivity, and 
Béth’—el shall come to nought. 

6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall 
live; lest he break out like fire in 
the house of J6’seph, and devour 
it, and there be none to queuch 
it in Béth’-el. : 

7 Ye who turn judgment to 
wormwood, and leave off right- 
eousness in the earth, 

8 Seek him that maketh the 
seven stars and O-ri’6n, and 
turneth the shadow of death into 
the morning, and maketh the day 
dark with night: that calleth for 
the waters of the sea, and pour- 
eth them out upon the face of the 
earth: The LORD is his name: 

90 That strengtheneth the spoiled 
against the strong, so that the 
spoiled shall come against the 
fortress. 

10 They hate him that rebuk- 
eth in the gate, and they abhor 
him that speaketh uprightly. 

11 Forasmuch therefore as your 
treading is upon the poor, and ye 
take from him burdens of wheat: 
ye have built houses of hewn 
stone, but ye shall not dwell in 
them; ye have planted pleasant 
vineyards, but ye shall not drink 
wine of them. ’ 

12 For I know your manifold 
transgressions and your mighty 
sins: they afflict the just, they 
take a bribe, and they turn aside 


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AMOS, 6 


the eked in the gate from their 
right. 

13 Therefore the prudent shall 
keep silence in that time; for it 
is an evil time. 

14 Seek good, and not evil, 
that ye may live: and so the 
LORD, the God of hosts, shall be 
with you, as ye have spoken. 

15 Hate the evil, and love the 
good, and establish judgment 
in the gate: it may be that 
the LORD God of hosts will be 
gracious unto the remnant of | 
JO’seph. 

16 Therefore the LORD, the 
God of hosts, the Lord, saith 
thus; Wailing shall be in all 
streets; and they shall say in all 
the highways, Alas! alas! and 
they shall call the husbandman 
to mourning, and such as are 
skilful of lamentation to wailing. 

17 And in all vineyards shall be 
wailing: for I will pass throug 
thee, saith the LORD. 

18 Woe unto you that desire 
the day of the LORD! to what 
end isitfor you? the day of the 
LORD is darkness, and not 
light. 

19 As if a man did flee from a 
lion, and a bear met him; or 
went into the house, and leaned 
his hand on the wall, and a ser- 
pent bit him. 

20 Shall not the day of the 
LORD be darkness, and not 
light? even very dark, and no 
brightness in it? : 

191 hate, I despise your 
feast days, and I will not smell 
in your solemn assemblies. 

22 Though ye offer me burnt 
offerings and your meat offer- 
ings, I will not accept them: 
neither will I regard the peace 
offerings of your fat beasts. 

23 Take thou away from me the 
noise of thy songs; for I will not 
hear the melody of thy viols. 

24 But let judgment run down 
as waters, and righteousness asa 
mighty stream. 

25 Have ye offered unto me 
sacrifices and offerings in the 


' Desolations foretold 


wilderness forty years, O house 
of Is’ra-el? 

26 But ye have borne the taber- 
nacle of your Mo’loch and Chi’un 
your images, the star of your god, 
which ye made to yourselves. 

27 Therefore will I cause you 
to 80 into captivity beyond Da- 
mas’cus, saith the LORD, whose 
name is The God of hosts. 


CHAPTER 6 885 


Desolation shall plague the wantonness 
(3) STaés. 

OE to them that are at 

ease in Zi’on, and trust in 

the mountain of Sda-méa’ri-a, 


which are named chief of the | 


nations, to whom the house of 
is’ra-el came! 

2 Pass ye unto Cal’neh, and 
see; and from thence go ye to 
Ha/math the great: then go 


h | down to Gath of the Phi-is’tines: 


be they better than these king- 
doms? or their border greater 
than your border? 

3 Ye that put far away the evil 
day, and cause the seat of vio- 
lence to come near; 

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, 


and stretch themselves upon — 


their couches, and eat the lambs 
out of the flock, and the calves 
out of the midst of the stall; 

5 That chant to the sound of 
the viol, and invent to themselves 
instruments of musick like Da’- 


vid; 

6 That drink wine in bowls, 
and anoint themselves with the 
chief ointments: but they are not 
pee for the affliction of J6’- 


"7 q Therefore now shall they go 
captive with the first that go cap- 
tive, and the banquet of them that 
stretched themselves shall be 
removed. 

8 The Lord Gop hath sworn by 
himself, saith the LORD the God 
of hosts, I abhor the excellency of 
Ja’cob, and hate his palaces: 
therefore will I 
city, with all that is therein. 


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I deliver up the | 


Amaziah complains of Amos 


AMOS, 7 


9 And it shall come to pass, if | by fire, and it devoured the great 


there remain ten men in one 
house, that they shall die. 

10 Anda man’s uncle shall take 
him up, and he that burneth him, 
to bring out the bones out of the 
house, and shall say unto him 
that is by the sides of the house, 
Is there yet any with thee? and 
he shall say, No. Then shail he 
say, Hold thy tongue: for we 
may not make mention of the 
name of the LORD. 
~11 For, behold, the LORD com- 
mandeth, and he will smite the 
great house with breaches, and 
the little house with clefts. 

12 4 Shall horses run upon the 
rock? will one plow there with 
oxen? for ye have turned judg- 
ment into gall, and the fruit of 
righteousness into hemlock: 

13 Ye which rejoice in_a thing 
of nought, which say, Have we 
not taken to us horns by our own 
strength? 

14 But, behold, I will raise up 
against you a nation, O house of 
Is’ra-el, saith the LORD the God 
of hosts; and they shall afflict 
you from the entering in of 
Hé’math unto the river of the 
wilderness. 


886 CHAPTER 7 


1 Judgments diverted by Amos prayer. 
7 A sign of Israel's rejection. 10 
Amaziah complains of Amos. 

“| anes hath the Lord Gop 

shewed unto me; and, be- 
hold, he formed grasshoppers 
in the beginning of the shooting 
up of the latter growth; and, lo, 
it was the latter growth after the 
king’s mowings. 

2 And it came to pass, that 
when they had made an end of 
eating the grass of the land, then 
I said, O Lord Gop, forgive, I 
beseech thee: by whom shall 
Ja’cob arise? for he is small. 

3 The LORD repented for this: 
It shall not be, saith the LorD. 

4 4 Thus hath the Lord Gop 
shewed unto me: and, behold, 
the Lord GOD called to contend 


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deep, and did eat up a part. 

5 Then said I, O Lord Gop, 
cease, I beseech thee: by whom 
shall Ja’cob arise? for he is 
small. 

6 The LORD repented for this: 
This also shall not be, saith the 
Lord GoD. 

7 4 Thus he shewed me: and, 
behold, the Lord stood upon a 
wall made by a plumbline, with a: 
plumbline in his hand. 

8 And the LORD said unto me, 
A’mos, what seest thou? And I 
said, A plumbline. Then said 
the Lord, Behold, I will set a 
plumbline in the midst of my 
people Is’ra-el: I will not again 
pass by them any more: _ 

9 And the high places of f’saac 
shall be desolate, and the sanctu- 
aries of Is’ra-el shall be laid 
waste; and I will rise against 
the house of Jér-o-b6’am with 
the sword. x fe 

10 Then Am-a-zi’ah the 
priest of Béth’—el sent to Jér-o- 
b6’am king of Is’ra-el, saying, 
A’mos hath conspired against 
thee in the midst of the house of 
Is’ra-el: the land is not able to 
bear all his words. 

11 For thus A’mos saith, Jér-o- 
bo’am shall die by the sword, and 
Is’ra-el shall surely be led away 
captive out of their own land. 

Also Am-a-zi’ah said unto 
A’mos, O thou seer, go, flee thee 
away into the land of Ja’dah, and 
there eat bread, and prophesy 
there: : 

13 But prophesy not again any 
more at Béth’-el: for it is the 
king’s chapel, and it is the 
king’s court. é 

14 | Then  answered_ A’mos, 
and said to Am-a-zi’ah, I was no 
prophet, neither was I a proph- 
et’s son; but I was an herdman, 
and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: 

15 And the LORD took me as [ 
followed the flock, and the LORD 
said unto me, Go, prophesy unto 
my people Is’ra-el. 

16 4 Now therefore hear thou 
5 


AMOS, 8, 9 


Type of a basket of summer fruit 
and it shall be cast out and 


the word of the LORD: Thou 


sayest, Prophesy not against 


Is’ra-el, and drop not thy word |E 


against the house of I’saac. 

17 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Thy wife shall be an 
harlot in the city, and thy sons 
and thy daughters shall fall by 
the sword, and thy land shall be 
divided by line; and thou shalt 
die in a polluted land: and Is’- 
ta-el shall surely go into captivity 
forth of his land. 


887 CHAPTER 8 


1 A basket of summer fruit tupes the 
nearness of Israel's end. A 
famine of God's word Hae cory 

HUS hath the Lord GoD 
shewed unto me: and be- 
hold a basket of summer fruit. 

2 And he said, A’mos, what 
seest thou? And I said, A bas- 
ket of summer fruit. Then said 
the LORD unto me, The end is 
come upon my people of Is’ra-el; 
I will not again pass by them any 
more. 

3 And the songs of the temple 
shall be howlings in that day, 
saith the Lord GOD: there shall 
be many dead bodies in every 
place; they shall cast them forth 
with silence. 

4 4 Hear this, O ye that swal- 
low up the needy, even to make 
the poor of the land to fail, : 

5 Saying, When will the new 
moon be gone, that we may sell 
corn? and the sabbath, that we 
may set forth wheat, making 
the ephah small, and the shekel 
great, and falsifying the balances 
by deceit? 

6 That we may buy the poor for 
silver, and the needy for a pair 
of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse 
of the wheat? 

7 The LORD hath sworn by the 
excellency of Ja’cob, Surely I 
will never forget any of their 


works. 

8 Shall not the land tremble 
for this, and every one mourn 
that dwelleth therein? and it 
shall rise up wholly as a flood; 


epee as by the flood of 
A/S vp " 

9 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the Lord GOD, | 
that I will cause the sun to go 
down at noon, and I will darken 
the earth in the clear day: 

10 And I will turn your feasts 
into mourning, and all your songs 
into lamentation; an wi 
bring up sackcloth upon all loins, 
and baldness upon every head; 
and I will make it as the mourn- 
ing of an only son, and the end 
thereof as a bitter day. 

11 § Behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord GOD, that I wiil 
send a famine in the land, not a 
famine of bread, nor a thirst for 
water, but of hearing the words 
of the LORD: | 

12 And they shall wander from 
sea to sea, and from the north 
even to the east, they shall run to 
and fro to seek the word of the 
LORD, and shall not find i¢. 

13 In that day shall the fair vir- 
are and young men faint for 

14 They that swear by the sin 
of Sa-m4a’ri-a, and say, Thy god, 
O Dan, liveth; and, The manner 
of Bé’er—shé’ba liveth; even they 
shall fall, and never rise up again. 


CHAPTER 9 


1 Certainty of Israel's desolation. 
Restoration of David's tabernacle. 
SAW the Lord standing upon 
the altar: and he said, Smite 
the lintel of the door, that the 
posts may shake: and cut them 
in the head, all of them; and I 
will slay the last of them with the 
sword: he that fleeth of them 
shall not flee away, and he that 
escapeth of them shall! not be 
delivered. OMEE 
2 Though they dig into hell, 
thence shall mine hand take 
them; though they climb up to 
heaven, thence will I bring them 
down: : 
3 And though they hide them- 


888 
11 


David's tabernacle to be restored 


selves in the top of Cir’mel, I will 
search and take them out thence: 
and though they be hid from my 
sight in the bottom of the sea, 
thence will I command the ser- 
pent, and he shall bite them: 

4 And though they go into 
Captivity before their enemies, 
thence will I command the 
sword, and it shall slay them; 
and I will set mine eyes upon 
them for evil, and not for good. 
_.> And the Lord Gop of hosts is 
he that toucheth the land, and it 
shall melt, and all that dwell 
therein shall mourn: and it shall 
rise up wholly like a flood; and 
Shali be drowned, as by the flood 
of E’éypt. 


6 It is he that buildeth his | thi 


stories in the heaven, and hath 
founded his troop in the earth; 
- he that calleth for the waters of 
the sea, and poureth them out 
upon the face of the earth: The 
LORD is his name. 

7 Are ye not as children of the 
E-thi-d’pi-ans unto me, O chil- 
dren of Is’ra-el? saith the LORD. 
Have not I brought up {is’ra-el 
out of the land of E’gypt? and the 
Phi-lis’tines from Caph’tér, and 
the Syr’i-ans from Kir? 

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord 

OD are upon the sinful king- 
dom, and I will destroy it from 
off the face of the earth: saving 
that I will not utterly destroy 
the house of Ja’cob, saith the 
LORD. 


OBADIAH 


9 For, lo, I will command, and 
I will sift the house of Is’ra-el 
among all nations, like as corn is 
sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the 
least grain fall upon the earth. 

li the sinners of my people 
Shali_die by the sword, which 
say, The evil shall not overtake 
nor prevent us. 

11 { In that day will I raise up 
the tabernacle of Da’vid that is 
fallen, and close up the breaches 
thereof; and I will raise up his 
ruins, and I will build it as in the 
days of old: 

12 That they may possess the 
remnant of E’dom,and of all the 
heathen, which are called by my 
name, saith the LORD that doeth 


3 
13 Behold, the days come, 
saith the LORD, that the plow- 
man Shall overtake the reaper, 
and the treader of grapes him 
that soweth seed; and the 
mountains shall drop sweet wine, 
and all the hills shall melt. 

14 And I will bring again the 
captivity of my people of Is’ra-el, 
and they shall build the waste 
cities, and inhabit them; and 
they shall plant vineyards, and 
drink the wine thereof; they 
shall also make gardens, and eat 
the fruit of them. 

15 And I will plant them upon 
their land, and they shall no 
more be pulled up out of their 
land which I have given them, 
saith the LORD thy God. 





OBADIAH 


8389 
1 Obadiah's vision. 2 Destruction of 
Edom. 17 Salvation of Jacob. 
HE vision of 0-ba-di’ah. 
Thus saith the Lord Gop 
concerning E’dom; We have 
heard a rumour from the Lorp, 
and an ambassador is. sent 
among the heathen, Arise ye, 
and let us rise up against her 
in battle. 


2 Behold, I have made thee 
small among the heathen: thou 
art greatly despised. 

3 4 The pride of thine heart 
hath deceived thee, thou that 
dwellest in the clefts of the rock, 
whose habitation is high: that 
saith in his heart, Who shall 
bring me down to the ground? 

4 Though thou exalt thyself as 
the eagle, and though thou set 


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OBADIAH 


thy nest among the stars, thence 
will I bring thee down, saith the 
LORD. 

5 If thieves came to thee, if 
robbers by night, (how art thou 
cut off!) would they not have 
stolen till they had enough? if 
the grapegatherers came to thee, 
would they not leave some 
grapes? : i 

6 How are the things of E’sau 
searched out! how are his hid- 
den things sought.up! 

7 All the men of thy confederacy 
have brought thee even to the 
border: the men that were at 
peace with thee have deceived 
thee, and prevailed against thee; 
they that eat thy bread have laid 
a wound under thee: there is 
none understanding in him. 

8 Shall I not in that day, saith 
the LORD, even destroy the wise 
men out of E’dom, and under- 
standing out of the mount of 
E’sau? 

9 And thy mighty men, O Té’- 
man, shall be dismayed, to the 
end that every one of the mount 
of £’sau may be cut off by 
slaughter. 

10 {For thy violence against 
thy brother Ja’cob shame shail 
cover thee, and thou shalt be cut 
off for ever. 

11 In the day that thou stoodest 
on the other side, in the day that 
the strangers carried away cap- 
tive his forces, and foreigners 
entered into his gates, and cast 
lots upon Jé-ru’sa-lém, even thou 
wast as one of them. 

12 But thou shouldest not have 
looked on the day of thy brother 
in the day that he became a 
stranger: neither shouldest thou 
have rejoiced over the children 
of Ja’dah in the day of their de- 
struction; neither shouldest thou 
have spoken proudly in the day 
of distress. 

13 Thou shouldest not have en- 
tered into the gate of my people in 
the day of their calamity; yea, 
thou shouldest not have looked 


Destruction of Edom foretold 


on their affliction in the day of 
their calamity, nor have laid 
hands on their substance in the 
day of their calamity; 

14 Neither shouldest thou have 
stood in the crossway, to cut off 
those of his that did escape; 
neither shouldest thou have de- 
livered up those of his that 
did remain in the day of 
distress. 5 

15 For the day of the LORD is 
near upon all the heathen: as 
thou hast done, it shall be done 
unto thee: thy reward shall re- 
turn upon thine own head. 

16 For as ye have drunk upon 
my holy mountain, so shall all 
the heathen. drink continually, 
yea, they shall drink, and they 
shail swallow down, and they 
shall be as though they had not 
been. ° 

17 ¢ But upon mount Zion 
shall be deliverance, and there 
shall be holiness; and the house 
of Ja’cob shall possess their 
possessions. 

18 And the house of Ja’cob 
shall be a fire, and the house of 
Jd’seph a flame, and the house of 
f’sau for stubble, and they shall 
kindle in them, and devour them; 
and there shall not be any re- 
maining of the house of E’sau; 
for the LORD hath spoken 


it. 

19 And they of the south shall 
possess the mount of E’sau; and 
they of the plain the Phi-lis’tines: 
and they shall possess the fields 
of &’phra-im, and the fields of 
Sa4-ma’ri-a: and Bén’ja-min shall 
possess Gil’e-ad. : 

20 And the captivity of this host 
of the children of Is’ra-el shall 
possess that of the Ca’naan-ites, 
even unto Zar’e-phath; and the 
captivity of Jé-ru’sa-lém, which 
is in Séph’a-rad, shall possess 
the cities of the south. 

21 And saviours shall come up 
on mount Zi’in to judge the 
mount of E’sau; and the king- 
dom shall be the LORD’S. 


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JONAH 


890 CHAPTER 1 
1 Jonah is sent to Nineveh. 3 His 
flight to Tarshish. 4 The tempest. 
OW the word of the LORD 

“ came unto J6’nah the son 
’ of A-mit’ta-i, saying, 

2 Arise, go to Nin’e-veh, that 
great city, and cry against it; 
for their wickedness is come up 
before me. 

3 But Jé’nah rose up to flee 
unto Tdar’shish from the pres- 
ence of the LORD, and went 
down to Jép’pa; and he founda 
ship going to Tar’shish: so he 
paid the fare thereof, and went 
down into it, to go with them 
unto Tar’shish from the pres- 
ence of the LORD. 

4 ¢§ But the LORD sent out a 
great wind into the sea, and there 
was a mighty tempest in the sea, 
so that the ship was like to be 
broken. 

5 Then the mariners were 
afraid, and cried every man unto 
his god, and cast forth the wares 
that were in the ship into the sea, 
to lighten it ofthem. But J6’nah 
was gone down into the sides of 
the ship; and he lay, and was 
fast asleep. 

6 So the shipmaster came to 
him, and said unto him, What 
meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, 
call upon thy God, if so be that 
God will think upon us, that we 
perish not. 

7 And they said every one to his 
fellow, Come, and let us cast 
lots, that we may know for whose 
cause this evil is upon us. So 
they cast lots, and the lot fell 
upon J6’nah. ; 

8 Then said they unto him, 
Tell us, we pray thee, for whose 
cause this evil is upon us; What 
is thine occupation? and whence 
comest thou? what is thy coun- 
try? and of what people art 
thou? ; 

9 And he said unto them, I am 
an Hé’brew; and I fear the 


LORD, the God of heaven, which 
hath made the sea and the dry 
land. 

,10 Then were the men exceed- 
ingly afraid, and said unto him, 
Why hast thou done this? For 
the men knew that he fled from 
the presence of the LORD, be- 
cause he had told them. 

11 { Then said they unto him, 
What shall we do unto thee, that 
the sea may be calm unto us? 
for the sea wrought, and was 
tempestuous. 

12 And he said unto them, Take 
me up, and cast me forth into the 
sea; so shall the sea be calm unto 
you: for I know that for my 
sake this great tempest is upon 
you. 

13 Nevertheless the men rowed 
hard to bring it to the land; but 
they could not: for the sea 
wrought, and was tempestuous 
against them. 

14 Wherefore they cried unto 
the LORD, and said, We beseech 
thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, 
let us not perish for this man’s 
life, and lay not upon us inno- 
cent blood: for thou, O LoRD, 
hast done as it pleased thee. 

15 So they took up Jé’nah, and 
cast him forth into the sea: and 
the sea ceased from her raging. 

16 Then the men feared the 
LORD exceedingly, and offered a 
sacrifice unto the LORD, and 
made vows. 

17 § Now the LORD had pre- 
pared a great fish to swallow up 
Jo’/nah. And J6’nah was in the 
beliy of the fish three days and 
three nights. 


CHAPTER 2 891 
1 Jonah's prayer. 10 He is delivered 
from the fish. 
[Dae Jdo/nah prayed unto the 
_Lorp his God out of the 
fish’s belly, f 
2 And said, Icried by reason of 


‘mine affliction unto the LORD, 
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JONAH, 3, 4 


and he heard me; out of the belly 
of hell cried I, and thou heardest 
my voice. 

3 For thou hadst cast me into 
the deep, in the midst of the 
seas; and the floods compassed 
me about: all thy billows and thy 
waves passed over me. 

4 Then I said, I am cast out of 
thy sight; yet I will look again 
toward thy holy temple. 

5 The waters compassed me 
about, even to the soul: the 
depth closed me round about, the 
weeds were wrapped about my 
head. 

6 I went down to the bottoms 
of the mountains; the earth with 
her bars was about me for ever: 
yet hast thou brought up my life 
see corruption, O LORD my 

od. 

7 When my soul fainted within 
me I remembered the LORD: 
and my prayer came in unto 
thee, into thine holy temple. | 

8 They that observe lying vani- 
ties forsake their own mercy. 

9 But I will sacrifice unto thee 
with the voice of thanksgiving; I 
will pay that that have vowed. 
Salvation is of the LORD. 

10 4 Andthe LORD spake unto 
the fish, and it vomited out J6’- 
nah upon the dry land. 


892 CHAPTER 3 
1 Jonah sent again to Nineveh. 5 Re- 
pentance of the Ninevites. 
ND the word of the LORD 

(“% came unto J6’nah the second 
time, saying, 

2 Arise, go unto Nin’e-veh, that 
great city, and preach unto it the 
preaching that I bid thee. 

3 So J6é’nah arose, and went 
unto Nin’e-veh, according to the 
word of the LORD. Now Nin’e- 
veh was an exceeding great city 
of three days’ journey. 

4 And Jo’nah began to enter 
into the city a day’s journey, and 


he cried, and said, Yet forty 
days, and Nin’ e-veh shall be 
overthrown. 


5 4 So the people of Nin’e-veh 


Jonah’s misston to Nineveh 


believed God, and proclaimed a 
fast, and put on sackcloth, from 
the greatest of them even to the 
least of them. 

6 For word came unto the king 
of Nin’e-veh, and he arose from 
his throne, and he laid his robe 
from him, and covered him with 
sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 

he caused it to be pro- 
claimed and published through 
Nin’e-veh by the decree of the 
king and his nobles, saying, Let 
neither man nor beast, herd nor 
flock, taste any thing: let them 
not feed, nor water: 

8 But let man and beast be 
covered with sackcloth, and cry 
mightily unto God: yea, let 
them turn every one from his evil 
way, and from the violence that 
is in their hands. 

9 Who can tell 7f God will turn 
and repent, and turn away from 
his fierce anger, that we perish 
not: 

10 4 And God saw their works, 
that they turned from their evil 
way; and God repented of the 
evil, that he had said that he 
yours do unto them; and ne did 
it not. 


CHAPTER 4 893 
Jonah, repining at God’s mercy, is 
reproved. 


UT it displeased J6’nah ex- 
ceedingly, and he was very 
angry. 

2 And he prayed unto the LORD, 
and said, I pray thee, O LORD, 
was not this my saying, when I 
was yetin my country? There- 
fore I fled before unto Tar’shish: 
for I knew that thou art a gra- 
cious God, and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, and 
repentest thee of the evil. 

3 Therefore now, O LORD, 
take, I beseech thee, my life 
from me; for it is better for me 
to die than to live. 

4 4 Then said the LORD, Doest 
sree well to be angry? 

5 So Jo’nah went out of the 
city, and sat on the east side of 


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God’s wrath against Israel and Judah 


MICAH, 1 


the city, and there made him a|himself to die, and said, It is 


booth, and sat under it in the 
shadow, till he might see what 
would become of the city. 

6 And the LORD God prepared 
a gourd, and made 7¢ to come up 
over J6’nah, that it might be a 
shadow over his head, to deliver 

from his grief. So J6’nah 
was exceeding glad of the gourd. 
But God prepared a worm 
when the morning rose the next 
day, and it smote the gourd that 
it withered. 

8 And it came to pass, when the 
sun did arise, that God prepared 
a vehement east wind; and the 
sun beat upon the head of J6’nah, 
that he fainted, and wished in 


better for me to die than to live. 

9 And God said to Jé‘nah, 
Doest thou weli to be angry for 
the gourd? And he said, I do 
well to be angry, even unto death. 

10 Then said the LORD, Thou 
hast had pity on the gourd, for 
the which thou hast not laboured, 
neither madest it grow; which 
came up in a night, and perished 
in a night: 

11 And should not I spare 
Nin’e-veh, that great city, where- 
in are more than sixscore thou- 
sand persons that cannot dis- 
cern between their right hand 
and their left hand; and also 
much cattle? 


MICAH 


894 CHAPTER 1 


1 Micah shews God’s wrath against 
Jacob. 10 He exhorts to mourning. 


HE word of the LORD that 
came to Mi’cah the MO’ras- 
thite in the days of Jo’tham, 
A’haz, and Héz-e-ki’ah, kings of 
Jia’dah, which he saw concerning 
Sa-ma’ri-a and Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, 
O earth, and all that therein is: 
and let the Lord GOD be witness 
against you, the Lord from his 
holy temple. 

3 For, behold, the LORD com- 
eth forth out of his place, and will 
come down, and tread upon the 
high places of the earth. 

4 And the mountains shall be 
molten under him, and the val- 
leys shall be cleft, as wax before 
the fire, and as the waters that 
are poured down a steep place. 

5 For the transgression of Ja’- 
cob is all this, and for the sins of 
the house of Is’ra-el. What is 
the transgression of Ja’cob? is it 
not Sa-mda’ri-a? and what are 
the high places of Ji’dah? are 
they not Jé-ru’sa-lém? 

6 Therefore I will make Sa- 


and as plantings of a vineyard: 
and I will pour down the stones 
thereof into the valley, and I will 
discover the foundations thereof. 

And all the graven images 
thereof shall be beaten to pieces, 
and all the hires thereof shall be 
burned with the fire, and all the 
idols thereof will I lay desolate: 
for she gathered i¢ of the hire of 
an harlot, and they shall return 
to the hire of an harlot. 

8 Therefore I will wail and 
howl, I will go stripped and 
naked: I will make a wailing 
like the dragons, and mourning 
as the owls. ; 

0 For her wound is incurable; 
for it is come unto Jt’dah; heis 
come unto the gate of my people, 
even to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 Declare ye it not at Gath, 
weep ye not at all: in the house 
of Aph’rah roll thyself in the dust. 

11 Pass ye away, thou inhabi- 
tant of Sa’phir, having thy shame 
naked: the inhabitant of Za’a- 
nan came not forth in the mourn- 
ing of Béth-é’zel; he shall 
receive of you his standing. 

12 For the inhabitant of Ma’- 


ma’ri-a as an heap of the field, ' roth waited carefully for good: 
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MICAH, 2, 3 


but evil came down from the 
tem, unto the gate of Jé-ru’sa- 
ém. 

3 O thou inhabitant of La’- 
chink, bind the chariot to the 
swift beast: she is the beginning 
of the sin to the daughter of 
Zion: for the transgressions 
of Is’ra-el were found in thee. 

14 Therefore shalt thou give 
presents to Mor’esh-eth—-gath: 
the houses of Ach’zib shall bea 
lie to the kings of is’ra-el. 

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto 
thee, O inhabitant of Ma-ré’shah: 
he shall come unto A-dutl’lam 
the glory of Is’ra-el. 

16 Make thee bald, and_ poll 
thee for thy delicate children; 
enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; 
for they, are gone: into captivity 
from thee. 


895 CHAPTER 2 


1 God’s judgments against oppression. 
7 Reproof of injustice. 12 Promise 
of Jacob’s restoration. 

OE to them that devise 

iniquity, and work evil 
upon their beds! when the morn- 
ing is light, they practise it, be- 
cause it is in the power of their 
hand. 

2 And they covet fields, and 
take them by violence; and 
houses, and take them away: so 
they oppress a man and his 
house, even a man and his 
heritage. 2 

3 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; Behold, against this 
family do I devise an evil, from 
which ye shall not remove your 
necks; neither shall ye go haugh- 
tily: for this time is evil. 

4 4 In that day shall one take 
up a parable against you, and 
lament with a doleful lamenta- 
tion, and say, We be utterly 
spoiled: he hath. changed the 
portion of my people: how hath 
he removed if from me! turning 


_—away he hath divided our fields. 


5 Therefore thou shalt have 
none that shall cast a cord by lot 
in the congregation of the LORD. 


Judgments against oppression 


6 Prophesy ye not, say they to 
them that prophesy: they shall 
not prophesy to them, that they 
shall not take shame. 

7 4 O thou that art named the 
house of Ja’cob, is the spirit of 
the LORD straitened? are, these 
his doings? do not my words do 
good to him that walketh up- 
rightly? 

8 Even of late my people is 
risen up as anenemy: ye pull off 
the robe with the garment from 
them that pass by securely as 
men averse from war. 

9 The .women_ of my people 
have ye cast out from their pleas- 
ant houses; from their children 
have ye taken away my glory for 
ever. 

10 Arise ye, and depart; for 
this is not your rest: because it 
is polluted, it shall destroy you, 
even with a sore destruction. 

11 If a man .walking in the 
spirit and falsehood do lie, say- 
ing, I will prophesy unto thee of 
wine and of strong drink; he 
shall even be the prophet of this 
people. 

12 FI will surely assemble, O 
Ja’cob, all of thee; I will surely 
gather the remnant of Is’ra-el; I 
will put them together as the 
sheep of B6z’rah, as the flock in 
the midst of their fold: they 
shall make great noise by reason 
of the multitude of men. 

13 The breaker is come up be- 
fore them: they have broken up, 
and have passed through the 
gate, and are gone out by it: and 
their king shall pass before them, 
ee the LORD on the head of 

em. 


CHAPTER 3 896 
1 The princes’ cruelty. 5 Falsehood of 
the prophets. 8 Security of both. 
ND I said, Hear, I pray you, 
sO heads of Ja’cob, and ye 
princes of the house of Is’ra-el; 
Is it not for you to know judg- 
ment? | 
2 Who hate the good, and love - 
the evil; who pluck off their skin 


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Zion’s glory in the last days 


from off them, and their flesh 
from off their bones; 

3 Who also eat the flesh of my 
people, and flay their skin from 

off them; and they break their 
bones, and chop them in pieces, 
as for the pot, and as flesh within 
the caldron. 

4 Then shall they cry unto the 
LORD, but he will not hear them: 
he will even hide his face from 
them at that time, as they have 
behaved themselves ill in their 
doings. 

5 § Thus saith the LORD con- 
cerning the prophets that make 
my people err, that bite with 
their teeth, and cry, Peace; and 
he that putteth not into their 
mouths, they even prepare war 
against him. 

6 Therefore night shall be 
unto you, that ye shall not have 
a vision; and it shall be dark 
unto you, that ye shall not di- 
vine; and the sun shall go down 
over the prophets, and the day 
shall be dark over them. 

7 Then shall the seers be 
ashamed, and the diviners con- 
founded: yea, 
cover their lips; for there is no 
answer of God. 

8 ¥ But truly I am full of power 
by the spirit of the LORD, and of 
judgment, and of might, to de- 
clare unto Ja’cob his transgres- 
sion, and to Is’ra-el his sin. 

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye 
heads of the house of Ja’cob, and 
princes of the house of Is’ra-el, 
that abhor judgment, and pervert 
allequity. a4 ; 

10 They build up Zi’6n with 
blood, and Jé-ru’sé-lém with 


iniquity. ; 

11 The heads thereof judge for 
reward, and the priests thereof 
teach for hire, and the prophets 
thereof divine for money: yet 
will they lean upon the LORD, 
and say; Is not the LORD among 
us? noneevil can come upon us. 

12 Therefore shall Zi’on for 
your sake be plowed as a field, 
and Jé-ru’sd-lém shall become 


MICAH, 4 


heaps, and the mountain of the 
pense as the high places of the 
orest. 


CHAPTER 4 
The triumph and glory of Zion. 


UT in the last days it shall 
come to pass, that the 
mountain of the house of the 
LORD shall be established in the 
top of the mountains, and it 
shall be exalted above the hills; 
and people shall flow unto it. 
And many nations shall come, 
and say, Come, and let us go up 
to the mountain of the LORD, and 
to the house of the God of Ja’cob; 
and he will teach us of his ways, 
and we will walk in his paths: 
for the law shall go forth of Zi’6n, 
and the word of the LORD from 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 4 And he shall judge among 
many people, and rebuke strong 
nations afar off; and they shall 
beat their swords into plow- 
shares, and their spears into 
pruninghooks: nation shall not 
lift up a sword against nation, 
neither shall they learn war any 


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they shall all| more 


4 But they shall sit every man 
under his vine and under his fig 
tree; and none shall make them 
afraid: for the mouth of the 
LORD of hosts hath spoken 7f. 

For all people will walk 
every one in the name of his god, 
and we will walk in the name of 
the LORD our God for ever and 


ever. 

6 In that day, saith the LORD, 
will I_ assemble her that halteth, 
and I will gather her that is 
driven out, and her that I have 
afflicted; 

7 And I will make her that 
halted a remnant, and her that 
was cast far off a strong nation: 
and the LORD shall reign over 
them in mount Zi’6n from hence- 
See even for ever. 

8 q And thou, O tower of the 
flock, the strong hold of the 
daughter of Zi’6n, unto thee shal] 
it come, even the first dominion; 


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MICAH, 5 


the kingdom shall come to the 
daughter of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

9 Now why dost thou cry out 
aloud? is there no king in thee? 
is thy counsellor perished? for 
pangs have taken thee as a 
woman in travail. 

10 Be in pain, and labour to 
bring forth, O daughter of Zi’on, 
like a woman in travail: for now 
shalt thou go forth out of the 
city, and thou shalt dwell in the 
field, and thou shalt go even to 
Bab’y-lon; there shalt thou be 
cal eeeds there the LORD shall 
redeem thee from the hand of |m 
thine enemies. 

11 ¢ Now also many nations 
are gathered against thee, that 
say, Let her be defiled, and let our 
eye look upon Zi’6n. 

12 But they know not the 
thoughts of the LORD, neither 
understand they his counsel: 
for he shall gather them as the 
sheaves into the floor. 

13 Arise and thresh, O daugh- 
ter of Zi/én: for I will make 
thine horn iron, and I will make 
thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt 
beat in pieces many people: and 
I will consecrate their gain unto 
the LORD, and their substance 
aoe the Lord of the whole 
earth. 


898 CHAPTER 5 


1 The promised ruler out of Beth-lehem. 
4 His kingdom and conquests. 


OW gather thyself in troops, 
O daughter of troops: he 
hath laid siege against us: they 
shall smite the judge of Is’ra-el 
with a rod upon the cheek. 
2 But thou, Béth’-lé-hém 
Eph’ra-tah, though thou be little 
among the thousands of Ji’dah, 
yet out of thee shall he come 
forth unto me that is to be ruler 
in is’ra-el; whose goings forth 
have been from of old, from 
everlasting. 
3 Therefore will he give them 
up, until the time that she which 
travaileth hath brought forth: 


The promised ruler out of Beth-lehem 
then the remnant of his brethren 


shall return unto the children of 
is’ra-el. 

4 4 And he shall stand and 
feed in the strength of the LORD, 
in the majesty of the name of the 
LORD his God; and they shall 
abide: for now shall he be great 
unto the ends of the earth. 

5 And this man shall be the 
peace, when the As-syr’i-an shall 
come into our land: and when 
he shall tread in our palaces, then 
shall we raise against seven 
shepherds, and eight principal 


men. 

6 And they shall waste the land 
of As-Syr’i-a with the sword, and 
the land of Nim’rod in the 
entrances thereof: thus shall he 
deliver us from the As-syr’i-an, 
when he cometh into our land, 
and when he treadeth within our 
borders. 

7 And the remnant of Ja’cob 
shall be in the midst of many 
people as a dew from the LORD, 
as the showers upon the grass, 
that tarrieth not for man, nor 
waiteth for the sons of men. 

8 | And the remnant of Ja’cob 
shall be among the Gén’tiles in 
the midst of many people as a 
lion among the beasts of the 
forest, as a young lion among the 
fiocks of sheep: who, if he go 
through, both treadeth down, 
and teareth in pieces, and none 
can deliver. 

9 Thine hand shall be lifted up 
upon thine adversaries, and 
thine enemies shall be cut off. 

10 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the LORD, that I 
will cut off thy horses out of the © 
midst of thee, and I will destroy | 
thy chariots: 

11 And I will cut off the cities of 
thy land, and throw down all thy 
strong holds: 

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts 
out of thine hand; and thou shalt 
have no more soothsayers: 

13 Thy graven images also 
will I cut off, and thy standing 
images out of the midst of thee; 


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God’s controversy with his people 


MICAH, 6, 7 
the city, and the man of wisdom 


and thou shalt no more worship 


the work of thine hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy 
groves out of the midst of thee: 
so will I destroy thy cities. 

15 And I will execute vengeance 
in anger and fury upon the hea- 
then, suchas they have not heard. 


899 CHAPTER 6 
God’s controversy with his people for 
their sins. 


EAR ye now what the LORD 

saith; Arise, contend thou 

before the mountains, and let 
the hills hear thy voice. | 

2 Hear ye, O mountains, the 
LORD’S controversy, and ye 
strong foundations of the earth: 
for the LORD hath a controversy 
with his people, and he will plead 
with Is’ra-el. 

3 O my people, what have I 
done unto thee? and wherein 
have I wearied thee? testify 
against me. 

4 For I brought thee up out of 
the land of E’éypt, and redeemed 
thee out of the house of servants; 
and I sent before thee MoO’ses, 
Aar’on, and Mir’i-am. 

O my people, remember now 
what Ba’lak king of M6’ab con- 
sulted, and what Ba’laam the 
son of Bé’or answered him from 
Shit’tim unto Gil’gal; that ye 
may know the righteousness of 
the LORD. 

6 4 Wherewith shall I come 
before the LORD, and bow my- 
self before the high God? shall 
I come before him with burnt 
offerings, with calves of a year 


old: 

7 Will the LORD be pleased 
with thousands of rams, or with 
ten thousands of rivers of oil? 
shall I give my firstborn for my 
transgression, the fruit of my 
body for the sin of my soul? 

8 He hath shewed thee, O man, 
what is good; and what doth the 
LORD require of thee, but to do 
_ justly, and to love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with thy God? 

Q The LORD’S voice crieth unto 


shall see thy name: hear ye the 
rod, and who hath appointed it. 

10 4 Are there yet the treasures 
of wickedness in the house of the 
wicked, and the scant measure 
that is abominable? 

11 Shall I count them pure 
with the wicked balances, and 
with the bag of deceitful weights? 

12 For the rich men thereof are 
full of violence, and the inhabi- 
tants thereof have spoken lies, 
and their tongue is deceitful in 
their mouth. 

13 Therefore also will I make 
thee sick in smiting thee, in mak- 
ing thee desolate because of thy 


sins. 

14 Thou shalt eat, but not be 
satisfied; and thy casting down 
shall be in the midst of thee; and 
thou shalt take hold; but shalt 
not deliver; and that which thou 
deliverest will I give up to the 


sword. 

15 Thou shalt sow, but thou 
shalt not reap; thou shalt tread 
the olives, but thou shalt not 
anoint thee with oil; and sweet 
wine, but shalt not drink wine. 
16 4 For the statutes of Om’ri 
are kept. and all the works of the 
house of A’hab, and ye walk in 
their counsels; that I should 
make thee a desolation, and the 
inhabitants thereof an hissing: 
therefore ye shall bear the re- 
proach of my people. 


CHAPTER 7 
1 The church’s complaint. 
fidence in God. 
enemies. 
OE is me! for I am as 
when they have gathered 
the summer fruits, as the grape- 
gleanings of the vintage: there is 
no cluster to eat: my soul de- 
sired the firstripe fruit. 

2 The good man is perished 
out of the earth: and there is 
none upright among men: they 
all lie in wait for blood; they 
Bunt every man his brother with 
a net. 


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5 Her con- 
8 Her triumph over 


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MICAH, 7 


3 §| That they may do evil with 
both hands earnestly, the prince 
asketh, and the judge asketh for 
areward; and the great man, he 
uttereth his mischievous desire: 
so they wrap it up. | 

4 The best of them is as a brier: 
_ the most upright is sharper than 
a thorn hedge: the day of thy 
watchmen and thy visitation 
cometh; now shall be their per- 
plexity. 

5 4 Trust ye notin a friend, put 
ye not confidence in a guide: 
keep the doors of thy mouth from 
her that lieth in thy bosom. 

6 For the son dishonoureth the 
father, the daughter riseth up 
against her mother, the daughter 
in law against her mother in law; 
a man’s eee are the men of 
his own hous 

7 Therefore T will look unto the 
LORD; I will wait for the God of 
my salvation: my God will hear 
me. 

8 J Rejoice not against me, O 
mine enemy: when I fall, I shall 
arise; when I sit in darkness, the 
~ LORD shall be a light unto me. 

9 I will bear the indignation of 
the LORD, because I have sinned 
against him, until he plead my 
cause, and execute judgment for 
me: he will bring me forth to the 
light, and I shall behold his 
righteousness. 

10 Then she that is mine 
enemy shall see if, and shame 
shall cover her which said unto 
me, Where is the LORD thy God? 
mine eyes shall behold her: now 
shall she be trodden down as the 
mire of the streets. 

11 Jn the day that thy walls are 
to be built, in that day shall the 
decree be far removed. 


Final restoration 


12 In that day also he shall 
come even to thee from As-syr’- 
i-a, and from the fortified cities, 
and from the fortress even to the 
river, and from sea to sea, and 
from mountain to mountain. 

13 Notwithstanding. the land 
shall be desolate because of them 
that dwell therein, for the fruit of 
their doings. 

14 § Feed thy people with thy 
rod, the flock of thine heritage, 
which dweil solitarily in the 
wood, in the midst of Car’mel: 
let them feed in Ba’shan and 
Gil’e-ad, as in the days of old. 

15 According to the days of thy 
coming out of the land of E’sypt 
will I shew unto him marvellous 
things. 

16 { The nations shall see and 
be confounded at all their might: 
they shall lay their hand upon 
their mouth, their ears shall be 


eaf. 

17 They shall lick the dust like 
a serpent, they shall move out of 
their holes like worms of the 
earth: they shall be afraid of the 
LORD our God, and shall fear 
because of thee. 

18 Whois a God like unto thee, 
that pardoneth iniquity, and 
passeth by the transgression of 
the remnant of his heritage? he 
retaineth not his anger for ever, 
because he delighteth in mercy. 

19 He will turn again, he will 
have compassion upon us; he 
will subdue our iniquities; and 
thou wilt cast all their sins into 
the depths of the sea. 

20 Thou wilt perform the truth 
to Ja’cob, and the mercy to A’bra- 
ham, which thou hast sworn 
ae our fathers from the days 
of old. 


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NAHUM 


901 CHAPTER 1 
1 Nineveh’s burden. 2 The majesty of 
God in goodness to his people. 8 Hi 

Severity against enemies. 

HE burden of Nin’e-veh. 
The book of the vision of 
Na’hum the El’/kosh-ite. 

2 God is jealous, and the LORD 
revengeth; the LORD revengeth, 
and is furious; the LORD will 
take vengeance on his adver- 
saries, and he reserveth wrath 
for his enemies. 

3 The LORD is slow to anger, 
and great in power, and will not 
at all acquit the wicked: the 
LORD hath his way in the whirl- 
wind and in the storm, and the 


clouds are the dust of his feet. 


the rivers: 


4 He rebuketh the sea, and 
maketh it dry, and drieth up all 
Ba’shan languisheth, 
and Cdr’mel, and the flower of 


- Léb’a-non languisheth. 


5 The mountains quake at!o 


him, and the hills melt, and the 


earth is burned at his presence, 
yea, the world, and all that dwell 
therein. fais 

6 Who can stand before his in- 
dignation? and who can abide in 
the fierceness of his anger? his 


_furyis poured out like fire, and the 





rocks are thrown down by him. 


7 The LORD is good, a strong 
hold in the day of trouble; and he 
knoweth them that trust in him, 

8 But with an _ overrunning 
flood he will make an utter end 


| of the place thereof, and darkness 
_ shall pursue his enemies. 


9 What do ye imagine against 


the LORD? he will make an utter 


end: affliction shall not rise up 
the second time. 
10 For while they be folden 


| together as thorns, and while 


they are drunken as drunkards, 


| they shall be devoured as stubble 


fully dry. 
11 There is one come out of 


thee, that imagineth evil against 


the LORD, a wicked counsellor. 
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12 Thus saith the LoRpDs 
Though they be quiet, and like- 


S| wise many, yet thus shall they 


be cut down, when he shall pass 
through. Though I have afflicted 
thee, I will afflict thee no more. 

13 For now will I break his 


‘yoke from off thee, and will 


burst thy bonds in sunder. 

14 And the LORD hath givena 
commandment concerning thee, 
that no more of thy name be 
sown: out of the house of thy 
gods will I cut off the graven 
image and the molten image: I 
will make thy grave; for thou 
art vile. 

15 Behold upon the mountains 
the feet of him that bringeth good 
tidings, that publisheth peace! 
O Ji’dah, keep thy solemn 
feasts, perform thy vows: for 
the wicked shall no more pass 
ees thee; he is utterly cut 


CHAPTER 2 902 


The victorious armies against Nineveh. 


E that dasheth in pieces is 
come up before thy face: 
keep the munition, watch the 
way, make thy loins strong, for- 
tify thy power mightily. 

2 For the LORD hath turned 
away the excellency of Ja’cob, 
as the excellency of Is’ra-el: for 
the emptiers have emptied them 
out, and marred their vine 
branches. 

3 The shield of his mighty men 
is made red, the valiant men are 
in scarlet: the chariots shall be 
with flaming torches in the day 
of his preparation, and the fir 
trees shall be terribly shaken. 

4 The chariots shall rage in the 
streets, they shall justle one 
against another in the broad 
ways: they shall seem like 
torches, they shall run like the 
lightnings. 

5 Heshall recount his worthies: 
they shall stumble in their walk; 


NAHUM, 3 


they shall make haste to the wall 
thereof, and the defence shall be 
prepared. : 

6 The gates of the rivers shall 
be opened, and the palace shall 
be dissolved. 

7 And Huz’zab shall be led 
away captive, she shall be brought 
up, and her maids shall lead her 
as with the voice of doves, taber- 
ing upon their breasts. : 

8 But Nin’e-veh is of old like a 
pool of water: yet they shall flee 
away. Stand, stand, shall they 
cry; but none shall look back. 

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, 
take the spoil of gold: for there 
is none end of the store and glory 
out of all the pleasant furniture. 

10 She is empty, and void, and 
waste: and the heart melteth, 
and the knees smite together, and 
much pain is in all loins, and the 
faces of them all gather black- 
ness. 

11 Where is the dwelling of 
the lions, and the feedingplace of 
the young lions, where the lion, 
even the old lion, walked, and 
the lion’s whelp, and none made 
them afraid? COE 

12 The lion did tear in pieces 
enough for his whelps, and stran- 
gled for his lionesses, and filled 
his holes with prey, and his dens 
with ravin. é 

13 Behold, I am against thee, 
saith the LORD of hosts, and I 
will burn her chariots in the 
smoke, and the sword shall de- 
vour thy young lions: and I will 
cut off thy prey from the earth, 
and the voice of thy messengers 
shall no more be heard. 


903 CHAPTER 3 
1 The miserabie ruin of Nineveh. 5 
God’s irresistible power. 
OE to the bloody city! it is 
all full of lies and robbery; 
the prey departeth not; 

2 The noise of a whip, and the 
noise of the rattling of the wheels, 
and of the pransing horses, and 
of the jumping chariots. 

3 The horseman lifteth up both 


Ruin of Nineveh 


the bright sword and the glitter- 
ing spear: and there is a multi- 
tude of slain, and a great number 
of carcases; and there is none 
end of their corpses; they stum- 
ble upon their corpses: 

4 Because of the multitude of 
the whoredoms of the wellfa- 
voured harlot, the mistress of 
witchcrafts, that selleth nations 
through her whoredoms, and 
families through her witch- 


crafts. 

5 Behold, I am_ against thee, 
saith the LORD of hosts; and I 
will discover thy skirts upon thy 
face, and I will shew the na- 
tions thy nakedness, and the 
kingdoms thy shame. 

6 And I will cast abominable 
filth upon thee, and make thee 
vile, and will set thee as a gazing- 
stock. 

7 And it shall come to pass, 
that all they that look upon thee 
shall flee from thee, and say, 
Nin’e-veh is laid waste: who 
will bemoan her? whence shall I 
seek comforters for thee? __ 

8 Art thou better than populous 
N6, that was situate among the 
rivers, that had the waters round 
about it, whose rampart was the 
sea, and her wall was from the 
seat 

9 E-thi-d’pi-a and E’gypt were 
her strength, and it was infinite; 
Pit and Luw’bim were thy 
helpers. 

10 Yet was she carried away, 
she went into captivity: her 
young children also were dashed 
in pieces at the top of all the 
streets: and they cast lots for 
her honourable men, and all her 
great men were bound in chains. 

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: 
thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt 
seek strength because of the 
enemy. 

12 All thy strong holds shall be 
like fig trees with the firstripe 
figs: if they be shaken, they shall 
even fall into the mouth of the 


eater. 
13 Behold, thy people in the 


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Chaldean vengeance on the people 


midst of thee are women: the 
gates of thy iand shall be set wide 
open unto thine enemies: the fire 
shall devour thy bars. 

14 Draw thee waters for the 
siege, fortify thy strong holds: go 
into clay, and tread the morter, 


_ make strong the brickkiln. 


thee; 


15 There shali the fire devour 
3 the sword shall cut thee 
off, it shall eat thee up like the 
cankerworm: make thyself many 
as the cankerworm, make thyself 


many as the locusts. 


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16 Thou hast multiplied thy 


merchants above the stars of 


heaven: the cankerworm spoil- 
eth, and fleeth away. 


HABAKKOK, 1 


17 Thy crowned are as the 
locusts, and thy captains as the 
great grasshoppers, which camp 
in the hedges in the cold day, bué 
when the sun ariseth they flee 
away, and their place is not 
known where they are. 

18 Thy shepherds slumber, O 
king of As-syr’i-a: thy nobles 
shall dwell in the dust: thy peo- 
ple is scattered upon the moun- 
tains, and no man gathereth them. 

19 There is no healing of thy 
bruise; thy wound is grievous: 
all that hear the bruit of thee 
shall clap the hands over thee: 
for upon whom hath not thy 
wickedness passed continually? 


HABAKKUK 


CHAPTER 1 
41 Habakkuk’s complaint. 5 He is 
shewn the fearful vengeance of the 
Chaldeans. 12 His complaint. 
HE burden which Ha-bak’- 
kuk the prophet did see. 

2 O LoRD, how long shall I 
cry, and thou wilt not hear! even 
cry out unto thee of violence, and 
thou wilt not save! AX 

3 Why dost thou shew me inia- 
uity, and_cause me to behold 
grievance? for spoiling and vio- 
lence are before me: and there 
are that raise up strife and con- 
tention. 

4 Therefore the law is slacked, 
and judgment doth never go 
forth: for the wicked doth com- 
pass about the righteous; there- 
fore wrong judgment proceedeth. 

5 | Behold ye among the hea- 
then, and regard, and wonder 
marvellously: for J will work a 
work in your days, which ye will 
not believe, though it be told you. 


- 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chal- 


dé’ans, that bitter and hasty na- 
tion, which shall march through 
the breadth of the land, to pos- 
sess the dwellingplaces that are 
not theirs. h 

” They are terrible and dread- 


ful: their judgment: and their 
dignity shall proceed of them- 
selves. 

8 Their horses also are switfter 
than the leopards, and are more 
fierce than the evening wolves: 
and their horsemen shall spread 
themselves, and their horsemen 
shall come from far; they shull 
fly as the eagle that hasteth tc eat. 

9 They shall come all for vio- 
lence: their faces shall sup up 
as the east wind, and they shall 
gather the captivity as the sand. 

10 And they shall scoff at the 
kings, and the princes shall be a 
scorn unto them: they shall de- 
ride every strong hold; for they 
shall heap dust, and take it. 

11 Then shall his mind change, 
and he shall pass over, and of- 
fend, imputing this his power 
unto his god. 

12 9 Aré thou not from ever- 
lasting, O LORD my God, mine 
Holy One? we shall not die. O 
LORD, thou hast ordained them 
for judgment; and, O mighty 
God, thou hast established them 
for correction. 

13 Thou art of purer eyes than 
to behold evil, and canst not look 
on iniquity: wherefore lookest 


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HABAKKUK, 2 


thou upon them that deal treach- 
erously, and holdest thy tongue 
when the wicked devoureth the 
man that is more righteous than 


ef 

14 And makest men as the 
fishes of the sea, as the creeping 
things, that have no ruler over 
them? 

15 They take up all of them 
with the angle, they catch them 
in their net, and gather them in 
their drag: therefore they re- 
joice and are glad. 

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto 
their net, and burn incense unto 
their drag; because by them their 
portion is fat, and their meat 
plenteous. 

17 Shall they therefore empty 
their net, and not spare con- 
tinually to slay the nations? 


905 CHAPTER 2 
The judgments upon the Chaldeans for 

their numerous sins. 
WILL stand upon my watch; 
and set me upon the tower, 
and will watch to see what he 
will say unto me, and what I 
shallanswer when Iamreproved. 

2 And the LORD answered me, 
and said, Write the vision, and 
make it plain upon tables, that he 
may run that readeth it. 

3 For the vision is yet for an 
appointed time, but at the end it 
shali speak, and not lie: though 
it tarry, wait for it; because it 
will surely come, it will not tarry. 

4 Behold, his soul which is 
lifted up is not upright in him: 
but the just! shall live by his faith. 

5 § Yea also, because he trans~ 
gresseth by wine, he is a proud 
man, neither keepeth at home, 
who enlargeth his desire as hell, 
and is as death, and cannot be 
satisfied, but gathereth unto him 
all nations, and heapeth unto 
him all people: 

6 Shall not all these take up a 
parable against him, and a taunt- 
ing proverb against him, and say, 
Woe to him that increaseth that 
which is not his! how long? and 


Judgment on the destroyers 


to him that ladeth himself with 
thick clay! 

7 Shall they not rise up sudden-~ 
ly that shall bite thee, and awake 
that shall vex thee, and thou shalt 
be for booties unto them? 

8 Because thou hast spoiled 
many nations, all the remnant of 
the people shall spoil thee; be- 
cause of men’s blood, and for the 
violence of the land. of the city, 
and of all that dwell therein. 

9 4 Woe to him that coveteth 

an evil covetousness to his house, 
that he may set his nest on high. 
that he may be delivered from 
the power of evil! 

10 Thou hast consulted shame 
to thy house by cutting off many 
people, and hast sinned against 
thy soul. 

11 For the stone shall cry out of 
the wall, and the beam out of the 
timber shall answer it. 

12 4 Woe to him that buildeth a 
town with blood, and stablish- 
eth a city by iniquity! 

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD 
of hosts that the people shall 
labour in the very fire, and the 
people shall weary themselves 
for very vanity? 

14 For the earth shall be filled 
with the knowledge of the glory 
of the LORD, as the waters cover 
the sea. 

15 4 Woe unto him that giveth 
his neighbour drink, that puttest 
thy bottle to him, ‘and makest 
him drunken also, that thou may- 
est look on their nakedness! 

16 Thou art filled with shame 
for glory: drink thou also, an 
let thy foreskin be uncovered: 
the cup of the LORD’S right hand 
shall be turned unto thee, and 
shameful spewing shail be on thy 
glory. 

17 For the violence of Léb’a- 
non_ shall cover thee, and the 
spoil of beasts, which made them 
afraid, because of men’s blood, 
and for the violence of the land, 
of the city, and of all that dwell 


therein. 


18 4 What profiteth the graven 


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Habakkuk’s description of God’s majesty 
image that the maker thereof hath | lah. 


graven it; the molten image, and 
a teacher of lies, that the maker 
of his work trusteth therein, to 
make dumb idols? ; 

19 Woe unto him that saith to 
the wood, Awake; to the dumb 
stone, Arise, it shall teach! Be- 
hold, it is laid over with gold and 
silver, and there is no breath at 
all in the midst of it. . 

20 But the LORD is in his holy 
temple: let all the earth keep 
silence before him. 


906 CHAPTER 3 
1 Habakkuk’s prayer. 3 He trembles 
at God’s majesty. 17 Confidence of 
, his faith. 
PRAYER of Ha-bak’kuk the 
prophet upon Shi-2i’o-noth. 

2 O LORD, I have heard thy 
speech, and was afraid: O LORD, 
revive thy work in the midst of 
the years, in the midst of the 
years make known; in wrath re- 
member mercy. 

3 God came from Té’man, and 
the Holy One from mount P4a’- 
ran. Sé’lah. His glory covered 
the heavens, and the earth was 
full of his praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the 
light; he had horns coming out 
of his hand: and there was the 
hiding of his power. : 

5 Before him went the pesti- 
lence, and burning coals went 
forth at his feet. 

6 He stood, and measured the 
earth: he beheld, and drove 
asunder the nations; and the 
everlasting mountains were scat- 
tered, the perpetual hills did bow: 
his ways are everlasting. 

7 Isawthetents of Cu’shan in 
affliction: and the curtains of the 
land of Mid’i-an did tremble. 

8 Was the LORD displeased 
against the rivers? was thine 
anger against the rivers? was thy 
wrath against the sea, that thou 
dGidst ride upon thine horses and 
thy chariots of salvation? 

9 Thy bow was made quite 
naked, according to the oaths of 
the tribes, even thy word. Sé’- 


HABAKKOUK, 3 


Thou didst cleave the 
earth with rivers. 

10 The mountains saw thee, 
and they trembled: the over- 
flowing of the water passed by: 
the deep uttered his voice, and 
lifted up his hands on high. 

11 The sun and moon stood 
still in their habitation: at the 
light of thine arrows they went, 
and at the shining of thy glitter- 
ing spear. 

12 Thou didst march through 
the land in indignation, thou 
didst thresh the heathen in anger. 

13 Thou wentest forth for. the 
salvation of thy people, even for 
saivation with thine anointed; 
thou woundedst the head out of 
the house of the wicked, by dis- 
covering the foundation unto the 
neck. Sé/lah. 

14 Thou didst strike through 
with his staves the head of his 
villages: they came out as a 
whirlwind to scatter me: their 
rejoicing was as to devour the 
poor secretly. 

15 Thou didst walk through the 
sea with thine horses, through 
the heap of great waters.’ 

16 When I heard, my belly 
trembled; my lips quivered at 
the voice: rottenness entered in- 
to my bones, and I trembled in 
myself, that I might rest in the 
day of trouble: when he cometh 
up unto the people, he will in- 
vade them with his troops. 

17 4 Although the fig tree shall 
not blossom, neither shail fruit be 
in the vines; the labour of the 
olive shall fail, and the fields 
shall yield no meat; the flock 
shall be cut off from the fold, and 
there shall be no herd in the 
stalls: ; Pree 

18 Yet I will rejoice in the 
LORD, I will joy in the God of 
my salvation. 

19 The LoRD God 
strength, and he will make my 
feet like hinds’ feet, and he will 
make me to walk upon mune 
high places. To the chief singer 
on my stringed instruments. 


is my 


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ZEPHANIAH 


907 CHAPTER 1 


1 Time of Zephaniah. 2 God's severe 
judgments against Judah. 


HE word of the LORD which 
came unto Zéph-a-ni’ah the 
son of Cu’shi, the son of Géd-a- 
‘Vah, the son of Am-a-ri’ah, the 
son of Hiz-ki’ah, in the days of 
Ane 6-si’ah the son of A’mon, king of 

u’d 

ak tr utterly consume ali 
things from off the land, saith 

e LORD. 

3 I will consume man and 
beast; I will consume the fowls 
of the heaven, and the fishes of 
the sea, and the stumblingblocks 
with the wicked; and I will cut 
off man from off the land, saith 
the LORD. 

4 I will also stretch out mine 
hand upon Ji’dah, and upon all 
the inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém; 
and I will cut off the remnant of 
Ba’al from this place, and the 
mame of the Chém’ a-rims with 
the priests; 

5 And them that Srecenin the 
host of heaven upon the house 
tops; and them that worship and 
that swear by the LORD, and 
that swear by Mai’cham; 

6 And them that are turned 
back from the LORD; and those 
that have not sought the LORD, 
nor enquired for him. 

7 Hold thy peace at the pres- 
ence of the Lord GoD: for the 
day of the LORD is at hand: for 
the LORD hath prepared a sacri- 
fice, he hath bid his guests. 

8 And it shall come to pass in 
the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, 
that I will punish the princes, 
and the king’s children, and all 
such as are clothed with strange 
apparel. y 

9 In the same day also will I 
punish all those that leap on the 
threshold, which fill their mas- 
ie houses with violence and 

10 Hide it shall come to pass in 


that day, saith the LORD, that 
there shall be the noise of a cry 
from the fish gate, and an howl- 
ing from the second, and a great 
prams from the hill Is. 

1 Howl, ye inhabitants of 


Maken for all the merchant 


people are cut down; all they 
that bear silver are cut off. 


) 


12 And it shall come to pass at 


that time, that I will search Jé- 
ru’sa-lem with candles, and pun- 
ish the men that are settled on 
their lees: 
heart, The LORD will not do 
good, neither will he do evil. 

13 Therefore their goods shall 
become a booty, and their houses 
a desolation: they shall also build 
houses, but notinhabit them; and 
they shall plant vineyards, but 
not drink the wine thereof. 

14 The great day of the LORD 
is near, it is near, and hasteth 
greatly, even the voice of the day 
of the LORD: the mighty man 
shall cry there bitterly. 

15 That day is a day of wrath, a 
day of trouble and distress, a day 
of wasteness and desolation, a 
day of darkness and gloominess,a 
day of clouds and thick darkness, 

16 A day of the trumpet and 
alarm against the fenced Cities, 
and against the high towers. 

1 I will bring distress 
upon men, that they shall walk 
like blind men, because they have 
sinned against the LORD: 


that say in their 


| 


and 


their blood shall be poured out as __ 


dust, and their flesh as the dung. 
18 Neither their silver nor their 


gold shall be able to deliver them - 


n the day of the LORD’S wrath; 


a | 
but the whole land shall be de- 


voured by the fire of his jealousy: 
for he shall make even a speedy 
riddance of all them that dwell 
in the land. 


CHAPTER 2 908 


1 .An_ exhortation to repentance. 4 
Judgments on various nations. 


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Judgments on various nations 


ATHER yourselves together, 
| yea, gather together, O 
nation not desired; f 

2 Before the decree bring forth, 
before the day pass as the chaff, 
before the fierce anger of the 
LORD come upon you, before the 
day of the LORD’S anger come 
upon you. 

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye 
meek of the earth, which have 
wrought his judgment; seek 
righteousness, seek meekness: 
it may be ye shall be hid in the 
day of the LORD’S anger. 

4 4 For Ga’za shall be forsaken, 
and Ash’ke-lon a desolation: they 
shall drive out Ash’dod at the 
noon day, and Ek’ron shall be 
rooted up. 

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of 
the sea coast, the nation of the 
Chér’e-thites! the word of the 
LORD is against you; O Ca’- 
naan, the land of the Phi-lis’- 
tines, I will even destroy thee, 
that there shall be no inhabitant. 

6 And the sea coast shall be 
dwellings and cottages for shep- 
herds, and folds for flocks. | 

7 And the coast shall be for 
the remnant of the house of Ji’- 
dah; they shall feed thereupon: 
in the houses of Ash’ke-l6n shall 
they lie down in the evening: for 
the LORD their God shall visit 
them, and turn away their cap- 
tivity. 

8 I have heard the reproach 
of M6’ab, and the revilings of the 
children of Am’m6n, whereby 


ZEPHANIAH, 3 


proached and magnified them- 
selves against the people of the 
LORD of hosts. 

11 The LORD will be terrible 
unto them: for he will famish all 
the gods of the earth; and men 
shall worship him, every one 
from his place, even all the isles 
of the heathen. 

12 { Ye E-thi-d’pi-ans also, ye 
shall be slain by my sword. 

13 And he will stretch out his 
hand against the north, and 
destroy As-syr’i-a; and will 
make Nin’e-veh a desolation, and 
dry like a wilderness. 

14 And flocks shall lie down in 
the midst of her, all the beasts of 
the nations: both the cormorant 
and the bittern shall lodge in the 
upper lintels of it; their voice 
shall sing in the windows; deso- 
lation shall be in the thresholds: 
for he shall uncover the cedar 


work. 

15 This is the rejoicing city 
that dwelt carelessly, that said 
in her heart, I am, and there is 
none beside me: how is she be- 
come a desolation, a place for 
beasts to lie down in! every one 
that passeth by her shall hiss, 
and wag his hand. 


CHAPTER 3 909 


1 Jerusalem reproved for sin. 8 An 
exhortation to wait for Israel’s res- 
toration. 

OE to her that is filthy and 
polluted, to the oppressing 


they have reproached my peo-| city! 


ple, and magnified themselves 
against their border. j 

9 Therefore as I live, saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of Is’- 
-ra-el, Surely M6’ab shall be as 
Séd’om, and the children of 
Am/’m6n as Gé-m6r’rah, even the 
breeding of nettles, and saltpits, 
and a perpetual desolation: the 
residue of my people shall spoil 
them, and the remnant of my 
people shall possess them. : 

10 This shall they have for their 
pride, because they have re- 


y! 
2 She obeyed not the voice; 
she received not correction; she 
trusted not in the LORD; she 
drew not near to her God. 

3 Her princes within her are 
roaring lions; her judges are 
evening wolves; they gnaw not 
the bones till the morrow. 
4 Her prophets are light and 
treacherous persons: her priests 
have polluted the sanctuary, they 
have done violence to the law. 
5 The just LORD is in the midst 
thereof: he will not do iniquity: 


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ZEPHANIAH, 3 


every morning doth he bring his 
judgment to light, he faileth not; 
but the unjust knoweth no 
shame. 

‘6 I have cut off the nations: 
their towers are desolate; 
made their streets waste, that 
none passeth by: their cities are 
destroyed, so that there is no 
man, that there is none inhabit- 


ant. 

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear 
me, thou wilt receive instruction; 
so their dwelling should not be 
cut off, howsoever I punished 
them: but they rose early, and 
corrupted all their doings. 

8 § Therefore wait ye upon 
me, saith the LORD, until the day 
that I rise up to the prey: for my 
determination is to gather the 
nations, that I may assemble the 
kingdoms, to pour upon them 
mine Saar aye ana 
fierce anger: 1 the ehttie 
shall be Tei with the fire of 
my jealousy. 

9 For then will I turn to the 
pie a pure language, that they 
may all call upon the name of the 
LORD, to serve him with one 
consent. 

10 From beyond the rivers of 
£-thi-6’pi-4 my suppliants, even 
the daughter of my dispersed, 
shall bring mine offering. 

11 In that day shalt thou not be 
ashamed for all thy doings, 
wherein thou hast transgressed 
against me: for then I will take 
away out of the midst of thee 
them that rejoice in thy pride, 
and thou shalt no more be 
haughty because of my holy 
mountain. i 

12 J will also leave in the midst 
of thee an afflicted and poor 


I| found in their mouth: 


Israel’s restoration 


people, and they shall trust in the 
name of the LORD. | 

13 The remnant of Is’ra-el shall 
not do iniquity, nor speak lies; 
neither shall a deceitful tongue be 
for they 
shall feed and lie down, and none 
shall make them afraid. 

14 q Sing, O daughter of Zi’on; 
shout, O Is’ra-el; be glad and 
rejoice with all the heart, O 
daughter of Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

15 The LORD hath taken away 
thy judgments, he hath cast out 
thine enemy: the king of Is’- 
ra-el, even the LORD, 7s in the 
midst of thee: thou shalt not see 
evilany more. | 

16 In that day it shail be said to 
Jé-ru’sa-leém, Fear thou not: 
and to Zi’on, Let not thine hands 
be slack. 

17 The LORD thy God in the 
my | midst of thee is mighty; he will 
save, he will rejoice over thee 
with joy; he will rest in his love, 
he will joy over thee with 
singing. 

18 I will gather them that are 
sorrowful for the solemn assem- 
bly, who are of thee, to whom 
the reproach of it was a 
burden. 

19 Behold, at that time I will 
undo all that afflict thee: and I 
will save her that halteth, and 
gather her that was driven out; 
and I will get them praise and 
fame’ in every land where they 
have been put to shame. 

20 At that time will I bring you 
again, even in the time that I 
gather you: for I will make youa 
name and a praise among all 
people of the earth, when I turn 
back your captivity before your 
eyes; saith the LORD. 


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HAGGAT 


910 CHAPTER 1 


1 Time of Haggai. 2 He reproves the 
people’s indifference. 7 He urges 
them to build the house. 12 God’s 
assistance promised. 


N the second year of Da-ri’us 

e king, in the sixth month, 

in the first day of the month, 

came the word of the LORD by 

Hag’ga-i the prophet unto Zé- 

rub’ba-bél the son of Shé-al’ti-el, 

governor of Ji’dah, and_ to 

Josh’u-a the son of Jds’e-déch, 
the high priest, saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of 
hosts, saying, This people say, 
The time is not come, the time 
that the LORD’S house should 
be built. 

3 Then came the word of the 
LORD by Hag’ga-i the prophet, 
saying, — 

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to 
dwell in your cieled houses, and 
this house lie waste? f 

5 Now therefore thus saith the 
LORD of hosts; Consider your 
ways. 

6 Ye have sown much, and 
bring in little; ye eat, but ye 
have not enough; ye drink, but 
ye are not filled with drink: ve 
clothe you, but there is none 
warm; and he that earneth 
wages earneth wages fo put it 
into a bag with holes. i 

7 ¥ Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Consider your ways. 

8 Go up to the mountain, and 
bring wood, and build the house; 
and I will take pleasure in it, and 
I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, 
it came to little; and when ye 
brought 7¢ home, I did blow upon 
it. Why? saith the LorRD of 
hosts. Because of mine house 
that is waste, and ye run every 
man unto his own house. 

10 Therefore the heaven over 
you is stayed from dew, and the 
earth is stayed from her fruit. 

11 And I called for a drought 


upon the land, and upon the 
mountains, and upon the corn, 
and upon the new wine, and upon 
the oil, and upon that which the 
ground bringeth forth, and upon 
men, and upon cattle, and upon 
all the labour of the hands. 

12 {Then Zé-rub’ba-bél the 
son of Shé-al’ti-el, and Jésh’u-a 
the son of Jés’e-déch, the high 
priest, with all the remnant of the 
people, obeyed the voice of the 
LORD their God, and the words 
of Hag’ga-i the prophet, as the 
LORD their God had sent him, 
and the people did fear before 
the LORD. ¥ 

13 Then spake Hag’ga-i the 
LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S 
message unto the people, saying, 
I am with you, saith the LORD. 

14 And the LORD) stirred up 
the spirit of Zé-rib’ba-bél the 
son of Shé-al’ti-el, governor of 
Jia’dah, and the spirit of Jésh’u-a 
the son of Jés’e-déch, the high 
priest, and the spirit of all the 
remnant of the people; and they 
came and did work in the house 
of the LORD of hosts, their God, 

15 In the four and twentieth 
day of the sixth month, in the 
second year of Da-ri’us the king. 


CHAPTER 2 911 
1 Haggai encourages the people. 3 
Greater glory of the second temple. 
20 A promise to Zerubbabel. 
N the seventh month, in the one 
and twentieth day of the 
month, came the word of the 
LORD by the prophet Hag’ga-i, 
saying, 
2 Speak now to Zé-ruib’ba-bél 
the son of Shé-al’ti-el, governor 
of Ji’dah, and to Jésh’u-4 the 


‘son of Jo6s’e-déch, the high priest, 


and to the residue of the people, 
saying, 

3 Who is left among you that 
saw this house in her first glory? 
and how do ye see it now? is it 
not in your eyes in comparison of 
it as nothing? 


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HAGGAI, 2 


4 Yet now be Bat O Zé- 
rub’ba-bél, saith the LORD; and 
be strong, O Josh’u-a, son of 
Jos’e-déch, the high priest; and 
be strong, all ye people of the 
land, saith the LORD, and work: 
for I am with you, saith the 
LORD of hosts: 

5 According to the word that I 
covenanted with you when ye 
came out of E’gypt, so my spirit 
pean among you: fear ye 


6 For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Yet once, it is a little 
while, and I will shake the 
heavens, and the earth, and the 
sea, and the dry land; 

7 And I will shake all nations, 
and the desire of all nations 
shall come: and I will fill this 
house with glory, saith the OED 
of hosts. 

8 The silver is mine, and ‘the 

gold is mine, saith the LORD of 
Hoste: 

9 The glory of this latter house 
shall be greater than of the form- 
er, saith the LORD of hosts: and 
in this place will I give peace, 
saith the LORD of hosts. 

10 { In the four and twentieth 
day of the ninth month, in the 
second year of Da-ri’us, came the 
word of the LORD by Hag’ga-i 
the prophet, saying, 

11 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Ask now the priests 
concerning the law, saying, 

12 If one bear holy fiesh in the 
skirt of his garment, and with his 
skirt do touch bread, or pottage, 
or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall 
it be holy? And the priests an- 
swered and said, No. _ 

13 Then said Hag’ga-i, If one 
that is unclean by a dead body 
touch any of these, shall it be un- 
clean? And the priests answered 
and said, It shall be unclean. _ 

14 Then answered Hag’ga-i, 
and said, So is this people, and 
so is this nation before me, saith 
the LORD; and so is every work 


The desire of all nations 


of their hands; and that which 
they offer there zs unclean. 

15 And now, I pray you, con- 
sider from this day and upward, 
from before a stone was laid upon 
a stone in the temple of the LORD: 

16 Since those days were, when 
one came to an heap of twenty 
measures, there were but ten: 
when one came to the pressfat 
for to draw out fifty vessels out | 
of the press, there were but. 
twenty. 

17 I smote you with blasting 
and with mildew and with hail in» 
all the labours of your hands; 
yet ye turned not to me, saith the : 
LORD. | 

18 Consider now from this day 
and upward, from the four and 
twentieth day of the ninth month, 
even from the day that the foun- 
dation of the LORD’S temple was. 
laid, consider if. 

19 Is the seed yet in the barn? - 
yea, as yet the vine, and the fig | 
tree, and the pomegranate, and 
the olive tree, hath not brought 
forth: from this day will I bless 
you. 

20 4 And again the word of the | 
LORD came unto Hag’ga-i in the 
four and twentieth day of the 
month, saying, 

21 Speak to Zé-ruib’ba-bél, gov- 
ernor of Ju’dah, saying, I will 
shake the heavens and the 
earth; 

22 And I will overthrow the | 
throne of kingdoms, and I the | 
destroy the strength of the king- 
doms of the heathen; and I will 
overthrow the chariots, and those 
that ride in them; and the horses 
and their riders shall come down, 
every one by the sword of his 
brother. , 

23 In that day, saith the LorRD 
of hosts, will I take thee, O Zé- 
rub’ba-bel, my servant, the son 
of Shé-al’ti-el, saith the LORD, 
and will make thee as a signet: 
for I have chosen thee, saith the 
LORD of hosts. 


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ZECHARIAH 


912 CHAPTER 1 


1 Zechariah’s exhortation. 7 Vision of 


the horses. 12 Promises to Jerusa- 
lem. 18 A vision of horns and car- 
penters. 


N the eighth month, in the 
second year of Da-ri’us, came 
the word of the LORD_ unto 
Zéch-a-ri/ah, the son of Bér-e- 
chi/ah, the son of id’dd the 
prophet, saying, 

2 The LORD hath been sore 
displeased with your fathers. 

3 Therefore wee thou unto them, 
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 
Turn ye unto me, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and I will turn 
unto you, saith the LORD of 
hosts. 

4 Be ye not as your fathers, 
unto whom the former prophets 
have cried, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD of hosts; Turn ye now 
from your evil ways, and fron 
your evil doings: but they did 
not hear, nor hearken unto me, 
saith the LORD. 

5 Your fathers, where are they? 
and the prophets, do they live for 
ever? 

6 But my words and my stat- 
utes, which I commanded my 
servants the prophets, did they 
not take hold of your fathers? 
and they returned and _ said, 
Like as the LORD of hosts 
thought to do unto us, accord- 
ing to our ways, and according 
to our si so hath he dealt 
with u 

74 eon the four and twentieth 
day of the eleventh month, which 
is the month Sé’bat, in the second 
year of Da-ri’us, came the word 
of the LORD unto Zéch-a-ri’ah, 
the son of Bér-e-chi’ah, the son 
of id’do the prophet, saying, 

8 I saw by night, and behold a 
man riding upon a red horse, and 
he stood among the myrtle trees 
that were in the bottom; and 
behind him were there red 
horses, speckled, and white. 


) 
| 
i 


9 Then said I, O my lord, what 
are these? And the angel that 
talked with me said unto me, I 
will shew thee what these be. 

10 And the man that stood 
among the myrtle trees answered 
and said, These are they whom 
the LORD hath sent to walk to 
and fro through the earth. 

11 And they answered the 
angel of the LORD that stood 
among the myrtle trees, and said, 
We have walked to and fro 
through the earth, and, behold, 
all He earth sitteth still, and is at 
res 

_4Then the angel of the 
LORD answered and said, O 
LORD of hosts, how long wilt 
thou not have mercy on Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém and on the cities of Ju’- 
dah, against which thou hast had 
indignation these threescore and 
ten years? 

13 And the LORD answered the 
angel that talked with me with 
good words and comfortable 
words. 

14 So the angel that communed 
with me said unto me, Cry thou, 
saying, Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; I am jealous for Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém and for Zi’on with a great 
jealousy. 

15 And I am very sore dis- 
pleased with the heathen that are 
at ease: for I was but a little 
displeased, and they helped for- 
ward the affliction. 

16 Therefore thus saith the 
LORD; I am returned to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém with mercies: my house 
shall be built in it, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and a line shail 
be stretched forth upon Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. 

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith 
the LORD of hosts; My cities 
through prosperity shall yet be 

spread abroad; and the LORD 
shall yet comfort Zi’6n, and shall 
yet choose Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

18 § Then lifted I up mine 


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eyes, and saw, and behold four 
horns. } 

19 And I said unto the angel 
that talked with me, What be 
these? And he answered me, 
These are the horns which have 
scattered Jiu’dah, Is’ra-el, and 
Jé-ru’sa-léem. 

20 And the LORD shewed me 
four carpenters. 

21 Then said I, What come 
these to do? Azid he spake, say- 
ing, These are the horns which 
have scattered Jiai’/dah, so that no 
man did lift up his head: but 
these are come to fray them, to 
cast out the horns of the Gén’- 
tiles, which lifted up their horn 
oe the land of Ju’dah to scatter 
it. 


913 CHAPTER 2 
1 Measurement of Jerusalem. 6 Re- 
demption of Zion. 10 God’s presence 
promised. 
LIFTED up mine eyes again, 
and looked, and behold a man 
with a measuring line in his hand. 
2 Then said I, Whither goest 
thou? And_he said unto me, To 
measure Jé-ru’sa-lém, to see 
what is the breadth thereof, and 
what is the length thereof. 
3 And, behold, the angel that 
talked with me went forth, and 
another angel went out to meet 


im, 

4 And said unto him, Run, 
speak to this young man, saying, 
Jé-ru’sa-lém shall be inhabited 
as towns without walls for the 
multitude of men and cattle 
therein: 

5 For I, saith the LORD, will 
be unto her a wall of fire round 
about, and will be the glory in 
the midst of her. 

6 4 Ho, ho, come forth, and 
flee from the land of the north, 
saith the LORD: for I have 
spread you abroad as the four 
winds of the heaven, saith the 
LORD. 

7 Deliver thyself, O Zi’6n, that 
dwellest with the daughter of 
Bab’y-lon. ; 

8 For thus saith the LORD of 


10 


Deliverance for Zion 


hosts; After the glory hath he 
sent me unto the nations which 
spoiled you: for he that touch- 
eth you toucheth the apple of 
his eye. 

9 For, behold, I will shake 
mine hand upon them, and they 
shall be a spoil to their servants: 
and ye shall know that the 
LORD of hosts hath sent me. 

10 4 Sing and rejoice, O daugh- 
ter of Zi’on: for, lo, I come, and 
I will dwell in the midst of thee, 
saith the LORD. 

_11 And many nations shall be 
joined to the LORD in that day, 
and shall be my people: and I 


will dwell in the midst of thee, 


and thou shalt know that the 
LORD of hosts hath sent me 
unto thee. 

12 And the LORD shall inherit | 
Ja’dah his portion in the holy 
land, and shall choose Jé-ru’- 
sd-lém again. 

13 Be silent, O all flesh, be- 


: 
. 


fore the LORD: for he is raised 


up out of his holy habitation. 
CHAPTER 3 


1 Joshua types the restoration of the 
church. 8 Christ promised. 
ND he shewed me Jésh’u-a 
the high priest standing be- 
fore the angel of the LORD, and 
Sa’tan standing at his right 
hand to resist him. 
2 And the LORD said unto 


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Sa’tan, The LORD rebuke thee, | 


O Sa’tan; 
hath chosen Jé-ru’sa-lém re- 
buke thee: is not this a brand 
plucked out of the fire? 

3 Now Josh’u-a was clothed 
with filthy garments, and stood 
before the angel. 

4 And he answered and spake 
unto those that stood before 
him, saying, 
filthy garments from him. And 
unto him he said, Behold, I have 


even the LORD that. 


Take away the | 


es 


caused thine iniquity to pass 


from thee, and I will 
thee with change of raiment. 

5 And I said, Let them _set_a 
fair mitre upon his head. So 


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clothe — 


The candlestick and the olive trees 


they set a fair mitre upon his 
head, and clothed him with 
garments. And the angel of the 
LORD stood by. 

6 And the angel of the LORD 
protested unto JoOsh’u-a, saying, 

7 Thus saith the Lorp of 
hosts; If thou wilt walk in my 
ways, and if thou wilt keep my 
charge, then thou shalt also 
judge my house, and shalt also 
keep my courts, and I will give 
thee places to walk among these 
that stand by. 

8 Hear now, O Josh’u-a the 
high priest, thou, and thy fellows 
that sit before thee: for they are 
men wondered at: for, behold, 
I will bring forth my servant 
the BRANCH. 

9 For behold the stone that I 
have laid before Josh’u-a; upon 
one stone shall be seven eyes: 
behold, I will engrave the grav- 
ing thereof, saith the LORD of 
hosts, and I will remove the 
iniquity of that land in one day. 

10 In that day, saith the LORD 
of hosts, shall ye call every man 
his neighbour under the vine 
and under the fig tree. 


915 CHAPTER 4 
1 The golden candlestick. 
bel’s foundation. 
anointed ones. 
ND the angel that talked 
with me came again, and 
waked me, as a man that is 
wakened out of his sleep, 

2 And said unto me, at 
seest thou? And I said, I have 
looked, and behold a candlestick 
all of gold, with a bow! upon the 
top of it, and his seven lamps 
thereon, and seven pipes to the 
seven lamps, which are upon the 
top thereof: 

3 And two olive trees by it, 
one upon the right side of the 
bowl, and the other upon the left 
side thereof. 

4 So I answered and spake to 
the angel that talked with me, 
_ saying, What are these, my lord? 
5 Then the angel that talked 


9 Zerubba- 
11 Olive trees and 


ZECHARIAH, 4, 5 


with me answered and said unto 
me, Knowest thou not what 
these be? And I said, No, my lord. 

6 Then he answered and spake 
unto me, saying, This is the 
word of the LORD unto Zé-rib’- 
ba-bel, saying, Not by might, 
nor by power, but by my spirit, 
saith the LORD of hosts. 

7 Who art thou, O_ great 
mountain? before Zé-rib’ba-bél 
thou shalt become a plain: and 
he shall bring forth the head- 
stone thereof with shoutings, 
crying, Grace, grace unto it. 

8 Moreover the word of the 
LORD came unto me, saying, 

9 The hands of Zé-rib’ba-bel 
have laid the foundation of this 
house; his hands shall also 
finish it; and thou shalt know 
that the LORD of hosts hath sent 
me unto you. f 3 

10 For who hath despised the 
day of small things? for they 
shall rejoice, and shall see the 
plummet in the hand of Zé-rub’- 
ba-bél with those seven; they 
are the eyes of the LORD, which 
run to and fro through the whole 


earth. 

11 § Then answered I, and 
said unto him, What are these 
two olive trees upon the right 
side of the candlestick and upon 
the left side thereof? 

12 And I answered again, and 
said unto him, What be these 
two olive branches which through 
the two golden pipes empty_the 
golden oil out of themselves? 

13 And he answered me and 
said, Knowest thou not what 
these be? AndI said, No, my lord. 

14 Then said he, These are the 
two anointed ones, that stand 
by the Lord of the whole earth. 


CHAPTER 5 916 


1 The flying roll types the curse_of 
thieves and false swearers. 5 Baby- 
lon’s ruin. 

HEN I turned, and lifted up 

mine eyes, and looked, and 
behold a flying roll. 

2 And he said unto me, What 


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ZECHARIAH, 6 


seest thou? And I answered, I 
see a fiying roll; the length 
thereof is twenty cubits, and the 
breadth thereof ten cubits. 

_3 Then said he unto me, This 
is the curse that goeth forth 
over the face of the whole earth: 
for every one that stealeth shail 
be cut off as on this side accord- 
ing to it; and every one that 
sweareth shall be cut off as on 
that side according to it. 

4 I will bring it forth, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and it shall enter 
into the house of the thief, and 
into the house of him that 
sweareth falsely by my name, 
and it shall remain in the midst 
of his house, and shall consume 
it with the timber thereof and 
the stones thereof. 

5 ¥ Then the angel that talked 
with me went forth, and said 
unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, 
and see what is this that goeth 
forth. 

6 And I said, What is it? And 
he said, This is an ephah that 
goeth forth. He said moreover, 
This is their resemblance through 
all the earth. 

7 And, behold, there was lifted 
up a talent of lead: and this is 
a woman that sitteth in the 
midst of the ephah. 

8 And he said, This is wicked- 
ness. And he cast it into the 
midst of the ephah; and he cast 
the weight of lead upon the 
mouth thereof. 

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, 
and looked, and, behold, there 
came out two women, and the 
wind was in their wings; for 
they had wings like the wings of 


a stork: and they lifted up the 


ephah between the earth and the 
heaven. 

10 Then said I to the angel that 
talked with me, ither do 
these bear the ephah? 

11 And he said unto me, To 
build it an house in the land of 
Shinar: and it shall be estab- 
lished, and set there upon her 
own base. 


Vision of four chariots 
CHAPTER 6 917 


1 Vision of the four chariots. 9 Josh- 
ua’s crowns. 12 The Branch and 
the temple. 

ND I turned, and lifted up 

mine eyes, and looked, and, 
behold, there came four chariots 
out from between two moun- 
tains; and the mountains were 
mountains of brass. 

2 In the first chariot were red 
horses; and in the second chariot 
black horses; 

3 And in the third chariot 
white horses; and in the fourth 
chariot grisled and bay horses. 

4 Then I answered and said 
unto the angel that talked with 
me, What are these, my lord? 

And the angel answered and 
said unto me, These are the 
four spirits of the heavens, 
which go forth from standing © 
before the Lord of all the earth. 

6 The black horses which are 
therein go forth into the north | 
country; and the white go forth 
after them; and the grisled go 
forth toward the south country. 

7 And the bay went forth, and 
sought to go that they might 
walk to and fro through the 
earth: and he said, Get you 
hence, walk to and fro through 
the earth. So they walked to 
and fro through the earth. 

8 Then cried he upon me, and 
spake unto me, saying, Behold, 
these that go toward the north 
country have quieted my spirit 
in the north country. 

9 §¥ And the word of the LORD 
came unto me, saying, 

10 Take of them of the captiv- 
ity, even of Hél’da-i, of T6-bi’- 
jah, and of Jé-da’iah, which are © 
come from Bab’y-lon, and come — 
thou the same day, and go into 
the house of J6-si’ah the son of | 
Zeéph-a-ni’ah; 

11 Then take silver and gold, 
and make crowns, and set them | 
upon the head of Jésh’u-a the 
son of Jos’e-déch, the high 
priest; i 

12 And speak unto him, say-— 


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ZECHARIAH, 7, 8 


ing, Thus speaketh the LORD of |in the fifth and seventh month, 


hosts, saying, Behold the man 
whose name is The BRANCH; 
and he shall grow up out of his 
place, and he shall build the 
temple of the LORD: 

13 Even he shall build the 
temple of the LORD; and_ he 
shall bear the glory, and shall 
sit and rule upon his throne: 
and he shall be a priest upon his 
throne; and the counsel of 
peace shall be between them 


oth. 

14 And the crowns shall be to 
Hé’lem, and to Té-bi’jah, and 
to Jé-da’iah, and to Hén the 
son of Zéph-a-ni/ah, for a 
memorial in the temple of the 
LORD. 

15 And they that are far off 
shall come and build in the 
temple of the LORD, and ye 
shall know that the LORD of 
hosts hath sent me unto you. 
And this shall come to pass, if 
ve will diligently obey the voice 
of the LORD your God. 


018 CHAPTER 7 


1 An enquiry about fasting. 8 Zecha- 
riah tells the real cause of the cap- 
tivity. 

jae it came to pass in the 

fourth year of king Da-ri’us, 
that the word of the LORD came 
unto Zéch-a-ri’ah in the fourth 
day of the ninth month, even in 

Chis’leti; 

2 When they had sent unto the 
house of God Shé-ré’zer and 
Ré’/Zem—mé'lech, and their men, 
to pray before the LORD, | 

3 And to speak unto the priests 
which were in the house of the 
LorpD of hosts, and to the 
prophets, saying, Should I weep 
in the fifth month, separating 
myself, as I have done these so 
many years? 

4 § Then came the word of the 
LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 

5 Speak unto all the people of 
the land, and to the priests, say- 
ing, When ye fasted and mourned 


even those seventy years, did ye 
at all fast unto me, even to me? 

6 And when ye did eat, and 
when ye did drink, did not ye 
eat for yourselves, and drink for 
yourselves? 

7 Should ye not hear the 
words which the LORD hath 
cried by the former prophets, 
when Jé-ru’sa-lém was inhabited 
and in prosperity, and the cities 
thereof round about her, when 
men inhabited the south and the 
plain? 

8 § And the word of the LORD 
came unto Zéch-a-ri’ah, saying, 

9 Thus speaketh the LORD of 
hosts, saying, Execute true 
judgment, and shew mercy and 
compassions every man to his 
brother: 

10 And oppress not the widow, 
nor the fatherless, the stranger, 
nor the poor; and let none of 
you imagine evil against his 
brother in your heart. 

11 But they refused to hearken, 
and pulled away the shoulder, 
and stopped their ears, that 
they should not hear. 

12 Yea, they made their hearts 
as an adamant stone, lest they 
should hear the law, and the 
words which the LORD of hosts 
hath sent in his spirit by the 
former prophets: therefore came 
a great wrath from the LORD of 
hosts. 

13 Therefore it is come _ to 
pass, that as he cried, and they 
would not hear; so they cried, 
and I would not hear, saith the 
LorD of hosts: : 

14 But I scattered them with a 
whirlwind among all the nations 
whom they knew not. Thus the 
land was desolate after them, 
that no man passed through nor 
returned: for they laid the 


pleasant land desolate. 


CHAPTER 8 919 

1 Jerusalem’s restoration. 9 Encour- 

agement to build. 18 Favours to 
Judah. 


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GAIN the word of the LORD 
of hosts came fo me, saying, 

2 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; I was jealous for Zi’on 
with great jealousy, and I was 
jealous for her ak great fury. 

3 Thus saith the LORD; I am 

returned unto Zion, and will 
dwell in the midst of Jé-ru’sa- 
lém: and Jé-ru’sa-lém shall be 
called a city of truth; and the 
mountain of the LORD of hosts 
the holy mountain. 
84 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 
There shall yet old men and old 
women dweli in the streets of 
Jé-ru’sd-lém, and every man 
with his staff in his hand for 
very age. 

5 And the streets of the city 
shall be full of boys and girls 
playing in the streets thereof. 

6 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; If it be marvellous in the 
eyes of the remnant of this 
people in these days, should it 
also be marvellous in mine eyes? 
saith the LORD of hosts. 

7 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Behold, I will save my 
people from the east country, 
and from the west country; 

8 And I will bring them, and 
they shall dwell in the midst of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their 
Ged) in truth and in righteous- 
nes 

9 Fi Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Let your hands_ be 
strong, ye that hear in these 
days these words by the mouth 
of the prophets, which were in 
the day that the foundation of 
the house of the LORD of hosts 
was laid, that the temple might 
be built. 

10 For before these ‘days there 
was no hire for man, nor any 
hire for beast; neither was there 
any peace to him that went out 
or came in because of the afflic- 
tion: for I set all men every one 
against his neighbour. 

11 But now I will not be unto 


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‘Jerusalem’s restoration 


the former days, saith the LORD 
of hosts. 

12 For the seed shail be 
prosperous; the vine shall give 
her fruit, and the ground shall 
give her increase, and _ the 
heavens shall give their dew; 
and I will cause the remnant of 
cote people to possess all these 

in 

13 ee it shall come to pass, 
that. aS ye were a curse among 
the heathen, O house of Ji’ dah, 
and house of is’ra-el; so will I 
save you, and ye shall be a 
blessing: fear not, but let 
your hands be strong. 

14 For thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; As I thought to punish 
you, when your fathers provoked 
me to wrath, saith the LORD of 
hosts, and I repented not: | 

15 So again have I thought in 
these days to do well unto 
Jé-ru’sa-lém and to the house 
of Jai’dah: fear ye not. 

16 4 These are the things that 
ye shall do; Speak ye every 
man the truth to his neighbour; 
execute the judgment of truth 
and peace in your gates: 

17 And let none of you imagine 
evil in your hearts against his 
neighbour; and love no false 
oath: for all these are things 
that I hate, saith the LORD. 

18 ¢ And the word of the 
LORD of hosts came unto me, 
saying, : 

19 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; The fast of the fourth 
month, and the fast of the fifth, 
and the fast of the seventh, and 
the fast of the tenth, shall be to 
the house of Ja’dah joy and 
gladness, and cheerful feasts; 
therefore love the truth and peace. 

20 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; Jt shall yet come to pass, 
that there shall come people, and 
the inhabitants of many cities: 

21 And the inhabitants of one 
city shall go to another, saying, 
Let us go speedily to pray before 
the LORD, and to seek the LORD 


the residue of this people as in! of hosts: I will go also. 
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22 Yea, many people and strong 
nations shall come to seek the 
LORD of hosts in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and to pray before the LORD. 

23 Thus saith the LORD of 
hosts; In those days if shall 
come to pass, that ten men shall 
take hold out of all languages of 
the nations, even shall take 
hold of the skirt of him that is a 
Jew, saying, We will go with 
you: for we have heard that 
God is with you. 


920 CHAPTER 9 


1 The church defended. 9 Zion is ex- 
horted to rejoice for the coming of her 
just King. 12 Victory is promised. 

HE burden of the word of 
the LORD in the land of Ha’- 
drach, and Da-mas’cus shall be 


ZECHARIAH, 9 


because of him that passeth by, 
and because of him that re- 
turneth: and no oppressor shall 
pass through them any more: 
for now have I seen with mine 
eyes. 

9 { Rejoice greatly, O daugh- 
ter of Zi’6n; shout, O daughter 
of Jé-ru’sé-lém: behold, thy 
King cometh unto thee: he is 
just, and having salvation; 
lowly, and riding upon an ass, 
and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

10 And I will cut off the chariot 
from E’phra-im, and the horse 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém, and the battle 
bow shall be cut off: and he shall 
speak peace unto the heathen: 
and his dominion’ shall be from 
sea even to sea, and from the 
river even to the ends of the 


the rest thereof: when the eyes | earth 


of man, as of all the tribes of 
is’ra-el, shall be toward the 
LORD. 

2 And Ha’math also shall 
border thereby; Ty’rus, and 
Zidon, though it be very wise. 

3 And Ty’rus did build herself 
a strong hold, and heaped up 
silver as the dust, and fine gold 
as the mire of the streets. 

4 Behold, the Lord will cast 
ter out, and he will smite her 
power in the sea; and she shall 
be devoured with fire. 

5 Ash’ke-lén shall see if, and 
fear; Ga’za also shall see it, 
and “be very sorrowful, and 
Ek’ron; for her expectation shall 
be ashamed; and the king shall 
perish from G4’za, and Ash’ke- 
lon shall not be inhabited. 

6 And a bastard shall dwell in 
Ash’déd, and I will cut off the 
pride of the Phi-lis’tines. 

7 And I will take away his 
blood out of his mouth, and his 
abominations from between his 
teeth: but he that remaineth, 
even he, shall be for our God, 
and he shall be as a governor in 
Ja’dah, and Ek’ron as a Jéb’u- 
site. 

- 8 And I will encamp about 
mine house because of the army, 
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11 As for thee also, by the 
blood of thy covenant I have 
sent forth thy prisoners out of 
the pit wherein is no water. 

12 § Turn you to the strong 

hold, ye prisoners of hope: even 
to day do I declare that I will 
render double unto thee; 
n I have bent Ji’dah 
f filled the bow with 
E/phra-im, and raised up thy 
sons, O Zi’on, against thy sons, 
O Greece, and made thee as the 
sword of a mighty man. * 

14 And the LORD shall be seen 
over them, and his arrow shall 


go forth as the lightning: and 
the Lord GoD shall biow the 
trumpet, and shall go with 


whirlwinds of the south. 

15 The LORD of hosts shall 
defend them; and they shall de- 
vour, and subdue with sling 
stones; and they shall drink, 
and make a noise as through 
wine; and they shall be filled 
like bowls, and as the corners of 
the altar. i 
16 And the LORD their God 
shall save them in that day as the 
flock of his people: for they 
shall be as the stones of. a 
crown, lifted up as an ensign 
upon his land. 


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17 For how great is his good- 

ness, and how great 
beauty! corn shall make the 
young men cheerful, and new 
wine the maids. 


921 CHAPTER 10 
1 God to be sought out. 3 He visits for 
sin, yet will save. 
SK ye of the LORD rain in 
the time of the latter rain; 
so the LORD shall make bright 
clouds, and give them showers 
a ert to every one grass in the 
el 

2 For the idols have spoken 
vanity, and the diviners have 
seen a lie, and have told false 
dreams; they comfort in vain: 
therefore they went their way as 
a flock, they were troubled, 
because there was no shepherd. 

3 Mine anger was kindled 
against the shepherds, and I 
punished the goats: for the 
LORD of hosts hath visited his 
flock the house of Ji’dah, and 
hath made them as his goodly 
horse in the battle. 

4 Out of him came forth the 
corner, out of him the nail, out 
of him the battle bow, out of him 
every oppressor together. 

5 g And they shall be as 
mighty men, which tread down 
their enemies in the mire of the 
streets in the battle: and they 
shall fight, because the LORD is 
with them, and the riders on 
horses shall be confounded. 

6 And I will strengthen the 
house of Ji’dah, and I will save 
the house of Jo’seph, and I will 
bring them again to place them; 
for I have mercy upon ue and 
they shall be as though I had 
not cast them off: for I am the 
LORD their God, and will hear 


them. i i 

7 And they of £’phra-im shall 
be like a mighty man, and their 
heart shall rejoice as through 
wine: yea, their children shall 
see it, and be glad; their heart 
shall rejoice in the LORD. 

8 I will hiss for them, and 


is his | d 


Judah and Ephraim to be saved 


gather them; for I have re- 
eemed them: and they shall 
increase as they have increased. 

9 And I will sow them among 
the people: and they shall re- 
member me in far countries; and 
they shall live with their chil- 
dren, and turn again. 

10 I will bring them again 
also out of the land of E’éypt, and 
gather them out of As-syr’i-a; 
and I will bring them into the 
land of Gil’e-ad and Léb’a-non; 
and place shall not be found 
for them. 

11 And he shall pass through 
the sea with affliction, and shall 
smite the waves in the sea, and 
all the deeps of the river shall 
dry up: and the pride of As- 
syr’i-a shall be brought down, 
and the sceptre of E’gypt shall 
depart away. 

12 And I will strengthen them 
in the LORD; and they shall 
walk up and down in his name, 
saith the LORD. 


CHAPTER 11 922 
1 A day of visitation. 2 Destruction of 
Jerusalem. 10 The staves of Beauty 
and Bands broken. 15 The foolish 
shepherd as a type. 
PEN thy doors, O Léb’a-non, 
that the fire may devour thy 
cedars. 

2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar 
is fallen; because the mighty 
are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of 
Ba’shan; for the forest of the 
vintage is come down. 

3 4 There is a voice of the 
howling of the shepherds; for 
their glory is spoiled: a voice of 
the roaring of young lions; for 
the pride of J6r’dan is spoiled. 

4 Thus saith the LORD my 
God; Feed the flock of the 
slaughter; 

5 Whose possessors slay them, 
and hold themselves not guilty: 
and they that sell them say, 
Blessed be the LORD; for I am 
rich: and their own shepherds 
pity them not. 

6 For I will no more pity the in- 


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habitants of the land, saith the 
LORD: but, lo, I wili deliver the 
men every one into his neigh- 
bour’s hand, and into the hand 
of his king: and they shall smite 
the land, and out of their hand I 
will not deliver them. 

And I will feed the flock of 
slaughter, even you, O poor of 
the flock. And I took unto me 
two staves; the one I called 
Beauty, and the other I called 
Bands; and I fed the flock. 

8 Three shepherds also I cut 
off: in one month; and my soul 


loathed them, and their soul also | - 


abhorred me. 

9 Then said I, I will not feed 
you: that that dieth, let it die; 
and that that is to be cut off, let 
it be cut off; and let the rest eat 
every one the flesh of another. 

10 § And I took my staff, even 
Beauty, and cut it asunder, that 
I might break my covenant 
which I had made with all the 
people. 

11 And it was broken in that 
day: and so the poor of the 
flock that waited upon me knew 
that it was the word of the 
LORD. 

12 And I said unto them, If ye 
think good, give me my price; 
and if not, forbear. So they 
weighed for my price thirty 
pieces of silver. 


13 And the LORD said unto me, 


Cast it unto the potter: a 
goodly price that I was prised at 
of them. And I took the thirty 
pieces of silver, and cast them 
to the potter in the house of the 
LORD. 

14 Then I cut asunder mine 
other staff, even Bands, that I 


might break the brotherhood be-| b 


tween Ji’dah and Is’ra-el. 

15 § And the LORD said unto 
me, Take unto thee yet the 
instruments of a foolish shep- 


erd. 
16 For, lo, I will raise up a 


shepherd in the land, which shall | th 


not visit those that be cut off, 
neither shall seek the young one, 


ZECHARIAH, 12 


nor heal that that is broken, nor 
feed that that standeth still: 
but he shall eat the flesh of the 
fat, and tear their claws in 
pieces. 

17 Woe to the idol shepherd 
that leaveth the flock! the sword 
shall be upon his arm, and upon 
his right eye: his arm shall be 
clean dried up, and his right 
eye shall be utterly darkened. 


CHAPTER 12 923 


1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling. 6 Res- 
toration of Judah. 9 Jerusalem’s 
repentance. 
HE burden of the word of 
the LorD for is’ra-el, saith 
the LORD, which §stretcheth 
forth the heavens, and layeth 


the foundation of the earth, and 
formeth the _ spirit of man 
within him. 


2 Behold, I will make Jé-ry’- 
sa-lém a cup of trembling unto 
all the people round about, 
when they shall be in the siege 
both against Ji’dah and against 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

3 § And in that day will I 
make Jé-ru’s4-lém a _ burden- 
some stone for all people: all 
that burden themselves with it 
shall be cut in pieces, though 
all the people of the earth be 
gathered together against it. 

4 In that day, saith the Lorp, 
I will smite every horse with 
astonishment, and his rider 
with madness: and I will open 
mine eyes upon the house of Ji’- 
dah, and will smite every horse 
of the people with blindness. 

5 And the governors of Jii’dah 
shall say in their heart, The 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém shall 
e my strength in the LORD of 
hosts their God. 

6 § In that day will I make the 
governors of Ji’dah like an 
hearth of fire among the wood, 
and like a torch of fire in a 
sheaf; and they shall devour all 
e people round about, on the 
right hand and on the left: and 
Jé-ruy’sa-lém shall be inhabited 


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ZECHARIAH, 13 


again in her own place, even in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

7 The LORD also shall save 
the tents of Jia’dah first, that the 
glory of the house of Da’vid and 
the glory of the inhabitants of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém do not Mey fear 
themselves against Ja’dah 

8 In that day shall the LORD 
defend the inhabitants of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; and ihe that is feeble 
among them at that day shall be 
as Da’vid; andthe house of 
Da’vid shall be as God, as the 
angel of the LORD before them. 

9 4 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that I will seek to 
destroy all the nations that 
come against Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

10 And I will pour upon the 
house of Da’vid, and upon the 
inhabitants of Jé-ru’sa-lém, the 
spirit of grace and of supplica- 
tions: and they shall look upon 
me whom they have pierced, 
and they shall mourn for him, 
as one mourneth for his only 
son, and shall be in bitterness 
for him, as one that is in bitter- 
ness for his firstborn. 

11 In that day shall there be a 
great mourning in Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
as the mourning of Ha’dad-— 
rim’mon in the valley of Mé- 
gid’don. 

12 And the land shall mourn, 
every family apart; the family 
of the house of Da’vid apart, and 
their wives apart; the family of 
the house of Na’than apart, and 
their wives apart; _ 

13 The family of the house of 
Lé’vi apart, and their wives 
apart; the family of Shim’e-i 
apart, and their wives apart; 

14 Ali the families that remain, 
every family apart, and their 
Wives apart. 


924 CHAPTER 13 


1 Jerusalem’s fountain for purgation 
from idolatry and false prophecy. 
Christ’s death. 


N that day there shali be a 
fountain opened to the house 


cf Da’vid and to the inhabitants '! G 


Jerusalem’s repentance 


of Jé-ru’sa-lém for sin and for 
uncleanness. 

2 4 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, saith the LORD of 
hosts, that I will cut off the 
names of the idols out of the 
land, and they shall no more be 
remembered: and also I will 
cause the prophets and the un- 
clean spirit to pass out of the land. 

3 And it shall come to pass, 
that when any shall yet prophesy, 
then his father and his mother 
that begat him shall say unto 
him, Thou shalt not live; for 
thou speakest lies in the name of 
the LORD: and his father and 
his mother that begat him shall 
thrust him through when he 
prophesieth. 

4 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the prophets shall 
be ashamed every one of his 
vision, when he hath prophe- 
sied: neither shall they wear a 
rough garment to deceive: 

5 But he shall say, I am no 
prophet, I am an husbandman; 
for man taught me to keep cattle 
from my youth. 

6 And one shall say unto him, 
What are these wounds in thine 
hands? Then he shall answer, 
Those with which Iwas wounded 
in the house of my friends. 

7 § Awake, O sword, against 
my shepherd, and against the 
man that is my fellow, saith the 
LORD of hosts: smite the 
shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered: and I will turn mine 
hand upon the little ones. 

8 And it shall come to pass, 
that in all the Jand, saith the 
LORD, two parts therein shall be 
cut off and die; but the third 
shall be left therein. 

9 And I will bring the third 
part through the fire, and will 
refine them as silver is refined, 
and will try them as gold is — 


7\tried: they shall call on my 


name, and I will hear them: I 
will say, It is my people: and 
ie shall say, The LORD is my 
od. 


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Jerusalem’s destruction and restoration 


925 CHAPTER 14 
1 Destruction of Jerusalem. 11 Her 
reestablishment. 16 All nations to 


worship her King, the Lord of hosts. 


EHOLD, the day of the 

’ LORD cometh, and thy 
spoil shall be divided in the midst 
of thee. 

2 For I will gather all nations 
against Jé-ru’sa-lém to battle; 
‘and the city shall be taken, and 
the houses rifled, and the women 
ravished; and half of the city 
shall go forth into captivity, and 
the residue of the people shall 
not be cut off from the city. 

3 Then shall the LORD go 
forth, and fight against those 
nations, as when he fought in 
the day of battle. 

4 4 And his feet shall stand in 
that day upon the mount of 

OlVives, which is before Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém on the east, and the 
mount of Ol’ives shall cleave in 
the midst thereof toward the east 
and toward the west, and there 
shall be a very great valley; and 
half of the mountain shall re- 
move toward the pout and half 
of it toward the s 

5 And ye shall flee: to the valley 
of the mountains; for the val- 
ley of the mountains shall reach 
unto A’zal: yea, ye shall flee, 
like as ye fled from before the 
earthquake in the days of 
Uz-zi/ah king of Ji’dah: and 
the LORD my God shall come, 
and all the saints with thee. | 

6 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the light shall not 
be clear, nor dark: 

7 Butit shall be one ao which 
shall be known to the LORD, 
not day, nor night: but it shall 
come to pass, that at evening 
time it shall be light. 

8 And it shall be in that day, 
that living waters ee go out 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém; half of them 
toward the former sea, and half 
of them toward the hinder sea: 
in summer and in winter shall 


it be. 
"9 And the LORD shall be a 


ZECHARIAH, 14 


over all the earth: in that day 
shall reer ie one LORD, and 
his name o 

10 All then land shall be turned 
as a plain from Gé’ba to Rim’- 
mon south of Jé-ru’sa-lém: and 
it shall be lifted up, and in- 
habited i in her place, from Bén’- 
ja-min’s gate unto the place of 
the first gate, unto the corner 
gate, and from the tower of 
Ha-nan’e-el unto the king’s 
winepresses. 

1 And men shall dwell in it, 
and there shall be no more 
utter destruction; but Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém shall be safely inhabited. 

2 §And this shall be the 
plague wherewith the LORD will 
smite all the people that have 
fought against Jé-ru’sd-lém; 
Their flesh shall consume away 
while they stand upon their feet, 
and their eyes shall consume 
away in their holes, and their 
tongue shall consume away in 
their mouth. d 

13 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that a great tumult 
from the LORD shall be among 
them; and they shall lay hold 
every one on the hand of his 
neighbour, and his hand shail 
rise up against the hand of his 
neighbour. 

14 And Ji’dah also shall fight 
at Jé-ru’sa-lém; and the wealth 
of all the heathen round about 
shall be gathered together, gold, 
and silver, and apparel, in great 
abundance. 

15 And so shall be the plague 
of the horse, of the mule, of the 

camel, and of the ass, and of 
the beasts that shall be in these 
tents, as this plague. 

16 ¥ And it shall come to pass, 
that every one that is left of all 
the nations which came against 
Jé-ru’sa-lém shall even go up 
from year to year to worship 
the King, the LORD of hosts, 
eds to keep the feast of taber- 
nac 
17 ee it shall be, that whoso 
oy not come up of all the fam- 


MALACHI, 1 > 


ilies of the earth unto Jé-ry’sa- 
lém to worship the King, the 
LORD of hosts, even upon them 
shall be no rain. 

18 And if the family of E’éypt 
go not up, and come not, that 
have no rain; there shall be the 
plague, wherewith the LORD 
will smite the heathen that come 
not up to keep the feast of 
tabernacles. 

19 This shall be the punish- 
ment of E’gypt, and the punish- 
ment of all nations that come not 
up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 


Israel’s ingratitude and profanity 


20 { In that day shall there be 
upon the bells of the horses, 
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; 
and the pots in the LORD’S 


house shall be like the bowls — 


before the altar. 


21 Yea, every pot in Jé-ru’sa- © 


lém and in Ji’d shall be 
holiness unto the LORD of hosts: 
and all 
come and take of them, and 
seethe therein: and in that day 
there shall be no more the 
Ca’naan-ite in the house of the 
LORD of hosts. 


MALACHI 


926 CHAPTER 1 
1 The prophet complains of Israel's in- 
gratitude. 6 Irreligion and profan- 
ity charged against them. 
HE burden of the word of the 
= LORD to is’ra-el by Mal’a- 
cil. 


2 I have loved you, saith the 
LORD. Yet ye say, herein 
hast thou loved us? Was not 
E’sau Ja’cob’s brother? soit the 
LORD: yet I loved Ja’cob 

3 And I hated E’sau, and laid 
his mountains and his heritage 
waste for the dragons of the 
wilderness. 

4 Whereas E’dom saith, We are 
impoverished, but we will return 
and build the desolate places; 
thus saith the LORD of hosts, 
They shall build, but I will 
throw down; and they shall call 
them, The border of wickedness, 
and, The people against. whom 
the LORD hath indignation for 
ever. 

5 And your eyes shall see, and 
ye shall say, The LORD will be 
magnified from the border of 
etal. 

6 § A son honoureth his fa- 
ther, and a servant his master: 
if then I be a father, where is 
mine honour? and if I be a 
master, where is my fear? saith 
the LORD of hosts unto you, O 


they that sacrifice shall 


i 


priests, that despise my name. | 
And ye say, Wherein have we — 


despised thy name? 


7 Ye offer polluted bread upon — 
mine altar; and ye say, Where- — 


in have we polluted thee? In 


that ye say, The table of the 


LORD its contemptible. 


8 And if ye offer the blind for 


sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye 
offer the lame and sick, is it not 
evil? 
governor; will he be pleased with 
thee, or accept thy person? saith 
the LORD of hosts. 

9 And now, I pray you, beseech 
God that he will be gracious 
unto us: this hath been by 
your means: will he regard 
your persons? saith the LORD 
of hosts. . 

10 Who is there even among 
you that would shut the doors 
for nought? neither do ye 
kindle fire on mine altar for 
nought. I have no pleasure in 
you, saith the LORD of hosts, 
neither will I accept an offering 
at your hand. an 

11 For from the rising of the 
sun even unto the going down of 
the same my name shall be great 
among the Gén’tiles; and in 
every place incense shall be 
offered unto my name, and a 
pure offering: for my name 


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offer it now unto thy 


Priests reproved for sins 


shall be great among the hea- 
then, saith the LORD of hosts. 

12 § But ye have profaned it, 
in that ye say, The table of the 
LORD is polluted; and the fruit 
thereof, even his meat, is con- 
temptible. 

13 Ye said also, Behold, what 
a weariness is it? and ye have 
snuffed at it, saith the LORD of 
hosts; and ye brought that 
which was torn, and the lame, 
and the sick; thus ye brought 
an offering: should I accept 
this of your hand? saith the 
LORD. 


14 But cursed be the deceiver, | all 


which hath in his flock a male, 
and voweth, and _sacrificeth 
unto the Lord a corrupt thing: 
for I am a great King, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and my name is 
dreadful among the heathen. 


027 CHAPTER 2 
1 pees renin the Paes eule for their 
sins. he peopie are also re- 
proved yaa oie strange marriages, 
treachery, and impiety. 
ND now, O ye priests, this 
commandment is for you. 

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye 
will not lay it to heart, to give 
glory unto my name, saith the 
LORD of hosts, I will even send 
a curse upon you, and I wi 
curse your blessings: yea, I 
have cursed them already, be- 
cause ye do not lay it to 
heart. ' 

3 Behold, I will corrupt your 
seed, and spread dung upon 
your faces, even the dung of 
your solemn feasts; and one 
shall take you away with it. 

4 And ye shall know that I 
have sent this commandment 
unto you, that my covenant 
might be with Lé’vi, saith the 
LORD of hosts. ; 

5 My covenant was with him 
of life and peace; and I gave 
them to him for the fear where- 
with he feared me, and was 
afraid before my name. | _- 

6 The law of truth was in his 
mouth, and iniquity was not 


MALACHI, 2 


found in his lips: he walked 
with me in peace and equity, 
and did turn many away from 
iniquity. 

7 For the priest’s lips should 
keep knowledge, and they should 
seek the law at his mouth: for 
he is the messenger of the LORD 
of hosts. 

8 But ye are departed out of 
the way; ye have caused many 
to stumble at the law; ye have 

corrupted the covenant of Lé’vi, 
saith the LORD of hosts. 

9 Therefore have I also made 
you contemptible and base before 
the people, according as ye 
have not kept my ways, but 
have been partial in the law. 

10 Have we not all one father? 
hath not one God created us? 
why do we deal treacherously 
every man against his brother, 
by profaning the covenant of our 
fathers? 

11 { Ja’dah hath dealt treach- 
erously, and an_ abomination is 
committed in Is’ra-el and in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém; ‘for Ji’dah hath 
profaned the holiness of the 
LORD which he loved, and 
hath married the daughter of a 
strange god. 

12 The LORD will cut off the 


li | man that doeth this, the master 


and the scholar, out of the taber- 
nacles of Ja’cob, and him that 
offereth an offering unto the 
LORD of hosts. 

13 And this have ye done 
again, covering the altar of the 
LORD with tears, with weeping, 
and with crying out, insomuch 
that he regardeth not the offering 
any more, or receiveth if with 
Auge will at your hand. 

14 | Yet ye say, Wherefore? 
Because the LORD hath been 
witness between thee and the 
wife of thy youth, against whom 
thou hast dealt treacherously: 
yet is she thy companion, and 
the wife of thy covenant. 

15 And did not he make one? 
Yet had he the residue of the 
spirit. And wherefore one? 


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MALACHI, 3 


That he might seek a godly 
seed. Therefore take heed to 
your spirit, and let none deal 
treacherously against the wife 
of his youth. 

_16 For the LORD, the God of 
Is‘ra-el, saith that he hateth 
putting away: for one covereth 
violence with his garment, saith 
the LORD of hosts: therefore 
take heed to your spirit, that ye 
deal not treacherously. 

17 4 Ye have wearied the LORD 
with your words. Yet ye say, 
Wherein have we wearied him: 
When ye say, Every one that 
doeth evil is good in the sight of 
the LORD, and he delighteth in 
them; or, Where is the God of 
judgment? 


928 CHAPTER 3 

1 A messenger to prepare the way. 2 
The coming of the Lord. 13 Infidel- 
ity of the people. 16 Promise of 


blessing. 
EHOLD, I will send my 
messenger, and he shal 


prepare the way before me: and 
the Lord, whom ye seek, shall 
suddenly come to his temple, 
even the) messenger of the 
covenant, whom ye delight in: 
behold, he shall come, saith the 
LORD of hosts. . 

2 But who may abide the day 
of his! coming?; and who shall 
stand when he appeareth? for 
he is like a refiner’s fire, and 
like fullers’ sope: _ 

3 And he shall sit .as a refiner 
and purifier of silver: and he 
shall purify the sons of Lé’vi, 
and purge them as gold and 
silver, that they may offer unto 
the LORD an offering in right- 
eousness. : 

4 Then shall the offering of 
Ja’dah and Jé-ru’sa-lem_ be 
pleasant unto the LORD, as in 
the days of old, and as in former 


years. 

5 And I will come near to you 
to judgment; and I will be a 
swift witness against the sorcer- 
ers, and against the adulterers, 


The messenger of the Lord 


and against false swearers, and 
against those that oppress the 
hireling in his wages, the widow, 
and the fatherless, and that turn 
aside the stranger from his right, 
and fear not me, saith the LORD 
of hosts. 

6 For I am the LORD, I 
change not; therefore ye sons 
of Ja’cob are not consumed. 

7 9 Even from the days of 
your fathers ye are gone away 
from mine ordinances, and have 
not kept them. Return unto me, 


2|and I will return unto you, saith 


the LORD of hosts. But ye said, 
Wherein shall we return? 

8 4 Will a man rob God? Yet 
ye have robbed me. But ye say, 
Wherein have we robbed thee? 
In tithes and offerings. 

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: 
for ye have robbed me, even this 
whole nation. 

“10 Bring ye all the tithes into 
the storehouse, that there may 
be meat in mine house, and 


1} prove me now herewith, saith 


the LorpD of hosts, if I will 
not open you the windows of 
heaven, and pour you out a 
blessing, that there shall not be 
room enough fo receive it. 

11 And I will rebuke the de- 
vourer for your sakes, and he 
shall not destroy the fruits of 
your ground; neither shall your 
vine cast her fruit before the 
time in the field, saith the LORD 
of hosts. 

12 And all nations shall call 
you blessed: for ye shall be a 
delightsome land, saith the LORD 
of hosts. 

13 § Your words have been 
stout against me, saith the LORD. 
Yet ye say, What have we spoken 
so much against thee? _ 

14 Ye have said, It is vain to 
serve God: and what profit is it 
that we have kept his ordinance, 
and that we have walked mourn- 
fully before the LORD of hosts? 

15 And now we call the proud 
happy; yea, they that work 
wickedness are set up; yea, 


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The good blessed. Elijah promised 


they that tempt God are even 
delivered. 

16 § Then they that feared the 
LORD spake often one to an- 
other: and the LORD hearkened, 
and heard it, and a book of 
remembrance was written before 
him for them that feared the 
LORD, and that thought upon 
his name. ‘ 

17 And they shall be mine, 
saith the LORD of hosts, in that 
day when I make up my jewels; 
and I will spare them, as a man 
spareth his own son that serveth 


him. 

18 Then shall ye return, and 
discern between the righteous 
and the wicked, between him 
that serveth God and him that 
serveth him not. 


929 CHAPTER 4 


1 Judgment on the wicked. 2 Blessing 
on the good. 5 Elijah’s coming. 


OR, behold, the day cometh, 
that shall burn as an oven; 

and all the proud, yea, and all 
that do wickedly, shall be stub- 


MALACHI, 4 


ble: and the day that cometh 
shall burn them up, saith the 
LORD of hosts, that it shall 
leave them neither root nor 
pa 

ut unto you that fear my 
name shall the Sun of righteous- 
ness arise with healing in his 
wings; and ye shall go forth, 
and grow up as calves of the 
stall. 

3 And ye shall tread down the 
wicked; for they shall be ashes 
under the soles of your feet in 
the day that I shall do this, 
saith the LORD of hosts. 

4 § Remember ye the law of 
MO’ses my servant, which I com- 
manded unto him in H6’reb for 
all Is’ra-el, with the statutes 
and judgments. 
.5 4 Behold, I will send you 
E-li’jah the prophet before the 
coming of the great and dreadful 
day of the LORD: 

6 And he shall turn the heart 
of the fathers to the children, 
and the heart of the children to 
their fathers, lest I come and 
smite the earth with a curse. 


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SAINT MATTHEW 


1 CHAPTER 1 
1 enenogy a of HEE eae His concep- 
tion an Joseph's mis- 


deeming oaahia oe Penta ied. 


HE book of the generation of 
Jé’sus Christ, the son of 
ae the son of A’bra-ham. 

2 A’bra-ham begat I’saac; and 
Vsaac begat Ja’cob; and Ja’cob 
begat Ja’das and his brethren; 

3 And Ji’das begat Pha’rés and 
Za’ra of Tha’mar; and Pha’rés 
begat Es’rom; and Es’rom begat 
A’ram; | 

4 And A’ram begat A-min’a- 
dab; and A-min’a-dab begat 
Na-das’son; and Na-as’son be- 
gat Sal’mon; 

5 And Sal’mon’ begat BO’06z of 
Ra’chab; and Bo’6z begat_O’bed 
of Ruth; and O’bed begat Jés’se; 

6 And Jés’se begat Da’vid the 
king; and Da’vid the king begat 
Sol’o-mon of her that had been 
the wife of U-ri’as; 

And S6l’o-mon begat R6-bd6’- 
am; and R6-bd’am begat A-bi’a; 
and A-bi’a begat A’sa;__ ‘ 

8 And A’sa begat Jés’a-phat; 
and Jods’a-phat begat J6’ram; 
and J6’ram begat O-zi’as; 

9 And 6-zi’as begat Jo’a-tham; 
and J6’a-tham begat A’chaz; and 
A’chaz begat Ez-e-ki’as; 

10 And Ez-e-ki/as_ begat Ma- 


nas’sés; and Ma-nas’sés begat 
A’mon; and A’mon begat Jo- 
$i’as; 


11 And Jo-si’as begat Jéch-o- 
ni/as and his brethren, about the 
time they were carried away to 
Bab’y-lon: 

12 And after they were brought 
to Bab’y-lon, Jéch-o-ni’as begat 
Sa-la’thi-el; and Sa-la’thi-el be- 
gat Z6-rob’a-bél; 

13 And Z-rob’a-bél begat A- 
bi’ud; and A-bi’ud begat E-li’a- 

; and E-li’a-kim begat A’z6r; 

14 And A’z6r begat Sa’doc; and 
Sa’déc begat A’chim; and A’chim 
begat E-li’ud; 


3 


15 And E-li’ud begat E-le-a’zar; 
and E-le-a/zar begat Mat’than; 
and Mat-than begat Ja’cob; 

16 And Ja’cob begat Jo ‘seph the 
husband of Ma’ry, of whom was 
born Jé’sus, who is called 

hrist. 

_17 So all the generations from 
A’bra-ham to Da’vid are fourteen 
generations; and from Da’vid 
until the carrying away into Bab’- 
y-lon are fourteen generations; 
and from the carrying away into 
Bab’y-lon unto Christ are four- 
teen generations. 

18 4 Now the birth of Jé’sus 
Christ was on this wise: hen 
as his mother Ma’/r¥Y was es- 
poused to J6’seph, before they 
came together, she was found 
with child of the H6/ly Ghost. 

19 Then J6’seph her husband, 
being a just man, and not willing 
to make her a publick example, 
was minded to put her away 
privily. 

20 But while he thought on 
these things, behold, the angel of 
the Lord appeared unto him in a 
dream, saying, J6’seph, thou son 
of Da’vid, fear not to take unto 
thee Ma’ry thy wife: for that 
which is ome in her is of 
the H6’ly Ghos 

21 And she sl bring forth a 
son, and thou shalt call his name 
JE’sUS: for he shall save his 
people from their sins. 

22 Now all this was done, that 
it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken of the Lord by the proph- 


ehold, a virgin shall be 
with child, and shall bring forth 
a son, and they shall call his 
name Em-man/u-el, which being 
interpreted is, God with us. | 

24 Then J6é’seph being raised 
from sleep did as the angel of the 
Lord had bidden him, and took 
pt him his wife: 
5 And knew her not till she 


ST. MATTHEW, 2 


had brought forth her firstborn 
son: and he called his name 
JE’SusS. 


2 CHAPTER 2 


1 Visit of the wise men. 14 Flight o 
Joseph and his family. 19 Deat 
_ of Herod. 23 Christ brought to 
' Nazareth. 


OW when Jé’sus Pye born 

in Béth’lé-hém of Ji-de’a 
in the days of Hér’od the king, 
behold, there came wise men 
from the east to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

2 Saying, Where is he that is 
born King of the Jews? for we 
have seen his star in the east, 
and are come to worship him. 

3 When Hér’od the king had 
heard these things, he was 
troubled, and all Jé-ru’sa-lém 
with him. 

4 And when he had gathered all 
the chief priests and scribes of 
the people together, he de- 
manded of them where Christ 
should be born. 

5 And they said unto him, In 
Béth’lé-hém of Ja-de’a: for thus 
it is written by the prophet, 

6 And thou Béth’/lé-hém, in 
the land of Ji’da, art not the 
least among the princes of Ji’da: 
for out of thee shall come a Gov- 
ernor, that shall rule my people 
Is’ra-el. 

7 Then Hér’od, when he had 
privily called the wise men, en- 
quired of them diligently what 
time the star appeared. 

8 And he sent them to Béth’lé- 
hém, and said, Go and search 
diligently for the young child; 
and when ye have found him, 
bring me word again, that I may 
come and worship him also. 

9 When they had heard the 
king, they departed; and, lo, the 
star, which they saw in the east, 
went before them, till it came and 
stood over where the young child 


was. 
10 When they saw the star, 
they rejoiced) with exceeding 
great joy 

11 ¢ And when they were come 


Visit of the wise men 


into the house, they saw the 
young child with Ma’ry his 
mother, and fell down, and 
worshipped him: and when they 
had opened their treasures, they 
presented unto him gifts; gold, 
and frankincense, and myrrh. 

12 And being warned of God 
in a dream that they: should not 
return to Hér’od, they departed 
into their own country another 
way. 

13 And when they were de- 
parted, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeareth to JO’seph in a 
dream, saying, Arise, and take 
the young child and his mother, 
and flee into E’gypt; and be thou 
there until I bring thee word: for 
Hér’od will seek the young child 
to destroy him. 

14 When he arose, he took the 
young child and his mother by 
night, and departed into E’gypt: 

15 And was there until the 
death of Hér’od: that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the 
Lord by the prophet, saying, 
Out of E’gypt have I called my 


son. 

16 4 Then Hér’od, when he 
saw that he was mocked of the 
wise men, was exceeding wroth, 
and sent forth, and slew all the 
children that were in Béth’lé- 
hém, and in all the coasts thereof, 
from two years old and under, 
according to the time which he 
had diligently enquired of ‘the 
Wise men. 

17 Then was fulfilled that 
which was spoken by Jér’e-my 
the prophet, saying, 

18 In Ra’ma was there a voice 
heard, lamentation, and weeping, 
and great mourning, Ra’chel 
weeping for her children, and 
would not be comforted, because 
they are not. 

19 ¢ But when Her’od was 
dead, behold, an angel of the 
Lord appeareth in a dream to 
J6’seph in E’gypt, 

20 Saying, Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and 
go into the land of Is’ra-el: for 


John preaches and baptizes 


they are dead which sought the 
pone child’s life. 

21 And he arose, and took the 
young child and his mother, and 
came into the land of Is’ra-el. 

22 But when he heard that Ar- 
ché-la’us did reign in Ju-de’a in 
the room of his father Hér’od, he 
was afraid to go thither: not- 
withstanding, being warned of 
God in a dream, he turned aside 
into the parts of Gal’/i-lee: 

23 And he came and dwelt in a 
city called Naz’a-réth: that it 
might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophets, He shall 
be called a Naz-e-réne’. 


3 CHAPTER 3 
1 John's preachings and baptisms. 
He baptizes Christ in Jordan. 
N those days came John the 

Bap’tist, preaching in the 
wilderness of Ji-d2’a, 

2 And saying, Repent ye: for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3 For this is he that was spoken 
of by the prophet E-sa’ias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way 
of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. ‘ 

4 And the same John had his 
raiment of camel’s hair, and a 
leathern girdle about his loins; 
and his meat was locusts and 
wild honey. 

5 Then went out to him Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and all Ji-de’a, and ail 
the region round about Jér’dan, 

6 And were baptized of him in 
ete confessing their sins. 

7 § But when he saw many of 
the Phar’i-sees and Sad’du-cees 
come to his baptism, he said unto 
them, O generation of vipers, 
who hath warned you to flee 
from the wrath to come? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance: suns 

9 think not to say within 
yourselves, We have A’bra-ham 
to our father: for I say unto you, 
that God is able of these stones 
a raise up children unto A’bra- 

am. é 


13 


ST. MATTHEW, 3, 4 


10 And now also the ax is laid 
unto the root of the trees: 
therefore every tree which bring- 
eth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. 

11 I indeed baptize you with 
water unto repentance: but he 
that cometh after me is mightier 
than I, whose shoes I am not 
worthy to bear: he shall baptize 
you with the H6’ly Ghost, and 
with fire: 

12 Whose fan is in his hand, 
and he will Ea pUERLY, purge his 
floor, and gather his wheat into 
the garner; but he will burn up 
the chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13 § Then cometh Jé’sus from 
Gal’/i-lee to J6r’dan unto John, to 
be baptized of him. 

14 But John forbad him, say- 
ing, I have need to be baptized of 
thee, and comest thou to me? 

15 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto him, Suffer if to be so now: 
for thus it becometh us to fulfil 
all righteousness. Then he suf- 
fered him. 

16 And Jé’sus, when he was 
baptized, went up straightway 
out of the water: and, !o, the 
heavens were opened unto him, 
and he saw the Spirit of God 
descending like a dove, and 
lighting upon him: 

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased. 


CHAPTER 4 & 

1 The temptation of SEES: 11 Angels 

minister to him. Call of Peter 

and Andrew. 23 Al, diseases healed. 

HEN was Jé’sus led up of 

the spirit into the wilder- 

ness to be tempted of the devil. 

d when he had fasted 

forty days and forty nights, he 
was afterward an hungred. 

3 And when the tempter came 
to him, he said, If thou be the 
Son of God, command that these 
stones be made bread. 

4 But he answered and said, 
It is written, Man shall not live 


by bread alone, but by every 
5 


ST. MATTHEW, 5 


Call of Peter and Andreu 


word that proceedeth out of the| Repent: for the kingdom ot 


mouth of G 

5 Then the devil taketh him up 
into the holy city, and setteth 
him on a pinnacle of the temple, 

6 And saith unto him, If thou 
be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down: for it is written, He 
shall give his angels charge con- 
cerning thee: and in their hands 
they shal! bear thee up, lest at 
any time thou dash thy foot 
against a stone. f : 

7 Jésus said unto him, It is 
written again, Thou shalt not 
tempt the Lord thy God. 

8 Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an_ exceeding high 
mountain, and sheweth 
the kingdoms of the world, and 
the glory of them; f 

9 And_ saith unto him, All 
these things will I give thee, if 
thou wilt fall down and worship 
me. 

10 Then saith Jé’sus unto him, 
Get thee hence, Sa’tan: for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the 
Lord thy God, and him only 
shalt thou serve. : 

11 Then the devil leaveth him, 
and, behold, angels came and 
ministered unto him. 

12 { Now when Jé’sus had 
heard that John was cast_into 
prison, he departed into Gal’i- 
ee; 

13 And leaving Naz’a-réth, he 
came and dwelt in Ca-pér’na-tm, 
which is upon the sea coast, in 
the borders of Zab’u-lon and 
Néph’tha-lim: 

14 That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by E-sa’ias 
the prophet, saying 

15 The land of Z3b’u-lén, and 
the land of Néph’tha-lim, by the 
way of the sea, beyond Joér’dan, 
Gal’i-lee of the Gén’tiles; 

16 The people which sat in 
darkness saw great light; and 
to them which sat in the region 
and shadow of death light is 
sprung up. 

17 ¢ From that time Jé’sus 
began to preach, and to say, 


heaven is at hand. 

18 4 And Jé’sus, walking by 
the sea of Gdal’i-lee, saw two 
brethren, Si‘mon called Pé’tér, 
and An’drew his brother, casting 
a net into the sea: for they were 
fishers. 

19 And he saith unto them, 
Follow me, and I will make you 
fishers of men. 

20 And they straightway left 
their nets, and followed him. 

21 And going on from thence, 
he saw other two brethren, 
Ja anes) the son of Zéb’e-dee, and 
John his brother, in a ship with 
Zéb’e-dee their father, mending 
their nets; and he called them. 

And they immediately left. 
the ship and their father, and 
followed him. 

23 4 And Jé’sus went about all 
Gal’i-lee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing all 
Ranier of sickness and 
manner of disease among the 
people. 

24 And his fame went through- 
out all Syr’i-a: and they brought 
unto him all sick people that 
were taken with divers diseases 
and torments, and those which 
were possessed with devils, and 
those which were lunatick, and 
those that had the palsy; and 
he healed them. 

25 there followed sim 
great multitudes of people from 
Gal’i-lee, and from Dé-cap’o- 
lis, and from Jé-ru’sad-lém, and 
from Ju-dx’ a, and from beyond 
Jor’dan. 


CHAPTER 5 5 


1 Reornning of the sermon on the mount. 
14 The hght of the world. 21 hat 
itis to kill. 38 Exhortation to suffer 
wrong. 44 Love our enemies. 48 
Labour to be perfect. 

ND seeing the multitudes, 

%& he went up into a moun- 

tain: and when he was set, his 
disciples came unto him: 

2 And he opened his mouth, 


and taught them, saying, 
6 


Christ’s sermon on the mount 


- Blessed are the poor in spirit: 
or 
heaven. 

4 Blessed are they that mourn: 


| for they shall be comforted. 


5 Blessed are the meek: for 


they shall inherit the earth 


6 Blessed are they which do 


hunger and thirst after righteous- 


._ 8 Blessed are 


| 
] 


ness: for they shall be filled. 

7 Blessed are the merciful: for 
they shall obtain mercy. { 
the pure in 
heart: for they shall see God. 

9 Blessed are the peacemak- 
ers: for they shall be called the 
children of God. ; 

10 Blessed are they which are 
persecuted for righteousness’ 
sake: for theirs is the kingdom 
of heaven. 

11 Blessed are ye, when men 
shall revile you, and persecute 
you, and shall say all manner of 
evil Rees you falsely, for my 
Ss 

12  Reiaieat and be exceeding 
glad: for great is your reward in 
heaven: for so persecuted they 
the prophets which were before 
you. 

13 4 Ye are the salt of the earth: 
but if the salt have lost his 
savour, wherewith shall it be 
salted? it is thenceforth good for 
nothing, but to be cast out, and 
EO st trodden under foot of 


is Ye are the light of the world. 
A city that is set on an hill cannot 


e hid. 

15 Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, 
but on a candlestick; and it giv- 
eth light unto all that are in the 
house. f 

16 Let your light so shine be- 
fore men, that they may see your 
good works, land glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

17 4 Think not that lam come 
to destroy the law, or the proph- 
ets: I am not come to destroy, 
but to fulfil. 

18 For verily I say unto you, 


Till heaven and earth pass, one 
y | 


69 


theirs is the kingdom of 


ST. MATTHEW, 5 


jot or one tittle shall in no wise 
pass from the law, till all be ful- 
filled. 

19 Whosoever therefore shall 
break one of these least com- 
mandments, and shall teach men 
so, he shall be called the least in 
the kingdom of heaven: but 
whosoever shall do and teach 
them, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of heaven. 

20 For I say unto you, That 
except your righteousness shall 
exceed the righteousness of the 
scribes and Phar’i-sees, ye shall 
in no case enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 

21 4 Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, Thou 
shalt not kill; and whosoever 
shall kill shall be in danger of the 
judgment: 

22 But I say unto you. That 
whosoever is angry with his 
brother without a cause shall be 
in danger of the judgment: and 
whosoever shall say to his 
brother, Ra’ca, shall be in dan- 
ger of the council: but whoso- 
ever shall say, Thou fool, shall 
be in danger of hell fire. 

23 Therefore if thou bring thy 
gift to the altar, and there re- 
memberest that thy brother hath 
ought against thee; 

24 Leave there thy gift before 
the altar, and go way; first 
be reconciled to thy brother, and 
then come and offer thy gift. 

25 Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, whiles thou art in the 
way with him; lest at any time 
the adversary deliver thee to the 
judge, and the judge deliver thee 
to the officer, and thou be cast 
into prison. 

26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by no means come out 
thence, till thou hast paid the ut- 
termost farthing. 

27 ¥ Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, Thou 
shalt not commit adultery: 

28 But I say unto you, That 
whosoever looketh on a woman 
to lust after her hath committed 


ST. MATTHEW, 6 
adultery with her already in his 


eart. 

29 And if thy right eye offend 
thee, pluck it out, and cast 2f 
from thee: for it is profitable for 
thee that one of thy members 
should perish, and not that thy 
whole body should be cast into 


hell. 

30 And if thy right hand offend 
thee, cut it off, and cast if from 
thee: for it is profitable for thee 
that one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy whole 
body should be cast into hell. 

31 It hath been said, Whoso- 
ever shall put away his wife, let 
him give her a writing of divorce- 
ment: 

32 But I say unto you, That 
whosoever shall put away his 
wife, saving for the cause of for- 
nication, causeth her to commit 
adultery: and whosoever shall 
marry her that is divorced com- 
mitteth adultery. 

33 ¢ Again, ye have heard that 
it hath been said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not forswear 
thyself, but shalt perform unto 
the Lord thine oaths: 

34 But I say unto you, Swear 
not at all; neither by heaven; for 
it is God’s throne: es 

35 Nor by the earth; for it is 
his footstool: neither by Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; for it is the city of the 
great King. 

36 Neither shalt thou swear by 
thy head, because thou canst not 
make one hair white or black. 

37 But let your communica- 
tion be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for 
whatsoever is more than these 
cometh of evil. i 

38 ¥¢ Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, An eye for an eye, and 
a tooth for a tooth: 

39 But I say unto you, That ye 
resist not evil: but whosoever 
shall smite thee on thy right 
cheek, turn to him the other also. 

40 And if any man will sue thee 
at the law, and take away thy 


Christ’s sermon on the mount 


pel thee to go a mile, go with him 
twain. 

42 Give to him that asketh thee, 
and from him that would borrow 
of thee turn not thou away. 

43 4 Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 

44 But I say unto you, Love 
your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that 
hate you, and pray for them 
which despitefully use you, and 
persecute you; 

45 That ye may be the children 
of your Father which is in heav- 
en: for he maketh his sun to rise 
on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain on the just and on 
the unjust. 

46 For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have ye? 
do not even the publicans the 
same? 

47 And if ye salute your breth- 
ren only, what do ye more than 
others? do not even the publicans 
sof 

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even 
as your Father which is in heav- 
en is perfect. 


CHAPTER 6 6 


1 Sermon on the mount continued. 24 
Serving God and mammon. 25 Ex- 
hortation to care litile for worldly 
jae 33 Seeking the kingdom of 

od. 


AKE heed that ye do not your 

alms before men, to be seen 

of them: otherwise ye have no 

reward of your Father which is 
in heaven. . 

2 Therefore when thou doest 
thine alms, do not sound a 
trumpet before thee, as the hypo- 
crites do in the synagogues and 
in the streets, that they may have 
glory of men. Verily I say unto. 
you, They have their reward. | 

3 But when thou doest alms, 
let not thy left hand know what 
thy right hand doeth: { 

4 That thine alms may be in) 
secret: and thy Father which 


coat, let him have thy cloke also. | seeth in secret himself shall re- 
41 And whosoever shall com-! ward thee openly. 
8 


Christ’s sermon on the mount 


5 ¢ And when thou prayest, 
thou shalt not be as the hypo- 
crites are: for they love to pray 
‘standing in the synagogues and 
in the corners of the streets, that 
they may be seen of men. Verily 
I say unto you, They have their 
reward. 

6 But thou, when thou prayest, 
enter into thy closet, and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to 
thy Father which is in secret; 
and thy Father which seeth in 
secret shall reward thee openly. 

7 But when ye pray, use not 
vain repetitions, as the heathen 


do: for they think that they 
shall be heard for their much 
| speaking. 


8 Be not ye therefore like unto 
them: for your Father knoweth 
what things ye have need of, be- 
fore ye ask 
9 After this manner therefore 
pray ye: Our Father which art 
a area Hallowed be thy 


"10. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, as if is in 
heaven. f . 

11 Give us this day our daily 
bread. 
- 12 And forgive us our debts, as 
we forgive our debtors. 
13 And lead us not into temp- 
tation, but!deliver us from evil: 
For thine is the kingdom, and the 
Power, and the glory, for ever. 
| A-meén’. 
14 For if ye forgive men their 
trespasses, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you: 
15 But if ye forgive not men 
_ their trespasses, neither wil! your 
_ Father forgive your trespasses. 
16 § Moreover when ye fast, be 
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance: for they disfigure 
their faces, that they may appear 
unto men to fast. Verily I say 
unto you. They have their reward. 
17 But thou, when thou fastest, 
| pupitt thine head, and wash thy 
ace; 
18 That thou appear not unto 
men to fast, but unto thy Father 


ST. MATTHEW, 6 


which is in secret: and thy 
Father, which seeth in secret, 
shall reward thee openly. 

19 § Lay not up for your- 
selves treasures upon e 
where moth and rust doth cor- 
rupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal: 

20 But lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where nei- 
ther moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break 
through nor steal: 

21 For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

22 The light of the body is the 
eye: if therefore thine eye be 
single, thy whole body shall be 
full of light. | 

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy 
whole body shall be full of dark- 
ness. If therefore the light that 
is in thee be darkness, how great 
is that darkness! 

24 § No man can serve two 
masters: for either he wil! hate 
the one, and love the other; or 
else he will hold to the one, and 
despise the other. Ye cannot 
serve God and mammon. 

25 Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your life, 
what ye shali eat, or what ye 
shall drink; nor yet for your 
body, what ye shall put on. Is 
not the life more than meat, an 
the body than raiment? 

26 Behold the fowls of the air: 
for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns; yet 
your heavenly Father feedeth 
them. Are ye not much better 
than they? 

27 Which of you by _ taking 
thought can add one cubit unto 
his stature? 

28 And why take ye pou eh for 
raiment? Consider the lilies of 
the field, how they grow; they 
toil not, neither do they spin: 

29 And yet I say unto you, That 
even S6l’o-mon in all his glory 
was not arrayed like one of these. 

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe 
the grass of the field, which to 
day is, and to morrow is cast into 


ST. MATTHEW, 7 


the oven, shail he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith? 

31 Therefore take no thought, 
saying, What shall we eat? or, 
What shall we drink? or, Where- 
withal shall we be clothed? 

32 (For after all these things do 
the Gén’tiles seek:) for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye 
have need of all these things. 

33 But seek ye first the king- 
dom of God, and his righteous- 


ness; and all these things shall | hi 


be added unto you. 

34 Take therefore no thought 
for the morrow: for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things 
of itself. Sufficient unto the day 
zs the evil thereof. 


7 CHAPTER 7 


1 Sermon on the mount continued. 6 
Holy things not for dogs. 13 Exhor- 
tation to enter in at the strait gate. 
21 Doers of the word. 24 Houses 
built on a rock. 


UDGE not, that ye be not 
judged. 

2 For with what judgment 
ye judge, ye shall be judged: 
and with what measure ye mete, 
it shall be measured to you again. 

3 And why beholdest thou the 
mote that is in thy brother’s eye, 
but considerest not the beam that 
is in thine own eye? 

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy 
brother, Let me pull out the mote 
out of thine eye; and, behold, a 
beam is in thine own eye? 

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out 
the beam out of thine own eye; 
and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote out of thy 
brother’s eye. 

6 4 Give'not that which is holy 
unto the dogs, neither cast ye 
your pearls before swine, lest they 
trample them under their feet, 
and turn again and rend you. 

7 4 Ask, and it shall be given 
vou; seek, and ye shall find; 
knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you: 

8 For every one that asketh re- 
ceiveth; 


and he that seeketh! th 


Christ’s sermon on the mount 


findeth; and to him that knock- 
eth it shall be opened. 

9 Or what man is there of you, 
whom if his son ask bread, will 
he give him a stone? 

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he 
give him a serpent? : 

11 If ye then, being evil, know 

how to give good gifts unto your 
children, how much more shall 
your Father which is in heaven 
give ood things to them that ask 
im? 
12 Therefore all things what- 
soever ye would that men should 
do to you, do ye even so to them: 
for this is the law and the 
prophets. 

13 { Enter ye in at the strait 
gate: for wide is the gate, and 
broad is the way, that leadeth to 
destruction, and many there be 
which go in thereat: | 

14 Because strait is the gate, 
and narrow is the way, which 
leadeth noe life, and few there 
be that find 

15 Beware of false prophets, 
which come to you in sheep’s 
clothing, but inwardly they are 
ravening wolves. =4 

16 Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
thorns, or figs of thistles? 

17 Even so every good tree 
bringeth forth good fruit; but a 
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil 
fruit. ( 

18 A good tree cannot bring 
forth evil fruit, neither can a 
eget tree bring forth good 

ruit 

19 Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, 
and cast into the fire. 

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye 
shall know them. 

21 4 Not every one that saith 
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven; but 
he that doeth the will of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

22 Many will say to me in that 
day, Lord, Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy name? and in 
y name have cast out devils? 


10 


The centurion’s faith 


and in thy name done many 
wonderful works? 

23 And then will I profess unto 
them, I never knew you: depart 


_ from me, ye that work iniquity. 


24 4 Therefore whosoever hear- 
eth these sayings of. mine, and 
doeth them, I will liken him unto 


_ @ Wise man, which built his house 


upon a rock: 

25 And the rain descended, 
and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that 
house; and it fell not: for it 
was founded upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man, which built his 
house upon the sand: 

27 And the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and beat upon that house; 
and it fell: and great was the 
fall of it. 

28 And it came to pass, when 
Jésus had ended these sayings, 
the people were astonished at 
his doctrine: 

29 For he taught them as one 
having authority, and not as the 
scribes. 


8 CHAPTER 8 
1 The leper. 5 The centurion. 23 
Calming of the winds. 28 Devils 


possess two men. 31 Leaving the 
men, they are suffered to go into the 
swine. 


HEN he was come down 

from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. 

2 And, behold, there came a 

leper and worshipped him, say- 

ing, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 


make me clean. 


3 And Jé’sus put forth his hand, 


and touched him, saying, I will; 


be thou clean. And immediately 


his leprosy was cleansed. 


4 And Jé’sus saith unto him, 


See thou tell no man; but go thy 


and 


way, shew thyself to the priest, 
offer the gift that M6’ses 


- commanded, for a testimony un- 


to them. 


ST. MATTHEW, & 


5 {And when Jé’sus was en- 
tered into C&-pér’na-tim, there 
came unto him a centurion, be- 
seeching him, 

6 And saying, Lord, my servant 
lieth at home sick of the palsy, 
grievously tormented. 

, And Jé’sus saith unto him, I 
will come and heal him. 

8 The centurion answered and 
said, Lord, I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest come under my 
roof: but speak the word only, 
and my servant shall be healed. 

9 For lama man under author- 
ity, having soldiers under me: 
and I say to this man, Go, and he 
goeth; and to another, Come, 
and he cometh; and to my serv- 
ant, Do this, and he doeth if. 

10 When Jé’sus heard it, he 
marvellied, and said to them that 
followed, Verily I say unto you, 
I have not found so great faith, 
no, not in Is’ra-el. 

11 And I say unto you, That 
many shall come from the east 
and west, and shall sit down 
with A’bra-ham, and I’saac, and 
Ja’cob, in the kingdom of heaven. 

12 But the children of the 
kingdom shall be cast out into 
outer darkness: there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

13 And Jé’sus said unto the 
centurion, Go thy way; and as 
thou hast believed, so be it done 
unto thee. And his servant was 
healed in the selfsame hour. 

14 ¢ And when Jé’sus was 
come into Pé’tér’s house, he saw 
his wife’s mother laid, and sick 
of a fever. 

15 And he touched her hand, 
and the fever left her: and she 





arose, and ministered unto 
them. 
16 § When the even was come, 


they brought unto him many that 
were possessed with devils: and 
he cast out the spirits with his 
oat and healed all that were 
sick: 

17 That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by &-sa’ias the 
prophet, saying, Himself took 


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ST. MATTHEW, 9 


our infirmities, and bare our 
sicknesses. 

18 § Now when Jé’sus saw 
great multitudes about him, he 
gave commandment to depart 
unto the other side. 

19 And a certain scribe came, 
and said unto him, Master, I will 
follow thee whithersoever thou 
goest. 

20 And Jé’sus saith unto him, 
The foxes have holes, and the 
birds of the air have nests; but 
the Son of man hath not where 
ee lay his head. 

1 And another of his disciples 
ee unto him, Lord, suffer 
ne first to goand bury my father. 

2 But Jé’sus said unto him, 
Follow me; and let the dead 
bury their dead. 

23 § And when he was entered 
te a ship, his disciples followed 


24 ‘And, behold, there arose a 
great tempest in the sea, inso- 
much that the ship was covered 
with the waves: but he was 
asleep. 

25 And his disciples came to 
him, and awoke him, saying, 
Lord, save us: we perish. 

26 And he saith unto them, 
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little 
faith? Then he arose, and re- 
buked the winds and the sea; 
and there was a great calm. 

27 But the men marvelled, say- 
ing, What manner of man is this, 
that even the winds and the sea 
pOeY him! 

8 § And when he was come 
e the other side into the country 
of the Gér-ge-sénes’, there met 
him two possessed with devils, 
coming out of the tombs, ex- 
ceeding fierce, so that no man 
might pass by that way. 

29 And, behold, they cried out, 
saying, What have we to do with 
thee, Jé’sus, thou Son of God? 
art thou come hither to torment 
us before the time? 

30 And there was a good way 
off from them an herd of many 
swine feeding. 


Calming the winds 


31 So the devils besought him, 
saying; If thou cast us out, suffer 
ba 72) go away into the herd of 


°32 32 And he said unto them, Go. 
And when they were come out, 
they went into the herd of swine: 
and, behold, the whole herd of 
Swine ran violently down a steep 
place into the sea, and perished in 
the waters. 

33 And they that kept them 
fied, and went their ways into 
the city, and told every thing, and 
what was befallen to the pos- 
sessed of the devils. ; 

34 And, behold, the whole city 
came out to meet Jé’sus: and 
when they saw him, they be- 
sought him that he would depart 
out of their coasts. 


CHAPTER 9 9 

1 Palsy cured. 9 Matthew called. 14 

Christ defends his disciples. 20 

Working of many miracles. 23 
Jairus’ daughter. 

ND he entered into a ship, 


and passed over, and came 
inte his own city. 

2 And, behold,' they brought to 
him a man Pas of the palsy, lying 
on a bed: d Jé’sus seeing 
their faith anid unto the sick of 
the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; 
thy sins be forgiven thee. 

3 And, behold, certain of the 
scribes said within themselves, 
This man blasphemeth. ; 

4 And Jé’sus knowing their 
thoughts said, Wherefore think 
ye evil in your hearts? 

For whether is easier, to say, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to 
say, Arise, and walk? 

6 But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins, (then saith 
he to the sick of the palsy.) Arise, 
take up thy bed, and go unto 
rear h: house. 

7 And he arose, and departed to 
his house. 

8 But when the multitudes saw 
it, they marvelled, and glorified 


12 


Matthew called. Several miracles 


ST. MATTHEW, 9 


God, which had given such pow- | lowed him, and so did his dis- 


er unto men. 

9 § And as Jé’sus passed forth 
from thence, he saw a man, 
named Mat’thew, sitting at the 
receipt of custom: and he saith 
unto him, Follow me. And he 
arose, and followed him. 

10 § And it came to pass, as 
Jé’sus sat at meat in the house, 
behold, many publicans and sin- 
ners came and sat down with 
him and his disciples. | 
-11 And when the Phar’i-sees 
saw it, they said unto his dis- 
ciples, Why eateth your Master 
with publicans and sinners? 

12 But when Jé’sus heard that, 
he said unto them, They that be 
whole need not a physician, but 
they that are sick. 

13 But go ye and learn what 
that meaneth, I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice: for I 
am not come to call the right- 
eous, but sinners to repentance. 

14 4 Then came to him the dis- 
ciples of John, saying, Why do 
we and the Phar’i-sees fast oft, 
but thy disciples fast not? 

15 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Can the children of the bride- 
chamber mourn, as long as the 
bridegroom is with them? but the 
days will come, when the bride- 
groom shall be taken from them, 
and then shall they fast. 

16 No man putteth a piece of 
new cloth unto an old garment, 
for that which is put in to fill it up 


taketh from the garment, and the | L 


rent is made worse. 

17 Neither do men put new 
wine into old bottles: else the 
bottles break, and the wine run- 
neth out, and the bottles perish: 
but they put new wine into new 
bottles, and both are preserved. 

18 { While he spake these 
things unto them, behold, there 
came a certain ruler, and wor- 
shipped him, saying, My daugh- 

‘ter is even now dead: but come 
and lay thy hand upon her, and 
she shall live. 

19 And Jé’sus arose, and fol- 

1 


ciples. 

20 § And, behold, a woman, 
which was diseased with an issue 
of blood twelve years, came be- 
hind him, and touched the hem of 
his garment: 

21 For she said within herself, 
If I may but touch his garment, I 
shall be whole. 

22 But Jé’sus turned him about, 
and when he saw her, he said, 
Daughter, be of good comfort; 
thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole 
from that hour. 

23 And when Jé’sus came into 
the ruler’s house, and saw the 
minstrels and the people making 
a noise, 

24 He said unto them, Give 
place: for the maid is not dead, 
but sleepeth. And they laughed 
him to scorn. 

25 But when the people were 
put forth, he went in, and took 
her by the hand, and the maid 


arose. 

26 And the fame hereof went 
abroad into all that land. 

27 § And when Jé’sus de- 
parted thence, two blind men fol- 
lowed him, crying, and saying, 
Thou son of Da’vid, have mercy 
on us. 

28 And when he was come into 
the house, the blind men came to 
him: and Jé’sus saith unto them, 
Believe ye that I am able to do 
this? They said unto him, Yea, 


ord. 
29 Then touched he their eyes, 
saying, According to your faith 
be it unto you. 

30 And their eyes were opened; 
and Jé’sus straitly charged them, 
saying, See that no man know 


it. 

31 But they, when they were 
departed, spread abroad his 
fame in all that country. 

32 4 As they went out, behold, 
they brought to him a dumb man 
possessed with a devil. 

33 And when the devil was cast 
out, the dumb spake: and the 

3 


ST. MATTHEW, 10 


multitudes marvelled, saying, It 
Was never So seen in Is’ra-el. 

34 But the Phar’i-sees said, He 
casteth out devils through the 
prince of the devils. 

35 And Jé’sus went about all 
the cities and villages, teaching 
in their synagogues, and preach- 
ing the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing every sickness and 
every disease among the people. 

36 4 But when he saw the mul- 
titudes, he was moved with com- 
passion on them, because. they 
fainted, and were scattered 
abroad, as sheep having no shep- 


erd. 

37 Then saith he unto his dis- 
ciples, The harvest truly is plen- 
teous, but the labourers are few; 

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord 
of the harvest, that he will send 
forth labourers into his harvest. 


10 CHAPTER 10 


1 The iwelve apostles sent out 16 
Christ comforts them. 40 A blessing 
promised. 


ND when he had called unto 
him his twelve disciples, he 
gave them power against un- 
clean spirits, to cast them out, 
and to heal all manner of sick- 
ness and all manner of disease. 

2 Now the names of the twelve 
apostles are these; The first, 
Simon, who is called Pé’tér, 
and An’drew his brother; James 
the son of Zéb’e-dee, and Jéhn 
his brother; : 

3 Phil’ip, and Bar-thdl’o-mew; 
Thom’as, and Mat’thew the pub- 
lican; James the son of Al- 
phe’us, and Léb-be’us, whose 
surname was Thad-de-us; 

4 Simon the Ca’naan-ite, and 
Ja’das_ is-car’i-ot, who also 
betrayed him. 

5 These twelve Jé’sus sent 
forth, and commanded them, 
saying, Go not into the way of 
the Gén’tiles, and into any city of 
the Sa-mar’i-tans enter ye not: 

6 But go rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of Is’ra-el. 

@ And as ye go, preach, saying, 


The twelve apostles sent out 
ppp a of heaven is at 


and. 

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the 
lepers, raise the dead, cast out 
devils: freely ye have received, 
freely give. 

9 Provide neither gold, nor 
silver, nor brass in your purses, 

10 Nor scrip for your journey, 
neither two coats, neither shoes, 
nor yet staves: for the work- 
man is worthy of his meat. 

11 And into whatsoever city or 
town ye shall enter, enquire who 
in it is worthy; and there abide 
till ye go thence. 

12 And when ye come into an 
house, salute it. - 

13 And if the house be worthy, 
let your peace come upon it: but 
if it be not worthy, let your peace 
return to you. 

14 And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear your words, 
when ye depart out of that house 
or city, shake off the dust of 
your feet. 

15 Verily I say unto you, It 
shall be_ more tolerable for the 
land of Soéd’om and Gé-mér’rha 
in the day of judgment, than for 
that city. 

16 4 Behold, I send you forth 
as sheep in the midst of wolves: 
be ye therefore wise as ser- 
pents, and harmless as doves. 

17 But beware of men: for 
they will deliver you up to the 
councils, and they will scourge 


you in their synagogues; 
18 And ye shall be brought 
before governors and kings for 


my sake, for a testimony against 
them and the Gén’tiles. 

19 But when they deliver you 
up, take no thought how or what 
ye shall speak: for it shall be 
given you in that same hour 
what ye shall speak. 

20 For it is not ye that speak, 
but the Spirit of your Father 
which speaketh in you. 

21 And the brother shall de- 
liver up the brother to death, and 
the father the child: and the 


children shall rise up against 


John sends his disciples to Christ 


their parents, and cause them to 
be put to death. 

22 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name’s sake: but 
he that endureth to the end shall 
be saved. 

23 But when they persecute 
you in this city, flee ye into an- 
other: for verily I say unto you, 
Ye shall not have gone over the 
Cities of is’ra-el, till the Son of 
man be come. : 

24 The disciple is not above his 
master, nor the servant above 
his lord. ney 

25 It is enough for the disciple 
that he be as his master, and the 
servant as his lord. If they have 
called the master of the house 
Bé-él/ze-bitb, how much! more 
shall they call them of his 
household? 

26 Fear them not therefore: 
for there is nothing covered, that 
shall not be revealed; and hid, 
that shall not be known. 

27 What I tell you in darkness, 
that speak ye in light: and what 
ye hear in the ear, that preach ye 
upon the house tops. i 

28 And fear not them which 
kill the body, but are not able to 
kill the soul: but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both 
soul and body in hell. 

29 Are not two sparrows sold 
for a farthing? and one of them 
shall not fall on the ground 
without your Father. 

30 But the very hairs of your 
head are all numbered. 

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are 
of more value than many spar- 
rows. 

32 Whosoever therefore shall 
confess me before men, him wil 
I confess also before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

33 But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I also 
deny before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

34 Think not that I am come 
to send peace on earth: I came 
not to send peace, but a sword. 

35 For Iam come to set a man 


St. MATTHEW, 11 


at variance against his father, 
and the daughter against her 
mother, and the daughter in law 
against her mother in law. 

36 And a man’s foes shall be 
they of his own household. 

37 He that loveth father or 
mother more than me is not 
worthy of me: and he that 
loveth son or daughter more 
than me is not worthy of me. 

38 And he that taketh not his 
cross, and followeth after me, is 
not worthy of me. 

39 He that findeth his life shall 
lose it: and he that loseth his 
life for my sake shall find it. 

40 ¢ He that receiveth you 
receiveth me, and he that receiv- 
eth me receiveth him that sent 


me. 

41 He that receiveth a prophet 
in the name of a prophet shall 
receive a prophet’s reward; and 
he that receiveth a righteous man 
in the name of a righteous man 
shall receive a righteous man’s 
reward. 

42 And whosoever shall give 
to drink unto one of these little 
ones a cup of cold water only in 
the name of a disciple, verily I 
say unto you, he shall in no wise 
lose his reward. 

11 


CHAPTER iil 
2 John’s disciples sent to Christ. 7 

Christ’s testimony concerning John. 

25 God’s wisdom is praised by Christ. 

28 Call to those burdened with sin. 
ANP it came to pass, when 

Jé’sus had made an end of 
commanding his twelve dis- 
ciples, he departed thence to 
teach and to preach in their 
cities. 

2 Now when John had heard 
in the prison the works of 
Christ, he sent two of his dis- 
ciples, 

3 And said unto him, Art thou 
he that should come, or do we 
look for another? ' 
4 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto them,"Go and shew John 
again those things which ye do 
hear and see: 


15 


ST. MATTHEW, 11 


5 The blind receive their sight, 
and the lame walk, the lepers are 
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the 
dead are raised up, and the poor 
have the gospel preached to 


them. 

6 And blessed is he, whoso- 

pes ee not be offended in me. 

7 4 And as they departed, 
Jé’sus began to say unto the 
multitudes concerning John, 
What went ye out into the wilder- 
ness to see? A reed shaken with 
the wind? 

8 But what went ye out for to 
see? A man clothed in soft 
raiment? behold, they that wear 
soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 

9 But what went ye out for to 
see?, A prophet? yea, I say unto 
you, ‘and more than a prophet. 

10 For this is he, of whom it is 
written, Behold, sendi my 
messenger before thy face, which 
shall prepare thy way before thee. 
11 Verily I say unto you, 
Among them that are born of 
women there hath not risen a 
greater than John the Bap’tist: 
notwithstanding he that is least 
in the kingdom of heaven is 
greater than he. 

12 And from the days of 
John the Bap’tist until now the 
kingdom of heaven suffereth 
violence, and the violent take it 
by force. 

13 For all the prophets and 
the law prophesied until John 

14 And if ye will receive iz, this 
is E-ll’as, which was for to come. 

15 He that hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

16 { But whereunto shall I 
liken this generation? It is like 
unto children sitting in the 
markets, and calling unto their 
fellows, ; : 

17 And saying, We have piped 
unto you, and ye have not 
danced; we have mourned unto 
you, and ye have not lamented. 

18 For John came neither eat- 
ing nor drinking, and they say, 
He hath a devil. 

19 The Son of man came eat- 


Christ’s testimony of John 


ing and drinking, and they say, 

Behold a man gluttonous, and a 
winebibber, a friend of publicans 
and sinners. But wisdom is 
justified of her children. 

20 4 Then began he to up- 
braid the cities wherein most of 
his mighty works were done, 
because they repented not: 

21 Woe unto thee, Ché-ra/zin! 
woe unto thee, Béth-sa’i-da! for 
if the mighty works, which were 
done in you, had been done in 
Tyre and Si’dén, they would 
have repented long ago in sack- 
cloth and ashes. 

22 But I say unto you, It shall 
be more tolerable for Tyre and 
Si/don at the day of judgment, 
than for you. 

23 And thou, Cda-pér’na-im, 
which art exalted unto heaven, 
shalt be brought down to hell: 
for if the mighty works, which 
have been done in thee, had been 
done in Sdd’om, it would have 
remained until this day. 

24 But I say unto you, That it 
shall be more tolerable for the 


land of Séd’om in ee day of 
judgment, than for thee 
25 that med jJé’sus 


answered and said, I thank thee, 
O Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, because thou hast hid 
these things from the wise and 
prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 

26 Even so, Father: for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. 

27 All things are delivered un- 
to me of my Father: and no 
man knoweth the Son, but the 

Father; neither knoweth any 
man the Father, save the Son, 
and he to whomsoever the Son 
will reveal him. 

28 | Come unto me, all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, and 
I will give you rest. 

29 Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me; for Iam meek 
and lowly in heart: and ye 
shall find rest unto your souls. 

30 For my yoke is easy, an 
my burden is light. . 


16 


Withered hand healed. Pharisees rebuked 


12 CHAPTER 12 
1 Pharisees reproved. 22 Blind and 
dumb man healed. 31 Blasphemy 
rebuked. 36 Account shall be made 
: of idle words. 
T that time Jé’sus went on 
the sabbath day through 
the corn; and his disciples were 
an hungred, and began to pluck 
the ears of corn, and to eat. 

2 But when the Phar’i-sees 
saw it, they said unto him, Be- 
hold, thy disciples do _ that 
which is not lawful to do upon 
the sabbath day. 

3 But he said unto them, Have 
ye not read what Da’vid did, 
when he was an hungred, and 
they that were with him; 

4 How he entered into the 
house of God, and did eat the 
shewbread, which was not law- 
ful for him to eat, neither for 
them which were with him, but 
only for the priests? i 

Or have ye not read in the 
law, how that on the sabbath 
days the priests in the temple 
profane the sabbath, and are 
blameless? ; 

6 But I say unto you, That in 
this place is one greater than 
the temple. 

7 But if ye had known what 
this meaneth, I will have mercy, 
and not sacrifice, ye would not 
have condemned the guiltless. 

8 For the Son of man is Lord 
even of the sabbath day. 

9 And when he was departed 
thence, he went into their syna- 


gogue: 

10 § And, behold, there was a 
man which had his hand wither- 
ed. And they asked him, saying, 
Is it lawful to heal on the 
sabbath days? that they might 
accuse him. 

11 And he said unto them, 
What man shall there be among 
you, that shall have one sheep, 
and if it fall into a pit on the 
sabbath day, will he not lay 
hold on it, and lift if out? 

12 How much then is a man 
better than a sheeo? Wherefore 

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ST. MATTHEW, 12 


it is lawful to do well on the 
sabbath days. 

13 Then saith he to the man, 
Stretch forth thine hand. And 
he stretched it forth: and it was 
restored whole, like as the other. 

14 { Then the Phar’i-sees went 
out, and held a council against 
ers how they might destroy 


im. 

15 But when Jé’sus knew it, 
he withdrew himself from 
thence: and great multitudes 
followed him, and he healed 
them all; 

16 And charged them that they 
should not make him known: 

17 That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by E-sa‘ias 
the prophet, saying, 

18 Behold my servant, whom 
I have chosen; my beloved, in 
whom my soul is well pleased: 
I will put my spirit, upon him, 
and he shall shew judgment to 
the Gén’tiles. } 

19 He shail not strive, nor cry; 
neither shall any man hear his 
voice in the streets. 

20 A bruised reed shall he not 
break, and smoking flax shall 
he not quench, till he send forth 
judgment unto victory. 

21 And in his name shall the 
Gén’‘tiles trust. 

22 § Then was brought unto 
him one possessed with a devil, 
blind, and dumb: and he healed 
him, insomuch that the blind 
and dumb both spake and saw. 

23 And all the people were 
amazed, and said, Is not this 
the son of Da’vid? 

24 But when the Phar’i-sees 
heard it, they said, This fellow 
doth not cast out devils, but by 
Bé-él’ze-btb the prince of the 
devils. 5 

25 And Jé’sus_ knew their 
thoughts, and said unto them, 
Every kingdom divided against 
itself is brought to desolation; 
and every city or house divided 
against itself shall not stand: _ 

26 And if Sa’tan cast out Sa’- 
tan, he is divided against him- 


17 


ST. MATTHEW, 12 


self; how shall then his king- 
dom stand? 

27 And if I by. Bé-él’ze-bib 
cast out devils, by whom do 
your children cast them out? 
therefore they shall be your 
judges. : 

28 But if I cast out devils by 
the Spirit of God, then the king- 
dom of God is come unto 


you. 

29 Or else how can one enter 
into a strong man’s house, and 
spoil his goods, except he first 
bind the strong man? and then 
he will spoil his house, hs 

30 He that is not with me is 
against me; and he that gather- 
eth not with me _ scattereth 
abroad. 

31 ¥ Wherefore I say unto you, 
All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto 
men: but the blasphemy against 
the Ho’iy Ghést shall not be for- 
given unto men. 

32 And whosoever speaketh a 
word against the Son of man, 
it shallj be forgiven him: but 
whosoever speaketh against the 
Hd'ly Ghost, it shall not be for- 
given him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come. 

33 Either make the tree good, 
and his fruit good; or else 
make the tree corrupt, and his 
fruit corrupt: for the tree is 
known by his fruit. 

34 O generation of vipers, how 
can ye, being evil, speak good 
things? for out of the abun- 
dance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh. 

35 A good man out of the good 
treasure of the heart bringeth 
forth good things: and an evil 
man out of the evil treasure 
bringeth forth evil things. 

36 But I say unto you, That 
every idle word that men shall 
speak, they shall give account 
thereof in the day of judgment. 

37 For by thy words thou shalt 
be justified, and by thy words 
thou shalt be condemned. | 

38 { Then certain of the scribes 


Sign of the prophet Jonas 


and of the Phar’i-sees answered, 
saying, Master, we would see a 
sign from thee. 

39 But he answered and said 
unto them, An evil and adulter- 
ous generation seeketh after a 
sign; and there shall no sign 
be given to it, but the sign of the 
prophet J6’nas: 

40 For as J6’/nas was three 
days and three nights in the 


whale’s belly; so shall the Son © 


of man be three days and three 
nights 
earth. 

41 The men of Nin’e-veh shall 
rise in judgment with this gen- 
eration, and shall condemn it: 
because they repented at the 
preaching of Jé’nas; and, be- 
hold, a greater than JO’nas is 
here. 

42 The aueen of the south 
shall rise up in the judgment with 
this generation, and shall con- 
demn it: for she came from the 
uttermost parts of the e to 


‘hear the wisdom of S0ol’o-mon; 


and, behold, a greater than 

S6l’o-mon is here. ' 

43 When the unclean spirit is 

gone out of a man, he walketh 
through dry places, seeking rest, 
and findeth none. 
_44 Then he saith, I will return 
into my house from whence I 
came out; and when he is come, 
he findeth if empty, swept, and 
garnished. 

45 Then goeth he, and taketh 
with himself seven other spirits 
more wicked than himself, and 
they enter in and dwell there: 
and the last state of that man 
is worse than the first. Even so 
shall it be also unto this wicked 
generation. 

46 ¥ While he yet talked to the 
people, behold, Ais mother and 
his brethren stood without, 
desiring to speak with him. 

47 Then one said unto him, 


‘Behold, thy mother and_ thy 


brethren stand without, desiring 
to speak with thee. : 
48 But he answered and said 


18 


in the heart of the 


Parable of the sower 


unto him that told him, Who is 
‘My mother? and who are my 
brethren? 

49 And he stretched forth his 
hand toward his disciples, and 
said, Behold my mother and my 
brethren! 

| 50 For whosoever shall do the 
will of my Father which is in 
heaven, the same is my brother, 
and sister, and mother. 


13 CHAPTER 13 

ws ees of the sower. 24 The tares. 
| 81 Yhe mustard seed. 44 Hidden 

treasure. 53 Christ contemned. 

HE same day went Jé’sus 
out of the house, and sat 

by the sea side. 
2 And great multitudes were 
gathered together unto him, so 
‘that he went into a ship, and 
sat; and the whole multitude 
stood on the shore. 
3 And he spake many things 
unto them in parables, saying, 
Behold, a sower went forth to 
sow; 

4 And when he sowed, some 
seeds fell by the way side, and 
the fowls came and devoured 
them up: 

5 Some fell upon stony places, 
where they had not much earth: 
and forthwith they sprung up, 
because they had no deepness of 
earth: 

6 And when the sun was up, 
they were scorched; and be- 
cause they had no root, they 
withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns: 
and the thorns sprung up, and 
choked them: 

8 But other fell into good 
ground, and brought forth fruit, 
some an hundredfold, some 
sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 

9 Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

10 And the disciples came, and 
said unto him, Why speakest 
poe unto them in parables? 

11 He answered and said unto 
them, Because it is given unto 
you to know the mysteries of 





ST. MATTHEW, 13 


the kingdom of heaven, but to 
them it is not given. 

12 For whosoever hath, to him 
shall be given, and he shall have 
more abundance: but whoso- 
ever hath not, from him shall be 
taken away even that he hath. 

13 Therefore speak I to them 
in parables: because they seeing 
see not; and hearing they hear 
not, neither do they understand. 

14 And in them is fulfilled the 
prophecy of E-sa’ias, which saith, 

y hearing. ye shall hear, and 
shall not understand; and see- 
ing ye shall see, and shall not 
perceive: 

15 For this people’s heart is 
waxed gross, and their ears are 
dull of hearing, and their eyes 
they have closed; lest at any 
time they should see with ¢heir 
eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and should understand with 
their heart, and should be con- 
verted, and I should heal 
them. 

16 But blessed are your eyes, 
for they see: and your ears, for 
they hear. 

17 For verily I say unto you, 
That many prophets and right- 
eous men have desired to see 
those things which ye see, and 
have not seen them; and to 
hear those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them. 

18 § Hear ye therefore the 
parable of the sower. 

19 When any one heareth the 
word of the kingdom, and un- 
derstandeth if not, then cometh 
the wicked one, and catcheth 
away that which was sown in 
his heart. This is he which 
received seed by the way side. 

20 But he that received the 
seed into stony places, the same 
is he that heareth the word, and 
anon’ with joy receiveth it; — 

21 Yet hath he not root in him- 
self, but dureth for a while: for 
when tribulation or persecution 
Saige because of the word, by 

by he is offended. 

ay He also that received seed 


19 


ST. MATTHEW, 13 


among the thorns is he that 
heareth the word; and the care 
of this world, and the deceitful- 
ness of riches, choke the word, 
and he becometh unfruitful. 

23 But he that received seed 
into the good ground is he that 
heareth the word, and under- 
standeth if; which also beareth 
fruit, and bringeth forth, some 
an hundredfold, some _ sixty, 
some thirty. 

24 4 Another parable put_he 
forth unto them, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is likened 
unto a man which sowed good 
seed in his field: 

25 But while men slept, his 
enemy came and sowed tares 
BOS the wheat, and went his 


"36 But when the blade was 
sprung up, and brought forth 
fruit, then appeared the taresalso. 

27 So the servants of the house- 
holder came and said unto him, 
Sir, didst not thou sow good 
seed in thy field? from whence 
then hath it tares? 

28 He said unto them, An 
enemy hath done this. The 
servants said unto him, Wilt 
thou then that we go and gather 
them up? 

29 But he said, Nay; lest while 
ye gather up the tares, ye root up 
also the wheat with them. 

30 Let both grow together until 
the harvest: and in the time of 
harvest I will say to the reapers, 
Gather ye together first the tares, 
and bind them in bundles to 
burn them: but gather the 
wheat into my barn. 

31 4 Another parable put he 
forth unto them, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is like to a 
grain of mustard seed, which a 
man took, and sowed in his field: 

32 Which indeed is the least of 
all seeds: but when it is grown, 
it is the greatest among herbs, 
and becometh a tree, so that the 
birds of the air come and lodge 
in the branches thereof. 

33 ¢ Another parable spake 


Parables of the tares and mustard seed 


he unto them; The kingdom of 
heaven is like unto leaven, 
which a woman took, and hid in 
three measures of meal, till the 
whole was leavened. 

34 All these things spake Jé’- 
sus unto the multitude in par- 
ables; and without a _parable 
spake he not unto them 

35 That it might pet “fulfilled 
which was spoken by the proph- 
et, saying, will open my 
mouth in parables; I will utter 

gs which have been kept 
secret from the foundation of 
the world. 

36 Then Jé’sus sent the multi- 
tude away, and went into the 
house: and his disciples came 
unto him, saying, Declare unto 
eeu parable of the tares of the 

eld. 

37 He answered and said unto 
them, He that soweth the good 
seed is the Son of man; 

38 The field is the world; the 
good seed are the children of the 
kingdom; but the tares are the 
children of the wicked one; 

39 The enemy that sowed them 
is the devil; the harvest is the 
end of the world; and the 
reapers are the angels. 

40 As therefore the tares are 
gathered and burned in the fire; 
so shall it be in the end of this 
world. 

41 The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall 
gather out of his kingdom all 
things that offend, and them 
which do iniquity; 

42 And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire: there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

43 Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the 
kingdom of their Father. Who 
hath ears to hear, let him hear. — 

44 4 Again, the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto treasure hid 
in a field; the which when a 
man hath found, he hideth, and 
for joy thereof goeth and selleth 
all that he hath, and buyeth 
that field. 


20 


| 


| John the Baptist beheaded 


45 4 Again, the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto a merchant 
man, seeking goodly pearls: 

6 Who, when he had found 
One pearl of: great price, went 
and sold all that he had, and 
bought it. 

47 4 Again, 
heaven is like unto a net, 
was cast into the sea, 
gathered of every kind: 

48 Which, when it was full, 
they drew to shore, and sat 
down, and gathered the good 
into vessels, but cast the bad 


away. 

49 So shall it be at the end of 
the world: the angels shall come 
forth, and sever the wicked from 
among the just, 

50 And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire: there shall 
be wailing and gnashing o 
teeth. 

51 Jé’sus_ saith unto them, 
Have ye understood ali these 
things? They say unto him, 
Yea, Lord. 

52 Then said he unto them, 
Therefore every scribe which is 
instructed unto the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto a man that is 
an householder, which bringeth 
forth out of his treasure things 
new and old. 

53 § And it came to pass, that 
when Jé’sus had finished these 
parables, he departed thence. 

54 And when he was come 
into his own country, he taught 
them in their synagogue, inso- 
much that they were astonished, 
and said, Whence hath this man 
this wisdom, and these mighty 
works? 

55 Is not this the carpenter’s 
son? is not his mother called 
Ma’ry? and his _ brethren, 


the kingdom of 
that 
and 


| James, and JO0’sés, and Si’mon, 


him. 


and Jt’das? 

56 And his sisters, are ney not 
all with us? Whence then hath 
this man all these things? 

57 And they were offended in 
But Jé’sus said unto them, 


A prophet is not without hon- 
21 


ST. MATTHEW, 14 


our, save in his own country, 
and in his own house. 

58 And he did not many 
mighty works there because of 
their unbelief. 


CHAPTER 14 
1 Herod’s opinion of Christ. 
the Baptist beheaded. 
sand fed. 22 Jesus walks on the sea 
io his disciples. 34 He heals the sick 
by the touch of the hem of his garment. 
T that time MHér’od the 
tetrarch heard of the fame 

of Jé’sus, 

2 And said unto his servants, 
This is John the Bap’tist; he is 
risen from the dead; and there- 
fore mighty works do shew 
forth themselves in him. 

3 4 For Heér’od had laid hold 
on John, and bound him, and 
put him in prison for Hé-rd’- 


14 
3 John 
15 Five thou- 


f | di-as’ sake, his brother Phil’ip’s 


wife. 

4 For John said unto him, It 

is not lawful for thee to have her. 

d when he would have 
put him to death, he feared the 
multitude, because they counted 
him as a prophet 

6 But when Hér’od’s birthday 
was kept, the daughter of Hé- 
ro’di-as danced before them, 
and pleased Hér’od. 

7 Whereupon he promised with 
an oath to give her whatsoever 
she would ask. 

8 And she, being before in- 
bP tctad of her mother, said, 
Give me here John Bap’tist’s 
head in a charger. 

9 And the king was sorry: 
nevertheless for the oath’s sake, 
and them which sat with him 
at meat, he commanded it to be 
given her. 

10 And he sent, and beheaded 
John in the prison. 

11 And his head was brought 
in a charger, and given to_ the 
damsel: and she brought if to 
her mother. 

12 And his disciples came, and 
took up the body, and buried it, 
and went and told Jé’sus. _. 

13 § When Jé’sus heard of it, 


ST. MATTHEW, 15 


he departed thence by ship into 
a desert place apart: and when 
the people had heard thereof, 
they followed him on foot out 
of the cities. 

14 And Jé’sus went forth, and 
saw a great multitude, and was 
moved with compassion toward 
them, and he healed their sick. 

15 4 And when it was evening, 
his disciples came to him, say- 
ing, This is a desert place, and 
the time is now past; send the 
multitude away,that they may 
go into the villages, and buy 
themselves victuals. 

16 But Jé’sus said unto them, 
They need not depart; give ye 
them to eat. 

17 And they say unto him, 
We have here but five loaves, 
and two fishes. 

18 He said, Bring them hither 
to me. 

19 And he commanded the 
multitude to sit down on the 
grass, and took the five loaves, 
and the two fishes, and looking 
up to heaven, he blessed, and 
brake, and gave the loaves to 
his disciples, and the disciples to 
the multitude. 

20 And they did all eat, and 
were filled: and they took up of 
the fragments that remained 
twelve baskets full. 

1 And they that had eaten 
were about five thousand men, 
beside women and children. 

22 | And straightway Jé’sus 
constrained his disciples to get 
into a ship, and to go before him 
unto the other side, while he 
sent the multitudes away. 

23 And when he had sent the 
multitudes away, he went up 
into a mountain apart to pray: 
and when the evcning was come, 
he was there alone. 

24 But the ship was now in the 
midst of the sea, tossed with 
waves: for the wind was con- 


trary. 

25 And in the fourth watch of 
the night Jé’sus went unto them, 
walking on the sea. 


Five thousand fed 


26 And when the disciples 
saw him walking on the Sea, 
they were troubled, saying, It is 
a re and they cried out for 


7 But straightway Jé’sus spake - 
unto them, saying, Be of good 
cheer; itis I; be not afrai 

28 And Pé'tér dustoerett ‘him 
and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid © 
me come unto thee on the water. 

29 And he said, Come. 
when Pé’tér was come down out 
of the ship, he walked on the 
water, to go to Jé’sus. 

30 But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid; and 
beginning to sink, he cried, say- 
ing, Lord, save me. 

31 And immediately Jé’sus 
stretched forth his hand, and 
caught him, and said unto him, 
O thou of little faith, wherefore 
didst thou doubt? 

32 And when they were come 
into the ship, the wind ceased. 

33 Then they that were in the 
ship came and worshipped 
saying, Of a truth thou art the 
Son of Go 

34 4 And when they were 
gone over, they came into the 
land of Gén-nés’a-rét. 

35 And when the men of that 
place had knowledge of him, they 
sent out into all that country 
round about, and brought unto 
him all that were diseased; 

36 And besought him that 
they might only touch the hem 
of his garment: and as many as 
touched were made perfectly 
whole. 


CHAPTER 15 15 
3 Reproof of the scribes and Pharisees 
for SSE AES! 11 What defiles 

a man. 1 Christ heals a daughter 

of a Benin of Canaan. 32 Four 

thousand fed. 
HEN came to Jé’sus scribes 
and Phar’i-sees, which were 
of Jé-rw’sa-lém, saying, 

2 Why do thy disciples trans- 
gress the tradition of the elders? 
for they wash not their hands 
when they eat bread. 


22 


Scribes and Pharisees reproved 


3 But he answered and said 
unto them, Why do ye also trans- 
gress the commandment of God 
by your tradition? 

_4 For God commanded, say- 
Honour thy father and 
mother: and, He that curseth 
father or-mother, let him die the 
death. 

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall 
say to his father or his mother, 
it is a gift, by whatsoever thou 


; mightest be profited by me; 


6 And honour not his father or 
his mother, he shall be free. 
Thus have ye made the com- 
mandment of God of none effect 
by your tradition. if 

7 Ye hypocrites, well did E-sa’- 
ias prophesy of you, saying, 

8 This people draweth nigh 
unto me with their mouth, and 
honoureth me with their lips; 
but their heart is far from me. 

9 But in vain they do worship 
me, teaching for doctrines the 
commandments of men. 

10 § And he called the multi- 
tude, and said unto them, Hear, 
and understand: 


11 Not that which goeth into | me 


the mouth defileth a man; but 
that which cometh out of the 
mouth, this defileth a man. 


ST. MATTHEW, 15 


proceed out of the mouth come 
forth from the heart; and they 
defile the man. 

19 For out of the heart proceed 
evil thoughts, murders, adulter- 
ies, fornications, thefts, false 
witness, blasphemies: 

20 These are the things which 
defile a man: but to eat with 
ue weened hands defileth not a 


"21 q Then Jé’sus went thence, 
and departed into the coasts of 
Tyre and Si’don. 

22 And, behold, a woman of 
Ca’naan came out of the same 
coasts, and cried unto him, say- 
ing, Have mercy on me, 
Lord, thou, son of Da’vid; my 
daughter is grievously vexed 
with a devil. 

23 But he answered her not a 
word. And his disciples came 
and besought him, saying, Send 
her away; for she crieth after us. 

24 But he answered and said, 
I am not sent but unto the lost 
sheep of the house of is’ra-el. 

25 Then came she and wor- 
shipped him, saying, Lord, help 


26 But he answered and said, 
It is not meet to take the chil- 
dren’s bread, and to cast it to 


12 Then came his disciples, | dogs. 


and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Phar’i-sees were offend- 
ed, after they heard this saying? 

13 But he answered and said, 
Every plant, which my heavenly 
Father hath not planted, shall be 
rooted up. 

14 Let them alone: they be 
blind leaders of the blind. And 


27 And she said, Truth, Lord: 
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs 
which fall from their masters’ 
table. 

28 Then Jé’sus answered and 
said unto her, O woman, great 
is thy faith: be it unto thee ever. 
as thou wilt. And her daughter 
was made whole from that very 


if the blind lead the blind, both | hou 


shall fall into the ditch. 

15 Then answered Pé’tér and 
said unto him, Declare unto us 
this parable. 

16 And Jé’sus said, Are ye 
also yet without understanding? 

17 Do not ye yet understand, 
that whatsoever entereth in at 
the mouth goeth into the belly, 
and is cast out into the draught? 

18 But hase things which 


70 23 


r. 
29 And Jé’sus departed from 
thence, and came nigh unto the 
sea of Gal’i-lee; and went up 
into a mountain, and sat down 
there. 

30 And great multitudes came 


unto him, having with them 
those that were lame, blind, 
dumb, maimed, and many 


others, and cast them down at 
Jé’sus’ feet; and he healed them: 


ST. MATTHEW, 16 


31 Insomuch that the multitude 
wondered, when they saw the 
dumb to speak, the maimed to 
be whole, the lame to walk, and 
the bli to see: and they 
glorified the God of Is’ra-el. _ 

32 Y Then Jé’sus called his 
disciples unto him, and said, I 
have compassion on the multi- 
tude, because they continue with 
me now three days, and have 
nothing to eat: and I will not 
send them away fasting, lest 
they faint in the way. 

33 And his disciples say unto 
him, Whence should we have so 
much bread in the wilderness, 
as to fill so great a multitude? 

34 And Jé’sus saith unto them, 
How many loaves have ye? 
_ And they said, Seven, and a few 

little fishes. 

35 And he commanded the 
multitude to sit down on the 
ground. 

36 And he took the seven 
loaves and the fishes, and gave 
thanks, and brake them, and 
gave to his disciples, and the 
disciples to the multitude. 

37 And they did all eat, and 
were filled: and they took up of 
the broken meat that was left 
seven baskets full. 

38 And they that did eat were 
four thousand men, beside 
women and children. 

39 And he sent away the 
multitude, and took ship, and 
none into the coasts of Mag’- 

a-la. 


16 CHAPTER 16 
1 Pharisees require a sign. 6 The 

disciples warned. 21 Jesus fore- 

shews his death. 23 Peter reproved. 

24 Christ's followers admonished to 

bear the cross. 

HE Phar’i-sees also with 

the Sad’du-cees came, and 
tempting desired him that he 
would shew them a sign from 
heaven. : 

2 He answered and said unto 
them, When it is evening, ye say, 
It will be fair weather: for the 
sky is red. 


24 


Four thousand fed 


3 And in the morning, /¢ will 
be foul weather to day: for the 
sky is red and lowring. O ve 
hypocrites, ye can discern the 
face of the sky; but can ye not 
discern the signs of the times? 

4 A wicked and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign; 
and there shall no sign be given 
unto it, but the sign of the 
prophet Jd’nas. And he left 
them, and departed. 

5 And when his disciples were 
come to the other side, they had 
forgotten to take bread. 

6 Then Jé’sus said unto 
them, Take heed and beware of 
the leaven of the Phar’i-sees 
and of the Sad’du-cees. 

7 d they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, /¢ is because 
we have taken no bread. 

8 Which when Jé’sus per- 
ceived, he said unto them, O ye 
of little faith, why reason ye 
among yourselves, because ye 
have brought no bread? 

9 Do ye not yet understand, 
neither remember the five loaves 
of the five thousand, and how 
many baskets ye took up? 

10 Neither the seven loaves of 
the four thousand, and how 
many baskets ye took up? 

11 How is it that ye do not 
understand that I spake it not 
to you concerning bread, that ye 
should beware of the leaven of 
the Phdar’i-sees and of the 
Sad’du-cees? 

12 Then understood they how 
that he bade them not beware of 
the leaven of bread, but of the 
doctrine of the Phar’i-sees and 
of the See 

13 ¢ When Jé’sus came into 
the coasts of C#s-a-ré’a Phi-lip’- 
pi, he asked his disciples, say- 
ing, Whomi do men say that I 
the Son of man am? 

4 And they said, Some say 
that thou art John the Bap’tist: 
some, E-li’as; 
e-mi’as, or one of the prophets. 

15 He saith unto them, But © 
whom say ye that I am? 


and others, Jér- 


: 
. 


The transfiguration 


ST. MATTHEW, 17 


16 And Si’‘mon Pé’tér answered| 27 For the Son of man shall 


and said, Thou art the Christ, 
the Son of the living God. 

17 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto him, Blessed art thou, 
Simon B4ar-jo’na: for flesh 
and blood hath not revealed it 
unto thee, but my Father which 
is in heaven. 

18 And I say also unto thee, 
That thou art Pé’tér, and upon 
this rock I will build my church; 
and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. 

19 And I will give unto thee 
the keys of the kingdom of 
heaven: and whatsoever thou 


shalt bind on earth shall be|th 


bound in heaven: and whatso- 
ever thou shalt loose on earth 
shall be loosed in heaven. 

20 Then charged he his dis- 
ciples that they should tell no 
man that he was Jé’sus the Christ. 

21 4 From that time forth be- 
gan Jésus to shew unto his 
disciples, how that he must go 
unto Jé-ru’sd4-lém, and suffer 
many things of the elders and 
chief priests and scribes, and be 
killed, and be raised again the 
third day. 

22 Then Pé@’tér took him, and 
began to rebuke him, saying, 
Be it far from thee, Lord: this 
shall not be unto thee. 

23 But he turned, and said un- 
to Pé’tér, Get thee behind me, 
Sa/tan: thou art an offence 
unto me: for thou savourest not 
the things that be of God, but 
those that be of men. 

24 4 Then said Jé’sus unto 
his disciples, If any man will 
come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. 

25 For whosoever will save 
his life shall lose it: and whoso- 
ever will lose his life for my 
sake shall find it. 

26 For what is a man profited, 
if he shall gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul? or what 
shall a man give in exchange for 
his soul? 


come in the glory of his Father 
with his angels; and then he 
shall reward every man accord- 
ing to his works. 

28 Verily I say unto you, There 
be some standing here, which 
shall not taste of death, till they 
see the Son of man coming in 
his kingdom. 


& CHAPTER 17 17 
1 The transfiguration. 22 The passion 
es foretold. 24 Jesus pays tribute. 
ND after six days Jé’sus 
taketh Pé’tér, James, and 
John his brother, and bringeth 
em up into an high mountain 
apart, 

2 And was transfigured before 
them: and his face did shine as 
the sun, and his raiment was 
white as the light. 

3 And, behold, there appeared 
unto them MOd’ses and E-li’as 
talking with him. 

4 Then answered Pé’tér, and 
said unto Jé’sus, Lord, it is good 
for us to be here: if thou wilt, 
let us make here three taber- 
nacles; one for thee, and one for 
M6’ses, and one for E-li’as. 

5 While he yet spake, behold, 
a bright cloud overshadowed 
them: and behold a voice out 
of the cloud, which said, This 
is my beloved Son, in whom 


aan well pleased; hear ye 
6 And when the disciples 


heard it, they fell on their face, 
and were sore afraid. 

7 And Jé’sus came and touched 
them, and said, Arise, and be 
not afraid. 

8 And when they had lifted up 
their eyes, they saw no man, save 
Jé’sus only. 

9 And as they came down from 
the mountain, Jé’sus charged 
them, saying, Tell the vision to 
no man, until the Son of man be 
risen again from the dead. 

10 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, Why then say the scribes 
that E-li’as must first come? 


25 


ST. MATTHEW, 18 


11 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, E-li’as truly 
shall first come, and restore all 
things. 

12 But I say unto you, That 
£-li’as is come already, and they 
knew him not, but have done 
unto him whatsoever they listed. 
Likewise shall also the Son of 
man suffer of them. 

13 Then the disciples under- 
stood that he spake unto them 
of John the Bap’tist. 

14 4 And when they were 
come to the multitude, there 
came to him a certain man, 
kneeling down to him, and 
saying, 

15 Lord, have mercy on my 
son: for he is lunatick, and sore 
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth 
into the fire, and oft into the 
water. i 

16 And I brought him to thy 
disciples, and they could not 
cure him. 

17 Then Jé’sus answered and 
said, O faithless and perverse 
generation, how long shall I be 
with you? how long shall I 
suffer you? bring him hither to me. 

18 And Jé’sus rebuked the 
devil; and he departed out of 
him: and the child was cured 
from that very hour. 

19 Then came the disciples to 
Jé’sus apart, and said, 
could not we cast him out? 

20 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Because of your unbelief: for 
verily I say unto you, {ff ye have 
faith as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye shall say unto this mountain, 
Remove hence to yonder piace; 
and it shall remove; and nothing 
shall be impossible unto you. 

21 Howbeit this kind goeth not 
out but by prayer and fasting. 

22 4 And while they abode in 
Gal’i-lee, Jé’sus said unto them, 
The Son of man shall be be- 
trayed into the hands of men: 

23 And they shall kill him, and 
the third day he shall be raised 
again. And they were exceed- 
ing sorry. 


Jesus pays tribute 


24 4 And when they were 
come to C&-pér’na-um, they 
that received tribute money 
came to Pé’tér, and said, Doth 
not your master pay tribute? 

25 He saith, Yes. And when 
he was come into the house, 
Jé’sus prevented him, saying, 
What thinkest thou, Si’mon? 
of whom do the kings of the 
earth take custom or tribute? 
of their own children, or of 
strangers? 

26 Pé’tér saith unto him, Of 
strangers. Jé’sus saith unto 
him, Then are the children free. 

27 Notwithstanding, lest we 
should offend them, go thou to 
the sea, and cast an hook, and 
take up the fish that first cometh 
up; and when thou hast opened 
his mouth, thou shalt find a 
piece of money: that take, 
aud give unto them for me and 
thee. 


CHAPTER 18 18 


1 Christ instructs his disciples in humil- 
ity. 7 Offences are to be avoided and 
the little ones not despised. 21. For- 
giving our brethren. 23 Parable of 
the unmerciful debtor. i 

T the same time came the 
disciples unto Jé’sus, say- 
ing, Who is the greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven? ’ 

2 And Jé’sus called a little 


hy | child unto him, and set him in 


the midst of them, 

3 And said, Verily I say unto 
you, Except ye be converted, 
and become as little children, ye 
shall not enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 

4 Whosoever therefore shall 
humble himself as this little 
child, the same is greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

5 And whoso shall receive one 
such little child in my name 
receiveth me. 

6 But whoso shail offend one 
of these little ones which believe 
in me, it were better for him that 
a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and that he were 
drowned in the depth of the sea. 


26 


shail offences and forgiveness 


7 YWoe unto the world because 
of offences! for it must needs 
be that offences come; but 
woe to that man by whom the 
offence cometh! 

8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy 
foot offend thee, cut them off, 
and cast them from thee: it is 
better for thee to enter into life 
halt or maimed, rather than 
having two hands or two feet to 
be cast into everlasting fire. 

9 And if thine eye offend thee, 
-pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee: it is better for thee to 
enter into life with one eye, 
rather than having two eyes to 
be cast into hell fire. 

10 Take heed that ye despise 
not one of these little ones; for 
I say unto you, That in heaven 
their angels do always_ behold 
the face of my Father which is in 
heaven. 

11 For the Son of man is come 
to save that which was lost. 

12 How think ye? if a man 
have an hundred sheep, and one 
of them be gone astray, doth he 
not leave the ninety and nine, 
and goeth into the mountains, 
and seeketh that which is gone 
astray? 

13 And if so be that he find it, 
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth 
more of that sheep, than of the 
ninety and nine which went 
not astray. | ; 

14 Even so it is not the will of 
your Father which is in heaven, 
that one of these little ones 
should perish. 

15 4 Moreover if thy brother 

shall trespass against thee, go 
and tell him his fault between 
thee and him alone: if he shall 
_ hear thee, thou hast gained thy 
_ brother. 
16 But if he will not hear thee, 
_ then take with thee one or two 
more, that in the mouth of two 
or three witnesses every word 
may be established. 

17 And if he shall neglect to 
hear them, tell if unto the 
church: but if he neglect to 


ST. MATTHEW, 18 


hear the church, let him be unto 
thee as an heathen man and a 
publican. 

18 Verily I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth shall be bound in heaven: 
and whatsoever ye shall loose on 
earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

19 Again I say unto you, fhat 
if two of you shall agree on 
earth as touching any thing that 
they shall ask, it ‘shall be done 
for them of my Father which is 
in heaven. 

20 For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

21 4 Then came Pé’tér to him, 
and said, Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I 
forgive him? till seven times? 

22 Jé’sus saith unto him, I say 
not unto thee, Until seven times: 
but, Until seventy times seven. 

23 4 Therefore is the kingdom 
of heaven likened unto a certain 
king, which would take account 
of his servants. 

24 And when he had begun to 
reckon, one was brought unto 

» Which owed i ten 
thousand talents. 

25 But forasmuch as he had 
not to pay, his lord commanded 

to be sold, and his wife, 
and children, and all that he 
had, and payment to be made. 

26 The servant therefore fell 
down, and worshipped him, 
saying, Lord, have patience with 
me, and I will pay thee all. 

27 Then the lord of that serv- 
ant was moved with compassion, 
and loosed him, and forgave 

the debt. 

28 But the same servant went 
out, and found one of his fellow- 
servants. which owed him an 
hundred pence: and _ he_ laid 
hands on him, and took him by 
the throat, saying, Pay me that 
thou owest. 

29 And his fellowservant fell 
down at his feet, and besought 
him, saying, Have patience with 
me, and I will pay thee all. 


27 


ST. MATTHEW, 19 


30 And he would not: but 
‘went and cast him into prison, 
till he should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellowservants 
saw what was done, they were 
very sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. 

32 Then his lord, after that he 
had called him, said unto him, 
O thou wicked servant, I for- 
gave thee all that debt, because 
thou desiredst me: 

33 Shouldest not thou also 
have had compassion on thy 
fellowservant, even as I had 
pity on thee? 

34 And his lord was wroth, 
and delivered him to the tormen- 
tors, till he should pay all that 
Was due unto 2 

35 So likewise shall my 
heavenly Father do also unto 
you, if ye from your hearts for- 
give not every one his brother 
their trespasses. 


19 CHAPTER 19 


2 Healing of the sick. 3 On marriage 
and divorce. 13 Children are brought 
to Jesus. 16 Keeping the command- 
ments. 27 Promise of reward. 

ND_ it came to pass, that 
when Jé’sus had finished 
these sayings, he departed from 

Gal’'i-lee, and came into the 

By of Jui-de’a beyond Jor’- 


2 > And great multitudes fol- 
lowed him; and he healed them 
oe 

3 4 The Phar‘i-sees also eee 
unto him, tempting him, 
saying unto him, Is it lawful fc for 
a man to put away his wife for 
every cause? 

4 And he answered and said 
unto them, Have ye not read, 
that he which made them at 
the beginning made them male 


and female, 


said, For this cause | do, 


shall a man leave father and 
mother, and shall cleave to his 
wife: and they twain shall be 
one flesh? 


6 Wherefore they are no more 
2 


Be keep the commandments. 


Concerning marriage and divorce 


twain, but one flesh. What 
therefore God hath joined to- 
gether; let not man put asunder. 

7 They say unto him, 

did Mo’ses then command to 
give a writing of divorcement, 
and to put her away? 

8 He saith unto them, M6’ses 
because of the hardness of your 
hearts suffered you to put away 
your wives: but from the begin- 
ning it was not so. 

And I say unto you, Who- 
soever shall put away his wife, 
except it be for fornication, and 
shall marry another, committeth 
adultery: and whoso marrieth 
her which is put away doth 
commit adultery. 

10 { His disciples say unto 
him, If the case of the man be 
so with his wife, it is not good 
to marry. 

11 But he said unto them, All 
men cannot receive this saying, 
save they to whom it is given. 
12 For there are some eunuchs, 
which were so born from their 
mother’s womb: and there are 
some eunuchs, which were made 
eunuchs of men: and there be 
eunuchs, which have made them- 
selves eunuchs for the kingdom 
of heaven’s sake. He that is 
able to- receive if, let him re- 

ceive it. 

13 § Then were there brought 
unto him little children, that he 
should put his hands on them, 
and pray: and the disciples re- 
buked them. J 

14 But Jé’sus said, Suffer little 
children, and forbid them not, 
to come unto me: for of such 
is the kingdom of heaven. 

15 And he laid his hands on 
them, and departed thence. 

me ¢ And, behold. one came 

said unto him, Good 
Master, what good thing shall I 
that I may have eternal life? 
17 And he said unto him, Why 
callest thou me good? there is 
none good but one, {that is, 
God: but if thou wilt enter into 


ie of the labourers 


18 He saith unto him, Which? 
ciate said, Thou shalt do no 
murder, Thou shalt not commit 
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, 
Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
ness, 

19 Honour thy father and thy 
mother: and, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. 

20 The young man saith unto 
him, All these things have I 
kept from my youth up: what 
lack I yet? : 

21 Jé’sus said unto him, If 
thou wilt be perfect, go and sell 
that thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treas- 
ure in heaven: and come and 
follow me. 

22 But when the young man 
heard that saying, he went away 
sorrowful: for he had great 
Beers. 

Then said Jé’sus unto 
his isciples, Verily I say unto 
you, That a rich man _ shall 
hardly enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. ‘ 

24 And again I say unto you, 
It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than 
for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

25 When his disciples heard if, 
they were exceedingly amazed, 
saying, Who then can be saved? 

26 But Jé’sus beheld them, 
and said unto them, With men 
this is impossible; but with 
God all things are possible. _ 

27 4 Then answered Pé@’tér 
and said unto him, Behold, we 
have forsaken all, and followed 
thee; what shall we have 
therefore? 

28 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That ye 
which have followed me, in 
the regeneration when the Son 
of man shall sit in the throne of 
his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Is’ra-el. 

29 And every one that hath feor- 
saken houses, or brethren, or 
sisters, or father, or mother, or 


ST. MATTHEW, 20 


wife, or children, or lands, for 
my name’s sake, shall receive 
an hundredfold, and shall in- 
herit everlasting life. 

30 But many that are first 
shall be last; and the last 
shall be first. 


CHAPTER 20 20 
1 Labourers in the vineyard. 17 The 
passion foretold. 20 Request of Zebe- 
dee’s wife. 30 Two biind men re- 
ceive their sight. 
POR the kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a man that is an 
householder, which went out 
early in the morning to hire 
labourers into his vineyard. 

2 And when he had agreed 
with the labourers for a penny 
a day, he sent them into his 
vineyard. 

3 And he went out about the 


third hour, and saw others 
standing idle in the market- 
place, 


4 And said unto them: Go 
ye also into the vineyard, and 
whatsoever is right I will give 
you. And they went their way. 

5 Again he went out about the 
sixth and ninth hour, and did 
likewise. 

6 And about the eleventh hour 
he went out, and found others 
standing idle, and saith unto 
them, Why stand ye here alli the 
day idle? 

7 They say unto him, Because 
no man hath hired us. He saith 
unto them, Go ye also into the 
vineyard; and whatsoever is 
right, that shall ye receive. 

8 So when even was come, the 
lord of the vineyard saith unto 
his steward, Call the labourers, 
and give them ¢heir hire, begin- 
ning from the last unto the 


st. 

9 And when they came that 
were hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every man a 
penny. 

10 But when the first came, 
they supposed that they should 
have received more; and they 


29 


ST. MATTHEW, 21 


likewise received every man a 
penny 

11 And when they had received 
it, they murmured against the 
goodman of the house, 

12 Saying, These last have 
wrought buf one hour, and thou 
hast made them equal unto us, 
which have borne the burden 
and heat of the day. 

13 But ke answered one of 
them, and said, Friend,I do thee 
no wrong: didst not thou agree 
with me for a periny? | 

14 Take that thine is, and go 

way: I will give unto this 
last, even as unto thee. 

15 Is it not lawful for me to do 
what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because I am good? 

16 So the last shall be first, 
and the first last: for many be 
called, but few chosen, 

17 § And Jésus going up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém took the twelve 
disciples apart in the way, an 
said unto them, 

18 Behold, we go up to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém; and the Son of man 
shall be betrayed unto the chief 
priests and unto the scribes, and 
they shall condemn to death, 

19 And shall deliver him to 
the Gén’tiles to mock, and to 
scourge, and to crucify him: and 
the third day he shall rise again. 

20 4 Then came to him the 
mother of Zéb’e-dee’s children 
with her sons, worshipping him, 
ane desiring a certain thing of 


21 And he said unto her, What 
wilt thou? She saith unto him, 
Grant that these my two sons 
may sit, the one on thy right 
hand, and the other on the left, 
in thy kingdom. 

22 But Jé’sus answered and 
said, Ye know not what ye ask. 


Are ye able to drink of the cup|h 


that I shall drink of, and to be 
baptized with the baptism that 
I am baptized with? They say 
unto him, We are able. 

23 And he saith unto them, Ye 
shall drink indeed of my cup, 


Jesus foretells his death 


and be baptized with the baptism 
that I am baptized with: but to 
sit on my right hand, and on my 
left, is not mine to give, but zt 
shall be given to them for whom 
it is prepared of my Father. 

24 And when the ten heard it, 
they were moved with indigna- 
tion against the two brethren. 

25 But jé’sus called them unto 
him, and said, Ye know that the 
princes of the Gén’tiles exercise 
dominion over them, and they 
that are great exercise authority 
upon them. 

26 But it shall not be so 
among you: but whosoever will 
be great among you, let him he 
your minister; 

27 And whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your 
servant: 

28 Even as the Son of man 
came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his 


and | life a ransom for many. 


29 And as they departed from 
Jér’i-ch6, a great multitude fol- 
lowed him. 

30 { And, behold, two blind 
men sitting by the way side, 
when they heard that Jé’sus 
passed by, cried out, saying, 
Have mercy on us, O Lord, 
thou son of Da’vid. 

31 And the multitude rebuked 
them, because they should hold 
their peace: but they cried the 
more, saying, Have mercy on us, 
O Lord, thou son of Da’vid. 

32 And Jé’sus stood still, and 
called them, and said, What will 
ye that I shall do unto you? 

33 They say unto him, Lord, 
that our eyes may be opened. 

34 So Jé’sus had compassion 
on them, and touched their eyes: 
and immediately their eyes re- 
ceived sight, and they followed 
1m. 


21 
12 leans 


CHAPTER 21 


1 Christ enters Jerusalem. 
ing of thetemple. 17 Fig tree cursed, — 
28 Christ rebukes the priests and 
elders by the parable of the wicked 
husbandmen. 


30 


Jesus enters Jerusalem 


ST. MATTHEW, 21 


(Ae when they drew nigh | lame came to him in the temple; 


unto Jé-ru’sd-lem, and 
Were come to Béth’pha-gé, unto 
the mount of Ol’ives, then sent 
Jé&’sus two disciples, 3 

2 Saying unto them, Go into 
the village over against you, and 
straightway ye shall find an ass 
tied, and a colt with her: loose 
them, and bring fhem unto me. 

3 And if any man say ought 
unto you, ye shall say, The 
Lord hath need of them; and 
straightway he will send them. | 

4 All this was done, that it 
might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying, 

5S Tell ye the daughter of 
Sion, Behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee, meek, and sitting 
upon an ass, and a colt the foal 
of an ass. 

6 And the disciples went, and 
Gid as Jé’sus commanded them, 

7 And brought the ass, and the 
colt, and put on them their 
clothes, and they set him thereon. 

And a very great multitude 
spread their garments in the 
way; others cut down branches 
from the trees, and strawed 
them in the way. 

9 And the multitudes that went 
before, and that followed, cried, 
saying, H6-san’na to the son of 
Da’vid: Blessed is he _ that 
cometh in the name of the Lord; 
H6-san/na in the highest. 

10,And when he was come 
into Jé-ru’sa-lém, all the city 
was moved, saying, Who is this? 

11 And the multitude said, 
This is Jé’sus the prophet of 
Naz’/a-réth of Gal/i-lee. | 

12 ¥ And Jé’sus went into the 
temple of God, and cast out all 
them that sold and bought in 
the temple, and overthrew the 
tables of the moneychangers, 
and the seats of them that sold 
doves, 

13 And said unto them, It is 
written, My house shall be 
called the house of prayer; but 
ye have madeiit a den of thieves. 

14 And the blind and the 


and he healed them. 

15 And when the chief priests 
and scribes saw the wonderful 
things that he did, and the chil- 
dren crying in the temple, and 
saying, Hé-san’na to the son of 
Da’vid; 
pleased, 

16 And said unto him, Hearest 
thou what these say? And 
Jé’sus saith unto them, Yea: 
have ye never read, Out of the 
mouth of babes and sucklings 
thou hast perfected praise? 

17 ¢ And he left them, and went 
out of the city into Béth’a-ny; 
and he lodged there. 

18 Now in the morning as he re- 
turned into the city, he hungered. 

19 And when he saw a fig 
tree in the way, he came io it, 
and found nothing thereon, but 
leaves only, and said unto it, 
Let no fruit grow on thee hence- 
forward for ever. And pres- 
ently the fig tree withered away. 
_20 And when the disciples saw 
it, they marvelled, saying, How 
soon is the fig tree withered away! 

21 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
If ye have faith, and doubt not, 
ye shall not only do this which 
is done to the fig tree, but also 
if ye shall say unto this moun- 
tain, Be thou removed, and be 
thou cast into the sea; it shall 
be done. 

22 And all things, whatsoever 

ye shall ask in prayer, believing, 
ye shall receive. 
_23 4 And when he was come 
into the temple, the chief priests 
and the elders of the people came 
unto as he was teaching, 
and said, By what authority 
doest thou these things? and 
who gave thee this authority? 

24 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, I also will ask 
you one thing, which if ye tell 
me, Tin like wise will tell you by 
what authority I do these things. 

25 The baptism of John, whence 
was it? from heaven, or of men? 


they were sore dis- 


31 


ST. MATTHEW, 22 


And they reasoned with them- 
selves, saying, If we shall say, 
From heaven; he will say unto 
us, Why did ye not then believe 


26 But if we shall say, Of men; 
we fear the people; for all hold 
John as a prophet. 

27 And they answered Jé’sus, 
and said, We cannot tell. And 
he said unto them, Neither tell I 
you by. Whee authority I do 
aCe 

8 I But. “what. think ye? A 
ppt man had two sons; and 
he came to the first, and said, 
Son, go work to day in my 
vineyard. j 

29 He answered and said, I 

will not: but afterward he re- 
pened. and went. 

30 And he came to the spelen 
and said likewise. 
answered and said, I go, sir: on 
went not. ( i 

31 Whether of them twain did 
the will of his father? They say 
unto him, The first. Jé’sus saith 
unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, That the publicans and the 
harlots go into the kingdom of 
God before you. 

32 For John came unto you 
in the way of righteousness, and 
ye believed him not: but the 
publicans and the harlots be- 
lieved and ye, when ye 
had seen it, repented not after- 
ward, that ye might believe him. 

33 9 Hear another parable: 
There was a certain house- 
holder, which planted a vine- 
yard, and hedged it Paid: about, 
and digged a winepress in it, 
and built a tower, and let it out 
to husbandmen, and went into 
a far country: : 

34 And when the time of the 
fruit drew near, he sent his 
servants to the husbandmen, 
that they might receive the 
fruits of it 

35 And She husbandmen took 
his servants, and beat one, and 
killed another, and stoned an- 
other. 


32, 


Parable of the wicked husbandmen 


36 Again, he sent other serv-_ 
ants more than the first: and 
they did unto them likewise. i 

37 But last of all he sent unto 
them his son, saying, They will 
reverence my son. 

38 But when the husbandmen 
saw the son, they said among 
themselves, This is the heir; 
come, let us kill him, and let us” 
seize on his inheritance. 

39 And they caught him, and | 
cast him out of the vineyard, 
and slew him. 

40 When the lord therefore of. 
the vineyard cometh, what will 
he do unto those husbandmen? 
41 They say unto him, He 
will miserably destroy those 
wicked men, and will let out 
his vineyard unto other husband- 
men, which shall render him the — 
fruits in their seasons. | 
42 Jé’sus saith unto them, 
Did ye never read in the scrip-— 
tures, The stone which the 
builders rejected, the same is be-— 
come the head of the corner: 
this is the Lord’s doing, and itis — 
marvellous in our eyes? 
43 Therefore say I unto you, 
The kingdom of God shall be 
taken from you, and given to a 
nation bringing forth the fruits 
thereof. 
44 And whosoever shall fall 
on this stone shall be broken: 
but on whomsoever it shall fall, 
it will grind him to powder. 
45 And when the chief priests 
and Phar’i-sees had heard his 

parables, they perceived that he 
spake of them. : 

46 But when they sought to lay 
hands on him, they feared the 
multitude, because they took 
him for a prophet. 1 


CHAPTER 22 228 


1 The king’s marriage feast. 15 Trib- 
ute to Cesar. 23 Concerning the 
resurrection. 34 The first and great 
commandment. 

ND Jésus answered and 
spake unto them again by 

‘ parables, and said, 


Parable of the king’s marriage feast 


2 The kingdom of heaven is 
“tke unto a certain king, which 
made a marriage for his son, 

3 And sent forth his servants 
to call them that were bidden to 
the wedding: and they would 
not come. 

4 Again, he sent forth other 
servants, saying, Tell them 
which are bidden, Behold, I have 
prepared my dinner: my oxen 
and my fatlings are killed, and 
all things are ready: come unto 
the marriage. : ; 

5S But they made light of it, 
and went their ways, one to his 
ee another to his merchan- 

ise: 

6 And the remnant took his 
servants, and entreated them 
spitefully, and slew them. 

7 But when the king heard 
thereof, he was wroth: and he 
sent forth his armies, and 
destroyed those murderers, and 
burned up their city. 

8 Then saith he to his servants, 
The wedding is ready, but: they 
which were bidden were not 
worthy. . i 

9 Go ye therefore into the high- 
Ways, and as many as ye shall 
find, bid to the marriage. 

10 So those servants went out 
into the highways, and gathered 
together all as many as they 
found, both bad and good: and 
the wedding was furnished with 
guests. 

1 q ‘And when the king came 
in to see the guests, he saw there 
a man which had not on a 
wedding garment: 

12 And he saith unto him, 
Friend, how camest thou in 


hither not having a wedding 


(eet And he was speech- 
ess. 

13 Then said the king to the 
servants, Bind him hand and 
foot, and take him away, and 
cast him into outer darkness; 
there .shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

14 For many are called, but 


few are chosen. 


T-3 


ST. MATTHEW, 22 


15 9 Then went the Phar‘i- 
sees, and took counsel how they 
might entangle him in his talk. 

16 And they sent out unto him 
their disciples with the Hé-rd’- 
di-ans, saying, Master, we know 
that thou art true, and teachest 
the way of God in truth, neither 
carest thou for any man: for 
thou regardest not the person of 
men. 

17 Teli _us_ therefore, What 
thinkest thou? Is it lawful to 
give ae unto Cz’sar, or not? 

18 But Jé’sus perceived their 
wickedness, and said, Why 
tempt ye me, ve hypocrites? 

19 Shew me the tribute money. 
eae ietey brought unto him a 


P30 0 And he saith unto them, 
Whose is this image and super- 
scription? 

21 They say unto him, Cz’sar’s. 
Then saith he unto them, 
Render therefore unto Cz’sar 
the things which are Cz’sar’s; 
and unto God the things that 
are God’s. 

22 When tney had heard these. 
words, they marvelled, and left 

,» and went their way. 

23 4 The same day came to 
him the Sad’du-cees, which say 
that there is no resurrection, 
and asked nim, 

24 Saying, Master, MO’ses said, 
If a man die, having no children, 
his brother shall marry his wife, 
and raise up seed unto his 
brother. ‘ 

25 Now there were with us 
seven brethren: and the first, 
when he had married a wife, 
deceased, and, having no issue, 
left his wife unto his brother: 

26 Likewise the second also, 
and the third, unto the seventh.. 
27 And last of all the woman 
died also. ; 

28 Therefore in the resurrec- 
tion whose wife shall she be 
of the seven? for they all had 


er. 
29 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto them, Ye do err, not 


33 


ST. MATTHEW, 23 


knowing the scriptures, nor the 
power of Go 

30 For in the resurrection they 
neither marry, nor are given in 
marriage, but are as the angels 
of God in heaven. | 

31 But as touching the resur- 
rection of the dead, have ye not 
read that which was spoken 
unto you by God, saying, 

32 I am the God of A’bra- 
ham, and the God of i’saac, and 
the God of Ja’cob? God is not 
the God of the dead, but of the 
living. ; 

33 And. when the multitude 
heard this, they were astonished 
at his doctrine. ee 

34 | But when the Phar’i-sees 
had heard that he had put the 
Sad’du-cees to silence, they were 
gathered together. . 

35 Then one of them, which 


was a lawyer, asked him a 
question, tempting him, and 
saying, : 


36 Master, which is the great 
commandment in the law? 

37 Jé’sus said unto him, Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy mind. 

38 This is the first and great 
commandment. : 

39 And the second is like unto 
it, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bour as thyself. 

40 On these two command- 
ments hang all the law and the 
prophets. 

41 ¥ While the Phar‘i-sees were 
gathered together, Jé’sus asked 
them, 

42 Saying, What think ye of 
Christ? whose son is he? They 
say unto him, 
David. 

43 He saith unto them, How 
then doth Da’vid in spirit call 

Lord, saying, 

44 The LORD said unto my 
Lord, Sit_ thou on my right 
hand, till I make thine enemies 
thy footstool? ; 

45 If Da’vid then call him Lord, 
how is he his son? 


a4 


Warning against ecample of Pharisees 


46 And no man was able to 


answer him a word, neither 


durst any man from that day 


forthask him any more questions. — 


CHAPTER 23 23 


1 Admonition to follow good doctrine, 
not evil examples of the scribes and 
Pharisees. 13 Denunciation of eight 
woes. 
tion of Jerusalem. 


HEN spake Jé’sus to the 
multitude, and to his dis- © 


ciples, | é 
2 Saying, The scribes and the 
Phar’i-sees sit in M6’ses’ seat: 


34 Christ foretells the destruc- — 


. 
i 
. 
’ 


» 
‘ 
| 


3 All therefore whatsoever they | 
bid you observe, that observe and © 


do; 


but do not ye after their 


works: for they say, and donot. © 


4 For they bind heavy burdens 
and grievous to be borne, and 
lay them on men’s shoulders; 
but they themselves will not 


move them with one of their 


fingers. ” 

5 But all their works ‘they do 
for to be seen of men: 
make broad their phylacteries, 
and enlarge the borders of their 
garments, 

6 And love the uppermost 
rooms at feasts, and the chief 
seats in the synagogues, 


they 


7 And greetings in the markets, © 
and to be called of men, Rab’bi, — 


Rab’bi. 
8 But be not ye called Rab’bi: 
for one is your Master, even 


Christ; and all ye are brethren. 


9 And call no man your father 
upon the earth: for one is your 


Father, which is in heaven. 
10 Neither be ye called masters: 
for one is your Master, even 


The son of | Christ 


11 But he that is greatest | 


5 


among you shall be your servant. ’ 
12 And whosoever shall exalt 
himself shall be abased; and he 


that shall humble himself shall 
be exalted. 

13 4 But woe unto you, scribes | 
and Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for 
ye shut up the kingdom of 
heaven against men: 


for ye 


Denunciation of Pharisees 


neither go in yourselves, neither 
suffer ye them that are entering 
to go in. 

14 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 
devour widows’ houses, and for 
a pretence make long prayer: 
therefore ye shall receive the 
greater damnation. k 

15 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 
compass sea and land to make 
one proselyte, and when he is 
made, ye make him twofold 
more the child of hell than your- 
selves. : 

16 Woe unto you, ye blind 
guides, which say, Whosoever 
shall swear by the temple, it is 
nothing; but whosoever shall 
swear by the gold of the temple, 
he is a debtor! 

17 Ye fools and blind: for 
whether is greater, the gold, or 
the temple that sanctifieth the 
gold? 

18 And, Whosoever shail swear 
by the altar, it is nothing; but 
whosoever sweareth by the gift 
that is upon it, he is guilty. 

19 Ye fools and blind: for 
whether is greater, the gift, or 
pe f altar that sanctifieth the 
gift? 

20 Whoso therefore shall swear 
by the altar, sweareth by it, and 
by all things thereon. 

21 And whoso shall swear by 
the temple, sweareth by it, and 
by him that dwelleth therein. 

22 And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne 
of God, and by him that sitteth 
thereon. 

23 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 
pay tithe of mint and anise and 
cummin, and have omitted the 
weightier matters of the law, 
judgment, mercy, and faith: 
these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other un- 


done. i 

24 Ye blind guides, which 
strain at a gnat, and swallow a 
camel. 


ST. MATTHEW, 23 


25 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 
make clean the outside of the 
cup and of the platter, but with- 
in they are full of extortion and 
excess. 

26 Thou blind Phar’i-see, 
cleanse first that which is with- 
in the cup and platter, that the 
outside of them may be clean 
also. 

27 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 
are like unto whited sepulchres, 
which indeed appear beautiful 
outward, but are within full of 
dead men’s bones, and of all 
uncleanness. 

28 Even so ye also outwardly 
appear righteous unto men, but 
within ye are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. 

29 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! because 
ye build the tombs of the proph- 
ets, and garnish the sepulchres 
of the righteous, 

30 And say, If we had been in 
the days of our fathers, we would 
not have been partakers with 
them in the blood of the prophets. 

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses 
unto yourselves, that ye are the 
children of them which killed 
the prophets. 

32 Fill ye up then the measure 
of your fathers. 

33 Ye serpents, ye generation 
of vipers, how can ye escape the 
damnation of hell? 

34 4 Wherefore, behold, I send 
unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes: and some of 
them ye shall kill and crucify; 
and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and 
persecute them from city to 
city: 

35 That upon you may come 
all the righteous blood shed 
upon the earth, from the blood 
of righteous A’bél unto the blood 
of Zach-a-ri’/as son of Bar-a- 
chi/as, whom ye slew between 
the temple and the altar. 

36 Verily I say unto you, All 


35 


ST. MATTHEW, 24 


these things shall come upon 
this generation. 

37 O Jé-ru’sa-lém, Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, thou that killest the proph- 
ets, and stonest them which are 
sent unto thee, how often would 
I have gathered thy children to- 
gether, even as a hen gathereth 
her chickens under her wings, 
and ye would not! 3 

38 Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate. 

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall 
not see me henceforth, till ye 
shall say, Blessed is he that 
conte in the name of the 

ord. 


24 CHAPTER 24 
1 Temple's destruction foretold. 3 

Antecedent calamities. 29 Signs of 

Christ’s coming to judgment. 42 

The wisdom of watching. 

ND Jésus went out, and 

departed from the temple; 

and his disciples came to him 

for to shew him the buildings of 
the temple. ; 

2 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
See ye not all these things? 
verily I say unto you, There 
shall not be left here one stone 
upon another, that shall not be 
thrown down. 

3 4 And as he sat upon the 
mount of Ol’ives, the disciples 
came unto him privately, saying, 
Tell us, when shall these things 
be? and what shall be the sign 
of thy coming, and of the end of 
the world? 

4 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, Take heed that 
no man deceive you. 

5 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ; and 
shall deceive many. 

6 And ye shall hear of wars and 
rumours of wars: see that ye 
be not troubled: for all these 
things must come to pass, but 
the end is not yet. 

7 For nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against 
kingdom: and there shall be 
famines, and pestilences, and 
earthquakes, in divers places. 


Signs of Christ's coming 


8 All these are the beginning 
of sorrows. 

9 Then shall they deliver you 
up to be afflicted, and shall kill 
you: and ye shall be hated of all 
nations for my name’s sake. 

10 And then skail many be 
offended, and shall betray one 
another, and shall hate one 
another. 

11 And many false prophets 
shall rise, and shall deceive many. 

12 And because iniquity shall 
abound, the love of many shall 
wax cold. 

13 But he that shall endure 
unto the end, the same shall be 
saved. 

14 And this gospel of the king- 
dom shall be preached in all Ss 
world for a witness unto 
nations; and then shall the site 
come. 

15 When ye therefore shall see 
the abomination of desolation, 
spoken of by Dan’iel the proph- 
et, stand in the holy place, 
(whoso readeth, let him under- 
stand :) Y 

16 Then let them which be in 
Ju-de’a flee into the mountains: 

17 Let him which is on the 
house top not come down to 
take any thing out of his house: 

18 Neither let him which is in 
the field return back to take his 
clothes. 

19 And woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that 
give suck in those days! 

20 But pray ye that your flight 
be not in the winter, neither on 
the sabbath day: 

21 For then shall be great 
tribulation, such as was not 
since the beginning of the world 
to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 

22 And except those days should 
be shortened, there should no 
flesh be saved: but for the 
elect’s sake those days shall be 
shortened. 

23 Then if any man shall say 
unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or 
there; believe it not. 

24 For there shail arise false 


36 


Signs of Christ’s coming 


ST. MATTHEW, 24 


Christs, and false prophets, and| 37 But as the days of Noe 


shall shew great signs anc 
wonders; insomuch that, if it 
were possible, they shall deceive 
the very elect. 

25 Behold, I have told you 
before. 


26 Wherefore if they shall say | d 


unto you, Behold, he is in the 
desert; go not forth: behold, 
he is in the secret chambers; 
believe if not. 

27 For as the lightning cometh 
out of the east, and shineth even 
unto the west; so shall also the 
coming of the Son of man be. 

28 For wheresoever the car- 
case is, there will the eagles be 
gathered together. 

29 § Immediately after the 
tribulation of those days shall 
the sun be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light, 
and the stars shall fall from 
heaven, and the powers of the 
heavens shall be shaken: 

30 And then shall appear the 
sign of the Son of man in heaven: 
and then shall all the tribes of 
the earth mourn, and they shall 
see the Son of man coming in 
the clouds of heaven with 
power and great glory. ; 

31 And he _ sghall send his 
angels with a great sound of a 
trumpet, and they shall gather 
together his elect from the four 
winds, from one end of heaven 
to the other. 

32 Now learn a parable of the 
fig tree; When his branch is yet 
tender, and putteth forth leaves, 
ye know that summer is nigh: 

33 So likewise ye, when ye 
shall see all these things, know 
that it is near, even at the doors. 

34 Verily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass, till all 
these things be fulfilled. 

35 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away, but my words shall not 
pass away. 

36 4 But of that day and hour 


knoweth no man, no, not the 
angels of heaven, but my 
Father only. 


were, so shall also the coming 
of the Son of man be. 

38 For as in the days that 
were before the flood they were 
eating and drinking, marrying 
and giving in marriage, until the 
ay that N6’e entered into the ark, 

39 And knew not until the 
flood came, and took them all 
away; so shall also the coming 
of the Son of man be. 

40 Then shall two be in the 
field; the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. 

_41 Two women shall be grind- 
ing at the mill; the one shall 
be taken, and the other left. 

42 4 Watch therefore: for ye 
know not what hour your Lord 
doth come. 

43 But know this, ‘that if the 
goodman of the house had 
known in what watch the thief 
would come, he would have 
watched, and would not have 
suffered his house to be broken up. 

44 Therefore be ye also ready: 
for in such an hour as ye think 
not the Son of man cometh. 

45 Who then is a faithful and 
wise servant, whom his lord 
hath made ruler over his house- 
hold, to give them meat in due 
season? 

46 Blessed is that servant, 
whom his lord when he cometh 
shall find so doing. 

47 Verily I say unto you, That 
he shall make him ruler over ail 
his goods. 

48 But and if that evil servant 
shall say in his heart, My lord 
delayeth his coming; OE 

49 And shall begin to smite his 
fellowservants, and to eat and 
drink with the drunken; 

50 The lord of that servant 
shall come in a day when he 
looketh not for him, and in an 
hour that he is not aware of, 

51 And shall cut him asunder, 
and appoint him his portion 
with the hypocrites: there shall 
es baat and gnashing of 
eeth. 


37 


ST. MATTHEW, 25 


25 CHAPTER 25 


1 Theten virgins. 14 The talents. 
The last judgment. 


r 1 Phen: shall the kingdom of 

heaven be likened unto ten 
virgins, which took their lamps, 
and went forth to meet the 
bridegroom. 

2 And five of them were wise, 
and five were foolish. 

3 They that were foolish took 
their lamps, and took no oil 
with them 

4 But el wise took oil in their 
vessels with their lamps. 

5 While the bridegroom tarried, 
they all slumbered and slept. 

6 And at midnight there was 
a cry made, Behold, the bride- 
groom cometh; go ye out to 
meet him. 


31 


7 Then all those virgins arose, | ful 


and trimmed their lamps. 

8 And the foolish said unto 
the wise, Give us of your oil; 
for our lamps are gone out.: 

9 But the wise answered, say- 
ing, Not so; lest there be not 
enough for us and you: but go 
ye rather to them that sell, and 
buy for yourselves. 


Parables of ten virgins and talents 


16 Then he that had received 
the five talents went and traded 
with the same, and made them 
other five talents. 

And likewise he that had 
received two, he also gained 
other two. 

18 But he that had received one 
went and digged in the earth, 
and hid his lord’s money. 

19 After a long time the lord of 
those servants cometh, and reck- 
oneth with them. 

20 And so he that had received 
five talents came and brought 
other five talents, saying, Lord, 
thou deliveredst unto me _ five 
talents: behold, I have gained 
beside them five talents more. 

21 His lord said unto him, 
Well done, thou good and faith- 
servant: thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I 
will make thee ruler over many 
things: enter thou into the joy 
of thy lord. f 

22 He also that had received 
two talents came and _ ‘said, 
Lord, thou deliveredst unto me 
two talents: behold, I have 
gained two other talents beside 


10 And while they went to] them 


buy, the bridegroom came; and 
they that were ready went in 
with to the marriage: and 
the door was shut. 

11 Afterward came also the 
other virgins, saying, Lord, 
Lord, open to us. 

12 But he answered ant said, 
ven say unto you, I know 
youn 

13 Watch therefore, for ye 
know neither the day nor the 
hour wherein the Son of man 
cometh. 

14 4 For the kingdom of 
heaven is as a man travelling 
into a far country, who called 
his own servants, and delivered 
unto them his goods. 

15 And unto one he gave five 
talents, to another two, and to 
another one; to every man 
according to his several ability; 
and straightway took his journey. 


23 His lord said unto him, 
Well done, good and faithful 
servant; thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will make 
thee ruler over many things: 
enter thou into the joy of thy 


ord. 

24 Then he which had received 
the one talent came and said, 
Lord, I knew thee that thou art 
an hard man, reaping where 
thou hast not sown, and gather- 
ing where thou hast not strawed: 

25 And I was afraid, and went 
and hid thy talent in the earth: 
lo, there thou hast that is thine. 

26 His lord answered and said 
unto him, Thou wicked and 
slothful servant, thou knewest 
that I reap where I sowed not, 
and gather where I have not 
strawed: 

27 Thou oughtest therefore to 
have put my money to the 


38 


The sheep and the goats 


exchangers, and then at my 
coming I should have received 
mine own with usury. 

28 Take therefore the talent 
from him, and give i¢ unto 
which hath ten talents. 

29 For unto every one that 
hath shall be given, and he shall 
have abundance: but from him 
that hath not shall be taken 
away even that which he hath. 
30 And cast ye the unprofitable 
servant into outer darkness: 
there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth 

1 4 When the Son of man 
shall come in his glory, and all 
the holy angels with him, then 
shall he sit upon the throne of 
his glory: 

32: And before him shall be 
gathered all nations; and he 
shall separate them one from 
another, as a shepherd divideth 
his sheep from the goats: 

33 And he shall set the sheep 
on his right hand, but the goats 
on the left. : 

34 Then shall the King say 
unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the foundation of 
the world: 

35 For I was an hunered, 
and ye gave me meat: I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: 
I was a stranger, and ye took 


me in: 
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: 
I was sick, and ye visited me: 
I was in prison, and ye came 


unto me. 

37 Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying, Lord, when 
saw we thee an hungred, and 
fed thee? or thirsty, and gave 
thee drink? 

38 When saw we thee a stran- 
ger, and took thee in? or naked, 
and clothed thee? 

39 Or when saw we thee sick, 
cr in prison, and came unto 
thee? é 

40 And the King shall answer 
and say unto them, Verily I say 

71 


ST. MATTHEW, 26 


unto you, Inasmuch as ye have 
done if unto one of the least of 
these my brethren, ye have done 
if unto me. 

41 Then shall he say also unto 
them on the left hand, Depart 
from me, ye cursed, into ever- 
lasting fire, prepared for the 
devil and his angels: 

42 For I was an hunegred, and 
ye gave me no meat: I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me no 
drink: 

43 I was a stranger, and ye 
took me not in: naked, and ye 
clothed me not: sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. 

44 Then shall they also answer 
him, saying, Lord, when saw 
we thee an hungred, or athirst, 
or a stranger, or naked, or sick, 
or in prison, and did not minister 
unto thee? 

45 Then shall he answer them, 
saying, Verily I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye did it not to 
one of the least of these, ye did 
it not to me. 

46 And these shall go away 
into everlasting punishment: but 
the righteous into life eternal. 


CHAPTER 26 | 26 

1 Conspiracy against Christ. 47 Be- 

trayal by Judas. 57 Carried before 
Caiaphas. 69 Denied by Peter. 

ND it came to pass, when 

Jé’sus had finished all these 

sayings, he said unto his dis- 

ciples, 

2 Ye know that after two days 
is fhe feast of the passover, and 
the Son of man is betrayed to 
be crucified. 

3 Then assembled together the 
chief priests, and the scribes, 
and the elders of the people. 
unto the palace of the high 
priest, who was called Ca’ia- 
phas, 

4 And consulted that they 
might take Jé’sus by subtilty, 
and kill him 

5 But then said, Not on the 
feast day, lest there be an up- 
roar among the people. 


39 


ST. MATTHEW, 26 


Jesus keeps the passover 


6 4 Now when Jé’sus was in| 20 Now when the even was 


Béth’a-ny, in the house of 
Si’mon the leper, : 

7 There came unto him a 
woman having an alabaster box 
of very precious ointment, and 
poured it on his head, as he sat 
at meat. 

8 But when his disciples saw 
it, they had indignation, saying, 
To what purpose is this waste? 

9 For this ointment might have 
been sold for much, and given to 
the poor. s 

10 When Jé’sus understood it, 
he said unto them, Why trouble 
ye the woman? for she hath 
wrought a good work upon me. 

11 For ye have the poor 
always with you; but me ye 
have not always. 

12 For in that she hath poured 
this ointment on my body, she 
did it for my burial. 

13 Verily I say unto you, 
Wheresoever this gospel shall 
be preached in the whole world, 
there shall also this, that this 
woman hath done, be told for a 
memorial of her. 

14 4 Then one of the twelve, 
called Ji’das Is-car’i-ot, went 
unto the chief priests, 

15 And said unto them, What 
will ye give me, and I will de- 
liver him unto you? And they 
covenanted with him for thirty 
pieces of silver. ‘ 

16 And from that time he 
sought opportunity to betray 


m. 

17 § Now the first day of the 
feast of unleavened bread the 
disciples came to Jé’sus, saying 
unto him, Where wilt thou that 
We prepare for thee to eat the 
passover? 

18 And he said, Go into the 
city to such a man, and say unto 
him, The Master saith, My time 
is at hand; I will keep the pass- 
over at thy house with my 
disciples. 

19 And the disciples did as 
Jé’sus had appointed them; and 
they made ready the passover. 


come, he sat down with the 
twelve. 

21 And as they did eat, he 
said, Verily I say unto you, that 
one of you shall betray me. 

22 And they were exceeding 
sorrowful, and began every one 
of ae to say unto him, Lord, 
is it It 


23 And he answered and said, — 


He that dippeth his hand with 
me in the dish, the same shall 
betray me. 

24 The Son of man goeth as 
it is written of him: but woe 
unto that man by whom the Son 
of man is betrayed! it had been 
good for that man if he had not 
been born. 

25 Then Jia’das, which be- 
trayed him, answered and said, 
Master, is it I? He said unto 
him, Thou hast said. 

26 4 And as they were eating, 
Jésus took bread, and blessed 
if, and brake it, and gave it to 
the disciples, and said, Take, 
eat; this is my body. 

27 And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to 
them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 

28 For this is my blood of the 
new testament, which is shed 
for many for the remission of sins. 

29 But I say unto you, I will 
not drink henceforth of this fruit 


of the vine, until that day when — 
I drink it new with you in my — 


Father’s kingdom. 

30 And when they had sung 
an hymn, they went out into 
the mount of Ol’ives. 

31 Then saith Jé’sus unto 
them, All ye shall be offended 
because of me this night: for it 
is written, I will smite the 
shepherd, and the sheep of the 
flock shall be scattered abroad. 

32 But after I am risen again, 
t will go before you into Gal’i- 
ee. 

33 Pé’tér answered and said 
unto him, Though all men shall 
be offended because of thee, yet 
will I never be offended. 


40 


Gethsemane. Jesus betrayed 


34 Jé’sus said unto him, Ver- 
ily I say unto thee, That this 
night, before the cock crow, thou 
shalt deny me thrice. { 

35 Pé’tér said unto him, 
Though I should die with thee, 
yet will I not deny thee. Like- 
wise also said all the disciples. 

36 4 Then cometh Jé’sus with 
them unto a place called Géth- 
sém/a-né, and saith unto the 
disciples, Sit ye here, while I 
go and pray yonder. 

37 And he took with him Pé’té 
and the two sons of Zéb’e-dee, 
and began to be sorrowful and 
very heavy. 

38 Then saith he unto them, 
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death: tarry ye here, 
and watch with me. 

39 And he went a little farther, 
and fell on his face, and prayed, 
saying, O my Father, if it be 
possible, let this cup pass from 
me: nevertheless not as I will, 
but as thou wilt. 

40 And he cometh unto the dis- 
ciples, and findeth them asleep, 
and saith unto Pé’tér, What, 
could ye not watch with me one 
hour? 

41 Watch and pray, that ye 
enter not into temptation: the 
spirit indeed is willing, but the 
fiesh is weak. ; 

42 He went away again the 
second time, and prayed, saying, 
O my Father, if this cup may 
not pass away from me, except 
I drink it, thy will be done. 

43 And he came and found 
them asleep again: for their eyes 
were heavy. 

44 And he left them, and went 
away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. 

45 Then cometh he to his dis- 
ciples, and saith unto them, Sleep 
on now, and take your rest: 
behold, the hour is at hand, and 
the Son of man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners. 

46 Rise, let us be going: be- 
hold, he is at hand that doth 
betray me. 


ST. MATTHEW, 26 


47 {And while he yet spake, 
lo, Ju’das, one of the twelve, 
came, and with him a great 
multitude with swords and 
staves, from the chief priests and 
elders of the people. 

48 Now he that betrayed him 
gave them a sign, saying, Whom- 
soever I sha!l kiss, that same is 
he: hold him fast. 

49 And forthwith he came to 
Jé’sus, and said, Hail, master: 
and kissed him. 

50 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Friend, wherefore art thou 
come? Then came they, and laid 
hands on Jé’sus, and took him. 

51 And, behold, one of them 
which were with Jé’sus stretched 
out Ais hand, and drew his. 
sword, and struck a servant of 
the high priest’s, and smote off 
his ear. 

52 Then said Jé’sus unto him, 
Put up again thy sword into 
his place: for all they that take 
the sword shall perish with the 
sword. 

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot 
now pray to my Father, and he 
shall presently give me more 
than twelve legions of angels? 

54 But how then shall the 
scriptures be fulfilled, that thus 
it must be? 

55 In that same hour said 
Jé’sus to the multitudes, Are ye 
come out as against a thief with 
swords and staves for to take 
me? I sat daily with you teach- 
ing in the temple, and ye laid no 
hold on me. 

56 But all this was done, that 
the scriptures of the prophets 
might be fulfilled. Then all 
the disciples forsook him, and 


ed. 

57 J And they that had laid 
hold on Jé’sus led him away to 
Ca’ia-phas the high priest, where 
the scribes and the elders were 
assembled. ‘ 

58 But Pé/tér followed him 
afar off unto the high priest’s 
palace, and went in, and sat with 
the servants, to see the end. 


ST. MATTHEW, 27 


59 Now the chief priests, and 
elders, and all the council, 
sought false witness against 
Jé’sus, to put him to death; 

60 But found none: yea, though 


Jesus before the council and before Pilate 


that were there, This fellow 
wee also with Jé’sus of Naz’a- 
réth. 

72 And again he denied with 
an oath, I do not know the 


many false witnesses] came, yet | man 


found they none. At the last 
came two false witnesses, 

61 And said, This fellow said, 
I am able to destroy the temple 
of God, and to build it in three 


ays. 

62 And the high priest arose, 
and said unto him, Answerest 
thou nothing? what is it which 
these witness against thee? 

63 But Jé’sus held his peace. 
And the high priest answered and 
said unto him, I adjure thee by 
the living God, that thou tell us 
ene thou be the Christ, the 
Son of God. 

64 Jé’sus saith unto him, Thou 
hast said: nevertheless I say 
unto you, Hereafter shall ye 
see the Son of man sitting 
on the right hand of power, 
and coming in the clouds of 
heaven. 

65 Then the high priest rent 
his clothes, saying, He hath 
spoken blasphemy; what further 

-need have we of witnesses? be- 
hold, now ye have heard his 
blasphemy. 

66 What think ye? They an- 
swered and said, He is guilty of 


death. J 

67 Then did they spit in his 
face, and buffeted him; and 
others smote him. with the 
palms of their hands, 

68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, 
thou Christ, Who is he that 
smote thee? 

69 7 Now Pé’tér sat without 
in the palace: and a damsel 
came unto him, saying, Thou 
also wast with Jé’sus of Gal’i- 


jee. 

70 But he denied before them 
all, saying, I know not what 
thou sayest. 

71 And when he was gone out 
into the porch, another maid 
saw him, and said unto them 


73 And after a while came unto 
him they that stood by, and 
said to Pé’tér, Surely thou also 


art one of them; for thy speech | 


bewrayeth thee. 

74 Then began he to curse and 
to swear, saying, I know not 
the man. 
cock crew. 

75 And Pé’tér remembered the 
word of Jé’sus, which said unto 
him, Before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. And 
he went out, and wept bitterly. 


CHAPTER 27 


1 Christi before Pilate. 
34 The crucifixion. 50 The burial. 
66 Sealing and guarding his sepulchre. 

HEN the morning was 

r¥ come, all the chief 

priests and elders of the people 

took counsel against Jé’sus to 
put him to death: 


And immediately the — 


27 


19 The sentence. — 


2 And when they had bound 


him, they led him away, and 
delivered him to Pon’ti-ts Pi’- 
late the governor. 

3 9 Then Ji’das, which had 
betrayed him, when he saw that 
he was condemned, repented 
himself, and brought again the 


thirty pieces of silver to the chief — 


priests and elders, 

4. Saying, I have sinned in that 
I have betrayed the innocent 
blood. And they said, What is 
that to us? see thou fo that. 

5 And he cast down the pieces 
of silver in the temple, and de- 
parted, and went and hanged 
himself. 

6 And the chief priests took the 
silver pieces, and said, It is not 
lawful for to put them into the 
treasury, because it is the price 
of blood. 

7 And they took counsel, and 
bought with them the potter’s 
field, to bury strangers in. 


Jesus delivered to be crucified 


8 Wherefore that field was 
called, The field of blood, unto 


s day. 

9 Then was fulfilled that which 
Was spoken by Jér’e-my the 
prophet, saying, And they took 
the thirty pieces of silver, the 
price of him that was valued, 
whom they of the children of 
Is’ra-el did value; 

10 And gave them for the pot- 
ter’s field, as the Lord appointed 


me. 

11 And Jé’sus_ stood before 
the governor: and the governor 
asked him, saying, Art thou the 
King of the Jews? And Jésus 
said unto him, Thou sayest. 

12 And when he was accused 
of the chief priests and elders, 
he answered nothing. ; 

13 Then said Pi’late unto him, 
Hearest thou not how many 
things they witness against 
thee? 

14 And he answered him to 
hever a word; insomuch that 
the governor marvelled greatly. 

15 Now at that feast the gov- 
ernor was wont to release unto 
the people a prisoner, whom they 
would. 

16 And they had then a notable 
prisoner, called Ba-rab’bas. 

17 Therefore when they were 
gathered together, Pi’/late said 
unto them, Whom will ye that 
I release unto you? Ba-rab’bas, 
or Jé’sus which is called 
Christ? 

18 For he knew that for envy 
they had delivered him. 

19 4 When he was set down 
on the judgment seat, his wife 
sent unto him, saying, Have 
thou nothing to do with that 
just man: for I have suffered 
many things this day in a 
dream because of him. 

20 But the chief priests and 
elders persuaded the multitude 
that they should ask Ba-rab’bas, 
and destroy Jé’sus. 

21 The governor answered and 
said unto them, Whether of the 
twain will ye that I release 


ST. MATTHEW, 27 
unto you? They said, Ba- 
rab’bas. 


22 Pi/late saith unto them, 
What shall I do then with 
Jé’sus which is called Christ? 
They all say unto him, Let him 
be crucified. 

23 And the governor said, Why, 
what evil hath he done? But 
they cried out the more, saying, 
Let him be crucified. 

24 §| When Pi’late saw that he 
could prevail nothing, but that 
rather a tumult was made, he 
took water, and washed his 
hands before the multitude, say- 
ing, I am innocent of the blood 
of this just person: see ye fo it. 

25 Then answered all the 
people, and said, His blood be 
on us, and on our children. 

26 § Then released he Ba-rab’- 
bas unto them: and when he 
had scourged Jé’sus, he de- 
livered him to be crucified. 

27 Then the soldiers of the 
governor took Jé’sus into the 
common hall, and gathered 
unto him the whole band of 
soldiers. ; 

28 And they stripped him, and 
put on him a scarlet robe. 

29 ¢ And when they had plat- 
ted a crown of thorns, they put 
it upon his head, and a reed in 
his right hand: and they bowed 
the knee before him, and mocked 
him, saying, Hail, King of the 

ews! 

30 And they spit upon him, 
and took the reed, and smote 
him on the head. 

31 And after that they had 
mocked him, they took the robe 
off from him, and put his own 
raiment on him, and led him 
away to crucify him. 

32 And as they came out, 
they found a man of Cy-ré’né, 
Si’‘mon by name: him they com- 
pelled to bear his cross. 

33 And when they were come 
unto a place called Gol’g6-tha, 
that is to say, a place of a 
skull, ‘ . 

34 4 They gave him vinegar 


ST. MATTHEW, 27 


to drink mingled with gall: and 
when he had tasted thereof, he 
would not drink. 

35 And they crucified him, and 
parted his garments, casting 
lots: that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the proph- 
et, They parted my garments 
among them, and upon my 
vesture did they cast lots. 

36 And sitting down they 
watched him there; 

37 And set up over his head his 
accusation written, THIS IS JE’SUS 
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

38 Then were there two thieves 
crucified with him, one on the 
right hand, and another on the 


e eo 
39 4 And they that passed 
by reviled him, wagging their 


heads, 
40 And saying, Thou that 
destroyest the temple, and 


buildest if in three days, save 
thyself. If thou be the Son of 
God, come down from the cross. 

41 Likewise also the chief 
Priests mocking him, with the 
scribes and elders, said, | 

42 He saved others; himself 
he cannot save. If he be the 
King of is’ra-el, let him now 
come down from the cross, and 
we will believe him. 

43 He trusted in God; let 
him deliver him now, if he will 
have him: for he said, I am the 
Son of God. ; 

44 The thieves. also, which 
were crucified with him, cast 
the same in his teeth. 

45 Now from’ the sixth hour 
there was darkness over all the 
land unto the ninth hour. 

46 And about the ninth hour 
Jé’sus cried with a loud voice, 
saying, E’li, li, 1a’ma sa-bach’- 
tha-ni? that is to say, My God, 
my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me? 

47 Some of them that stood 


there, when they heard that, 
said, This man calleth for 
E-li’as. 


48 And straightway one of 


The crucifixion 
them ran, and took a spunge, 
and filled it with vinegar, and 
put if on a reed, and gave him 
to drink. 

49 The rest said, Let be, let us 
see whether E-li’as will come to 
save him. 

50 4] Jé’sus, when he had cried 
again with a loud voice, yielded 
up the ghost. 

51 And, behold, the veil of the 
temple was rent in twain from 
the top to the bottom; and the 
sat did quake, and the rocks 
rent: 

52 And the graves were opened: 
and many bodies of the saints 
which slept arose, 

d came out of the graves 
after his resurrection, and went 
into the holy city, and appeared 
unto many. 

54 Now when the centurion, 
and they that were with him, 


watching Jé’sus, saw the earth-. — 


quake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, 
saying, Truly this was the Son 
of God. 

55 And many women were 
there beholding afar off, which 
followed Jé’sus from GéAal’i-lee, 
ministering unto him: 

56 Among which was Ma’ry 
Mag-da-lé’/né, and Ma’ry the 
mother of James and J6’sés, and 
the mother of Zéb’e-dee’s chil- 

ren. 

57 When the even was come, 
there came a rich man of Ar-i- 
ma-the’a, named Jé’seph, who 
also himself was Jé’sus’ dis- 
ciple: 

58 He went to Pilate, and 
begged the body of Jé’sus. Then 
Pi/late commanded the body to 
be delivered. 

59 And when Jd’seph had 
taken the body, he wrapped it in 
a clean linen cloth, 

60 And laid it in his own new 
tomb, which he had hewn out 
in the rock: and he rolled a 
great stone to the door of the 
sepulchre, and departed. 

61 And there was Ma’ry Mag- 


44, 


The resurrection of Jesus 


da-lé’né, and the other Ma’ry, 
sitting over against the sepulchre. 

62 4 Now the next day, that 
followed the day of the prepara- 
tion, the chief priests and Phar’i- 
sees came together unto Pi’late, 

63 Saying, Sir, we remember 
that that deceiver said, while 
he was yet alive, After three 
days I will rise again. 

64 Command therefore that the 
sepulchre be made sure until the 
third day, lest his disciples come 
by night, and steal him away, 
and say unto the people, He is 
risen from the dead: so the last 
error shall be worse than the first. 
.65 Pilate said unto them, Ye 
have a watch: go your way, 
make if as sure as ye Can. 

66 So they went, and made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, 
and setting a watch. 


28 CHAPTER 28 

1 The resurrection. 9 Jesus appears to 
the women. His disciples see 
him. 19 Christ sends his disciples 
to baptize and teach all nations. 

EE the end of the sabbath, as 
it began to dawn toward the 

first day of the week, came 

Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né and the 

other Ma’ry to see the sepulchre. 

2 And, behold, there was a 
great earthquake: for the angel 
of the Lord descended from 
heaven, and came and rolled 
back the stone from the door, 
and sat upon it. 

3 His countenance was like 
lightning, and his raiment white 
as snow: 

4 And for fear of him the keep- 
ers did shake, and became as 
dead men. 

5 And the angel answered and 


ST. MATTHEW, 28 


there shall ye see him: lo, I 
have told you. 

8 And they departed quickly 
from the sepulchre with fear 
and great joy; and did run to 
bring his disciples word. 

9 {And as they went to tell 
his disciples, behold, Jé’sus met 
them, saying, All hail. And they 
came and held him by the feet, 
and worshipped him. 

10 Then said Jé’sus unto them, 
Be not afraid: go tell my 
brethren that they go into 
Gali-lee, and there shall they 
see me. 

_11 § Now when they were go- 
ing, behold, some of the watch 
came into the city, and shewed 
unto the chief priests all the 
things that were done. 

12 And when they were 
assembled with the elders, 
and had taken counsel, they gave 
large money unto the soldiers, 

13 Saying, Say ye, His dis- 
ciples came by night, and stole 
him away while we slept. 

14 And if this come to the 
governor’s ears, we will per- 
suade him, and secure you. 

15 So they took the money, 
and did as they were taught: 
and this saying is commonly 
reported among the Jews until 
this day. 

16 { Then the eleven disciples 
went away into Gal’i-lee, into a 
mountain where Jé’sus had 
appointed them. 

17 And when they saw him, 
they worshipped him: but some 
doubted. 

18 And Jé’sus came and spake 
unto them, saying, All power is 
given unto me in heaven and in 


said unto the women, Fear not| earth 


ye: for I know that ye seek 
Jésus, which was crucified. 

6 He is not here: for he is 
risen, as he said. Come, see 
the place where the Lord lay. 

7 And go quickly, and tell his 
disciples that he is risen from 
the dead; and, behold, he 
goeth before you into Gal’i-lee; 


arth. 

19 7 Go ye therefore, and teach 
all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Ho’ly Ghost: 

20 Teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you: and, lo, I am 
with you alway, even unto the 
end of the world. A-men’. 


45 


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 


SAINT 


29 CHAPTER 1 


1 John the Baptist as a messenger. 9 
Baptism and preaching of Jesus. 16 
Call of four disciples. 23 Many are 
healed. 

HE beginning of the gospel of 
Jé’sus Christ, the Son of 
God; 


2 As it is written in the proph- 
ets, Behold, I send my messenger 
before thy face, which shall pre- 
pare thy way before thee. 

3 The voice of one crying in 
the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. “ot thd ' 

4 John did baptize in the wil- 
derness, and preach the baptism 
of repentance for the remission 
of sins. 

5 And there went out unto him 
all the land of Ja-dz’a, and they 
of Jé-ru’sd-lém, and were all 
baptized of him in the river of 
Jor’dan, confessing their sins. 

6 And John was clothed with 
camel’s hair, and with a girdle of 
a skin about his loins; and he did 
eat locusts and wild honey; 

7 And preached, saying, There 
cometh one mightier than I after 
me, the latchet of whose shoes I 
am not worthy to stoop down and 
unloose. : 

8 I indeed have baptized you 
with water: but he shall baptize 
you with the H6’ly Ghost. 

9 And it came to pass in those 
days, that Jé’sus came from 
Naz’a-réth of Gal’/i-lee, and was 
baptized of John in Jé6r’dan. 

10 And straightway coming up 
out of the water, he saw the 
heavens opened, and the Spirit 
like a dove descending upon 


im: 
11 And there came a voice from 
heaven, saying, Thou art my be- 
loved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. i ie 
12 And immediately the spirit 
driveth him into the wilderness. 


MARK 


13 And he was there in the wil- 
derness forty days, tempted of 
Sa’tan; and was with the wild 
beasts; and the angels minis- 
tered unto him. 

14 Now after that John was 
put in prison, Jé’sus came into 
Gal’i-lee, preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom of God, 

15 And saying, The time is 
fulfilled, and the kingdom of Ged 
is at hand: repent ye, and be- 
lieve the gospel. 

Now as he walked by the 
sea of Gal’i-lee, he saw Si’/mon 
and An’drew his brother casting 
a net into the sea: for they were 
fishers. 

17 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Come ye after me, and I will 
make you to become fishers of 
men. 

18 And straightway they for- 
sook their nets, and followed him. 
19 And when he had gone a 
little farther thence, he saw 
James the son of Zéb’e-dee, and 
John his brother, who also were 
in the ship mending their nets. 

20 And straightway he called 
them: and they left their father 
Zéb’e-dee in the ship with the 
hired servants, and went after 


im. 
21 And they went into Ca-pér’- 
na-um; and straightway on the 
sabbath day he entered into the 
synagogue, and taught. 

22 they were astonished 
at his doctrine: for he taught 
them as one that had authority, 
and not as the scribes. | , 

23 And there was in their 
synagogue a man with an un- 
clean spirit; and he cried out, 

24 Saying, Let ws alone; what 
have we to do with thee, thou 
Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth? art thou 
come to destroy us? I know 
thee Ant, thou art, the Holy One 


of God. 
25 And Jé’sus rebuked him, 


46 


Many sick healed 


saying, Hold thy peace, and come 
out of him. 

26 And when the unclean spirit 
had torn him, and cried with a 
loud voice, he came out of him. 

27 And they were all amazed, 
insomuch that they questioned 
among themselves, saying, What 
thing is this? what new doctrine 
is this? for with authority com- 
mandeth he even the unclean 
spirits, and they do obey him. 

8 And immediately his fame 
spread abroad throughout all the 
region round about Gal’i-lee. 

29 And forthwith, when they 
were come out of the synagogue, 
they entered into the house of 
Si‘mon and An’drew, with James 
and John. 

30 But Si’‘mon’s wife’s mother 
lay sick of a fever, and anon they 
tell him of her. 

31 And he came and took her 
by the hand, and lifted her up; 
and immediately the fever left 
her, and she ministered unto 
them. 

32 And at even, when the sun 
did set, they brought unto him 
all that were diseased, and them 
that were possessed with devils. 

33 And all the city was gathered 
together at the door. 

34 And he healed many that 
were sick of divers diseases, and 
cast out many devils; and suf- 
fered not the devils to speak, be- 
cause they knew him. 

35 And in the morning, rising 
up a great while before day, he 
went out, and departed into a 
solitary place, and there prayed. 

36 And Si’mon and they that 
were with him followed after him. 

37 And when they had found 
him, they said unto him, All men 
seek for thee. 

38 And he said unto them, Let 
us go into the next towns, that I 
may preach there also: for there- 
fore came I forth. 

39 And he preached in their 
synagogues throughout all Gal’i- 
lee, and cast out devils. 

40 And there came a leper to 


ST. MARK, 2 


him, beseeching him, and kneel- 
ing down to him, and saying unto 
him, If thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean. 

41 And Jé’sus, moved with 
compassion, put forth his hand, 
and touched him, and saith unto 
him, I will; be thou clean. 

42 And as soon as he had 
spoken, immediately the leprosy 
departed from him, and he was 
cleansed. 

43 And he straitly charged him, 
and forthwith sent him away; 

44 And saith unto him, See thou 
say nothing to any man: but go 
thy way, shew thyself to the 
priest, and offer for thy cleansing 
those things which M6’ses com- 
manded, for a testimony unto 
them. 

45 But he went out, and began 
to publish if much, and to blaze 
abroad the matter, insomuch that 
Jé’sus could no more openly 
enter into the city, but was with- 
out in desert places: and they 
came to him from every quarter. 


CHAPTER 2 30 
1 The paisied healed. 14 Matthew 
called. 15 Pharisees rebuked. 23 


Pug ears of corn on the sabbath 
ay. 


ND again he entered into 

Ca-pér’na-um after some 

days; and it was noised that he 
was in the house. 

2 And straightway many were 
gathered together, insomuch that 
there was no room to receive 
them, no, not so much as about 
the door: and he preached the 
word unto them. 

3 And they come unto him, 
bringing one sick of the palsy, 
which was borne of four. 

4 And when they could not 
come nigh unto him for the 
press, they uncovered the roof 
where he was: and when they 
had broken if up, they let down 
the bed wherein the sick of the 
palsy lay. 

5 When Jé’sus saw their faith, 
he said unto the sick of the 


47 


ST. MARK, 2 


palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven 
ee. 
6 But there were certain of the 


The palsied healed. Pharisees rebuked 


came not to call the righteous, 
but sinners torepentance. __ 
8 d the disciples of John 


scribes sitting there, and reason-| and of the Phar’i-sees used to 
ing in their hearts. fast: and they come and say 
7 Why doth this man thus] unto him, Why do the disciples of 


speak blasphemies? who can for- 
give sins but God only? 

d immediately when Jé’- 
sus perceived in his spirit that 
they so reasoned within them- 
selves, he said unto them, Why 
reason ye these things in your 
hearts? ‘ 

9 Whether is it easier to say to 
the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, 
and take up thy bed, and walk? 

10 But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins, (he saith 
to the sick of the palsy,) | 

11 I say unto thee, Arise, and 
take up thy bed, and go thy way 
into thine house. 

12 And immediately he arose, 
took up the bed, and went forth 
before them all; insomuch Ree 
they were all amazed, and glori- 
fied God, saying, We never saw 
it on this fashion. 3 

13 And he went forth again by 
the sea side; and all the multi- 
tude resorted unto him, and he 
taught them. 

14 And as he passed by, he 
saw Lé’vi the son of Al-phe’us 
sitting at the receipt of custom, 
and said unto him, Follow me. 
And he arose and followed him. 

15 And it came to pass, that, as 
Jé’sus sat at meat in his house, 
many publicans and sinners sat 
also together with Jé’sus and his 
disciples: for there were many, 
and they followed him 

16 And when the scribes and 
Phar’i-sees saw him eat with 
publicans and sinners, they said 
unto his disciples, How is it that 
he eateth and drinketh with pub- 
licans and sinners? 

17 When Jé’sus heard if, he 
saith unto them, ees that are 
whole have no need of the phy- 
Sician but they that are sick: I 


John and of the Phar’i-sees fast, 
but thy disciples fast not? 

19 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Can the children of the bride- 
chamber fast, while the bride- 
groom is with them? as long as 
they have the bridegroom with 
them, they cannot fast. 

20 But the days will come, 
when the bridegroom shall be 
taken away from them, and then 
shall they fast in those days. 

21 No man also seweth a piece 
of new ciocth on an old garment: 
else the new piece that filled it up 
taketh away from the old, and the 
rent is made worse. 

22 And no man putteth new 
wine into old bottles: else the 
new wine doth burst the bottles, 
and the wine is spilled, and the 
bottles will be marred: but new 
wine must be put into new 
bottles. 

23 And it came to pass, that he 
went through the corn fields on 
the sabbath day; and his dis- 
ciples began, as they went, to 
pluck the ears of corn. . 

24 And the Phar’i-sees said 
unto him, Behold, why do they 
on the sabbath day that which is 
not lawful? 

25 And he said unto them, Have 
ye never read what Da’vid did, 
when he had need, and was an 
hunegred, he, and they that were 
with him 

26 How he went into. the house 
of God in the days of A-bi’a-thar 
the high priest, and did eat the 
shewbread, which is not lawful 
to eat but for the priests, and 
gave also to them which were 
with him 

27 And he said unto them, The 
sabbath was made for man, and 
not man for the sabbath: : 

28 Therefore the Son of man is 
Hest also of the sabbath. 


31 


Withered hand healed 


CHAPTER 3 
1 Healing the withered hand. 11 Un- 
clean spirits rebuked. 13 The twelve 
apostles chosen. 28 Penalty of blas- 
phemy. 
ND he entered again into the 
synagogue; and there was 
; ae there which had a withered 
and. 

2 And they watched him, 
whether he would heal him on 
the sabbath day; that they might 
accuse him. 

3 And he saith unto the man 
which had the withered hand, 
Stand forth. 

4 And he saith unto them, Is it 
lawful to do good on the sabbath 
days, orto doevil? tosave life, or 
to kill? But they held their peace. 

5 And when he had looked 
round about on them with anger, 
being grieved forthe hardness of 
their hearts, he saith unto the 


man, Stretch forth thine hand. |d 


And he stretched it out: and his 
hand was restored whole as the 
other. 
6 And the Phar’i-sees went 
forth, and_ straightway took 
counsel with the Hé-ro’di-ans 
against him, how they might 
destroyhim. | 

7 But Jésus withdrew himself 
with his disciples to the sea: and 
a great multitude from Gal’i-lee 
followed him, and from Ji-dz’a, 
8 And from Jé-ru’sa-lém, and 
from f-du-me’a, and from be- 
yond Joér’dan; and they about 
Tyre and Si’don, a great mul- 
titude, when they had heard what 
great.things he did, came unto 


im. 
9 And he spake to his disciples, 
that a small ship should wait on 
im because of the multitude, 
lest they should throng him. 

10 For he had healed many: 
insomuch that they pressed upon 
him for to touch him, as many as 
had plagues. t 

11 And unclean spirits, when 
they saw him, fell down before 
him, and cried, saying, Thou 
art the Son of God. 

T-4 


ST. MARK, 3 


12 And he straitly charged 
them that they should not make 
him known. 

13 And he goeth up into a 
mountain, and calleth unto him 
whom he would: and they came 
unto him. 

14 And he ordained twelve, 
that they should be with him, 
and that he might send them 
forth to preach, 

15 And to have power to heal 
sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 

16 And Si’‘mon he surnamed 
Pé’tér; 

17 And James the son of Zéb’e- 
dee, and John the brother of 
James; and he surnamed them 
Bo-a-nér’gés, which is, The 
sons of thunder: 

18 And An’drew, and Phil’ip, 
and Bar-thol’o-mew, and Mat’- 
thew, and Thom/as, and James 
the son of Al-phe’us, and Thad- 
dz’us, and Si’mon the Ca’naan- 


ite, 

19 And Jia’das Is-car’i-ot, which 
also betrayed hi and they 
went into an house. 

20 And the multitude cometh 
together again, so that they 
could not so much as eat bread. 

21 And when his friends heard 
of it, they went out to lay hold on 
him: for they said, He is beside 
himself. 

22 ¢ And the scribes which 
came down from Jé-ru’sa-lém 
said, He hath Bé-él’ze-btb, and 
by the prince of the devils casteth 
he out devils. 

23 And he called them unto 
him, and said unto them in 
parables, How can Sa’tan cast 
out Sa’tan? “es 

24 And if a kingdom be divided 
against itself, that kingdom can- 
not stand. Be 

25 And if a house be divided 
against itself, that house cannot 
stand. y 

26 And if Sa’tan rise up against 
himself, and be divided, he can- 
not stand, but hath an end. 

27 No man can enter into a 
strong man’s house, and spoil 


49 


ST. MARK, 4 


his goods, except he will first 
bind the strong man; and then 
he will spoil his house. 

28 Verily I say unto you, All 
sins shall be forgiven unto the 
sons of men, and blasphemies 
wherewith soever they shall blas- 


pheme: 

29 But he ae shall ean 
against the H6/ly Ghost hath 
never forgiveness, but is in 


danger of eternal damnation: 

30 Because they said, He hath 
an unclean spirit. 

31 4 There came then his 
brethren and his mother, and, 


Parable of the sower 


earth: and immediately it sprang 
up, because it had no depth of 


earth: 

6 But when the sun was wp, it 
was scorched; and because it 
had no root, it withered away. 

d some fell among thorns, 

and the thorns grew up, and 

choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 

d other fell on good ground, 

and did yield fruit that sprang 

up and increased; and brought 

forth, some y, and some 
Faint and some an hundred. 

d he said unto them, He. 

ner hath ears to hear, let him 


standing without, sent unto him, | hear 


calling him. 

32 And the multitude sat about 
him, and they said unto him, 
Behold, thy mother and thy 
brethren without seek for thee. 

33 And he answered them, say- 
ing, Who is my mother, or my 
brethren? 

34 And he looked round about 
on them which sat about him, 
and said, Behold my mother and 
my brethren! 

35 For whosoever shall do the 
will of God, the same is my 
brother, and my sister, and 
mother. 


32 CHAPTER 4 
1 The sower and the seed. 14 The 
parable explained. 30 The mustard 
seed. 35 The tempest stilled. 
ANZ he began again to teach 
by the sea side: and there 
was gathered unto him a great 
multitude, so that he entered into 
a ship, and sat in the sea; and 
the whole multitude was by the 
sea on the land. 

2 And he taught them many 
things by parables, and said unto 
them in his doctrine, 

3 Hearken; Behold, there went 
out a sower to sow: 

4 And it came to pass, as he 
sowed, some fell by the way side, 
and the fowls of the air came and 
devoured it up. 

5 And some fell on stony 
ground, where it had not much 


10. ‘And when he was alone, 
they that were about him with 
the twelve asked of him the 
parable. 

11 And he said unto them, Unto 
you it is given to know the 
mystery of the kingdom of God: 
but unto them that are without, 
all these things are done in par- 
ables: 

12 That seeing they may see, 
and not perceive; and hearing 
they may hear, and not under- 
stand; lest at any time they 
should be converted, and their 
sins should be forgiven them. 

13 And he said unto them, 


-| Know ye not this parable? and 


how then will ye know all 
ables? 

14 i The sower soweth the 
word 

15 And these are they by the 
way side, where the word is 
sown; but when they have 
heard, Sa’tan cometh immedi- 
ately, and taketh away the word 
that was sown in their hearts. 

16 And these are they likewise 
which are sown on stony ground; 
who, when they have heard the 
word, immediately receive it 
with gladness; 

17 And have no root in them- 
selves, and so endure but for a 
time: afterward, when afflic- 
tion or persecution ariseth for the 
word’s sake, immediately they 
are offended. 


par- 


50 


Parable of mustard seed. Tempest stilled 


18 And these are they which 
are sown among thorns; such as 
hear the word, 

19 And the cares of this world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches, 
and the lusts of other things 
entering in, choke the word, and 
it becometh unfruitful. 

20 And these are they which 
are sown on good ground; such 
as hear the word, and receive it, 
and bring forth fruit, some thirty- 
fold, some sixty, and some an 
hundred. 

21 § And he said unto them, 
Is a candle brought to be put 
under a bushel, or under a bed? 
and not to be set on a candle- 
stick? 

22 For there is nothing hid, 
which shall not be manifested; 
neither was any thing kept 
secret, but that it should come 
abroad. 

23 If any man have ears to 
hear, let him hear. 

4 And he said unto them, 
Toke heed what ye hear: with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be 
measured to you: and unto you 
that hear shall more be given. 

25 For he that hath, to him 
shall be given: and he that hath 
not, from him shall be taken even 


that which he hath. 
26 § And he said, So is the 
kingdom of God, as if a man 


should cast seed into the ground; 

27 And should sleep, and rise 
night and day, and the seed 
should spring and grow up, he 
knoweth nothow. | 

28 For the earth bringeth forth 
fruit of herself; first the blade, 
then the ear, after that the full 
corn in the ear. 

29 But when the fruit is 
brought forth,' immediately he 
putteth in the sickle, because the 
harvest is come. 

30 § And he said, Whereunto 
shall we liken the kingdom of 
God? or with what comparison 
shall we compare it? 

31 Jt is like a grain of mustard 
seed, which, when it is sown in 


51 


ST. MARK, 5 


the earth, is less than all the 
seeds that be in the earth: 

32 But when it is sown, it 
groweth up, and becometh 
greater than all herbs, and shoot- 
eth out great branches; so that 
the fowls of the air may lodge 
under the shadow of it. 

33 And with many such par- 
ables spake he the word unto 
them, as they were able to 
hear it. 

34 But without a parable spake 
he not unto them: and when 
they were alone, he expounded 
all things to his disciples. 

And the same day, when 
the even was come, he saith unto 
them, Let us pass over unto the 
other side. 

36 And when they had sent 
away the multitude, they took 
him even as he was in the ship. 
And there were also with him 
other little ships. 

37 And there arose a great 
storm of wind, and the waves 
beat into the ship, so that it was 
now full. 

38 And he was in the hinder 
part of the ship, asleep on a pil- 
low: and they awake him, and 
say unto him, Master, carest thou 
not that we perish? 

39 And he arose, and rebuked 
the wind, and said unto the sea, 
Peace, be still. And the wind 
ceased, and there was a great 


calm. 

40 And he said unto them, 
Why are ye so fearful? how is it 
that ye have no faith? 

41 And they feared exceeding- 
ly, and said one to another, What 
manner of man is this, that even 
the wind and the sea obey him? 


CHAPTER 5 33 


1 Evil spirits enter into the swine. 25 
Christ heals the bloody issue. 35 
Raising of Jairus’ daughter. 

ND they came over unto the 
other side of the sea, into 

the country of the Gad-a-rénes’. 
2 And when he was come out of 
the ship, immediately there met 


ST. MARK, 5 


him out of the tombs a man with 
an unclean spirit, 

3 Who had his dwelling among 
the tombs; and no as could 
bind him, no, not with chains: 

4 Because that he had been 
often bound with fetters and 
chains, and the chains had been 
plucked asunder by him, and the 
fetters broken in pieces: neither 
could any man tame him. 

5 And always,.night and day, 
he was in the mountains, and in 
the tombs, crying, and cutting 
himself with stones. 

6 But when he saw Jé’sus afar 
off, he ran and worshipped him, 

7 And cried with a loud voice, 
and said, What have I to do with 
thee, Jé’sus, thou_ Son of the 
most high God? I adjure thee 
by God, that thou torment me 
not. 

8 For he said unto him, Come 
out of the man, thou unclean 
spirit. ; 

9 And he asked him, What is 
thy name? And he answered, 
saying, My name is Legion: for 
‘we are many. ; 

10 And he besought him much 
that he would not send them 
away out of the country. ; 

11 Now there was there nigh 
unto the mountains a great herd 
of swine feeding. : 

12 And all the devils besought 
him, saying, Send us into the 
swine, that we may enter into 


them. : 

13 And forthwith Jé’sus gave 
them leave. And the unclean 
spirits went out, and entered into 
the swine: and the herd ran 
violently down a steep place into 
the sea, (they were about two 
Eeceeand ) and were choked in 


14 Band they that fed the swine 
fled, and told it in the city, and 
in the country. And they went 
ae fe see what it was that was 


18 Said they come to Jé’sus, 
and see that was possessed 
with the devil, and had the 


52 


Uncelean spirits enter swine 


legion, sitting, and clothed, and 
in his right mind: and they’ were 
afraid! 

16 And they that saw it told 
them how it befell to him that 
was possessed with the devil, and 
at concerning the swine. 

And they began to pray him 
- depart out of their coasts. 

18 And when he was come into 
the ship, he that had been pos- 
sessed with the devil prayed him 
that he might be with him. 

19 Howbeit Jé’sus suffered him 
not, but saith unto him, Go home 
to thy friends, and tell them how 
great things the Lord hath done 
for thee, and hath had compas- 
sion on thee. 

20 And he departed, and began 
to publish in Dé-cap’o-lis how 
great things Jé’sus had done for 
him: and all men did marvel. 

21 And when Jé’sus was 
passed over again by ship unto 
the other side, much people 
gathered unto him: and he was 
nigh unto the sea. 

22 And, behold, there cometh 
one of the rulers of the synagogue, 
Ja-i’rus by name; and when he 
saw him, he fell at his feet, 

23 And besought him greatly, 
saying, My little daughter lieth at 
the point of death: J pray thee, 
come and lay thy hands on her, 
that she may be healed; and she 
shall live. 

24 And Jé’sus went with him; 
and much people foliowed him, 
and thronged him. 

25 And a certain woman, which 
had an issue of blood twelve 
years, 

26 And had suffered many 
things of many physicians, and 
had spent all that she had, and 
was nothing bettered, but rather 
grew worse, 

27 When she had heard of Jé’- 
sus, came in the press behind, 
and touched his garment. 

28 For she said, If I may touchi 
but his clothes, I shall be whole. 

29 And straightway the foun- 
tain of her blood was dried up3 


ee 


The ruler’s daughter raised 


and she felt in Aer body that she 
was healed of that plague. _ 

And  Jé’sus, immediately 
knowing in himself that virtue 
had gone out of him, turned him 
about in the press, and said, Who 
touched my clothes? ; 

31 And his disciples said unto 
him, Thou seest the multitude 
thronging thee, and sayest thou, 
Who touched me? 

32 And he looked round about to 
see her that had done this thing. 

33 But the woman fearing and 
trembling, knowing what was 
done in her, came and fell down 
atlas him, and told him all the 


34 And he said unto her, | hi 


Daughter, thy faith hath made 
thee whole; go in peace, and be 
whole of thy plague. 

35 While he yet spake, there 
came from the ruler of the 
synagogue’s house certain which 
said, Thy daughter is dead: why 
troublest thou the Master any 

er? 

36 As soon as Jé’sus heard the 
word that was spoken, he saith 
unto the ruler of the synagogue, 
Be not afraid, only believe. 

37 And he suffered no man to 
follow him, save Pé’tér, and 
pane and John the brother of 


ames. 

38 And he cometh to the house 
of the ruler of the synagogue, and 
seeth the tumult, and them that 
wept and wailed greatly. 4 

39 And when he was come in, 
he saith unto them, Why make ye 
this ado, and weep? the damsel is 
not dead, but sleepeth. 

40 And they laughed him to 
scorn. But when he had put 
them all out, he taketh the father 
and the mother of the damsel, 
and them that were with him, 
and entereth in where the damsel 
was lying. 

41 And he took the damsel by 
the hand, and said unto her, 
Tali-tha cti’mi; which is, being 
interpreted, Damsel, I say unto 
thee, arise. 


ST. MARK, 6 


42 And straightway the dam- 
sel arose, and walked; for she 
was of the age of twelve years. 
And they were astonished with a 
great astonishment. 

43 And he charged them strait- 
ly that no man should know it; 
and commanded that something 
should be given her to eat. 


CHAPTER 6 34. 


1 Christ’s home reception. 7 The apos- 
tles instructed. 27 John the Baptist 
beheaded. 34 Miracle of the five 
loaves and two fishes. 48 Christ 
walks on the sea. 53 Many are healed. 

AX D he went out from thence, 

and came into his own 


country; and his disciples follow 


m. 
2 And when the sabbath day 
was come, he began to teach in 
the synagogue: and many hear- 
ing him were astonished, saying, 
From whence hath this man 
these things? and what wisdom 
is this which is given unto him, 
that even such mighty works are 
wrought by his hands? 

3 Is not this the carpenter, the 
son of Ma’ry, the brother of 
James, and J6’sés, and of Ju’da, 
and Si’‘mon? and are not his 
sisters here with us? And they 
were offended at him. 

4 But Jé’sus said unto them, 
A prophet is not without hon- 
our, but in his own country, and 
among his own kin, and in his 
own house. 

5 And he could there do no 
mighty work, save that he laid 
his hands upon a few sick folk, 
and healed them. 

6 And he marvelled because of 
their unbelief. And he went 
round about the villages, teach- 


Ing. 

7 9 And he called unto him the 
twelve, and began to send them 
forth by two and two; and gave 
them power over unclean spirits; 

8 d commanded them that 
they should take nothing for 
their journey, save a staff only; 
no scrip, no bread, no money in 


their purse: 
§3 


ST. MARK, 6 


9 But be shod with sandals; 
and not put on two coats. 

10 And he said unto them, In 
what place soever ye enter into 
an house, there abide till ye de- 
part from that place. 

11 And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear you, when 
ye depart thence, shake off the 
dust under your feet for a testi- 
mony against them. Verily I 
say unto you, It shall be more 
tolerable for Sdd’om and Go- 
mor’rha in the day of judgment, 
than for that city. 

12 And they went out, and 
preached that men should repent. 

And they cast out many 
devils, and anointed with oil 
any) that were sick, and healed 
z 

14 And king Hér’od heard of 
him; ‘(for his name was.spread 
abroad: ) and he said, That John 
the Bap’tist was risen from the 
dead, and therefore mighty works 
do shew forth themselves in 


him, 

15 Others said, That 
£-li’as. 
is a prophet, or as one of the 
prophets. 

16 But when Heér’od heard 
thereof, he said, Itis John, whom 
I beheaded: he is risen from the 


ead. 

17 For Her’od himself had sent 
forth and laid hold upon John, 
and bound him in prison for 
Hé-ro’di-as’ sake, his brother 
Phil’ip’s wife: for he had mar- 
ried her. ‘ 

18 For John had said unto 
Heér’od, It is not lawful for thee 
to have thy brother’s wife. 

19 Therefore Hé-r6’di-as had 
a quarrel against him, and would 
nae killed him; but she could 


ike For Heér’od feared John, 
knowing that he was a just man 
and an holy, and observed him; 
and when he heard him, he did 
many things, and heard him 
gladly. 

21 And when a convenient day 


it) as 


John the Baptist beheaded 


was come, that Hér’od on his 
birthday made a supper to his 
lords, high captains, and chief 
estates of Gal’i-lee; 

22 And when the daughter of 
the said Hé-ré/di-as came in, 
and danced, and pleased Hér’od 
and them that sat with him, the 
king said unto the damsel, Ask 
of me whatsoever thou wilt, and 
I mu give if thee. 

3 And he sware unto her, 
Whatsoever thou shalt ask of 
me, I will give i¢ thee, unto the 
half of my kingdom. 

24 And she went forth, and are 
unto her mother, What shall I 
ask? And she said, The head of 
John the Bap’tist. 

25 And she came in straight- 
way with haste unto the king, 
and asked, saying, I will that 
thou give me by and by in a 
charger the head of Joéhn the 
Bap’tist. 

26 And the king was exceeding 
sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, 
and for their sakes which sat 
with him, he would not reject 


And others said, That it | her 


27 And immediately the king 
sent an executioner, and com- 
manded his head to be brought: 
and he went and beheaded him 
in the prison, 

28 And brought his head in a 
charger, and gave it to the dam- ~ 
sel: and the damsel gave it to 
her mother. 

29 And when his disciples heard 
of it, they came and took up his 
corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 

30 And the apostles gathered 
themselves together unto Jé’sus, 
and told him all things, both 
what they had done, and what 
they had taught. 

31 And he said unto them, 
Come ye yourselves apart into a 
desert place, and rest a while: 
for there were many coming and 
going, and they had no leisure so 
much as to eat. 

32 And they departed into a 
desert place by ship privately. ; 

33 And the people saw them 


54 


Five thousand fed 


| departing, and many knew him, 
and ran afoot thither out of all 
cities, and outwent them, and 
came together unto 

34 And Jé’sus, eS “he came 
out, saw much people, and was 
moved with compassion toward 
them, because they were as 
sheep not having a shepherd: 
and he began to teach them 
many things. 

35 And when the day was now 
far spent, his disciples came unto 
him, and said, This is a desert 
place, and now the time is far 
passed: 

36 Send them away, that they 
may go into the country round 
about, and into the villages, and 
buy themselves bread: for they 
have nothing to eat. 

37 He answered and said unto 
them, Give ye them to eat. And 
they say unto him, Shall we go 
and buy two hundred penny- 
worth of bread, and give them to 
eat: 

38 He saith unto them, How 
many loaves have ye? go an 
see. And when they knew, they 
say, Five, and two fishes. 

39 And he commanded them to 
make all sit down by companies 
upon the green grass. 

40 And they sat down in ranks, 
by hundreds, and by fifties. 

41 And when he had taken the 
five loaves and the two fishes, he 
looked up to heaven, and blessed, 
and brake the loaves, and gave 
them to his disciples to set before 
them; 
vided he among them all. 

42 And they did all eat, and 
were filled. 

43 And they took up twelve 
baskets full of the fragments, and 
of the fishes. 

44 And they that did eat of the 
loaves were about five thousand 


men. 

45 And straightway he con- 
strained his disciples to get into 
the ship, and to go to the other 


side before unto Béth-sa’i-da, 


while he sent away the people. 
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d| miracle of the loaves: 


ST. MARK, 7 


46 And when he had sent them 
away, he departed into a moun- 
tain to pray. 

d when even was come, 
the ship was in the midst of the 
sea, and he alone on the land. 

48 And he saw them toiling in 
rowing; for the wind was con- 
trary unto them: and about the 
fourth watch of the night he 
cometh unto them, walking upon 
the sea, and would have passed 
by them. 

49 But when they saw him 
walking upon the sea, they sup- 
posed it had been a spirit, and 
cried out: 

50 For they all saw him, and 

were troubled. And immedi- 
ately he talked with them, and 
saith unto them, Be of good 
cheer: itis I; be not afraid. 
_51 And he went up unto them 
into the ship; and the wind 
ceased: and they were sore 
amazed in themselves beyond 
DOES and wondered. 

52 For they considered not the 
for their 
heart was hardened. 

53 And when they had passed 
over, they came into the land of 
Gén-nés’a-rét, and drew to the 
shore. 

54 And when they were come 
out of the ship, straightway they 
knew him, 

55 And ran through that whole 
region round about, and began to 
carry about in beds those that 
were sick, where they heard he 


and the two fishes di-| was 


56 And whithersoever he en- 
tered, into villages, or cities, or 
country, they laid the sick in the 
streets, and besought him that 
they might touch if it were but 
the border of his garment: and 
as many as touched him were 
made whole. 

CHAPTER 7 35 

1 Denunciation of Pharisees. 14 What 
defiles the man. 24 The Syropheni- 
cian woman. 31 Christ heals others. 
HEN came together unto 
him the Phar’i-sees, and 


ST. MARK, 7 Denunciation of the Pharisees 


14 § And when he had called all 
the people unto him, he said unto 
them, Hearken unto me every 
one of you, and understand: 

15 There is nothing from with- 
out a man, that entering into 
can defile him: but the things 
which come out of him, those are 
they that defile the man. 

16 If any man have ears to 
hear, let him hear. 
_17 And when he was entered 
into the house from the people, 
his disciples asked him concern- 
ing the parable. 

18 And he saith unto them, Are 
ye so without understanding al- 

Then the Phar’i-sees and!so? Do ye not perceive, that 
scribes asked him, Why walk not | whatsoever thing from without 
thy disciples according to the/|entereth into the man, if cannot 
tradition of the elders, but eat/| defile him; 
bread with unwashen hands? 19 Because it entereth not into 

6 He answered and said unto | his heart, but into the belly, and 
them, Well hath f-sa’ias proph- | goeth out into the draught, purg- 
esied of you hypocrites, as it is|ingall meats? _ 
written, This people honoureth; 20 And he said, That which 
me with fheir lips, but their heart | cometh out of the man, that de- 
is far from me. fileth the man. 

‘7 Howbeit in vain do they wor-} 21 For from within, out of the 
ship me, teaching for doctrines| heart of men, proceed evil 
the commandments of men. thoughts, adulteries, fornica- 

8 For laying aside the com-| tions, murders, 
mandment of God, ye hold the} 22 Thefts, covetousness, wick- 
tradition of men, as the washing | edness, deceit, lasciviousness, an 
of pots and cups: and many/|evil eye, blasphemy, pride, fool- 
other such like things ye do. ishness: 

9 And he said unto them, Full| 23 All these evil things come 
well ye reject the command-| from within, and defile the man. 
ment of God, that ye may keep} 24 4 And from thence he arose, 
your own tradition. | and went into the borders of 

10 For Md’ses_ said, Honour | Tyre and Si’don, and entered into 
thy father and thy mother;|an house, and would have no 
and, Whoso curseth father or| man know it: but he could not 
mother, let him die the death: be hid. 

11 But ye say, If a man shall} 25 Fora certain woman, whose 
say to his father or mother, /t is | young daughter had an unclean 
Cér’ban, that is to say, a gift, by| spirit, heard of him, and came 
whatsoever thou mightest be | and fell at his feet: 
profited by me; he shall be free.| 26 The woman was a Greek, a 

12 And ye suffer him no more to | S¥-r6-phé-ni’cian by nation; and 
do ought for his father or his| she besought him that he would 
mother; cast forth the devil out of her 

13 Making the word of God of | daughter. 
none effect through your tradi-| 27 But Jé’sus said unto her, 
tion, which ye have delivered:| Let the children first be filled: 
and many such like things do ve. ' for it is not meet to take the chil- 

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certain of the scribes, which came 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

2 And when they saw some of 
his disciples eat bread with de- 
filed, that is to say, with un- 
washen, hands, they found fault. 

3 For the Phar’i-sees, and all 
the Jews, except they wash their 
hands oft, eat not, holding the 
tradition of the elders. 

d when they come from 
the market, except they wash, 
they eat not. And many other 
things there be, which they have 
received to hold, as the washing 
of cups, and pots, brasen ves- 
sels, and of tables. 


a RA 





Four thousand fed 


/\dren’s bread, and to cast if unto 
the dogs. 

28 And she answered and said 
unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the 
dogs under the table eat of the 
children’s crumbs. 

29 And he said unto her, For 
this saying go thy way; the devil 
is gone out of thy daughter. 

30 And when she was come to 
her house, she found the devil 
gone out, and her daughter laid 
upon the bed. 

31 {And again, departing from 
the coasts of Tyre and Si’don, he 
came unto the sea of Gal’i-lee, 
through the midst of the coasts of 

Dé-cap’o-lis. f 
- 32 And they bring unto him 
one that was deaf, and had an 
_ impediment in his speech; and 
_ they beseech him to put his hand 
upon him. 

33 And he took him aside from 
the multitude, and put his fingers 
into his ears, and he spit, and 
touched his tongue; 

34 And looking up to heaven, 
he sighed, and saith unto him, 
Eph’pha-tha, that is, Be opened. 

35 And straightway his ears 
were opened, and the string of his 
_ tongue was loosed, and he spake 


plain. 

36 And he charged them that 
they should tell no man: but the 
more he charged them, so much 
the more a great deal they pub- 
lished it; 

37 And were beyond measure 
astonished, saying, He hath done 
all things well: he maketh both 
the fee to hear, and the dumb to 
speak. 


| 36 CHAPTER 8 
1 Four thousand fed. 10 Pharisees 
seek a sign. 22 The blind restored 
4 to sight. 27 Christ foretells his 
passion. 
N those days the multitude 
being very great, and having 
nothing to eat, Jé’sus called his 
disciples unto him, and saith 
unto them, , 
2 I have compassion on the 
multitude. because they have 


ST. MARK, 8 


now been with me three days, 
and have nothing to eat: 

_3 And if I send them away fast- 
ing to their own houses, they will 
faint by the way: for divers of 
them came from far. 

4 And his disciples answered 
him, From whence can a man 
satisfy these men with bread 
here in the wilderness? 

5 And he asked them, How 
many leaves have ye? And they 
said, Seven. 

6 And he commanded the people 
to sit down on the ground: and 
he took the seven loaves, and 
gave thanks, and brake, and 
gave to his disciples to set before 
them; and they did set them be- 
fore the people. - 

7 And they had a few small 
fishes: and he blessed, and 
commanded to set them also be- 
fore them. 

8 So they did eat, and were 
filled: and they took up of the 
broken meat that was left seven 
baskets. 

9 And they that had eaten were 
about four thousand: and he sent 
them away. 

10 4 And straightway he en- 
tered into a ship with his dis- 
ciples, and came into the parts of 
Dal-ma-nit’ tha. 

11 And the Phar’i-sees came 
forth, and began to question with 
him, seeking of him a sign from 
heaven, tempting him. Chat 

12 And he sighed deeply in his 
spirit, and saith, Why doth this 
generation seek after a sign? 
verily I say unto you, There shall 
no sign be given unto this 
generation. 

13 And he left them, and enter- 
ing into the ship again departed 
to the other side. 

14 ¢ Now the disciples had 
forgotten to take bread, neither 
had they in the ship with them 
more than one loaf. 


- 15 And he charged them, say- 


ing, Take heed, beware of the 
leaven of the Phar’i-sees, and of 
the leaven of Hér’od 


Sv 


ST. MARK, 9 


16 And they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, If is be- 
cause we have no bread. 

17 And when Jé’sus knew it, 
he saith unto them, Why reason 
ye, because ye have no bread? 
perceive ye not yet, neither 
understand? have ye your heart 
yet hardened? 

18 Having eyes, see ye not? 
and having ears, hear ye not? 
and do ye not remember? 

19 When brake the five 
loaves among five thousand, how 
many baskets full of fragments 
took ye up? They say unto him, 
Twelve. 

20 And when the seven among 
four thousand, how many bas- 
kets full of fragments took ye 
up? And they said, Seven. 

21 And he said unto them, 
How is it that ye do not under- 
stand? ; 

And he cometh to Béth- 
sa/i-da; and they bring a blind 
man unto him, and besought 
him to touch him. 

23 And he took the blind man 
by the hand, and led him out 
of the town; and when he had 
spit on his eyes, and put his 
hands upon him, he asked him 
if he saw ought. 

24 And he looked up, eng said, 
I see men as trees, w. 

25 After that he put his hands 
again upon his eyes, and made 


him look up: and he was 
restored, and saw every man 
clearly. 


26 And he sent hin away to 
his house, saying, Neither go 
into the town, nor tell it to any 
in the town. 

27 ¥ And Jé’sus went out, 
and his disciples, into the towns 
of Cés-a-ré’A Phi-lip’pi: and 
by the way he asked his dis- 
ciples, saying unto them, Whom 
do men say that I am? 

28 And they answered, John 


the Bap’tist: but some say, 
E-li’as; and others, One of the 
prophets. 


29 And he saith unto them, 


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Jesus foretells his death 


But whom say ye that I am? 
And Pé’tér answereth and saith 
unto him, Thou art the Christ. 

30 And he charged them that 
they should tell no man of him. 

31 And he began to teach them, 
that the Son of man must suffer 
many things, and be rejected of 
the elders, and of the chief 
priests, and scribes, and be 
eet and after three days rise 


732 2 And he spake that saying 
openly. And Pé’tér took him, 
and began to rebuke him. 

33 But when he had turned 
about and looked on his dis- 
ciples, he rebuked Pé’tér, saying, 
Get thee behind me, SAé’tan: 
for thou savourest not the 
things that be of God, but the 
things that be of men. 

34 4 And when he had calied 
the people unto him with his 
disciples also, he said unto them, 
Whosoever will come after me, 
let him deny himself, and take 
By his cross, and follow me. 

For whosoever will save 
his life shall lose it; but whoso- 
ever shall lose his life for my 
sake and the gospel’s, the same 
shall save it. 

36 For what shall it profit a 
man, if he shall gain the whole 
world, and lose his own soul? ~ 

37 Or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul? : 
38 Whosoever therefore shall 
be ashamed of me and of my 
words in this adulterous and 
sinful generation; of him also 
shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in the glory of 
his Father with the holy angels. 


CHAPTER 9 37 


2 The transfiguration. 11 Instruction 
concerning Elias. 30 Christ foretells 
his death. 


ND he said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, 
That there be some of them that 
stand here, which shall not taste 
of death, till they have seen the 


The transfiguration 


kingdom of God come with 
power. i 

2 4 And after six days Jé’sus 
taketh with him Pé’tér, and 
James, and John, and leadeth 
them up into an high mountain 
apart by themselves: and he was 
transfigured before them. 

And his raiment became 
shining, exceeding white as 
snow; so as no fuller on earth 
can white them. 

4 And there appeared unto 
them E£-li’as with M6’ses: and 
they were talking with Jé’sus. 

5 And_ Pé’tér_ answered and 
said to Jé’sus, Master, it is good 
for us to be here: and let us 
make three tabernacles; one 
for thee, and one for M6’ses, and 
one for E-li’as. 

6 For he wist not what to say; 
for they were sore afraid. 

7 And there was a cloud that 
overshadowed them: and a 
voice came out of the cloud, 
saying, This is my beloved Son: 
hear him. 

8 And suddenly, when they 
had looked round about, they 
saw no man any more, save 
Jé’sus only with themselves. 

9 And as they came down 
from the mountain, he charged 
them that they should tell no 
man what things they had seen, 
till the Son of man were risen 
from the dead. 

10 And they kept that saying 
with themselves, questioning one 
with another what the rising 
from the dead should mean. 

11 4 And they asked him, say- 
ing, Why say the scribes that 
E-li’/as must first come? 

12 And he answered and told 
them, E-li’as verily cometh first, 
and restoreth all things; and 
how it is written of the Son of 
man, that he must suffer many 
things, and be set at nought. 

13 But I say unto you, That 
E-li’as is indeed come, and they 
have done unto him whatsoever 
they listed, as it is written of 


‘ST. MARK, 9 


14 4 And when he came to his 
disciples, he saw a great multi- 
tude about them, and the scribes 
questioning with them. 

15 And straightway all the 
people, when they beheld him, 
were greatly amazed, and run- 
ning to him saluted him. 

16 And he asked the scribes, 
What question ye with them? 

17 And one of the multitude 
answered and said, Master, I 
have brought unto thee my son, 
which hath a dumb spirit; 

18 And wheresoever he taketh 
him, he teareth him: and he 
foameth, and gnasheth with his 
teeth, and pineth away: and I 
spake to thy disciples that they 
should cast him out; and they 
could not. 

19 He answereth him, and 
saith, faithless generation, 
how long shall I be with you? 
how long shall I suffer you? 
bring him unto me. 

20 And they brought him unto 
him: and when he saw him, 
straightway the spirit tare him: 
and he fell on the ground, and 
wallowed foaming. 

21 And he asked his father, 
How long is it ago since this 
came unto him? And he said, 
Ofachild. _ 

22 And ofttimes it hath cast 
him into the fire, and into the 
waters, to destroy him: but if 
thou canst do any thing, have 
compassion on us, and help us. 

23 Jé’sus said unto him, If 
thou canst believe, all things are 
possible to him that believeth. 

24 And straightway the father 
of the child cried out, and said 
with tears, Lord, I believe; help 
thou mine unbelief. 

25 When Jé’sus saw that the 
people came running together, 
he rebuked the foul spirit, 
saying unto him, Thou dumb 
and deaf spirit, I charge thee, 
come out of him, and enter no 
more into him. __. 

26 And the spirit cried, and 
rent him sore, and came out of 


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ST. MARK, 10 


him: and he was as one dead; 
ee that many said, He is 
ead 

27 But Jé’sus took him by the 
hand, and lifted him up; and 
he arose. 

28 And when he was come 
into the house, his disciples 
asked him privately, Why could 
not we cast out? 

29 And he said unto them, 
This kind can come forth by 
Boe a by prayer and fasting. 

30 4 And they departed thence, 
and passed through Gal’i-lee; 
and he would not that any man 
should know it. 

31 For he taught his disciples, 
and said unto them, The Son of 
man is delivered into the hands 
of men, and they shall kill him; 
and after that he is killed, he 
shall rise the third day. 

32 But they understood not 
that saying, and were afraid to 
ask him. 

33,4 And he came to Ca-pér’- 
na-um: and being in the house 
he asked them, What was it 
that ye disputed among your- 
selves by the way? 

34 But they held their peace: 
for by the way they had dis- 
puted among themselves, who 
should be the greatest. 

35 And he sat down, and called 
the twelve, and saith unto them, 
If any man desire to be first, 
the same shall be last of all, 
and servant of all. 

36 And he took a child, and 
set him in the midst of them: 
and when he had taken him in 
his arms, he said unto them, 

37 Whosoever shall receive one 
of such children in my name, 
receiveth me: and whosoever 
shall receive me, receiveth not 
me, but him that sent me. 

38 J And John answered him, 
saying, Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy name, 
and he followeth not us: and 
we forbad him, because he fol- 
loweth notus. Fey 

39 But Jé’sus said, Forbid him 


Jesus teaches the disciples humility 


not: for there is no man which 
shall do a miracle in my name, 
that can lightly speak evil of me. 

40 For he that is not against 
us is on our part. 

41 For whosoever shall give 
you a cup of water to drink in 
my name, because ye belong to 
Christ, verily I say unto you, he 
shall not lose his reward. 

42 And whosoever shall offend 
one of these little ones that be- 
lieve in me, it is better for him 
that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and he were cast 
into the sea. 

43 And if thy hand offend 
thee, cut it off: it is better for 
thee to enter into life maimed, 
than having two hands to go 
into hell, into the fire that never 
shall be quenched: ; 

44 Where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not quenched. 

45 And if thy foot offend thee, 
cut it off: it is better for thee to 
enter halt into life, than having 
two feet to be cast into hell, 
into the fire that never shall be 
quenched: 


46 Where their worm dieth 


not, and the fire is not quenched. 

47 And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out: it is better for 
thee to enter into the kingdom 
of God ‘with one eye, than hav- 
He two eyes to be cast into hell 


48 Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 

49 For every one shall be salted 
with fire, and every sacrifice 
shall be salted with salt. 

50 Salt is good: but if the 
salt have lost his saltness, where- 
with will ye season it? Have 
salt in yourselves, and have 
peace one with another. 


CHAPTER 10 


38 

2 Christ speaks of divorce. 13 Blesses 

little children. 17 How to obtain 

eternal life. 35 Request of Zebedee’s 
sons. 


46 Restores Bartimeus’ sight. 


ND he arose from thence, 
and cometh into the coasts 


60 


Concerning divorce and riches 


of Ji-de’a by the farther side of 
Jér’dan: and the people resort 
unto him again; and, as he was 
wont, he taught them again. 

2 4, And the Phar’i-sees came 
to him, and asked him, Is it 
lawful for a man to put away his 
wife? tempting him. E 

3 And he answered and said 
unto them, What did M6d’ses 
command you? — 

4 And they said, Md’ses suf- 
fered to write a bill of divorce- 
ment, and to put her away. 

5S And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, For the hard- 
ness of your heart he wrote you 
this precept. cea: 

6 But from the beginning of 
the creation God made them 
male and female. 

7 For this cause shall a man 
leave his father and mother, and 
cleave to his wife; 

8 And they twain shall be one 
flesh: so then they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. 

.9 What therefore God hath 
joined together, let not man put 
asunder. Aires 

10 And in the house his dis- 
ciples asked him again of the 
same matter. ; 

11 And he saith unto them, 
Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. 

12 And if a woman shall put 
away her husband, and be 
married to another, she com- 
mitteth adultery. 

13 ¢ And they brought young 
children to him, that he should 
touch them: and his disciples 
rebuked those that brought them. 

14 But when Jé’sus saw it, he 

was much displeased, and said 
unto them, Suffer the little chil- 
dren to come unto me, and for- 
bid them not: for of such is the 
kingdom of God. 
15 Verily I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive the 
kingdom of God as a little child, 
he shall not enter therein. ; 

16 And he took them up in 


ST. MARK, 10 


his arms, put his hands upon 
them, and blessed them. 

17 {| And when he was gone 
forth into the way, there came 
one running, and kneeled to 
him, and asked him, Good 
Master, what shall I do that I 
may inherit eternal life? 

1 d Jé’sus said unto him, 
Why callest thou me good? 
there is none good but one, 
that is, God. 

19 Thou cay the com- 
mandments, Do ‘not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not 
steal, Do not bear false witness, 
Defraud not, Honour thy father 
and mother. 

20 And he answered and said 
unto him, Master, all these have 
I observed from my youth. | 

21 Then Jé’sus beholding him 
loved him, and said unto him, 
One thing thou lackest: go thy 
way, sell whatsoever thou hast, 
and give to the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven: 
and come, take up the cross, 
and follow me. 

22 And he was sad at that say- 
ing, and went away grieved: for 
he had great possessions. 

23 § And Jé’sus. looked round 
about, and saith unto his dis- 
ciples, How hardly shall they 
that have riches enter into the 
kingdom of God! 

24 And the disciples were as- 

tonished at his words. But 
Jé’sus answereth again, and 
saith unto them, Children, how 
hard is it for them that trust in 
riches to enter into the kingdom 
of God! 
25 It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than 
for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of God. j 

26 And they were astonished 
out of measure, saying among 
themselves, o then can be 
saved? ; 

27 And Jé’sus looking upon 
them saith, With men if is im- 
possible, but not with God: for 
with God: all things are possible. 


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ST. MARK, 10 


28 | Then Pé’tér began to say 
unto him, Lo, we have left all, 
and have followed thee. 

29 And Jé’sus answered and 
said, Verily I say unto you, There 
is no man that hath left house, 
or brethren, or sisters, or father, 
or mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands, for my sake, and the 
gospel’s, 

30 But he shall receive an 
hundredfold now in this time, 
houses, and brethren, and sis- 
ters, and mothers, and children, 
and lands, with persecutions; 
aug in the world to come eternal 

e. 

31 But many that are first 
shall be last; and the last first. 

32 {And they were in the 
way going up to Jé-ru’sa-lem; 
and Jé’sus went before them: 
and they were amazed; and as 
they followed, they were afraid. 
And: he took again the twelve, 
and began to tell them what 
things should happen unto him, 

33 Saying, Behold, we go up 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém; and the Son of 
man shall be delivered unto the 
chief priests, and unto the 
scribes; and they shall con- 
demn him to death, and shall 
deliver him to the Gén’tiles: 

34 And they shall mock him, 
and shall scourge him, and shall 
spit upon him, and shall kill 


him: and the third day he shall | b 


rise again. 

35 4 And James and John, the 

sons of Zéb’e-dee, come unto 
» Saying, Master, we would 

that thou shouldest do for us 

whatsoever we shall desire. 

36 And he said unto them, 


What would ye that I should do/h 


foryou? ( 

37 They said unto him, Grant} o 
unto us that we may sit, one on 
thy right hand, and the other on 
thy left hand, i in thy glory. 

38 But Jésus said unto them, 
Ye know not what ye ask: can 
ye drink os the cup that I drink 
of? and be baptized with the 
baptism that I am baptized with? 


Request of Zebedee’s sons 


39 And they said unto him, 
We can. And Jé’sus said unto 
them, Ye etal indeed drink of 
the cup that I of; and with 
the baptism ne I am baptized 
withal shall ye be baptized: 

40 But to sit on my right hand 
and on my left hand is not 
mine to give; butit shall be given 
to them for whom it is prepared. 

41 And when the ten heard it, 
they began to be much dis- 
pleased with James and John. 

42 But Jé’sus called them to 
him, and saith unto them, Ye 
know that they which are ac- 
counted to rule over the Gén’- 
tiles exercise lordship over them; 
and their great ones exercise 
authority upon them. 

43 But so shall it not be among 
you: but whosoever will be 
great among you, shall be your 
minister: 

44 And whosoever of you will 
hep the chiefest, shall be servant 
of all 

45 For even the Son of man 
came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his 
life a ransom for many. 

46 § And they came to Jér’i- 

cho: and as he went out of 
Jér’i-ch6 with his disciples and 
a great number of people, blind 
Bar-ti-me’us, the son of Ti- 
mz’us, sat by the highway side 
egging. 
47 And when he heard that it 
was Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth, he 
began to cry out, and say, Jé’- 
sus, thou son of Da’vid, have 
mercy on me. 

48 And many charged him that 
he ah guld hold his peace: but 
e cried the more a great deal, 
d hout son of Da’vid, have mercy 


°49 are Jé’sus stood still, and 
commanded him to be called. 
And they call the blind man, say- 
ing unto him, Be of good com- 
fort, rise; he ‘calleth thee 

50 And he, casting away his 
garment, rose, and came to 
Jé’sus. 


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Jesus enters Jerusalem 


51 And Jé’sus_answered and 
said unto him, What wilt thou 
that I should do unto thee? The 
blind man said unto him, Lord, 
that I might receive my sight. 

52 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Go thy way; thy faith hath made 
thee whole. And immediately 
he received his sight, and fol- 
lowed Jé’sus in the way. 


39 CHAPTER 11 
1 Christ enters Jerusalem. 15 Cleans 
ing of the temple. 20 An exhortation 
to faith. 
ND_ when they came nigh to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, unto Béth’- 
pha-gé and Béth’a-ny, at the 
mount of Ol’ives, he sendeth 
forth two of his disciples, 
2 And saith unto them, Go 
your way into the village over 
against you: and as soon as ye 
be entered into it, ye shall find 
a colt tied, whereon never man 
sat; loose him, and bring him. 
3 And if any man say unto you, 
Why do ye this? say ye that the 
Lord hath need of him; and 
straightway he will send him 


ther. 

4 And they went their way, and 
found the colt tied by the door 
without in a place where two 
Ways met; and they loose him. 

5 And certain of them that 
stood there said unto them, 
What do ye, loosing the colt? 

6 And they said unto them 
even as Jé’sus had commanded: 
and they let them go. 

7 And they brought the colt to 
Jé’sus, and cast their garments 
on him; and he sat upon him. 

8 And many spread their gar- 
ments in the way: and others 
cut down branches off the trees, 
and strawed them in the way. 

9 And they that went before, 
and they that followed, cried, 
saying, Ho-san’na; Blessed is 
he that cometh in the name of 
the Lord: : 

10 Blessed be the kingdom of 
our father Da’vid, that cometh 
in the name of the Lord: Hdé- 
san/na in the highest. 


ST. MARK, 11 


11 And _Jé’sus entered into 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and into the 
temple: and when he had looked 
round about upon all things, and 
now the eventide was come, he 
went out unto Béth’a-ny with 
the twelve. 

12 {And on the morrow, 
when they were come from 
Beéth’a-ny, he was hungry: 

13 And seeing a fig tree afar 
off having leaves, he came, if 
haply he might fi any thing 
thereon: and when he came to 
it, he found nothing but leaves; 
for the time of figs was not vet. 

14 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto it, No man eat fruit of 
thee hereafter for ever. And 
his disciples heard it. 

15 § And they come to Jé-ru’- 
sa-leém: and Jé’sus went into 
the temple, and began to cast 
out them that sold and bought 
in the temple, and overthrew 
the tables of the moneychangers, 
and the seats of them that sold 
doves; 

16 And would not suffer that 
any man should carry any 
vessel through the temple. 

17 And he taught, saying unto 
them, Is it not written, My 
house shall be called of ail 
nations the house of prayer? but 
ye have made it a den of thieves, 

18 the scribes and chief 
priests heard if, and sought how 
they might destroy him: for 
they feared him, because all the 
people was astonished at his 
doctrine. 

19 And when even was come, 
he went out of the city. 

0 § And in the morning, as 
they passed by, they saw the 
fig tree dried up from the roots. 

21 And Pé’tér calling to re- 
membrance saith unto him, 
Master, behold, the fig tree 
which thou cursedst is withered 
away. H 

22 And Jé’sus answering saith 
unto them, Have faith in God. 

23 For verily I say unto you, 


That whosoever shall say unto 
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Parable of the vineyard 





this mountain, Be thou re- 
moved, and be thou cast into 
the sea; and shall not doubt in 
his heart, but shall believe that 
those things which he saith shall 
come to pass; he shall have 
whatsoever he saith 
24 Therefore I say unto you, 
What things soever ye desire, 
when ye pray, believe that ye 
pecenye them, and ye shall have 


25 J And when ye stand pray- 
ing, forgive, if ye have ought 
against any: that your Father 
also which is in heaven may 
forgive you your trespasses. 
But if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father which 
is in heaven forgive your tres- 
passes. 
27 ¢ And they come again to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: and as he was 
Ww g in the temple, there 
come to him the chief priests, 
and the scribes, and the elders, 
28 And say unto him, By what 
authority doest thou these things? 
and who gave thee this authority 
to Ae. hie things? 
29 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, I will also ask 
of you one question, and answer 
me, and I will tell you by what 
authority I do these things. _ 
30 The baptism of Jéhn, was if 
from heaven, or of men? answer 


me. 
31 And they reasoned with 
themselves, saying, If we shall 
say, From heaven; he will say, 
Why then did ye not believe him? 
32 But if we shall say, 
men; 
for all men counted John, that 
he was a prophet indeed. 
33 And they answered and said 
unto Jé’sus, We cannot tell. 
And Jé’sus answering saith 
unto them, Neither do I tell 


you by what authority I do|th 


these things. 


40 CHAPTER 12 
1 Parable of the vineyard. 13 The 
tribute money. 28 First of all com- 
men dmenis: 41 The widow’s mites. 


Of | b 
they feared the people:|h 


ND he began to speak unto 

& them by parables. A cer- 
tain man planted a vineyard, 
and set an hedge about it, and 
digged a place for the winefat, 
and built a tower, and let it out 
to husbandmen, and went into a 
far country. 

2 And at the season he sent to 
the husbandmen a servant, that 
he might receive from the hus- 
bandmen of the fruit of the 
vineyard. 

3 And they caught him, and beat 
him, and sent him away empty. 
4 And again he sent unto them 
another servant; and at 
they cast stones, and wounded 
him in the head, and sent him. 
away shamefully handled. 

5 And again he sent another; 
and him they killed, and many 
others; beating some, and ki 
ing some. 

6 Having yet therefore one son, 
his wellbeloved, he sent 

also last unto them, saying, 
They will reverence my son. 

But those husbandmen said 
among themselves, This is the 
heir; come, let us kill him, and 
the inheritance shall be ours. 

8 And they took him, and 
killed him, and cast him out of 
the vineyard. 
What shall therefore the 
lord of the vineyard do? he will 
come and destroy the husband- 
men, and will give the vineyard 
unto others. 

10 And have ye not read this 
scripture; The stone which the 
uilders rejected is become the 
ead of the corner: 

11 This was the Lord’s doing, 
and itis marvellous in our eyes? 

12 And they sought to lay 
hold on him, but feared the 
people: for they knew that he 
had spoken the Minos against 
em: and they left him, and 
went their way. 

13 §/ And they send unto him 
certain of the Phar‘i-sees and of 
the Hé-rd’di-ans, to catch him 
in his words. 


The Sadducees silenced 


14 And when they were come, 
they say unto him, Master, we 
know that thou art true, and 
carest for no man: for thou 
regardest not the person of men, 
but teachest the way of God in 

Is it lawful to give 
tribute to Ce’sar, or not? 

15 Shall we give, or shall we 
not give? But he, knowing their 
hypocrisy, said unto them, Why 
tempt ye me? bring me a 
penny, that I may see if. 

16 And they brought it. And 
he saith unto them, Whose is 
this image and superscription? 
And they said unto him, 
Cz’sar’s. i ; 

17 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto them, Render to Ce’sar 
the. things that are Cz’sar’s, 
and to God the things that are 
God’s. And they marvelled at 


18 ci Then come unto him 
the Sad’du-cees, which say 
there is no resurrection; and 
they asked him, saying, 

19 Master, MOo’ses wrote unto 
us, If a man’s brother die, and 
leave his wife behind him, and 
leave no. children, that his 
brother should take his wife, 
and raise up seed unto his 
brother. 

20 Now there were seven breth- 
ren: and the first took a wife, 
and dying left no seed. 

21 And the second took her, 
and died, neither left he any 
seed: and the third likewise. 

22 And the seven had her, and 
left no seed: last of all the 
woman died also. 

23 Inthe resurrection therefore, 
when they shall rise, whose wife 
shall she be of them? for the 
seven had her to wife. | , 

24 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto them, Do ye not therefore 
err, because ye know not the 
scriptures, neither the power of 


od: 

25 For when they shall rise 

from the dead, they neither 

marry, nor are given in marriage; 
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ST. MARK, 12 


but are as the angels which are 
in heaven. 

26 And as touching the dead, 
that they rise: have ye not read 
in the book of M6’ses, how in the 
bush God spake unto him, say- 
ing, I am the God of A’bra-ham, 
and the God of i’saac, and the 
God of Ja’cob? 

27 He is not the God of the 
dead, but the God of the living: 
ye ep do greatly err. 

28 ¢ And one of the scribes 
came, and having heard them 
reasoning together, and  per- 
ceiving that he had answered 
them well, asked him, Which 
2 ae first commandment of all? 

And Jé’sus answered him, 
The first of all the command- 
ments is, Hear, O Is’ra-el; the 
Lord our God is one Lord: 

30 And thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy mind, and with all thy 
strength: this is the first com- 
mandment. 

31 And the second is _ like, 
namely this, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. There is 
none other commandment great- 
er than these. 

32 And the scribe said unto 
him, Well, Master, thou hast 
said the truth: for there is one 
God; and there is none other 
but he: 

33 And to love him with all 
the heart, and with all the under- 
standing, and with all the soul, 
and with all the strength, and to 
love his neighbour as himself, 
is more than all whole burnt 
offerings and sacrifices. 

34 And when Jé’sus saw that 
he answered discreetly, he said 
unto him, Thou art not far from 
the kingdom of God. And no 
man after that durst ask him 
any question. 

35 ¢ And Jé’sus answered and 
said, while he taught in the 
temple, How say the scribes that 
Christ is the son of Da’vid? 

36 For Da’vid himself said by 


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ST. MARK, 13 


the Ho/ly Ghost, The LORD 
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my 
right hand, till I make thine 
enemies thy footstool. 

37 Da’vid therefore himself 
calleth him Lord; and whence 
is he then his son? And the 
common people heard him gladly. 

38 9 And he said unto them 
in his doctrine, Beware of the 
scribes, which love to go in long 
clothing, and love salutations 
in the marketplaces, : 

39 And the chief seats in the 
synagogues, and the uppermost 
rooms at feasts: : 

40 Which devour widows’ 
houses, and for a pretence make 


long prayers: these shall re- 
ceive greater damnation. 
41 9 And Jé’sus' sat_ over 


against the treasury, and beheld 
how the people cast money 
into the treasury: and many 
that were rich cast in much. 

42 And there came a certain 
poor widow, and she threw in 
two mites, which make a 
farthing. ; 

43 And he called unto him his 
disciples, and saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That this 
poor widow hath cast more in, 
than all they which have cast 
into the treasury: 

44 For all they did cast in of 
their abundance; but she of her 
want did cast in all that she had, 
even all her living. 


41 CHAPTER 13 
1 The temple to be destroyed. 9 Signs 
of Christ’s coming. 32 Exhortation 
to watch. 
ND as he went out of the 
4 temple, one of his disciples 
saith unto him, Master, see what 
manner of stones and what 
buildings are here! 

2 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto him, Seest thou these great 
buildings? there shall not be 
left one stone upon another, 
that. shall not be thrown down. 

And as_he sat upon the 
mount of Ol/ives over against 


The Mount of Olives prophecy 


the temple, Pé’tér and James 
and John and An’drew asked 
him privately, 

4 Tell us, when shall these 
things be? and what shall be the 
sign when all these things shall 
be fulfilled? 

5 And Jé’sus answering them 
began to say, Take heed lest 
any man deceive you: 

6 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ; and 
shall deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of 
wars and rumours of wars, be 
ye not troubled: for such things 
must needs be; but the end 
shail not be yet. : 

8 For nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against 
kingdom: and there shall be 
earthquakes in divers places, 
and there shall be famines and 
troubles: these are the begin- 
nings of sorrows. 

9 {But take heed to your- 
selves: for they shall deliver 
you up to councils; and in the 
synagogues ye shall be beaten: 
and ye shall be brought before 
rulers and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them. 

10 And the gospel must first 
be published among all nations. 

11 But when they shall lead 
you, and deliver you up, take no 
thought beforehand what ye 
shall speak, neither do ye pre- 
meditate: but whatsoever shall 
be given you in that hour, that 
speak ye: for it is not ye that 
speak, but the Hd6/ly Ghost. 

12 Now the brother shall be- 
tray the brother to death, and 
the father the son; and children 
shall rise up against {their 
parents, and shall cause them 
to be put to death. 

13 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name’s sake: but 
he that shall endure unto the 
end, the same shall be saved. 

14 ¢ But when ye shall see 
the abomination of desolation, 
spoken of by Dan’iel the proph- 
et, standing where it ought not, 


66 


Signs of Christ’s coming 


(let him that readeth under- 
stand,) then let them that be in 
Ju-dz’a flee to the mountains: 

15 And let him that is on the 
house top not go down into the 
house, neither enter therein, to 
take any thing out of his house: 

16 And let him that is in the 
field not turn back again for to 
take up his garment. 

17 But woe to them that are 
with child, and to them that 
give suck in those days! 

18 And pray ye that your 
flight be not in the winter. 

19 For in those days shall be 
affliction, such as was not from 
the beginning of the creation 
which God created unto this 
time, neither shall be. 

20 And except that the Lord 
had shortened those days, no 
flesh should be saved: but for 
the elect’s sake, whom he hath 
chosen, he hath shortened the 


days. 

21 And then if any man shall 
say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, 
lo, he is there; believe him not: 

22 For false Christs and false 
prophets shall rise, and shall 
shew signs and wonders, to se- 
duce, if if were! possible, even 
the elect. 

23 But take ye heed: behold, 
I have foretold you all things. 

24 | But in those days, after 
that tribulation, the sun shail be 
darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light, 

25 And the stars of heaven 
shall fall, and the powers that 
are in heaven shall be shaken. 

26 And then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds 
with great power and glory. | 

27 And then shall he send his 
angels, and shall gather _to- 
gether his elect from the four 
winds, from the uttermost part 
of the earth to the uttermost 
part of heaven. 

28 Now learn a parable of the 
fig tree; When her branch is yet 
tender, and putteth forth leaves, 
ye know that summer is near: 


ST. MARK, 14 


29 So ye in like manner, when 
ye shall see these things come 
to pass, know that it is nigh, 
even at the doors. 

30 Verily I say unto you, that 
this generation shall not pass, 
till all these things be done. 

31 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away: but my words shall not 
pass away. 

32 {But of that day and that 
hour knoweth no man, no, not 
the angels which are in heaven, 
neither the Son, but the Father. 

33 Take ye heed, watch and 
pray: for ye know not when 
the time is. 

34 For the Son of man its asa 
man taking a far journey, who 
left his house, and gave author- 
ity to his servants, and to every 
man his work, and commanded 
the porter to watch. 

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye 
know not when the master of 
the house cometh, at even, or at 
midnight, or at the cockcrow- 
ing, or in the morning: 

36 Lest coming suddenly he 
find you sleeping. 

37 And what I say unto you I 
say unto all, Watch. 


CHAPTER 14 42 


1 The rulers conspire against Christ. 
10 Judas sells Jesus. 22 Institu- 
tion of the Lord’s supper. 34 The 
agony. 43 Judas bois Jesus. 
66 Peter’s denial. 

FTER two days was the 

feast of the passover, and 

of unleavened bread: and the 

chief priests and the scribes 

sought how they might take him 
by craft, and put him to death. 

2 But they said, Not on the 
feast day, lest there be an up- — 
roar of the people. | 4 

3 G And being in Béth’a-ny 
in the house of Si’‘mon the leper, 
as he sat at meat, there came a 
woman having an alabaster box 
of ointment of spikenard very 
precious; and she brake the 
box, and poured it on his head. 

4 And there were some that 


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ST. MARK, 14 


had indignation within them- 
selves, and said, Why was this 
waste of the ointment made? 

5 For it might have been sold 
for more than three hundred 
pence, and have been given to 
the poor. And they murmured 
against her. 

6 And Jé’sus said, Let her 
alone; why trouble ye her? she 
hath wrought a good work on 


me. 

7 For ye have «the poor with 
you always, and whensoever ye 
will ye may do them good: but 
me ye have not always. 

8 She hath done what she 
could: she is come aforehand 
to anoint my body to the burying. 

9 Verily I say unto you, Where- 
soever this gospel shall be 
preached throughout the whole 
world, this also that she hath 
done shall be spoken of for a 
memorial of her 

10 § And Ja’das {s-car’i-ot, 
one of the twelve, went unto the 
chief priests, to betray him unto 


them. 2 

11 And when they heard it, 
they were glad, and promised to 
give a money. And he sought 
how he might conveniently be- 
tray him 

12 9 ARG the first day of un- 
leavened bread, when they killed 
the passover, his disciples said 
unto him, Where wilt thou that 
we go and prepare that thou 
mayest eat the passover? 

13 And he sendeth forth two 
of his disciples, and saith unto 
them, Go ye into the city, and 
there shall meet you a man 
bearing a pitcher of water: 
follow him. 

. 14 And wheresoever he shall 

go in, say ye to the goodman of 
the house, The Master saith, 
Where is the guestchamber, 
where I shall eat the passover 
with my disciples? 

15 And he will shew you a 
large upper room furnished and 
a TE there make ready for us. 

16 And his disciples went forth, 
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Jesus keeps the passover 


and came into the city, and 
found as he had said unto them: 
and they made ready the pass- 


_in the evening he 
cometh with the twelve. 

18 And as they sat and did 
eat, Jé’sus said, Verily I say 
unto you, One of you which 
eateth with me shall betray me. 

19 And they began to be sorrow- 
ful, and to say unto him one by 
one, Js it I? and another said, 
Is it I? 

20 And he answered and said 
unto them, /t is one of the twelve, 
that dippeth with me in the dish. 

21 The Son of man indeed 

goeth, as it is written of him: 
but woe to that man by whom 
the Son of man is betrayed! good 
were it for that man if he had 
never been born. 

22 ¢ And as they did eat, 
Jé’sus took bread, and blessed, 
and brake if, and gave to them, 
and said, Take, eat: this is my 
body. 

23 And he took the cup, and 
when he had given thanks, he 
gave it to them: and they all 
drank of it. 

24 And he_ said ict them, 
This is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for 


many. 

25 Verily I say unto you, I will 
drink no more of the fruit of the 
vine, until that day that I drink 
it new in the kingdom of God. 

26 § And when they had sung 
an hymn, they went out into 
the mount of Olives. 

Jé’sus_ saith unto 
them, All ye shall be offended 
because of me this night: for it 
is written, I will smite the 
shepherd, and the sheep shall 
be scattered. 

28 But after that I am risen, 
I will go before you into Gal’i-lee. 

29 But Pé’tér said unto him, 
Although all shall be offended, 
yet will not I. : : 

30 And Jé’sus saith unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, That this 


) Gethsemane. Jesus betrayed by Judas 


| day, even in this night, before 
the cock crow twice, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. 

31 But he spake the more 
vehemently, If I should die with 
thee, I will not deny thee in any 
wise. Likewise also said they all. 

32 And they came to a place 
which was named Géth-sém’a- 
né: and he saith to his disciples, 
Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 

33 And he taketh with him 
Pé’tér and James and John, and 
began to be sore amazed, and to 
be very heavy; 

34 And saith unto them, My 
soul is exceeding sorrowful! unto 
death: tarry ye here, and watch. 

35 And he went forward a 
little, and fell on the ground, and 
prayed that, if it were possible, 
the hour might pass from him. 

36 And he said, Ab’ba, Father, 
ail things are possible unto 
thee; take away this cup from 
me: nevertheless not what I 
a but what thou wilt. 

And he cometh, and findeth 
ae. sleeping, and saith unto 
Pé’tér, Si’mon, sleepest thou? 
couldest not thou watch one 
hour? 

38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye 
enter into temptation. The 
spirit truly is ready, but the 
flesh is weak. 

39 And again he went away, 
and prayed, and spake the same 
words. 

40 And when he returned, he 
found them asleep again, (for 
their eyes were heavy,) neither 
wist they what to answer 


him. 

41 And he cometh the third 
time, and saith unto them, Sleep 
on now, and take your rest: 
it is enough, the hour is come; 
behold, the Son of man is be- 
trayed into the hands of sinners. 

42 Rise up, let’ us go; lo, he 
gat betrayeth me is at hand. 

3 ¢ And immediately, while 
ae yet spake, cometh Ji’das, 
one of the twelve, and with him 
a great multitude with swords 


ST. MARK, 14 


and staves, from the chief 
priests and the scribes and the 
elders. 

44 And he that betrayed him 
had given them a token, saying, 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that 
same is he; take him, and lead 
him away safely. 

d as soon as he was 
come, he goeth straightway to 
him, 'and saith, Master, master; 
and kissed him. 

46 4 And they laid their hands 
on kim, and took him. 

47 And one of them that stood 
by drew a sword, and smote a 
servant of the high priest, and 
cut off his ear. 

48 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto them, Are ye come 
out, as against a thief, with 
swords and with staves to take 
me? 

49 I was daily with you in the 
temple teaching, and ye: took me 
not: but the scriptures must be 
fulfilled. i 

50 And they all forsook him, 
and fled. 

51 And there followed him a 
certain young man, having 2 
linen cloth cast about his naked 
body; and the young men laid 


52 And he ‘left the linen cloth, 
and fled from them naked. 

53 4 And they led Jé’sus awa 
to the high priest: and wit 
him were assembled all the 
chief priests and the elders and 
the scribes. 

54 And Pé’tér followed him 
afar off, even into the palace of 
the high priest: and he sat with 
the servants, and warmed him- 
self at the fire. 

55 And the chief priests and 
all the council sought for witness 
against Jé’sus to put him to 
death; and found none. 

56 For many bare false wit- 
ness against him, but their wit- 
ness agreed not together. 

57 And there arose certain, and 
bare false witness against 
saying, 


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ST. MARK, 15 


58 We heard him say, I will 
destroy this temple that is made 
with hands, and within three 
days I will build another made 
without hands. ‘ 

590 But neither so did their wit- 
jas agree together. 

0 And the high priest stood 
up in the midst, and asked 
Jé’sus, saying, Answerest thou 
nothing? what is it which 
these witness against thee? 

61 But he held “his peace, and 
answered azothing. Again the 
high priest asked him, and said 
unto him, Art thou the Christ, 
the Son of the Blessed? 


62 And Jé’sus said, I am: and| 


ye shall see the Son of man 
sitting on the right hand of 
power, and coming in the clouds 
of heaven. ; j 

63 Then the high priest rent 
his clothes, and_ saith, 
need we any f er witnesses? 

64 Ye have heard the blas- 
phemy: what think ye? And 
they all condemned him to be 
guilty of death. 

65 And some began to spit on 
him, and to cover his face, and 
to buffet him, and to say unto 
him, Prophesy: and the servants 
did strike him with the palms of 
their hands. 

66 ¢ And as Pé’tér was be- 
neath in the palace, there cometh 
one of the maids of the high 
priest 

67 And when she saw Pé@’tér 
warming himself, she looked 
upon him, and said, And thou 
also wast with Jé’sus of Naz’a- 


éth. 

68 But he denied, saying, I 
know not, neither understand I 
what thou sayest. And he went 
out into the porch; and the 
cock crew. 

69 And a maid saw him again, 
and began to say to them that 
stood by, This is one of them. 

70 And he denied it again. 
And a little after, 
stood by said again-to Pé’tér, 


Surely thou art one of them i 


they that! J 


Jesus before Pilate 


for thou art a Gal-i-le’an, and 
thy speech agreeth thereto. 

71 But he began to curse and 
to swear, saying, I know not 
ee man of whom ye speak. 

And the second time the 

Ri crew. And Pé’tér called 

to mind the word that Jé’sus 

said unto him, Before the cock 

crow twice, thou shalt deny me 

ice. And when he thoughi 
thereon, he wept. 


CHAPTER 15 43 
1 Christ before Pilate. 15 The trial. 
27 The crucifixion. 43 Burial by 
Joseph. 
ND straightway in the morn- 
ing the chief priests held a 
consultation with the elders and 
scribes and the whole council, 
and bound Jé’sus, and carried 
him ayey and delivered him to 


What | Pi’lat 


2 Ag Pi/late asked him, Art 

thou the g of the Jews? 
And he answering said unto — 
him, Thou sayest it. 

3 And the chief priests accused 
him of many things: but he 
answered nothing. 

4 And Pilate asked him again, 
saying, Answerest thou nothing? 
behold how many things they 
witness against thee. 

But Jé’sus yet _ answered 
nothing; so that Pi’/late mar- 
velled. 

6 Now at that feast he re- 
leased unto them one prisoner, 
whomsoever they desired. 

And there was one named 
Ba-rab’bas, which lay bound 
with them that had made insur- 
rection with him, who had com- 
mites murder in the insurrec- 
ion. 

8 And the multitude crying 
aloud began to desire him to do 
as he had ever done unto them, 

9 But Pi/late answered them, 
saying, Will ye that I release 
unto you the King of the 
ews? 

10 For he knew that the chief 
priests had delivered him for envy. 


The crucifixion 


11 But the chief priests moved: 


_ the people, that he should rather 
release Ba-rab’bas unto them. 
12 And Pilate answered _and 
said again unto them, What 
will ye then that I shall do unto 
him whom ye call the King of 
the Jews? 
13 And they cried out again, 
Crucify 
14 Then Pilate said unto them, 
y, what evil hath he done? 
And they cried out the more 
Papin Crucify 
5 ¥ And so Pi’late, willing to 
erat the people, released 
Ba-rab’bas unto them, and de- 
livered Jé’sus, when he had 
scourged him, to be crucified. 


16 And the soldiers led him 
away into the hall, called Pre- 
td’ri-um; and they called to- 


gether the whole band. 

1 d they clothed him with 
purple, and platted a crown_of 
thorns, and put it about his 


ead, 

18 And began to salute him, 
Hail, King of the Jews! 

19 And they smote him on the 
head with a reed, and did spit 
upon him, and bowing their 
knees worshipped 

20 And when they had mocked 
him, they took off the purple 
from him, and put his own 
clothes on him, and led him out 
to crucify him. 

21 And they compel one Si’- 
mon a Cy-ré’ni-an, who passed 
by, coming out of the country, 
the father of Al-éx-an’dér an 
Ru’fus, to bear his cross. 

22 And they bring him unto 
the place GOol’g6-tha, which is, 
being interpreted, The place of a 


skull. 

23 And they gave him to 
drink wine mingled with myrrh: 
but he received it not. 

24 And when they had crucified 
him, they parted his garments, 
casting lots upon aieot what 
every man should t 

25 And it was the third hour, 
and they crucified him 
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ST. MARK, 15 


26 And the superscription of 
his accusation was written over, 


.| THE KING OF THE JEWS. 


27 And with him they crucify 
two thieves; the one on his right 
hand, and the other on his left. 

28 And the scripture was ful- 
filled, which saith, And he was 
numbered with the  trans- 
gressors. 

29 And they that passed by 
railed on him, wagging their 
heads, and saying, Ah, thou 
that destroyest the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, 

30 Save thyself, and come 
down from the cross. 

31 Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking said among 
themselves with the scribes, He 
saved others; himself he cannot 
save. 

_32 Let Christ the King of 
Is‘ra-el descend now from the 
cross, that we may see and be- 
lieve. And they that were 
crucified with him reviled him. 

33 And when the sixth hour 
was come, there was darkness 
over the whole land until the 
ninth hour. 

34 And at the ninth hour 
Jé’sus cried with a loud voice, 
saying, &-16/1, E-10’1, 1a’ma _ sa- 
bach’tha-ni? which is, being 
interpreted, My God, my God, 
why hast thou forsaken me? 

35 And some of them that 
stood by, when they heard it, 
said, Behold, he calleth f-li’as. 

d one ran and filled a 


d|spunge full of vinegar, and put 


it on a reed, and gave him to 
drink, saying, Let alone; let us 
see whether E-li’as will come to 
take him down. 

37 And Jé’sus cried with a 
cud voice, and gave up the 
ghost 

38 And the veil of the temple 
was rent in twain from the top 
to the bottom. 

39 ¢ And when the centurion, 
which stood over against him, 
saw that he so cried out, and 
gave up the ghost, he said, 


“1 


ST. MARK, 16 
Truly this man was the Son of 
God 


od. 

40 There were also women 
looking on_ afar off: among 
whom was Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né, 
and Ma’ry the mother of James 
the less and of Jd’sés, and 
Sa-l6’mé; ; 

41 (Who also, when he was in 
Gal'i-lee, followed him, and 
ministered unto him;) and many 
other women which came up 
with him unto Jé«ru’sa-lém. 

42 | And now when the even 
was come, because it was the 
preparation, that is, the day 
before the sabbath, ; { 

43 Jéd’seph of Ar-i-ma-the’a, 
an honourable counsellor, which 
also waited for the kingdom of 
God, came, and went in boldly 
unto Pi’/late, and craved the 
body of Jé’sus. : 

44 And Pi’/late marvelled if he 
were already dead: and calling 
unto him the centurion, he asked 
him whether he had been any 
while dead. ; 

45 And when he knew it of the 
aa he gave the body to 

0’seph 

46 And he bought fine linen, 
and took him down, and wrap- 
ped in the linen, and laid 
him in a sepulchre which was 
hewn out of a rock, and rolled 
a stone unto the door of the 
sepulchre. : 

47 And Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né 
and Ma’ry the mother of J6’sés 
beheld where he was laid. 


44 CHAPTER 16 
1 The resurrection. 9 Christ's appear- 
ance. 15 The disciples sent forth. 
19 The ascension. 
ND when! the sabbath was 
past, Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né, 
and Ma’ry the mother of James, 
and Sa-16’mé, had bought sweet 
spices, that they might come 
and anoint him 
2 Andi very: early in the morn- 
ing the first day of the week, 
they came unto the sepulchre at 
the rising of the sun. 
3 And they said among them- 


‘The resurrection of Jesus 


selves, Who shall roll us away 
the stone from the door of the 
sepulchre? 

4 And when they looked, they 
saw that the stone was rolled 
away: for it was very great. 

5 And entering into the sepul- 
chre, they saw a young man sit- 
ting on the right side, clothed in 
a long white garment; and they 
were affrighted. 

6 And he saith unto them, Be 
not affrighted: Ye seek Jé’sus 
of Naz’a-réth, which was cruci- 
fied: he is risen; he is not here: 
behold the place where they 
laid him. 

7 But go your way, tell his dis- 
ciples and Pé’tér that he goeth 
before you into Gal’i-lee: there 
shall ye see him, as he said 
unto you. 

8 And they went out quickly, 
and fled from the sepulchre; for 
they trembled and were amazed: 
neither said they any thing to 
any ae for they were afraid. 

9 | Now when Jé’sus was risen 
early the first day of the week, 
he appeared first to Ma’ry 
Mag-da-lé’né, out of whom he 
had cast seven devils. 

10 And she went and told them 
that had been is him, as they 
mourned and wep 

11 And they, er they had 
heard that he was alive, and had 
been seen of her, believed not. 

12 4 After that he appeared in 
another form unto two of them, 
as they walked, and went into 
the country. 

13 And they went and told ié 
unto the residue: neither be- 
lieved they them. 

14 q Afterward he appeared 
unto the eleven as they sat at 
meat, and upbraided them with 
their unbelief and hardness of 
heart, because they believed not 
them which had seen him after 
he was risen. 

15 And he said unto them, Go 
ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every 
creature. 


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The birth of John foretold 


16 He that believeth and is 
baptized shall be saved; but he 
that believeth not shall be 


amned. 

17 And these signs shall follow 
them that believe; In my name 
shall they cast out devils; they 
shall speak with new tongues; 

18 They shall take up ser- 
pents; and if they drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt 
them; they shall lay hands on 


ST. LUKE, 1 


the sick, and they shall re- 
cover. 

19 4 So then after the Lord 
had spoken unto them, he was 
received up into heaven, and 
sat on the right hand of 
God. 

20 And they went forth, and 
preached every where, the Lord 
working with them, and con- 
firming the word with signs 
following. A-mén’. 


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 


SAINT 


CHAPTER 1 
1 Preface. 5 Birth of John and Jesus 
foretold. 57 John ‘the Baptist born. 

67 Prophecy of Zacharias. 
ee as many have 

taken in hand to set forth 
in order a declaration of those 
things which are most surely 
believed among us, 

2 Even as they delivered them 
unto us, which from the begin- 
ning were eyewitnesses, and 
ministers of the word; 

3 It seemed good to me also, 
having had perfect understand- 
ing of all things from the very 
first, to write unto thee in order, 
most excellent Thé-dph’i-lis, 

4 That thou mightest know 
fhe certainty of those things, 
wherein thou hast been in- 
Saget at 

5 q A ere Se was in the|n 

days of Hér’od, the 
king of Ji-de’a, a certain priest 
named Zach-a-ri’as, of the 
course of A-bi’a: and his wife 
was of the daughters of Aar’on, 
and her name was E-lis’a-béth. 

6 And they were both righteous 
before God, walking in all the 
commandments and ordinances 
of the Lord blameless. 

7 And they had no child, be- 
cause that E-lis’a-béth was bar- 
ren, and they both were now 
well stricken in years. 

g And it came to pass, that 


45 


LUKE 


while he executed the priest’s 
office before God in the order 
of his course, 

9 According to the custom of 
the priest’s office, his lot was 
to burn incense when he went 
into the temple of the Lord. 

10 And the whole multitude 
of the people were praying with- 
out at the time of incense. 

11 And there appeared unto 
him an angel of the Lord stand- 
ing on the right side of the altar 
of incense. 

12 And when Zach-a-ri’as saw 
him, he was troubled, and fear 
fell upon him. 

13 But the angel said unto 
him, Fear not, Zach-a-ri’as: for 
thy prayer is heard; and thy 
wife E-lis’a-béth shall bear thee 
-a son, and thou shalt call his 


name John. 

14 And thou shait have joy 
and gladness; and many shall 
rejoice at his birth. 

15 For he shall be great in the 
sight of the Lord, and shall 
drink neither wine nor strong 
drink: and he shall be filled with 
the Hd’/ly Ghost, even from his 
mother’s womb. 

16 And many of the children 
of is’ra-el shall he turn to the 
Lord their God. 

17 And he shall go before him 
in the spirit and power of E-li’as, 
to turn the hearts of the fathers 


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ST. LUKE, 1 


to the children, and the dis- 
obedient to the wisdom of the 
just; to make ready a people 
prepared for the Lord. 

18 And Zach-a-ri’as said unto 
the angel, Whereby shall 
know this? for I am an old man, 
and my wife well stricken in 

years. 

19 And the angel answering 
said unto him, I am Ga’bri-el, 
that stand in fet presence of 
God; and am sent to speak unto 
thee, and to shew thee these 
glad tidings. 

20 And, behold, thou shalt be 
dumb, and not able to speak, 
until the day that these things 
shall be performed, because 
thou believest not my words, 
which shall be fulfilled in their 
season. 

21 And the ‘people waited for 
Zach-a-ri’as, and marvelled that 
he tarried so long in the temple. 

22 And when he came out, he 
could not speak unto them: and 
they perceived that he had seen 
a vision in the temple: for he 
beckoned unto them, and re- 
mained speechless. 

23 And it came to pass, that, 
as soon as the days of his min- 
istiation were accomplished, he 
departed to his own house. 

24 And after those days his 
wife E-lis’a-béth conceived, and 
hid herself five months, saying, 

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt 
with me in the days wherein he 
looked on me, to as away my 
reproach among m 

26 And in the citi month the 
angel Ga’bri-el was sent from 
God unto a city of Gal’i-lee, 
named Naz’a-réth, 

27 To a virgin espoused to a 
man whose name was J6’seph, 
of the. house of Da’vid; and the 
TY. 

28 And the angel came in unto 
Ber and said, Hail, thou that 

t highly favoured, the Lord is 
oh thee: blessed art thou 
among women 

29 And when she saw him, she 


Virgin’s name was Ma 


Birth of Jesus foretold 


was troubled at his saying, and 
cast in her mind what manner 
of salutation this should be. 

30 And the angel said unto her, 
Fear not, Ma’/ry: for thou hast 


I| found favour with God. 


31 And, behold, thou shalt con- 
ceive in thy womb, and bring 
forth a_son, and shalt call his 
name JE’SUS. 

32 He shall be great, and shall 
be called the Son of the Highest: 
and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of his 
father Da’vid: 

33 And he shall reign over the 
house of Ja’cob for ever; and of 
his kingdom there shall be noend. 

34 Then said Ma’ry unto the 
angel, How shall this be, seeing 
I know not a man? 

35 And the angel answered 
and said unto her, The H6O’ly 
Ghost shall come upon thee, 
and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee: there- 
fore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be 
called the Son of God. 

36 And, behold, thy cousin 
£-lis’a-béth, she hath also con- 
ceived a son in her old age: and 
this is the sixth month with her, 
who was called barren... 

37 For with God nothing shall 
be impossible. 

38 And Ma’ry said, Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord; be it 
unto me according to thy word. 

And the angel departed from her. 

39 And Ma’ry arose in those 
days, and went into the hill 
country with haste, into a city 
of Ja’da; 

40 And entered into the house 
of Zach-a-ri’/as, and saluted 
E-lis’a-béeth. 

41 And it came to pass, that, 
when E-lis’a-béth heard the sal- 
utation of Ma’ry, the babe leaped 
in her womb; and E-lis’a-béth 
gene filled with the Hd’/ly Ghost: 

2 And she spake out with a 
iu voice, and said, Blessed art 
thou among women, and blessed 
is the fruit of thy womb. 


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arth of John. 


43 And whence is this to me, 
that the mother of my Lord 
should come to me? 

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice 
of thy salutation sounded in mine 
ears, the babe leaped in my womb 


for joy. 


45 And blessed is she that be- 


lieved: for there shall be a per- 


formance of those things which 
were told her from the Lord. 

46 And Ma’ry said, My soul 
doth magnify the Lord, 

_47_ And my spirit hath rejoiced 
in God my Saviour. 

48 For he hath regarded the 
low estate of his handm 
for, behold, from henceforth all 


' generations shall call me blessed. 


_done to me great things; 


49 For he that is mighty hath 
and 


holy is his name. 


50 And his mercy is on them 


| that fear him from generation to 
| generation. 


54 H 
Is’ra-el, in remembrance of his 


51 He hath shewed strength 
with his arm; he hath scattered 
the proud in the imagination of 
their hearts. 

52 He hath put down_ the 
mighty from their seats, and ex- 
alted them of low degree. 

53 He hath filled the hungry 
with good things; and the rich 
he hath sent empty away. 

e hath holpen his servant 


mercy; 

55 As he spake to our fathers, 
to A’bra-ham, and to his seed for 

ever. 

56 And Ma’/ry abode with her 
about three months, and returned 
to her own house. 4 

57 Now E-lis’a-béth’s full time 


‘came that she should be deliv- 


ered; and she brought forth ason. 

58 And her neighbours and her 
cousins heard how the Lord had 
shewed great mercy upon her; 
and they rejoiced with her. 

59 And it came to pass, that on 
the eighth day they came to cir- 
cumcise the child; and they 
called him Zach-a-ti’as, after the 
name of his father. 


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Prophecy of Zacharias 


ST. LUKE, 1 


60 And his mother answered 
and said, Not so; but he shall be 
called J ohn. 

61 And they said unto her, 
There is none of thy kindred that 
is called by this name. 

62 And they made signs to his 
father, how he would have him 
called. 

63 And he asked for a writing 
table, and wrote, saying, His 
name is John. d they mar- 
velled all. 

64 And his mouth was opened 
immediately, and his tongue 
loosed, and he spake, and praised 


aiden: | God 


65 And fear came on all that 
dwelt round about them: and all 
these sayings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill country of 
Ji-d2’a. 

66 And all they that heard 
them laid them up in their 
hearts, saying, What manner 
of child shall this be! And 
the hand of the Lord was 
with him. 3 

67 And his father Zach-a-ri’as 
was filled with the H6’/ly Ghost, 
and prophesied, saying, 

_68 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Is’ra-el; for he hath visited and 
redeemed his people, 

69 And hath raised up an horn 
of salvation for us in the house of 
his servant Da’vid; 

70 As he spake by the mouth of 
his holy prophets, which have 
been since the world began: 

71 That we should be saved 
from our enemies, and from the 
hand of ail that hate us; 

72 To perform the mercy 
promised to our fathers, and to 
remember his holy covenant; 

73 The oath which he sware to 
po father A’bra-ham, 

4 That he would grant unto 
us, that we being delivered out 
of the hand of our enemies might 
serve him without fear, 

5 In holiness and righteous- 
ness before him, all the days of 
our life. 


76 And thou, child, shalt be 
75 


ST. LUKE, 2 


called the prophet of the Hizh.| field, 


est: for thou shalt go before 
the face of the Lord to prepare 
his ways; 


77 To give knowledge of sal-| th 


vation unto his people by the re- 
mission of their sins, 

78 Through the tender mercy 
of our God; whereby the day- 


spring from on high hath visited | I 


us, 

79 To give light to them that 
sit in darkness ahd in the shadow 
of death, to guide our feet into 
the way of peace. 

80 And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, and was 
in the deserts till the day of his 
shewing unto Is’ra-el. 


46 CHAPTER 2 
1 The Roman_taxation. 6 Christ ts 
born. 21 He is circumcised. 


His growth. 46 Jesus in the temple. 


ae it came to pass in those 
days, that there went out a 
decree from Cz’/sar Au-gtis’tus, 
that all the world should be 


taxed. 

2 (And this taxing was first 
made when Cy-ré’ni-tis was 
governor of Syr’i-a.) 

3 And all went to be taxed, 
every one into his own City. 

4 And Jod’seph also went up 
from Gal’i-lee, out of the city of 
Naz’a-réth, into Jai-dx’a, unto 
the city of Da’vid, which is call- 
ed Beth’lé-hém; (because he 
was of the house and lineage of 
Da’vid:) 8 

5 To be taxed with Ma’ry his 
Eas wife, being great with 
child. 


6 And so it was, that, while they | h 


were there, the days were ac- 
complished that she should be 
delivered. 

7 And she brought forth her 
firstborn son, and wrapped him 
in swaddling clothes, and laid 
him in a manger; because there 
was no room for them in the 


inn. 
8 And there were in the same 
country shepherds abiding in the 


4A0!s 






Birth of Jes 


keeping watch over their 
flock by night. ) 

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord 
came upon them, and the glory of 
e Lord shone round about 
them: and they were sore 


raid. 

10 And the angel said unto 
them, Fear not: for, behold, 
bring you good tidings of 
great joy, which shall be to all 
people. ‘ : 

11 For unto you is born this 
day in the city of Da’vid_a Sav- 
iour, which is Christ the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign unto 
you; Ye shall find the babe 
wrapped in swaddling clothes, 
lying in a manger. 

13 And suddenly there was 
with the angel a multitude of the 
heavenly host praising God, and 


aying, 

14 Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace, good will 
toward men. 

15 And it came to pass, as the 
angels were gone away from them 
into heaven, the shepherds said 
one to another, Let us now go 
even unto Béth’lé-hém, and see 
this thing which is come to pass, 
which the Lord hath made known 
unto us. : 

16 And they came with haste, 
and found Ma’ry, and Jé’seph, 
and the babe lying in a manger. 

17 And when they had seen it, 
they made known abroad the 
saying which was told them con- 
cerning this child. : 

18 And all they that heard it 
wondered at those things which 
were told them by the shep- 

erds. . 

19 But Ma’ry kept all these 
things, and pondered them in her 


eart. 

20 And the shepherds returned, 
glorifying and praising God for 
all the things that they had heard 
and seen, as it was told unto 
them. . 

21 And when eight days were 
accomplished for the circum- 
cising of the child, his name was 


16 


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_ tiles, and the glory of thy people 


Simeon and Anna prophesy 


called J&’sUS, which was so 
named of the angel before he was 
conceived in the womb. 

22 And when the days of her 
purification according to the law 
of Mdé’ses were. accomplished, 
they brought him to Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém, to present him to the 
Lord; 

23 (As itis written in the law of 
the Lord, Every male that open- 
eth the womb shall be called holy 
to the Lord;) 

24 And to offer a_ sacrifice 
according to that which is 
said in the law of the Lord, A 
pair of turtledoves, or two young 
pigeons. 

25 And, behold, there was a 
man in Jé-ru’sa-lém, whose 
name was Sim/e-on; and the 
same man was just and devout, 
waiting for the consolation of 
Is‘ra-el: and the Ho’ly Ghost 
was upon him. 

26 And. it_was revealed unto 
him by the Ho/ly Ghost, that he 
should not see death, before he 
had seen the Lord’s Christ. |, 

27 And he came by the Spirit 
into the temple:, and when the 
parents brought in the child jJée’- 
sus, to do for him after the cus- 
tom of the law, ; x beet 

28 Then took he him up in his 
arms, and blessed God, and said, 

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy 
servant depart in peace, accord- 
ing to thy word: 

30 For mine eyes have seen 
thy salvation, 

31 Which thou hast prepared 
before the face of all people; | 

32 A light to lighten the Gen’- 


Is’ra-el. 

33 And Jé’seph and his mother 
marvelled at those things whic 
were spoken of him. 

34 And Sim’e-on blessed thems 
and said unto Ma’ry his mother, 
Behold, this child is set for the 
fall and rising again of many 
in is’ra-el; and for a sign 
which shall be spoken against; 

35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce 


which departed 





ST. LUKE, 2 


through thy own soul also,) that 
the thoughts of many hearts 
may be revealed. 

36 And there was one An’‘na, 


a prophetess, the daughter of 
Pha4-ntiel, of the tribe of A’sér: 
she was of a great age, and had 
lived with an husband seven 
years from her virginity; 


37 And she was a widow of 
about fourscore and four years, 
not from the 
temple, but served God with 
fastings and prayers night and 


ay. 

_38 And she coming in that 
instant gave thanks likewise 
unto the Lord, and spake of him 
to all them that looked for 
redemption in Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

39 And when they had per- 
formed all things according to 
the law. of the Lord, they re- 
turned into Gdal/i-lee, to their 
own city Naz’a-réth. 

40 And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, filed 
with wisdom: and the grace of 
God was upon him. 

41 Now his parents went to 
Jé-ru’sd-lém every year at the 
feast of the passover. 

42 And when he was twelve 
years old, they went up to Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém after the custom of the 
feast. 

43 And when they had fulfilled 
the days, as they, returned, the 
child Jé’sus tarried behind in 
Jé-ry’sd-lém; and Jé’seph and 
his mother knew not of if. . 

44 But they, supposing him to 
have been in the company, went 
a day’s journey; and they sought 
him among their kinsfolk and 
acquaintance. ; 

45 And when they found him 


h| not, they turned back again to 


Jé-ru’sa-lém, seeking him. 

46 And it came to pass, that 
after three days they found him 
in the temple, sitting in the midst 
of the doctors, both hearing 
them, and asking them ques- 


Baad) 
7S and all that heard him 


ST. LUKE, 3 


were astonished at his under- 
standing and answers. 2 

48 And when they saw him, 
they were amazed: and his 
mother said unto him, Son, why 
hast thou thus dealt with us? 
behold, thy father and I have 
sought thee sorrowing. 

49 And he said unto them, 
How is it that ye sought me? 
wist ye not that I must be about 
my Father’s business? 

50 And they understood not the 
saying which he spake unto them. 

51 And he went down with 
them, and came to Naz’a-réth, 
and was subject unto them: but 
his mother kept all these say- 
ings in her heart. | 

52 And Jé’sus_ increased 
wisdom and stature, and 
favour with God and man, 


47 CHAPTER 3 
1 Preaching of John. 20 He is im- 
prisoned. 21 Baptism of Christ. 

23 His genealogy. 

OW in the fifteenth year of 

the reign  of_ Ti-bé’ri-ts 
Ce’sar, Pon’ti-ts Pi/late being 
governor of Ji-dz’a, and Hér’od 
being tetrarch of Gal/i-lee, and 
his brother Philip tetrarch of 
I-tu-re’/a and of the region of 
Trach-o-ni’tis, and Ly-sa’ni-as 
the tetrarch of Ab-i-lé’né, 

2 An’nas and Ca‘ia-phas being 
the high priests, the word of God 
came unto John the son of 
Zach-a-ri/as in the wilderness. 

3 And he came into all the 
country about J6r’dan, preach- 
ing the baptism of repentance 
for the remission of sins; 

4 As it is written in the book 
of the words of _f-sa’/ias the 
prophet, saying, The voice of 
one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
make his paths straight. 

5 Every valley shall be filled, 
and every mountain and hill 
shall be brought low; and the 
crooked shall be made straight, 
and the rough ways shall be 
made smooth; 


in 
in 


John preaches and baptizes 
6 And all flesh shall see the 


salvation of God. 

7 Then said he to the multitude 
that came forth to be baptized of 
him, O generation of vipers, 
who hath warned you to flee 
from the wrath to come? 

8 Bring forth! therefore! fruits 
worthy, of repentance, and be- 
gin not to say within yourselves, 
We have A’bra-ham to our 
father: for I say unto you, That 
God is able of these stones to 
raise up children unto A’bra-ham. 

9 And now also the ax is laid 
unto the root of the trees: every 
tree therefore which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. _ 

10 And the people asked him, 
saying, What shall we do then? 

11 He answereth and _ saith 
unto them, He that hath two 
coats, let him impart to him that 
hath none; and he that hath 
meat, let him do likewise. | 

12 Then came also publicans 


to be baptized, and said unto 


him, Master, what shall we do? 
13 And he said unto them, 
Exacti no more than that which 
is appointed you. __ bie 
14 And the soldiers likewise 
demanded of him, saying, And 
what shall we do? And he said 
unto them, Do violence to no 
man, neither accuse any falsely; 
and be content with your wages. 


15 And as the people were in > 


expectation, and all men mused 
in their hearts of John, whether 
he were the Christ, or not; 

16 John answered, saying unto 
them all, I indeed baptize you 
with water; but one mightier 


than I cometh, the latchet of | 


whose shoes I am not worthy to 

unloose: he shall baptize you 

wil the H6’ly Ghost and with 
re: 


17 Whose fan is in his hand, 
and he will throughly purge 
his floor, and will gather the 
wheat into his garner; but the 
chaff he will burn with fire 
unquenchable. 


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Genealogy of Jesus 


ST. LUKE 3 


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_18 And many other things in} 29 Which was the son of J6é’se, 


his exhortation preached he unto 
the people. 

19 But Hér’od the tetrarch, 
being reproved by him for Hé- 
ro’di-as his brother Phil’ip’s 
wife, and for all the evils which 
Hér’od had done, | 

20 Added yet this above all, 
that he shut up John in prison. 

21 Now when all the people 
were baptized, it came to pass, 
that Jé’sus also being baptized, 
and praying, the heaven was 
opened, 

22 And the Ho/ly Ghost de- 
scended in a bodily shape like a 
dove upon him, and a voice 
came from heaven, which said, 
Thou art my beloved Son; in 
thee I am well pleased. 

23 And Jé’sus himself began 
to be about thirty years of age, 
being (as was supposed) the 
s0n of Jé’seph, which was the 
son of Hé’ll, 

24 Which was the. son of 
Mat’-that, which was the son of 
Lé’vi_ which 
Mél’chi, which was the son of 
Jan’na, which was the son of 
Jo’seph, ‘ 

25 Which was the son of Mat- 
ta-thi’as, which was the son of 
A’mos, which was the son of 
Wa’um, which was the son of 
Es/li, which was the son of 
Nag’ze, t 

26 Which was the son of Ma’- 
ath, which was the son of Mat- 
ta-thi/as, which was the son of 
Sém/’e-i, which was the son of 
Jo’seph, which was the son of 
Juda, a4 

27 Which was the son of Ji- 
an’na, which was the son of 
Rhé’sa, which was the son of 
Zoé-r6b/a-bél,. which was the 
son of Sa-la’thi-el, which was 
the son of Né’r1, 

28 Which was the son of 
Mél’chi, which was the son of 
Ad’di, which was the son of 
Co’sam, which was the son of 
El-mé’dam, which was the son 
of Er, 


was the son of|J 


which was the son of £-li-é’zér, 
which was the son of Jé’rim, 
which was the son of Mat’that, 
which was the son of Lé’vi, 

30 Which was the son of Sim’- 
e-on, which was the son of 
Ju’da, which was the son 
Jo’seph, which was the son 
Jo’nan, which was the son 
E-li’a-kim, 

31 Which was the son 
Mé‘le-a, which was the son 
Mé’nan, which was the son 
Mat’ta-tha, which was the son 
of Na’than, which was the 
son of Da’vid, 

32 Which was the son of 
Jés’se, which was the son of 
O’bed, which was the son of 
Bo’6z, which was the son of 
Sal’mon, which was the son of 
Na-as’son, 

_33 Which was the son of 
A-min’a-dab which was the son 
of A’ram, which was the son of 
Es’rom, which was the son of 
Pha’rés, which was the son of 


u’da, 
34 Which was the son of Ja’= | 
cob, which was the son of 

I’saac, which was the son of 
A’bra-ham, which was the son 
of Tha’ra, which was the son 
of Na’chér, 

35 Which was the son of Sa’- 
ruch, which was the son o 
Ra’gau, which was the son of 
Pha’lec, which was the son of 
aa which was the son of 

ala, 

36 Which was fhe son of 
Ca-i’nan, which was the son of 
Ar-phax’ad, which was the son 
of Sém, which was the son of 
No’e, which was the son of 
La’mech, M 

37 Which was the son of Ma- 
thu’sa-la, which was the son of 
E/noch, which was the son of 
Ja’red, which was the son of 
Ma-lé’le-el, which was the son 
of Ca-i/nan, 

38 Which was fhe son of 
E’nos, which was the son of 
Séth, which was the son of 


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Ad’am, which was the son of 
God. 


48 CHAPTER 4 


1 Christ’s temptation. 14 His ministry 
begun. 33 Working of miracles. 43 
Preaching in other cities. 


ND Jé’sus being full of the 

Holy Ghost returned from 

Jér’dan, and was led by the 
Spirit into the wilderness, 

2 Being forty days tempted of 
the devil. And in! those days he 
did eat nothing: and when they 
were ended, he afterward hun- 


red. 

3 And the devil said unto him, 
If thou be the Son of God, com- 
mand this stone that it be made 
bread. 

4 And Jeé’sus answered him, 
saying, It is written, That man 
shall not live by bread alone, but 
by every word of God. 

5 And the devil, taking him up 
into an high mountain, shewed 
unto him all the kingdoms of the 

world in a moment of time. 

’ 6 And the devil said unto him, 
All this power will I give thee, 
and the glory of them: for that 
is delivered unto me; and to 
whomsoever I will I give it. 

7 If thou therefore wilt wor- 
ship me, all shall be thine. 

8 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto him, Get thee behind 
me, Sa’tan: for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy 
God, and him only shalt thou 
serve. 

9 And he brought him to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and set him on a 
ponacle of the temple, and said 
unto him, If thou be the Son of 
God, cast thyself down from 
ences): ai, 

10 For it is written, He shall 
give his angels charge over thee, 
us keep thee: 

11 And in their hands they 
shall bear thee up, lest at any 
time thou dash thy foot against | 
a stone. 

12 And Jé’sus answering said 


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The temptation. Christ’s ministry begun 4 


unto him, It is said, i shalt 
not tempt the Lord 


13 And when the dea “had | 


ended all the temptation, he 

departed from him for a 
season. 

14 ¢ And Jé’sus returned in 
the power of the Spirit into 
Gal/i-lee:} and there went out 
a fame of him through all the 
region round about. _ 

15 And he taught in their 
spas aie’ being glorified of 


6 § And he came to Naz’a- 
réth, where he had been brought 
up: and, as his custom was, he 
went into the synagogue on the 
sabbath day, and stood up for 
to read. 





17 And there was delivered 
unto him the book of the prophet — 


fi-sa’/ias. And when he had 


opened the book, he found the | 


place where it was written, 

18 The Spirit of the Lord is 
upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach the gospel 
to the poor; he hath sent me 
to heal the brokenhearted, to 


preach deliverance to the cap-_ 


tives, and recovering of sight to 


the blind, to set at liberty them , 


ae are bruised, 
year of the Lord. 


20 And he closed the book, and | 
he gave it again to the minister, | 
and sat down. And the eyes of 


all them that were in the syna- 
gogue were fastened on him. 

21 And he began to say, unto 
them, This day is this scripture 
fulfilled in your ears. 

22 And all bare him witness, 
and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of 
his mouth. And they said, Is 
ie this J6’seph’s son? 

3 And he said unto them, Ye 


wil surely say unto me this . 


proverb, Physician, heal thyself: 


whatsoever we have heard done 
mare dadbircih ft do also here | 


i 
n thy cow 


To preach the acceptable 


24 And he oad Verily I say 








Works of healing 


unto you, No prophet is accept- 
ed in his own country. 

25 But I tell you of a_ truth, 
/many widows were in Is’ra-el 
‘in the days of E-li’as, when the 
heaven. was shut up three years 
and six months, when great 
famine was throughout all the 


and; 

26 But unto none of them was 
B-li’as Sent, save unto Sa-rép’ta, 
a city of Si’d6n, unto a woman 
that was a widow. 

27 And many lepers were in 
Is’ra-el in the time of El-i-sé’us 
the prophet; and none of them 
was cleansed, saving Na’a-man 
the Syr’i-an. 

28 And all they in the syna- 
gogue, when they heard these 
things, were filled with wrath, 

29 And rose up, and thrust him 
out of the city, and led him unto 
the. brow of the hill whereon 
their city was built, that they 
might cast him down headlong. 

30 But he passing through the 
midst of them went his way, 

31 And came down to Ca-pér’- 
na-tum, a city of Gal’i-lee, and 
taught them on the sabbath days. 

32 And they were astonished 
at his doctrine: for his word 
was with power. 

33 ¢ And in the synagogue 
there was a man, which had a 
spirit of an unclean devil, and 
| cried out with a loud voice, 

34 Saying, Let us alone; what 
| have we to do with thee, thou 
Jé’sus of NAz’a-réth? art thou 
come to destroy us? I know thee 
who thou art; the Holy One of 


od. 
35 And Jé’sus rebuked him, 
saying, Hold thy peace, and come 
out of him. And when the devil 
had thrown him in the midst, 
he came out of him, and hurt 
him not. 

36 And they were all amazed, 
and spake among themselves, 
saying, What a word is this! 
for with authority and power he 
commandeth the unclean spirits, 

| and they come out. 
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‘to hear the word of 


ST. LUKE, 5 


37 And the fame of him went 
out into every place of the coun- 
try round about. 

38 4 And he arose out of the 
synagogue, and entered into Si’- 
mon’s house. And Si’mon’s 
wife’s mother was taken with a 
great fever; and they besought 
him for her. 

39 And he stood over her, and 
rebuked the fever; and it left 
her: and immediately she arose 
and ministered unto them. 

40 § Now when the sun was 
setting, all they that had any sick 
with divers diseases brought 
them unto him; and he laid his 
hands on every one of them, and 
healed them. 

41 And devils also came out of 
many, crying out, and saying, 
Thou art Christ the Son of God. 
And he rebuking them suffered 
them not to speak: for they 
knew that he was Christ. 

42 And when it was day, he 
departed and went into a desert 
place: and the people sought 
him, and came unto him, and 
stayed him, that he should not 
depart from them. 

43 And he said unto them, I 
must preach the kingdom of 
God to other cities also: for 
therefore am I sent. i 

44 And he preached in the 
synagogues of Gal’i-lee. 


CHAPTEP 5 49 


1 Teaching from the ship. 4 Draught 
of fishes and other miracles. 16 
Prays in the wilderness. 27 Matthew 
called. 

ND it came to pass, that, as 
the people pressed upon him 

f God, he 

stood by the lake of Gén-nés’a- 

réet, 

2 And saw two ships standing 

by the lake: but the fishermen 

were gone out of them, and were 

washing their nets. . 

3 And he entered into one of 
the ships, which was Si’mon’s, 
and prayed him that he would 
thrust out a little from the land. 


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And he sat down, and taught the 


people out of the ship. 

4 Now when he had left speak- 
ine: he said unto Si’mon, 
Launch out into the deep, 
let down your nets for a draught. 

5 And Si‘mon answering said 
unto him, Master, we have toiled 
all the night, and have taken 
nothing: nevertheless at thy 
word I will let down the net. 

6 And when they had this done, 
they inclosed a great multitude 
of fishes: and their net brake. 

7 And they beckoned unto Seal 
partners, which were in 
other ship, that they ahiould 
come and help them. And they 
came, and filled both the ships, 
so that they began to sink. _ 

8 When Si’‘mon Pé’tér saw it, 
he fell down at Jé’sus’ knees, 
saying, Depart from me; for I 
am a sinful man, O Lord. 

9 For he was astonished, and 
all that were with him, at the 
draught of the fishes which they 
had taken: 

10 And so was also James, and 
John, the sons of Zéb’e-dee, 
which were partners with Si’- 
mon. And Jé’sus said unto 
Simon, Fear not; from hence-|e 
forth thou shalt catch men. 

11 And when they had brought 
their ships to land, they for- 
sook all, and followed him. 

2) < And it came to pass, 
when he was in a certain city, 
behold a man full of leprosy: 
who seeing Jé’sus fell on his 
face, and besought him, saying, 
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean 

13 And he at forth his hand, 
and touched him, saying, I will: 
bethouclean. And immediately 
the leprosy departed from thim. 

14 And he charged him to tell 
no man: but go, and shew thy- 
self to the priest, and offer for 


thy cleansing, according as 
MO6’ses commanded, for a testi- 
mony unto them. 


15 But so much the more went 
there a fame abroad of him: 


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Draught of fishes and other miracles 
and great multitudes came to- 


gether to hear, and to be healed 
by him of their infirmities. | 
16 4 And he withdrew himself 


and | into the wilderness, and prayed. 


17 And it came to pass on a 
certain day, as he was teaching, 
that there were Phar’i-sees and 
doctors of the law sitting by, 
which were come out of every 
town of Gal/i-lee, and Ji-dz’a, 
and Jé-ru’sa-lém: and the power 
of the Lord was present to heal 


them 

18 ci And, behold, men brought 
in a bedi a man which was taken 
with a palsy: and they sought 
means to bring him in, and to 
lay him before him. 

19 And when they could not 
find by what way they might 
bring him in because of the 
multitude, they went upon the 
house top, and let him down 
through the tiling with his couch 
into the midst before Jé’sus. 

20 And when he saw their 
faith, he said unto him, Man, 
thy sins are forgiven thee. 

21 And the scribes and the 
Phar’i-sees began to reason, 
SH Who is this which speak- 

blasphemies? Who can for- 
oe sins, put God alone? 

22 But when _Jé’sus perceived 
their thoughts, he answering said 
unto them, What reason ye in 
your hearts? 

23 Whether is easier, to say, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to 
say, Rise up and walk? 

24 But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power 
upon earth to forgive ined (he 
said unto the sick of the palsy,) 
I say unto thee, Arise, and take 
up thy couch, and go into thine 
house. ; 

25 And immediately he rose up 
before them, and took up that 
whereon he lay, and departed to 
his own house, glorifying God. 
26 And they were all amazed, 
and they glorified God, and were 
filled with fear, saying, We have 
seen strange things to day. 


The Pharisees reproved 


27 § And after these things he 
went forth, and saw a publican, 
named Lé’vi, sitting at the 
receipt of custom: and he said 
unto him, Follow me. 

28 And he left all, rose up, and 
followed him. ; 

29 And Lé’vi made him a great 
feast in his own house: and 
there was a great company of 
publicans and of others that sat 
down with them. % 

30 But their scribes and Phar’- 
i-sees murmured against his 
disciples, saying, Why do ye eat 
and drink with publicans and 
sinners? i 

31 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto them, They that are whole 
need not a physician; but they 
that are sick. 


32 I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to re- 
pentance. 


33 § And they said unto him, 
Why do the disciples of J6éhn 
fast often, and make prayers, 
and likewise the disciples of the 
Phar’i-sees; but thine eat an 
drink? 

34 And he said unto them, Can 
ye make the children of the 
bridechamber fast, while the 
bridegroom is with them? 

35 But the days will come, 
when the bridegroom shall be 
taken away from them, and then 
shall they fast in those days.. 

36 § And he_ spake also a 
parable unto them; No man 
putteth a piece of a new garment 
upon an old; if otherwise, then 
both the new maketh a rent, 
and the piece that was taken 
out of the new agreeth not with 
the old. 

37 And no man putteth new 
wine into old bottles; else the 
new wine will burst the bottles, 
and be spilled, and the bottles 
shall perish. 

38 But new wine must be put 
into new bottles: and both are 
preserved. t 

39 No man also having drunk 
old wine straightway desireth 


d| which 


ST. LUKE, 6 


new: for he saith, The old is 


better. 


CHAPTER 6 50 


1 Pharisees reproved. 13 The apostles 
called. 20 Christ preaches to his 
Eeaples. 27 On love and good 
works. 


AND. it came to pass on the 
second sabbath after the 
first, that he went through the 
corn fields; and his disciples 
plucked the ears of corn, and 

id eat, rubbing them in their 
hands. 

2 And certain of the Phar’i- 
sees said unto them, Why do 
ye that which is not lawful to do 
on the sabbath days? _ 

3 And Jé’sus answering them 
said, Have ye not read so much 
as this, what Da’vid did, when 
himself was an hungred, and 
they which were with him; 

4 How he went into the house 
of God, and did take and eat 
the shewbread, and gave also 
to them that were with him; 
it is not lawful to eat 
but for the priests alone? 

And he said unto them, That 
the Son of man is Lord also of 
the sabbath. 

6 And it came to pass also on 
another sabbath, that he entered 
into the synagogue and taught: 
and there was a man whose 
right hand was withered. 

7 And the scribes and Phar’i- 
sees watched him, whether he 
would heal on the sabbath day; 
that they might find an accusa- 
pon Ri Ae him. 

But he knew their thoughts, 
hed said to the man which had 
the withered hand, Rise up, and 
stand forth in the midst. And 
he arose and stood forth. 

9 Then said Jé’sus unto them, 
I will ask you one thing; Is it 
lawful on the sabbath days to do 
good, or to do evil? to save life, 
or to destroy if? 

10 And looking round about 
upon them all, he said unto the 
man, Stretch forth thy hand. 


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And he did so: and his hand was 
restored whole as the other. 

11 And they were filled with 
madness; and communed one 
with another what they might 
do to Jé’sus. 

12 And it came to pass in 
those days, that he went out 
into a mountain to pray, and 
conte all night in prayer to 


3 q And when it was day, he 
called unto him his disciples: 
and of them he. chose twelve, 
whom also he named apostles; 

14 Si’‘mon, (whom he also 
named Pé’tér,) and An’drew his 
brother, James and John, Phil’ip 
and Bar-thol’o-mew, 

15 Mat’thew and Thom/as, 
James the son of Al-phe’us, and 
Si‘mon called Zé-l6’tés, 

16 And Ji’das the brother of 
James, and Jui’das_ {Is-car’i-ot, 
which also was the traitor. 

17 ¢ And he came down with 
them, and stood in the plain, and 
the company of his disciples, 
and a great multitude of people 
out of all Ji-de’a and Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and from the sea coast 
of Tyre and Si’d6on, which came 
to hear him, and to be healed of 
their diseases; 

18 And they that were vexed 
with unclean spirits: and they 
were healed. 

19 And the whole multitude 
sought to touch him: for there 
went virtue out of him, and 
healed them all. 

20 § And he lifted up his eyes 
on is disciples, and said, 
Blessed be ye poor: for yours 
is the kingdom of God. 

21 Blessed are ye that hunger 
now: for ye shall be filled. 
Blessed are yve that weep now: 
for ye shall laugh. 

22 Blessed are ye, when men 
shall hate you, and when they 
shall separate you from their 
company, and shall reproach 
you, and cast out your name as 
evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and 


Apostles chosen and instructed 


leap for joy: for, behold, your 
reward is great in heaven: for 
in the like manner did their 
fathers unto the prophets. 

24 But woe unto you that are 
rich! for ye have received your 
consolation. 

25 Woe unto you that are full! 
for ye shali hunger. Woe unto 
you that laugh now! for ye shall 
mourn and weep. 

26 Woe unto you, when all 
men shall speak well of you! 
for so did their fathers to the 
false prophets. 

27 § But I say unto you which 
hear, Love your enemies, do 
good to them which hate you, 

28 Bless them that curse you, 
and pray for them which 
despitefully use you. 

29 And unto him that smiteth 
thee on the one cheek offer also 
the other; and him that taketh 
away thy cloke forbid not to 
take thu coat also. 

30 Give to every man that 
asketh of thee; and of him that 
taketh away thy goods ask them 
not again. 

31 And as ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye also to 
them likewise. 

32 For if ye love them which 
love you, what th have ye? 
for sinners also love those that 
love them. 

33 And if ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also 
do even the same. 

34 And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hope to receive, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also 
lend to sinners, to receive as 
much again. 

35 But love ye your enemies, 
and do good, and lend, hoping 
for nothing again; ‘and your 
reward shall be great, and ye 
shall be the children of the High- 
est: for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and fo the evil. | 

36 Be ye therefore merciful, 
AB your Father also is merci- 
ul. 


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A centurion’s servant healed 


37 Judge not, and ye shall 
not be judged: condemn not, 
and ye shall not be condemned: 
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 

38 Give, and it shall be given 
unto you; good measure, pressed 
down, and shaken together, and 
running over, shall men_ give 
into your bosom. For with the 
same measure that ye mete 
withal it shall be measured to 
you again. 

39 And he spake a parable unto 
them, Can the. blind lead the 
blind? shall they not both fall 
into the ditch? ’ 

40 The disciple is not above 
his master: but every one that 
is perfect shall be as his master. 

41 And why; beholdest thou 
the mote that is in thy brother’s 
eye, but perceivest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye? 

42 Either how canst thou say 
to thy brother, Brother, let me 
pull out the mote that is in thine 
eye, when thou thyself beholdest 
not the beam that is in thine own 
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out 
first the beam out of thine own 
eye, and then shalt thou see 
clearly to pull out the mote that 
is in thy brother’seye. | 

43 For a good tree bringeth 
not forth corrupt fruit; neither 
doth a corrupt tree bring forth 
good fruit. 


44 For every tree is known by | thi 


his own fruit. For of thorns 
men do not gather figs, nor of a 
bramble bush gather they grapes. 

45 A good man out of the 
good treasure of his _ heart 
bringeth forth that which is 
good; and an evil man out of the 
evil treasure of his heart bringeth 
forth that which is evil: for of 
the abundance of the heart his 
mouth speaketh. 

46 ¢ And why call ye me, 
Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say? ; 

47 Whosoever cometh to me, 
and heareth_ my sayings, and 
doeth them, I will shew you to 
whom he is like: 


ST. LUKE, 7 


48 He is like a man which 
uilt an house, and digged deep, 
and laid the foundation on a 
rock: and when the flood 
arose, the stream beat vehement- 
ly upon that house, and could 
not shake it: for it was founded 
upon a rock. 

49 But he that heareth, and 
doeth not, is like a man that 
without a foundation built an 
house upon the earth; against 
which the stream did beat 
vehemently, and immediately it 
fell; and the ruin of that house 
was great. 


CHAPTER 7 51 


1 The centurion’s servant healed. 11 
Widow’s son at Nain raised from the 
dead. 19 John’s messengers. 36 
The sinning woman's faith. 

OW when he had ended all 
his sayings in the audience 
of the people, he entered. into 

Ca-pér’na-tm. 

2 And a certain centurion’s 
servant, who was dear unto him, 
was sick, and ready to die. 

3 And when he heard of 

Jé’sus, he sent unto him the 

elders of the Jews, beseeching 

him that he would come and 
heal his servant. 

4 And when they came to 

Jé’sus, they besought him in- 

stantly, saying, That he was 

worthy for whom he should do 


Si 
5 For he loveth our nation, and 
he hath built us a synagogue. 

6 Then Jé’sus went with them. 
And when he was now not far 
from the house, the centurion 
sent friends to him, saying unto 
him, Lord, trouble not thyself: 
for I am not worthy that thou 
shouldest enter under my roof: 

7 Wherefore neither thought I 
myself worthy to come unto 
thee: but say in a word, and my 
servant shall be healed. 

8 For I also am a man set 
under authority, having under 
me soldiers, and I say unto one, 
Go, and he goeth; and to an- 
other, Come, and he cometh; 


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and to my servant, Do this, and 
he doeth it. a4 

9 When Jé’sus heard these 
things, he marvelled at him, and 
turned him about, and said unto 
the people that followed him, I 
say unto you, I have not found 
so great faith, no, not in-fs’ra-el. 

10 And they that were sent, 
returning to the house, found 
eb OER whole that had been 
sick. 

11 { And it came to pass the 
day after, that he went into a city 
called Na’in; arid many of his 
disciples went with him, and 
much people. \ 

12 Now when he came nigh 
to the gate of the city, behold, 
there was a dead man carried 
out, the only son of his mother, 
and she was a widow: and 
much people of the city was 
with her. 

13 And when the Lord saw 
her, he had compassion on her, 
and said unto her, Weep not. 

14 And he came and touched 
the bier: and they that bare 
him stood still. And he said, 
Young man, I say unto thee, 
Arise. 

15 And he that was dead sat 
up, and began to speak. And he 
delivered him to his mother. 

16 And there came a fear on 
all: and they glorified God, 
saying, That a great prophet is 
risen up among us; and, That 
God hath visited his people. | 

17 And this rumour of him 
went forth throughout all Ja- 
de’a, and throughout all the 
region round about. 

18 And the disciples of John 
shewed him of all these things. 

19 4 And John calling unto 
him two of his disciples sent 
them to Jé’sus, saying, 
he that should come? or look 
we for another? 

20 When the men were come 
unto him, they said, Jéhn Bap’- 
tist hath sent us unto thee, say- 
ing, Art thou he that should 
come? or look we for another? 


Art thou | G 


A widow’s son raised 


21 And in that same hour he 
cured many of their infirmities 
and plagues, and of evil spirits; 
and unto many that were blind 
he gave sight. 3 : 

22 Then Jé’sus answering said 
unto them, Go your way, and 
tell John what things ye have 
seen and heard; how that the 
blind see, the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, the deaf 
hear, the dead are raised, to 
the poor the gospel is preached. 

23 And blessed is he, whoso- 
ever shall not be offended in me. 

24 § And when the messen- 
gers of John were departed, he 
began to speak unto the people 
concerning John, What went ye 
out into the wilderness for to 
see? A reed shaken with the 
wind? 

25 But what went ye out for 
to see? A man clothed in soft 
raiment? Behold, they which 
are gorgeously apparelled, and 
live delicately, are in kings’ 
courts. 

26 But what went ye out for to 
see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto 
you, and much more than a 
prophet. 

27 This is he, of whom it is 
written, Behold, I send my 
messenger before thy face, which 
shall prepare thy way before thee. 

For I say unto you, Among 
those that are born of women 
there is not a_greater prophet. 
than Jéhn the Bap’tist: but he 
that is least in the kingdom of 
God is greater than he. 

29 And all the people that 
heard him, and the publicans, 
justified God, being baptized 
with the baptism of John. 

30 But the Phar’i-sees and 
lawyers rejected the counsel of 
rod against themselves, being 
not baptized of him. 

31 4 And the Lord said, Where- 
unto then shall I liken the men 
of this generation? and to what 
are they like? i 

32 They are like unto children 
Sitting in the marketplace. and 





Jesus in the Pharisee’s house 


calling one to another, and say-| forgave most. 


ing, We have piped unto you, 
and ye have not danced; we 
have mourned to you, and ye 
have not wept. 

33 For John the Bap’tist came 
neither eating bread nor drink- 
ane es and ye say, He hatha 

evi 

34 The Son of man is come 
eating and drinking; and ye 
say, Behold a giuttonous man, 
and a winebibber, a friend of 
publicans and sinners! _ 

35 But wisdom is justified of 
all her children. 

36 | And one of the Phar’i- 
sees desired him that he would 
eat with him. And he went into 


the Phar’i-see’s house, and sat| 


down to meat. . 

37 And, behold, a woman in 
the city, which was a sinner, 
when she knew that Jé’sus sat 
at meat in the Phar’i-see’s 
house, brought an alabaster box 
of ointment, 

38. And stood at his feet be- 
hind him weeping, and began 
to wash his feet with tears, and 
did wipe them with the hairs of 
her head, and kissed his feet, 
and anointed them with the 
ointment. 

39 Now when the Phar’i-see 
which had bidden him saw if, 
he spake within himself, saying, 
This man, if he were a prophet, 
would have known who and 
what manner of woman fhis is 
that toucheth him: for she is a 
sinner. f 

40 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto him, Si’‘mon, I have some- 
what to say unto thee. And he 
saith, Master, say on. 

1 There was a certain creditor 
which had two debtors: the one 
owed five hundred pence, and 
the other fifty. 

42 And when they had nothing 
to pay, he frankly forgave them 
both. Tell me therefore, which 
of them will love him most? 

43 Si’mon answered and said, 
I suppose that he, to whom he 

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ST. LUKE, 8 | 


And he said 
unto him, Thou hast rightly 
judged. 


44 And he turned to the woman, 
and said unto Si’mon, Seest 
thou this woman? I entered 
into thine house, thou gavest 
me no water for my feet: but 
she hath washed my feet with 
tears, and wiped them with the 
pies of her head. 

Thou gavest me no kiss: 
ee this woman since the time 
I came in hath not ceased to kiss 
my feet. , 

46 My head with oil thou didst 
not anoint: but this woman 
hath anointed my feet with 
ointment. 

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, 
Her sins, which are many, are 
forgiven; for she loved much: 
but to whom little is forgiven, 
the same loveth little. 

48 And he said unto her, Thy 
sins rey sore es: 

49 And they that sat at meat 
with him began to say within 
themselves, Who is this that 
BPEL a sins also? 

50 And he said to the woman, 
Thy faith hath saved thee; go 
in peace. 


CHAPTER 8 52 
& Parable of the sower. 16 The candle. 

22 The winds rebuked. 26 Legion 

of devits cast out. 37 The Gadarenes 

reject Christ. 49 Jairus’ daughter 

raised. 

ND it came to pass after- 

ward, that he went through-~ 

out every city and village, preach- 

ing and shewing the glad tidings 

of the kingdom of God, and the 
twelve were with him. 

2 And certain women, which 
had been healed of evil spirits 
and infirmities, Ma’ry called 
Mag-da-lé’né, out of whom 
went seven devils, 

3 And Jé-an’na the wife of 
Chi’za Hér’od’s steward, and 
Su-san’na, and many others, 
which ministered unto him of 
their substance. _ 

q And when much people 


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wete gathered together, and 
Were come to him out of every 
city, he spake by a parable: 

A sower went out to sow his 
seed: and as he sowed, some 
fell by the way side; and it was 
trodden down, and the fowls of 
the air devoured it. 

6 And some fell upon a rock; 
and as soon as it was sprung up, 
it withered away, because it 
lacked moisture. 

And some fell among thorns; 
and the thorns sprang up with 
it, and choked it. 

8 And other fell on good ground, 
and sprang up, and bare fruit an 
hundredfold. And when he had 
said these things, he cried, He 
that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. Gt Oe 

9 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, What might this parable 


e! 
10 And he said, Unto you it is 
given to know the mysteries of 
the kingdom of God: but to 
others in parables; that seeing 
they might not see, and hearing 
they might not understand. | 
11 Now the parable is this: 
The seed is the word of God. 
'12 Those by the way side are 
they that hear; then cometh 
the devil, and taketh away the 
word out of their hearts, lest 
they should believe and be saved. 
13 They on the rock are they, 
which, when they hear, receive 
the word with joy; and these 
have no root, which for a while 
believe, and in time of tempta- 
tion fall away. 
14 And that which fell among 
thorns are they, which, when 
they have heard, go forth, and 
are choked with cares and 
riches and pleasures of this life, 
and bring no fruit to perfection. 
15 But that on the good ground 
are they, which in an honest 
and good heart, having heard 
the word, keep if, and bring 
forth fruit with patience. 
16 ¢No man, when he hath 
lighted a candle, covereth it 
& 


Parable of the sower 


with a vessel, or putteth it under 
a bed; but setteth if on a candle- 
stick, that they which enter in 
may see the light. - 

17 For nothing is secret, that 
shall not be made manifest; 
neither any thing hid, that shall 
not be known and come abroad. 

18 Take heed therefore how ye 
hear: for whosoever hath, to 
him shall be given; and whoso- 
ever hath not, from him shall be 
taken even that which he seem- 
eth to have. i 

19 ¢ Then came to him his 
mother and his brethren, and 
could not come at him for the 
press. t 

20 And it was told him by 
certain which said, Thy mother 
and thy brethren stand without, 
desiring to see thee. 

21 And he answered and said 
unto them, My mother and my 
brethren are these which hear 
the word of God, and do it. 

22 4 Now it came to pass on 
a certain day, that he went into 
a ship with his disciples: and 
he said unto them, Let us go 
over unto the other side of the 
lake. And they launched forth. 

23 But as they sailed he fell 
asleep: and there came down a 
storm of wind on the lake; and 
they were filled with water, and 
were in jeopardy. : 

24 And they came to him, and 
awoke » Saying, Master, 
master, we perish. Then he 
arose, and rebuked the wind 
and the raging of the water: 
and they ceased, and there was 


a calm. . 

25 And he’ said unto them, 
Where is your faith? And they 
being afraid wondered, saying 
one to another, What manner of 
man is this! for he commandeth 
even the winds and water, and 
they obey him. ; 

26 § And they arrived at the 
country of the Gad-a-rénes’, 
which is over against Gal’i-lee. 

27 And when he went forth to 
land, there met him out of the 
8 


Unclean spirits enter swine 


city a certain man, which had 
devils long time, and ware no 
clothes, neither abode in any 
house, but in the tombs. 

28 When he saw Jé’sus, he 
cried out, and fell down before 
him, and with a loud voice said, 
What have I to do with thee, 
Jé’sus, thou Son of God most 
high? I beseech thee, torment 
me not. 

29 (For he had commanded 
the unclean spirit to come out 
of the man. For oftentimes it 
had caught him: and he was 
kept bound with chains and in 
fetters; and he brake the bands, 
and was driven of the devil into 
the wilderness.) : 
_30 And Jé’sus asked him, say- 
ing, What is thy name? And he 
said, Legion: because many 
devils were entered into him. 

31 And they besought him that 
he would not command them to 
go out into the deep. 

32 And there was there an 
herd of many swine feeding on 
the mountain: and they be- 


sought him that he would suffer! h 


them to enter into them. And 
he suffered them. 

33 Then went the devils out of 
the man, and entered into the 
swine: and the herd ran violent- 
ly down a steep place into the 
lake, and were choked. 

34 When they that fed them 
saw what was done, they fled, 
and went and told it in the city 
and in the country. 

35 Then they went out to see 
what was done; and came to 
Jé’sus, and found the man, out 
of whom the devils were de- 
parted, sitting at the feet of 
Jé’sus, clothed, and in his right 
mind: and they were afraid. 

36 They also which saw it told 
them by what means he that 
was possessed of the devils was 
healed. 

37 ¢ Then the whole multi- 
tude of the country of the Gad- 
a-rénes’ round about besought 

im to depart from them; for 


ST. LUKE, 8 


they were taken with great fear: 
and he went up into the ship, 
and returned back again. 

Now the man out of whom 
the devils were departed be- 
sought him that he might be 
with him: but Jé’sus sent him 
away, Saying, 

39 Return to thine own house, 
and shew how great things God 
hath done unto thee. And he 
went his way, and published 
throughout the whole city how 
great things Jé’sus had done 
unto him. 

40 And it came to pass, that, 
when Jé’sus was returned, the 
people gladly received him: for 
they were all waiting for him. 

41 q And, behold, there came 
a man named Ja-i’rus, and he 
was a ruler of the synagogue: 
and he fell down at Jé’sus’ feet, 
and besought him that he would 
come into his house: 

42 For he had one only daugh- 
ter, about twelve years of age, 
and she lay a dying. But as 
he went the people thronged 


im. 

_43 J And a woman having an 
issue of blood twelve years, 
which had spent all her living 
upon physicians, neither could 
be healed of any, . 

44 Came behind him, and 
touched the border of his 
garment: and immediately her 
issue of blood stanched. 

And Jé’sus said, Who 
touched me? When all denied, 
Pé’tér and they that were with 
him said, Master, the multitude 
throng thee and press thee, and 
sayest thou, Who touched me? 

46 And Jé’sus said, Somebody 
hath touched me: for I perceive 
that virtue is gone out of me. 

47 And when the woman saw 
that she was not hid, she came 
trembling, and falling down be- 
fore him, she declared unto him 
before all the people for what 
cause she had touched him, and 
feed she was healed immedi- 
ately. 


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48 And he said unto her, 
Daughter, be of good comfort: 
thy faith hath made thee whole; 
go in peace. 

49 § While he yet spake, there 
cometh one from the ruler of the 
synagogue’s house, saying to 
him, Thy daughter is dead; 
trouble not the Master. { 

50 But when Jé’sus heard it, 
he answered him, saying, Fear 
not: believe only, and she shall 
be made whole. 

51 And when he came into the 
house, he suffered no man to go 
in, save Pé’tér, and James, and 
John, and the father and the 
mother of the maiden. 

52 And all wept, and bewailed 
her: but he said, Weep not; she 
is not dead, but sleepeth. 

53 And they laughed him to 
scorn, knowing that she was 
dead. 

54 And he put them all out, 
and took her by the hand, and 
called, saying, Maid, arise. 

And her spirit came again, 
and she arose straightway: and 
he commanded to give her meat. 

6 And her parents were aston- 
aed: ut he charged them 
that they should tell no man 
what was done. 


53 CHAPTER 9 


Y The apostles sent out. 17 Five thou- 
sand. fed. The transfiguration. 
43 Christ foretells his passion. 46 A 
lesson on humility. 51 James and 
John reproved. 


HEN he called his twelve 

disciples together, and gave 
them power and authority over 
all devils, and to cure diseases. 

2 And he sent them to preach 
the kingdom of God, and to heal 
the sick. 

3 And he said' unto them, 
Take nothing for your journey, 
neither staves, nor scrip, neither 
bread, neither money; neither 
have two coats apiece. 

4 And whatsoever house ye 
enter into, there abide, and 
thence depart. 


Daughter of Jairus raised 


5 And whosoever will not re- 
ceive you, when ye go out of that 
city, shake off the very dust 
from your feet for a testimony 
against them. 

6 And they departed, and went 
through the towns, preaching 
the gospel, and healing every 
where. 

7 {Now Heér’od the tetrarch 
heed of all that was done by 
him: and he was perplexed, be- 
cause that it was said of some, 
that Jéhn was risen from the 
dead; Fie) 

8 And of some, that E-li’as had 
appeared; and of others, that 
one of the old prophets was risen 
again. 

9 And Hér’od said Jobn have 
I beheaded: but who is this, o 
whom I hear such things? “And 
he desired to see 

d the apostles, when 
they were returned, told him all 
that they had done. And he 
took them, and went aside 
privately into a desert place be- 
longing to the city called Béth- 
sa/i-da. 

11 And the people, when they 
knew it, followed him: and he 
received them, and spake unto 
them of the kingdom of God, and 
healed them that had need of 
healing. 

12 And when the day began to 
wear away, then came _ the 
twelve, and said unto him, Send 
the multitude away, that they 
may go into the towns and 
country round about, and lodge, 
and get victuals: for we are 
here in a desert piace. . 

13 But he said unto them, 
Give ye them to eat. And they 
said, We have no more but five 
loaves and two fishes: except 
we should go and buy meat for 
all this people. 

14 For they were about five 
thousand men. And he said to 
his disciples, Make them sit 
down by fifties in a company. 

15 And they did so, and made 
them all sit down. 


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Five thousand fed. The transfiguration 


16 Then he took the five loaves 
and the two fishes, and looking 
up to heaven, he blessed them, 
and brake, and gave to the dis- 
Pee to atk before the multitude. 

y did eat, and were 
all filled: ahd there was taken 
up of fragments that remained 
to them twelve baskets. 

18 4 And it came to pass, as 
he was alone praying, his dis- 
ciples were with him: and he 


ST. LUKE, 9 


and James, and went up into a 
mountain to pray. 

29 And as he prayed, the 
fashion of his countenance was 
altered, and his raiment was 
white and glistering. 

30 And, behold, piters talked 
with two men, which were 
Mo’ses and E-li’as: 

31 Who appeared in glory, and 
spake of his decease which he 
should accomplish at Jé-ru’sa- 


asked them, saying, Whom say | lém 


_the people thatIam? | é 
19 They answering said, John 
the Bap’tist; but some _ say, 
E-li’‘as; and others say, that one 
of the old prophets is risen again. 
20 He said unto them, But 
whom say ye that] am? DPé’tér 
answering said, The Christ of 


God. 

21 And he straitly charged 
them, and commanded them to 
tell no man that thing; 

22 Saying, The’ Son of man 
must suffer many things, and be 
rejected of the elders and chief 
priests and scribes: and be slain, 
and be raised the third day. 

23 ¢ And he said to them all, 
If any man will come after me, 
let him deny himself, and take 
up his cross daily, and “follow me. 

24 For whosoever will save his 
life shall lose it: but whosoever 
will lose his life for my sake, 
the same shall save it. 

25 For what is a man advan- 
taged, if he gain the whole 
world, and lose himself, or be 
cast away? 

26 For’ whosoever shall be 
ashamed of me and of my 
words, of him shall the Son of 
man be ashamed, when he shall 
come in his own glory, and in 
Hs Father’s, and of the holy 


gels. 

007 But I tell you of a truth, 
there be some standing here, 
which shall not taste of death, 
till they see the kingdom of God. 

28 | And it came to pass about 
an eight days after these say- 
ings, he took Pé’tér and John 


32 But Pé’tér and they that 
were with him were heavy with 
sleep: and when they were 
awake, they saw his glory, and 
the two men that stood with him. 

33 And it came to pass, as 
they departed from him, Pé’tér 
said unto Jé’sus, Master, it is 
good for us to be here: and let 
us make three tabernacles;. one 
for thee, and one for M6’ses, 
and one for £-li’as: not know- 
ing what he said. 

34 While he thus spake, there 
came a cloud, and overshadowed 
them: and they feared as they 
entered into the cloud. 

35 And there came a voice out 
of the cloud, saying, This is my 
beloved Son: hear him 

36 And when the voice was 
past, Jé’sus was found alone. 
And they kept it close, and told 
no man in those days any of 
those things which they had 

seen. 

37 § And it came to pass, that 
on the next day, when they were 
come down from the hill, much 
people met him. 

38 And, behold, a man of the 
company cried out, saying, Mas- 
ter, I beseech thee, look upon my 
son: for he is mine only child. 

39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, 
and he suddenly crieth out; and 
it teareth him that he foameth 
again, and bruising him hardly 
departeth from him. 

40 And I besought thy dis- 
ciples to cast him out; and they 
could not. ‘ f 

41 And Jé’sus answering said, 


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ST. LUKE, 10 


O faithless and perverse genera- 
tion, how long shail I be with 
you, and suffer you? Bring thy 
son hither. 

_42 And as he was yet a com- 
ing, the devil threw him down, 
and tare him. And Jé’sus re- 
buked the unclean spirit, and 
healed the child, and delivered 
him again to his father. 

43 4 And they were all amazed 
at the mighty power of God. 
But while they wondered every 
one at all things which Jé’sus 
did, he said untohis disciples, 

44 Let these sayings sink 
down into your ears: for the 
Son of man shall be delivered 
into the hands of men. 

45 But they understood not 
this saying, and it was hid from 
them, that they perceived it not: 
and ‘they feared to ask him of 
that saying. 

_46 | Then there arose a reason- 
ing among them, which of them 
should be greatest. fh 

47 And Jé’sus, perceiving the 
thought of their heart, took a 
child, and set him by him. 

48 And said unto them, Who- 
soever shall receive this child in 
my name receiveth me: and 
whosoever shall receive me re- 
ceiveth him that sent me: 
he that is least among you all, 
the same shall be great. 

49 4 And John answered and 
said, Master, we saw one casting 
out devils in thy name; and we 
forbad him, because he followeth 
not with us. 

50 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Forbid him not: for he that is 
not against us is for us. 

51 4, And it came to pass, when 
the time was come that he 
should be received up, he sted- 
fastly set his face to go to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

52 And sent messengers before 
his face: and they went, and 
entered into a village of the 
Sa-mar’i-tans, to make ready for 


53 And they did not receive 


for| G 


A lesson on humility. Disciples reproved 


him, because his face was as 
though he would go to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. ae 

54 And when his disciples 
James and John saw this, they 
said, Lord, wilt thou that we 
command fire to come down 
from heaven, and consume them, 
even as E-li’as did? 

55 But he turned, and re- 
buked them, and said, Ye know 
not what manner of spirit ye 
are of. ; ; : 

56 For the Son of man is not 
come to destroy men’s lives, but 
to save them. And they went to 
another village. 

7 4 And it came to pass, 
that, as they went in the way, a 
certain man said unto him, 
Lord, I will follow thee whither- 
soever thou goest. | . 

58 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Foxes have holes, and birds of 
the air have nests; but the Son 
of man_hath not where to lay 
his head. : 

59 And he said unto another, 
Follow me. But he said, Lord, 
suffer me first to go and bury my 
father. 

60 Jé’sus said unto him, Let 
the dead bury their dead: but go 
thou and preach the kingdom of 


od. 
61 And another also said, Lord, 
I will follow thee; but let me 
first go bid them farewell, 
which are at home at my house. 

62 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
No man, having put his hand 
to the plow, and looking back, is 
fit for the kingdom of God. 


CHAPTER 10 54 


1 The seventy sent out. 17 The seventy 
return. 25 The lawyer taught how to 
obtain eternal life. 30 The good 
Samaritan. 38 Mary and Martha. 

FTER these things the Lord 
appointed other seventy 
also, and sent them, two and 
two before his face into every 
city and place, whither he him- 
self would come. 
2 Therefore said he unto them, 


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Mission of the seventy 


The harvest truly is great, but 
the labourers are few: pray ye 
therefore the Lord of the har- 
vest, that he would sent forth 
labourers into his harvest. 

3 Go your ways: behold, I 
send you forth as lambs among 
wolves. 

4 Carry 
scrip, nor shoes: 
man by the way. 

5 And into whatsoever house 
ye enter, first say, Peace be to 
_ this house. 

6 And if the son of peace be 
there, your peace shall rest 
upon it: if not, it shall turn to 
you again. 

7 And in the same house re- 
main, eating and drinking such 
things as they give: for the 
labourer is worthy of his hire. 
Go not from house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you, eat 
such things as are set before you: 

Oo And heal the sick that are 
therein, and say unto them, 
The kingdom of God is come 
nigh unto you. ; 

10 But into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you not, 
£0 your ways out into the streets 
of the same, and say, 

11 Even the very dust of your 
city. which cleaveth on us, we 
do wipe off against you: not- 
withstanding be ye sure of this, 
that the kingdom of God is come 
nigh unto you. f 

12 But I say unto you, that it 
shall be more tolerable in that 
day for Sdd’om, than for that 
city. 

13 Woe unto thee, Ché-ra’zin! 
woe unto thee, Béth-sa‘i-da! 
for if the mighty works had 
been done in Tyre and Si’don, 
which have been done in you, 
they had a great while ago re- 
pented, sitting in sackcloth and 
ashes. 

14 But it shall be more tolerable 
for Tyre and Si’dén at the 
judgment, than for you. f 

1 thou, Ca-pér’na-um, 


neither purse, nor 
and salute no 


ST. LUKE, 10 


which art exalted to heaven,. 
shalt be thrust down to hell. 

16 He that heareth you hear- 
eth me; and he that despiseth 
you despiseth me; and he that 
despiseth me despiseth him that 
sent me. 

17 4 And the seventy returned. 
again with joy, saying, Lord, 
even the devils are subject unto 
us through thy name. 

18 And he said unto them, I 
beheld Sa’tan as lightning fall 
from heaven. 

19 Behold, I give unto you 
power to tread on serpents and 
scorpions, and over all the power 
of the enemy: and nothing shall 
by any means hurt you. 

_20 Notwithstanding in this re- 
joice not, that the spirits are 
subject unto you; but rather 
rejoice, because your names are 
written in heaven. 

_21 In that hour Jé’sus re- 
joiced in spirit, and said, I 
thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
heaven and earth, that thou hast 
hid these things from the wise 
and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes: even so, 
Father; for so it seemed good 


in sight. 

22 All things are delivered to 
me of my Father: and no man 
knoweth who the Son is, but 
the Father; and who the Father 
is, but the Son, and he to whom. 
the Son will reveal him. | 

23 4 And he turned him unto 
his disciples, and said privately, 
Blessed are the eyes which see 
the things that ye see: 

24 For I tell you, that many 
prophets and kings have desired 
to see those things which ye see, 
and have not seen them; and to 
hear those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them. 

25 ¢ And, behold, a certain 
lawyer stood up, and tempted 
him, saying, Master, what shall 
I do to inherit eternal life? 

26 He said unto him, What is 
puritten in the law? how readest 

ou 


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27 And he answering said, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind; 
and thy neighbour as thyself. 

28 And he said unto him, Thou 
hast answered right: this do, 
and thou shalt live. 

29 But he, willing to justify 
himself, said unto Jé’sus, And 
who is my neighbour? 

30 And Jé’sus answering said, 
A certain man went down from 
Jé-ry’/sa-lém to Jér’i-cho, and 
fell among thieves, which 

stripped him of his raiment, 
and wounded him, and de- 
parted, leaving him half dead. 

31 And by chance there came 
down a certain priest that way: 
and when! he saw him, he 
passed by on the other side. 

32 And likewise ie Lé’vite, when 
he was at the place, came and 
looked on him, and passed by 
on the other side. 

33 But a certain Sa-mar’i-tan, 
as he journeyed, came where he 
was: and when he saw him, he 
had compassion on him, 

34 And went to him, and 
bound up his wounds, pouring 
in oil and wine, and set him on 
his own beast, and brought him 
to an inn, and took care of him. 

35 And on the morrow when 
he departed, he took out two 
pence, and gave them to the 
host, and said unto him, Take 
care of him; and whatsoever 
thou spendest more, when 
come again, I will repay thee. 

36 Which now of these three, 
thinkest thou, was neighbour 
unto him that fell among the 
thieves? 

37 And he said, He that shewed 
mercy on him. Then said Jé’sus 
unto him, Go, and do thou like- 
wise. : 

8 ¥ Now it came to pass, as 
they went, that he entered into 
a certain village: and a certain 
woman named Mar’tha received 
him into her house. 


The Lord’s prayer 


39 And she had a sister called 
Ma’ry, which also sat at Jé’sus’ 
feet, and heard his word. 

40 But Mar’tha was cumbered 
about much serving, and came 
to him, and said, Lord, dost 
thou not care that my sister hath 
left me to serve alone? bid her 
therefore that she help me. 

41 And Jé’sus answered and 
said unto her, Mar’tha, Mar’tha, 
thou art careful and troubled 
about many things: 

42 But one thing is needful: 
and Ma’ry hath chosen that good 
part, which shall not be taken 
away from her. “ 


CHAPTER 11 55 
1 The Lord’s prayer. 11 On asking 
and giving. 29 Sermon to the people. 

_ 37 Denunciation of the Pharisees. 
ND it came to pass, that, as 
he was praying in a certain 
place, when he ceased, one of his 
disciples said unto him, Lord, 
teach us to pray, as John also 

taught his disciples. 

2 And he said unto them, 
When ye pray, say, Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy name. Thy kingdom 
come. Thy will be done, as in 
heaven, so in earth. 

3 Give us day by day our daily 
bread. 3 

4 And forgive us our sins; for 
we also forgive every one that 
is indebted to us. And lead us 
not into temptation; but deliver — 
us from evil. : 

5 And he said unto them, — 
Which of you shall have a friend, 
and shall go unto him at mid- © 
night, and say unto him, Friend, 
lend me three loaves; | 

6 For a friend of mine in his — 
journey is come to me, and I 
have nothing to set before him? 

7 And he from within shall 
answer and say, Trouble me not: 
the door is now shut, and my 
children are with me in bed; I 
cannot rise and give thee. 

8 I say unto you, Though he 
will not rise and give him, 


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Asking and giving. . Beelzebub 


because he is his friend, yet 
because of -his importunity he 
will rise and give him as many 
as he needeth. 

9 And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given you; seek, 
and ye shall find; knock, and 
it shall be opened unto you. 

10 For every one that asketh 
receiveth; and he that seeketh 
findeth; and to him that knock- 
eth it shall be opened. 

11 If a son shall ask bread of 


any of you that is a father, will 


he give him a stone? or if he 
ask a fish, will he for a fish give 
him a serpent? 

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, 
will he offer him a scorpion? 

13 If ye then, being evil, know 
how to give good gifts unto your 
children: how much more shall 
your heavenly Father give the 
Holy Spir’/it to them that ask 


14 4 And he was casting out 
a devil, and it was dumb. And 
it came to pass, when the devil 
was. gone out. the dumb spake; 
and the people wondered. 

15 But some of them said, He 
casteth out devils through Bé- 
él’ze-bub the chief of the devils. 

16 And others, tempting him, 
sought of him a sign from 
heaven. 

he,. their 


17 But knowing 


thoughts, said unto them, Every | 


kingdom divided against itself 
is brought to desolation; and a 
house divided against a house 
falleth. 

18 If Sa’tan also be divided 
against himself, how shall his 
kingdom stand? because ye say 
that I cast out devils through 
Bé-él’ze-bub. 

19 And if I by Bé-él’ze-btb cast 


‘out devils, by whom do your 


sons cast them out? therefore 
shall they be your judges. 

20 But if I with the finger of 
God cast out devils, no doubt 


the kingdom of God is come} 


upon you. 
21 When a strong man armed 





ST. LUKE, 11 


keepeth his palace, his goods are 
in peace: 

22 But when a stronger ee 
he shall come upon him 
overcome him, he taketh from 
him all his armour wherein he 
trusted, and divideth his spoils. 

23 He that is not with me is 
against me: and he that gather- 
eth not with me scattereth. 

24 When the unclean spirit is 
gone out of a man, he walketh 
through dry places, seeking rest; 
and finding none, he saith, I 
will return unto my house 
whence I came out. 

25 And when he cometh, he 
findeth if swept and garnished. 

26 Then goeth he, and taketh 
to him seven other spirits more 
wicked than himself; and they 
enter in, and dwell there: and 
the last state of that man is 
worse than the first. 


| 27 ¥ And it came to pass, as he 


spake these things, a certain 
woman of the company lifted up 
her voice, and said unto him, 
Blessed is the womb that bare 
thee, and the paps which thou 
hast sucked. 

28 But he said, Yea rather, 
blessed are they ‘that hear the 
ord of God, and keep it. 

9 7 And when the people 


| wae gathered thick together, he 


began to say, This is an evil 
generation: they seek a sign; 
and there shall no sign be given 
it, but the sign of Jo’nas the 
prophet. 

30 For as Jé’nas was a sign 
unto the Nin’e-vites, so shall also 
the Son of man be to this gen- 
eration. 

31 The queen of the south 
shall rise up in the judgment 
with the men of this generation, 
and condemn them: for she 
came from the utmost parts of 
the earth to hear the wisdom of 
Sol’o-mon; and, behold, a great- 
fer than Sol’o-mon is here. 

32 The men of Nin’e-ve shall 
rise up in the judgment with this 
generation, and shall condemn 


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for they Tepented at the 
seeking of JO’ nas; and, behold, 
a oe than J6’nas is here. 

33 No man, when he hath 
lizhted a candle, putteth it in a 
secret place, 
bushel, but on a candlestick, 
that they which come in may 
see the light. 

34 The light of the body is the 
eye: therefore when thine eye 
is single, thy whole body also is 
full of light; but when thine 
eye is evil, thy body also is full 
of darkness 

35 Take “heed therefore that 
the light which is in thee be not 
darkness. 

36 If thy whole body therefore 
be full of light, having no part 
dark, the whole shall be full of 
light, as when the bright shining 
of a candle doth give thee light. 

37 4| And as he spake, a certain 
Phar’i-see besought him to dine 
with him: and he went in, and 
sat down to meat. 

38 And when the Phar’i-see 
saw it, he marvelled that he had 
not first washed before dinner. 

9 And the Lord said unto 
him, Now do ye Phar’i-sees 
make clean the outside of the 
cup and the platter; but your 
inward part is full of ravening 
and wickedness. 

40 Ye fools, did not he that 
made that which is without 
make that which is within also? 

41 But rather give alms of 
such things as ye have; and, 
behold, all things are clean unto 
you. 

42 But woe unto you, Phar’i- 
sees! for ye tithe mint and rue 
and all manner of herbs, and 
pass over judgment and the love 
of God: these ought ye to have 
done, and not to leave the other 
undone. 


neither under a|.Master, 


The Pharisees denounced 


are as graves which appear not, 
and the men that’ walk over 
them are not aware of them. 

45 | Then answered one of 
the lawyers, and said unto him, 
thus saying thou re- 
proachest us also. 

46 And he said, Woe unto you 
also, ye lawyers! for ye lade 
men with burdens grievous to 
be borne, and ye yourselves 
touch not the burdens with one 
of your fingers. ; 

47 Woe unto you! for ye build 
the sepulchres of the prophets, 
and your fathers killed them. 

48 Truly ye bear witness that 
ye allow the deeds of your 
fathers: for they indeed killed 
them, and ye build their sepul- 
chreg. 

49 Therefore also said the 
wisdom of God, will send 
them prophets and apostles, and 
some of them they shall slay 
and persecute: 

50 That the blood of all the 
prophets, which was shed from 
the foundation of the world, may 
be required of this generation; | 

51 From the blood of A’bél 
unto the blood of Zach-a-ri’as, 
which perished between the altar 
and the temple: verily I say 
unto you, It shall be required of 
this generation. 

52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for 
ye have taken away the key of 
knowledge: ye entered not in 
yourselves, and them that were 
entering in ye hindered. 

53 And as he said these things 
unto them, the scribes and the 
Phar’i-sees began to urge him 
vehemently, and to provoke him 
to speak of many things: 

54 Laying wait for him, and 
seeking to catch something out 
of his mouth, that they might 
accuse him. 


43 Woe unto you, Phar’i-sees! |. 


for ye love the uppermost seats 
in the synagogues, and greet- 
ings in the markets. 

44 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Phar’i-sees, hypocrites! for ye 


CHAPTER 12 56. 


1 A discourse to disciples on hypocrisy. 
13 Warning against covetousness. 
22 Against carefulness of earthly 
things. 33 General instruction io 
disciples. 


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Right values of earthly things 


N the mean time, when there 

were gathered together an 
innumerable multitude of people, 
insomuch that they trode one 
upon another, he began to say 
unto his disciples first of all, 
Beware ye of the leaven of the 
Phar’i-sees, which is hypocrisy. 

2 For there is nothing covered, 
that shall not be revealed; neither 
hid, that shall not be known. 

3 Therefore whatsoever ye have 
spoken in darkness shall be 
‘heard in the light; and that 
which ye have spoken in the ear 
in closets shall be proclaimed 
upon the house tops. 

4 And say unto you my 
friends, Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that 
have no more that they can do. 

5 But I will forewarn you whom 
ye shall fear: Fear him, which 
after he hath killed hath power 
to cast into hell; yea, I say 
unto you, Fear him. 

6 Are not five sparrows sold 
for two farthings, and not_one 
of them is forgotten before God? 

7 But even the very hairs of 
your head are all numbered. 
Fear not therefore: ye are of 
more value than many sparrows. 

8 Also I say unte you, Who- 
soever shail confess me before 
men, him shall the Son of man 
aee confess before the angels of 


0. But he that denieth me be- 
fore men shall be denied before 
the angels of God. 

10 And whosoever shall speak 
a word against the Son of man, 
it shall be forgiven him: but 
unto him that blasphemeth 
against the H6’ly Ghost it shall 
not be forgiven. rc 

11 And when they bring you 
unto the synagogues, and unto 
magistrates, and powers, take 
ye no thought how or what 
thing ye shall answer, or what 
ye shall say: 

12 For the Hdo/ly Ghost shall 
teach you in the same hour what 
ye ought to say. 

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ST. LUKE, 12 


13 4 And one of the company 
said unto him, Master, speak to 
my brother, that he divide the 
inheritance with me. 

14 And he said unto him, 
Man, who made me a judge or 
a divider over you? 

1 he said unto them, 
Take heed, and beware of 
covetousness: for a man’s life 
consisteth not in the abundance 
We the things which he possess- 


“16 And he spake a parable un- 
to them, saying, The ground of 
a certain rich man brought forth 
plentifully: 

17 And he thought within him- 
self, saying, What shall I do, 
because I have no rcom where 
to bestow my fruits? 

18 And he said, This will I 
do: I will pu!l down my barns, 
and build greater; and there will 
I bestow all my fruits and my 
goods. 

19 And I will say to my soul, 
Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years; take 
thine ease, eat, drink, and be 
merry 

20 But God said unto him, 
Thou fool, this night thy soul 
shall be required of thee: then 
whose shall those things be, 
which thou hast provided? 

21 So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not 
rich toward God. 

22 4 And he said unto his dis- 
ciples, Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your life, 
what ye shall eat; neither for 
the body, what ye shall put on. 

23 The life is more than meat, 
and the body is more than 
raiment. 

24 Consider the ravens: for 
they neither sow nor reap; which 
neither have storehouse nor 
barn; and God feedeth them: 
how much more are ye better 
than the fowls? 

25 And which of you with 
taking thought can add to his 
stature one cubit? 


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26 If ye then be not able to do 
that thing which is least, why 
take ye thought for the rest? 

27 Consider the lilies how they 
grow: they toil not, they spin 
not; and yet I say unto you, 
that Sol’o-mon in all his glory 
was not arrayed like one of 


these. 

28 If then God so clothe the 
grass, which is to day in the 
field, and to morrow is cast into 
the oven; how much more 
will he clothe you, O ye of 
little faith? 

29 And seek not ye what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall drink, 
neither be ye of doubtful mind. 

30 For all these things do the 
nations of the world seek after: 
and your Father knoweth that 
ye have need of these things. 

But rather seek ye the 
kingdom of God; and al! these 
things shall be added unto you. 

32 Fear not, little flock; for 
it is your Father’s good pleasure 
to give you the kingdom. 

33 Sell that ye have, and give 
alms; provide yourselves bags 
which wax not old, a treasure in 
the heavens that faileth not, 
where no thief approacheth, 
neither moth corrupteth 

34 For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

35 Let your loins be: girded 
about, and your lights burning; 

36 And ye yourselves like unto 
men that wait for their lord, 
when he will return from the 
wedding; that when he cometh 
and knocketh, they may open 
unto him immediately. 

37 Blessed are those servants, 
whom the lord when he cometh 
shall find watching: verily I say 
unto you, that he shall gird him- 
self, and make them to sit down 
to meat, and will come forth 
and serve them. 

38 And if he shall come in the 
second watch, or come in the 
third watch, and find them so, 
blessed are those servants. 

39 And this know, that if the 


Exhortation to watchfulness 


goodman of the house had 
known what hour the thief 
would come, he would have 
watched, and not have suffered 
his house to be broken through. 

40 Be ye therefore ready also: 
for the Son of man cometh at an 
hour when ye think not. 

41 q Then Pé’tér said unto 
him, Lord, speakest thou this 

parable unto us, or even to all? 

And the Lord said, Who 
fee is that faithful and wise 
steward, whom his lord shall 
make ruler over his household, 
to give them their portion of 
meat in due season? 

43 Blessed is that servant, 
whom his lord when he cometh 
shall find so doing. 

44 Of a truth I say unto you, 
that he will make him er 
over all that he hath. 

45 But and if that servant say 
in his heart, My lord delayeth 
his coming; and shall begin to 
beat the menservants and maid- 
ens, and to eat and drink, and 
to be drunken; 

46 The lord of that servant will 
come in a day when he looketh 
not for him, and at an hour 
when he is not aware, and will 
cut him in sunder, and will 
appoint him his portion with the 
unbelievers. 

47 And that servant, which 
knew his lord’s will, and pre- 
pared not himself, neither did 
according to his will, shall be 
beaten with many stripes. 

48 But he that knew not, and 
did commit things worthy of 
stripes, shall be beaten with few — 
stripes. For unto whomsoever 
much is given, of him shall be 
much required: and to whom 
men have committed much, of 
him they will ask the more. 

49 4 I am come to send fire on 
the earth; and what will I, if it 
be already kindled? 

50 But I have a baptism to be 
baptized with; and how am I 
straitened it be accom- 
plished! 


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Of repentance. 


51 Suppose ye that I am come 
to give peace on earth? I tell 
you, Nay; but rather division: 

52 For from henceforth there 
shall be five in one house 
divided, three eae two, and 
two against 

53 The father’ shall be divided 
against the son, and the son 
against the father; the mother 
against the daughter, and the 
daughter against the mother; 
the mother in law against her 
daughter in law, and the daugh- 
sa a law against her mother in 


34 4 And he said also to the 
people, When ye see a cloud rise 
out of the west, straightway ye 
say, There cometh a shower; 
and so it is. 

55 And when ve see the south 
wind blow, ye say, There will be 
heat; and it cometh to pass. 

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can dis- 
cern the face of the sky and of 
the earth; but how is it that ye 
do not discern this time? 


Yea, and why even of your-, 


selves judge ye not what is 
right? 

58 ¢ When thou goest with 
thine adversary to the magis- 
trate, as thou art in the way, 


Healing on the sabbath 


ST. LUKE, 13 


these Gal-i-le’ans were sinners 
above all the Gal-i-le’ans, be- 
cause they suffered such things? 

3 I tell you, Nay: but, except 
ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. 

4 Or those eighteen, upon 
whom the tower in Si-l6’am fell, 
and slew them, think ye that 
they were sinners above all men 
that dwelt in Jé-ru’sa-lém? 

5 I teil you, Nay: but, except 
ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. 

6 4 He spake also this parable; 
A certain man had a fig tree 
planted in his vineyard; and he 
came and sought fruit thereon, 
and found none. 

7 Then said he unto the dresser 
of his vineyard, Behold, these 
three years I come seeking fruit 
on this fig tree, and find none: 
cut it down; why cumbereth it 
the ground? 

8 And he answering said unto 
him, Lord, let it alone this year 
also, till I shall dig about it, 
and dung it: 

9 And if it bear fruit, well: 
and if not, then after that thou 
shalt cut it down. 

10 And he was teaching in one 
of the synagogues on the sab- 


give diligence that thou mayest | bath. 


be delivered from him; lest he 
hale thee to the judge, and the 
judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and the officer cast thee into 

prison. 

50 I tell thee, thou ‘shalt not 
depart thence, till thou hast paid 
the very last mite. 


57 CHAPTER 13 


1 On repentance. 6 The fruitless fig 
tree. 11 Of healing on the sabbath. 
18 The kingdom of God. 24 The 
by gate. 31 A lament for Jerusa- 
em. 

HERE were present at that 
season some that told him 
of the Gal-i-lz2’ans, whose blood 

Pilate had mingled with their 

sacrifices. 

2 And Jé’sus answering said 
unto them, Suppose ye that 


11 ¢ And, behold, there was a 
woman which had a spirit of 
infirmity eighteen years, and 
was bowed together, and could 
in no wise lift up herself. 

12 And when Jé’sus saw her, 
he called her to him, and said 
unto her, Woman, thou art 
loosed from thine infirmity. 

13 And he laid: his hands on 
her: and immediately she was 
made straight, and glorified God. 

14 And the ruler of the syna- 
gogue answered with indigna- 
tion, because that Jé’sus had 
healed on the sabbath day, and 
said unto the people, There are 
six days in which men ought to 
work: in them therefore come 
and be healed, and inot on the 
sabbath day. 


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ST. LUKE, 14 


Parable of the mustard seed 


15 The Lord then answered|I know you not whence ye are; 


bim, and said, Thou hypocrite, 
doth not each one of you on 
the sabbath loose his ox or his 
ass from the stall, and lead him 
away to watering? 

16 And ought not this woman, 
being a daughter fof A’bra-ham, 
whom Séa’tan hath bound, lo, 
these eighteen years, be loosed 
from this bond on the sabbath 


ay? 

17 And when he had said these 
things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed: and all the people 
rejoiced for all the glorious 
things that were done by him. 

18 4 Then said he, Unto what 
is the kingdom of God like? and 
whereunto shall I resemble it? 

19 It is like a grain of mustard 
seed, which a man took, and 
cast into his garden; and it 
grew, and waxed a great tree; 
and the fowls of the air lodged 
in the branches of it. 

20 And again he said, Where- 
unto shall I liken the kingdom 
of God? 

21 It is like leaven, which a 
woman tcok and hid in three 
measures of meal, till the whole 
was leavened. 

22 And he went through the 
cities and villages, teaching, and 
journeying toward Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

23 Then said one unto him, 
Lord, are there few that be 
saved? And he said unto them, 

24 4 Strive to enter in at the 
strait gate: for many, I say 
unto you, will seek to enter in, 
and shall not be able. 

25 When once the master of 
the house is risen up, and hath 
shut to the door, and ye begin 
to stand without, and to knock 
at the door saying, Lord, Lord, 
open unto us; and he shall 
answer and say unto you, 
know you not whence ye are: 

26 Then shall ye begin to say, 
We have eaten and drunk in 
thy presence, and thou hast 
taught in our streets. 

27 But he shall say, I tell you, 


depart from. me, all ye workers 
of iniquity. 

28 There shall, be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth, when ye 
shall see A’bra-ham, and I’saac, 
and a a’cob, and all the prophets, 
in the kingdom of God, and you 
yourselves thrust out. 

29 And they shall come from 
the east, and from the west, and 
from the north, and from the 
south, and shall sit down in the 
kingdom of God. 

30 And, behold, there are last 
which shall be first, and there 
are first which shall be last. 

31 ¥ The same day there came 
certain of the Phar’i-sees, say- 
ing unto him, Get thee out, and 
depart hence: for Hér’od will 
kill thee. 

32 And he said unto them, Go 
ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I 
cast out devils, and I do cures 
to day and to morrow, and the 
third day I shall be perfected. 

33 Nevertheless I must walk 
to day, and to morrow, and the 
day following: for it cannot be 
that a prophet perish out of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

34 O Jé-ru’sa-lém, Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, which killest the prophets, 
and stonest them that are sent 
unto thee; how often would I 
have gathered thy children to- 
gether, as a hen doth gather her 
brood under her wings, and ye 
would not! 

35 Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate: and verily I 
say unto you, Ye shall not see 
me, until the_time come when 
ye shall say, Blessed is he that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. 


CHAPTER 14 58 

1 On sabbath observance. 7 On humii- 

ity. 15 Parable of the great supper. 
25 Who cannot be disciples. 

ND it came to pass, as he 

went into the house of one 

of the chief Phar’i-sees to eat 

bread on the sabbath day, that 

they watched him. 


2 And, behold, there was @ 


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Parable of the great supper 


certain man before him which 

had the dropsy. 

_ 3 And Jé’sus answering spake 
unto the lawyers and Phar’i- 
sees, saying, Is it lawful to heal 
on the sabbath day? 

4 And they held their peace. 
And he took him, and healed 
him, and let him go; ; 

5 And answered them, saying, 
Which of you shall have an ass 
or an ox fallen into a pit, and 
will not straightway pull him out 
fon the sabbath day? 

6 And they could not answer 
fn again to these things. 

7 4 And he put forth a parable 
to those which were bidden, 
when he marked how they chose 
out the chief rooms; saying unto 


them, 

8 When thou art bidden of any 
man to a wedding, sit not down 
in the highest room; lest a more 
honourable man than thou be 
bidden of him; 

9 And he that bade thee and 
him come and say to thee, Give 
this man place; and thou begin 
‘ees shame to take the lowest 


m0 But when thou art bidden, 
go and sit down in the lowest 
room; that when he that bade 
thee cometh, he may say unto 
thee, Friend, go up higher: then 
shalt thou have worship in the 
presence of them that sit at 
meat with thee. 

11 For whosoever exalteth 
himself shall be abased; and he 
that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

12 4 Then said he also to him 
that bade him, When thou mak- 
est a dinner or a supper, call not 
thy friends, nor thy brethren, 
neither thy kinsmen, nor thy 
rich neighbours; lest they also 
bid thee again, and a recom- 
pence be made thee. 

13 But when thou makest a 
feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind: 

14 And thou shalt be blessed; 
for they cannot recompense thee: 


ST. LUKE, 14 


for thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of the just. 

15 ¢ And when one of them 
that sat at meat with him heard 
these things, he said unto him, 
Blessed is he that shall eat 
bread in the kingdom of God. 

16 Then said he unto him, A 
certain man made a great supper, 
and bade many: 

17 And sent his servant at 
supper time to say to them that 
were bidden, Come; for all 
things are now ready. 

18 And they all with one con- 
sent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have. 
bought a piece of ground, and I 
must needs go and see it: I 
pray thee have me excused. 

19 And another said, I have 
bought five yoke of oxen, and I 
go to prove them: I pray thee 
have me excused. 5 

20 And another said, I have 
married a wife, and therefore I 
cannot come. 

21 So that servant came, and 
shewed his lord these things. 
Then the master of the house 
being angry said to his servant, 
Go out quickly into the streets 
and lanes of the city, and bring 
in hither the poor, and the 
maimed, and the halt, and the 
blind. 

22 And the servant said, Lord, 
it is done as thou hast com- 
manded, and yet there is room. 

23 And the lord said unto the 
servant, Go out into the high- 
ways and hedges, and compel 
them to come in, that my house 
may be filled. 

24 For I say unto you, That 
none of those men which were 
bidden shall taste of my supper. 

25 ¢ And there went great 
multitudes with him: and he 
turned, and said unto them, 

26 If any man come to me, 
and hate not his father, and 
mother, and wife, and children, 
and brethren, and sisters, yea, 
and his own life also, he cannot. 
be my disciple. 


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ST. LUKE, 15 


27 And whosoever doth not 
bear his cross, and come after 
me, cannot be my disciple. 

28 For which of you, intend- 
ing to build a tower, sitteth not 
down first, and counteth the 
cost, whether he have sufficient 
to finish it? 

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid 
the foundation, and is not able 
to finish if, all that behold i¢ 
begin to mock him, 

30 Saying, This man began to 
build, and was not able to finish. 

31 Or what king, going to make 
War against another king, sitteth 
not down first, and consulteth 
whether he be able with ten 
thousand to meet him that 
‘cometh against him with twenty 
thousand? i 

32 Or else, while the other is 
yet a great way off, he sendeth 
an ambassage, and desireth con- 
ditions of peace. 

33 So likewise,’ whosoever he 
‘be of you that forsaketh not all 
that he hath, he cannot be my 
disciple. | 

34 Y Salt zs good: but if the 
salt have lost his savour, where- 
‘with shall it be seasoned? 

35 It is neither fit for the land, 
mor yet for the dunghill; but 
men cast it out. He that hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 


59 CHAPTER 15 
1 The lost sheep. 8 The piece of silver. 
11 The prodigal son. 
HEN drew near unto him 
ali the publicans and sin- 
ners for to hear him. 

2 And the Ph§ar’i-sees and 
scribes murmured, saying, This 
man receiveth sinners, and 
eateth with them. 

3 9 And he spake this parable 
unto them, saying, 

4 What man of you, having an 
hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety 
and nine in the wilderness, and 
go after that which is lost, until 
he find it? ‘ 

5 And when he hath found it, 


The lost sheep. The prodigal son 


he layeth it on his shoulders, 
rejoicing. 

6 And when he cometh home, 
he calleth together his friends 
and neighbours, saying unto 
them, Rejoice with me; forI have 
found my sheep which was lost. 
_7 I say unto you, that likewise 
joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine just per- 
sons, which need no repentance. 

8 § Either what woman having 
ten pieces of silver, if she lose 
one piece, doth not light a candle, 
and sweep the house, and seek 
diligently till she find it? j 

9 And when she hath found it, 
she calleth her friends and her 
neighbours together, saying, Re- 
joice with me; for I have found 
the piece which I had lost. 

10 Likewise, I say unto you, 
there is joy in the presence of 
the angels of God over one sin- 
ner that repenteth. ; 

1i § And he said, A certain 
man had two sons: 

12 And the younger of them 
said to his father, Father, give 
me the portion of goods that 
falleth to me. And he divided 
unto them his living. 

13 And not many days after 
the younger son gathered all to- 
gether, and took his journey into 
a far country, and there wasted 
his substance with riotous liv- 


ing. 

14 And when he had spent all, 
there arose a mighty famine in 
that land; and he began to be 
in want. 

15 And he went and joined 
himself to a citizen of that coun- 
try; and he sent him into his 
fields to feed swine. 

16 And he would fain have 
filled his belly with the husks 
that the swine did eat: and no 
man gave unto him. 

17 And when he came to him- 
self, he said, How many hired 
servants of my father’s have 
bread enough and to spare, and 
I perish with hunger! 


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Parable of the unjust steward 


18 I will arise and go to my 
father, and will say unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and before thee, 

19 And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son: make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

20 And he arose, and came to 
his father. But when he was 
yet a great way off, his father 
saw him, and had compassion, 
and ran, and fell on his neck, 
and kissed hi 


_21 And the son said unto him, 


Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and in thy sight, and 
am no more worthy to be called 
thy son. 

22 But the father said to his 
servants, Bring fo the best 
robe, and put if on him; and 
put a ring on his hand, and 
shoes on his feet: 

23 And bring hither the fatted 
calf, and kill it; and let us eat, 
and be merry: 

24 For this my son was dead, 
and is alive again; he was lost, 
and is found. And they began 
to be merry. : 

25 Now his elder son was in the 
field: and as he came and drew 
nigh to the house, he heard 
musick and dancing. 

26 And he called one of the 
servants, and asked what these 
things meant. ‘ 

27 And he said unto him, Thy 
brother is come; and thy father 
hath killed the fatted calf, be- 
cause he hath received him safe 
and sound. 

28 And he was angry, and 
would not go in: therefore came 
his father out, and intreated 


im. 

29 And he answering said to 
his father, Lo, these many years 
do I serve thee, neither trans- 
gressed I at any time thy com- 
mandment: and yet thou never 


_gavest me a kid, that I might 
_ make merry with my friends: 


30 But as soon as this thy son 
Was come, which hath de- 


yvoured thy living with harlots. 
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ST. LUKE, 16 


thou hast killed for him the 
fatted calf, 

31 And he said unto him, Son, 
thou art ever with me, and all 
that I have is thine. 

32 It was meet that we should 
make merry, and be glad: for 
this thy brother was dead, and 
is alive again; and was lost, 
and is found. 


CHAPTER 16 69 
1 The unjust steward. 14 Reproof of 
the Pharisees. 19 The rich man 
‘ and Lazarus. 

ND he said also unto his 
& disciples, There was a cer- 
tain rich man, which had a 
steward; and the same was 
accused unto him that he had 

wasted his goods. 

2 And he called him, and said 
unto him, How is it that I hear 
this of thee? give an account of 
thy stewardship; for thou may- 
est be no longer steward. 

3 Then the steward said within 
himself, What shall I do? for 
my lord taketh away from me 
the stewardship: I cannot dig; 
to beg I am ashamed. 

4 I am resolved what to do, 
that, when I am put out of the 
stewardship, they may receive 
me into their houses. 

So he called every one of his 
lord’s debtors unto him, and 
said unto the first, How much 
owest thou unto my lord? 

6 And he said, An hundred 
measures of oil. And he said 
unto him, Take thy bill, and sit 
down quickly, and write fifty. 

7 Then said he to another, And 
how much owest thou? And he 
said, An hundred measures of 
wheat. And he said unto him, 
Take thy bill, and write four- 


score. 

8 And the lord commended the 
unjust steward, because he had 
done wisely: for the children of 
this world are in their _genera- 
tion wiser than the children of 
light. 

9 And I say unto you, Make to 


ST. LUKE, 17 


yourselves friends of the mam- 
mon of unrighteousness; that, 
when ye fail, they may receive 
you into everlasting habitations. 

10 He that is faithful in that 
which is least is faithful also in 
much: and he that is unjust in 
ae least is unjust also in 


aint If therefore ye have not 
been faithful in the unrighteous 
mammon, who will commit to 
your trust the true riches? 

12 And if ye have not been 
faithful in that which is another 
man’s, who shall give you that 
which is your own? 

13 ¥ No servant can serve two 
masters: for either he will hate 
the one, and love the other; or 
else he will hold to the one, and 
despise the other. Ye cannot 
serve God and mammon. 

14 And the Phar’i-sees also, 
who were covetous, heard ail 
these things: and they derided 


im. 

15 And he said unto them, Ye 
are they which justify your- 
selves before men; but God 
knoweth your hearts: for that 
which is highly esteemed among 
men is abomination in the sight 
of God. 

16 The law and’ the prophets 
were until Jéhn: since that time 
the kingdom of God is preached, 
and every man presseth into it. 

17 And it is easier for heaven 
and earth to pass, than one tittle 
of the law to fail. 

18 Whosoever putteth away 
his wife, and marrieth another, 
committeth adultery: and who- 
soever marrieth her that is put 
away from her husband com- 
mitteth adultery. 

19 { There was a certain rich 
man, which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen, and fared 
sumptuously every day: 

20 And there was a certain 
beggar named Laz’a-ruis, which 
was laid at his gate, full of 
sores, 


21 And desiring to be fed with 
104. 


The rich man and Lazarus 


the crumbs which fell from the 
rich man’s table: moreover the 
dogs came and licked his sores. 

22 And it came to pass, that 
the beggar died, and was carried 
by the angels into A’bra-ham’s 
bosom: the rich man also died, 
and was buried; 

23 And in hell he lift up his 
eyes, being in torments, and 
seeth A’bra-ham afar off, an 
Laz’a-rts in his bosom. 

24 And he cried and said, 
Father A’bra-ham, have mercy 
on me, and send Laz’a-rts, that 
he may dip the tip of his finger 
in water, and cool my tongue; 
for I am tormented in this flame. 

25 But A’bra-ham said, Son, 
remember that thou in thy life- 
time receivedst thy good things, 
and likewise Laz’a-ris_ evil 
things: but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. 

26 And beside all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf 
fixed: so that they which would 
pass from hence to you cannot; 
neither can they pass to us, that 
would come from thence. 


27 Then he said, I pray thee 
therefore, father, that thou 
wouldest send i to my 


father’s house: 

28 For I have five brethren; 
that he may testify unto them, 
lest they also come into this 
place of torment. 4 

29 A’bra-ham saith unto him, 
They have M6d’ses and the 
prophets; let them hear them. 
_30 And he said, Nay, father 
A’bra-ham: but if one went 
unto them from the dead, they 
will repent. 

31 And he said unto him, If 
they hear not Mé’ses and ‘the 
prophets, neither will they be 
persuaded, though one _ rose 
from the dead. 


CHAPTER 17 61 


1 A lesson on_faith. 11 Ten lepers 
healed. 20 Christ’s second coming. 


HEN said he unto the dis- 
ciples, It is impossible but 


Forgiveness. 


that offences will come: _ but 
woe unto him, through whom 
they come! : 

2 It were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and he cast into the sea, 
than that he should offend one 
of these little ones. 

3 { Take heed to yourselves: 
If thy brother trespass against 
thee, rebuke him; and if he 
repent, forgive him. t 
_4 And if he trespass against 
thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again 
to thee, saying, I repent; thou 
shalt forgive him. , 

5 And the apostles said unto 
the Lord, Increase our faith. 

6 And the Lord said, If ye had 
faith as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye might say unto this sycamine 
tree, Be thou plucked up by the 
root, and be thou planted in the 
sea; and it should obey you. 

7 But which of you, having a 
_ servant plowing or feeding cattle, 
will say unto him by and by, 
when he is come from the field, 
Go and sit down to meat? 

8 And will not rather say unto 
him, Make ready wherewith I 
may sup, and gird thyself, and 
serve me, till I have eaten and 
drunken; and afterward thou 
shalt eat and drink? 

9 Doth he thank that servant 
because he did the things that 
were commanded him? I trow not. 

10 So likewise ye, when ye 
shall have done all those things 
which are commanded you, say, 
We are unprofitable servants: 
we have done that which was 
our duty to do. 

11 ¢ And it came to pass, as 
he went to Jé-ru’sa-lém, that he 
passed through the midst of 
Sa-ma’ri-a and Gal’i-lee. | 

12 And as he entered into a 
certain village, there met him 
ten men that were lepers, which 
stood afar off: ; 
13 And they lifted up _ their 
- voices, and said, Jé’sus, Master, 
have mercy on us. 


Faith. Ten lepers cleansed 


ST. LUKE, 17 


14 And when he saw them, he 
said unto them, Go shew your- 
selves unto the priests. And it 
came to pass, that, as they went, 
they were cleansed. 

15 And one of them, when he 
saw that he was healed, turned 
back, and with a loud voice 
glorified God, 

16 And fell down on his face 
at his feet, giving him thanks: 
and he was a Sa-mar’i-tan. 

17 And Jé’sus answering said, 
Were there not ten cleansed? 
but where are the nine? 

18 There are not found that 
returned to give glory to God, 
save this stranger. 

19 And he said. unto him, 
Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath 
made thee whole. 

20 ¢ And when he was de- 
manded of the Phar’i-sees, when 
the kingdom of God should 
come, he answered them and 
said, The kingdom of God 
cometh not with observation: 

21 Neither shall they say, Lo 
here! or, lo there! for, behold, 
the kingdom of God is within you. 

22 And he said unto the dis- 
ciples, The days will come, 
when ye shall desire to see one 
of the days of the Son of man, 
and ye shall not see if. 

23 And they shall say to you, 
See here; or, see there: go not 
after them, nor follow them. 

24 For as the lightning, that 
lighteneth out of the one part 
under heaven, shineth unto the 
other part under heaven; so 
shall also the Son of man be in 
his day. 

25 But. first must he suffer 
many things, and be rejected of 
this generation. ; 

26 And as it was in the days 
of Nd’e, so shall it be also in the 
days of the Son of man. 

27 They did eat, they drank, 
they married wives, they, were 
given in marriage, until the 
day that No’e entered into the 
ark, and the flood came, and 
destroyed them all. 


105 


ST. LUKE, 18 


28 Likewise also as it was in 
the days of Lot; they did eat, 
they drank, they bought, they 
sold, they planted, they builded; 

29 But the same day that Lot 
went out of Sdd’om it rained 
fire and brimstone from heaven, 
and destroyed them all. 

30 Even thus shall it be in the 
day when the Son of man is 
revealed. 

31 In that day, he which shall 
be upon the house top, and his 
stuff in the house, let him not 
come down to take it away: and 
he that is in the field, let him 
likewise not return back. 

32 Remember Lot’s wife. 

33 Whosoever shall seek to 
save his life shall lose it; and 
whosoever shall lose his life 
shall preserve it. 

34 I tell you, in that night 
there shall be two men in one 
bed; the one shall be taken, and 
the other shall be left. 

35 Two women shall be grind- 
. ing together; the one shall be 
taken, and the other left. 

36 Two men shall be in the 
field; the one shall be taken, and 
the other left. : 

37 And they answered and said 
unto him, Where, Lord? And 
he said unto them, Wheresoever 
the body is, thither will the 
eagles be gathered together. 


62 CHAPTER 18 


3 The importunate widow. 9 Of t 
Pharisee and publican. 15 Of little 
children. 18 The danger of riches. 
31 The passion foretold. 35 Blind 
man’s sight restored. 


ND he spake a parable unto 

them fo this end, that men 

ought always to pray, and not 
to faint; a } 

2 Saying, There was in a city 
a judge, which feared not God, 
neither regarded man: . ; 

3 And there was a widow in 
that city; and she came unto 
him, saying, Avenge me of 
tine adversary. 

4 And he would not for a 


The importunate widow 


while: but afterward he said 
within himself, Though I fear 
not God, nor regard man; 

5 Yet because this widow 
troubleth me, I will avenge her, 
lest by her continual coming she 
weary me. 

6 And the Lord said, Hear what 
the unjust judge saith. 

And shall not God avenge 
his own elect, which cry day 
and night unto him, though he 
bear long with them? 

8 I tell you that he will avenge 
them speedily. Nevertheless 
when the Son of man com- 
eth, shall he find faith on the 
earth? 

9 And he spake this parable 
unto certain which trusted in 
themselves that they were right- 
eous, and despised others: 

10 Two men went up into the 
temple to pray; the one a 
Phar’i-see, and the other a 
publican. 

11 The Phar’i-see stood and 
prayed thus with himself, God; 
I thank thee, that I am not as 
other men are, extortioners, 
unjust, adulterers, or even as 
this publican. 

12 I fast twice in the week, I 
give tithes of all that I possess. 

13 And the publican, standing 
afar off, would not lift up so 
much as his eyes unto heaven, 
but smote upon his breast, say= 
ing, God be merciful to me a 
sinner. 

14 I tell you, this man went 
down to his house justified 
rather than the other: for every 
one that exalteth himself shall 
be abased; and he that humbleth 
himself shall be exalted. ’ 

15 And they brought unto him 
also infants, that he would 
touch them: but when his dis- 
vines saw it, they rebuked them. 

6 But Jé’sus called them 
Db him, and_ said, Suffer 
little chiidren to come unto me, 
and forbid them not: for of 
such is the kingdom of God. 

17 Verily I say unto you, Who- 


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The commandments. 


soever shall not receive the 
kingdom of God as a little child 


| shall in no wise enter therein. 


18 And a certain ruler asked 


| him, saying, Good Master, what 


| shall I do to inherit eternal life? 


19 And Jé’sus said unto him 
Why callest thou me good? none 
is good, save one, that is, God. 

20 Thou knowest the com- 
mandments, Do not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not 
steal, Do not bear false witness, 
Honour thy father and thy 
mother. 

21 And he said, All these have 
I kept from my youth up. 

2 Now when Jé’sus heard 
these things, he said unto him, 
Yet lackest thou one thing: sell 
all that thou hast, and distribute 
unto. the poor, and thou shalt 
have treasure in heaven: and 
come, follow me. ; 

23 And when he heard this, he 
was very sorrowful: for he was 
very rich. 

24 And when Jé’sus saw that 
he was very sorrowful, he said, 
How hardly shall they ‘that have 
bade enter into the kingdom of 

re) 


25 For it is easier for a camel 
to go through a needle’s eye, 
than for a rich man to enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

26 And they that heard if said, 
Who then can be saved? 

27 And he said, The things 
which are impossible with men 
are possible with God. 

28 Then Pé’tér said, Lo, we 
ws left all, and followed 
thee 

29 And he said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, There is 
no man that hath left house, or 
parents, or brethren, or wife, or 
children, for the kingdom of 
God’s sake, 

30 Who shall not receive mani- 
fold more in this present time, 
and in the world to come life 
everlasting. ’ 

31 9 Then he took unto him 
the twelve, and said unto them, 


Danger of riches 


ST. LUKE, 19 


Behold, we go up to Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and all things that are 
written by the prophets con- 
cerning the Son of man shall be 
accomplished. 

32 For he shall be delivered 
unto the Gén’tiles, and shall be 
mocked, and spitefully entreated, 
and spitted on: i 

33 And they shall scourge him, 
and put him to death: and the 
third day he shall rise again. 

34 And they understood none 
of these things: and this saying 
was hid from them, neither knew 
they the things which were 
spoken. ' 

35 ¥ And it came to pass, that 
as he was come nigh unto Jér’i- 
cho, a certain blind man sat by 
the way oe begging: 

36 And hearing the multitude 
pass by, he asked what it meant. 

37 And they told him, that 
Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth passeth by. 

38 And he cried, saying, Jé’- 
sus, thou son of Da’vid, have 
mercy on me. 2 

39 And they which went before 
rebuked him, that he should 
hold his peace: but he cried so 
much the more, Thou son of 
Da’vid, have mercy on me. 

40 And Jé’sus stood, and com- 
manded him to be brought unto 
him: and when he was come 
near, he asked him, 

41 Saying, What wilt thou that 
I shail do unto thee? And he 
said, Lord, that I may receive 
my sight. 

42 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Receive thy sight: faith 
hath saved thee. 

And immediately he re- 
ceived his sight, and followed 
him, glorifying God: and all 
the people, when they saw if, 
gave praise unto God. 

CHAPTER 19 63 


1 Of Zaccheus the publican. 11 Par- 
able of the pounds. 28 Christ enters 


Jerusalem. 45 Cleansing of the 
temple. 
ND Jé’sus entered and 


passed through Jér’i-ché. 


107 


ST. LUKE, 19 


2 And, behold, there was a 
man named Zac-chz/us, which 
was the chief among the publi- 
cans, and he was rich. 

3 And he sought to see Jé’sus 
who he was; and could not for 
the press, because he was little 
of stature. 

4 And he ran before, and 
climbed up into a sycomore tree 
to see him: for he was to pass 
that way. 

5 And when Jé’sus came to 
the place, he looked up, and saw 
him, and said unto him, Zac- 
che’us, make haste, and come 
down; for to day I must abide 
at thy house. 

6 And he made haste, and came 
down, and received him joyfully. 

7 And when they saw it, they 
all murmured, saying, That he 
was gone to be guest with a man 
that is a sinner. 

8 And Zac-che’us stood, and 
said unto the Lord; Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods I 
give to the poor; and if I have 
taken any thing from any man 
by false accusation, I restore 
him fourfold : 

And Jé’sus said unto him, 
This day is salvation come to 
this house, forsomuch as he 
also is a son of A’bra-ham. 

10 For the Son of man is come 
to seek and to save that which 
was lost. 

11 And as they heard these 
things, he added and spake a 
parable, because he was nigh to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, and because they 
thought that the kingdom of God 
should immediately appear. 

12 He said therefore, A cer- 
tain nobleman went into a far 
country to receive for himself a 
kingdom, and to return. 

13 And he called his ten serv- 
ants, and delivered them ten 
pounds, and said unto them, 
Occupy till I come. 

14 But his citizens hated him, 
and sent_a message after him, 
saying, We will not have this 
man to reign over us. 


Zaccheus. 


Parable of the pounds 


15 And it came to pass, that 
when he was returned, having 
received the kingdom, then he 
commanded these servants to 
be called unto him, to whom he 
had given the money, that he 
might know how much every 
man had gained by trading. 

16 Then came the first, saying, 
Lord, thy pound hath gained ten 
pounds. 

17 And he said unto him, 
Well, thou good servant: be- 
cause thou hast been faithful in 
a very little, have thou authority 
over ten cities. 

_18 And the second came, say- 
ing, Lord, thy pound hath gained 
five pounds,’ =) ; 

19 And he said likewise to him, 
Be thou also over five cities. | 

20 And another came, saying, 
Lord, behold, here is thy pound, 
which I have kept laid up in a 
napkin: 

21 For I feared thee, because 
thou art an austere man: thou 
takest up that thou layedst not 


down, and reapest that thou 
didst not sow. 
22 And he saith unto him, 


Out of thine own mouth will I 
judge thee, thou wicked servant. 
Thou knewest that I was an 
austere man, taking up that I 
laid not down, and reaping that 
I did not sow: 

23 Wherefore then gavest not 
thou my money into the bank, 
that at my coming I might have 
required mine own with usury? 

24 And he said unto them that 
stood by, Take from him the 
pound, and give it to him that 
hath ten pounds. f 

25 (And they said unto him, 
Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 

26 For I say unto you, That 
unto every one which hath shall 
be given; and from him that 
hath not, even that he hath shall 
be taken away from him. 

27 But those mine enemies, 
which would not that I should 
reign over them, bring hither, 


‘and slay them before me. 


108 


Jesus enters Jerusalem 


28 § And when he had thus 
spoken, he went before, ascend- 
ing up to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

29 And it came to pass, when 
he was come nigh to Béth’pha-gé 
and Béth’a-ny, at the mount 
called the mount of Ol’ives, he 
sent two of his disciples, 

30 Saying, Go ye into the vil- 
lage over against you; in the 
which at your entering ye shall 
find a colt tied, whereon yet 
never man sat: loose him, and 
bring him hither. 

31 And if any man ask you, 
Why do ye loose him? thus shall 
ye say unto him, Because the 
Lord hath need of him. 

32 And they that were sent 
went their way, and found even 
as he had said unto them. 

33 And as they were loosing 
the colt, the owners thereof said 
unto them, Why loose ye the colt? 

34 And they said, The Lord 
hath need of him. 

35 And they brought him to 
Jé’sus: and they cast their 
garments upon the colt, and 
they set Jé’sus thereon. 

36 And as_ he went, they 
spread their clothes in the way. 

37 And when he was come 
nigh, even now at the descent of 
the mount of Ol’/ives, the whole 
multitude of the disciples be- 
gan to rejoice and praise God 
with a loud voice for all the 
mighty works that they had seen; 

38 Saying, Blessed be the 
King that cometh in the name of 
the Lord: peace in heaven, 
and glory in the highest. 

39 And some of the Phar’i- 
sees from among the multitude 
said unto him, Master, rebuke 
thy disciples. 

40 And he answered and said 
unto them, I tell you that, if 
these should , 
the stones would immediately 
cry out. 

41 4 And when he was come 
near, he beheld the city, and 
wept over it, 

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, 


ST. LUKE, 20 


even thou, at least in this thy 
day, the things which belong 
unto thy peace! but now they 
are hid from thine eyes. 

43 For the days shall come 
upon thee, that thine enemies 
shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and 
keep thee in on every side, 

44 And shall lay thee even 
With the ground, and thy chil- 
dren within thee; and they 
shall not leave in thee one stone 
upon another; because thou 
knewest not the time of thy 
visitation. 

And he went into the 
temple, and began to cast out 
them that sold therein, and them 
that bought; 

46 Saying unto them, It is 
written, My house is the house 
of prayer: but ye have made it 
a den of thieves. 

47 And he taught daily in the 
temple. But the chief priests 
and the scribes and the chief of 
the people sought to destroy him, 

48 And could not find what 
they might do: for all the 
people were very attentive to 

ear him. 


CHAPTER 20 64 


1 Christ avouches his authority by a 
question of John’s baptism. 9 Par- 
able of the vineyard. 19 The tribute 
money. 27 The resurrection. 45 
Warning the disciples against the 
scribes. 

ND it came to pass, fhat on 
one of those days, as he 
taught the people in the temple, 
and preached the gospel, the 
chief priests and the scribes 
came upon him with the elders, 
2 And spake unto him, say- 
ing, Tell us, by what authority 
doest thou these things? or who 
is he that gave thee this author- 


hoid their peace, | ity? 


3 And he answered and said 
unto them, I will also ask you 
one thing; and answerme: |. 

4 The baptism of John, was it 
from heaven, or of men? 

5 And they reasoned with them- 


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Parable of the vineyard 


18 Whosoever shall fall upon 


selves, saying, If we shall say, 
From heaven; he will say, 
Why then believed ye him not? 

6 But and if we say, Of men; 
all the people will stone us: for 
they be persuaded that John was 
a prophet. 

7 And they answered, that 
they could not tell whence i¢ 
was. 

8 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
Neither tell I you by what 
authority I do these things. 

9 Then began.~he to speak to 
the people this parable; A 
certain man planted a vineyard, 
and let it forth to husbandmen, 
and went into a far country for 
a long time. 

10 And at the season he sent 
a servant to the husbandmen, 
that they should give him of the 
fruit of the vineyard: but the 
husbandmen beat him, and sent 
him away empty. 

11 And again he sent another 
servant: and they beat him also, 
and entreated him shamefully, 
and sent himawayempty. 

12 And again he sent a third: 
and they wounded him also, 
and cast him out. 

13 Then said the lord of the 
vineyard, What shall I do? I 
will send my beloved son: it 
may be they will reverence him 
when they see him. 

14 But when the husbandmen 
saw him, they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, This is the 


heir: come, let us kill him, that| h 


the inheritance may be ours. 

15 So they cast him out of the 
vineyard, and killed him. What 
therefore shall the lord of the 
vineyard do untothem? 

16 He shall come and deétroy 
these husbandmen, and shail 
give the vineyard to others. 
And when they heard it, they 
said, God forbid. 

17 And he beheld them, and 
said, What is this then that is 
written, The stone which the 
builders rejected, the same is 
become the head of the corner? 


that stone shall be broken; but 
on whomsoever it shall fall, it 
will grind him to powder. 

19 4 And the chief priests and 
the scribes the same hour 
sought to lay hands on him; and 
they feared the people: for they 
perceived that he had spoken 
this parable against them. 

20 And they watched him, 
and sent forth spies, which 
should feign themselves just 
men, that. they might take hold 
of his words, that so they might 
deliver him unto the power and 
authority of the governor. 

21 And they asked him, saying, 
Master, we know that thou 
sayest and teachest_ rightly, 
neither acceptest thou the person 
of any, but teachest the way of 
God truly: 

22 Is it lawful for us to give 
tribute unto C&’sar, or no? 

23 But he perceived their craft- 
iness, and said unto them, 
Why tempt ye me? 

24 Shew me a penny. Whose 
image and superscription hath 
it? They answered and said, 
C2’sar’s. | 

25 And he said unto them, 
Render therefore unto Cz’sar the 
things which be C#’sar’s, and 
unto God the things which be 
God’s. ; 

26 And they could not take 
hold of his words before the 
people: and they marvelled at 
is answer, and held their peace. 
27 4 Then came to him certain 
of the Sad’du-cees, which deny 
that there is any resurrection: 
and they asked him, 

28 Saying, Master, M6d’ses 
wrote unto us, If any man’s 
brother die, having a wife, and 
he die without children, that his 
brother should take his wife, and 
raise up seed unto his brother. 

29 There were therefore seven 
brethren: and the first took a 


wife, and died without children. 


30 And the second took her to 
wife, and he died childless. 


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| The Sadducees silenced 


_31 And the third took her; and 
in like manner the seven also: 
_and they left no children,and died. 
32 Last of all the woman died 
so 


33 Therefore in the resurrec- 

| tion whose wife of them is she? 

for seven had her to wife. j 
34 And Jé’sus answering said 

| unto them, The children of this 
world marry, and are given in 
marriage: 

35 But they which shall be ac- 
counted worthy to obtain that 
world, and the resurrection from 
the dead, neither marry, nor are 
given in marfiage: ' 

36 Neither can they die any 
more: for they are equal unto 

_ the angels; and are the children 
of God, being the children of the 
resurrection. 

37 Now that the dead are 
raised, even M6’ses shewed at 
the bush, when he calleth the 
Lord the God of A’bra-ham, and 
the God of I’saac, and the God of 
Ja’cob. 

38 For he is not a God of the 
dead, but of the living: for all 
live unto him. | ; 

39 Then certain of the scribes 
answering said, Master, thou 
hast well said. 

40 And after that they durst not 
ask him any question at all. 

41 4 And he said unto them, 
How say they that Christ is 
Da’vid’s son? a : 

42 And Da’vid himself saith in 

the book of Psalms, The LORD 
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on 
my right hand, ; f 

43 Till I make thine enemies 
thy footstool. ‘ 

44 Da’vid therefore calleth him 
Lord, how is he then his son? 

45 § Then in the audience of 
all the people he said unto his 
disciples, : : 

46 Beware of the scribes, which 
desire to walk in long robes, and 
love greetings in the markets, 
and the highest seats in the syna- 
gogues, and the chief rooms at 
feasts: 


ST. LUKE, 21 


47 Which devour widows’ 
houses, and for a shew make 
long prayers: the same shall 
receive greater damnation. 


CHAPTER 21 65 


1 The poor widow’s gift. 5 Destruction 
of the temple and of Jerusalem fore- 
told 25 Signs of Christ’s coming. 

34 On waichfulness. 


ND! he looked up, and saw 

-& the rich men casting their 
gifts into the treasury. 

2 And he saw also a certain 
poor widow casting in thither 
two mites. 

3 And he said, Of a truth I say 
unto you, that this poor widow 
hath cast in more than. they 


all: 

4 For all these have of their 
abundance cast in unto the offer- 
ings of God: but she of her 
penury hath cast in all the living 
that she had. 

5S ¢ And as some spake of the 
temple, how it was adorned with 
goodly stones and gifts, he said, 

6 As for these things which ye 
behold, the days will come, in 
the which there shall not be 
left one stone upon another, that 
shall not be thrown down. 

7 And they asked him, saying, 
Master, but when shall these 
things be? and what sign will 
there be when these things shall 
come to pass? 

8 And he said, Take heed that 
ye be not deceived: for many 
shall come in my name, saying, 
Iam Christ; and the time draw- 
eth near: go ye not therefore 
after them. 

0 But when ye shall hear of 
wars and commotions, be not 
terrified: for these things must 
first come to pass; but the end is 
not by and by. 

10 Then said’ he unto them, 
Nation shall rise against nation, 
and kingdom against kingdom: 

11 And great earthquakes shall 
be in divers places, and famines, 
and pestilences; and fearful 


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ST. LUKE, 21 


sights and great signs shall there 
be from heaven. 

12 But before all these, they 
shall lay their hands on you, and 
persecute you, delivering you up 
to the synagogues, and into 
prisons, being brought before 
kings and rulers for my name’s 


sake. y 

13 And it shall turn to you 
for a testimony. ~ 

14 Settle it therefore in your 
hearts, not to meditate before 
what ye shall answer: 

15 For I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your 
adversaries shall not be able to 
gainsay nor resist. 

16 And ye shall be betrayed 
both by parents, and brethren, 
and kinsfolks, and friends; and 
some of you shall they cause to 
be put to death. 

17 And ye shall be hated of 
all men for my name’s sake. | 

18 But there shal! not an hair 
of your head perish. 

19 In your patience possess ye 
your souls. 

20 And when ye shall see 
Jé-ru’sa-lém compassed with 
armies, then know that the 
desolation thereof is nigh. f 

21 Then let them which are in 
Ji-dez’a flee to the mountains; 
and let them which are in the 
midst of it depart out; and let 
not them that are in the countries 
enter thereinto. 

22 For these be the days of 
vengeance, that all things which 
are written may be fulfilled. 

23 But woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give 
suck, in those days! for there 
shall be great distress in the 
land, and wrath upon this people. 
, 24 And they shall fall by the 
edge of the sword, and shall be 
led away captive into all nations: 
and Jé-ru’sa-lém shall be trod- 
den down of the Gén’tiles, 
until the times of the Gén’tiles 
be fulfilled. ; 

25 ¢ And there shall be signs 
jn the sun, and in the moon, and 


Signs of Christ’s coming 


in the stars; and upon the earth 
distress of nations, with per- 
plexity; the sea and the waves 

roaring; | 

26 Men’s hearts failing them 
for fear, and for looking after 
those things which are coming 
on the earth: for the powers of 
heaven shall be shaken. 

27 And then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in a cloud 
with power and great glory. 

28 And when these things be- 
gin to come to pass, then look up, 
and lift up your heads; for your 
redemption draweth nigh. 

29 And he spake to them 4a 
parable; Behold the fig tree, and 
all the trees; 

30 When they now shoot forth, 
ye see and know of your own 
selves that summer is now nigh 
at hand. 

31 So likewise ye, when ye see 
these things come to pass, know 
ye that the kingdom of God is 
nigh at hand. 

32 Verily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass away, 
till all be fulfilled. 

33 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away: but my words shal! not 
pass away. 

34 4 And take heed to your- 
selves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with sur- 
feiting, and drunkenness, and 
cares of this life, and so that day 
come upon you unawares. 

35 For as a snare shall it come 
on all them that dwell on the 
face of the whole earth. 

36 Watch ye therefore, and 
pray always, that ye may be 
accounted worthy to escape all 
these things that shall come to 
pass, and to stand before the 
Son of man. : 

37 And in the day time he was 
teaching in the temple; and at 
night he went out, and abode in 
the mount that is called the 
mount of Ol’ives. 

38 And all the people camé 
early in the morning to him in 
the temple, for to hear him. 


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Jesus keeps the passover 
66 CHAPTER 22 


1 Judas agreement. 19 Lord’s supper 
instituted. 39 The agony and arrest. 
50 Malchus’ ear is _ healed. 54 
Peter’s denial. 


OW the feast of unleavened 
bread drew nigh, which is 
called the Passover. | 

2 And the chief priests and 
scribes sought how they might 
kill him; for they feared the 
people. : 

3 § Then entered Sa’tan into 
Ja’das surnamed Is-car’i-ot, be- 
ing of the number of the twelve. 

4 And he went his way, and 
communed with the chief pricsts 
and captains, how he might be- 
tray him unto them. 

And they were glad, and 
covenanted to give him money. 

6 And he promised, and sought 
opportunity to betray him unto 
them in the absence of the 
multitude. 

7 4 Then came} the day of un- 
leavened bread, when the pass- 
over must be killed. : 

8 And he sent Pé’tér and John, 
saying, Go and prepare us the 
passover, that we may eat. 

9 And they said unto him, 
Where wilt thou that we pre- 
pare? 

10 And he said unto them, 
Behold, when ye are entered 
into the city, there shall a man 
meet you, bearing a pitcher of 
water; follow him into the 
house where he entereth in. 

11 And ye shall say unto the 
goodman of the house, The 
Master saith unto thee, Where is 
the guestchamber, where I shall 
eat the passover with my dis- 
ciples? 

12 And he shall shew you a 
large upper room _ furnished: 
there make ready. 

13 And they went, and found 
as he had said unto them: and 
they made ready the passover. 

14 And when the hour was 
come, he sat down, and the 
twelve apostles with him. 

15 And he said unto them, 

T-8 


ST. LUKE, 22 


With desire I have desired to 
eat this passover with you be- 
fore I suffer: 

16 For I say unto you, I will 
not any more eat thereof, until 
it be fulfilled in the kingdom of 


0) e 

17 And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and said, Take this, 
and divide if among yourselves: 

18 For I say unto you,I will 
not drink of the fruit of the vine, 
until the kingdom of God shall 
come. 

19 ¢ And he took bread, and 
gave thanks, and brake it, and 
gave unto them, saying, This is 
my body which is given for you: 
this do in remembrance of me. 

20 Likewise also the cup after 
supper, saying, This cup is the 
new testament in my blood, 
which is shed for you. 

21 § But, behold, the hand of 
him that betrayeth me is with 
me on the table. 

22 And truly the Son of man 
goeth, as it was determined: 
but woe unto that man by whom 
he is betrayed! 

23 And they began to enquire 
among themselves, which of 
them it was that should do this 
thing. 

24 4 And there was also a 
strife among them, which of 
them should be accounted the 
greatest. 

25 And he said unto them, 
The kings of the Gén’tiles exer- 
cise lordship over them; and 
they that exercise authority 
upon them are called benefactors. 

26 But ye shall not be so: 
but he that is greatest among 
you, let him be as the younger; 
and he that is chief, as he that 
doth serve. : 

27 For whether is greater, he 
that sitteth at meat, or he that 
serveth? is not he that sitteth 
at meat? but I am among you 
as he that serveth. | 

28 Ye are they which have con- 
paned with me in my tempta- 
ions. 


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ST. LUKE, 22 


29 And I appoint_unto you a 
kingdom, as my Father hath 
appointed unto me; 

30 That ye may eat and drink 
at my table in my kingdom, and 
sit on thrones judging the twelve 
tribes of Is’ra-el. - 

31 4 And the Lord said, Si’- 
mon, Si’mon, behold, Sa’tan 
hath desired to have you, that 
he may sift you.as wheat: 

32 But I have prayed for thee, 
that thy faith fail not: and 
when thou art converted, 
strengthen thy brethren. 

33 And he said unto him, 
Lord, I am ready to go with thee, 
both into prison, and to death. 

34 And he said, I tell thee, 
Pé’tér, the cock shall not crow 


Jesus betrayed and arrested 


43 And there appeared an 
angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. 


44 And being in an agony he 
prayed more earnestly: and his | 
Sweat was as it were great drops _ 


of blood falling down to the 
ground. 

45 And when he rose up from 
prayer, and was come to his 
disciples, he found them sleep- 
ing for sorrow, 

46 And said unto them, Why 


sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye 


enter into temptation. 


47 4 And while he yet spake, 
behold a multitude, and he that 


was called Ji’das, one of the 
twelve, went before them, and 


drew near unto Jé’sus to kiss | 


this day, before that thou shalt | him 


thrice deny that thou knowest me. 

35 And he said unto them, 
When I sent you without purse, 
and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye 
any thing? And they said, 
Nothing. 

36 Then said he unto them, 
But now, he that hath a purse, 
let him take it, and likewise his 
scrip: and he that hath no 
sword, let him sell his garment, 
and buy one. : 

37 For I say unto you, that this 
that is written must yet be 
accomplished in me, And he was 
reckoned among the transgres- 
sors: for the things concerning 
me have an end. 

38 And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he 
said unto them, It is enough. 

39 | And he came out, and 
went, as he was wont, to the 
mount of Ol’/ives; and his dis- 
ciples also followed him. 

40 And when he was at the 
place, he said unto them, Pray 
that ye enter not into temptation. 

And he was withdrawn 
from them about a stone’s cast, 
and kneeled down, and prayed, 

42 Saying, Father, if thou be 
willing, remove this cup from 
me: nevertheless not my will, 
but thine, be done. 


48 But Jé’sus said unto him, 
Ja’das, betrayest thou the Son 
of man with a kiss? 

49 When they which were 
about him saw what would fol- 
low, they said unto him, Lord, 
shall we smite with the sword? 

50 § And one of' them smote 
the servant of the high priest, 
and cut off his right ear. 

51 And Jé’sus answered and 
said, Suffer ye thus far. And he 


touched his ear, and healed him. 


52 Then Jé’sus said unto the 
chief priests, and captains of the 
tempie, and the elders, which 
were come to him, Be ye come 
out, as against a thief, with 
swords and staves? | i 

53. When I was daily with you 
in the temple, ye stretched forth 
no hands against me: but this 
is your hour, and the power of 
darkness. 


54 4 Then took they him, and 


led him, and brought him into 
the high priest’s house. And 
Pé’tér followed afar off. 


5 And when they had kindled 


a fire in the midst of the hall, 
and were set down together, 
Pé’tér sat down among them. 
56 But a certain maid beheld 
him as he sat by the fire, and 
earnestly looked upon him, and 


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+ Woman, I know him 


Peter’s denial. 


said, This man was also with 


57 And he denied ees saying, 

not. 

58 And after a little while 
another saw him, and said, Thou 
art also of them. And Pé’tér 
said, Man, I am not. 

59 And about the space of one 
hour after another confidently 
affirmed, saying, Of a truth this 
fellow also was with him: for 
he is a Gal-i-le’an. 

60 And Pé’tér said, Man, I 
know not what thou sayest. 
And immediately, while he yet 
spake, the cock crew. 

61 And the Lord turned, and 
looked upon Pé’tér. And Pé’- 
tér remembered the word of the 
Lord, how he had said unto 
him, Before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. 

62 And Pé’tér went out, and 
wept bitterly. 

63 § And the men that held 
Jé’sus mocked him, and smote 


him. 

64 And when they had blind- 
folded him, they struck him on 
the face, and asked him, saying, 
Prophesy, who is it that smote 
thee? ; 

65 And many other things 
blasphemously spake they 
against him. : 

66 § And as soon as it was 
day, the elders of the people 
and the chief priests and the 
scribes came together, and led 
him into their council, saying, 

67 Art thou the Christ? tell 
us. And he said unto them, If 


I tell you, ye will not believe: 


68 And if I also ask you, ye 
will notanswer me, nor let me go. 

69 Hereafter shall the Son of 
man sit on the right hand of the 
power of God. 

70 Then said they all, Art thou 
then the Son of God? And he 
said unto them, Ye say that Iam. 

71 And they said, What need 
we any further witness? for we 
ourselves have heard of his own 
mouth. 


Jesus before Pilate 


ST. LUKE, 23 
CHAPTER 23 ‘67 
1 The trial of Christ. 13 Piilate’s 


sentence. 27 The crucifixion. 

Death and burial. 

AN D the whole multitude of 
them arose, and led him 
unto Pi'late. 

2 And they began to accuse him, 
saying, We found this fellow 
perverting the nation, and for- 
bidding to give tribute to C@’sar, 
saying that he himself is Christ 


ai Kings 

3 And Pilate asked him, say- 
ing, Art thou the King of the 
Jews? And he answered him 
and said, Thou sayest it. 

4 Then said Pi’late to the chief 
priests and fo the people, [ 
find no fault in this man. 

And they were the more 
fierce, saying, He stirreth up the 
people, teaching throughout all 
Jew’ry, beginning from Gal’i-lee 
to this place. 

6 When Pi’late heard of Gal’i- 
lee, he asked whether the man 
were a Gal-i-le’an. 

7 And as soon as he knew that 
he belonged unto Hér’od’s juris- 
diction, he sent him to Hér’od, 
who himself also was at Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém at that time. 

8 ¢ And when Hér’od saw 
Jé’sus, he was exceeding glad: 
for he was desirous to see him 
of a long season, because he 
had heard many things of him; 
and he hoped to have seen some 
miracle done by him. 

9 Then he questioned with 
him in many words: but he 
answered him nothing. 

10 And the chief priests and 
scribes stood and vehemently 
accused him. 

11 And Heér’od with his men 
of war set him at nought, and 
mocked him, and arrayed him 
in a gorgeous robe, and sent him 
again to Pi‘late. $ 

12 4_And the same day Pi’late 
and Hér’od were made -friends 
together: for before they were 
at enmity between themselves. 

13 { And Pi‘late, when he had 


46 


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ST. LUKE, 23 


called together the chief priests 
and the rulers and the people, 

14 Said unto them, Ye have 
brought this man unto me, as 
one that perverteth the people: 
and, behold, I, having examined 
him before you, have found no 
fault in this man touching those 
things whereof ye accuse him: 

15 No, nor yet Hér’od: for I 
sent you to Him; and, lo, 
poten worthy of death is ‘done 
u 

16 I will therefore chastise 
him, and release him. 

17 (For of necessity he must 
release one unto them at the 
feast.) 

18 And they cried out all at 
once, saying, Away with this 
man, and release unto us Ba- 
rab’bas: 

19 (Who for a certain sedition 
made in the city, and for murder, 
was cast into prison.) 

20 Pi’late therefore, willing to 
release Jé’sus, spake again to 
them. 

21 But they cried, saying, Cru- 
cify him, crucify him. 

22 And he said unto them the 
third time, Why, what evil hath 
he done? I have found no 
cause of death in him: I will 
therefore chastise him, and let 
him go. 

23 And they were instant with 
loud voices, requiring that he 
might be crucified. And the 
voices of them and of the chief 
priests prevailed. 

And Pi’/late gave sentence 
that it should be as they re- 
quired. 

25 And he released! unto them 
him that for sedition and murder 
was cast into prison, whom they 
had desired; but he delivered 
Jé’sus to their will. 

26 And as they led him away, 
they laid hold upon one Si’mon, 
a Cy-ré/ni-an, coming out of the 
country, and on him they laid 
the Cees peat he might bear if 
after Jé’ 

27 9 ree iihere follewed him a 


The crucifixion 


great company of people, and of 
women, which also bewailed 
and lamented him. 


28 But Jé’sus_ turning unto 


them said, Daughters of Jé-ru’- 

sa-lém, weep not for me, but 
weep for yourselves, and for 
your children. 

29 For, behold, the days are 
coming, in the which they shall 
say, Blessed are the barren, and 
the wombs that never bare, and 
the paps which never gave suck. 

30 Then shall they begin to 
say to the mountains, Fall on us; 
and to the hills, Cover us. 


31 For if they do these things 


in a green tree, what shall be 
done in the dry? 


32 And there were also two 


other, malefactors, led with him 
to be put to death. 

33 And when they were come 
to the place, which is called 
Cal’va-ry, there they crucified 
him, and the malefactors, one on 
the right hand, and the other 
on the left. 

34 § Then said Jé’sus, Father, 
forgive them; for they know 
not what they do. And they 
parted his raiment, and cast lots. 

35 And the people stood be- 
holding. And the rulers also 
with them derided him, saying, 
He saved others; let him save 
himself, if he be Christ, the 
chosen of God. 

36 And the soldiers also mocked 
him, coming to him, and offer- 
ing him vinegar, 

37 And saying, If thou be the 
king of the Jews, save thyself. 

38 And a superscription also 
was written over him in letters 
of Greek, and Lat’in, and Hé’- 
ate THIS IS THE KING OF THE 


JEW 

39 q And one of the male- 
factors which were hanged railed 
on him, saying, If thou be 
Christ, save thyself and us. | 
40 But the other answering 
rebuked him, saying, Dost not 
thou fear God, seeing thou art 
in the same condemnation? 


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| 


The resurrection of Jesus 


41 And we indeed justly; for 
we receive the due reward of our 
deeds: but this man hath done 
nothing amiss. 

42 And he said unto Jé’sus, 
Lord, remember me when thou 
comest into thy kingdom. 

43 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, To day 
shalt thou be with me in para- 


‘dise, 


44 And it was about the sixth 
hour, and there was a darkness 
peer all the earth until the ninth 

our. 

45 And the sun was darkened, 
and the veil of the temple was 
rent in the midst. 

46 {And when Jé’sus had 
cried with a loud voice, he said, 
Father, into thy hands I com- 
mend my spirit: and having 
said thus, he gave up the ghost. 
-47 Now when the centurion 
saw what was done, he glorified 
God, saying, Certainly this was 
a righteous man. 

48 And all the people that came 
together to that sight, beholding 
the things which were done, 
smote their breasts, and re- 
turned. ; : 

49 And all his acquaintance, 
and the women that followed 
him from Gal/i-lee, stood afar 
off, beholding these things. 

50 § And, behold, there was 
a man named JO’seph, a coun- 
sellor; and he was a good man, 
and a just: 

51 (The same had not con- 
sented to the counsel and deed 
of them;) he was of Ar-i-m4a- 
the’a, a city of the Jews: who 
also himself waited for the 
kingdom of God. 

52 This man went unto Pilate, 


-and begged the body of Jé’sus. 


53 And he took it down, and 
wrapped it in linen, and laid it 
in a sepuichre that was hewn 
in stone, wherein never man 
before was laid. 

54 And that day was the prep- 
aration, and the sabbath drew on. 

55 And the women also, which 


ST. LUKE, 24 


came with him from Ga4l’i-lee, 
followed after, and beheld the 
sepulchre, and how his body 
was laid. 

56 And they returned, and 
prepared spices and ointments; 
and rested the sabbath day 
according to the command- 
ment. 


CHAPTER 24 


1 Resurrection of Christ. 
to Emmaus. 


68 
13 The walk 
36 Christ appears to 
the apostles. _49 Promise of the 
Holy Ghost. 51 The ascension. 
Now upon the first day of 
the week, very early in the 
morning, they came unto the 
sepulchre, bringing the spices 
which they had prepared, and 
certain others with them. 

2 And they found the stone 
rolled away from the sepulchre. 

And they entered in, and 
found not the body of the Lord 
Jé’sus. 

4 And it came to pass, as they 
were much perplexed thereabout, 
behold, two men stood by them 
in shining garments: P 

And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the 
earth, they said unto them, Why 
seek ye the living among the 
dead? ; 

6 He is not here, but is risen: 
remember how he spake unto 
yaG when he was yet in Gal’i- 
ee, 

7 Saying, The Son of man 
must be delivered into the hands 
of sinful men, and be crucified, 
and the third day rise again. 

8 And they remembered his 
words, 

9 And returned from the sepul- 
chre, and told all these things 
tae the eleven, and to all the 
rest. 

10 It was'Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né, 
and Jod-an’na, and Ma’ry the 
mother of James, and other 
women that were with them, 
which told these things unto the 
apostles. ‘ 

11 And their words seemed to 


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ST. LUKE, 24 


them as idle tales, and they 
believed them not. 

12 Then arose Pé’tér, and 
ran unto the sepulchre; and 
stooping down, he beheld the 
linen clothes laid by themselves, 
and departed, wondering in him- 
self at that which was come to 


pass. 

13 4 And, behold, two of them 
went that same day to a village 
called Em-ma’us, which was 
from Jé-ru’sa-lém about three- 
score furlongs. 

14 And they talked together 
of all these things which had 
happened. 

15 And it came to pass, that, 
while they communed together 
and reasoned, Jé’sus_ himself 
drew near, and went with them. 

16 But their eyes were holden 
that they should not know him. 

17 And he said unto them, 
What manner of communica- 
tions are these that ye have one to 
another, as ye walk, and are sad? 

18 And the one of them, 
whose name was Clé’o-pas, 
answering said unto him, Art 
thou only a stranger in Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém, and hast not known the 
things which are come to pass 
there in these days? 

19 And he said unto them, 
What things? And they said 
unto him, Concerning Jé’sus of 
Wiz’a-réth, which was a proph- 
et mighty in deed and word 
before God and all the people: 

20 And how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered him to 
be condemned to death, and 
have crucified him. : 

21 But we trusted that it had 
been he which should have 
redeemed Is’ra-el: and_ beside 
all this, to day is the third day 
since these things were done. 

22 Yea, and certain women 
also of our company made wus 
astonished, which were early at 
the sepulchre; 

23 And when they found not 
his body, they came, saying, 
that they had also seen a vision 


The walk to Emmaus 


of angels, which said that he 
was alive. : 

24 And certain of them which 
were with us went to the sepul- 
chre, and found it even so as the 
women had said: but him they 
saw not. : 

25 Then he said unto them, O 
fools, and slow of heart to be- 
lieve all that the prophets have 
spoken: i 

26 Ought not Christ to have 
suffered these things, and to- 
enter into his glory? | 

And beginning at Md’ses ” 
and all the prophets, he ex- 
pounded unto them in all the 
scriptures the things concerning © 
himself. : 

28 And they drew nigh unto 
the village, whither they went: 
and he made as though he 
would have gone further. oo 

29 But they constrained him, 
saying, Abide with us: for it is 
toward evening, and the day is’ 
far spent. And he went in to 
tarry with them. . 

30 And it came to pass, as he 
sat at meat with them, he took 
bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
and gave to them. ' 

31 And their eyes were opened, 
him; and he 







that were with them, . 
_34 Saying, The Lord is risen 
indeed, and hath appeared to 


Si’/mon 


were done in the way, and h 
he was known of them in break- 
ing of bread. 

36 § And as they thus spake, 
Jé’sus himself stood in the midst 
of them, and saith unto them, 
Peace be unto you. 


2) 


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_ The ascension. Christ the Light 


ST. JOHN, 1 


37 But they were terrified and| 45 Then opened he their un- 


affrighted, and supposed that 
they had seen a spirit. 

38 he said unto them, 
Why are ye troubled? and why 
do thoughts arise in your 
hearts? 

39 Behold my hands and my 
feet, that it is I myself: handle 
me, and see; for a spirit hath 
not flesh and bones, as ye see 
me have. 

40 And when he had thus 
spoken, he shewed them his 
ak and his feet. 

1 And while they yet be- 
lieved not for joy, and won- 
dered, he said unto them, Have 
ye here any meat? ‘ 

42 And they gave him a piece 
of a broiled fish, and of an 
honeycomb. ; é 

43 And he took if, and did 
eat before them. 

And he said unto them, 
These are, the: words which I 
spake unto you, while I was yet 
with you, that all things must be 
fulfilled, which were written in 
the law of Mo’ses, and in the 
_ prophets, and in the psalms, con- 
cerning me. 


derstanding, that they might 
understand the scriptures, 

46 And said unto them, Thus 
it is written, and thus it behoved 
Christ to suffer, and to rise from 
the dead the third day: 

47 d that repentance and 
remission of sins should be 
preached in his name among all 
nations, beginning at Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém. 

48 And ye are witnesses of 
these things. 

49 4 And, behold, I send the 
promise of my Father upon you: 
but tarry ye in the city of Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, until ye be endued with 
pow from on high. 

0 q And he led them out as 
ian as to Béth’a-ny, and he lifted 
up his hands, and blessed them. 

51 And it came to pass, while 
he blessed them, he was parted 
from them, and carried up into 
heaven. . 

52 And they worshipped him, 
and returned to Jé-ru’sd-lém 
with great joy: 

53 And were continually in the 
temple, praising and blessing 
God. A-mén’. 


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 


SAINT JOHN 


6 | There was a man sent 
from God, whose name was 


69 “ CHAPTER 1 
1 Christ the Light. 15 John’s testi- 
mony. 39 Call of Andrew and | Joh 


others. 


N the beginning was the 
Word, and the Word was 


with God, and the Word was | li 


God. 

2 The same was in the begin- 
hing with God. 
3 All things were made by 
him; and without him was not 
any thing made that was made. 
4 In him was life; and the life 
| was the light of men. 


the light shineth in 
-darkness;! and the darkness 
comprehended it not. ° 
76 


ohn. 

7 The same came for a witness, 
to bear witness of the Light, that 
all men through him inight be- 
eve. 

8 He was not that Light, but 
was sent to bear witness of that 
Light. 

9 That was the true Light, 
which lighteth every man that 
cometh into the world. 

10 He was in the world, and 
the world was made by him, 
and the world knew him not. 

11 He came unto his own, and 
his own received him not. 


119 


ST. JOHN, 1 


12 But as many as received 
him, to them gave he power to 
become the sons of God, even 
to them that believe on his name: 

13 Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, 
but of God. 

14 And the Word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld his glory, the 
glory as of the only begotten 
oh te Father,) full of grace and 


15 4 John bare witness of him, 
and cried, saying, This was he of 
whom. I spake, He that cometh 
after me is preferred before me: 
for he was before me. 

16 And of his fulness have all 
we received, and grace for 
grace. 

17 For the law was given by 
MOo’ses, but grace and truth 
came by Jé’sus Christ. 

18 No man hath seen God at 
any time; the only begotten 
Son, which is in the bosom! of 
the Father, he hath declared him. 

19 ¢ And this is the record of 
John, when the Jews sent priests 
and Lé’vites from Jé-ru’sa-lém 
to ask him, Who art thou? 

20 And he confessed, and de- 
nied not; but confessed, I am 
not the Christ. 

21 And they asked him, What 
then? Art 
he saith, I’ am not. Art thou 
that prophet? And he answered, 


0. 

22 Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou? that we may 
give an answer to them that 
sent us. What sayest thou of 
thyself? 

23 He said, I am the voice of 
one crying in the wilderness, 
Make straight the way of the 
Lord, as. said the prophet 
E-sa’ias. i 

24 And they which were sent 
were of the Phar’i-sees. | 

25 And they asked him, and 
said unto him, Why baptizest 
thou then, if thou be not that 


thou FE-li’as? And|Gh 


John’s testimony to Jesus 


Christ, nor E-li’as, neither that 
prophet? 

_26 John answered them, say- 
ing, I baptize with water: but 
there standeth one among you, 
whom ye know not; 

27 He it is, who coming after 
me is preferred before me, whose 
shoe’s latchet I am not worthy 
to unloose. 

28 These things were done in 
Béth-ab’a-ra beyond Jér’dan, 
where John was baptizing. 

29 { The next day John seeth 
Jé’sus_ coming unto him, and 
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 
which taketh away the sin of 
the world. 

30 This is he of whom I said, 
After me cometh a man which is 
preferred before me: for he was 
before me. 

31 And I knew him not: but 

that he should be made mani- 
fest to Is’ra-el, therefore am I 
come baptizing with water. 
_32 And John bare record, say- 
ing, I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it 
abode upon him. 

33 And I knew him not: but 
he that sent me to baptize with 
water, the same said unto me, 
Upon whom thou shalt see the 


Spirit descending, and remain- 


ing on him, the same is he 
whieh baptizeth with the Ho’ly 
os ° 

34 And I saw, and bare record 
that this is the Son of God. 


35 § Again the next day after 


John stood, 
disciples; 


and two of his 


36 And looking upon Jé’sus . 


as he walked, he saith, Behold 
the Lamb of God! 
37 And the two disciples heard 
am speak, and they followed 
e’sus. 


38 Then Jé’sus turned, and 


saw them following, and saith 


unto them, What seek ye? 

They said unto him, Rab’bi, 

(which is to say, being inter- 

pe Master,) where dwellest 
ou? 3 


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Nathanael. 


39 He saith unto them, Come 
and see. They came and saw 
where he dwelt, and abode with 
him that day: for it was about 
the tenth hour. f 

40 One of the two which heard 
John speak, and followed him, 
was An’drew, Si/mon Pé’tér’s 
brother. 

41 He first findeth his own 
brother Si’mon, and saith unto 
him, We have found the Més- 
si’as, which is, being inter- 
preted, the Christ. 

42 And he brought him to 
Jé’sus. And when Jé’sus be- 
held him, he said, Thou art 
Si‘mon the son of J6’na: thou 
shalt be called Cé’phas, which is 
by interpretation, A stone. 

3 ¥ The day following Jé’sus 
would go forth into Gal/i-lee, 
and findeth Phil’/ip, and saith 
unto ae Follow me. 

44 Now Philip was of Béth- 
sa’/i-da, the city of An’drew and 


Pé’tér 

45 Philip findeth Na-than/a-el, 
and saith unto him, We have 
found him, of whom MO’ses in 
the law, and the prophets, did 
write, Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth, the 
son of Jo’seph. § 

46 And Na-than/’a-el said unto 
him, Can there any good_ thing 
come out of Naz’a-reth? Phil’ip 
saith unto him, Come and see. 

47 Jé’sus saw Na-than/a-el 
coming to him, and saith of him, 
Behold an Is’ra-el-ite indeed, in 
whom is no guile! | 
__ 48 Na-than/a-el saith unto him, 
Whence knowest thou me? Jé’- 
sus answered and said unto 
him, Before that Phil’ip called 
thee, when thou wast under the 
fig tree, I saw thee. 

49 WNa-than’a-el answered and 

saith unto him, Rab’bi, thou art 
the Son of God; thou art the 
King of Is’ra-el. 
- 50 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto him, Because I said unto 
thee, I saw thee under the fig 
tree, believest thou? thou shalt 
see greater things than these. 


The marriage at Cana 


ST. JOHN, 2 


51 And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Hereafter ye shall see heaven 
open, and the angels of God 
ascending and descending upon 
the Son of man. 


CHAPTER 2 70 


1 The marriage in Cana. 14 The tem- 
ple cleansed. 19 Christ foretells his 
passion. 23 Many believe. 


ND the third day there was 

a marriage in Ca’na of 
Gal’i-lee; and the mother of 
Jé’sus was there: 

2 And both Jé’sus was called, 
and his disciples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine, 
the mother of Jé’sus saith unto 
him, They have no wine. 

4 Jésus saith unto her, 
Woman, what have I to do 
with thee? mine ‘hour is not yet 
come. i 

5 His mother saith unto the 
servants, Whatsoever he saith 
unto you, do it. 

6 And there were set there six 
waterpots of stone, after the 
manner of the purifying of the 
Jews, containing two or three 
firkins apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill 
the waterpots with water. 
they filled them up to the brim. 

8 And he saith unto them, 
Draw out now, and bear unto 
the governor of the feast. And 
they bare it. 

Q When the ruler of the feast 
had tasted the water that was 
made wine, and knew not 
whence it was: (but the serv- 
ants which drew the water 
knew;) the governor of the 
fore called the bridegroom, 

0 And saith unto him, Every 
a at the beginning doth set 
forth good wine; and when men 
have well drunk, then that 
which is worse: but thou hast 
kept the good wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles 
did Jé’sus in ,Ca’na of Gal’i-lee, 
and manifested forth his glory; 


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ST. JOHN, 3 
oo his disciples believed on 


i2 “q After this he went down 
to Ca-pér’na-tm, he, and his 
mother, and his brethren, and 
his disciples: and they con- 
tinued there not many days. 

13 ¢ And the Jews’ passover 
was at hand, and Jé’sus went 
up to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 

14 And found in the temple 
those that sold oxen and sheep 
and doves, and the changers of 
money sitting: 

15 And when he had made a 
scourge of small cords, he drove 
them all out of the temple, and 
the sheep, and the oxen; and 
poured out the changers’ money, 
and overthrew the tables; 

16 And said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these things 
hence; make not my Father’s 
house an house of merchandise. 

17 And his disciples remem- 
bered that it was written, The 
zeal of thine house hath eaten 
me up 

18 7 ‘Then answered the Jews 
and said unto him, What sign 
shewest thou unto us, seeing 
that thou doest these things? — 

19 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto' them, Destroy this temple, 
aad in three days I will raise 
it up 

20 “Then said the Jews, Forty 
and six years was this temple 
in building, and wilt thou rear 
it up in three days? 

21 But he spake of the temple 
of his body. 

22 When therefore he was 
risen from the dead, his dis- 
ciples remembered that he had 
said this unto them; and they 
believed the scripture, and the 
word which Jé’sus had said. 

23 § Now when he was in 
Jé-ru’sa-lém at the passover, 
in the feast day, many believed 
in his name, when they saw the 
miracles which he did. ; 

24 But Jé’sus did not commit 
himself unto them, because he 
knew all men, 


Cleansing the temple. 


Nicodemus 


25 And needed not that any 
should testify of man: for he 
knew what was in man, 

71 


CHAPTER 3 
1 Nicodemus Bide od 3 On regenera- 
tion. 16 Love of God. 25 John’s 
further testimony, 
‘ao was a man of the 
Phar’i-sees, named Nic-o- 
dé’mus, a ruler of the Jews: 

2 The same came to Jé’sus by 
night, and said unto him, 
RAb’bi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God: for 
no man can do these miracles 
that thou doest, except God be 
with him. | 

3 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto him,: Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be 
born again, he cannot see the 
kingdom of God. 

4 Nic-o-dé’mus saith unto him, 
How can a man be born when 
he is old? can he enter the 
second time into his mother’s 
womb, and be born? 

5 Jé’sus answered, Verily, ver- 
ily, I say unto thee, Except a 
man be born of water and of 
the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the 
flesh is flesh; and that which is 
born of the Spirit is spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto 
thee, Ye must be born again. 
8 The wind bloweth where it 
listeth, and thou hearest the 
sound thereof, but canst not 
tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth: so is every one 

that is born of the Spirit. 

9 Nic-o-dé’mus answered and 
said unto him, How can these 
things be? 

10 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto him, Art thou a master of 
Is’ra-el, and knowest not these 
things? 

11 Verily, verily, I say untal 
thee, We speak that we do know, 
and testify that we have seen; 
and ye receive not our witness. 

12 If I have told you earthly 
things, and ye believe not, how 


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ST. JOHN, 4 


The love of God. John’s further testimony 


shall ye believe, if I tell you of 
heavenly things? 

13 And no man hath ascended 
up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the 
Son of man which is in heaven. 

14 § And as Mo’ses lifted up 


the serpent in the wilderness, |A 


even so must the Son of man be 
lifted up: : : 

15 That whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have 
eternal life. 


26 And they came unto John, 
and said unto him, Rab’bi, he 
that was with thee beyond Jér’- 
dan, to whom_ thou barest 
witness, behold, the same bap- 
tizeth, and all men come to him. 

27 John answered and said, 
man can receive nothing, 
except it be given him from 
heaven. 

28 Ye yourselves bear me wit- 
ness, that I said, I am not the 
Christ, but that I am sent before 


16 § For God so loved the | him 


world, that he gave his only be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. _ 

17 For God sent not his fon 
into the world to condeian the 
world; but that the world 
through him might be saved. | 

18 § He that believeth on him 
is not condemned: but he that 
believeth not is condemned al- 
ready, because he hath not be- 
lieved in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God. 

19 And this is the condemna- 
tion, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkness 
rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. 


20 For every one that doeth| th 


evil hateth the light, neither 
cometh to the light, lest his 
deeds should be reproved. 

21 But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that his 
deeds may be made manifest, 
that they are wrought in God. 


22 ¥ After these things came. 


Jé’sus and his disciples into the 
land of Ja-de’a; and there he 
tarried with them, and baptized. 
23 § And John also was bap- 
tizing in A{’non near to Sa’lim, 
because there was much water 
there: and they came, and were 
baptized. | 
_24 For John was not yet cast 
into prison. 
25 4 Then there arose a_ques- 
tion between some_of John’s 
disciples and the Jews about 
purifying. 





29 He that hath the bride is 
the bridegroom: but the friend 
of the bridegroom, which stand- 


eth and heareth him, rejoiceth 


: bride- 
this my joy 


greatly because of the 
groom’s voice: 


therefore is fulfilled. 


30 He must increase, but I 
must decrease. 

31 He that cometh from above 
is above all: he that is of the 


earth is earthly, and speaketh of 


the earth: he that cometh from 
heaven is above all. 

32 And what he hath seen and 
heard, that he testifieth; and 
no man receiveth his testimony. 

33 He that hath received his 
testimony hath set to his seal 
at God is true. 

34 For he whom God hath 
sent speaketh the words of 
God: for God giveth not the 
Spirit by measure unto him. 

35 The Father loveth the Son, 


‘and hath given all things into 


s hand. 

36 He that believeth on the 
Son hath everlasting life: and 
he that believeth not the Son 
shall not’ see life; but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 


CHAPTER 4 72 


1 The Samaritan woman. _25 Christ 


the Messiah. 39 Many Samaritans 
belveve. 


46 The nobleman’s son 
healed. 


HEN therefore the Lord 
knew how the Phar’l- 

sees had heard that Jé’sus made 
aut baptized more disciples than 


ST. JOHN, 4 


2 (Though Jé’sus himself bap- 
tized not, but his disciples, 
3 He left Ju-de’a, an 
parted again into Gal’i-lee. 
4 And 
Fal S4-m4a’ri-a. 

5 Then cometh he to a city of 
Sd-ma’ri-a, which is called Sjy’- 
char, near to the parcel of ground 
that Ja’cob gave to his son 
J6’seph. 

6 Now Ja’cob’s well was there. 
Jé’sus therefore, being wearied 
with his journey, sat thus on the 
well: and it was about the sixth 
hour. 

7 There cometh a woman of 
Sa-ma’ri-a to draw water: Jé’- 
sus saith unto her, Give me to 

rink. 

8 (For his disciples were gone 
away unto the city to buy meat.) 

9 Then saith the woman of 
Sa-ma’ri-4 unto him, How is it 
that thou, being a Jew, askest 
drink of me, which am a woman 
of Sd-ma’ri-a? for the Jews 
have no dealings with the 
S4-mar’i-tans. ; 

10 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto her, If thou knewest the 
gift of God, and who it is that 
saith to thee, Give me to drink; 
thou wouldest have asked of 
him, and he would have given 
thee living water. | : 

11 The woman saith unto him, 
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw 
with, and the well is deep: 
from whence then hast thou 
that living water? 

12 Art thou greater than our 
father Ja’cob, which gave us the 
well, and drank thereof himself, 
and his children, and his cattle? 

13 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto her, Whosoever drinketh of 
this water shall thirst again: 

14 But whosoever drinketh of 
the water that I shall give him 
shall never thirst; but the water 
that I shall give him shall be in 
him a well of water springing up 
into everlasting life. : 

15 The woman saith unto him, 
Sir, give me this water, that I 


e@e- 


he must needs go} hi 


Jesus at the well of Samaria 


thirst not, neither come hither 
to draw. 

16 Jé’sus saith unto her, Go, 
call thy husband, and come 
ther. 

17 The woman answered and 
said, I have no husband. Jé’sus 
said unto her, Thou hast weil 
said, I have no husband: 

18 For thou hast had five 
husbands; and he whom thou 
now hast is not thy husband: in 
that saidst thou truly. 

19 Ree woman saith unto him, 
Sir, I perceive that thou art a 
prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshipped in 
this mountain; and ye say, that 
in Jé-ru’sd4-lém is the place 
where men ought to worship. 

21 Jé’sus saith unto her, Wom- 
an, believe me, the hour cometh, 
when ye shall neither in this 
mountain, nor yet at Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, worship the Father. 

22 Ye worship ye know not 
what: we know what we wor-- 
ship: for salvation is of the 


ews. : 
23 But the hour cometh, and > 
now is, when the true worship- 
pers shall worship the Father in © 
spirit and in truth: for the — 
nee seeketh such to worship 


24 "God is a Spirit: and they 
that worship him must worship — 
him in spirit and in truth. 

25 The woman saith unto him, — 
I know that Més-si’as cometh, 
which is called Christ: when he — 
is come, he will tell us all things. 

26 Jé’sus saith unto her, I 
et speak unto thee am he. 

7 9 And upon this came his 
diciven and marvelled that he 
talked meh the woman: yet no 
man _ said, What seekest thou? 
or, Why talkest thou with her? — 

28 The woman then left her 
waterpot, and went her way 
into the city, and saith to the 
noe a 
9 Come, see a man, which > 
told me all things that ever I did: 
is not this the Christ? 


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A nobleman’s son healed 


30 Then they went out of the 
city, and came unto 

31 YIn the mean while his 
disciples prayed him, saying, 
Master, eat. 

32 Buthe said unto them, I have 
meat to eat that ye know not of. 

33 Therefore said the disciples 
one to another, Hath any man 
brought him ought to eat? 

34 Jé’sus saith unto them, 
My meat is to do the will of him 
that sent me, and to finish his 
work. 

35 Say not ye, There are yet 
four months, and then cometh 
harvest? behold, I say unto you, 
Lift up your eyes, and look on 
the fields; for they are white 
already to harvest. 

36 And he that reapeth re- 
ceiveth wages, and gathereth 
fruit unto life eternal: that both 
he that soweth and he that reap- 
eth may rejoice together. ; 

37 And herein is that saying 
true, One soweth, and another 
reapeth. 

38 I sent you to reap that 
whereon ye bestowed no labour: 
other men laboured, and ye are 
entered into their labours. 

39 ¢ And many of the Sa- 
mar’i-tans of that city believed 
on him for the saying of the 
woman, which testified, He told 
me all that ever I did 


40 So when the Sda-mar’i- 


_ tans were come unto him, they 
_besought him that 


he would 


tarry with them: and he abode 
| there two days. 


41 And many more believed 


_ because of his own word; 


thy saying: 


this is 





42 And said unto the woman, 
Now we believe, not because of 
for we have heard 
him ourselves, and know that 
indeed the Christ, the 
Saviour of the world. . 

43 § Now after two days he 


departed thence, and went into 
 Gal’i-lee. 


44 For Jé’sus himself testified, 
that a prophet hath no honour in 
his own country. 


ST. JOHN, 5 


45 Then when he was come 
into Gal’i-lee, the Gal-i-le’ans 
received him, having seen all 
the things that he did at Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém at the feast: for they 
also went unto the feast. 

46 So Jé’sus came again into 
Ca’na of Gal’i-lee, where he 
made the water wine. And 
there wasi a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Ca-pér’- 


na-tm. 

47 When he heard that Jé’sus 
was come out of Ji-dz’a into 
Gal’i-lee, he went unto him, and 
besought him that he would 
come down, and heal his son: 
for he was at the point of death. 

48 Then said Jé’sus unto him, 
Except ye see signs and won- 
ders, ye will not believe. 

49 The nobleman saith unto 
him, Sir, come down ere my 
child die. ‘ 

50 Jé’sus saith unto ‘him, Go 
thy way; thy son liveth. And 
the man believed the word that 
Jé’sus had spoken unto him, and 
he went his way. ; 

51 And as he was now going 
down, his servants met him, and 
told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 

52 Then enquired he of them 
the hour when he began to 
amend, And they said unto 
him, Yesterday at the seventh 
hour the fever left him. 

53 So the father knew that it 
was at the same hour, in the 
which Jé’sus said unto him, Thy 
son liveth: and himself be- 
lieved, and his whole house. 

54 This is again the nee 
miracle that Jé’sus did, when 
he was come out of Jui-de’a 
into Gal’i-lee. 

CHAPTER 5 


1 Healing on the sabbath. 
cavillers reproved. 17 Jesus answers 
for himself. 32 John’s testimony. 
36 Christ tells who he is. 


FTER this there was a 
.& feast of the Jews; and 
Jé’sus went up to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
2 Now there is at Jé-ru’sa-lém 
by the sheep market a pool, 


73 
10 The 


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which is called in the Hé’brew 
tongue Bé-thés’da, having five 
porches. 

3 In these lay a great multi- 
tude of impotent folk, of blind, 
halt, withered, waiting for the 
moving of the water. 

4 For an angel went down at a 
certain season into the pool, and 
troubled the water: whosoever 
then first after tHe troubling of 
the water stepped in was made 
whole of whatsoever disease he 

a 

5 And a certain man was there, 
which had an infirmity thirty 
and eight years. 

6 When Jé’sus saw him lie, 
andi knew that he had been now 
a long time in that case, he saith 
unto him, Wilt thou be made 
whole? 

7 The impotent man answered 
him, Sir, I have no man, when 
the water is troubled, to put me 
into the pool: but while I am 
coming, another steppeth down 
before me. 

8 Jé’sus saith unto him, Rise, 
take up thy bed, and walk. 

9 And immediately the man 
was made whole, and took up 
his bed, and walked: and on 
the same day was the sabbath. 

10 4 The Jews therefore said 
unto him that was cured, It is 
the sabbath day: it is not law- 
ful for thee to carry thy bed. 

11 He answered them, He that 
made me whole, the same said 
unto me, Take up thy bed, and 
walk. : 

12 Then asked they him, What 
man is that which said unto 
thee, Take up thy bed. and 
walk? 

13 And he that was healed 
wist not who it was: for Jé’sus 
had conveyed himself away, a 
multitude being in that place. 

14 Afterward Jé’sus findeth 
him in the temple, and said unto 
him, Behold, thou art made 
whole: sin’ no} more, lesta 
worse thing come unto thee. 

15 The man departed, and told 


Healing on the sabbath 


the Jews that it was Jé’sus, 
which had made him whole. 

16 And therefore did the Jews 
persecute Jé’sus, and sought to 
slay him, because he had done 
these things on the sabbath day. 

17 § But Jé’sus answered them, 
My Father worketh hitherto, 
and I work. 

18 Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he 
not only had broken the sabbath, 
but said also that God was his 
Father, making himself equal 
with God. 

19 Then answered Jé’sus and 
said unto them, Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, The Son can do 
nothing of himself, but what he 
seeth the Father do: for what 
things soever he doeth, these 
also doeth the Son likewise. 

20 For the Father loveth the 
Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth: and he will 
shew him greater works than 
these, that ye may marvel. 

21 For as the Father raiseth up 
the dead, and quickeneth them; 
even so the Son quickeneth 
whom he will. ; 

22 For the Father judgeth no 
man, but hath committed all 
judgment unto the Son: 

23 That all men should honour | 
the Son, even as they honour the — 
Father. He that honoureth not 
the Son honoureth not the Father’ 
which hath sent him. 

24 Verily, verily, Isay unto you, | j 
He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on him that sent me, 
hath everlasting life, and shall 
not come into condemnation; 
but is passed from death unto life. 

25 Verily, verily, Isay unto you, 
The hour is coming, and now is, 
when the dead shall hear the 
voice of the Son of God: and 
they that hear shall live. 

26 For as the Father hath life 
in himself; so hath he given to 
the Son to have life in himself; 
_27 And hath given him author- 
ity to execute judgment also, 
because he is the Son of man. 





4 


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Five thousand fed 


28 Marvel not at this: for the 
hour is coming, in the which all 
that are in the graves shall hear 
his voice, 

29 And shall come forth; they 
that have done good, unto the 
resurrection of life; and they 
that have done evil, unto the 
resurrection of damnation. 

I can of mine own self do 
nothing: asI hear, I judge: and 
my judgment is just; because I 
seek not mine own will, but the 
will of the Father which hath 
sent me. 

31 If I bear witness of myself, 
my witness is not true. 

32 § There is another that 
beareth witness of me; and I 
know that the witness which he 
witnesseth of me is true. 

33 Ye sent unto Jéhn, and he 
bare witness unto the truth. 

34 But I receive not testimony 
from man: but these things I 
say, that ye might be saved. 

35 He was a burning and a 
shining light: and ye were will- 
ing for a season to rejoice in his 


ght. 
36 | But I have greater wit- 
ness than that of Jéhn: for the 
works which the Father hath 
given me to finish, the same 
works that I do, bear witness of 
me, that the Father hath sent me. 
37 And the Father himself, 
which hath sent me, hath borne 
witness of me. Ye have neither 
heard his voice at any time, nor 
seen his shape. 
38 And ye have not his word 
abiding in you: for whom he 
hath sent, him ye believe not. 
39 | Search the _ scriptures; 
for in them ye think ye have 
eternal life: and they are they 
which testify of me. 
__40 And ye will not come to me, 
that ye might have life. 
41 I receive not honour from 


men. 
_ 42 ButI know you, that ye have 
not the love of God in you. 
- 43 I am come in my Father’s 
“name, and ye receive me not: if 


ST. JOHN, 6 


another shall come in his own 
name, him ye will receive. 

44 How can ye believe, which 
receive honour one of another, 
and seek not the honour that 
cometh from God only? 

45 Do not think that I will ac- 
cuse you to the Father: there is 
one that accuseth you, even 
MO’ses, in whom ye trust. 

46 For had ye believed Md’ses, 
ye would have believed me: for 
he wrote of me. 

47 But if ye believe not his 
writings, how shall ye believe my 
words? 


CHAPTER 6 74 

1 Five thousand fed. 16 Christ walks 
on the sea. 32 The bread of life. 66 
Many disciples depart from Christ. 
68 Peter’s confession. .70 Judas is 

a devil. 

feos these things Jé’sus 

went over the sea of Gal’i- 
lee, which is the sea of Ti-bé’- 
ri-as. 

2 And a great multitude fol- 
lowed him, because they saw his 
miracles which he did on them 
that were diseased. 

3 And Jé’sus went up into a 
mountain, and there he sat with 
his disciples. 

4 And the passover, a feast of 
the Jews, was nigh. ; 

5 ¢ When Jé’sus then lifted up 
his eyes, and saw a great com- 
pany come unto him, he saith 
unto Phil’/ip, Whence shall we 
buy bread, that these may eat? 

6 And this he said to prove him: 
for he himself knew what he 
would do. ; 

7 Philip answered him, Two 
hundred pennyworth of bread is 
not sufficient for them, that every 
one of them may take a little. 

8 One of his disciples, An’- 
drew, Si’mon Pé’tér’s brother, 
saith unto him, g 

9 There is a lad here, which 
hath five barley loaves, and two 
small fishes: but what are 
they among so many? 

10 And Jé’sus said, Make the 
men sit down. Now there was 


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much grass in the place. So the 
men sat down, in number about 
five thousand. 

11 And Jé’sus took the loaves; 
and when he had given thanks, 
he distributed to the disciples, 
and the disciples to them that 
were set down; and likewise of 
the fishes as much as they would. 

12 When they were filled, he 
said unto his disciples, Gather 
up the fragments that remain, 
that nothing be lost. 

13 Therefore they gathered 
them together, and filled twelve 
baskets with the fragments of 
the five barley loaves, which 
remained over and above unto 
them that had eaten. 

14 Then those men, when they 
had seen the miracle that Jé’sus 
did, said, This is of a truth that 
prophet that should come into 
the world. 

15 ¢ When Jé’sus therefore per- 
ceived that they would come and 
take him by force, to make him 
a king, he departed again into a 
mountain himself alone. 

16 And when even was now 
come, his disciples went down 
unto the sea, ; 

17 And entered into a ship, 
and went over the sea toward 
Ca-pér’na-tim. And it was now 
dark, and Jé’sus was not come 
to them. 

18 And the sea arose by reason 
of a great wind that blew. 

19 So when they had rowed 
about five and twenty or thirty 
furlongs, they see Jé’sus walk- 
ing on the sea, and drawing nigh 
unto the ship: and they were 
afraid. 

20 But he saith unto them, It 
is I;_ be not afraid. 

21 Then they willingly re- 
ceived him into the ship: and 
immediately the ship was at the 
land whither they went. 

22 { The day following, when 
the people which stood on the 
other side of the sea saw that 
there was none other boat there, 
save that one whereinto his 


Jesus walks on the sea 


disciples were entered, and that 
Jé’sus went not with his dis- 
ciples into the hoat, but that his 
disciples were gone away alone; 

23 (Howbeit there came other 
boats from Ti-bé’ri-as nigh unto 
the place where they did eat 
bread, after that the Lord had 
given thanks:) 

24 When the people therefore 
saw that Jé’sus was not there, 
neither his disciples, they also 
took shipping, and came to 
Ca-pér’na-um, seeking for Jé’sus. 

25 And when they had found 
him on the other side of the sea, 
they said unto him, ab’bi, 
when camest thou hither? 

26 Jé’sus answered them and 
said, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Ye seek me, not because ye 
saw the miracles, but because 
ye did eat of the loaves, and 
were filled. 

27 Labour not for the meat 
which perisheth, but for’ that 
meat which endureth unto ever- 
lasting life, which the Son of 
man shall give unto you: for 
him hath God the Father sealed. © 

28 Then said they unto him, 
What shall we do, that we 
might work the works of God? — 

29 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto them, This is the work of 
God, that ye believe on him 
whom he hath sent. 

30 They said therefore unto 
him, What sign shewest thou 
then, that we may see, and | 
believe thee? what dost thou 
work? 

31 Our fathers did eat manna 
in the desert; as it is written, 
He gave them bread: fromm 
heaven to eat. 

32 Then Jé’sus said unto them, | | 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
MO’ses gave you not that bread 
from heaven; but my Father 
giveth you the true bread from 
heaven. 

33 For the bread of God is he 
which cometh down from 
heaven, and giveth life unto the 
world. 


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The resurrection. 


34 Then said they unto him, 
Lord, evermore give us this 
bread. } 

35 And Jé’sus said unto them, 
I am the bread of life: he that 
cometh to me shall never hunger; 
and he that believeth on me 
shall never thirst. 

36 But I said unto you, That 
ye also have seen me, an 
lieve not. ; 

37 All that the Father giveth 
me shall come to me; and him 
that cometh to me I will in no 
wise cast out. 

38 For I came down from 
heaven, not to do mine own 
will, but the will of him that 
sent me. 

39 And this is the Father’s 
will which hath sent me, that of 
all which he hath given me I 
should lose nothing, but should 
raise it up again at the last day. 

40 And this is the will of him 
that sent me, that every one 
which seeth the Son, and be- 
lieveth on him, may have ever- 
lasting life: and I will raise him 
up at the last day. 

41 The Jews then murmured 
at him, because he said, I am 
the bread which came down 
from heaven. 2 

42 And they said, Is not this 
Jé’sus, the son of Jo’seph, 
whose father and mother we 
know? how is it then that he 
saith, I came down from heaven? 

43 Jé’sus therefore answered 
and said unto them, Murmur not 
among-yourselves. 

44. No man can come to me, 
except the Father which hath 
sent me draw him: and I will 
raise him up at the last day. 

45 It is written in the proph- 
ets, And they shall be all taught 
of God. Every man therefore 
that hath heard, and hath 
learned of the Father, cometh 
unto me. 

46 Not that any man hath 
seen the Father, save he which 
is of God, he hath seen the 
Father. 

T-9 


The bread of life 


be- | d 


ST. JOHN, 6 


47 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that believeth on me 
hath everlasting life. 

48 I am that bread of life. 

_49 Your fathers did eat manna 
in the wilderness, and are dead. 

50 This is the bread which 
cometh down from heaven, that 
a man may eat thereof, and not 


ie. 

51 I am the living bread which 
came down from heaven: if 
any man eat of this bread, he 
shall live for ever: and the 
bread that I will give is my 
flesh, which I will give for the 
life of the world. 

52 The Jews therefore strove 
among themselves, saying, How 
can this man give us his flesh 
to eat? ; 

53 Then Jé’sus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except ye eat! the flesh of the 
Son of man, and drink his 
blood, ye have no life in you. 

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal 
life; and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 

55 For my flesh is meat in- 
deed, and my blood is drink 
indeed. 

56 He that eateth my flesh, 
and drinketh my blood, dwelleth 
in me, and I in him. 

57 As the living Father hath 
sent me, and I live by the Father: 
so he that eateth me, even he 
shall live by me. 

58 This is that bread which 
came down from heaven: not 
as your fathers did eat manna, 
and are dead: he that eateth of 
this bread shall live for ever. 

59 These things said he in the 
synagogue, as he taught in 
Ca-pér’na-tim. Ale 

60 Many therefore of his dis- 
ciples, when they had heard 
this, said, This is an hard say- 
ing; whocanhearit? |. 

61 When Jé’sus knew in him- 
self that his disciples murmured 
at it, he said unto them, Doth 
this offend you? 


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62 What and if ye shall see 
the Son of man ascend up where 
he was before? i 

63 It is the spirit that quick- 
eneth; the flesh profiteth noth- 
ing: the words that I speak 
unto you, they are spirit, and 
they are life. 

64 But there are some of you 
that believe not. For Jé’sus 
knew from the beginning who 
they were that™ believed not, 
and who should betray him. | 

65 And he said, Therefore said 
I unto you, that no man can 
come unto me, except it were 
given unto him of my Father. 

66 4 From that time many of 
his disciples went back, and 
walked no more with him. 

67 Then said Jé’sus unto the 
twelve, Will ye also go away? 

68 Then Si’mon Pé’tér answer- 
ed him, Lord, to whom shall we 
go? thou hast the words of 
eternal life. 

69 And we believe and are 
sure that thou art that Christ, the 
Son of the living God. 

70 Jé’sus answered them, Have 
not I chosen you twelve, and one 
of you is a devil? “ 

71 He spake of Ji’das Is-ciri- 
ot the son of Si’mon: for he it 
was that should betray him, 
being one of the twelve. 


75 CHAPTER 7 ‘ 

1 Christ reproves his brethren. 10 The 
feast of tabernacles. 14 Teaches in 
the temple. 40 Divers opinions con- 

' cerning Christ. 45 Enmity of the 
Pharisees. 

AFTER these things Jé’sus 

walked in Gal’i-lee: for he 
would not walk in Jew’ry, be- 
cause the Jews sought to kill 


im. 

2 Now the Jews’ feast of 
tabernacles was at hand. 

3 His brethren therefore said 
unto him, Depart hence, and go 
into Ji-de’a, that thy disciples 
also may see the works that thou 
doest. ‘ 

4 For there is no man that 


Jesus teaches in the temple 


doeth any thing in secret, and 
he himself seeketh to be known 
openly. If thou do these things, 
shew thyself to the world. 

For neither did his brethren 
believe in him. 

6 Then Jé’sus said unto them, 
My time is not yet come: but 
your time is alway ready. 

7 The world cannot hate you; 
but me it hateth, because I 
testify of it, that the works 
thereof are evil. ‘ 

Go ye up unto this feast: I 
go not up yet unto this feast; 
for my time is not yet full 
come. 

9 When he had said these 


words unto them, he abode still - 


in Gal’i-lee. 


10 ¢ But when his brethren — 


Se ee ee er 


were gone up, then went he also — 
up unto the feast, not openly, . 


but as it were in secret. i 
11 Then the Jews sought him 


at the feast, and said, Where ~ 


is he? 


12 And there was much mur- — 


muring among the people con- 
cerning him: for some said, 
He is a good man: others said, 
Nay; but he deceiveth the 
people. 

13 Howbeit no man _ spake 


openly of him for fear of the : 


Jews. 


14 J Now about the midst of — 


the feast Jé’sus went up into 
the temple, and taught. 

15 And_the Jews marvelled, 
saying, How knoweth this man 
letters, having never learned? 

16 Jé’sus answered them, and 
said, My doctrine is not mine, 
but his that sent me. | 

17 If any man will do his 
will, 
doctrine, whether it be of God, 
or whether I speak of myself. 

18 He that speake 
self seeketh his own glory: but 
he that seeketh his glory that 
sent him, the same is true, and 
no unrighteousness is in him. 

19 Did not Md’ses give you 
the law, and yet none of you 


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th of hime 





Various opinions concerning Christ 


keepeth the law? 
about to kill me? 

20 The people answered and 
said, Thou hast a devil: who 
goeth about to kill thee? i 

21 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto them, I have done one 
work, and ye all marvel. 

22 MOo’ses therefore gave unto 
you circumcision; (not because 
it is of Mo’ses, but of the 
fathers;) and ye on the sabbath 
day circumcise a man. 

23 If a man on the sabbath 
day receive circumcision, that 
the law of M6’ses should not be 
broken; are ye angry at me, be- 
cause I have made a man every 
whit whole on the sabbath day? 

24 Judgei not accordingl to the 
appearance, but judge righteous 
judgment. . 

25 Then said some of them of 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, Is not this he, 
whom they seek to kill? 

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, 
and they say nothing unto him. 
Do the rulers know indeed that 
this is the very Christ? 

27 Howbeit we know this man 
whence he is: but when Christ 
cometh, no man knoweth whence 


Cus. 

283 Then cried Jé’sus in the 
temple as he taught, saying, Ye 
both know me, and ye know 
whence I am: and I am not 
come of myself, but he that sent 
me is true, whom ye know not. 

29 But I know him: for I 
am from him, and he hath sent 


me. 

30 Then they sought to take 
him: but no man laid hands on 
him, because his hour was not 
yet come. 

31 And many of the people be- 
lieved on him, and said, When 
Christ cometh, will he do more 


Why go ye 


miracles than these which this 
| 45 J Then came the officers to 
the chief priests and Phar’i-sees; 


man hath done? 

32 4 The Phar’i-sees heard that 
the people murmured such things 
concerning him; and the Phar’i- 
sees and the chief priests sent 
officers to take him. 


ST. JOHN, 7 


33 Then said Jé’sus unto them, 
Yet a little while am I with you, 
and then I go unto him that 
sent me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall 
not find me: and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come. 

35 Then said the Jews among 
themselves, Whither will he go, 
that we shall not find him? 
will he go unto the dispersed 
among the Gén’tiles, and teach 
the Gén’tiles? 

36 What manner of saying is 
this that he said, Ye shall seek 
me, and shall not find me: and 
where I am, thither ye cannot 
come? 

37 In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jé’sus stood. 
and cried, saying, If any man 
thirst, let him come unto me, 
and drink. 

38 He that believeth on me, 
as the scripture hath said, out 
of his belly shall flow rivers of 
living water. 

39 (But this spake he of the 
Spirit, which they that believe 
on him should receive: for the 
HO’ly Ghiést was not yet given; 
because that Jé’sus was not yet 
glorified.) 

40 § Many of the people there- 
fore, when they heard this say- 
ing, said, Of a truth this is the 
Prophet. : tae 

41 Others said, This is the 
Christ. But some said, Shall 
Christ come out of Gal’i-lee? 

42 Hath not the scripture said, ~ 
That Christ cometh of the seed 
of Da’vid, and out of the town 
of Béth’/lé-hém, where Da’vid 
was? 

43 So there was a division 
among the people because of him. 

44 And some of them would 
have taken him; but no man 
laid hands on him. 


and they said unto them, W 
have ye not brought him? 

46 The officers answered, Never 
man spake like this man. 


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Phar’i-sees, 
ceived? 

48 Have any of the rulers or 
of the Phar’i-sees believed on 
him? 


49 But this people who knoweth 
not the law are cursed. 

50 Nic-o-dé’mus_ saith unto 
them, (he that came to Jé’sus 
by night, being one of them,) 

51 Doth our law judge any 
man, before it hear him, and 
know what he doeth? 

52 They answered and _ said 
unto him, Art thou also of Gal’i- 
lee? Search, and look: for out 
of Gal/i-lee ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto 
his own house. 


76 CHAPTER 8 
1 Theaduilterous woman. 12 The light 
of the world. 33 Jews answered. 

E’SUS went unto the mount of 
| Olives. 

2 And early in the morning he 
came again into the temple, and 
all the people came unto him; 
and he sat down, and taught 


em. 

3 And the scribes and Phar’i- 
sees brought unto him a woman 
taken in adultery; and when 
they had set her in the midst, 

4 They say unto him, Master, 
this woman was taken in 
adultery, in the very act. 

5 Now Mod’ses in the law com- 
manded us, that such should be 
stoned: but what sayest thou? 

6 This they said, tempting him, 
that they might have to accuse 
him. But Jé’sus stooped down 
and with his finger wrote on the 
ground, as though he heard 
them not. 

7 So when they continued ask- 
ing him, he lifted up himself, 
and said unto them, He that is 
without sin among you, let him 
first cast a stone at her. 

8 And again he stooped down, 
and wrote on the ground. : 

9 And they which heard it, 
being convicted by their own 


The adulterous woman. 


47 Then answered them the 
Are ye also de-|b 


The light of the world 


conscience, went out one by one, 


eginning at the eldest, even 
unto the last: and Jé’sus was 
left alone, and the woman stand- 
ing in the midst 

10 When Jé’ sus had lifted up 
himself, an saw none but 
the woman, he said unto her, 
Woman, where are those thine 
accusers? hath no man con- 
demned thee? 

11 She said, No man, Lord. 
And Jé’sus said unto her, Neith- 
er do I condemn thee: go, and 
sin no more. | 

12 ¥ Then spake Jé’sus again 
unto them, saying, I am the 
light of the world: he that fol- 
loweth me shall not walk in 
darkness, but shall have the 
light of life. 

13 The Phar’i-sees therefore 
said unto him, Thou bearest 
record of thyself; thy record is 
not true. 

14 Jé’sus answered and said — 
unto them, Though I bear record 
of myself, yet my record is true: — 
for I know whence I came, and 
whither I go; but ye cannot tell 
whence I come, and whither I go. 

15 Ye judge after the flesh; 
I judge no man. 

16 And yet if I judge, my 
judgment is true: for I am not 
alone, but I and the Father that 
sent me. 

17 It is also written in your 
law, that the testimony of two 
men is true. 

18 I am one that bear witness 
of myself, and the Father that 
sent me beareth witness of me. 

19 Then said they unto him, — 
Where is thy Father? Jé’sus 
answered, Ye neither know me, 
nor my Father: if ye had 
known me, ye should have 
known my Father also. } 

20 These words spake Jé’ sus y 
in the treasury, as he taught in ~ 
the temple: and no man laid 
hands on him; for his hour was 
not yet come. 

21 Then said Jé’sus again unto © 
them, I go my way, and ye shall 






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Jesus argues with the Jews 


seek me, and shall die in your 
sins: whither I go, ye cannot 
come : : 

22 Then said the Jews. Will 
he kill himself? because he 
saith, Whither I go, ye cannot 
come. 

23 And he said unto them, 
Ye are from beneath; I am 
from above: ye are of this 
world; I am not of this world. 

24 I said therefore unto you, 
that ye shall die in your sins: 
for if: ye believe not that I am 
he, ye shall die in your sins. 

25 Then said they_unto him, 
Who art thou? And Jé’sus saith 


unto them, Even the same that 
I said unto you from the begin- 


ning. 

26 I have many things to say 
and to judge of you: but he 
that sent me is true; and I 
speak to the world those things 
which I have heard of him. 

27 They understood not that 
he spake to them of the Father. 

28 Then said Jé’sus unto them, 
When ye have lifted up the Son 


of man, then shall ye know that 





made 


I am he, and that I do nothing 
of myself; but as my Father 
hath taught me, I speak these 
things. 

29 And he that sent me is 
with me: the Father hath not 
left me alone; for I do always 


_ those things that please him. 


30 As he spake these words, 


- many believed on him. 


31 Then said Jé’sus to those 


_ Jews which believed on him, If 
' ye continue in my word, then 


are ye my disciples indeed; 

32 And ye shall know the truth, 
ats the truth shall make you 
ree 

33 | They answered him, We 
be A’bra-ham’s seed, and were 
never in bondage to any man: 
how sayest thou, Ye shall be 
free? 

34 Jé’sus answered them, Ver- 
ily, verily, say unto you, 
Whosoever committeth sin is 
the servant of sin. 


ST. JOHN, 8 


35 And the servant abideth 
not in the house for ever: but 
the Son abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore shall 
make you free, ye shall be free 
indeed. 

37 I know that ye are A’bra- 
ham’s seed; but ye seek to kill 
me, because my word hath no 
place in you. 

38 I speak that which I have 
seen with my Father: and ye do 
that which ye have seen with 


your father. 
39 They answered and said 
unto him, A’bra-ham is. our 


father. Jé’sus saith unto them, 
If ye were A’bra-ham’s children, 
ye would do the works of 
A’bra-ham. i 

40 But now ye seek to kill me, 
a man that hath told you the 
truth, which I have heard of 
God: this did not A’bra-ham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your 
father. Then said they to him, 
We be not born of fornication; 
we have one Father, even God. 

42 Jé’sus said unto them, If 
God were your Father, ye would 
love me: for I proceeded forth 
and came from God; neither 
came’! of myself, but he sent me. 

43 Why do ye not understand 
my speech? even because ye 
cannot hear my word. 

44 Ye are of your father the 
devil, and the lusts of your 
father ye will do. 'He was a 
murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth, be- 
cause there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a_ lie, he 
speaketh of his own: for he is 
a liar, and the father of it. 

45 And because I tell you the 
truth, ye believe me not. 

46 Which of you convinceth 
me of sin? And if I say the 
truth, why do ye not believe me? 

47 He that is of God heareth 
God’s words: ye therefore hear 
HU not, because ye are not of 

Oo 

48 Then answered the Jews, 
and said unto him, Say we not 


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well that thou art a Sa-mar’i-tan, 
and hast a devil? 

49 Jé’sus answered, I have not 
a devil; but I honour my Father, 
and ye do dishonour me. 

50 And I seek not mine own 
glory: there is one that seeketh 
and judgeth. 

51 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, If a man keep my saying, 
he shall never see death. 

52 Then said the Jews unto 
him, Now we know that thou 
hast a devil. A’bra-ham is dead, 
and the prophets: and thou 
sayest, If aman keep my saying, 
he shall never taste of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our 
father A’bra-ham, which is dead? 
and the prophets are dead: 
whom makest thou thyself? 

54 Jé’sus answered, If Ihonour 
myself, my honour is nothing: 
i1S Jee Father that honoureth 
me; of whom ye say, that he is 
your God: 

55 Yet ye have not known 
him; but I know him: and if I 
should say, I know him not, I 
shall be a liar like unto you: 
but I know him, and keep his 
saying. yey Jaan 

56 Your father A’bra-ham re- 
joiced to see my day: and he 
saw it, and was glad. 

57 Then said the Jews unto 
him, Thou art not yet fifty 
years old, and hast thou seen 
A’bra-ham? 

58 Jé’sus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Before A’bra-ham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones 
to cast at him: but Jé’sus hid 
himself, and went out of the 
temple, going through the midst 
of them, and so passed by. 


77 CHAPTER 9 
1 The light of the world. 7 Sight re- 
stored to a blind man. 18 Pharisees 
cast him out. 35 He confesses Jesus. 
39 Those whom Christ enlightens. 
ates as Jé’gus passed by, he 
saw a man which was 
blind from his birth. 
2 And his Giseiples asked him, 


A blind man’s sight restored 


saying, Master, who did sin, 
this man, or his parents, that he 
was born blind? 

3 Jé’sus answered, Neither hath 
this man sinned, nor his parents: 
but that the works of God 
should be made manifest in him. 

4 I must work the works of 
him that sent me, while it is 
day: the night cometh, when 
no man can work. 

5 As long as I am in the world, 
I am the light of the worid. 

6 When he had thus spoken, 
he spat on the ground, and 
made clay of the spittle, and he 
anointed the eyes of the blind 
man with the clay, 

7 And said unto him, Go, wash 
in the pool of Si-l6’am, (which 
is by interpretation, Sent.) He 
went his way therefore, and 
washed, and came seeing. 

8 q The neighbours therefore, 
and they which before had seen 
him that he was blind, said, Is 
not this he that sat and begged? 


9 Some said, This is he: 
others said, He is like him: but 
he said, I am he. 


10 Therefore said they unto 
him, How were thine eyes 
opened? 


11 He answered and said, A 
man that is called Jé’sus made | 
clay, and anointed mine eyes, 


unto me, Go to the 
and wash: 


and said 
pool of Si-l6’am, 


and I went and washed, and I 


received sight. 
12 Then said_they unto him, 
Whers is he? He said, I know 


m3 4 They brought to the Phar’- 
i sabes 
in 


that aforetime was — 


-_ a 


14 And it was the sabbath day © 


when Jé’sus made the clay, and — 


opened his eyes. 


15 Then again the Phar’i-sees ; 


also asked him how he had re- © 


ceived his sight. He said unto — 
He put clay upon mine — 


them, 
eyes, and I washed, and do see. 


16 Therefore said some of the — 
Phar’i-sees, This man is not of © 
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Pharisees reproved for unbelief 


God, because. he keepeth not 
the sabbath day. Others said, 
How can a man that is a sinner 
do such miracles? And there 
was a division among them. 

17 They say unto the blind 
man again, What sayest thou 
of him, that he hath opened 
thine eyes? He said, He is a 
prophet. ’ 

18 But the Jews did not be- 
lieve concerning him, that he 
had been blind, and received 
his sight, until they called the 
parents of him that had re- 
ceived his sight. 

_19 And they asked them, say- 
ing, Is this your son, who ye 
say was born blind? how then 
doth he now see? 

20 His parents answered them 
and said, We know that this is 
the pe and that he was born 

ind: 

21 But by what means he now 
seeth, we know not; or who 
hath opened his eyes, we know 
not: he is of age; ask him: he 
shall speak for himself. ; 
22 These words spake his 
parents, because they feared the 
Jews: for the Jews had agreed 
already, that if any man did 
confess that he was Christ, he 
should be put out of the syna- 


gogue. aaah 

23 Therefore said his parents, 
He is of age; ask } 

24 Then again called they the 
man that was blind, and said 
unto him, Give God the praise: 
we know that this man is a 
sinner. . 

25 He answered and said, 
Whether he be a sinner or no, I 
know not: one thing I know, 
that, whereas I was blind, now 


I see. 

26 Then said they to him 
again, What did he to thee? 
how opened he thine eyes? 

27 He answered them, I have 
told you already, and ye did not 
hear: wherefore would ye hear 
it again? will ye also be his 
disciples? 


ST. JOHN, 16 


28 Then they reviled him, and 
said, Thou art his disciple; but 
we are MO’ses’ disciples. 

29 We know that God spake 
unto M6’ses: as for this fellow, 
we know not from whence he is. 

30 The man answered and said 
unto them, Why herein is a 
marvellous thing, that ye know 
not from whence he is, and yet 
he hath opened mine eyes. 

31 Now we. know that God 
heareth not sinners: but if any 
man be a worshipper of God, 
and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. 

32 Since the world began was 
it not heard that any man 
opened the eyes of one that was 
born blind. 

33 If this man were not of 
God, he could do nothing. 

34 They answered and said 
unto him, Thou wast altogether 
born in sins, and dost thou 
teach us? And they cast him out. 

35 Jé’sus heard that they had 
cast him out; and when he had 
found him, he said unto him, 
Dost thou believe on the Son of 
God? 

36 He answered and said, Who 
is he, Lord, that I might believe 
on him? 

37 And Jé’sus said unto him, 
Thou hast both seen him, and 
it is he that talketh with thee. 

38 And he said, Lord, I be- 
lieve. And he worshipped him. 

39 ¢ And Jé’sus. said, For 
judgment I am come into this 
world, that they which see not 
might see; and that they which 
see might be made blind. 

40 And some of the Phar’i- 
sees which were with him heard 
these words, and said unto him; 
Are we blind also? 

41 Jésus said unto them, If 
ye were blind, ye should have no 
sin: but now ye say, We see; 
therefore your sin remaineth. 


CHAPTER 10 78 

1 Christis the door. 11 The good shep- 

herd. 30 Unity with the Father. 31 
Jews seek to stone Christ. 


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ST. JOHN, 10 


WAR verily, I say unto 
you, He that entereth not 
by the door into the sheepfold, 
but climbeth up some other way, 
the same is a thief and a robber. 

2 But he that entereth in by 
the door is the shepherd of the 
sheep. 

3 To him the porter openeth; 
and the sheep hear his voice: 
and he calleth his own sheep by 
name, and leadeth them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth 
his own sheep, he goeth before 
them, and the sheep follow him: 
for they know his voice. 

5 And a stranger will they not 
follow, but will flee from him: 
_ for they know not the voice of 
strangers. 

6 This parable spake Jé’sus 
unto them: but they understood 
not what things they were 
which he spake unto them. 

7 Then said Jé’sus unto them 
again, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, I am the door of the sheep. 

8 All that ever came before 
me are thieves and robbers: but 
the sheep did not hear them. 

9 Iam the door: by me if any 
man enter in, he shall be saved, 
and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to 
destroy: I am come that they 
might have life, and that they 
might have it more abundantly. 

11 I am the good: shepherd: 
the good shepherd giveth his 
life for the sheep. 

12 But he that is an hireling, 
and not the shepherd, whose 
own the sheep are not, seeth the 
woif coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf 
catcheth them, and scattereth 
the sheep. | 

13 The hireling fleeth, because 
he is an hireling, and careth not 
for the sheep. 

14 I am the good shepherd, and 
know my _ sheep, and 
known of mine. 

15 As the Father knoweth me, 


Christ the door. 


am |h 


The good shepherd 


even so know I the Father: and 
I lay down my life for the sheep. 

16 And other sheep I have, 
which are not of this fold: 
them also I must bring, and they 
shall hear my voice; and there 
shall be one fold, and one 
shepherd. 
‘17 Therefore doth my Father 
love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it 
again. 

18 No man taketh it from me, 
but I lay it down of myself. I 
have power to lay it down, 
and I have power to take it 
again. This commandment have 
I received of my Father. 

19 ¥ There was a_ division 
therefore again among the Jews 
for these sayings. 

20 And many of them said, 
He hath a devil, and is mad; 
why hear ye him? 

21 Others said, These are not 
the words of him that hath 2 
devil. Can a devil open the 
eyes of the blind? 

22 4 And it was at Jé-ru’sa- 
lém the feast of the dedication, 
and it was winter. 

23 And Jé’sus walked in the 
temple in S6l’o-mon’s porch. 

24 Then came the Jews round ~ 
about him, and said unto him, — 
How long dost thou make us to © 
doubt? If thou be the Christ, — 
tell us plainly. 

25 Jé’sus answered them, I 
told you, and ye believed not: 
the works that I do in my 
Father’s name, they bear wit- 
ness of me. 

26 But ye believe not, because 
ye are not of my sheep, as I said 
unto you. 

27 My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they 
follow me: 

28 And I give unto them 
eternal life; and they shall 
never perish, neither shall any 
man pluck them out of my 


and. 
29 My Father, which gave 
them me, is greater than all; 


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ST. JOHN, 11 


ME PE aS is nh SR ae AT el RES 
and no man is able to pluck|a-ny, the town of Ma’ry and her 


them out of my Father’s hand. 

30 Iand my Father are one. 

31 Then the Jews took up 
stones again to stone him. 

32 Jé’sus answered them, Many 
good works have I shewed you 
from my Father; for which of 
those works do ye stone me? 

33 The Jews answered him, 
saying, For a good work we 
stone thee not; but for blas- 
phemy; and because that thou, 
being aman, makest thyself God. 

34 Jé’sus answered them, Is 
it not written in your law, I said, 
Ye are gods? 

35 If he called them gods, 
unto whom the word of God 
came, and the scripture cannot 
be broken; 

36 Say ye of him, whom the 
Father hath sanctified, and sent 
into the world, Thou blasphem- 
est; because I said, I am the 
Son of God? 

37 If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. 

38 Butif I do, though ye believe 
not me, believe the works: that 
ye may know, and believe, that 
the Father is in me, and I in 


him. 

39 Therefore they sought again 
to take him: but he escaped out 
of their hand, } 

40 And went away again be- 
yond Jdr’dan into the place 
where John at first baptized; 
and there he abode. 

41 And many resorted unto 
him, and said, John did no 
miracle: but all things that 
John spake of this man were 


er 
42 And many believed on him 
there. 


79 CHAPTER 11 
1 Illness and death of Lazarus. 19 
Faith of Mary and Martha. 43 


Christ raises Lazarus. 47 Pharisees 
in council. 49 Prophecy of Caia- 
has.. 55 At the passover the Jews 
ay in wait for Christ. 


OW a certain man was sick, 
named Laz’a-rts, of Béth’- 


sister Mar’tha. 

2 (It was that Ma’ry which 
anointed the Lord with oint- 
ment, and wiped his feet with 
her hair, whose brother Laz’a- 
rus was sick.) 

3 Therefore his sisters sent 
unto him, saying, Lord, behold, 
he whom thou lovest is sick. 

4 When Jé’sus heard that, he 
said, This sickness is not unto 
death, but for the glory of God, 
that the Son of God might be 
glorified thereby. 

5 Now Jé’sus loved Mar’tha, 
and her sister, and Laz’a-rus. 

6 When he had heard therefore 
that he was sick, he abode two 
days still in the same place 
where he was. 

7 Then after that saith he to 
his disciples, Let us go into 
Ji-de’a again. 

8 His disciples say unto him, 
Master, the Jews of late sought 
to stone thee; and goest thou 
thither again? 

9 Jé’sus answered, Are there 
not twelve hours in the day? 
If any man walk in the day, he 
stumbleth not, because he seeth 
the light of this world. 

10 But if a man walk in the 
night, he stumbleth, because 
there is no light in him. 

11 These things said he: and 
after that he saith unto them, 
Our friend Laz’a-ris sleepeth; 
but I go, that I may awake him 
out of sleep. |. ; 

12 Then said his disciples, 
por if he sleep, he shall do 


well. 

13 Howbeit Jé’sus spake of his 
death: but they thought that he 
had spoken of taking of rest in 


sleep. 

14 Then said Jé’sus unto them 
plainly, Laz’a-rus is dead. 

15 And I am glad for your 
sakes that I was not there, to 
the intent ye may believe; 
nevertheless let us go unto him. 

16 Then said Thom/as, which 
is called Did’y-mts, unto his 


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ST. JOHN, 11 


fellowdisciples, Let us also go, 
that we may die with him. 

17 Then when Jé’sus came, he 
found that he had lain in the 
grave four days already. 

18 Now Béth’a-ny was nigh 
unto Jé-ru’sd-lém, about fifteen 
Cones off: . 

19 And many of the Jews came 
to Mar’tha and Ma’ry, to comfort 
them concerning their brother. 

20 Then Mar’tha, as soon as 
she heard that Jé’sus was com- 
ing, went and met him: but 
Ma’ry sat still in the house. 

21 Then said Méar’tha unto 
Jé’sus, Lord, if thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not died. 

22 But I know, that even now, 
ea ee thou wilt ask of 

» God will give it thee. 

23 ‘Je é’sus saith unto her, Thy 
tae shall rise again. 

4 Mar’tha saith unto him, I 
soe that he shall rise again 
in the resurrection at the last day. 

25 Jé’sus said unto her, I am 
the resurrection, and the life: 
he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live: 

26 And whosoever liveth and 
believeth in me shall never die. 
Believest thou this? 

27 She saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord: I believe that thou art 
the Christ, the Son of God, 
which should come into the 
world. 

28 And when she had so said, 
she went her way, and called 
Ma’ry her sister secretly, saying, 
The Master is come, and calleth 
for thee. 

29 As soon as she heard that, 
she arose quickly, and came 
unto him 

30 Now Jé’sus was not yet 
come into the town, but was in 
that placewhere Mar’tha met him. 

31 The Jews then which were 
with her in the house, and com- 
forted her, when they saw 
Ma’ry, that she rose up hastily 
and went out, followed her, say- 
ing, She goeth unto the grave 
to weep there. 


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The resurrection of Lazarus 


32 Then when Ma’ry was come 
where Jé’sus was, and saw him, 
she fell down at his feet, saying 
unto him, Lord, if thou hadst 


been here, my brother had not 


died. 
33 When Jé’sus therefore saw 
her weeping, and the Jews also 


weeping which came with her, 
he groaned in the spirit, and 


was troubled, 


34 And said, Where have ye 
laid him? They said unto him, 


Lord, come and see. 
35 Jé’sus wept. 


36 Then said the Jews, Behold 


how he loved him! 


37 And some of them said, 


Could not this man, which 


opened the eyes of the dlind, ; 
have caused that even this man 


should not have died? 


38 Jé’sus therefore again groan- 


ing in himself cometh to the 
grave. 
stone lay upon it. 


30 Jésus said, Take ye away. 
the stone. Mar’tha, the sister of 


him that was dead, saith unto 
him, Lord, by this 
stinketh: 
dead four days. 

40 Jé’sus saith unto her, Said 
I not unto thee, that, if thou 
wouldest believe, thou shouldest 
see the glory of God? 


41 Then they took away the 
stone from the place where the 


dead was laid. And Jé’sus 


lifted up his eyes, and said, 
Father, I thank thee that thou 3 


hast heard me. 


42 And I knew that thou hear- © 
but because of 
the people which stand by I 


est me always: 


It was a cave, and a 


time he 
for he hath been 


said it, that they may believe | 


that thou hast sent me. 

43 And when he thus had 
spoken, he cried with a loud 
voice, Laz’a-rtis, come forth. 


44 And he that was dead came 


forth, bound hand and foot with — 


graveclothes: and his face was 


bound about with a napkin. 


Jé’sus saith unto them, Loose © 


him, and let him go. 


Mary anoints the feet of Jesus 


45 Then many of the Jews 
which came to Ma’ry, and had 
seen the things which Jé’sus 
did, believed on him. 

46 But some of them went 
their ways to the Phar’i-sees, 
and told them what things 
Jé’sus had done. ; 

47 4 Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Phar’i-sees a 
council, and said, What do we? 
for this man doeth many mir- 
acles. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all 
men will believe on him: and 
the Rd’mans shali come and 
take away both our place and 
nation. 

49 And one of them, named 
Ca’ia-phas, being the high priest 
that same year, said unto them, 
Ye know nothing atall, | 

50 Nor consider that it is 
expedient for us, that one man 
should die for the people, and 
that the whole nation perish not. 

51 And this spake he not, of 
himself: but being high priest 
that year, he prophesied that 
Jé’sus should die for that nation; 

52 And not for that nation 
only, but that also he should 
gather together in one the 
children of God that were 
scattered abroad. 

53 Then from that day forth 
they took counsel together for to 

put him to death. 

54 Jé’sus therefore walked no 
more openly among the Jews; 
but went thence unto a country 
near to the wilderness, into a 
city called &’phra-im, and there 
continued with his disciples. 

55 q And the Jews’ passover 
was nigh at hand: and many 
went out of the country up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém_ before the pass- 
over, to purify themselves. 

56 Then sought they for Jé’- 
sus, and spake among them- 
selves, as they stood in the 
temple, What think ye, that he 
will not come to the feast? | 

57 Now_both the chief priests 
and the Phar’i-sees had given a 


ST. JOHN, 12. 


commandment, that, if any man 
knew where he were, he should 
shew if, that they might take 


him. 
CHAPTER 12 80 
1 Mary anoints the feet of Jesus. 12 
Christ enters Jerusalem. 28 A voice 


from heaven. 387 Unbelief of the 

Jews. 44 On confession of faith. 

i] REE Jé’sus six days before 

the passover came to Béth’- 
a-n¥y, where Laz’a-ris was 
which had been dead, whom he 
raised from the dead. 

2 There they made him a 
supper; and Miéar’tha served: 
but Laz’a-riis was one of them 
that sat at the table with him. 

3 Then took Ma’ry a pound 
of ointment of spikenard, very 
costly, and anointed the feet of 
Jé’sus, and wiped his feet with 
her hair: and the house was 
filled with the odour of the 
ointment. _ 

4 Then saith one of, his dis- 
ciples, Ja’das_ Is-car’i-ot, Si’- 
one son, which should betray 

im, 

5 Why was not this ointment 
sold for three hundred pence, 
and given to the poor? 

6 This he said, not that he 
cared for the poor; but because 
he was a thief, and had the bag, 
and bare what was put therein. 

7 Then said Jé’sus, Let her 
alone: against the day of my 
burying hath she kept this. 

8 For the poor always ye have 
with you; but me ye have not 
always. 

9 Much people of the Jews 
therefore knew that he was 
there: and they came not for 
Jé’sus’ sake only, but that they 
might see Laz’a-ris also, whom 
he had raised from the dead. 

10 4 But the chief priests con- 
sulted that they might put 
Laz’a-ris also to death; 

11 Because that by reason of 
him many of the Jews went 
away, and believed on Jé’sus. 

12 4 On the next day much 
people that were come to the 


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feast, when they heard that 
Jé’/sus was coming to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, 

13 Took branches of palm 
trees, and went forth to meet 
him, and cried, H6-san’na: 
Blessed is the King of Is’ra-el 
that cometh in the name of the 


ord. 

14 And Jé’sus, when he had 
found a young ass, sat thereon; 
as it is written, 

15 Fear not, daughter of Si/6n: 
behold, thy King cometh, sitting 
on an ass’s colt. 

16 These things understood 
not his disciples at the first: but 
when Jé’sus was glorified, then 
remembered they that these 
things were written of him, and 
that they had done these things 
unto him. 

17 The people therefore that 
was with him when he called 
Laz’a-rus out of his grave, and 
taised him from the dead, bare 
record. | 

18 For this cause the people 
also met him, for that they 
heard that he had done this 
miracle. 

19 The Phar’i-sees_ therefore 
said among themselves, Per- 
ceive ye how ye prevail nothing? 
behold, the world is gone after 


him 

20 ci And there were certain 
Greeks among them, that came 
up to worship at the feast: 

21 The same came therefore to 
Philip, which was of Béth- 
sa’'i-da of Gal/i-lee, and desired 
‘poe saying, Sir, we would see 

e’ 

22 Philip cometh and telleth 
An’/drew: and again An’drew 
and Philip tell Jé’sus. 

23 { And Jé’sus answered 
them, saying, The hour is come, 
that the Son of man should be 
glorified. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Except a corn of wheat 
fall into the ground and die, it 
abideth alone: but if it die, it 
bringeth forth much fruit. 


Jesus enters Jerusalem 


25 He that loveth his life shall 
lose it; and he that hateth his 
life in this world shall keep it 
unto life eternal. 

26 If any man serve me, let 
him follow me; and where I 
am, there shall also my servant 
be: if any man serve me, him 
will my Father honour. 

27 Now is my soul troubled; 
and what shall I say? Father, 


save me from this hour: but for 


this cause came I unto this hour. 
28 Father, 


glorify thy name. 


Then came there a voioe from 


heaven, saying, 


I have both 


glorified it, and will glorify if 


again. 


29 The people therefore, that 
stood. by, and heard it, said that 


it thundered: 
angel spake to him. 


30 Jé’sus answered and said, 
This voice came not because of 1 


me, but for your sakes. 


others said, An . 


: 


31 Now is the judgment of 


this world: 


now shall the 


prince of this world be cast out. 


32 And I, if I be lifted up from — 
the earth, will draw all men un-— 


to me. 

33 This he said, 
what death he should die 

34 The people anaweran him, 


je have heard out of the law 


that Christ abideth for ever: and 


how sayest thou, The Son of 
man must be lifted up? who is. 


this Son of man? 

35 Th 
Yet a little while is the light 
with you. Walk while ye have 
the light, Be darkness come 
upon you: 
in darkness knoweth not whither 
he goeth. 


Signifying 


en Jé’sus said unto them, | 





{ 


for he that walketh | 


36 While ye have light, believe 
in the light, that ye may be the 


children of light. These things 
spake Jé’sus, and departed, and 
did hide himself from them. 

37 § But though he had done 
so many miracles before them, 
yet they believed not on him: 

38 That the saying of E-sa’ias 
the prophet might be fulfilled, 


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Washing the disciples feet 


which he spake, Lord, who 
hath believed our report? and to 
whom hath the arm of the 
Lord been revealed? 

39 Therefore they could not 
believe, because that f&-sa’ias 
said again, 

40 He hath blinded their eyes, 
and hardened their heart; that 
they should not see with their 
eyes, nor understand with their 
heart, and be converted, and I 
should healthem. | f 

41 These things said E-sa’ias, 
pecan he saw his glory, and spake 
0) 

42 4 Nevertheless among the 
chief rulers also many believed 
on him; but because of the 
Phar’i-sees they did not con- 
fess him, lest they should be 
put out of the synagogue: | 

43 For they loved the praise 
es met more than the praise of 

oO 

44 9 Jésus cried and said, 
He that believeth on me, be- 
lieveth not on me, but on him 
that sent me. 

45 And he that seeth me seeth 
him that sent me. 

46 I am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever believeth 
on me should not abide in 
Garkness. 

47 And if any man hear my 
words, and believe not, I judge 
him not: for I came not to 
judge the world, but to save the 
world. 

48 He that rejecteth me, and 
receiveth not my words, hath 
one that judgeth him: the 
word that I have spoken, the 
same shall judge him in the 
last day. 

49 For I have not spoken of 
myself; but the Father which 
sent me, he gave me a com- 
mandment, what I should say, 
and what I should speak. 

50 And I know that his com- 
-mandment is life everlasting: 
whatsoever I speak therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, 
so I spe 


ST. JOHN, 13 


CHAPTER 13 $l 

1 Washing the disciples’ feet. 18 
Judas the betrayer. 381 Command- 
ment to love one another. 36 Peter's 


denial foretold. 


OW before the feast of the 

passover, when Jé’sus knew 
that his hour was come that he 
should depart out of this world 
unto the Father, having loved 
his own which were in the 
wong he loved them unto the 
end. 

2 And supper being ended, the 
devil having now put into the 
heart of Ju’das Is-car’i-ot, Si’- 
mon’s son, to betray him; 

3 Jé’sus_ knowing that the 
Father had given all things into 
his hands, and that he was come 
from God, and went to God; 

4 He riseth from supper, and 
laid aside his garments; and 
took a towel, and girded him- 


self. 

5 After that he poureth water 
into a bason, and began to wash 
the disciples’ feet, and to wipe 
them with the towel wherewith 
he was girded. 

6 Then cometh he to Si/mon 
Pée’tér: and Pé’tér saith unto 
ate Lord, dost thou wash my 
eet? 

7 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto him, What I do thou know- 
est not now; but thou shalt 
know hereafter. ; 

8 Pé’tér saith unto him, Thou 
shalt never wash my _ feet. 
Jé’sus answered him, If I wash 
thee not, thou hast no part with 


me. 

9 Si’‘mon Pé’tér saith unto him, 
Lord, not my feet only, but also 
my hands and my head. 

10 Jé’sus saith to him, He 
that is washed needeth not save 
to wash his feet, but is clean 
every whit: and ye are clean, 
but not all. 

11 For he knew who should 
betray him: therefore said he, 
Ye are not all clean. 

12 So after he had washed 
their feet, and had taken his 


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garments, and was set down 
again, he said unto them, Know 
ye what I have done to you? 

13 Ye call me Master and 
Lord: and ye say well; for so 


I am. 

14 If I then, your Lord and 
Master, have washed your feet; 
ye also ought to wash one 
another’s feet. 

15 For I have given you an 
example, that ye should do as I 
have done to you. 

16 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord; neither he that is 
sent greater than he that sent 


17 If ye know these things, 

appy are ye if ye do them. 

18 § I speak not of you all: 
I know whom I have chosen: 
but that the scripture may be 
fulfilled, He that eateth bread 
with me hath lifted up his heel 
against me. 

19 Now I tell you before it 
come, that, when it is come to 
pas ye may believe that I am 


e. 

20 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that receiveth whomso- 
ever I send receiveth me; and 
he that receiveth me receiveth 
him that sent me. 

21 When Jé’sus had _ thus 
said, he was troubled in spirit, 
and testified, and said, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, that one 
of you shall betray me. 

22 Then the disciples looked 
one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. 

23 Now there was leaning on 
Jé’sus’ bosom one of his dis- 
ciples, whom Jé’sus loved. 

_ 24 S’mon _ Pé’tér therefore 

beckoned to him, that he should 
ask who it should be of whom 
he spake. 

25 He then lying on Jé’sus’ 
breast saith unto him, Lord, 
who is it? ua? 

26 Jé’sus answered, He it is, 
to whom I shall give a sop, 
when I have dipped it. And when 


Judas indicated as the betrayer 


he had dipped the sop, he gave 
it to Ju’das Is-car’i-ot, the son 
of Si’mon. 

27 And after the sop Sa’tan 
entered into hi Then said 
Jé’sus unto him, That thou 
doest, do quickly. 

28 Now no man at the table 
knew for what intent he spake 
this unto him. 

29 For some of them thought, 
because Ji’das had E 
that Jé’sus had said unto him, 
Buy those things that we have 
need of against the feast; 
that 
to the poor. ' 

30 He then having received the 


sop went immediately out: and 


it was night. 


the bag, 


- 


Or, 
he should give something 


31 4 Therefore, when he was 


gone out, Jé’sus said, Now is 
the Son of man glorified, and 
God is glorified in him. 
32 If God be glorified in him, 
God shall also glorify him in 
himself, and shall straightway 
glorify him. 


33 Little children, yet a little 


while I am with you. Ye shall 


seek me: and as I said unto the 
Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot 


come; so now I say to you. 
34 A 


i 


new commandment I 


give unto you,,That ye love 


one another; 
you, that ye also love one 
another 


as I have loved 


35 By this shall all men know > 
that ye are my disciples, if ye 


have love one to another. 
36 4. Si’mon_ Pé’tér said unto 


him, Lord, whither goest thou? | 
Jé’sus answered him, Whither 


I go, thou canst not follow me 
now; but thou shalt follow me 
afterwards. f 

37 Pé’tér said unto him, Lord, 
why cannot I follow thee now? 
I ra lay down my life for thy 
sake. 

38 Jé’sus answered him, Wilt 
thou lay down thy life for my 
sake? Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, The cock shall not crow; 
till thou hast denied me thrice. 


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The Comforter promised to the disciples 


82 CHAPTER 14 


1 The disciples comforted. 
Holy Ghost shall teach. 
to ail. 

ET not your heart be troubled: 
ye believe in God, believe 
also in me. 

 2In my Father’s house are 

many mansions: if it were not 

so, I would have told you. I 

go to prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a 
place for you, I will come again, 
and receive you unto myself; 


16 The 
27 Peace 


that where I am, there ye may 


be also. 

4 And whither I go ye know, 
and the way ye know. ; 

5 Thom/as saith unto him, 
Lord, we know not whither thou 
goest; and how can we know 
the way? , 

6 Jé’sus saith unto him, I am 
the way, the truth, and the 
life: no man cometh unto the 
Father, but by me. 

7 If ye had known me, ye 
should have known my Father 
also: and from henceforth ye 
know him, and have seen him. 

8 Phil’ip saith unto him, Lord, 
shew us the Father, and it 
sufficeth us. — : 

9 Jé’sus saith unto him, Have 
I been so long time with you, and 
yet hast thou not known me, 
Phil’/ip? he that hath seen me 
hath seen the Father; and how 
sayest thou then, Shew us the 
Father? 

10 Believest thou not that I 
am in the Father, and the Father 
in me? the words that I speak 
unto you I speak not of myself: 
but the Father that dwelleth in 
me, he doeth the works. 

11 Believe me that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me: 
or else believe me for the very 
works’ sake. | 

12 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that believeth on me, 
the works that I do shall he do 
also; and greater works than 
these shall he do; because I go 
unto my Father. 


ST. JOHN, 14 


i3 And whatsoever, ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do, 
that the Father may be glorified 
in the Son. 

14 If ye shall ask any thing in 
my name, I will do 7¢. 

15 {If ye love me, keep my 
commandments. 

16 And I will pray the Father, 
and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may abide 
with you for ever; 

17 Even the Spirit of truth; 
whom the world cannot re- 
ceive, because it seeth him not, 
neither knoweth him: but ye 
know him; for he dwelleth 
with you, and shall be in you. 

18 I will not leave you come 
fortless: I will come to you. 

19 Yet a little while, and the 
world seeth me no more; but 
ye see me: because I live, ye 
shall live also. 

20 At that day ye shall know 
that Iam in my Father, and ye 
in me, and I in you. 

21 He that hath my com- 
mandments, and keepeth them, 
he it is that loveth me: and he 
that loveth me shall be loved of 
my Father, and I will love him, 
and will manifest myself to him. 

22 Ji’das saith unto him, not 
Is-car/i-ot, Lord, how is it 
that thou wilt manifest thyself 
unto us, and not unto the world? 

23 Jé’sus answered and said 
unto him, If a man love me, he 
will keep my words: and my 
Father will love him, and we 
will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. 

24 He that loveth me _ not 
keepeth not my sayings: and 
the word which' ye hear is not 
mine, but the Father’s which 
sent me. 

25 These things have I spoken 
unto you, being yet present with 


you. 
_26 But_the Comforter, which 
is the Hdé’/ly Ghost. whom the 
Father will send in my name, 
he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your 


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remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. 

27 Peace I leave with you, my 
peace I give unto you: not as 
the world giveth, give I unto 
you. Let not your heart be 
troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have heard how I said 
unto you, I go away, and come 
again unto you. If ye loved me, 
ye would rejoices because I said, 
I go unto the Father: for my 
Father is greater than I. 

29 And now I have told you 
before it come to pass, that, 
when it is come to pass, ye might 
believe. 

30 Hereafter I will not talk 
much with you: for the prince 
of this world cometh, and hath 
nothing in me. 

31 But that the world may 
know that I love the Father; 
and as the Father gave me 
commandment, even so I do. 
Arise, let us go hence. 


83 CHAPTER 15 
1 The true vine. 12 Love one another. 

26 When the Holy Ghost comes. 

AM the true vine, and my 

Father is the husbandman. 

2 Every branch in me _ that 
beareth not fruit he taketh away: 
and every branch that beareth 
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may 
bring forth more fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean through 
the word which I have spoken 
unto you. 3 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit 
of itself, except it abide in the 
vine; no more can ye, except ye 
abide in me. 

I am the vine, ye are the 
branches: He that abideth in 
me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit: for 
without me ye can do nothing. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he 
is cast forth as a branch, and is 
withered; and men gather them, 
and cast them into the fire, and 
they are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my 


The true vine and the branches 


words abide in you, ye shall ask 
what ye will, and it shall be 
done unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glori- 
fied, that ye bear much fruit; so 
shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, 
so have I loved you: continue 
ye in my love. 

10 If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love; 
even as I have kept my Father’s 
commandments, and abide in 
his love. 

11 These things have I spoken 


unto you, that my joy might 


remain in you, and that your 
joy might be fuil. 

12>Thi 
That ye love one another, as I 


have loved you. 


s is my commandment, 


13 Greater love hath no man 


than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. 

15 Henceforth I call you not 
servants; for the servant know- 
eth not what his lord doeth: but 
I have called you friends; for 


all things that I have heard of 
my Father I have made known 


unto you. 


16 Ye have not chosen me, 


but I have chosen you, and 
ordained you, that ye should go 
and bring forth fruit, and that 
your fruit should remain: that 
whatsoever ye shall ask of the 


Father in my name, he may 


give it you. 


17 These things I command 


you, that ye love one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it 
hated you. 

19 If ye were of the world, 
the world would love his own: 
but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out 
of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. 

20 Remember the word that I 
said unto you, The servant is 
not greater than his lord. 
they have persecuted me, they 


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: 








Jesus comforts his disciples 


will also persecute you; if they 
have kept my saying, they will 
ae yours also. 

21 But all these things will 


they do unto you for my name’s 


sake, because they know not him 


that sent me. 


22 If I had not come and 
spoken unto them, they had not 
had sin: but ek they have no 
cloke for their s 

23 He that hateth me hateth 


my Father also. 


24 If I had not done among 
them the works which none 
other man did, they had not had 
sin: but now have they both seen 
and hated both me and my Father. 

25 But this cometh to pass, 
that the word might be ful- 
filled thatis written in their law, 
They hated me without a cause. 

26 But when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto 
you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth 
from the Father, he _ shall 
testify of me: 

27 And ye also shall bear 
witness, because ye have been 
with me from the beginning. 


84 CHAPTER 16 
1 Christ further comforts his disciples. 
20 Sorrow shall be turned to gladness. 
_ 23 Acceptable prayer. 33 Peace. 
HESE things have I spoken 
unto you, that ye should 
not be offended. 

2 They shall put you out of the 
synagogues: yea, the time com- 
eth, that whosoever killeth you 
“ae ae that he doeth God 
serv 

3 Ana these things will they 
do unto you, because they have 
not known the Father, nor me. 

4 But these things have I told 
you, that when the time shall 
come, ye may remember that I 
told you of them. And these 
things I said not unto you at the 
be ginning, because was with you. 

5 But now I go my way to him 
that sent me; and none of you 
asketh me, Whither goest thou? 


ST. JOHN, 16 


6 But because I have said these _ 
things unto you, sorrow hath 
filled your heart. 

Nevertheless I tell you the 
truth; It is expedient for you 
that I go away: for if I go not 
away, the Comforter will not 
come unto you; but if I depart, 
I will send him unto you. 

8 And when he is come, he 
will reprove the world of sin, 
and of righteousness, and of 
judgment: 

Of sin, because they believe 
not on me; 

10 Of righteousness, because 
I go to my Father, and ye see me 
no more; 

11 Of judgment, because the 
prince of this world is judged. 

12 I have yet many things to 
say unto you, but ye cannot bear 
them now. . 

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit 
of truth, is come, he will guide 
you into all truth: for he shall 
not speak of himself; but what- 
soever he shall hear, that shall he 
speak: and he will shew you 
things tocome. | 

14 He shall glorify me: for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall 
shew if unto you 

15 All things that the Father 
hath are mine: therefore said I, 
that he shall take of mine, and 
shall shew if unto you. 

16 A little while, and ye shail 
not see me: and again, a littie 
while, and ye shall see me, be- 
cause I go to the Father. 

17 Then said some of his dis- 
ciples among themselves, What 
is this that he saith unto us, A 
little while, and ye shall not see 
me: and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me: and, Because I 
go to the Father? 

18 They said therefore, What is 
this that he saith, A little while? 
we cannot tell what he saith. 

19 Now Jé’sus knew that they 
were desirous to ask him, and 
said unto them, Do ye enquire 
among yourselves of that I said, 
A little while, and ye shall not see 


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ST. JOHN, 17 


me: and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me? 

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
That ye shall weep and lament. 
but the world shall rejoice: and 
ye shall be sorrowful, but your 
sorrow shall be turned into joy. 

21 A woman when she is in 
travail hath sorrow, because her 
hour is come: but as soon as she 
is delivered of the child, she re- 
membereth no more the anguish, 
for joy that a man is born into the 
world. 

22 And ye now therefore have 
sorrow: but I will see you again, 
and your heart shail rejoice, and 
your joy no man taketh from you. 

23 And in that day ye shall ask 
me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall 
ask the Father in my name, he 
will give if you. 

24 Hitherto have ye asked noth- 
ing in my name: ask, and ye 
shall receive, that your joy may 
be full. 

25 These things have I spoken 
unto you in proverbs: but the 
time cometh, when I shall no 
more speak unto you in prov- 
erbs, but I shall shew you plainly 
of the Father. ; 

26 At that day ye shall ask in 
my name: and I say not unto 
a that I will pray the Father 
or 

27 ron the Father himself lov- 
eth you, because ye have pox 
me, and have believed that I 
came out from God. 

28 I came forth from the 
Father, and am come into the 
world: again, I leave the world, 
and go to the Father. 

29 His disciples said unto him, 
Lo, now speakest thou plainly, 
and speakest no proverb. 

30 Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all things, and needest 
not that any man should ask 
thee: by this we believe that 
thou camest forth from God. 

31 Jé’sus answered them, Do 
ye now believe? 

32 Behold, the hour cometh, 

1 


Jesus prays to the Father 


yea, is now come, that ye shall be 
scattered, every man to his own, 
and shall leave me alone: and 
yet I am not alone, because the 
Father is with me. 

33 These things I have spoken 
unto you, that in me ye might 
have peace. In the world ye 
shall have tribulation: but be of 
ale gots I have overcome the 
wor 


CHAPTER 17 85 

1 Christ’s prayer to be glorified. 6 

Prayer for the apostles. 20 He prays 
for all believers. 
dea words spake Jé’sus, 
and lifted up his eyes to 
heaven, and said, Father, the 
hour is come; glorify thy Son, 
‘han thy Son also may glorify 
thee: | 

2 As thou hast given him 
power over all flesh, that he 
should give eternal life to as” 
many as thou hast given him. 

3 And this is life eternal, that 
they might know thee the only 
true God, and Jé’sus Christ 
whom thou hast sent. 4 

4 I have glorified thee on the 
earth: I have finished the work 
which thou gavest me to do. 

And now, O Father, glorify 
thou me with thine own self with 
the glory which I had with thee 
before the world was. 

have! manifested thy name 
unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world: thine they 
were, and thou gavest them me; 
and they have kept thy word. 
| 







7 Now they have known that. 
all things whatsoever thou hast 
given me are of thee. 

8 For I have given unto them | 
the words which thou gavest me; 
and they have received them, and 
have known surely that I came 
out from thee, and they have be-= 
lieved that thou didst send me. 

9 I pray for them: I pray not 
for the world, but for them which 
thou hast given me; for they are 


thine. 
10 And all mine are thine, and 


40 


| Jesus prays for his disciples 


_ thine are mine; and I am glori- 
fied in them. : 
11 And now I am no more in 

the world, but these are in the 
world, and I come to thee. Holy 
_ Father, keep through thine own 
mame those whom thou hast 
given me, that they may be one, 
as we are. 
| 12 While I was with them in the 
' world, I kept them in thy name: 
those that thou gavest me I have 
kept, and none of them is lost, 
but the son of perdition; that 
the scripture might be fulfilled. 

13 And now come I to thee; 
and these things I speak in the 
world, that they might have my 
joy fulfilled in themselves. 

14 I have given them thy word; 
and the world hath hated them, 
because they are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. 

15 I pray not that thou should- 
est take them out of the world, 
but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. 

16 They are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. 

17 Sanctify them through thy 
truth: thy wordistruth. . 

18 As thou hast sent me into 
the world, even so have I also 
sent them into the world. 

19 And for their sakes I sanc- 
tify myself, that they also might 
be sanctified through the truth. 

20 Neither pray I for these 
alone, but for them also which 
shall believe on me through their 


word; 

21 That they all may be one; as 
thou, Father, art in me, and Iin 
thee, that they also may be one in 
us: that the world may believe 
that thou hast sent me. | 

22 And the glory which thou 
gavest me I have given them; 
that they may be one, even as we 
are one: 

23 I in them, and thou in me, 
that they may be made perfect 
in one; and that the world may 
know that thou hast sent me, and 
hast loved them, as thou hast 
loved me, 


ST. JOHN, 18 


24 Father, I will that they also, 
whom thou hast given me, be 
with me where I am; that they 
may behold my glory, which 
thou hast given me: for thou 
lovedst me before the foundation 
of the world. 

25 O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee: but 
I have known thee, and these 
have known that thou hast sent 


me. 

26 And I have declared unto 
them thy name, and will declare 
it: that the love wherewith thou 
hast loved me may be in them, 
and I in them. 


CHAPTER 18 86 

1 The betrayal. 12 The arrest. 15 

Peter’s denial. 28 Christ before 

Pilate. 36 His kingdom. 40 Pilea 

for Barabbas. 

HEN jJé’sus had spoken 

these words, he went 

forth with his disciples over the 

brook Cé’dron, where was a 

garden, into the which he en- 
tered, and his disciples. |. 

2 And Ji’das also, which he- 
trayed him, knew the place: for 
Jé’sus ofttimes resorted thither 
with his disciples. _ ; 

3 Ju’das then, having received 
a band of men and officers from 
the chief priests and Phar’i-sees, 
cometh thither with lanterns and 
torches and weapons. é 

4 Jé’sus therefore, knowing all 
things that should come upon 
him, went forth, and said unto 
them, Whom seek ye? __ 

5 They answered him, Jé’sus of 
Naz’a-réth. Jé’sus saith unto 
them,Iam he. And Ji’das also, 
which betrayed him, stood with 
them. ; 

6 As soon then as he had said 
unto them, I am he, they went 
backward, and fell to the ground. 

7 Then asked he them again, 
Whom seek ye? And they said, 
Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth. 

8 Jé’sus answered, I have told 
you that lam he: if therefore ye 
seek me, let these go their way: 


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9 That the saying might be ful- 


filled, which he spake, Of them | th 


which thou gavest me have I lost 


one. 

10 Then Si’‘mon Pé’tér having 
a sword drew it, and smote the 
high priest’s servant, and cut off 
his right ear. The servant’s 
name was Mal’chus. ‘ 

11 Then said Jé’sus unto Pé’- 
tér, Put up thy sword into the 
sheath: the cup which my 
Father hath given me, shall I not 
drink it? 

12 Then the band and the cap- 
tain and officers of the Jews took 
Jé’sus, and bound , 

13 And led him away to An’- 
nas first; for he was father in law 
to Ca’ia-phas, which was the 
high priest that same year. 

14 Now Ca/ia-phas was he, 
which gave counsel to the Jews, 
that it was expedient that one 
man should die for the people. 

15 § And Si’mon Pé’tér fol- 
lowed Jé’sus, and so did another 
disciple: that disciple was known 
unto the high priest, and went in 
with Jé’sus into the palace of the 
high priest. 

16 But Pé’tér stood at the door 
without. Then went out that 
other disciple, which was known 
unto the high priest, and spake 
unto her that kept the door, and 
brought in Pé’tér. 

17 Then saith the damsel that 
kept the door unto. Pé’tér, Art 
not thou also one of this man’s 
disciples? He saith, I am not. 

18 And the servants and officers 
stood there, who had made a fire 
of coals; for it was cold: and 
they warmed themselves: and 
Pé’tér stood with them, and 
warmed himself. | 

19 The high priest then asked 
Jé’sus of his disciples, and of his 
doctrine. ; 

20 Jé’sus answered him, I 
spake openly to the world; Iever 
taught in the synagogue, and in 
the temple, whither the Jews al- 
ways resort; and in secret have I 
said nothing. 


Jesus before the high priest. 


21 Why askest thou me? ask 
em which heard me, what I 
have said unto them: behold, 
they know what I said. 

22 And when he had thus 
spoken, one of the officers which 
stood by struck Jé’sus with the 
palm of his hand, saying, An- 
swerest thou the high priest so? 

23 Jé’sus answered him, 
have spoken evil, bear witness of 
the evil: but if well, why smitest 
thou me? ; 

24 Now An’nas had sent him 
bound unto Ca’ia-phas the high 
priest. 


Peter’s denial. 


25 And Si’mon Pé’tér stood and - 


warmed himself. 
therefore unto him, Art not thou 
also one of his disciples? He 
nie it, and said, I am not. 

2 
high priest, being his kinsman 
whose ear Pé’tér cut off, saith, 


They said 


One of the servants of the 


Did not I see thee in the garden — 


with him? 


27 Pé’tér then denied again: 
and immediately the cock crew. 


28 ¥_Then 
from Ca’ia-phas unto the hall of 
judgment: and 
and they themselves went not 


into the judgment hall, lest they 
should be defiled; but that they 


might eat the passover. 


29 Pi/late then_went out unto 


them, and said, What accusation 
bring ye against this man? 
30 They answered and said 


unto him, If he were not a male<_ 


factor, we would not have de- 
livered him up unto thee. 

31 Then said Pi/late unto them, 
Take ye him, and judge him ac- 
cording to your law. The Jews 
therefore said unto him, It is not 
lawful for us to put any man to 
death: : 

32 That the saying of Jé’sus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, 


signifying what death he should | 


1€. 
_33 Then Pi'late entered into the 
judgement hall again, and calle 
Jé’sus, and said unto him, 
thou the King of the Jews? 


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it was early; 


led they Jé’sus” 








Jesus before Pilate 


34 Jé’sus answered him, Sayest 
thou this thing of thyself, or did 
others tell it thee of me? 

35 Pi/late answered, Am I a 
Jew? Thine own nation and the 
chief priests have delivered thee 
unto me: what hast thou done? 

36;Jé’sus answered, My king- 
dom is not of this world: if my 

ingdom were of this world, then 
would my servants fight, that I 
should not be delivered to the 
Jews: but now is my kingdom 
not from hence. 

37 Pilate therefore said unto 
him, Art thou a king then? Jé’- 
sus answered, Thou sayest that I 
am a king. To this end was I 
born, and for this cause came I 
into the world, that I should 
bear witness unto the truth. 
Every one that is of the truth 
heareth my voice. 

38:Pi’late saith unto him, What 
is truth? And when he had said 
this, he went out again unto the 
Jews, and saith unto them, I 
find in him no fault af all. 

39 But ye have a custom, that I 
should release unto you one at the 
passover: will ye therefore that I 
release unto you the King of the 

ews? y 

40 Then cried they all again, 
saying, Not this man, but Ba- 
rab’bas. Now Ba-rab’bas was a 
robber. 


87 CHAPTER 19 


1 Jesus is scourged, crowned, and beat- 
en. 4 Pilate’s doubt and weakness. 
16 The crucifixion. 30 Death of 
Christ. 38 Joseph places his body 
in the tomb. 

HEN Pi’late therefore took 
Jé’sus, and scourged him. 

2 And the soldiers platted a 
crown of thorns, and put it on his 
head, and they put on him a pur- 
ple robe, 

3 And said, Hail, King of the 
Jews! and they smote him with 
their hands. 

4 Pi’/late therefore went forth 
again, and saith unto them, Be- 
hold, I bring him forth to you, 


_ §T. JOHN, 19 


that ye may know that I find no 
fault in him. 

5 Then came Jé’sus forth, 
wearing the crown of thorns, and 
the purple robe. And Pilate 
saith unto them, Behold the 
man! 

6 When the chief priests there- 
fore and officers saw him, they 
cried out, saying, Crucify him, 
crucify him. Pilate saith unto 
them, Take ye him, and crucify 
him: for I find no fault in him. 

7 The Jews answered him, We 
have a law, and by our law he 
ought to die, because he made 
himself the Son of God. 

8 | When Pi'late therefore 
heard that saying, he was the 
more afraid; : ‘ 

9 And went again into the judg- 
ment hall, and saith unto Jé’sus, 
Whence art thou? But Jé’sus 
gave him no answer. ; 

10 Then saith Pilate unto him, 
Speakest thou not unto me? 
knowest thou not that I have 
power to crucify thee, and have 
power to release thee? 

11 Jé’sus answered, Thou 
couldest have no power at all 
against me, except it were given 
thee from above: therefore he 
that delivered me unto thee hath 
the greater sin. S 

12 And from thenceforth Pi’- 
late sought to release him: but 
the Jews! cried out, saying, If 
thou let this man go, thou art not 
Ce’sar’s friend: whosoever 


‘maketh himself a king speaketh 


against Ce’sar. 

13 4 When Pilate therefore 
heard that saying, he brought 
Jé’sus forth, and sat down in the 
judgment seat in a place that is 
called the Pavement, but in the 
Hé’brew, Gab’ba-tha. ; 

14 And it was the preparation 
of the passover, and about the 
sixth hour: and he saith unto 
the Jews, Behold your King! 

15 But they cried out, Away 
with him, away with him, crucify 
him. Pi/late saith unto them, 
Shall I crucify your King? The 


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chief priests answered, We have 
no king but Ce’sar. 

16 Then delivered he him 
therefore unto them to be cruci- 
fied. And they took Jé’sus, and 
led him away. 

17 And he bearing his cross 
went forth into a place called 
the place of a skull, which is 
called in the Hé’brew GOl’g6-tha: 

18 Where they” crucified him, 
and two other with him, on either 
side one, and Jé’sus in the midst. 

19 ¥ And Pilate wrote a title, 
and put it on the cross. And the 
writing was, JE’SUS OF NAZ/A- 
RETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

20 This title then read many of 
the Jews: for the place where 
Jé’sus was crucified was nigh to 
the city: and it was written in 
Hé’brew, and Greek, and Lat’in. 

21 Then said the chief priests of 
the Jews to Pi/late, Write not, 
The King of the Jews; but that 
he said, I am King of the Jews. 

22 Pilate answered, What I 
have written I have written. 

23 § Then the soldiers, when 
_ they had crucified Jé’sus, took 


his garments,* and made four | leg 


parts, to every soldier a part; 
and also his coat: now the coat 
was without seam, woven from 
the top throughout. 

24 They said therefore among 
themselves, Let us not rend it, 
but cast lots for it, whose it shall 
be: that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, which saith, They part- 
ed my raiment among them, and 
for my vesture they did cast lots. 
These things therefore the sol- 
diers did. 

25 4 Now there stood by the 
cross of Jé’sus his mother, and 
his mother’s sister, Ma’ry the 
wife of Clé’o-phas, and Ma’ry 
Mae-da-lé’né. 

26 When Jé’sus therefore saw 
his mother, and the disciple 
standing by, whom he loved, he 
saith unto his! mother, Woman, 
behold thy son! 

27 Then saith he to the disciple, 
Behold thy mother! And from 


The crucifixion 


that hour that disciple took her 
unto his own home. 

28 ¥ After this, Jé’sus knowing 
that all things were now accom- 
plished, that the scripture might 
be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 

29 Now there was set a vessel - 
full of vinegar: and they filled a 
spunge with vinegar, and put it 
upon hyssop, and put it to his 
mouth. 

30 When Jé’sus therefore had 
received the vinegar, he said, It 
is finished: and he bowed his. 
head, and gave up the ghost. 

31 The Jews therefore, because - 
it was the preparation, that the | 
bodies should not remain upon 
the cross on the sabbath day, (for 
that sabbath day was an high 
day,) besought Pi’/late that their 
legs might be broken, and that 
they might be taken away. 

32 Then came the soldiers,,and 
brake the legs of the first, and of 
the other which was crucified) 
with him 

33 But when they came to Jé’-. 
sus, and saw that he was dead 
raphe they brake not his 


34 But one of the soldiers with 
a spear pierced his side, and 
forthwith came there out blood 


and he knoweth 
true, that ye might believe. 

36 For these things were done, 
that the scripture should be ful- 
filled, A bone of him shall not he 
broken. 

37 And again another scrip 
saith, They shall look on him 
whom they pierced. 

38 J And after this Jd’seph of 
Ar-i-ma-th#’a, being a disciple of 
Jé’sus, but secretly for fear of 
the Jews, besought Pilate that he 
might take away the body of Jé’= 
sus: and Pi’late gave him leave. 
He came therefore, and took the 
body of Jé’sus. 

39 And there came also Nic-o- 
dé’mus, which at the first came 





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j 
The resurrection of Jesus 


to Jé’sus by night, and brought 
a mixture of myrrh and aloes, 
'about an hundred pound weight. 
__40 Then took they the body of 
_Jé’sus, and wound it in linen 
clothes with the spices, as the 
manner of the Jews is to bury. 

41 Now in the place where he 
was crucified there was a garden; 
and in the garden a new sepul- 
chre, wherein was never man yet 


laid. 

42 There laid they Jé’sus 
therefore because of the Jews’ 
preparation day; for the sepul- 
chre was nigh at hand. 


88 CHAPTER 20 


1 Christ's resurrection. 11 Heappears 
to Mary Magdalene. 19 Jesus in 
the midst of the disciples. 24 Thomas’ 
doubt. 

HE first day of the week 
cometh Ma’ry Mag-da-lé’né 
early, when it was yet dark, unto 
the sepulchre, and seeth the stone 
taken away from the sepulchre. 

2 Then she runneth, and com- 
eth to Si’mon Pé’tér, and to the 
other disciple, whom Jé’sus 
loved, and saith unto them, They 
have taken away the Lord out of 
the sepulchre, and we know not 
where they have laid him. 

3 Pé’tér therefore went forth, 
and that other disciple, and came 
to the sepulchre. 

4 So they ran both together: 

and the other disciple did outrun 

'~Pée’tér, and came first to the 
-sepulchre. 

£ And he stooping down, and 
looking in, saw the linen clothes 
lying; yet went he notin. 

6 Then cometh Si’mon Pé’tér 
following him, and went into the 
sepuichre, and seeth the linen 
ciothes lie, 

7 And the napkin, that was 
about his head, not lying with 
the linen clothes, but wrapped 
together in a place by itself. 

8 Then went in also that other 
disciple, which came first to the 
sepulchre, and he saw, and be- 
lieved. 

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ST. JOHN, 20 


9 For as yet they knew not the 
scripture, that he must rise — 
again from the dead. 

10 Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own home. 

11 § But Ma’ry¥ stood without 
at the sepulchre weeping: and as 
she wept, she stooped down, and 
looked into the sepulchre, 

12 And seeth two angels in 
white sitting, the one at the head, 
and the other at the feet, where 
the body of Jé’sus had lain. 

13 And they say unto her, 
Woman, why weepest thou? She 
saith unto them, Because they 
have taken away my Lord, and I 
oe not where they have laid 

im. at 

14 And when she had thus 
said, she turned herself back, and 
sawJé’sus standing, and knew 
not that it was Jé’sus. 

15 Jé’sus saith unto her, Wom- 
an, why weepest thou? whom 
seekest thou? She, supposing 
him to be the gardener, saith unto 
him, Sir, if thou have borne him 
hence, tell me where thou hast 
laid him, and I will take him 
away. 

16 Jé’sus saith unto her, Ma’r¥. 
She turned herself, and saith 
unto him, Rab-bdé/ni; which is 
to say, Master. 

17 Jé’sus saith unto her, Touch 
me not; for I am not yet as- 
cended to my Father: but go to 
my brethren, and say unto them 
I ascend unto my Father, and 
your Father; and fo my God, 
and your God. 

18 Ma’/ry Mag-da-lé’né came 
and told the disciples that she 
had seen the Lord, and that he 
had spoken these things unto her. 

19 | Then the same day at 
evening, being the first day of the 
week, when the doors were shut 
where the disciples were as- 
sembled for fear of the Jews, 
came Jé’sus and stood in the 
midst, and saith unto them, 
Peace be unto you. k 

20 And when he had so said, he 
shewed unto them his hands 


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ST. JOHN, 21 


and his side. Then were the 
disciples glad, when they saw the 


ord. 

21 Then said Jé’sus to them 
again, Peace be unto you: as 
my Father hath sent me, even so 
send I you. j 

22 And when he had said this, 
he breathed on them, and saith 
unto them, Receive ye the Hdo’ly 

host: 

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, 
they are remitted unto them; 
and whose soever sins ye retain, 
they are retained. 

24 4 But Thom/as, one of the 
twelve, called Did’y-mus, was 
not with them when Jé’sus 


came. 

25 The other disciples therefore 
said unto him, We have seen the 
Lord. But he said unto them, 
Except I shall see in his hands 
the print of the nails, and put my 
finger into the print of the nails, 
and thrust my hand into his side, 
I will not believe. 

26 4 And after eight days again 
his disciples were within, and 
Thém/as with them: then came 
Jé’sus, the doors being shut, and 
stood in the midst, and said, 
Peace be unto you. : 

27 Then saith he to Thom/as, 
Reach hither thy finger, and be- 
hold my hands; and reach 
hither thy hand, and thrust it into 
my side: and be not faithless, but 
believing. 

28 And Thédm’as answered and 
said unto him, My Lord and my 


od. 

29 Jésus saith unto him, 
Thém/as, because thou hast seen 
me, thou hast believed: blessed 
are they that have not seen, and 
yet have believed. : 

30 ¢ And many other signs 
truly did Jé’sus in the presence of 
his disciples, which are not writ- 
ten in this book: } 

31 But these are written, that 
ye might believe that Jé’sus is the 
Christ, the Son of God; and’ that 
believing ye might have life 
through his name. 


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Jesus appears to his disciples 
CHAPTER 21 89 


1 Christ appears to his disciples again. 
12 He eats with them. 15 His charge 
to Peter. 25 The conclusion. 

FTER these things Jé’sus 

.& shewed himself again to the 
disciples at the sea of Ti-bé/ri-as; 
pet on this wise shewed he him- 
self. 
2 There were together Si’/mon 

Pé’tér, and Thom/as called Did’= 

y-miis, and N4a-than’a-el of 

Ca’na in Gal’i-lee, and the sons 

of Zéb’e-dee, and two other of 

his disciples. ‘ 

3 Simon Pé’tér saith unto 
them, I go a fishing. They say 
unto him, We also go with thee, 

They went forth, and entered 

into a ship immediately; and 

that night they caught nothing. — 

4 But when the morning was 
now come, Jé’sus stood on the 
shore: but the disciples knew 

not that it was Jé’sus. + 

5 Then Jé’sus saith unto them, 
Children, have ye any meat? 
They answered him, No. _ i| 

6 And he said unto them, Cast 
the net on the right side of the 
ship, and ye shall find. They 
cast therefore, and now they 
were not able to draw it for the 

multitude of fishes. 1 

7 Therefore that disciple whom 

Jé’sus loved saith unto Pé’tér, 

is the Lord. Now when Si’mon 

Pé’tér heard that it was the 

Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat 

unto him, (for he was naked,) 

and did' cast’ himself into the sea. 

8 And the other disciples came 
in alittle ship; (for they were not 
far from land, but as it were two 
hundred cubits,) dragging the 

net with fishes. 4; 

9 As soon then as they were 
come to land, they saw a fire of: 
coals there, and fish laid thereon, 

and bread. : 4 
10 Jé’sus_ saith unto them, 

Bring of the fish which ye have 

now caught. Bs | 
11 Si‘mon Pé’tér went up, an 

drew the net to land full of great 
fishes, an hundred and fifty and 














Jesus charges Peter to feed his sheep 


three: and for all there were so 
many, yet was not the net broken. 

12 Jé’sus_ saith unto them, 
Come and dine. And none of the 
_ disciples durst ask him, Who art 
thou? knowing that it was the 
Lord. 

13 Jé’sus then cometh, and 
taketh bread, and giveth them, 
and fish likewise. 

14 This is now the third time 
_ that Jé’sus shewed himself to his 
_ disciples, after that he was risen 
from the dead. 

15 4 So when they had dined, 
_ Jé’sus saith to Si’mon Pé’tér, 
Simon, son of Jé/nas, lovest 
thou me more than these? He 
saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He 
saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. 

16 He saith to him again the 
second time, Si’‘mon, son of Jé’- 
nas, lovest thou me? He saith 
unto him, Yea, Lord; thou know- 
est that I love thee. He saith 
unto him, Feed my sheep. _ 

17 He saith unto him the third 
‘time, Simon, son of Jé/nas, 
lovest thou me? Pé’tér was 
grieved because he said unto him 
the third time, Lovest thou me? 
And he said unto him, Lord, 
thou knowest all things; thou 
knowest that I love thee. Jé’sus 
saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

18 Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, When thou wast young, 
thou girdedst thyself, and walk- 


THE ACTS, 1 


edst whither thou wouldest: but 
when thou shalt be old, thou 
shalt stretch forth thy hands, and 
another shall gird thee, and carry 
thee whither thou wouldest not. 

19 This spake he, signifying 
by what death he should glorify 
God. And when he had spoken’ 
this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 

20 Then Pé’tér, turning about, 
seeth the disciple whom Jé’sus 
loved following; which also 
leaned on his breast at supper, 
and said, Lord, which is he that 
betrayeth thee? 

21 Pé’tér seeing him saith to 
Jésus, Lord, and what shall this 
man do? 

22 Jé’sus saith unto him, If I 
will that he tarry till I come, 
what is that to thee? follow thou 
me. 

23 Then went this saying 
abroad among the brethren, that 
that disciple should not die: yet 
Jé’sus said not unto him, He 
shall not die; but, If I will that 
he tarry till I come, what is that 
to thee? pe: 

24 This is the disciple which 
testifieth of these things, and 
wrote these things: and we 
know that his testimony is true. 

25 And there are also many 
other things which Jé’sus did, 
the which, if they should he 
written every one, I suppose 
that even the world itself could 
not contain the books that should 
be written. A-mén’. 


ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 


CHAPTER 1 


1 Christ prepares the apostles for the 
ascension. 9 He is taken up into a 
cloud. 12 The apostles meet. 26 
Matthias chosen. 

HE former treatise | have I 

made, O Thé-éph‘i-lis, of 

all that Jé’sus began both to do 
and teach, : ee 

2 Until the day in which he 


was taken up, after that he 
through the H6’ly Ghost had 
given commandments unto the 
apostles whom he had chosen: 

3 To whom also he shewed 
himself alive after his passion by 
many infallible proofs, being seen 
of them forty days, and speaking 
of the things pertaining to the 
kingdom of God: 


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THE ACTS, 1 


4 And, being assembled to- 
gether with them, commanded 
them that they should not depart 
from Jé-ru ‘sa-lém, but wait for 
the promise of the Father, which, 
saith he, ve have heard of me. 

5 For John truly baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized 
with the Hd6/ly Ghost not many 
days hence. 

6 When they therefore were 
come together, they asked of him, 
saying, Lord, wilt thou at this 
time restore again the kingdom 
to Is’ra-el? ; 

7 And he said unto them, It is 
not for you to know the times or 
the seasons, which the Father 
hath put in his own power. 

8 But ye shall receive power, 
after that the Hd’ly Ghéstis come 
upon you: and ye shall be wit- 
messes unto me both in Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and in all Ji-dz’a, and 
in S4-ma@’ri-a, and unto the utter- 
most part of the earth. 

9 d when he had spoken 
these things, while they beheld, 
he was taken up; and a cloud 
received him out of their sight. 

10 And while they looked sted- 
fastly toward heaven as he went 
up, behold, two men stood by 
them in white apparel; 

11 Which also said, Ye men of 
Gal’i-lee, why stand ye gazing up 
into heaven? this same Jé’sus, 
which is taken up from you into 
heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go 
into heaven. 

12 Then returned they unto 
Jé-ru’sa-lém from the mount 
called Ol/i-vét, which is from 
Jé-ru’sa-lém a sabbath day’s 
journey. 

13 And when they were come 
in, they went up into an upper 
room, where abode both Pé’tér, 
and James, and John, and An’- 
drew, _ Philip, and Thom/as, 
Bar-thol’o-mew, and Mat’thew, 
James the son of Al-phz’us, and 
Simon) Zé-16’tés, and Ji/’das 
the brother of James. 

14 ee: all continued with one 


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Jesus ascends from the Mount of Olives 


accord in prayer and supplica- 
tion, with the women, and 
Ma’ry the mother of Jé’sus, and 
with his brethren. 
15 § And in those days Pé’té 
stood up in the midst of the dis- 
ciples, and said, (the number of 
names together were about an 
hundred and twenty,) 
16 Men and brethren, this scrip 
ture must needs have been ful. 
filled, which the Hd/ly Ghost bj 
the mouth of Da’ ee spake before 
concerning Ji’das, which was 
aude to them that took Jé’sus. 
17 For he was numbered wit 
us, and had obtained part 4 
this ministry. | 
18 Now this man purchased ¢ 
field with the reward of iniquity 
and falling headlong, he burs 
asunder in the midst, and all his 
bowels gushed out. 
19 And it was known unto 4 
the dwellers at Jé-ru’sa-lém; in 
somuch as that field is called i 
their proper tongue, A-cél’da-ma 
that is to say, The field of blood 
20 For it is written in the boo 
of Psalms, Let his habitation t 
desolate, and let no man dwe 
therein: and his bishoprick le 
another take. 
21 Wherefore of these me 
which have companied: with 
all the time that the Lord Jé’st 
went in and out among us, 
22 Beginning from the baptis 
of John, unto that same day thé 
he was taken up from us, mu 
one be ordained to be a witnes 
with us of his resurrection. 
23 they appointed tw 
Jo’seph called Bar’sa-bas, who 
was surnamed Jis’tus, and Ma 
thi’as. ' 
24 And they prayed, and sa 
Thou, Lord, which knowest 
hearts of all men, shew whethe 
of these two thou hast chosen, 
25 That he may take part s 































his own place. 3 
26 And they gave forth thet 


The day of Pentecost. 


lots; and the lot fell upon Mat- 
thi’as; and he was numbered 
with the eleven apostles. 


91: CHAPTER 2 
1 Day of Pentecost. 2 Descent of the 
Holy Ghost. 14 Peter’s sermon. 41 


Many are converted. 43 Miracles 
performed by the apostles. 
JANG. when the day of Pén’te- 
cost was fully come, they 
were all with one accord in one 
place. 

z And suddenly there came a 
sound from heaven as of a rush- 
ing mighty wind, and it filled all 
the house where they were Sitting. 

3 And there appeared unto 
them cloven tongues like as of 
fire, and it sat upon each of 
them. 


4 And they were all filled with | q 


the Hd’ly¥ Ghost, and began to 
speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance. 

And there were dwelling at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém Jews, devout men, 
out of every nation under heaven. 

6 Now when this was noised 
abroad, the multitude came to- 
gether, and were confounded, 
because that every man heard 
them speak in his own language. 

7 And they were all amazed and 
marvelled, saying one to another, 
Behold, are not all these which 
speak Gal-i-le’ans? 

8 And how hear we every man 
in our own tongue, wherein we 
were born? ‘ 

9 Par’thi-ans, and Médes, and 
E’lam-ites, and the dwellers_in 
Més-o0-po-ta’mi-a, and in Ju- 
de’a, and Cdap-pa-dé’ci-a, in 
Pon’tus, and A’sia, 4 Se he 

10 Phryg’1-4, and Pam-phyl’i-a, 
in E’éypt, and in the parts of 
Lib’¥-a about Cy-ré’né, and 
strangers of Rome, Jews and 
proselytes, baie ang 

11 Crétes and A-ra’bi-ans, we 
do hear them speak in our tongues 
the wonderful works of God. 

12 And they were all amazed, 
and were in doubt, saying one to 
another, What meaneth this? 


Peter’s sermon 


THE ACTS, 2 


13 Others mocking said, These 
men are full of new wine. 

14 4 But Pé’tér, standing up 
with the eleven, lifted up his 
voice, and said unto them, Ye 
men of Ji-de’a, and all ye that 
dwell at Jé-ru’sd-lém, be this 
known unto you, and hearken to 
my words: 

15 For these are not drunken, 
as ye suppose, seeing it is but the 
third hour of the day. 

16 But this is that which was 
spoken by the prophet Jo’el; 

17 And it shall come to pass in 

the last days, saith God, I will 
pour out of my Spirit upon all 
flesh: and your sons and your 
daughters shall prophesy, and 
your young men shall see visions, 
and your old men shall dream 
reams: 
18 And on my servants and on 
my handmaidens IJ will pour out 
in those days of my Spirit; and 
they shall prophesy: 

19 And I will shew wonders in 
heaven above, and signs in the 
earth beneath; blood, and fire, 
and vapour of smoke: 

20 The sun shall be turned into 
darkness, and the moon into 
blood, before that great and not- 
able day of the Lord come: 

21 And it shall come to pass, 
that whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord shall be saved. 

22 Ye men of Is’ra-el, hear 
these words; Jé’sus of Naz’a- 
reth, a man approved of God 
among you by miracles and 
wonders and signs, which God 
did by him in the midst of you, as 
ye yourselves also know: 

23 Him, being delivered by the 
determinate counsel and fore- 
knowledge of God, ye have 
taken, and by wicked hands 
have crucified and slain: | 

24 Whom God hath raised up, 
having loosed the pains of death: 
because it was not possible that 
he should be holden of it. 

25 For Da’vid speaketh con- 
cerning him, I foresaw the Lord 
always before my face, for he is 


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THE ACTS, 3 


on my right hand, that I should 
not be moved: 

26 Therefore did my heart re- 

joice, and my tongue was glad; 
moreover also my flesh shall rest 
in hope: 
27 Because thou wilt not leave 
my soul in hell, neither wilt thou 
suffer thine Hely One to see 
corruption. e 

28 Thou hast made known to 
me the ways of life; thou shalt 
make me full of joy with thy 
countenance. 

29 Men and brethren, let me 
freely speak unto you of the 
patriarch Da’vid, that he is both 
dead and buried, and his sepul- 
chre is with us unto this day. 

30 Therefore being a prophet, 
and knowing that God had 
sworn with an oath to him, that 
of the fruit of his loins, accord- 
ing to the flesh, he would raise up 
Christ to sit on his throne; 

31 He seeing this before spake 
of the resurrection of Christ, 
that his soul was not left in hell, 
neither his flesh did see cor- 
ruption. : 

32 This Jé’sus hath God raised 
up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

33 Therefore being by the right 
hand of God exalted, and having 
received of the Father the prom- 
ise of the H6’ly Ghost, he hath 
shed forth this, which ye now 
see and hear. 

34 For Da’vid is not ascended 
into the heavens: but he saith 
himself, The LORD said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 

35 Until I make thy foes thy 
footstool. 

36 Therefore let all the house of 
ts’ra-el know assuredly, that God 
hath made that same Jé’sus, 
whom ye have crucified, both 
Lord and Christ. f 

37 § Now when they heard this, 
they were pricked in their heart, 
and said unto Pé’tér and to the 
rest of the apostles, Men and 
brethren, what shall we do? 

38 Then Pé’tér said unto them, 
Repent, and be baptized every 


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Many converted and baptized 


one of you in the name of Jé’sus 
Christ for the remission of sins, 
and ye shall receive the gift of the 
H6’l¥y Ghost. 

390 For the promise is unto 
you, and to your children, and 
to all that are afar off, even as 
many as the Lord our God shall 


call. 

40 And with many other words 
did he testify and exhort, saying; — 
Save yourselves from this unto- 
ward generation. : 

41 4 Then they that gladly re- | 
ceived his word were baptized: © 
and the same day there were — 
added unto them about three — 
thousand souls. 

42 And they continued sted- 
fastly in the apostles’ doctrine 
and fellowship, and in breaking 
of bread, and in prayers. . 

43 And fear came upon every 
soul: and many wonders and 
signs were done by the apostles. 

44 And all that believed were 
together, and had all things © 
common; 

45 And sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to 
all men, as every man had need. 

46 And they, continuing daily 
with one accord in the temple, 
and breaking bread from house 
to house, did eat their meat with 
gladness and singleness of heart, 

47 Praising God, and having 
favour with all the people. And 
the Lord added to the church 
daily such as should be saved. 


CHAPTER 3 92 
1 A lame man healed. 12 Sermon to 
the people. 19 Peter exhorts to 
repentance. : 
OW Pé’tér and John went up” 
together into the temple at 
the hour of prayer, being the 
ninth hour. 
2 And a certain man lame from 
his mother’s womb was carried, 
whom they laid daily at the gate 
of the temple which is called 
Beautiful, to ask alms of them: 
that entered into the temple; 
3 Who seeing Pé’tér and John 





Healing of a lame man 


about to go into the temple asked 
an alms. : 

4 And Pé’tér, fastening his eyes 
upon him with John, said, Look 
on us. 

5 And he gave heed unto them, 
expecting to receive something of 
them. 

6 Then Pé’tér said, Silver and 
gold have I none; but such as I 
have give I thee: In the name of 
Jé’sus Christ of Naz’a-réth rise 
up and walk. ‘ 

7 And he took him by the right 
hand, and lifted him up: and 
immediately his feet and ancle 
bones received strength. 

8 And he leaping up stood, 
and walked, and entered with 
them into the temple, walking, 
and leaping, and praising God. 

9 And all the people saw him 
walking and praising God: 

10 And they knew that it was 
he which sat for alms at the 
Beautiful gate of the temple: and 
they were filled with wonder and 
amazement at that which had 
happened unto him. 


11 And as the lame man which 
was healed held Pé’tér and Jéhn, 
all the people ran together unto 


them in the porch that is called 
Sol’o-mon’s, greatly wondering. 

12 4 And when Pé’tér saw it, 
he answered unto the peopie, Ye 


men of Is’ra-el, why marvel ye at 
this? or why look ye so earnestly 


on us, as though by our own 
power or holiness we had made 
this man to walk? 

13 The God of A’bra-ham, and 
of I’saac, and of Ja’cob, the God 
of our fathers, hath glorified his 
Son Jé’sus; whom ye delivered 
up, and denied him in the pres- 
ence of Pi/late, when he was 
determined to let him go. 

14 But ye denied the Holy One 
and the Just, and desired a 
murderer to be granted unto you; 

15 And killed the Prince of life, 
whom God hath raised from the 
dead; whereof we are witnesses. 
,16 And his name through faith 
in his name hath made this man 


THE ACTS, 4 


strong, whom ye see and know: 
yea, the faith which is by him 
hath given him this perfect sound- 


ness in the presence of you all. 


i7 And now, brethren, I wot 
that through ignorance ye did it, 
as did also your rulers. 

18 But those things, which God 
before had shewed by the mouth 
of all his prophets, that Christ 
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 

19 4 Repent ye therefore, and 
be converted, that your sins may 
be blotted out, when the times of 
refreshing shall come from the 
presence of the Lord; 

20 And he shall send Jé’sus 
Christ, which before was preached 
unto you: 

21 Whom the heaven must re- 
ceive until the times of restitu- 
tion of all things, which God hath 
spoken by the mouth of all his 
holy prophets since the world 
began. ‘ 

22 For MO’ses truly said unto 
the fathers, A prophet shall the 
Lord your God raise up unto you 
of your brethren, like unto me: 
him shall ye hear in all things 
whatsoever he shall say unto you. 

23 And it shall come to pass, 
that every soul, which will not 
hear that prophet, shall be de- 
stroyed from among the people. 

24 Yea, and all the prophets 
from Sam/’u-el and those that 
follow after, as many as have 
spoken, have likewise foretold of 
these days. : 

25 Ye are the children of the 
prophets, and of the covenant 
which God made with our fa- 
thers, saying unto A’bra-him; 
And in thy seed shall all the 
kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

26 Unto you first God, having 
raised up his Son Jé’sus, sent 

im to bless you, in turning away 


every one of you from his ini- 


quities. 
CHAPTER 4 03 


1 Jewish rulers imprison. Peter and 
John. 5 Session of the council. 
21 The apostles are warned and dis- 
missed. 23 The church prays to God. 


187 


THE ACTS, 4 


ND as they spake unto the 
people, the priests, and the 
captain of the temple, and the 
Sad’du-cees, came upon them, 
grieved that they 
taught the people, and preached 
through Jé’sus the resurrection 
from the dead. 

3 And they laid hands on them, 
and put them in hold unto the 
neat day: for it Was now even- 

ide. 

4 Howbeit many of them which 
heard the word believed; and the 
number of the men was about 
five thousand. 

5 ¥ And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that their rulers, and 
elders, and scribes, ; 

6 And An/’nas the high priest, 

and Ca’ia-phas, and John, 
Al-éx-an’dér, and as many as 
were of the kindred of the high|n 
priest, were gathered together at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 
_7 And when they had set them 
in the midst, they asked, By 
what power, or by what name, 
have ye done this? 

8 Then Pé@’tér, filled with the 
Ho’ly Ghost, said unto them, Ye 
rulers of the people, and elders of 
is’ra-el, 

9 If we this day be examined of 
the good deed done to the impo- 
tent man, by what means he is 
made whole; 

10 Be it known unto you all, 
and to all the people of Is’ra-el, 
that by the name of Jé’sus Christ 
of Naz’a-réth, whom ye crucified, 
whom God raised from the dead, 
even by him doth this man stand 
here before you whole. 

11 This is the stone which was 
set at nought of you builders, 
which is become the head of the 
corner. | J [cho 

12 Neither is there salvation in 
any other: for there is none other 
name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must 
saved. 

13 § Now when they saw the 
boldness of Pé’tér and John, 
and perceived that they were 


2 Being 


and | threaten them, that 


Peter and John imprisoned 


unlearned and ignorant men, they 
marvelled; and they took knowl- 
edge of them, that they had been 
with Jé’sus. 

14 And beholding the man 
which was healed standing with 
them, they could say nothing 
against it. 

15 But when they had com- 
manded them to go aside out of 
the council, they conferred among 
themselves. 

16 Saying, What shall we do to 
these men? for that indeed a not- 
able miracle hath been done by 
them is manifest to all them that 
dwell in Jé-ru’sd-lém; and we 
cannot deny it. 

17 But that it spread no further 
among the people, let us straitly 
they. speak 
spear to no man in this 


“18 na they called them, and 
commanded them not to speak at 
all nor teach in the name of 
Jé’sus. 

19 But Pé’tér and John an- 
swered and said unto them, 
Whether it be right in the sight 
of God to hearken unto you more 
than unto God, judge ye. 

20 For we cannot but speak the 
things which we have seen and 
heard. 

21 So when they had further 
threatened them, they let them 
go, finding nothing how they 
might punish them, because of 
the people: for all men glorified 
God for that which was done. 

22 For the man was above forty 


years old, on whom this miracle © 


of healing was shewed. 


23 J And being let go, they — 


went to their own company, an 


reported all that the chief priests — 


and elders had said unto them 


24 And when they heard that, — 


they lifted up their voice to God 
with one accord, and said, Lord, 


he | thou arf God, which hast made 


heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
and all that in them is: 

25 Who by the mouth of thy 
servant Da’vid hast mr Why 


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Ananias and Sapphira 


did the heathen rage, and the 
‘people imagine vain things? 

26 The kings of the earth stood 
up, and the rulers were gathered 
together against the Lord, and 
against his Christ. ‘ 

27 For of a truth against thy 
holy child Jé’sus, whom _ thou 
hast anointed, both Hér’od, and 
-Pon’ti-iis Pilate, with the Gén’- 
tiles, and the people of iIs’ra-el, 
were gathered together, 

28 For to do whatsoever thy 
hand and thy counsel deter- 
mined before to be done. 


29 And now, Lord, behold their 
threatenings: and grant unto thy 
servants, that with all boldness 


they may speak thy word, 

30 By stretching forth thine 
hand toheal; and that signs and 
wonders may be done by the 
name of thy holy child Jé’sus. 

31 § And when they had prayed, 


the place was shaken where they 


were assembled together; and 


they were all filled with the H6/l¥ 


Ghost, and they spake the word 
of God with boldness. 

32 And the multitude of them 
that believed were of one heart 
and of one soul: neither said 
any of them that ought of the 
things which he possessed was 
his own; but they had all things 
' common. 

33 And with great power gave 
the apostles witness of the res- 
urrection of the Lord Jé’sus: ‘and 
great grace ‘was upon them all. 

34 Neither was there any 
among them that lacked: for as 
many as were possessors of lands 
or houses sold them, and brought 
the prices of the things that were 


sold, 

35 And laid them down at the 
apostles’ feet: and distribution 
was made unto every man ac- 
cording as he had need. 

36 And J6’sés, who by the 
apostles was surnamed Biar’na- 
bas, (which is, being interpreted, 
The son_of consolation,) a Lé’- 
vite, and of the country of Cy’- 
prus, 


THE ACTS, 5 


37 Having land, sold it, and 
brought the money, and laid it at 
the apostles’ feet, 


CHAPTER 5 
1 Ananias and Sapphira. 
of faith. 17 Apostles again impris=- 

oned. 19 Delivered by an angel. 27 

Trial and dismissal. 

Bz a certain man named An- 

— a-ni’as, with Sap-phi’ra his 
wife, sold a possession, 

And kept back part of the 
price, his wife also being privy fo 
it, and brought a certain part, and 
laid it at the apostles’ feet, 

3 But Pé’tér said, An-a-ni’as, 
why hath Séa’tan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Hé’ly Ghost, 
and to keep back part of the price 
of the land? : 

4 Whiles it remained, was it not 
thine own? and after it was sold, 
was it not in thine own power? 
why hast thou conceived this 
thing in thine heart? thou hast 
not lied unto men, but unto God. 

And An-a-ni’as hearing these 
words fell down, and gave up 
the ghost: and great fear came 
on all them that heard these 
things. 

6 And the young men arose, 
wound him up. and carried him 
out, and buried him. 

And it was about the space of 
three hours after, when his wife, 
not knowing what was done, 
came in. 

8 And Pé’tér answered unto 
her, Tell me whether ye sold the 
land forso much? And she said, 
Yea, for so much. 

9 Then Pé’tér said unto her, 
How is it that ye have agreed to- 
gether to tempt the Spirit of the 
Lord? behold, the feet of them 
which have buried thy husband 
are at the door, and shall carry 
thee out. ; 

10 Then fell she down straight- 
way at his feet, and yielded up 
the ghost: and the young men 
came in, and found her dead, 
and, carrying her forth, buried 
her by her husband. 


04 
14 Increase 


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THE ACTS, 5 Apostles delivered from prison by an angel 


weg Sas ree ee 
i1 And great fear came upon | out before the doors: but when 
all the church, and upon as|we had opened, we found no 
many as heard these things. man within. : ; 
i2 4 And by. the hands of the| 24 Now when the high priest — 
apostles were many signs and|and the captain of the temple 
wonders wrought among the | and the chief priests heard these — 
people; (and they were all|things, they doubted of them ~ 
with one accord in Sdl’o-mon’s | whereunto this would grow. 
porch. 25 Then came one and told 
13 And of the “rest durst no|them, saying, Behold, the men” 
man join himself to them: but|whom ye put in prison are 
the people magnified them. standing in the temple, and 
14 And believers were the more | teaching the people. ey ae 
added to the Lord, multitudes] 26 Then went the captain with 
both of men and women.) the officers, and brought them 
15 Insomuch that they brought | without violence: for they feared | 
forth the sick into the streets,|the people, lest they should 
and laid them on beds and | have been stoned. | 
couches, that at the least the| 27 And when they had brought | 
shadow of Pé’tér passing by|them, they set them before the 
might overshadow some of them.| council: and the high priest 
16 There came also a multitude | asked them, _ : 
out of the cities round about| 28 Saying, Did not we straitly 
unto Jé-ru’s4-lém, bringing sick| command you that ye should 
folks, and them which were|not teach in this name? and, 
vexed with unclean spirits: and | behold, ye have filled Je-ru’sa- 
they were healed every one. 1ém with your doctrine, and 
17 4 Then the high priest rose intend to bring this man’s 
up, and all they that were with | blood upon us. 
him, (which is the sect of the| 29 { Then Pé’tér and the other 
Sad’du-cees,) and were filled | apostles answered and said, 
with indignation, , We ought to obey God rather 
18 And laid their hands on| than men. : 
the apostles, and put them in| 30 The God of our fathers 
the common prison. raised up Jé’sus, whom ye sle 
19 But the angel of the Lord | and hanged on a tree. 
by night opened the prison doors, | 31 Him hath God exalted with 
and brought them forth, and said, | his right hand fo be a Prince 
20 Go, stand and speak in the|and a Saviour, for to. give 
temple to the people all the| repentance to Is’ra-el, and for- 
words of this life. giveness of sins. : 
21 And when they heard that,| 32 And we are his witnesses 
they entered into the temple | of these things; and so is also 
early in the morning, and taught. | the Ho'ly Ghost, whom God 
But the high priest came, and|hath given to them that obey 
they that were with him, and | him. | 
called the council together, and} 33 ¢ When they heard that; 
all the senate of the children of| they were cut to the heart, and 
fs’ra-el, and sent to the prison | took counsel to slay them. 
to have them brought. 34 Then stood there up one 
22 But when the officers came, | the council, a Phar’i-see, named 
and found them not in the Ga-ma'li-el, a doctor of the 
prison, they returned, and told, | law, had in reputation among all 
23 Saying, The prison truly|the people, and commanded td 
found we shut with all safety,|put the apostles forth a little 
and the keepers standing with- space; 
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Helpers chosen for the apostles THE ACTS, 6 


35_ And said unto them, Ye men | that we should leave the word of 
of Is’ra-el, take heed to your-|God, and serve tables. 
selves what ye intend to do as| 3 Wherefore, brethren, look 
touching these men. ye out among you seven men of 
36 For before these days rose| honest report, full of the Ho/l¥ 
up Thet’das, boasting himself|Ghost and wisdom, whom we 
to be somebody; to whom a|may appoint over this business. 
number of men, about four] 4 But we will give ourselves 
hundred, joined themselves: who continually to prayer, and to the 
was slain; and all, as many as | ministry of the word. 
obeyed him, were scattered, and| 5 4 And the saying pleased the 
brought to nought. whole multitude: and they chose 

37 After this man rose up|Sté’phen, a man full of faith 
Ji’das of Gal’i-lee in the days| and of the Hé/l¥ Ghost, and 
of the taxing, and drew away| Philip, and Prdch’o-ris, and 
much people after him: he also| Ni-ca’nor, and Ti’mon, and 
perished; and all, even as many | Par’me-nds, and WNic’o-lis a 
as obeyed him, were dispersed. | proselyte of An’ti-6ch: 

38 And now I say unto you,| 6 Whom they set before the 
Refrain from these men, and let| apostles: and when they had 
them alone: for if this counsel] prayed, they laid their hands 
or this work be of men, it will| on them. 
come to nought: 7 And the word of God in- 

39 But if it be of God, ye can-| creased; and the number of the 
not overthrow it; lest haply ye be | disciples multiplied in Jé-ru’s4- 
found even to fight against God.|lém greatly; and a great com- 

40 And to him they agreed:|pany of the priests were obedi- 
and when they had called the | ent to the faith, 
apostles, and beaten them, they| 8 And Sté’phen, full of faith 
commanded that they should|and power, did great wonders 
not speak in the name of Jé’sus,|and miracles among the people. 
and let them go. 9 4 Then there arose certain 

41 {And they departed from|of the synagogue, which is 
the presence of the council, re-|called the synagogue of the 
joicing that they were counted | Lib’ér-tines, and Cy-ré’ni-ans, 
worthy to suffer shame for his|and Al-éx-dn’dri-ans, and of 
name. : them of Ci-li’ciad and of A’sia, 
42 And daily in the temple, | disputing with Sté’phen. 
and in every house, they ceased| 10 And they _were not able to 
not to teach and preach Jé’sus|resist_ the wisdom and the 
Christ. spirit by which he spake. 

11 Then they suborned men, 

05 CHAPTER 6 which said. We have heard 
1 The apostles choose helpers. § Ste- | him speak blasphemous words 
phen’s zeal and courage. 12 He is | against Md’ses, and against God. 
accused of blasphemy. 12 And they stirred up the 
ANP in those days, when the | people, and the elders, and the 
number of the disciples | scribes, and came upon him, and 

was multiplied, there arose a|caught him, and brought him 
murmuring of the Gré’cians 


to the council, : 
against the Hé’brews, because| 13 And set up false witnesses, 
their widows were neglected in| which said, This man ceaseth 
the daily ministration. 


not to speak blasphemous words 
| 2 Then the twelve ‘called the 


against this holy place, and the 
multitude of the disciples unto 


law: 
them, and said, It is not reason! 14 For we have heard him 
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THE ACTS, 7 


say, that this Jé’sus of Naz’a- 
réth shall destroy this place, 
and shall change the customs 
which M6’ses delivered us. 

15 And all that sat in the 
council, looking stedfastly on 
him, saw his face as it had been 
the face of an angel. 


06 CHAPTER 7 
1 Stephen before the council. 51 Rep- 
rehends the murdering of Christ. 

54 He is stoned to death. 

HEN said the high priest, 
Are these things so? 

2 And he said, Men, brethren, 
and fathers, hearken; The God 
of glory appeared unto our 
father A’bra-ham, when he was 
in Més-o-pé-ta’mi-a, before he 
dwelt in Char’ran, 

3 And said unto him, Get thee 
out of thy country, and from thy 
kindred, and come into the land 
which I shall shew thee. 

4 Then came he out of the 
land of the Chal-de’ans, and 
dwelt in Char’ran: and from 
thence, when his father was 
dead, he removed him into this 
land, wherein ye now dwell. . 

5 And he gave him none in- 
heritance in it, no, not so much 
as to set his foot on: yet he 
promised that he would give it 
to him for a possession, and to 
his seed after him, when as yet 
he had no child. thitre 

6 And God spake on this wise, 
That his seed should sojourn 
in a strange land; and that they 
should bring them into bondage, 
and entreat them evil four 
hundred years. 

7 And the nation to whom they 
shall be in bondage will I judge, 
said God: and after that shall 
they come forth, and serve me 
in this place. 

8 And he gave him the cove- 
nant, of circumcision: and so 
A’bra@-hadm begat Isaac, and 
circumcised him the eighth day; 
and i/saac begat Ja’cob; and 
Ja’cob begat the twelve patri- 
archs. 


Stephen’s defence before the council 


9 And the patriarchs, moved 
with envy, sold Jo’seph into 
E/éypt: but God was with : 

10 And delivered him out of 
all his afflictions, and gave him 
favour and wisdom in the sight 
of Pha’raoh king of E’gypt; and 
he made him governor over 
E’gypt and all his house. 

11 Now there came a_ dearth 
over all the land of E’gypt and 
Cha/naan, and great affliction: 
and our fathers found no suste- 
nance. 

12 But when Ja’cob heard that 
there was corn in E’gypt, he 
sent out our fathers first. __ 

13 And at the second time 
Jo’seph was made known to his 
brethren; and J6’seph’s kindred 
was made known unto Pha’- 
raoh. 

14 Then sent Jé’seph, and 
called his father Ja’cob to him, 
and all his kindred, threescore 
and fifteen souls. r 

15 So Ja’cob went down into 
E’s¥pt, and died, he, and our 
fathers, q 

16 And were carried over into 
Sy’chem, and laid in the sepul- 
chre that A’bra-ham bought for 
a sum of money of the sons of 
Em/’mor the father of Sy’chem. 

17 But when the time of the 
promise drew nigh, which God 
had sworn to A/bra-ham, the 
people grew and multiplied in 
E’gypt, 

18 Till another king arose, 
which knew not Jo’seph. 

19 The same dealt subtilly 
with our kindred, and evil en- 
treated our fathers, so that they 
cast out their young children, to 
the end they might not live. 

20 In which time M6’ses was 
born, and was exceeding fair, 
and nourished up in his father’s 
house three months: 

21 And when he was Cast out, 
Pha’raoh’s daughter took him 
up, and nourished him for her 
own son. ‘ 

22 And Mé’ses was learned in 
all the wisdom of the £-gyp’- 


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Stephen recounts Israel’s history 


tians, and was mighty in words 
and in deeds. 

23 And when he was full 
forty years old, it came into his 
heart to visit his brethren the 
children of Is’ra-el. 

And seeing one of them 
suffer wrong, he defended him, 
and avenged hi that was 
pe tabs and smote the £-gyp’- 
ian: 

25 For he supposed his breth- 
ren would have understood how 
that God by his hand would 
deliver them: but they under- 
stood not. 

26 And the next day he shewed 
himself unto them as _ they 
strove, and would have set them 
at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are 
brethren; why do ye wrong one 
to another? 

27 But he that did his neigh- 
bour wrong thrust him away, 
saying, Who made thee a ruler 
and a judge over us? 

28 Wilt thou. kill me, as thou 
diddest the £’é¥p’tian yesterday? 

29 Then fied MOo’ses at this 
saying, and was a stranger in 
the land of Ma’di-an, where he 
begat two sons. 

30 And when forty years were 
expired, there appeared to him 
in the wilderness of mount 
Sina an angel of the Lord in a 
flame of fireinabush. . 

31 When Mo6’ses_ saw if, he 
wondered at the sight: and as 
he drew near to behold i¢, the 
voice of the Lord came unto him. 

32 Saying, I. am. the God of 
thy fathers, the God of A’bra- 
ham, and the God of I’saac, and 
the God of Ja’cob. Then Md6’ses 
trembled, and durst not behold. 

33 Then said the Lord to him, 
Put off thy shoes from thy feet: 
for the place where thou stand- 
est is holy ground. 

34 I have seen, I have seen the 
affliction of my people which is 
in E’gypt, and I have heard their 
groaning, and am come down to 
deliver them. And now come, 
I will send thee into E’éypt. 


THE ACTS, 7 


35 This Mo’ses whom they re- 
used, saying, Who made thee a 
ruler and a judge? the same 
did God send to be a ruler and 
a deliverer by the hand of the 
angel which appeared to him in 
the bush. 

36 He brought them out, after 
that he had shewed wonders 
and signs in the land of E’gy¥pt, 
and in the Red sea, and in the 
wilderness forty years. 

37 4 This is that Md’ses, which 
said unto the children of Is’ra-el, 
A prophet shall the Lord your 
God raise up unto you of your 
brethren, like unto me; him 
shall ye hear. 

38 This is he, that was in the 
church in the wilderness with 
the angel which spake to him 
in the mount Si’na, and with our 
fathers: who received the lively 
oracles to give unto us: 

39 To whom our fathers would 
not obey, but thrust him from 
them, and in their hearts turned 
back again into R’£y¥pt, 

40 Saying unto Aar’on, Make 
us gods to go before us: for as 
for this Md’ses, which brought 
us out of the land of E’éypt, 
Me wot not what is become of 

im. 

41 And they made a calf in 
those days, and offered sacrifice 
unto the idol, and rejoiced in the 
works of their own hands. 

42 Then God turned,.and gave 
them up to worship the host of 
heaven; as it is written in the 
book of the prophets, O ye 
house of Is’ra-el, have ye offered 
to me slain beasts aud sacrifices 
by the space of forty years in the 
wilderness? 

43 Yea, ye took up the taber- 
nacle of Mo’loch, and the star of 
your god Rém’phan, figures 
which ye made to worship them: 
and I will carry you away beyond 
Bab’y-lon. 

44 Our fathers had the taber- 
nacle of witness in the wilder 
ness, as he had appointed, 
speaking unto Md’ses, that he 


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should make it according to the 
fashion that he had seen. 

45 Which also our fathers 
that came after brought in with 
Jé’sus into the possession: of 
the Gén’tiles, whom God drave 
out before the face of our 
fathers, unto the days of Da’vid; 

6 Who found favour before 
God, and desired to find a 
tabernacle for the God of Ja’cob. 

47 But Sol’o-mon built him an 


ouse. 

48 Howbeit the most High 
dwelleth not in temples made 
with hands; as saith the prophet, 
49 Heaven is my throne, and 
earth is my footstool: what 
house will ye build me? saith 
the Lord: or what is the place 
of my rest? 

50 Hath not my hand made all 
these things? 

51 f Ye stiffnecked and un- 
circumcised in heart and ears, 
ye do always resist the H6’ly 
Ghést: as your fathers did, so 


do ye. 
52 Which of the prophets 
have not your fathers perse- 


cuted? and they have slain them | him 


which shewed before of the 
coming of the Just One; of 
whom ye have been now the 
betrayers and murderers: 

3 Who have received the law 
by the disposition of angels, 
and have not kept if. 

54 4 When they heard these 
things, they were cut to the 
heart, and they gnashed on him 
with their teeth. 

55 But he, being full of the 
Ho’ly Ghost, looked up sted- 
fastly into heaven, and saw the 
glory of God, and Jé’sus stand- 
ing on the right hand of God, 

56 And said, Behold, I see the 
heavens opened, and the Son 
of man standing on the right 
hand of God. 

57_ Then they cried out with a 
loud voice, and stopped their 
ears, and ran upon him with one 
accord, , . 

58 And cast him out of the 


Stephen stoned to death 


city, and stoned him: and the 
witnesses laid down their clothes 
at a young man’s feet, whose 
En was Saul. 

9 And they stoned Sté’ phen, 
oie upon God, and saying, 
Lord Jé’sus receive my spirit. 

60 And he kneeled down, and 
cried with a loud voice, Lord, 
lay not this sin to their charge. 
And when he had said this, ae 
fell asleep. 


CHAPTER 8 


1 Persecution of the church in. Jerual 
salem. 5 Philip preaches in Sa- 
maria. 14 Peter and John sent out. 
9, 18 Simon _the sorcerer. 37 The 
Ethiopian is baptized. 

ND Saul was consenting un- 

to his death. And at that 
time there was a great persecu- 
tion against the church which 
was at Jé-ru’sa-lém; and they 
were all scattered abroad 
throughout the regions of Ji- 
dze’a and Sa-ma’ri-a, except the 
apostles. : 
2 And devout men carrie 

Sté’phen fo his burial, and 

made great lamentation over 


o7 








3 ark: for Saul, he made havock 
of the church, entering into 
every house, and haling men and 
women committed them to 
prison. 

4 Therefore they that were 
scattered abroad went every 
where preaching the word. 

5 Then Phil/ip went down ta 
the city of Sa-ma’ri-a, 
preached Christ unto them. 

6 And the people with one 
accord gave heed unto those 
things which Phil’ip spake, hear- 
ing and seeing the miracles 
which he did. 

7 For unclean spirits, crying 
with loud voice, came out o 
many that were possessed with 
them: and many taken with 
palsies, and that were lame, 
were healed. 

8 And there was great joy in 
that city. ; 

9 But there was a certain man, 


, 


and 


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Philip preaches in Samaria 


called Si’mon, which beforetime 
in the same city used sorcery, 
and bewitched the people of 


Sa-ma’ri-a, giving out) that 


himself was some great one: 


10 To whom they all gave 
heed, from the least to the great- 
est, saying, This man is the 


- great power of God. 


Philip preaching the 


11 And to him they had regard, 
because that of long time he had 
bewitched them with sorceries. 

12 But when they believed 
things 
concerning the kingdom of God, 
and the name of Jé’sus Christ, 
they were baptized, both men 
and women. 

13 Then Si’mon himself be- 
lieved also: and when he was 
baptized, he continued with 
Phil’ip, and wondered, behold- 
ing the miracles and signs 
which were done. 

14 Now when the apostles 
which were at Jé-ru’sd-lém 
heard that Sda-ma’ri-a had re- 
ceived the word of God, they 
sent unto them Pé’tér and 


ohn: 

15 Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that 
they might receive the H6/ly 
Ghést: 

16 (For as yet he was fallen 
upon none of them: only they 
were baptized in the name of 
the Lord Jé’sus.) : 

17 Then laid they their hands 
on them, and they received the 
Ho’ly Ghost. 

18 And when Si’mon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles’ 
hands the Hd’ly Ghost was 
given, he offered them money, 

19 Saying, Give me also this 
power, that on whomsoever I 
lay hands, he may receive the 
Holy Ghost. 

20 But Pé’tér said unto him, 
Thy money perish with thee, be- 
cause thou hast thought that 
the gift of God may be pur- 
chased with money. 

21 Thou hast neither part nor 
lot in this matter: for thy heart 


THE ACTS, 8 
is not right in the sight of 
God 


od. 

22 Repent therefore of this thy 
wickedness, and pray God, if 
perhaps the thought of thine 
heart may be forgiven thee. 

_23 For I perceive that thou art 
in the gall of bitterness, and in 
the bond of iniquity. 

24 Then answered Si/mon, and 
said, Pray ye to the Lord for 
me, that none of these things 
which ye have spoken come upon 


me. 

25 And they, when they had 
testified and preached the word 
of the Lord, returned to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, and preached the gospel 
in many villages of the S4-mar’i- 
tans. 

26 And the angel of the Lord 
spake unto Phil’ip, saying, Arise, 
and go toward the south unto 
the way that goeth down from 
Jé-ru’sa-lém unto Ga’za, which 
is desert. 

27 And he arose and went: 
and, behold, a man of E-thi- 
6’pi-a, an eunuch of great 
authority under Can’da-cé queen 
of the E-thi-d’pi-ans, who had 
the charge of all her treasure, 
and had come to Jé-ru’sa-lém 
for to worship, | 
_28 Was returning, and sitting 
in his chariot read E-sa’ias the 
prophet. 

29 Then the Spirit said unto 
Phil’ip, Go near, and join thy- 
self to this chariot. 

30 And Phil’ip ran thither to 
him, and heard him read the 
prophet &-sa’ias, and said, Un- 
derstandest thou what thou 
readest? 

31 And he said, How can I, 
except some man should_guide 
me? And he desired Phil’ip 
that he would come up and sit 
with him.. i 

32 The place of the scripture 
which he read was this, He was 
led as a sheep to the slaughter; 
and like a lamb dumb _ before 
his shearer, so opened he not 
his mouth: 


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THE ACTS, 9 


33 In his humiliation his judg- 
ment was taken away: and who 
shall declare his generation? for 
his life is taken from the earth. 

34 And the eunuch answered 
Phil’ip, and said, I pray thee, of 
whom speaketh the prophet this? 
of himself, or of some otherman? 

35 Then Phil/ip opened his 
mouth, and began at the same 
scripture, and preached unto 
him Jé’sus. - f 

36 And as they went on their 


The conversion of Saul 


4 And he fell to the earth, and 
heard a voice saying unto him, 
Saul, Saul, why persecutest 
thou me? 

5 And he said, Who art thou, 
Lord? And the Lord said, I am 
Jé’sus whom thou persecutest: | 
wt is hard for thee to kick against _ 
the pricks. 

6 And he trembling and as- | 
tonished said, Lord, what wilt 
thou have me to do? And the 
Lord said unto him, Arise, and 





way, they came unto a certain | go into the city, and it shall be f 
water: and the eunuch said, | told thee what thou must do. 
See, here is water; what doth} 7 And the men which jour= ; 
hinder me to be baptized? neyed with him stood speech- 

37 And Philip said, If thou] less, hearing a voice, but seeing 
believest with all thine heart, |no man. ' 
thou mayest. And he answered} 8 And Saul arose from the 
and said, I believe that Jé’sus|earth; and when his eyes were 
Christ is the Son of God. opened, he saw no man: but 

38 And he commanded the| they led him by the hand, and 
chariot to stand still: and they | brought him into Da-mas’cus. 3 
went down both into the water,| 9 And he was three days with- _ 
both Phil’ip and the eunuch; 


out sight, and neither did 
and he baptized him. 


eat 

nor drink. N | 
39 And when they were come| 10 4 And there was a certain 
up.out of the water, the Spirit 





J disciple at Da-mas’cus, named — 
of the Lord caught away Philip, | An-a-ni’as; and to him said the — 
Lord in a vision, An-a-ni’as, And — 
he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 

1i And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the street 
which is called Straight, and 
enquire in the house of Ji’das 
for one called Saul, of Tar’sus: — 
for, behold, he prayeth, 3 

12 And hath seen in a vision a 
man named An-a-ni’/as coming © 
in, and putting his hand on him, 
that he might receive his sight. 

13 Then An-a-ni’as answered, 
Lord, I have heard by many of 
this man, how much evil he 
hath done to thy saints at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém: 

14 And here he hath authority - 
from the chief priests to bind all 
that call on thy name. @ 

15 But the Lord said unto — 
him, Go thy way: for he is a 
chosen vessel unto me, to bear 
my name before the Gén’tiles, 
and kings, and the children of 
Is’ra-el: 


that the eunuch saw him no 
more: and he went on his way 
rejoicing. 

40 But Phil’ip was found at 
A-z0’tus: and passing through 
he preached in all the cities, till 
he came to Cé#s-a-ré’a. 


908 CHAPTER 9 
1 The conversion of Saul. 4 His call. 
18 Baptized by Ananias. 20 He 


reaches boldly. 23 Conspiracy to 
ill him. 31 Peter’s miracles. j 
7 Ne Saul, yet breathing out 
threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, 
went unto the high priest, 

2 And desired of him letters to 
Da-mas’cus to the synagogues, 
that if he found any of this way, 
whether they were men or 
women, he might bring them 
bound unto Jé-ru’s4-iém. 


3 And as he journeyed, he 
came near Da4-mas’cus: and 


suddenly there shined round 
about him a light from heaven: 







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Saul preaches at Damascus 


16 For I will shew him how 
great things he must suffer for 
my name’s sake. ; 

17 And An-a-ni/as went his 
way, and entered into the 
house; and putting his hands 
on him said, Brother Saul, the 
Lord, even Jé’sus, that appeared 
unto thee in the way as thou 
camest, hath sent me, that thou 
mightest receive thy sight, and 
be filled with the Ho’ly Ghost. 

18 And immediately there fell 
from his eyes as it had been 
scales: and he received sight 
forthwith, and arose, and was 
baptized. 

19 And when he had received 
meat, he was_ strengthened. 
Then was Saul certain days 
with the disciples which were at 
Da-mas’cus.. 

20 And straightway he preached 

Christ in the synagogues, that 
he is the Son of God. 
» 21 But all that heard him were 
amazed, and said; Is not this 
he that destroyed them which 
called on this name in Jé-ru’sa- 
lém, and came hither for that 
intent, that he might bring them 
bound unto the chief priests? 

22 But Saul increased the more 
in strength, and confounded the 
Jews which dwelt at Da-mas’- 
cus, proving that this is very 
Christ. 

23 ¥ And after that many days 
were fulfilled, the Jews took 
council to kill him: 

24 But their laying await was 
known of Saul. And _ they 
watched the gates day and 
night to kill him. 

25 Then the disciples took him 
by night, and let him down by 
the wall in a basket. 

26 And when Saul was come 
to, Jé-ru’sa-lém, he assayed to 
join himself to the disctplés* but 
they were all afraid of him, and 
believed not that he was a 
disciple. : : 

27 But Bar’na-bas took him, 
and brought him to the apos- 
tles, and declared unto them how 

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THE ACTS, 9 


he had seen the Lord in the 
way, and that he had spoken to 
him, and how he had preached 
boldly at Da-mdas’cus in the 
name of Jé’sus. 

28 And he was with them 
coming in and going out at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

29 And he spake boldly in the 
name of the Lord Jé’sus, and 
disputed against the Gré’cians: 
but they went about to slay him. 
30 Which when the brethren 
knew, they brought him down 
to Ceés-a-ré’a, and sent him 
forth to Tar’sus. 

31 Then had the churches rest 
throughout all Ji-de’a and 
Gal’i-lee and Sa-ma’ri-a, and 
were edified; and walking in the 
fear of the Lord, and in the 
comfort of the H6’ly Ghést, were 
multiplied. 

32 § And it came to pass, as 
Pé’tér passed throughout all 
quarters, he came down also to 
the saints which dwelt at Lyd’da. 
33 And there he found a certain 
man named Ai’ne-as, which had 
kept his bed eight years, and 
was sick of the palsy. 

34 And Pé’tér said unto him, 
fE’ne-as, Jé’sus Christ maketh 
thee whole: arise, and make thy 
bed. And he arose immediately. 
35 And all that dwelt at Lyd’da 
and Sa’/ron saw him, and 
turned to the Lord. : 

36 4 Now there was at Jop’pa 
a certain disciple named Tab’i- 
tha, which by interpretation is 
called D6r’cas: this woman was 
full of good works and alms- 
deeds which she did. 

37 And it came to pass in those 
days, that she was sick, and 
died: whom when they had 
washed, they laid her in an 
upper chamber. ase 
38 And.forasmuch as Lyd’da 
was nigh to Jép’pa, and _ the 
disciples had heard that Pé’tér 
was there, they sent unto him 
two men, desiring him that he 
would not delay to come to 
them. 


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39 Then Pé’tér arose and went 
with them. When he was come, 
they brought him into the upper 
chamber: and all the widows 
stood by him weeping, and 
shewing the coats and garments 
which Dér’cas made, while she 
was with them. 4 

40 But Pé’tér put them all 
forth, and kneeled down, and 


prayed; and turning him to the. 


body said, Tab/’i-tha, arise. 
And she opened her eyes: and 
when she saw Pé’tér, she sat up. 

41 And he gave her his hand, 
and lifted her up, and when he 
had called the saints and wid- 
ows, presented her alive. 

42 And it was known through- 
out all Jop’pa; and many be- 
lieved in the Lord. 

43 And it came to pass, that 
he tarried many days in Jop’pa 
with one Si’mon a tanner. 


99 CHAPTER 10 
1 Cornelius sends for Peter. 11 Peter’s 

vision. 23 He goes to Cornelius. 34 

His sermon at Cesarea. 44 The 

Holy Ghost descends. 

HERE was a certain man in 

Cés-a-ré’a called Cér-né’- 

li-tis, a centurion of the band 
called the i-tal’/ian band, 

2 A devout man, and one that 
feared God with all his house, 
which gave much alms to the 
people, and prayed to God alway. 

3 He saw in a vision evidently 
about the ninth hour of the day 
an angel of God coming in to 
him, and saying unto him, 
Cor-né’li-ts. 

4 And when he looked on him, 
he was afraid, and said, What is 
it, Lord? And he said unto him, 
Thy prayers and thine alms 
are come up for a memorial 
before God. 

5 And now send men to Jop’- 
pa, and call for one Si’mon, 
whose surname is Pé’tér: 


6 He lodgeth with one Si/mon}h 


a tanner, whose house is by the 
sea side: he shall tell thee what 
thou oughtest to do. 


7 And when the angel which! sent them. 


Peter’s vision. Cornelius 


spake unto Cdr-né’li-ts was 
departed, he called two of his 
household servants, and a devout 
soldier of them that waited on 
him continually; 

8 And when he had declared all 
these things unto them, he sent 
them a JOp’pa. 

9 ¢ On the morrow, as they 
went on their journey, and drew 
nigh unto the city, Pé’tér went 
up upon the house top to pray 
about the sixth hour: 

10 And he became very hungry, 


and would have eaten: but while — 


they made ready, he fell into a 
trance, ; 

11 And saw heaven opened, 
and a certain vessel descending 
unto him, as it had been a great — 
sheet knit at the four corners, 
and let down to the earth: 

12 Wherein were all manner of 
fourfooted beasts of the earth, — 
and wild beasts, and creeping 
things, and fowls of the air. 

13 And there came a voice to. 
him, Rise, Pé’tér; kill, and eat. 

14 But Pé’tér said, Not so, 
Lord; for I have never eaten — 
any thing that is common or 
unclean. 

15 And the voice spake unto 
him again the second time, 
What God hath cleansed, that 
call not thou common. ‘ 

16 This was done thrice: and 
the vessel was received up again - 
into heaven. ' 

17 Now while Pé’tér doubted — 
in himself what this vision which 

e had seen should mean, be-— 
hold, the men which were sent 
from Cdér-né’li-tis had made 
enguiry for Si‘mon’s house, and — 
stood before the gate, 

18 And called, and asked 
whether Si’mon, which was sur- — 
named Pé’tér, were lodged there. — 

19 4 While Pé’tér thought on - 
the vision, the Spirit said unto — 


20 Arise therefore, 


doubting nothing: for I have 


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im, Behold, three men seek thee. — 
and get 
thee down, and go with them, — 


Peter goes to Cornelius 


21 Then Pé’tér went down to 
the men which were sent unto 
him from Cé6r-né’li-ts; and 
said, Behold, I am he whom ye 
seek: what is the cause where- 
fore ye are come? s 

22 And they said, Cér-né/li-tis 
the centurion, a just man, and 
one that feareth God, and_ of 
good report among all the nation 
of the Jews, was warned from 
God by an holy angel to send 
for thee into his house, and to 
hear words of thee. 

23 Then called he them in, and 
lodged them. And on the mor- 
row Pé’tér went away with 
them, and certain brethren from 
Jop’pa accompanied him. 

24 And the morrow after they 
entered into C#s-a-ré’a. 
Cor-né’li-us waited for them, 
and had called together his 
kinsmen and near friends. 

25 And as Pé’tér was coming 
in, Coér-né/li-ts met him, and 
fell down at his feet, and wor- 
shipped him. of 

26 But Pé’tér took him up, 
saying, Stand up; I myseif also 
am a man. ; 

27 And as he talked with him, 
he went in, and found many 
that were come together. 

28 And he said unto them, Ye 
know how that it is an unlawful 
thing for a man that is a Jew 
to keep company, or come unto 
one of another nation; but God 
hath shewed me that I should not 
call any man common or unclean. 

29 Therefore came I unto you 
without gainsaying, as soon as 
I was sent for: I ask therefore 
for what intent ye have sent 
for me? r 

30 And Cér-né’li-tis said, Four 
days ago I was fasting until this 
hour; and at the ninth hour I 
prayed in my house, and, be- 
hold, a man_ stood before me 
in bright clothing, a4 

31 And said, Cér-né’li-ts, thy 
prayer is heard, and thine alms 
are had in remembrance in the 
sight of God. 


THE ACTS, 10 


32 Send therefore to Jop’pa, 
and call hither Si’mon, whose 
surname is Pé’tér; he is lodged 
in the house of one Si’‘mon a 
tanner by the sea side: who, 
when he cometh, shall speak 
unto thee. 

33 Immediately therefore I sent 
to thee; and thou hast well done 
that thou art come. Now there- 
fore are we all here present be- 
fore God, to hear all things that 
are commanded thee of God. 

34 § Then Pé’tér opened his 
mouth, and said, Of a truth I 
perceive that God is no respect- 
er of persons: 

35 But in every nation he that 
feareth him, and worketh right- 
eousness, is accepted with him. 

36 The word which God sent 
unto the children of Is’ra-el, 
preaching peace by Jé’sus 
Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 

37 That word, J say, ye know, 
which was published through- 
out all Ju-de’a, and began from 
Gal’i-lee, after the baptism which 
John. preached; 

.38 How God anointed Jé’sus 
of Naz’a-réth with the H6/l¥ 
Ghost and with power: who 
went about doing good, and 
healing all that were oppressed 
of the devil; for God was with 

im. 

39 And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did both in the 
land of the Jews, and in Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém; whom they slew and 
hanged on a tree: 

40 Him God raised up the 
third day, and shewed him 
openly; 

41 Not to all the people, but 
unto witnesses chosen before 
of God, even to us, who did eat 
and drink with him after he 
rose from the dead. 

42 And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge 
of quick and dead. 

43 To him give all the proph- 
ets witness, that through his 


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THE ACTS, 11 


name whosoever believeth in 
toe shall receive remission of 


"44 q While Pé’tér yet spake 
these words, the H6’ly Ghost 
fell on all them which heard 


e word. 

45 And they of the circumcision 
which believed were astonished, 
as many as came with Pé’tér, 
because that on=the Gén’tiles 
also was poured out the gift of 
the Ho’ly Ghost. 

46 For they heard them speak 
with tongues, and magnify God. 
Then answered Pé’tér, 

47 Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be bap- 
tized, which have received the 
Ho’ly Ghost as well as we? 

48 And he commanded them 
to be baptized in the name of 
the Lord. Then prayed they him 
to tarry certain days. 


100 CHAPTER 11 
1 Peter accused. 5 His defence. 19 

Spread of the gospel. 22 Saul and 

Barnabas at Antioch. 26 Disciples 

jirst called Christians. 27 They send 

relief to-the brethren in Judzxa in time 
of famine. 
ND the apostles and brethren 
that were in Ji-dez’a heard 
that the Gén’tiles had also re- 
ceived the word of God. 

2 And when Pé’tér was come 
up to Jé-ry’sa-iém, they that 
were of the circumcision con- 
tended with him, 

3 Saying, Thou wentest in to 
men uncircumcised, and didst 
eat with them. 

4 But Pé’tér rehearsed the 
matter from the beginning, and 
expounded it by order unto 
them, saying, 

5 I was in the city of Jop’pa 
praying: and in a trance I saw 
a vision, A certain vessel de- 
scend, as it had been a great 
sheet, let down from heaven by 
four corners; and it came even 
to me: 

6 Upon the which when I had 
fastened mine eves, I considered, 
and saw fourfooted beasts of the 


Peter, being accused, defends himself 
earth, and wild beasts, 


and 
creeping things, and fowls of 
the air. : 

7 And I heard a voice saying 
unto me, Arise, Pé’tér; slay 
and eat. 

8 But I said, Not so, Lord: 
for nothing common or unclean 
hath at any time entered into 
my mouth. 

9 But the voice answered me 
again from heaven, What God 
hath cleansed, that call not thou 
common. 

i0 And this was done three 
times: and all were drawn up 
again into heaven. 

11 And, behold, immediately 
there were three men already 
come unto the house where [ 
was, sent from C#s-a-ré’a unto 


me. 

12 And the spirit bade me go 
with them, nothing doubting. 
Moreover these six brethren 
accompanied me, and we entered 
into the man’s house: 

13 And he shewed us how he 
had seen an angel in his house, 
which stood and said unto him, 
Send men to Jop’pa, and call for 
apt whose surname is Pé’- 

ér; 

14 Who shall tell thee words, 
whereby thou and all thy house - 
er be saved. 

And as I began to speak, the 
Hey Ghost fell on them, as on 
us at the beginning. 

16 Then remembered I the 
word of the Lord. how that he 
said, John indeed baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized 
with the Hd6’/l¥ Ghést. 

17 Forasmuch then as God 
gave them the like gift as he 
did unto us, who believed on 
the Lord Jé’sus Christ; what 
bets I, that I could withstand 


i8 When they heard these 

things, they held their peace, 
and glorified God, saying, Then 
hath God also to the Gén’tiles 
granted repentance unto life. 


19 | Now they which were 


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| Herod kills James and imprisons Peter 


THE ACTS, 12 


Scattered abroad upon the per-|sent it to the elders by the 


secution that arose about Sté’- 
Phen travelled as far_as Phé- 
ni’cé, and Cy’prus, and An’ti-6ch, 
preaching the word to none but 
unto the Jews only. 

20 And some of them were 
men of Cy’prus and Cy-ré’né, 
which, when they were come to 
An’ti-dch, spake unto the Gré’- 
cians, preaching the Lord Jésus. 

21 And the hand of the Lord 
was with them: and a great 
number believed, and turned 
unto the Lord. 

22 4 Then tidings of these 
things came unto the ears of the 
church which was in Jé-ru’sa4- 
lem: and they sent forth Bar’- 
na-bas, that he should go as far 
as An’ti-och. 

23 Who, when he came, and 
had seen the grace of God, was 
glad, and exhorted them all, 
that with purpose of heart they 
would cleave unto the Lord. 

24 For he was a good man, and 
full of the H6’/ly Ghost and of 
faith: and much people was 
added unto the Lord. 

25 Then departed Bé&ar’na-bas 
to Tar’sus, for to seek Saul: 

26 And when he had found 
him, he brought him unto 
An’ti-och. And it came to pass, 
that a whole year they assembled 
themselves with the church, 
and taught much people. And 
the disciples were called Chris’- 
tians first in An’ti-6ch. 

27 § And in these days came 
prophets from Jé-ru’sd-lém un- 
to An’ti-6ch. 

28 And there stood up one of 
them named Ag’a-bus, and 
signified by the spirit that there 


should be great dearth through- | me 


out all the world: which came 
By Bae in the days of Clau’di-ts 
@’sa 

29 “Then the disciples, every 
man according to his ability, 
determined to send relief unto 
the byeuiren which dwelt in 


-de 
Ess} Which also they did, and 


hands of Bar’na-bas and Saul 


CHAPTER 12 101 

1 Herod kilis James. 4 Peter impris- 
oned. 7 His escape. 23 Herod's 
death. 24 Growth of God's word. 


OW about that time Hér’od 

the king stretched forth his 
hands to vex certain of the 
church. 

2 And he killed James the 
brother of John with the sword. 

3 And because he saw it 
pleased the Jews, he proceeded 
further to take Pé’tér also. 
(Then were the days of un- 
leavened bread.) 

4 And when he had appre- 
hended him, he put. him in 
prison, and delivered him to four 
quaternions of soldiers to keep 
him; intending after Fas’tér to 
bring him forth to the people. 

5 Pé’tér therefore was kept in 
prison: but prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church 
unto God for him 

6 And when Hér’od would have 
brought him forth, the same 
night Pé’tér was sleeping be- 
tween two soldiers, bound with 
two chains: and the keepers 
before the door kept the prison. 

7 And, behold, the angel of the 
Lord came upon him, and a 
light shined in the prison: and 
he smote Pé’tér on the side, and 
raised him up, saying, Arise up 
quickly. And his chains fell off 
from his hands. 

8 And the angel said unto him, 
Gird thyself, and bind on thy 
sandals. And so he did. And 
he saith unto him, Cast thy 
garment about thee, and follow 


9 And he went out, and fol- 
lowed him; and wist not that 
it was true which was done by 
the angel; but thought he saw 
a vision. 

10 When they were past the 
first and the second ward, they 
came unto the iron gate that 
leadeth unto the city; which 


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THE ACTS, 13 


opened to them of his own 
accord: and they went out, and 
passed on through one street; 
and forthwith the angel de- 
parted from him. 

11 And when Pé’tér was come 
to himself, he said, Now I know 
of a surety, that the Lord hath 
sent his angel, and hath de- 
livered me out of the hand of 
Hér’od, and from all the expec- 
tation of the people of the Jews. 

12 And when he had con- 
sidered the thing, he came to 
the house of Ma’ry the mother 
of John, whose surname was 
Mark; where many were gath- 
ered together praying. 


13 And as Pé’tér knocked at/h 


the door of the gate, a damsel 
came to hearken, named Rh6’da. 

14 And when she knew Pé’- 
tér’s voice, she opened not the 
gate for gladness, but ran in, 
and told how Pé’tér stood be- 
fore the gate. 

15 And they said unto her, 
Thou art mad. But she con- 
stantly affirmed that it was even 
so. Then said they, It is his 
angel. 

16 But Pé’tér continued knock- 
ing: and when they had opened 
the door, and saw him, they 
were astonished. | 
17 But he, beckoning unto them 
with the hand to hold their 
peace, declared unto them how 
the Lord had brought him out 
of the prison. And he said, Go 
shew these things unto James, 
and to the brethren. 
departed, and went into an- 
other place. 

18 Now as soon as it was day, 
there was no small stir among 
the soldiers, what was become 
of Pé’tér. 

19 And when Hér’od had 
sought for him, and found him 
not, he examined the keepers, 
and commanded that they 
should be put to death. And he 
went down from Jui-de2’4 to 
Ces-a-ré’a, and there abode. 

20 f And Hér’od was highly 


And he/S 


Peter escapes from prison 


displeased with them of Tyre 
and Si’don: but they came with 
one accord to him, and, having 
made Blas’tus the king’s cham- 
berlain their friend, desired 
peace; because their country 
was nourished by the king’s 
country. ; 

21 And upon a set day Hér’od, 
arrayed in royal apparel, sat 
upon his throne, and made an 
oration unto them. . 

22 And the people gave a shout, 
saying, It is the voice of a cody 








ee 


4 


and not of a man. 
23 And immediately the angel 
of the Lord smote him, because 
he gave not God the glory: and 
e was eaten of worms, and 
gave up the ghost. 

24 § But the word of God 
grew and multiplied. F 

25 And Bar’na-bas and Saul 
returned from  Jé-ru’sd4-lém 
when they had fulfilled their 
ministry, and took with them 
John, whose surname was Mark. 


CHAPTER 13 102. 


1 Tour of Paul and Barnabas. 8 Ely 
mas the sorcerer. 14 Paul’s sermo 
at Antioch. . 42 Gentiles believe. 
Envy of the Jews. 


OW there were 















on that was called Ni’sér, and 
Lu’cius of Cy-ré’né, and Man’a= 
én, which had been brought up _ 
olay Hér’od: the tetrarch, and 
aul, ig, 
2 As they ministered to the 
Lord, and fasted, the Ho/ly 
Ghost said, Separate me Bar’- 
na-bas and Saul for the work 
whereunto I have called them. 
3 And when they had fasted 
and prayed, and laid their hands — 
on them, they sent them away. — 
4 7 So.they, being sent forth 
by the H6/ly Ghost, departed 
unto Sé-lei’ci-a; and from 
thence they sailed to C¥’prus. 

5 And when they were at 
Sal’a-mis, they preached the 


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Paul’s sermon at Antioch 


word of God in the synagogues 
of the Jews: and they had also 
John to their minister. 

6 And when they had gone 
through the isle unto Pa’phos, 
they found a certain sorcerer, a 
false prophet, a Jew, whose name 
was Bar-—Jjé’sus: 

7 Which was with the deputy 
of the country, Sér’gi-ts Pau’- 
lus, a prudent man; who called 
for Bar’na-bas and Saul, and 
desired to hear the word of God. 

8 But El’/¥-mas the sorcerer 
(for so is his name by interpreta- 
tion) withstood them, seeking 
to turn away the deputy from 
the faith. 

9 Then Saul, (who also is 
called Paul,) filled with the 
Hd/l¥ Ghést, set his eyes on him, 

10 And said, O full of all 
subtilty and all mischief, thou 
child of the devil, thou enemy of 
all righteousness, wilt thou not 
cease to pervert the right ways 
of the Lord? 

11 And now, behold, the hand 
of the Lord is upon thee, and 
thou shalt be blind, not seeing 
the sun for a season. And 
immediately there fell on him a 
mist and a darkness; and he 
went about seeking some to 
lead him by the hand. 

12 Then the deputy, when he 
saw what was done, believed, 


being astonished at the doctrine | J 


of the Lord. ; 

13 Now when Paul and his 
company loosed from Pa’phos, 
they came to Pér’ga in Pam- 
phyl'i-a: and John departing 
from them returned to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lem. 

14 4 But when they departed 
from Pér’ga, they came to An’ti- 
éch in Pi-sid’i-a, and went into 
the synagogue on the sabbath 
day, and sat down. _. 

15 And after the reading of the 
law and the prophets the rulers 
of the synagogue sent unto them, 
saying, Ye men and brethren, if 
ye have any word of exhorta- 
tion for the people, say on. 


THE ACTS, 13 


16 Then Paul stood up, and 

beckoning with his hand said, 
Men of Is’ra-el, and ye that fear 
God, give audience. 
17 The God of this people of 
Is’ra-el chose our fathers, and 
exalted the people when they 
dwelt as strangers in the land of 
E’gypt, and with an high arm 
brought he them out of it. 

18 And about the time of forty 
years suffered he their manners 
in the wilderness. 

19 And when he had destroyed 
seven nations in the land of 
Cha’naan, he divided their land 
to them by lot. 

20 And after that he gave unto 
them judges about the space of 
four hundred and fifty years, 
until Sam/u-el the prophet. 

21 And afterward they desired 
a king: and God gave unto them 
Saul the son of Cis, a man of the 
tribe of Bén’ja-min, by the 
space of forty years. 

22 And when he had removed 
him, he raised up unto them 
Da’vid to be their king; to 
whom also he gave testimony, 
and said, I have found Da’vid 
the son of Jés’se, a man after 
mine own heart, which shall ful- 
fil all my will. 

23 Of this man’s seed hath 
God according to his promise 
raised unto is’ra-el a Saviour, 


é’sus: 

24 When John had first preached 
before his coming the baptism of 
repentance to all the people of 

{s’ra-el. 

25 And as Joéhn fulfilled his 
course, he said, Whom think ye 
that I am? I am not he. But, 
behold, there cometh one after 
me, whose shoes of his feet I 
am not worthy to loose. 

26 Men and brethren, children 
of the stock of A’bra-ham, and 
whosoever among you feareth 
God, to you is the word of this 
salvation sent. 

27 For they that dwell at Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and their, rulers, be- 
cause they knew him not, nor 


173. 


THE ACTS, 13 


yet the voices of the prophets 
which are read every sabbath 
day, they have fulfilled them in 
condemning him 

28 And faotaal they found no 
cause of death in him, yet de- 
sired they Pi’late that he should 
be slain. 

29 And when they had fulfilled 
all that was written of him, 
they took him. down from the 
tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 

30 But God raised him from 
the dead: 

31 And he was seen many 
days of them which came up 
with him from Gal’i-lee to Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, who are his witnesses 
unto the people. 

32 And we declare unto you 
glad tidings, how that the 
promise oaae was made unto 
the father 

33 God bath fulfilled the same 
unto us their children, in that 
he hath raised up Jé’sus again; 
as it is also written in the second 
psalm, Thou art my Son, this 
day have I begotten thee. 

34 And as concerning that he 
raised him up from the dead, 
now no more to return to cor- 
ruption, he said on this wise, I 
will give you the sure mercies 
of Da’vid. 

35 Wherefore he saith also in 
another psalm, Thou shalt not 
suffer thine Holy One to see 
corruption. 

36 For Da’vid, after he had 
served his own generation by 
the will of God, fell on sleep, 
and was laid unto his fathers, 
and saw corruption: 

37 But he, whom God raised 
again, saw no corruption. 

38 | Be it known unto you 
therefore, men and brethren, 
that through this man _ is 
preached unto you the forgive- 
ness of sins: 

39 And. by him all that be- 
lieve are justified from all things, 
from which ye could not be 
justified by the law of Md’ses. 

40 Beware therefore, lest that 


Jews oppose Paul and Barnabas 


come upon you, which is spoken 
of in the prophets; 

41 Behold, ye despisers, and 
wonder, and perish: for I work 
a work in your days, a work 
which ye shall in no wise be- 
lieve, though a man declare it 
unto you. 

42 And when the Jews were 
gone out of the synagogue, the 
Gén’tiles besought that these 
words might be preached to 
them the next sabbath. 

43 Now when. the congrega- 
tion was broken up, many of the 
Jews and religious proselytes 
followed Paul and Bar’na-bas: 
who, speaking to them, per- 
suaded them to continue in the 
grace of God. 

44 4 And the next sabbath day 
came almost the whole city to- 
gether to hear the word of God. 

45 But when the Jews saw 
the multitudes, they were filled 
with envy, and spake against 
those things which were spoken 
by Paul, contradicting and blas- 
pheming. 

46 Then Paul and Biar’na-bas © 
waxed bold, and said, It was 
necessary that the word of God 
should first have been spoken to 
you: but seeing ye put it from 
you, and judge yourselves un- 
worthy of everlasting life, lo, we 
turn to the Gén’tiles. 

47 For so hath the Lord com- 
manded us, saying, I have set 
thee to be a light of the Gén’tiles, 
that thou shouldest be for salva- 
tion unto the ends of the earth. 

48 And when the Gén’tiles 
heard this, they were glad, and 
glorified the word of the Lord: 
and as many as were ordained 
to eternal life believed. 

49 And the word of the Lord 
was published throughout all the 
region. 

50 But the Jews stirred up the 
devout and honourable women, 
and the chief men of the city, 
and raised persecution against 
Paul and Biar’na-bas, and ex- 
pelled them out of their coasts. 


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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra 


51 But they shook off the 
dust of their feet against them, 
and came unto I-cd/ni-tm. 

52 And the disciples were 
filled with joy, and with the 
Holy Ghost. 


103 CHAPTER 14 


1 Persecution of Paul and Barnabas. 
8 Paul heals a cripple. 19 Paul is 
stoned at Lysira. 26 Return to An- 
ticch. 

ND it came to pass in f-c6’- 
. ni-tim, that they went both 
together into the synagogue of 

the Jews, and so spake, that a 

great multitude both of the 

Jews and also of the Greeks be- 

lieved. 

2 But the unbelieving Jews 
stirred up the Gén’tiles, and 
made their minds evil affected 
against the brethren. — 

3 Long time therefore abode 
they speaking boldly in the Lord, 
which gave testimony unto the 
word of his grace, and granted 
signs and -wonders to be done 
by their hands. \ 

4 But the multitude of the city 
was divided: and part held with 
the Jews, and part with the 
apostles. 

5 And when there was an 
assault made both of the Gén’- 
tiles, and also of the Jews with 
their rulers, to use them de- 
spitefully, and to stone them, 

6 They were ware of if, and 
fled unto Lys’tra and Dér’bé, 


cities of Lyc-a-d/ni-a, and unto | 


the region that lieth round about: 

7 And there they preached the 
gospel. ; 

8 § And there sat a certain 
man at Ly¥s’tra, impotent in his 
feet, being a cripple from his 
mother’s womb, who never had 
walked: ; 

9 The same heard Paul speak: 
who stedfastly beholding him, 
and perceiving that he had 
faith to be healed, ; 

10 Said with a loud voice, 
Stand upright on thy feet. 
And he leaped and walked. 


THE ACTS, 14 


11 And when the people saw 
what Paul had done, they lifted 
up their voices, saying in the 
speech of Lyc-a-6/ni-a, The 
gods are come down to us in the 
likeness of men. 

12 And they called Bar’na-bis, 
Ji’pi-tér; and Paul, Mér-ci’ri- 
us, because he was the chief 
speaker. 

13 Then the priest of Ja’pi-tér, 
which was before their city, 
brought oxen and garlands unto 
the gates, and would have done 
sacrifice with the people. 

14 Which when the apostles, 
Bar’na-bas and Paul, heard of, 
they rent their clothes, and ran 
In among the people, crying out, 

15 And saying, Sirs, why do 
ye these things? We also are 
men of like passions with you, 
and preach unto you that ye 
should turn from these vanities 
unto the living God, which made 
heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
and all things that are therein: 

16 Who in times past suffered 
all nations to walk in their own 
ways. 

17 Nevertheless he left not 
himself without witness, in that 
he did good, and gave us rain 
from heaven, and fruitful sea- 
sons, filling our hearts with food 
and gladness. 

18 And with these sayings 
scarce restrained they the people, 
that they had not done sacrifice 
unto them. 

19 ¢ And there came_ thither 
certain Jews from An’ti-6ch and 
I-c0’ni-tm, who persuaded the 
people, and, having stoned Paul, 
drew him out of the city, sup- 
posing he had been dead. | 

20 Howbeit, as the disciples 
stood round about him, he rose 
up, and came into the city: and 
the next day he departed with 
Bar’na-bas to Dér’bé. 

21 And when they had preached 
the gospel to that city, and had 
taught many, they returned 
again to Lys’tra, and fo I-cd’ni- 
um, and An’ti-dch, 


175 


THE ACTS, 15 


22 Confirming the souls of the 
disciples, and exhorting them to 
continue in the faith, and that 
we must through! much tribula- 
tion enter into the kingdom of 


God. 

23 And when they had or- 
dained them elders in_ every 
church, and had prayed with 
fasting, they commended them 
to the Lord, on whom they be- 
lieved. 

24 And after they had passed 
throughout Pi-sid’i-a, they came 
to Pam-phyl’i-a. 

25 And when they had preached 
the word in Pér’ga, they went 
down into At-ta’li-a: 

26 And thence sailed to An’ti- 
6ch, from whence they had 
been recommended to the grace 
of God for the work which they 
fulfilled. 

27 And when they were come, 
and had gathered the church to- 
gether, they rehearsed all that 
God had done with them, and 
how he had opened the door 
of faith unto the Gén’tiles. 

28 And there they abode long 
time with the disciples. 


104 CHAPTER 15 


1 A dispute about circumcision. 6 The 
council at Jerusalem. 23 Letters to 
the Gentiles. 36 Paul and Barnabas 
separate. 

ND certain men which came 

down from Ju-de’a taught | t 

the brethren, and said, Except ye 

be circumcised after the manner 
of MO’ses, ye cannot be saved. 

2 en therefore Paul and 

Bar’na-bas had no small dis- 

sension and disputation with 

them, they determined that Paul 
and B§ar’na-bas, and certain 
other of them, should go up to 

Jé-ru’sd-lém unto the apostles 

and elders about this question. 

And being brought on their 
way by the church, they passed 
through Phé-ni’cé and S4-ma’- 
ri-a, declaring the conversion 
of the Gén’tiles: and they caused 
great joy unto all the brethren. 


A dispute about circumcision 


4 And when they were come to 
Jé-ru’sd-lém, they were re- 
ceived of the church, and of the 
apostles and elders, and they 
declared all things that God had 
done with them. 

5 But there rose up certain of 
the sect of the Phar’i-sees which 
believed, saying, That it was 
needful to circumcise them, and 
to command them to keep the 
law of MO’ses. # 

6 ¥ And the apostles and elders 
came together for to consider of 
this matter. | 

7 And when there had been 
much disputing, Pé’tér rose up, 
and said unto them, Men and 
brethren, ye know how that a 
good while ago God made choice 
among us, that the Gén’tiles by 
my mouth should hear the word 
of the gospel, and believe. 

8 And God, which knoweth 
the hearts, bare them witness, 
giving them the H6/ly Ghést, 
even as he did unto us; 

9 And put no difference be- 
tween us and them, purifying 
their hearts by faith. 

10 Now therefore why tempt ye - 
God, to put a yoke upon the 
neck of the disciples, which nei- 
ther our fathers nor we were able 
to bear? i 

11 But we believe that through , 
the grace of the Lord Jé’sus 
raped we shall be saved, even as 


12 ‘q Then all the multitude 
kept silence, and gave audience 
to Bar’na-bas andPaul, declaring 
what miracles and wonders God 
had wrought among the Gén’- 
tiles by them. 

13 4 And after they had hell 
their peace, James answered, 
saying, Men and brethren, heark- 
en unto me 

14 Sim/’e-on hath declared how 
God at the first did visit the 
Gén’tiles, to take out of thema 
people for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words 
of the prophets; as it is written, 

16 After this I will return, and 


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| The council at Jerusalem 


THE ACTS, 15 


Will build again the tabernacle of | das and Si’las, who shall also 


Da’vid, which is fallen down; 
and I will build again the ruins 
thereof, and I will set it up: 

17 That the residue of men 
_ might seek after the Lord, and all 
the Gén’tiles, upon whom my 
name is called, saith the Lord, 
- who doeth all these things. 

_ .18 Known unto God are all his 

- works from the beginning of the 

| world. 

19 Wherefore my sentence is, 

_ that we trouble not them, which 
from among the Gén’tiles are 
turned to God: 

20 But that we write unto them, 
that they abstain from pollu- 
_ tions of idols, and from fornica- 
tion, and from things strangled, 
_ and from blood. ‘ 

21 For MOd’ses of old time hath 
in every city them that preach 
him, being read in the syna- 

- gogues every sabbath day. ° 

22 Then pleased it the apostles 
and elders, with the whole 
church, to send chosen men of 
their own company to An’ti-éch 

with Paul and  Ba§ar’na-bas; 

namely, Ji’das surnamed Bir’- 
sa-bas, and Si’las, chief men 
among the brethren: Ie 

23 And they wrote letters by 
them after this manner; The 
apostles and elders and brethren 

send greeting unto the brethren 
which are of the Gén’tiles in An’- 
—ti-och and Syr’i-a and Ci-li’cia: 
24 Forasmuch as we _ have 
heard, that certain which went 
out from us have troubled you 
with words, subverting your 
souls, saying, Ye must be cir- 
cumcised, and keep the law: to 
whom we gave no such com- 
| mandment: 

25 It seemed good unto us, 
being assembled with one accord, 
to send chosen men unto you 

‘ with our beloved Bar’na-bas and 


aul, 

26 Men that have hazarded 
their lives for the name of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ. 4 
_ 27 We have sent therefore Ju’- 





tell you the same things by mouth. 

28 For it seemed good to the 
Ho’ly Ghost, and to us, to lay 
upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things; 

29 That ye abstain from meats 
offered to idols, and from blood, 
and from things strangled, and 
from fornication: from which if 
ye keep yourselves, ye shall do 
well. Fare ye well. 

30 So when they were dis- 
missed, they came to An’ti-dch: 
and when they had gathered the 
multitude together, they delivered 
the epistle: 

31 Which when they had read, 
they rejoiced for the consolation. 

32 And Ja’das and Silas, being 
prophets also themselves, ex- 
horted the brethren with many 
words, and confirmed them. 

33 And after they had tarried 
there a space, they were let go in 
peace from the brethren unto the 
apostles. | 

34 Notwithstanding it pleased 
Silas to abide there still. 

35 Paul also and B§ar’na-bas 
continued in An’ti-dch, teaching 
and preaching the word of the 
Lord, with many others also. 

36 § And some days after Paul 
said unto Bar’na-bas, Let us go 
again and visit our brethren 
in every city where we have 
preached the word of the Lord, 
and see how they do. 

37 And Bar’na-bas determined 
to take with them John, whose 
surname was Mark. 

38 But Paul thought not good 
to take him with them, who de- 
parted from them from Pam- 
phyl’'i-4, and went not with them 
to the work. 

39 And the contention was so 
sharp between them, that they 
departed asunder one from the 
other: and so Bar’na-bas took 
Mark, and sailed unto Cy’prus; 

40 And Paul chose Si’las, and 
departed, being recommended by 
the brethren unto the grace_of 

od. 


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“41 And he went through Syr’i-a 
and Ci-li’cia, confirming the 
churches. 


105 CHAPTER 16 
1 Timothy is circumcised. 14 Lydia 
converted. 19 Paul and Silas im- 
prisoned. 36 Their release. 
HEN came he to Dér’bé and 
Lys’tra: and, behold, a cer- 
tain disciple was there, named 
Ti-m6’the-ts, the son of a cer- 
tain woman, which was a Jew’- 
ess, and believed; but his father 
was a Greek: 

2 Which was well reported of 
by the brethren that were at 
Lys’tra and I-cd’/ni-tm. 

3 Him would Paul have to go 
forth with him; and took and 
circumcised him because of the 
Jews which were in those 
quarters: for they knew all that 
his father was a Greek. 

4 And as they went through the 
cities, they delivered them the 
decrees for to keep, that were 
ordained of the apostles and el- 
ders which were at Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

5 And so were the churches 
established in the faith, and in- 
creased in number daily. 

6 Now when they had gone 
throughout Phryg’i-a and the 
region of Ga-la’tia, and were for- 
bidden of the H6/ly Ghost to 
preach the word in A’sia, 4 

7 After they were come to Mys’- 
ia, they assayed to go into Bi- 
thyn/i-a: but the Spirit suffered 
them not. : oss 

8 And they passing by Mys’ia 
came down to Tro’as. 

9 And a vision appeared to 
Paul in the night; There stood 
a man of Mac-e-dd’ni-a, and 
prayed him, saying, Come over 
into Mac-e-d6’ni-a, and help us. 

10 And after he had seen the 
vision, immediately we endea- 
voured to go into Mac-e-dd’ni-a, 
assuredly gathering that the Lord 
had called us for to preach the 
gospel unto them. | 

11 Therefore loosing from Trd’- 
as, we came with a straight 


Paul takes Timothy as a companion 


course to Sam-o-thra’cia,and the 
next day to Né-ap’o-lis; 

12 And from thence to Phi- 
lip’pi, which is the chief city of 
that part of Mac-e-d6’ ni-a, and a 
colony: and we were in that city 
abiding certain days. i 

13 And on the sabbath we went 
out of the city by a river side, 















sorted thither. 

14 § And a certain wom 
named Lyd’i-a, a seller of purple, 
of the city of Thy-a-ti’ra, which 
worshipped God, 
whose heart the Lord opened 
that she attended unto the thing 
which were spoken of Paul. 

15 And when she was baptized, 
and her household, she besought 
us, saying, If ye have judged m 
to be faithful to the Lord, come 
into my house, and abide there. 
And she constrained us. 

16 ¥ And it came to pass, as we 
went to prayer, a certain damsel 
possessed with a spirit of: divi- 
nation met us, which brought he 
masters much gain by sooth- 
saying 

17 The same followed Paul and 
us, and cried, saying, These men 
are the servants of the most high 
God, which shew unto us the 
way of salvation. 

18 And this did she many days. 
But Paul, being grieved, turned 
and said to the spirit, I_com- 
mand thee in the name of Jé aud 
Christ to come out of her. And 
he came out the same hour. " 

19 ¥ And when her masters 
saw that the hope of their gains 
was gone, they caught Paul and 
Silas, and drew them into the 
marketplace unto the rulers, : 

20 And brought them to the 
magistrates, saying, These men, 
being Jews, do exceedingly 
trouble our city, 

“21 And teach customs, which 
are not lawful for us to receive, 
neither to observe, being R6’mans. 

22 And the multitude rose up 


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— Paul and Silas in prison at Philip 
together against them: and the 


magistrates rent off their clothes, 
and commanded to beat them. 

23 And when they had laid 
many stripes upon them, they 
cast them into prison, charging 
the jailor to keep them safely: 

24 Who, having received sucha 
charge, thrust them into the inner 
prison, and made their feet fast in 
the stocks. 

25 {j And at midnight Paul and 
Si‘las prayed, and sang praises 
unto God: and the prisoners 
heard them. 

26 And suddenly there was a 
great earthquake, so that the 
foundations of the prison were 
shaken: and immediately all 
the doors were opened, and every 
one’s bands were loosed. 

27 And the keeper of the prison 
awaking out of his sleep, and see- 
ing the prison doors open, he 
drew out his sword, and would 
have killed himself, supposing 
that the prisoners had been fled. 

28 But Paul cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Do thyself no 
harm: for we are all here. 

29 Then he called for a light, 
and sprang in, and came trem- 
bling, and fell down before Paul 
and Silas, 

30 And brought them out, and 
said, Sirs, what must I do to:be 
saved? } 

31 And they said, Believe on 
the Lord Jé’sus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy house. 

32 And they spake unto him the 
word of the Lord, and to all that 
were in his house. 

33 And he took them the same 
hour of the night, and washed 
their stripes; and was baptized, 
he and all his, straightway. 

34 And when he had brought 
them into his house, he set meat 
before them, and rejoiced, be- 
lieving in God with all his house. 

35 And when it was day, the 
magistrates sent the serjeants, 
saying, Letthosemengo. | 

36 And the keeper of the prison 
told this saying to Paul, The 


THE ACTS, 17 


magistrates have sent to let you 
go: now therefore depart, and go 
in peace. 

37 But Paul said unto them, 
They have beaten us openly un- 
condemned, being R6’mans, and 
have cast us into prison; and 
now do they thrust us out privily? 
nay verily; but let them come 
themselves and fetch us out. 

38 And the serjeants told these 
words unto the magistrates: and 
they feared, when they heard that 
they were RO’mans. 

39 And they came and besought 
them, and brought them out, and 
desired them to depart out of the 
city. 

40 And they went out ‘of the 
prison, and entered into the 
house of Lyd’i-a: and when they 
had seen the brethren, they com- 
forted them, and departed. 


CHAPTER 17 106 
1 Paul's pene at Aa Leap Oe: 
5 The Jews persecute him. 10 
is sent to Berea. 15 At Athens ne 
preaches the unknown God. 


OW when_they had passed 
AN through Am-phip’o-lis and 
Ap-ol-10’ni-a, they came to Thés- 
sa-lo-ni’ca, where was a syna- 
gogue of the Jews: 

2 And Paul,as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three 
sabbath days reasoned with them 
out of the scriptures, | 

3 Opening and alleging, that 
Christ must needs have suffered, 
and risen again from the dead; 
and that this Jé’sus, whom I 
preach unto you, is Christ. 

4 And some of them believed, 
and consorted with Paul and 
Silas; and of the devout Greeks 
a great multitude, and of the chief 
women not a few. 

5 7 But the Jews which be- 
lieved not, moved with envy, 
took unto them certain lewd fel- 
lows of the baser sort, and gath- 
ered a company, and set all the 
city on an uproar, and assaulted 
the house of Ja’son, and sought 
to bring them out to the people. 

6 And when they found them 


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THE ACTS, 17 


not, they drew Ja’son and cer- 
tain brethren unto the rulers of 
the city, crying, These that have 
turned the world upside down 
are come hither also; 

Whom Ja’son hath received: 
and these all do contrary to the 


decrees of Cee’sar, saying that/t 


there is another king, one Jé’sus. 

8 And they troubled the people 
and the rulers of*the city, when 
they heard these things. 

9 And when they had taken 
security of Ja’son, and of the 
other, they let them go. 

10 ¢ And the brethren im- 
mediately sent away Paul and 
Silas by night unto Bé-ré’a: who 
coming thither went into the 
synagogue of the Jews. 

11 These were more noble than 


those in Thés-sa-l6-ni’ca, in that | th 


they received the word with all 
readiness of mind, and searched 
the scriptures daily, whether 
those things were so. 

12 Therefore many of them be- 
lieved; also of honourable wom- 
en which were Greeks, and of 
men, not a few. 

13 But when the Jews of Thés- 
sa-l6-ni’ca had knowledge that 
the word of God was preached of 
Paul at Bé-ré’a, they came 
thither also, and stirred up the 
people. 

14 And then immediately the 
brethren sent away Paul to go as 
it were to the sea: but Si’las and 
Ti-m6’the-ts abode there still. 

15 And they that conducted 
Paul brought him unto Ath’éns: 
and receiving a commandment 
unto Si/las and Ti-m6’the-ts for 
to come to him with all speed, 
they departed. 


16 § Now while Paul waited for | h 


them at Ath’éns, his spirit was 
stirred in him, when he saw the 
city wholly given to idolatry. 

17 Therefore disputed he in the 
synagogue with the Jews, and 
with the devout persons, and in 
the market daily with them that 
met withhim. _. 

18 Then certain philosophers of 


Paul at Berea and Athens 


the Ep-i-cti-ré’ans, and of the 
Sto’icks, encountered him, And 
some said, What will this bab- 
bler say? other some, He seem- 
eth to be a setter forth of strange 
gods: because he preached unto 
them Jé’sus, and the resurrec- 


ion. 

19 And they took him, and 
brought him unto Ar-e-ép’a-giis, 
saying, May we know what this 
new doctrine, whereof thou 
speakest, is? 

20 For thou bringest certain 
Strange things to our ears: we 
would know therefore what these 
thingsmean. | 

21 (For all the A-thé’ni-ans and 
strangers which were there spent 
their time in nothing else, but 
either to tell, or to hear some new 


ing.) 
22 9 Then Paul stood in the 
midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye 
men of Ath’éns, I perceive that in 
allthingsye are too superstitious. 

23 For as I passed by, and be- 
held your devotions, I found an 
altar with this inscription, TO 
THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom 
therefore ye ignorantly worship, 
him declare I unto you. 

24 God that made the world 
and all things therein, seeing that 
he is Lord of heaven and earth, — 
dwelleth not in temples made 
with hands; | 

25 Neither is worshipped with 
men’s hands, as though he need- — 
ed any thing, seeing he giveth to 
all life, and breath, and all things: © 

26 And hath made of one blood — 
all nations of men for to dwell on — 
all the face of the earth, and hath — 
determined the times before ap- — 
pointed, and the bounds of their — 
abitation; : 

27 That they should seek the | 
Lord, if haply they might feel 
after him, and find him, though 
he be not far from every one of us: _ 

28 For in him we live, and 
move, and have our being; as 
certain also of your own poets 
have said, For we are also his 
offspring. 


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Paul at Corinth 


29 Forasmuch then as we are 
the offspring of God, we ought 
not to think that the Godhead is 
like unto gold, or silver, or stone, 
graven by art and man’s device. 

30 And the times of this igno- 
rance God winked at; but now 
commandeth all men every where 
to repent: 

31 Because he hath appointed a 
day, in the which he will judge 
the world in righteousness by 
thatman whom he hath ordained; 
whereof he hath given assurance 
unto all men, in that he hath 
raised him from the dead. 

32 4 And when they heard of 
the. resurrection of the dead, 
some mocked: and others said, 
We will hear thee again of this 
matter. 

33 So. Paul 
among them. 

34 Howbeit certain men clave 
unto him, and believed: among 
the which was Di-o-nys’i-ts the 
Ar-e-6p’a-gite, and a Woman 


departed from 


named Dam/a-ris, and others 
with them. 
107 CHAPTER ‘18 


1 Paul goes to Corinth. 3 His occupa- 
tion. 4 He preaches to the Geniiles. 
9 His vision. 12 The judgment of 
Gallio. 24 Preaching of Apollos. 
FTER these things Paul de- 
parted from Ath’éns, and 
came to Cor’inth; 

2 And. found a certain Jew 
named Aq’ui-la, born in Pon’tus, 
lately come from it’a-ly, with his 
wife Pris-cil’la; (because that 
Clau’di-ts had commanded all 
Jews to depart from Rome:) and 
came unto them. 

3 And because he was of the 
same craft, he abode with them, 
and wrought: for by their oc- 
cupation they were tentmakers. 

4 And he reasoned in the syna- 
gogue every sabbath, and per- 
suaded the Jews and the Greeks. 

5 And when Si’las and Ti-m6’- 
the-tis were come from Mac-e- 
do’/ni-a, Paul was pressed in the 
spirit, and testified to the Jews 
that Jé’sus was Christ. 


THE ACTS, 18 


6 And when they opposed 
themselves, and blasphemed, he 
shook his raiment, and said unto 
them, Your. blood be upon your 
own heads; I am clean: from 
henceforth I will go unto the 
Gén‘tiles. 

7 4 And he departed thence, 
and entered into a certain man’s 
house, named Jis’tus, one that 
worshipped God, whose house 
joined hard to the synagogue. 

8 And Cris’pus, the chief ruler 
of the synagogue, believed on the 
Lord with all his house; and 
many of the Co-rinth’i-ans 
hearing believed, and were 
baptized. 

9 Then spake the Lord to Paul 
in the night by a vision, Be not 
afraid, but speak, and hold not 
thy peace: i 

10 For I am with thee, and no 
man shall set on thee to hurt 
thee: for I have much people in 
this city. i 

1i1 And he continued there a 
year and six months, teaching the 
word of God among them. 

12 4 And when Gal’li-6 was the 
deputy of A-cha’ia, the Jews 
made insurrection with one ac- 
cord against Paul, and brought 
him to the judgment seat, 

13 Saying, This fellow per- 
suadeth men to worship God 
contrary to the law. 

14 And when Paul was now 
about to open his mouth, Gal’- 
li-6 said unto the Jews, If it 
were a matter of wrong or wicked 
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason 
would that I should bear with 


you: 

15 But if it be a question of 
words and names, and of your 
law, look ye toit; for I will be no 
judge of such matters. 

_16 And he drave them from the 
judgment seat. 

17 Then all the Greeks took 
Sds’the-nés, the chief ruler of 
the synagogue, and beat him be- 
fore the judgment seat. And 
Gal'li-6 cared for none of those 
things. 


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18 § And Paul after this tarried 
there yet a good while, and then 
took his leave of the brethren, 
and sailed thence into Syr’i-a, 
and wit 
Aq’ui-la; having shorn his head 
na pon cee for he had a 


"19. “And he came to we 
and left them there: but he him- 
self entered into the synagogue, 
and reasoned with the Jews. 

20 When they desired him to 
tarry longer time with them, he 
consented not; 

21 But bade them farewell, say- 
ing, I must by all means keep 
this feast that cometh in Jé-ru’- 

sa-lém: but I will return again 
unto you, if God will. And he 
sailed from Eph’e-sus. 

22 And when he had landed at 
Ces-a-ré’a, and gone up, and 
saluted the church, he went down 
te An’ti-6ch. 

23 And after he had spent some 
time there, he departed, and went 
over all the country of Ga-la’tia 
and Phryz’i-a in order, strength- 
ening all the disciples. 

24 9 And acertain Jew named 
A-pOl/los, born at Al-éx-an‘dri-a, 
an eloquent man, and mighty in 
the scriptures, came to Eph’e-sts. 

25 This man was instructed in 
the way of the Lord; and being 
fervent in the spirit, he spake 
and taught diligently the things 
of the Lord, knowing only the 
baptism of J hn. 

26 And he began to speak boldly 
in the synagogue: whom when 
Aq‘ui-la andPris-cil’la had heard, 
they took him unto them, and 
expounded unto him the way of 
God more perfectly. : 

27 And when he was disposed 
to pass into A-cha’ia, the brethren 
wrote, exhorting the disciples to 
receive him: who, when he was 
come, helped them much which 
had believed through grace: 

28 For he mightily convinced 
the Jews, and that publickly, 
shewing by_the scriptures that 
jJé’sus was Christ. 


h him Pris-cil’la and| 


Apollos. Paul at Ephesus 


CHAPTER 19 108 


1 Paul at reese 6 Gift of the Holy 

Ghost. 1 Special miracles. 24 

Uproar or the crafismen. 35 Address 
of the townclerk. 


AX» it came to pass, that, 
*% while  A-pdl’los was at 
Cor’inth, Paul having passed 
through the upper coasts came to 
Eph’e-sus: and finding certain 
disciples, 

2 He said unto them, Have ye 
received the H6’ly GhGst since ye 
believed? And they said unto 
him, We have not so much as 
pertain there be any Hd’ly 

os e 

3 And he said unto them, Unto 
what then were ye baptized? And 
they said, Unto John’s baptism. 

4 Then said Paul, John verily 
baptized with the baptism of re- 
pentance, saying unto the people, 
that they should believe on him 
which should come after him, 
that is, on Christ Jé’sus. | 

en they heard this, they 
were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jé’sus. ( 

6 And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Hd’ly. 
Ghost came on them; and they 
Bae with tongues, and proph- 


“7 “And all the men were about 
twelve. 

8 And he went into the syna- 
gogue, and spake boldly for the 
space of three months, disputing — 
and persuading the things con-— 
cerning the kingdom of God. 

9 But when divers were hard- 
ened, and believed not, but spake 
evil of that way before the multi- 
tude, he departed from them, and — 
separated the disciples, disputing © 
daily in the school of one Ty-— 
ran’nus. : 

10 And this continued by the - 
space of two years; so that all 
they which dwelt in A’sia heard 
the word of the Lord Jé’sus, both 
Jews and Greeks. 

1 And God wrought special 
miracles by the hands of Paul: 

12 So that from his body were 


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Uproar about Diana at Ephesus 


brought unto the sick handker- 


chiefs or aprons, and the diseases 
departed from them, and the evil 
spirits went out of them. 

13 § Then certain of the vaga- 
bond Jews, exorcists, took upon 
them to call over them which had 
evil spirits the name of the Lord 
Jé’sus, saying, We adjure you by 
Jé’sus whom Paul preacheth. 
-14 And there were seven sons 
of one Scé’va, a Jew, and chief of 
the priests, which did so. 

15 And the evil spirit answered 
and said, Jé’sus I know, and 
Paul I know; but who are ye? 

16 And the man in whom the 
evil spirit was leaped on them, 
and. overcame them, and pre- 
vailed against them, so that they 
fled out of that house naked and 
wounded. 

17 And this was known to all 
the Jews and Greeks also dwell- 
ing at Eph’e-sts; and fear fell 
on them all, and the name of the 
Lord Jé’sus was magnified. 

18 And many that believed 
came, and confessed, and shewed 
their deeds. : 

19 Many of them also which 
used curious arts brought their 
books together, and burned them 
before all men: and they counted 
the price of them, and found it 
fifty thousand pieces of silver. 

20 So mightily grew the word 
of God and prevailed. 

21 4 After these things were 
ended, Paul purposed in the 
spirit, when he had passed 
through Mac-e-do’ni-a and A- 
cha’/ia, to go to Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
saying, After I have been there, 
I must also see Rome. 4 

22 So he sent into Mac-e-d6’- 
ni-a two of them that ministered 
unto him, Ti-md’the-tis and 
&-ras’tus; but he himself stayed 
in A’sia for a season. 

23 And the same time there 
arose no small stir about that 
way. 

24 For a certain man named 
Dé-mé'tri-lis, a silversmith, 
which made silver shrines for 

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THE ACTS, 19 


Di-an’a, brought no small gain 
unto the craftsmen: 

‘> Whom he called together 
with the workmen of like occu- 
pation, and said, Sirs, ye know 
that by this craft we have our 
wealth. 

26 Moreover ye see and hear, 
that not alone at Eph’e-stis, but 
almost throughout all A’sia, this 
Paul hath persuaded and turned 
away much people, saying that 
they be no gods, which are made 
with hands: 

27 So that not only this our 
craft is in danger to be set at 
nought; but also that the temple 
of the great goddess Di-an’4 
should be despised, and her mage 
nificence should be destroyed 
whom all A’sia and the world 
worshippeth. 

28 And when they heard these 
Sayings, they were full of wrath, 
and cried out, saying, Great is 
Di-an’a of the &-phé’sians. 

29 And the whole city was filled 
with confusion: _and having 
caught Gaius and Ar-is-tdr’chus, 
men of Mac-e-dé’ni-4, Paui’s 
companions in travel, they rushed 
with one accord into the theatre. 

30 And when Paul would have 
entered in unto the people, the 
disciples suffered him not. 

31 And certain of the chief of 
A’sia, which were his friends, 
sent unto him, desiring him that 
he would not adventure himself 
into the theatre. 

32 Some therefore cried one 
thing, and some another: for the 
assembly was confused; and the 
more part knew not wherefore 
they were come together. 

33 And they drew Al-éx-an’dér 
out of the multitude, the Jews 
putting him forward. And Al- 
ex-an’dér beckoned with the 
hand, and would have made his 
defence unto the people. 

34 But when they knew that he 
was a Jew, all with one voice 
about the space of two hours 
cried out, Great is Di-an’a of the 
E-phé’sians. 


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THE ACTS, 20 


35 And when the townclerk had 
appeased the people, he said, Ye 
men of Eph’e-stis, what man is 
there that knoweth not how that 
the city of the E-phé’sians is a 
worshipper of the great goddess 
Di-an’a, and of the image which 
fell down from Jii’pi-tér? 

_ 36 Seeing then that these things 
cannot be spoken against, ye 
ought to be quiet, and to do noth- 
ing rashly. 

37 For ye have brought hither 
these men, which are neither 
robbers of churches, nor yet blas- 
phemers of your goddess. 

38 Wherefore if Dé-mé’tri-us, 
and the craftsmenwhich are with 
him, have a maiter against any 
man, the law is open, and there 
are deputies: let them implead 
one another. 

39 But if ye enquire any thing 
concerning other matters, it shall 
be determined in a lawful as- 
sembly. e3 

40 For we are in danger to be 
called in question for this day’s 
uproar, there being no cause 
whereby we may give an account 
of this concourse. 

41 And when he had thus 
ign he dismissed the assem- 

y. 


109 CHAPTER 20 


1 Paul’s further journeys. 
tion of the Lord’s supper. 
chus brought to life. 17 Charge to 
elders at Miletus. 29 They are 

_ warned of false teachers. 


ND after the uproar was 
ceased, Paul called unto 
him the disciples, and embraced 
them, and departed for to go 
into Mac-e-d6’ni-a. 

2 And when he had gone over 
those parts, and had given them 
much exhortation, he came into 
Greece, 

3 And thereabodethree months. 
And when the Jews laid wait for 
him, as he was about to sail into 
Syr'i-a, he purposed to return 
through Mac-e-d0’ni-a. 

4 And there accompanied him 
into A’sia Sop’a-tér of Bé-ré’a; 


7 Celebra- 
10 Euty- 


Eutychus restored to life at Troas 


and of the Thés-sa-l6’ni-ans, 
Ar-is-tar’chus and Sé-ctin’dus; 
and Ga’ius of Dér’bé, and Ti- 
m0’the-tis; and of A’sia, Tych‘i- 
cus and Troph’‘i-mts. 

5 These going before tarried for 
us at Trd’as. 

6 And we sailed away from 
Phin’ pi after the days of un-— 
leavened bread, and came unto 
them to Trd’as in five days; 
where we abode seven days. 

d upon the first day of the 
week, when the disciples came 
together to break bread, Paul 
preached unto them, ready to de= 
part on the morrow; and con= 
tinued his speech until midnight. 
_8 And there were many lights 
in the upper chamber, where 
they were gathered together. 

9 And there sat in a window a 
certain young man named Et’ty= 
chis, being fallen into a deep | 
sleep: and as Paul was long 
preaching, he sunk down with 
sleep, and fell down from the 
third loft, and was taken up dead. 

10 And Paul went down, and 
fell on him, and embracing him 
said, Trouble not yourselves; 
for his life is in him. 

11 When he therefore was come 
up again, and had broken bread, 
and eaten, and talked a long 
while, even till break of day, so 
he departed. 

12 And they brought the young 
man alive, and were not a little 
comforted. 






there foe Paap to take in sso 
for so had he appointed, minding 
himself to go afoot. 

14 And when he met with us at 
As’sos, we took him in, and came 
to Mit-y-1é’né. 

15 And we sailed thence, and 
came the next day over against 
Chi’os; and the next day we ar- 
rived at Sa’mos, and tarried atl 
Tro-zyl’li-tm; and the next day 
we came to Mi-lé’tus. 

16 For Paul had determined to 
sail by Eph’e-sts, because he 


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Paul warns the Ephesian elders 


THE ACTS, 21 


would not spend the time in A’sia: ape purchased with his own 


for he hasted, if it were possible 
for him, to be at Jé-ru’s4-lém 
the day of Pén’te-cést. 

17 § And from Mi-lé’tus he sent 
to Eph’e-stis, and called the el- 
ders of the church. 

18 And when they were come to 
him, he said unto them, Ye know, 
from the first day that I came 
into A’sia, after what manner I 
have been with you atall seasons, 

19 Serving the Lord with all 
humility of mind, and with many 
tears, and temptations, which be- 
fell me by the lying in wait of the 


Jews: 

20 And how I kept back nothing 
that was profitable unto you, but 
have shewed you, and have 
taught you publickly, and from 
house to house, 

21 Testifying both to the Jews, 
and also to the Greeks, repent- 
ance toward God, and faith to- 
ward our Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

22 And now, behold, I go 
bound in the spirit unto Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém, not knowing the things 
that shall befall me there: 

23 Save that the Hd/ly’ Ghést 
witnesseth in every city, saying 
that bonds and afflictions abide 


me. 
24 But none of these things 
move me, neither count I my life 
dear unto myself, so that I might 
finish my course with joy, and 
the ministry, which I have re- 
ceived of the Lord Jé’sus, to tes- 
tify the gospel of the grace of God. 
25 And now, behold, I know 
that ye all, among whom I have 
gone preaching the kingdom of 
God, shall see my face no more. 
26 Wherefore I take you to 
record this day, that I am pure 
from the blood of all men. 
27 For I have not shunned to 
declare unto you all the counsel 


of God. 

28 § Take heedi therefore unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock, 
over the which the H6/ly Ghost 
hath made you overseers, to feed 
the church of God, which he 


ood. 

29 For I know this, that after 
my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not 
sparing the flock. 

30 Also of your own selves 
shall men arise, speaking per- 
verse things, to draw away dis- 
ciples after them. . 

31 Therefore watch, and re- 
member, that by the space of 
three years I ceased not to warn 
every one night and day with 
tears. 

32 And now, brethren, I com- 
mend you to God, and to the 
word of his grace, which is able 
to build you up, and to give you 
an inheritance among all them 
which are sanctified. 

33 I have coveted no man’s 
silver, or gold, or apparel. 

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, 
that these hands have ministered 
unto my necessities, and to them 
that were with me. | 

35 Ihave shewed you all things, 
how that so labouring ye ought 
to support the weak, and to re- 
member the words of the Lord 
Jé’sus, how he said, It is more 
blessed to give than to receive. 

36 § And when he had thus 
spoken, he kneeled down, and 
prayed with them all. 

37 And they all wept sore. and 
fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed 
him, * 

38 Sorrowing most of ali for the 
words which he spake, that they 
should see his face no more. And 
ad accompanied him unto the 
ship. | 


CHAPTER 21 110 


1 The journey to Jerusalem. 17 Paul’s 
reception. 27 Hisarrest. 31 Heis 
rescued by the chief captain. 

ND it came to pass, that after 
we were gotten from them, 
and had launched, we came with 

a straight course unto C6’6s, and 

the day following unto Rhddes, 

and from thence unto Pat’a-ra: 
2 And finding a ship sailing 


185 


THE ACTS, 21 


over unto Phé-ni’cia, we went 
aboard, and set forth. 

3 Now when we had discovered 
Cy’prus, we left it on the left 
hand, and sailed into Syr’i-a, and 
landed at Tyre: for there the 
ship was to unlade her burden. 

4 And finding disciples, we tar- 
ried there seven days: who said 
to Paul through the Spirit, that 
he should not go-up to Jé-rw’sa- 


ém. 

5 And when we had accom- 
plished those days, we departed 
and went our way; and they all 
brought us on our way, with 
wives and children, till we were 
out of the city: and we kneeled 
down on the shore, and prayed. 

6 And when we had taken our 
leave one of another, we took 
ship; and they returned home 
again. 

_7 And when we had finished 
our course from Tyre, we came to 
Ptél-e-ma/is, and saluted the 
brethren, and abode with them |i 
one day. 

8 And the next day we that 


were of Paul’s company depart- | him, 


ed, and came unto Cés-a-ré’a: 
and we entered intc the house of 
Philip the evangelist, which 
was one of the seven; and abode 
with him 

9 And I the same man had four 
daughters, virgins, which did 
prophesy. 

10 And as we ttarried there 
many days, there came down 
from Ji-de’a a certain prophet, 
named Ag’a-bus. 

11 And when he was come unto 
us, he took Paul’s girdle, and 
bound his own hands and feet, 
and said, Thus saith the Ho’ly 
Ghést, So shall the Jews at Jé- 
ru’sd-lém bind the man that own- 
eth this girdle, and shall deliver 
him into the hands of the Gén’- 


tiles 

12 “And when we heard these 
things, both we, and they of that 
place, besought him not to go up 
to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

13 Then Paul answered, What 


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Paul goes to Jerusalem 


mean ye to weep and to break 
mine heart? for I am ready not 
to be bound only, but also to die 
at Jé-ru’sa-lém for the name of 
the Lord Jé’sus. 

14 And when he would not be 
persuaded, we ceased, saying, 
The will of the Lord be done. 

15 And after those days we took 
up our carriages, and went up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. | 

16 There went with us also cer- 
tain of the disciples of C#s-a-— 
ré’a, and brought with them one 
Mna’son of Cy’prus, an old dis- 
ciple, with whom we should lodge. 

17 And when we were come to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, the brethren Te= 
ceived us gladly. 

18 And the day following Paul 
went in with us unto James; 
and all the elders were present. ) 

19 And when he had saluted 
them, he declared particularly 
what things God had wrought 
among the Gén’tiles by his min- 


stry. 

20 And when they heard it,'they 
glorified the Lord, and said unto 
Thou seest, brother, how 
many thousands of Jews there 
are which believe; and they are 
Ze zealous of th 

1 And th 
ane that thou teachest all the 
Jews which are among the Gén’- 
tiles to forsake MO6’ses, saying 
that they ought not to circumcise 
their children, neither to walk 
after the customs. 

22 What is it therefore? the 
multitude must needs come to- 
gether: for they will hear tha 
thou art come. 

23 Do therefore this that w 
say to thee: We have four me 
which have a vow on them; 

24 Them take, and purify thy 
self with them, and be at charges 
with them, that they may shave 
their heads: and all may know 
that those things, whereof the 
were informed concerning thee 
are nothing; but that thou thy 
self also walkest orderly, and 
keepest the law. 


















_ near, and took 
' manded him to be bound with 
. two chains; and demanded who 
_ he was, and what he had done. 


Paul, arrested, addresses the people 
25 As touching the Gén’tiles 


which believe, we have written 
and concluded that they observe 
no such thing, save only that they 
keep themselves from things of- 
fered to idols, and from blood, 
and from strangled, and from 
fornication. 

26 Then Paul took the men, and 
the next day purifying himself 
with them entered into the tem- 
ple, to signify the accomplish- 
ment of the days of purification, 
until that an offering should be 
offered for every one of them. 

27 And when the seven days 
were almost ended, the Jews 
which were of A’sia, when they 
saw him in the temple, stirred up 
a the people, and laid hands on 

im, 

28 Crying out, Men of Is’ra-el, 
help: This is the man, that 
teacheth all men every where 
against the people, and the law, 
and this place: and further 
brought Greeks also into the tem- 
ple, and hath polluted this holy 


place. 
29 (For they had seen_before 
with him in the city Troph‘i- 
mis an E-phé’sian, whom they 
supposed that Paul had brought 


- into the temple.) 


30 And all the city was moved, 


_ and the people ran together: and 


they took Paul, and drew him 
out of the temple: and forthwith 


_ the doors were shut. 


31 And as they went about to 


kill him, tidings came unto the 
_ chief captain of the band, that 
_ all Jé-ru’sa-lém was in an up- 


roar. 
32 Who immediately took sol- 


_diers and centurions, and ran 


down unto them: and when they 


_ saw the chief captain and the sol- 
_ diers, they left beating of Paul. 


33 Then the chief captain came 
him, and com- 


34 And some cried one thing, 
some another, among the multi- 


THE ACTS, 22 


tude: and when he could not 
know the certainty for the tumult, 
he commanded him to be carried 
into the castle. 

35 And when he came upon the 
stairs, so it was, that he was 
borne of the soldiers for the vio- 
lence of the people. 

36 For the multitude of the peo- 
ple followed after, crying, Away 


wi ; 

37 And as Paul was to be led 
into the castle, he said unto the 
chief captain, May I speak unto 
thee? Who said, Canst thou 
speak Greek? 

38 Art not thou that &-gy¥p’- 
tian, which before these days 
madest an uproar, and leddest 
out into the wilderness four thou- 
sand men that were murderers? 

39 But Paul said, I am a man 
which am a Jew of Tir’sus, a 
city in Ci-li’cia, a citizen of no 
mean city: and, I beseech thee, 
suffer me to speak unto the 
people. 

40 And when he had given him 
licence, Paul stood on the stairs, 
and beckoned with the hand unto 
the people. And when there was 
made a great silence, he spake 
unto them in the Hé’brew tongue, 
saying, 


CHAPTER 22 


1 Paul's address to the people. 
of his apostileship. 
Roman citizenship. 

EN, brethren, and fathers, 
hear ye my defence which J 
make now unto you. : 

2 (And when they heard that he 
spake in the Hé’brew tongue to 
them, they kept the more silence: 
and he saith,) : 

I am verily a man which am 

a Jew, born in T4ar’sus, a city in 

Ci-li’cia, yet brought up in this 

city at the feet of Ga-ma@'li-el, 

and taught according to the per- 
fect manner of the law of the fa- 
thers, and was zealous toward 

God, as ye all are this day, 

4 And I persecuted this way 
unto the death, binding and de- 


111 


17 Tells 
25 He claims 


187 


THE ACTS, 22 


livering into prisons both men 
and women. 

5 As also the high priest doth 
bear me witness, and all the 
estate of the elders: from whom 
also I received letters unto the 
brethren, and went to Da-mas’- 
cus, to bring them_which were 
there bound unto Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
for to be punished. 

6 And it came to pass, that, as 
I made my journey, and was 
come nigh unto Da-mdas’cus 
about noon, suddenly there shone 
from heaven a great light round 
about me. 

7 And I fell unto the ground, 
and heard a voice saying unto 
me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest 
thou me? 

8 And I answered, Who art 
thou, Lord? And he said unto 
me, I am Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth, 
whom thou persecutest. 

9 And they that were with me 
saw indeed the light, and were 
afraid; but they heard not the 
voice of him that spake to, me. 

10 And I said, What shall I do, 
Lord? And the Lord said unto 
me, Arise, and go into Da-mas’- 
cus; and there it shall be told 
thee of all things which are ap- 
pointed for thee to do. 

11 And when I could not see for 
the glory of that light, being led 
by the hand of them that were 
with me, I came into Daé-mas’cus. 

12 And one An-a-ni’as, a de- 
vout man according to the law, 
having a good report of all the 
Jews which dwelt there, 

13 Came unto me, and stood, 
and said unto me, Brother Saul, 
receive thy sight. And the same 
hour I looked up upon him. 

14 And he said, The God of ‘our 
fathers hath chosen thee, that 
thou shouldest know his will, 
and see that Just One, and 
shouldest hear the voice of his 
mouth. 

15 For thou shalt be his wit- 
ness unto all men of what thou 
hast seen and heard. | 

16 And now why tarriest thou? 


Paul describes his conversion 


arise, and be baptized, and wash 
away thy sins, calling on the 
name of the Lord. 

17 And it came to pass, that, 
when I was come again to Jé- 
ru’sd4-lém, even while I prayed in 
the temple, I was in a trance; 

18 And saw him saying unto 


me, Make haste, and get thee 
quickly out of Jé-ru’sa-lém: for 
they will not receive thy testi- © 


mony concerning me. 


19 And Isaid, Lord, they know ~ 
beat in - 


that I imprisoned and 


every synagogue them that be- — 


lieved on thee 
20 And hen the blood of thy 
martyr Sté’phen was shed, I also 


was standing by, and consenting — 
unto his death, and kept the rai- — 


ment of them that slew him. 

21 And he said unto me, De- 
part: 
hence unto the Gén’tiles. 


22 And they gave him audience _ 


unto this word, and then lifted up 
their voices, and said, 


earth: for it is not fit that he 
should live. 


23 And as they cried out, and 
cast off their clothes, and threw — 


dust into the air, 


24 The chief captain command- 


ed him to be brought into the 
castle, and bade that he should 


be examined by scourging; that 
he might know wherefore they 


cried so against him. 


25 And as they bound him with — 


thongs, Paul said unto the cen- 
turion that stood by, Is it lawful 


for you to scourge a man thatisa 


R6’man, and uncondemned? 
26 When the centurion heard 
that, he went and told the chief 


captain, saying, Take heed what 
for this man is a 


thou doest: 
RO’/man. 


27 Then the chief captain came, — 


and said unto him, Tell me, art 
thou a R6’man? He said, Yea. — 


for I will send thee far 


Away 
with such a fellow from the 





— 


; 


28 And the chief captain an- 


swered, With a great sum ob- 


tained I this freedom. And Paul — 


é 


said, But I was free born. 


188 


: 


Paul before the council 


29 Then straightway they de- 

parted from him which should 
have examined him: and the 
chief captain also was afraid, 
after he knew that he was a 
Rod’man, and because he had 
bound him. 

30 On the morrow, because he 
would have known the certainty 
wherefore he was accused of the 
Jews, he loosed him from his 
bands, and commanded the chief 
priests and all their council to 
appear, and brought Paul down, 
and set him before them. 


112 CHAPTER 23 


1 Paul before the council. 2 Ananias 
commands him to be smitten. 12 The 
conspiracy against Paul. 27 He is 
sent to Felix. 


AY D Paul, earnestly beholding 
the council, said, Men and 
brethren, I have lived in all good 
conscience before God until this 


ay. 

2 And the high priest An-a-ni’as 
commanded them that stood by 
him to smite him on the mouth. 

3 Then said Paul unto him, 
God shall smite thee, thou whited 
wall: for sittest thou to judge me 
after the law, and commandest 
me to be smitten contrary to the 
law? i 

4 And they that stood by said, 
Revilest thou God’s high priest? 

5 Then said Paul, I wist not, 
brethren, that he was the high 
priest: for it is written, Thou 
shalt not speak evil of the ruler of 
thy people. i 

6 But when Paul perceived that 
the one part were Sad’du-cees, 
and the other Phar’i-sees, he 
cried out in the council, Men and 
brethren, I am a Ph§ar’i-see, the 
son of a Phar’i-see: of the hope 
and resurrection of the dead Iam 
called in question. 

And when he had so said, 
there arose a dissension between 
the Phar’i-sees and the Sad‘du- 
cees: and the multitude was 
divided. “ 

8 For the Sad’du-cees say that 
there is no resurrection, neither 


THE ACTS, 23 


angel, nor spirit: but the Phar‘i- 
sees confess both. ‘ 

9 And there arose a great cry: 
and the scribes that were of the 
Phar’i-sees’ part arose, and 
strove, saying, We find no evil in 
this man: but if a spirit or an 
angel hath spoken to him, let us 
not fight against God. 

10 And when there arose a 
great dissension, the chief cap- 
tain, fearing lest Paul should 
have been pulled in pieces of 
them, commanded the soldiers to 
go down, and to take him by 
force from among them, and to 
bring him into the castle. 

11 And the night following the 
Lord stood by him, and said, Be 
of good cheer, Paul: for as thou 
hast testified of me in Jé-ru’sa- 
lem, so must thou bear witness 
also at Rome. 

12 And when it was day, cer- 
tain of the Jews banded together, 
and bound themselves under a 
curse, saying that they would 
neither eat nor drink till they had 
killed Paul. 

13 And they were more than 
forty which had made this con- 
spiracy. 

14 And they came to the chief 
priests and elders, and said, We 
have bound ourselves under a 
great curse, that we will eat 
nothing until we have slain Paul. 

15 Now therefore ye with the 
council signify to the chief cap- 
tain that he bring him down unto. 
you to morrow, as though ye 
would enquire something more 
perfectly concerning him: and 
Wwe, or ever he come near, are 
ready to kil! him. 

16 And when Paul’s sister’s 
son heard of their lying in wait, 
he went and entered into the 
castle, and told Paul. 

17 Then Paul called one of the 
centurions unto him, and said, 
Bring this young man unto the 
chief captain: for he hath a cer- 
tain thing to tell him. 

18 So he took him, and brought 
him to the chief captain, and said, 


189 


THE ACTS, 24 


Paul the prisoner called me unto 
him, and prayed me to bring this 
young man unto thee, who hath 
something to say unto thee. 

19 Then the chief captain took 
him by the hand, and went with 
him aside privately, and asked 
him, What is that thou hast to 
tell me? 

20 And he said, The Jews have 
agreed to desire “thee that thou 
_wouldest bring down Paul to 

morrow into the council, as 
though they would enquire some- 
what of him more perfectly. 

21 But do not thou yield unto 
them: for there lie in wait for 
him of them more than forty 
men, which have bound them- 
selves with an oath, that they 
will neither eat nor drink till they 
have killed him: and now are 
they ready, looking for a promise 
from thee. , 

22 So the chief captain then 
let the young man depart, and 
charged him, See thou tell no 
man that thou hast shewed these 
things to me. 

23 And he called unto him two 
centurions, saying, Make ready 
two hundred soldiers to go to 
Cés-a-ré’a, and horsemen three- 
score and ten, and spearmen two 
hundred, at the third hour of the 
night; 

24 And provide them beasts, 
that they may set Paul on, and 
bring him safe unto Fé’lix the 
‘governor. 

25 And he wrote a letter after 
this manner: 

26 Clau’di-tus Ly’si-as unto the 
most excellent governor Fé’lix 
sendeth greeting. 

27 This man was taken of the 
Jews, and should have been 
killed of them: then came I with 
an army, and rescued him, hav- 
ing understood that he was a 
RO/man. 

28 And when I would have 
known the cause wherefore they 
accused him, I brought him forth 
into their council: _ 

29 Whom I perceived to be ac- 


Paul is sent to Felix 


cused of questions of their law, 
but to have nothing laid to his 
charge worthy of death or of 
bonds. 

30 And when it was told me 
how that the Jews laid wait for 
the man, I sent straightway to 
thee, and gave commandment to 
his accusers also to say before 
thee what they had against him. 
Farewell. 

31 Then the soldiers, as it was 
commanded them, took Paul, 
and brought him by night to An- 
tip’a-tris. 

32 On the morrow they left the 
horsemen to go with him, and — 
returned to the castle: 

33 Who, when they came to 
Cé@s-a-ré’a, and delivered the 
epistle to the governor, presented 
Paul also before him. 

34 And when the governor had 
read the letter, he asked of what 
province he was. And when he 
raepen that he was of Ci- 
v c1a3 

35 I will hear thee, said he, 
when thine accusers are also 
come. And he commanded him 
to be kept in Hér’od’s judgment 


all. 
CHAPTER 24 113 
1 The charge of Tertullus. 10 Paul’s 
defence. 24 Felix and his wife hear — 
of Christ. 27 Judgment deferred. 
ND after five days An-a- 
ni’as the high priest de- 
scended with the elders, and 
with a certain orator named 
Tér-ttl/lus, who informed the 
governor against Paul. 

2 And when he was called 
forth, Tér-til’lus began to ac- 
cuse ‘him, saying, Seeing that by 
thee we enjoy great quietness, 
and that very worthy deeds are 
done unto this nation by thy 
providence, 

3 Weaccept it always, and in all 
places, most noble Félix, with all 
thankfulness. 

4 Notwithstanding, that I be 
not further tedious unto thee, I 
pray thee that thou wouldest hear 
us of thy clemency a few words. 


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Paul’s defence before Felix 


5 For we have found this man 
a pestilent fellow, and a mover 
of sedition among all the Jews 
throughout the world, and a ring- 
leader of the sect of the Naz-a- 
rénes’: 

6 Who also hath gone about to 
profane the temple: whom we 
took, and would have judged 
according to our law. 

But the chief captain Ly’si-as 
came upon us, and with great 
violence took him away out of 
our hands, 

8 Commanding his accusers to 
come unto thee: by examining of 
whom thyself mayest take knowl- 
edge of all these things, whereof 
we accuse him. 


9 And the Jews also assented, | d 


saying that these things were 


so. 

10 Then Paul, after that the 
governor had beckoned unto him 
to speak, answered, Forasmuch 
as I know that thou hast been of 
many years a judge unto this 
nation, I do the more cheerfully 
answer for myself: . 

11 Because that thou mayest 
understand, that there are yet 
but twelve days since I went up to 
Jé-ru’sa-lém for to worship. 

12 And they neither found me 
in the temple disputing with any 
man, neither raising up the peo- 
ple, neither in the synagogues, 
nor in the city: 

13 Neither can they prove the 
things whereof they now accuse 


me. 

14 But this I confess unto thee, 
that after the way which they 
call heresy, so worship I the God 
of my fathers, believing all things 
which are written in the law and 
in the prophets: ie 

15 And have hope toward God, 
which they themselves also allow, 
that there shall be a resurrection 
of the dead, both of the just and 
unjust. ; 

16 And herein do I exercise 
myself, to have always a con- 
science void of offence toward 
God, and toward men. 


THE ACTS, 24 


17 Now after many years I 
came to bring alms to my nation, 
and offerings. 

18 Whereupon certain Jews 
from A’sia found me purified in 
the temple, neither with multi- 
tude, nor with tumult. 

19 Who ought to have been 
here before thee, and object, if 
they had ought against me. 

20 Or else let these same here 
say, if they have found any evil 
doing in me, while I stood before 
the council, | 

21 Except it be for this one 
voice, that cried standing 
among them, Touching the 
resurrection of the dead I am 
called in question by you this 


ay. 
22 And when Fé’lix heard 
these things, having more per- 
fect knowledge of that way, he 
deferred them, and said, When 
Ly’si-as the chief captain shall 
come down, I will know the 
uttermost of your matter. 

23 And he commanded a cen- 
turion to keep Paul, and to let 
him have liberty, and that he 
should forbid none of his ac- 
quaintance to minister or come 
unto him. ; 

24 And after certain days, 
when Fé’lix came with his wife 
Dru-sil’la, which was a Jew’ess, 
he sent for Paul, and heard him 
concerning the faith in Christ. 

25 And as he reasoned of 
righteousness, temperance, and 
judgment to come, Fé’lix trem- 
bled, and answered, Go thy way 
for this time; when I have a 
convenient season, I will call 
for thee. 

26 He hoped also that money 
should have been given him of 
Paul, that he might loose him: 
wherefore he sent for him the 
oftener, and communed with 


27 But after two years Pér’ci- 
us Fés’tus came into Fé’lix’ 
room: and Fé’lix, willing to 
shew the Jews a pleasure, left 
Paul bound. 3 


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THE ACTS, 25 


114 CHAPTER 25 
2 Paul before Festus. 8 His defence. 
11 He appeals to Czsar. 23 Sent 
to Agrippa. 
OW when Fés’tus was come 
into the province, after 
three days he ascended from 
Ce&s-a-ré’a to Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

2 Then the. high priest and the 
chief of the Jews informed him 
against Paul, and besought him, 

3 And desired favour against 


hae: that he would send for him | tus 


to Jé-ru’sd-lém, laying wait in 
the way to kill him 

4 But Fés’tus answered, that 
Paul should be kept at C#s-a- 
ré’a, and that he himself would 
depart shortly thither. 

Let them therefore, said he, 
which among you are able, go 
down with me, and accuse this 
man, if there be any wicked- 
ness in him. 

6 And when he had tarried 
among them more than ten 
days, he went down unto Ce&s- 
a-ré’a; and the next day sit- 
ting on the judgment seat com- 
manded Paul to be brought. 

7 And when he was come, the 
Jews which came down from 
Jé-ru’sd-lém stood round about, 
and laid many and grievous 
complaints against Paul, which 
they could not prove. 

8 While he answered for him- 
self, Neither against the law of 
the Jews, neither against the 
temple, nor yet against Ce’sar, 
have I offended any thing at all. 

9 But Fés’tus, willing to do 
the Jews a pleasure, answered 
Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up 
to Jé-ru’sd-lém, and there be 
judged of these things before 
me? 

10 Then said Paul, I stand at 
Ce’sar’s judgment seat, where 
I ought to be judged: to the 
Jews have I done no wrong, as 
thou very well knowest. 

11 For if I be an offender, or 
have committed any thing 
worthy of death, I refuse not to 
die: but if there be none of 


Paul, before Festus, appeals to Cesar 


these things whereof these ac- 
cuse me, no man may deliver, 
me unto them. I appeal unto 
Ce’sar. 

12 Then Fés’tus, when he had 
conferred with the council, an- 
swered, Hast thou appealed unto 
oe sar? unto Cze’sar shalt thou 


= 3 And after certain days king 
A-grip’pa and Bér-ni’cé came 
unto C&s-a-ré’a to salute Fés’- 


14 And when they had been 
there many days, Fes’tus de- 
clared Paul’s_ cause unto the 
king, saying, There is a certain 
man left in bonds by Fé’lix: 

15 About whom, when I was 
at Jé-ru’sa-lém, the chief priests 
and the elders of 
formed me, desiring to have 
judgment against him 

16 To whom I anewierede It is 
not the manner of the R6’mans 
to deliver any man to die, before 
that he which is accused have 


the Jews in- 


the accusers face to face, and 


have licence. to answer for 
self concerning 
against him 


17 Therefore, when they were 


come hither, without any delay 
on the morrow I sat on the 
judgment seat, and commanded 
the man to be brought forth. 

18 Against whom when the 
accusers stood up, they brought 
none accusation of such things 
as I supposed: 

19 But had certain questions 


against him of their own super-_ 
stition, and of one Jé’sus, which — 


was dead, whom Paul affirmed 
to be alive. 


20 And because I doubted of 
4 


such manner of questions, 
asked him whether he would 
go to Jé-ru’sa-lém, and there be — 
pi Se of these matters. 





the crime laid 


4 
’ 
; 


‘ 


q 


But when Paul had ap- 4 


pealed to be reserved unto the 


hearing of 
manded him to be kept till I 
might send him to Ce’sar. 

22 Then A-grip’pa said unto 


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Au-gts’tus, I com- | 


Paul’s defence before Agrippa 


Fés’tus, I would also hear the 
man myself. To morrow, said 
he, thou shalt hear him. 

23 And on the morrow, when 
A-grip’pa was come, and Bér- 
ni’cé, with great pomp, and was 
entered into the place of hearing, 
with the chief captains, and 
principal men of the city, at 
Fés’tus’ commandment Paul was 

brought forth. 
_24 And Fés’tus said, King 
A-grip’pa, and all men which are 
here present with us, ye see this 
man, about whom all the multi- 
tude of the Jews have dealt 
with me, both at Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
and. also here, crying that he 
ought not to live any longer. 

25 But when I found that he 
' had committed nothing worthy 
of death, and that he himself 
hath appealed to Au-gts’tus, I 
have determined to send him 

6 Of whom I have no certain 
thing to write unto my lord. 
Wherefore I have brought him 
forth before you, and _Specially 
before thee, O king A-grip’ Pa 
that, after examination had, I 
might have somewhat to write. 

27 For it seemeth to me un- 
reasonable to send a prisoner, 
and not withal to signify the 
crimes laid against him. 


115 CHAPTER 26 
2 Paul’s defence before Agrippa. 12 
Tells of his conversion. 24 Festus 


declares him to be mad. 31 Appeal 
to Rome granted. 


HEN A-grip’pa said unto 


THE ACTS, 26 


4. My manner of life from my 
youth, which was at the first 
among mine own nation at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém, know all the Jews; 

5 Which knew me from the 
beginning, if they would testify, 
that after the most straitest sect 
of our religion I lived a Phar’i- 
see. 

6 And now J stand and am 
judged for the hope of the 
promise made of God unto our 
fathers: 

7 Unto which promise our 
twelve tribes, instantly serving 
God day and night, hope to 
come. For which hope’s sake, 
king A-grip’pa, I am accused of 
the Jews. 

8 Why should it be thought a 
thing incredible with you, that 
God should raise the dead? 

9 I verily thought with my- 
self, that I ought to do many 
things contrary to the name of 
Jé’sus of Naz’a-réth. 

10 Which thing I also did in 
Jé-ru’sa4-lém: and many of the 
saints did I shut up in prison, 
having received authority from 
the chief priests; and when 
they were put to death, I gave 
my voice against them. 

11 And I punished them oft 
in every synagogue, and com- 
pelled them to blaspheme; and 
being exceedingly mad against 
them, I persecuted them even 
unto strange cities. 

12 Whereupon as I went to 
Da-mas’cus with authority and 
commission from the chief 


Paul, Thou art permitted | prie 


to speak for thyself. Then Paul 
stretched forth the hand, and 
answered for himself: 

2 I think myself happy, king 
A-grip’pa, because I shall answer 
for myself this day before thee 
touching all the things whereof 
I am accused of the Jews: 

3 Especially because I know 
thee to be expert in all customs 
and questions which are among 
the Jews: wherefore I beseech 
thee to hear me patiently. 

T-13 . 


sts, 
13 At midday, O king, I saw 
in the way a light from heaven, 
above the brightness of the sun, 
shining round about me and 
them which journeyed with me. 
14 And when we were all fallen 
to the earth, I heard a voice 
speaking unto me, and saying 
in the Hé’brew tongue, Saul, 
Saul, why persecutest thou me? 
it is ne ao thee to kick against 

the prick 
15 And i said, Who art thou. 


193 


THE ACTS, 27 


Lord? And he said, 
Jé’sus whom thou persecutest. 

16 But rise, and stand upon 
thy feet: for I have appeared 
unto thee for this purpose, to 
make thee a minister and a 
witness both of these things 
which thou hast seen, and of 
those things in the which I will 
appear unto thee; 

17 Delivering thee from the 
people, and from the Gén’tiles, 
unto whom now I send thee, 

18 To open their eyes, and to 
turn them from darkness to 
light, and from the power of 
Sa’tan unto God, that they may 
receive forgiveness of sins, and 
inheritance among them which 
are sanctified by faith that is in 


me. 
19 Whereupon, O king A-grip’- 
pa, I was not disobedient unto 
the heavenly vision: 
20 But shewed first unto them 


of Da-mas’cus, and at Jé-ru’-|p 


sa-lem, and throughout all the 
coasts of Ji-de’d, and then to 
the Gén’tiles, that they should 
repent and turn to God, and do 
works meet for repentance. 

| 21 For these causes the Jews 
caught me in the temple, and 
went about to kill me. ; 

22 Having therefore obtained 
help of God, I continue unto 
this day, witnessing both to 
small and great, saying none 
other things than those which 
the prophets and Mb6’ses did 
say should come: 

23 That Christ should suffer, 
and that he should be the first 
that should rise from the dead, 
and should shew light unto the 
people, and to the Gén’tiles. 

24 And as he thus spake for 
himself, Fés’tus said with a 
loud voice, Paul, thou art be- 
side thyself; much learning 
doth make thee mad. 

25 But he said, I am not mad, 
most noble Fés’tus; but speak 
forth the words of truth and 
soberness. 

26 For the king knoweth of 


I am | these things, 


Paul sent to Rome 


before whom also 
I speak freely: for I am per- 
suaded that none of these things 
are hidden from him; for this 
thing was not done in a corner. 

27 King A-grip’pa, _ believest 
thou the prophets? I know that 
OU ese 

en A-grip’pa said unto 
Paul, Almost thou persuadest_ 
me to be a Chris’tian. 

29 And Paul said, I would to 
God, that not only thou, but 
also all that hear me this day, 
were both almost, and alto- 
gether such as I am, except these 
bonds. 

30 And when he had thus 
spoken, the king rose up, and 
the governor, and Bér-ni’cé, 
and they that sat with them: | 

31 And when they were gone 
aside, they talked between them- — 
selves, saying, This man doeth — 
nothing worthy of death or of 

onds. 4 | 
32 Then_ said A-grip’pa unto 
Fés’tus, This man might have | 
been set at liberty, if he had — 
not appealed unto Cz’sar. 


CHAPTER 27 

1 Paul's voyage to Rome. 

wreck. 44 The escape to Melita. : 
Jae: when it was determined 

£4 that we should sail into 
It/a-l¥, they delivered Paul and 
certain other prisoners unto one 
named Jua’li-us, a centurion of — 
Au-gus’tus’ band. | 
_2 And entering into a ship of — 
Ad-ra-myt’ti-im, we launched, 
meaning to sail by the coasts of — 
A’sia; one Ar-is-tir’chus, a — 
Mac-e-d6’ni-an of Thés-sa-lé- — 
ni’ca, being with us. 

3 And the next day we touched 
at Si’/don. And Ji’li-ts cour- — 
teously entreated Paul, and gave — 
him liberty to go unto his 
friends to refresh himself. 

4 And when we had launched ~ 
from thence, we sailed under 
Cy’prus, because the winds 
were contrary. 

5 And when we had sailed 


116 


194 


41 The ship- — 


Paul’s voyage and shipwreck 


over the sea of Ci-li’cia and 
Pam-phyl'i-a, we came to My’ra, 
a city of Ly’cia. ‘ 

6 And there the centurion found 
a ship of Al-éx-an’dri-a sailing 
into it’a-ly; and he put us therein. 

7 And when we had sailed 
slowly many days, and_ scarce 
were come over against Cni’dus, 
the wind not_ suffering us, we 
sailed under Créte, over against 
Sal-mo’né; TONG 

8 And, hardly passing it, came 
unto a place which is called The 
fair havens; nigh whereunto 
was the city of La-sé’a. | 

9 Now when much time was 
spent, and when sailing was 
now dangerous, because _ the 
fast was now already past, Paul 
- admonished them, 

10 And said unto them, Sirs, I 
perceive that this voyage will be 
with hurt and much damage, 
not only of the lading and ship, 
but also of our lives. 

11 Nevertheless the centurion 
believed the master and the 
owner of the ship, more than 
those things which were spoken 
by Paul. 

12 And because the haven was 
not commodious to winter in, 
the more part advised to depart 
thence also, if by any means 
they might attain to Phé-ni’cé, 
and there to winter; which is 
an haven of Créte, and lieth 
toward the south west and 
north west. ; 

13 And when the south wind 
blew softly, supposing that they 
had obtained fheir | purpose, 
loosing thence, they sailed close 
by Créte. 

14 But not long after there 
arose against it a tempestuous 
wind, called Ei-roc’ly-don. 

15 And when the ship was 
caught, and could not bear up 
into the wind, we let her drive. 

16 And running under a cer- 
tain island which is called 
Clau’da, we had much work to 
come by the boat: 

17 Which when they had taken 


THE ACTS, 27 


up, they used helps, under- 
girding the ship; and, fearing 
lest they should fall into the 
quicksands, strake sail, and so 
were driven. 

18 And we being exceedingly 
tossed with a tempest, the next 
day they lightened the ship; 

19 And the third day we cast 
out with our own hands the 
tackling of the ship. 

20 And when neither sun nor 
stars in many days appeared, 
and no small tempest lay on us, 
all hope that we should be. 
saved was then taken away. 

21 But after long abstinence 
Paul stood forth in the midst of 
them, and said, Sirs. ye should 
have hearkened unto me, and 
not have loosed from Créte, and 
to have gained this harm and loss. 

22 And now I exhort you to be 
of good cheer: for there shall be 
no loss of any man’s life among 
you, but of the ship. 

23 For there stood by me this 
night the angel of God, whose I 
am, and whom I serve, 

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; 
thou must be brought before 
Ce’sar: and, lo,God hath given 
thee all them that sail with thee. 

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good 
cheer: for I believe God, that 
it shall be even as it was told me. 

26 Howbeit we must be cast 
upon a certain island. 

27 But when the fourteenth 
night was come, aS we were 
driven up and down in A’dri-a, 
about midnight the shipmen 
deemed that they drew near to 
some country; 

28 And sounded, and found it 
twenty fathoms: and when 
they had gone a little further, 
they sounded again, and found 
it fifteen fathoms. 

29 Then fearing lest we should 
have fallen upon rocks, they 
cast four anchors out of the 
stern, and wished for the day. 

30 And as the shipmen were 
about to flee out of the ship, 
when they had let down the 


195 


THE ACTS, 28 


boat into the sea, under colour 
as though they would have cast 
anchors out of the foreship. 

31 Paul said to the centurion 
and to the soldiers, Except these 
abide in the ship, ye cannot be 
saved. 

32 Then the soldiers cut off the 
ropes of the boat, and let her 
fall off. 

33 And while«the day was 
coming on, Paul besought them 
all to take meat, saying, This 
day is the fourteenth day that ye 
‘have tarried and continued fast- 
ing, having taken nothing. 

34 Wherefore I pray you to take 
some meat: for this is for your 
health: for there shall not an 
hair fall from the head of any 
of you. 

35 And when he had thus 
spoken. he took bread, and gave 
thanks to God in presence of 
them all: and when he had 
broken it, he began to eat. 

36 Then were they all of good 
cheer, and they also took some 
meat. 

37 And we were in all in the 
ship two hundred threescore 
and sixteen souls. 

38 And when they had eaten 
enough, they lightened the ship, 
and cast out the wheat into 


e sea. 
39 And when it was day, they 
knew not the land: but they 
discovered a certain creek with 
a shore, into the which they 
were minded, if it pete possible, 
to thrust in the s 

40 And when they had taken 
up the anchors, they committed 
themselves unto the sea, and 
loosed the rudder bands, and 
hoised up the mainsail to the 
wind, and made toward shore. 
41 And falling into a place 
where two seas met, they ran 
the ship aground; and the fore- 
part stuck fast, and remained 
unmoveable, but the hinder part 
Mh ein renege with the violence of 

e wav 


42 jet the soldiers’ counsel 


Paul at Melita 


was to kill the prisoners, lest 
any of them should swim out, 
and escape. 

43 But the centurion, willing 
to save Paul, kept them from 
their purpose; and commanded 
that they which could swim 
should cast themselves first into 
the sea, and get to land: 

44 And the rest, some on 
boards, and some on broken 
pieces of the ship. And so it 
came to pass, that they escaped 
all safe to land. 


CHAPTER 28 117 
1 Events at Melita. 16 The arrival at 
Rome. 23 Paul preaches there. 30 


Continues through two years. 


AN? when they were escaped, 
then they knew that the 
island was called Mél’i-ta. 

2 And the barbarous people 
shewed us no little kindness: 
for they kindled a fire, and re- 
ceived us every one, because of 
the present rain, and because of 
the cold. 

3 And when Paul had gathered 
a bundle of sticks, and laid 
them on the fire, there came a 
viper out of the heat, and 
fastened on his hand. 

4 And when the barbarians 
saw the venomous beast hang 
on his hand, they said among 
themselves, No doubt this man 
is a murderer, whom, though 
he hath escaped the sea, yet 
vengeance suffereth not to live. 

5 And he shook off the beast 
into the fire, and felt no harm. © 

6 Howbeit they looked when 
he should have swollen, or fallen 
down dead suddenly: but after 
they had looked a great while, — 
and saw no harm come to 
they changed their minds, and 
said that he was a god. 

7 In the same quarters were 
possessions of the chief man of 
the island, whose name was 
Pub/li-ts; who received us, and 
lodged us three days courteously. 

8 And it came to pass, that the 
father of Pub’li-ts lay sick of a 


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Paul reaches Rome and preaches there 


fever and of a bloody flux: to 
whom Paul entered in, and 
prayed, and laid his hands on 
, and healed 
9 So when this “was done, 
Fait, also, which had diseases in 
the island, came, andiwere healed: 

10 Who also honoured us with 
many honours; and when we 
departed, they laded us with 
such things as were necessary. 

11 And after three months we 
departed in a ship of Al-éx-an’- 
dri-a, which had wintered in the 
isle, whose sign was Cas’tor and 
Pollux. 

12 And landing at Syr-a-cise’, 
we tarried there three days. 

13 And from thence we fetched 
a compass, and came to Rhé’- 
_ gi-tim: and after one day the 
south wind blew, and we came 
the next day to Pt-té’o-li: 

14 Where we found brethren, 
and were desired to tarry with 
them seven days: and so we 
went toward Rome. 

15 And from thence, when the 
brethren heard of us, they_came 
to meet us as far as Ap’pi-i 
fS6’rum, and The three taverns: 
whom when Paul saw, he 
thanked God, and took courage. 

16 And when we came to 
Rome, the centurion delivered 
the prisoners to the captain of 
the guard: but Paul was 
suffered to dwell by himself 
with a soldier that kept him. 

17 And it came to pass, that 
after three days Paul called the 
chief of the Jews together: and 
when they were come together, 
he said unto them, Men and 
brethren, though I have com- 
mitted nothing against the 
people, or customs of our fathers, 
yet was delivered prisoner 
from Jé-ru’s4-lém into the hands 
of the R6’mans. 

18 Who, when they had exam- 
ined me, would have let me go, 
because there was no cause of 
death in me. 

19 But when the Jews spake 
against it, I was constrained to 


THE ACTS, 28 


appeal unto Cze’sar; not that I 
had ought to accuse my nation of, 

20 For this cause therefore 
have I called for you, to see you, 
and to speak with you: because 
that for the hope of is’ra-el I 
am bound with this chain. 

21 And they said unto him, 
We neither received letters out 
of Ji-de’a concerning thee, 
neither any of the brethren that 
came shewed or spake any harm 
of thee. 

22 But we desire to hear of 
thee what thou thinkest: for as 
concerning this sect, we know 
that every where it is spoken 
against. 

23 And when they had ap- 
pointed him a day, there came 
many to him into his lodging; 
to whom he expounded and 
testified the kingdom of God, 
persuading them concerning Jé’=- 
sus, both out of the law of 
MO’ses, and out of the prophets, 
from morning till evening. 

24 And some believed the 
things which were spoken, and 
some believed not. 

25 And when they agreed not 
among themselves, they de- 
parted, after that Paul had 
spoken one word, Well spake 
the H6’ly Ghost by E-sa’ias the 
prophet unto our fathers, 

26 Saying, Go unto this people, 
and say, Hearing ye shall hear, 
and shall not understand; and 
Beane ye shall see, and not per- 
ceiv 

27 SERRE the heart of this people 
is waxed gross, and their ears 
are dull of hearing, and their 
eyes have they closed; lest 
they should see with their eyes, 
and hear with their ears, and 
understand with fheir heart, 
and should be converted, and I 
should heal them. 

28 Be it known therefore unto 
you, that the salvation of God 
is sent unto the Gén’tiles, and 
that they will hear it. 

29 And when he had said these 
words, the Jews departed, and 


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ROMANS, 1 


had great reasoning among 
themselves. 

30 And Paul dwelt two whole 
years in his own hired house, and 
received all that came in unto him, 


Paul’s interest in the Romans 


31 Preaching the kingdom of 
God, and teaching those things 
which concern the Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, with all confidence, no 
man forbidding him, 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


ROMANS 


118 CHAPTER 1 
1 Paul's interest in the Romans. 10 
His desire to visit them. 18 God an- 
gry with sin. 21 Sins of the Gentiles. 
prc. a servant of Jé’sus 
Christ, called fo be an 


apostle, separated unto the 
gospel of God, . 
2 (Which he had promised 


afore by his prophets in the holy 
scriptures,) : : 

3 Concerning his Son Jé’sus 
Christ our Lord, which was 
made of the seed of Da’vid 
according to the flesh; 
'4 And declared to be the Son 
of God with power, according 
to the spirit of holiness, by the 
resurrection from the dead: 

By whom we have received 
grace and apostleship, for obedi- 
ence to the faith among all 
nations, for his name: 

6 Among whom are ye also the 
called of Jé’sus Christ: 

To all that be in Rome, be- 
loved of God, called to be 
saints: Grace to you and peace 
from God our Father, and the 
Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

8 First, thank my God 
through Jé’sus Christ for you 
all, that your faith is spoken of 
throughout the whole world. 

9 For God is my witness, whom 
I serve with my spirit in the 
gospel of his Son, that without 
ceasing I make mention of you 
always in my prayers; . 

10 Making request, if by any 
means now at length I might 
have a prosperous journey by 
the will of God to come unto you. 

11 For I long to see you, that 
I may impart unto you some 


spiritual gift, to the end ye may 
be established; 

12 That is, that I may be com- 
forted together with you by the 
mutual faith both of you and me. 
_13 Now I would not have you 
ignorant, brethren, that often-_ 
times I purposed to come unto 
you, (but was let hitherto.) that 
I might have some fruit among > 
you also, even as among other 
Gén ‘tiles. 

14 I am debtor both to the 
Greeks, and to the Bar-ba’ri- 
ans; both to the wise, and to 
the unwise. 

15 So, as much as in me is, I 
am ready to preach the gospel to 
you that are at Rome also. . 

16 For I am _ not ashamed of 
the gospel of Christ: for it is 
the power of God unto salvation 
to every one that believeth; to — 
the Jew first, and also to:the 
Greek. 

17 For therein is the righteous- 
ness of God revealed from faith — 
to faith: as it is written, The 
just shall live by faith. 

18 For the wrath of God is 
revealed from heaven against all 
ungodliness and unrighteousness 
of men, who hold the truth in 
Ma eee nite 

ecause at which may 
be known of God is manifest 
in them; for God hath shewed 
i¢ unto them. : 

20 For the invisible things of 
him from the creation of the 
world are clearly seen, being 
understood by the things that 
are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead; so that 
they are without excuse: 


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God angry with sinners 


21 Because that, when_ they 
knew God, they glorified him 
not as God, neither were 
thankful; but became vain in 
their imaginations, and their 
foolish heart was darkened. 

22 Professing themselves to be 
wise, they became fools, 

23 And changed the glory of 
the uncorruptible God into an 
image made like to corruptible 
man, and to birds, and four- 
footed beasts, and creeping things. 

24 Wherefore God also gave 
them up to uncleanness through 
the lusts of their own hearts, 
to dishonour their own bodies 
between themselves: 

25 Who changed the truth of 
God into a lie, and worshipped 
and served the creature more 
than the Creator, who is blessed 
for ever. A-mén’. 

26 For this cause God gave 
them up unto vile affections: 
for even their women did change 
the natural use into that which 
is against nature: 

27 And likewise also the men, 
leaving the natural use of the 
woman, burned in their lust one 
toward another; men with men 
working that which is unseemly, 
and receiving in themselves that 


recompence of their error which 


was meet. 

28 And even as they did not 
like to retain God in their 
knowledge, God gave them over 
to a reprobate mind, to do 
those things which are not 
convenient; 

29 Being filled with all un- 
righteousness, fornication, wick- 
edness, covetousness, malicious- 
ness; full of envy, murder, de- 
bate, deceit, malignity; whisper- 


ers, 
30 Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 


ventors of evil things, dis- 
obedient to parents, : 
31 Without understanding, 


covenantbreakers, without nat- 

ural affection, implacable, un- 

merciful: 
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ROMANS, 2 


32. Who knowing the judgment 
of God, that they which commit 
such things are worthy of death, 
not only do the same, but have 
pleasure in them that do them. 


CHAPTER 2 119 
1 God’s judgment is impartial. 9 The 
law is for Jew and Gentile. 
HEREFORE thou art in- 
excusable, O man, whoso- 
ever thou art that judgest: for 
wherein thou judgest another, 
thou condemnest thyself; for 
thou that judgest doest the same 
things. 

2 But we are sure that the 
judgment of God is according 
to truth against them which 
commit such things. 

3 And thinkest thou this, O 
man, that judgest them which 
do such things, and doest the 
same, that thou shalt escape the 
judgment of God? 

4 Or despisest thou the riches 
of his goodness and forbearance 
and longsuffering; not know- 
ing that the goodness of God 
leadeth thee to repentance? 

5 Rut after thy hardness and 
impenitent heart treasurest up 
unto thyself wrath against the 
day of wrath and revelation of 
the righteous judgment of God; 

6 Who will render to every 
man according to his deeds: 

7 To them who by patient 
continuance in well doing seek 
for glory and honour and im- 
mortality, eternal life: 

8 But unto them that are con- 
tentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness, 
indignation and wrath, | 

9 Tribulation and anguish, up- 
on every soul of man that doeth 
evil, of the Jew first, and also 
of the Gén’tile; 

10 But glory, honour, and 
peace, to every man that work- 
eth good, to the Jew first, and 
also to the Gén’tile: 

11 For-there is no respect of 
persons with God. ; 

12 For as many as have sinned 


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without law shall also perish 
without law: and as many as 
have sinned in the law shall be 
judged by the law; 

13 (For not the hearers of the 
law are just before God, but the 
doers of the law shall be justified. 

14 For when the Gén‘'tiles, 
which have not the law. do by 
nature the things contained in 
the law, these, having not the 
law, are a law unto themselves: 

15 Which shew the work of 
the law written in their hearts, 
their conscience also bearing 
witness, and their thoughts 
the mean while accusing or 
else excusing one another;) 

16 In the day when God shall 
judge the secrets of men by 
Jé’sus Christ according to my 
gospel. 

17 Behold, thou art called a 
Jew, and restest in the law, 
and makest thy boast of God, 

18 And knowest his will, and 
approvest the things that are 
more excellent, being instructed 
out of the law; 

19 And art confident that thou 
thyself ae a guide of the blind, 
a light of them which are in 
darkness, : 

20 An instructor of the foolish, 
a teacher of babes, which hast 
the form of knowledge and of 
the truth in the law. 


21 Thou therefore which teach- |e 


est another, teachest thou not 
thyself? thou that preachest a 
man should not steal, dost thou 
steal? 

22 Thou that sayest a man 
should not commit adultery, 
dost thou commit adultery? thou 
that abhorrest idols, dost thou 
commit sacrilege? 

23 Thou that makest thy boast 
of the law, through breaking 
the law dishonourest thou God? 

24 For the name of God is 
blasphemed among the Gén’- 
tiles through you, as it is writ- 


en. 
_25 For circumcision verily prof- 
iteth, if thou keep the law: but 


The Jews’ advantage 


if thou be a breaker of the law, 
thy circumcision is made un- 
circumcision. 

26 Therefore if the uncircum- 
cision keep the righteousness of 
the law, shall not his uncircum- 
cision be counted for circum- 
cision? 

27 And shall not uncircum- 
Cision which is by nature, if it 
fulfil the law, judge thee, who 
by the letter and circumcision 
dost transgress the law? 

28 For he is not a Jew, which 
is one outwardly; neither is that 
circumcision, which is outward 
in the flesh: 

29 But he is a Jew, which 
is one inwardly; and circum- 
cision is that of the heart, in 
the spirit, and not in the letter; 
mata praise is not of men, but 
re) 


CHAPTER 3 120. 


1 The Jews’ prerogative. 20 Flesh not 
eB by law. 28 All justified by 


HAT advantage then hath 
the Jew? or what profit 
is there of circumcision? 
2 Much every way: chiefly, 
because that unto them were 
committed the oracles of God. 
3 For. what if some did not 
believe? shall their unbelief 
make the faith of God without 


ffect? 

4 God forbid: yea, let God 
be true, but every man a liar; 
as it is written, That thou 
mightest be justified in thy 
sayings, and mightest overcome 
when thou art judged. 

5 But if our unrighteousness 
commend the righteousness of 
God, what shall we say? Js God 
unrighteous who taketh ven- 
geance? (I speak as a man) 

6 God forbid: for then how 
shall God judge the world? 

7 For if the truth of God hath 
more abounded through my lie 
unto his glory; why yet am I 
also judged as a sinner? 

8 And not rather, (as we be 


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Grace, not law, justifies 


slanderously reported, and as 
some affirm that we say,) Let 
us do evil, that good may come? 
whose damnation is just. 

9 What then? are we better 
than they? No, in no wise: for 
Wwe have before proved both 
Jews and Gén’tiles, that they 
are all under sin; ? 
(10 As it is written, There is 
none righteous, no, not one: 

il There is none that under- 
standeth, there is none that 
seeketh after God. 

12 They are all gone out of the 
way. they are together become 
unprofitable: there is none that 
doeth good, no, not one. 

13 Their throat is an open 
sepulchre; with their tongues 
they have used deceit; the 
pe of asps is under their 
ips: 

14 Whose mouth is full of 
cursing and bitterness: 

15 Their feet are swift to shed 
blood: ‘ ; 

_16 Destruction and misery are 
in their ways: 

17 And the way of peace have 
they not known: 

18 There is no fear of God 
before their eyes. 

19 Now we know that what 
things soever the law saith, it 
saith to them who are under 
the law: that every mouth may 
be stopped, and all the world 
may become guilty before God. 

20 Therefore by the deeds of 
the law there shall no flesh be 
justified in his sight: for by 
the law is the knowledge of sin. 

21 But now the righteousness 
of God’ without the law is mani- 
fested, being witnessed by the 
law and the prophets; 

22 Even the righteousness of 
God which is by faith of Jé’sus 
Christ unto all and upon all 
them that believe: for there is 
no difference: ; 

23 For all have sinned, and 
come short of the glory of 


God; #3 : 
24 Being justified freely by his 


ROMANS, 4 


grace through the redemption 
that is in Christ Jé’sus: 

25 Whom God hath set forth 
to be a propitiation through 
faith in his blood, to declare his 
righteousness for the remission 
of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God; 

26 To declare, J say, at this 
time his righteousness: that he 
might be just, and the justifier 
of him which believeth in Jé’sus. 

27 Where is boasting then? 
It is excluded. By what law? of 
works? Nay: but by the law 
of faith. 

28 Therefore we conclude that 
a man is justified by faith with- 
out the deeds of the law. 

29 Is he the God of the Jews 
only? is he not also of the 
Gen’tiles? Yes, of the Gén’- 
tiles also: y 

30 Seeing it is one God, which 
shall justify the circumcision 
by faith, and uncircumcision 
through faith. 

31 Do we then make void the 
law through faith? God forbid: 
yea, we establish the law. 


CHAPTER 4 121 

1 Abraham justified by faith. 13 The 

promise made through faith. 24 Our 

faith shall be imputed to us for right- 
eousness. 

Wirt Shall we say then 

that A’bra-ham our father, 

as pertaining to the flesh, hath 

found? 

2 For if A’bra-ham were justi- 
fied by works, he hath whereof 
to glory; but not before God. 

3 For what saith the scripture? 
A’/bra-ham believed God, and 
it was counted unto him for 
righteousness. 4 

4 Now to him that worketh is 
the reward not reckoned of 
grace, but of debt. 

But to him that worketh not, 
but believeth on him that justi- 
fieth the ungodly, his faith is 
counted for righteousness. 

6 Even as Da’vid also. de- 
scribeth the blessedness of the 


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man, unto whom God imputeth 
righteousness without works, 

7 Saying, Blessed are they 
whose iniquities are forgiven, 
and whose sins are covered. 

8 Blessed is the man to whom 
the Lord will not impute sin. 

9 Cometh this blessedness then 
upon the circumcision only, or 
upon the uncircumcision also? 
for we say that*faith was reck- 
coned to A’bra-ham for righteous- 
ness. 

10 How was it then reckoned? 
when he was in circumcision, 
or in uncircumcision? Not in 
circumcision, but in uncircum- 
cision. 

11 And he recived the sign oi 
circumcision, a seal of 
righteousness of the faith which 
he had yet being uncircum- 
cised: that he might be the 
father of all them that believe, 
though they be not circumcised; 
that righteousness might be 
imputed unto them also: 

12 And the father of circum- 
cision to them who are not of the 
circumcision only, but who also 
walk in the steps of that faith of 
our father A’bra-ham, which 
he had being yet uncircumcised. 

13 For the promise, that he 
should be the heir of the world, 
was not to A’bra-ham, or to his 
seed, through the law, but 
through the righteousness of 
faith. 

14 For if they which are of the 
law be heirs, faith is made 
void, and the promise made of 
none effect: 

15 Because the law worketh 
wrath: for where no law is, 
there is no transgression. 

.16 Therefore it is of faith, that 
it might be by grace; to the 
end the promise might be sure 
to all the seed; not to that only 
which is of the law, but to that 
also which is of the faith of 
A’bra-ham; who is the father 
of us all, 


17 (As it is written, I have 
made thee a father of many 


Abraham justified by faith 


nations,) before him whom he 
believed, even God, who quick- 
eneth the dead, and calleth those 
things which be not as though 
they were. 

18 Who against hope believed 
in hope, that he might become 
the father of many nations, 
according to. that which was 
spoken, So shall thy seed be. 

19 being not weak in 
faith, he considered not his own 
body. now dead, when he was 
about an hundred years old. 
neither yet the deadness of 
Sa’/rah’s womb: 

20 He staggered not at the 
promise of God through un- 
belief; but was strong in faith, 
euine glory to God; 

1 And being fully persuaded 
that what he had promised, he 
was able also to perform. 

22 And therefore it was im-= 
puted to him for righteousness. 

23 Now it was not written 
for his sake. alone, that it was 
imputed to 

24 But for us ‘also, to whom it. 
shall be imputed, if we believe 
on that raised up Jé’sus 
our Lord from the dead; 

25 Who was delivered for Our 
offences, and was raised again 
for our justification. 


CHAPTER 5 1229 

1 Pon by faith. 12 Sin through 
Adam. 17 Life through Christ. / 
HHEREFORE being: justified 

. by faith, we have peace 
with God through our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ: 

2 By whom also we have 
access by faith into this grace 
wherein we stand, and rejoice 
in hope of the glory of God. 

3 And not only so, but we 
glory in tribulations also: know- 
ing that tribulation worketh 
patience; | : : 
4 And patience, experience; and 
experience, hope: 

5 And hope maketh not 
ashamed; because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts 


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Sin and death by Adam, life through Christ 


by the H6/l¥ Ghodst which is 
given unto us. } 

6 For when we were yet with- 
out strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. | 

7 For scarcely for a righteous 


man will one die: yet peradven- 


ture for a good man some would 


even dare to die. 


8 But God commendeth his 


love toward us, in that, while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died 





from Ad’am_ to 


for us. t 
9 Much more then, being now 
justified by his blood, we shall 


be saved from wrath through 


im. 
10 For if, when we_ were 


enemies, we were reconciled to 
God by the death of his Son, 


much more, being reconciled, 


we shal! be saved by his life. 


11 And not only so, but we 
also joy in God through our 
Lord Jé’sus_ Christ, by whom 
we have now received the 


atonement. 


12 Wherefore, as by one man 


sin entered into the world, and 


death by sin; and so death 


passed upon all men, for that 


all have sinned: 
13 (For until the law sin was 
in the world: but sin is not 


imputed when there is no law. 


14 Nevertheless death reigned 
MO’ses, even 
over them that had not sinned 


after the similitude of Ad’am’s 


transgression, who is the figure 


of him that was to come. 


15 But not as the offence, so 
also is the free gift. For if 


through the offence of one many 


be dead, much more the grace 
of God, and the gift by grace, 
which is by one man, Jé’sus 
Christ, hath abounded unto 


many. ; 
16 And not as if was by one 
that sinned, so is the gift: for 
the judgment was by one to 
condemnation, but the free sift 
is of many offences unto justi- 
fication. | 
17 For if by one man’s offence 


ROMANS, 6 


death reigned by one; much 
more they which receive abun- 
dance of grace and of the gift of 
righteousness shall reign in life 
by one, Jé’sus Christ.) 

18 Therefore as by the offence 
of one judgment came upon all 
men to condemnation; even so 
by the righteousness of one 
the free gift came upon all 
men unto justification of life. 

19 For as by one man’s dis- 
obedience many were made sin- 
ners, so by the obedience of one 
shall many be made righteous. 

20 Moreover the law entered, 
that the offence might abound. 
But where sin abounded, grace 
did much more abound: 

21 That as sin hath reigned 
unto death, even so might grace 
reign through righteousness un- 
to eternal life by Jé’sus Christ 
our Lord. 


CHAPTER 6 
1 We may not live in sin. 12 Let not 
sin reign. 23 Death the wages of sin. 
HAT shall we say then? 
Shall we continue in sin, 

that grace may abound? 

2 God forbid. How shall we, 
that are dead to sin, live any 
longer therein? 

3 Know ye not, that so many 
of us as were baptized into 
Jé’sus Christ were baptized 
into his death? 

4 Therefore we are buried with 
him by baptism into death: that 
like as Christ was raised up 
from the dead by the glory of 
the Father, even so we also 
should walk in newness of life. 

5 For if. we have been planted 
together in the likeness of his 
death, we shall be also in the 
likeness of his resurrection: 

6 Knowing this, that our old 
man is crucified with him, that 
the body of sin might be de- 
stroyed, that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. 

7 For he that is dead is freed 
from sin. j 

8 Now if we be dead with 


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ROMANS, 7 


Christ, we believe that we shall 
also live with him: 

9 Knowing that Christ being 
raised from the dead dieth no 
more; death hath no more 
dominion over him. 

10 For in that he died, he died 
unto sin once: but in that he 
liveth, he liveth unto God. 

11 Likewise reckon ye also 
yourselves to be dead indeed 
unto sin, but alive unto God 
through Jé’sus Christ our Lord. 

12 Let not sin therefore reign 
in your mortal body, that ye 
should obey it in the lusts 
thereof. 

13 Neither yield ye your mem- 
bers as instruments of unright- 
eousness unto sin: but yield 
yourselves unto God, as those 
that are alive from the dead, 
and your members as instru- 
ments of righteousness unto 
God. i 

14 For sin shall not have 
dominion over you: for ye are 
not under the law, but under 
grace. 

15 What then? shall we sin, 
because we are not under the 
et but under grace? God for- 

id. 

16 Know ye not, that to whom 
ye yield yourselves servants to 
obey, his: servants ye are to 
whom ye obey; whether of sin 
unto death, or of obedience 
unto righteousness? 

17 But God be thanked, that 
ye were the servants of sin, but 
ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine which 

was delivered you. 

' 18 Being then made free from 
sin, ye became the servants of 
righteousness. 

19 I speak after the manner of 
men because of the infirmity of 
your flesh: for as ye have 
yielded your members servants 
to uncleanness and to iniquity 
unto iniquity; even so now yield 
your members servants to right- 
eousness unto holiness. 

20 For when ye were the serv- 


The wages of sin and the gift of God 


ants of sin, ye were free from 
righteousness. 

21 What fruit had ye then in 
those things whereof ye are 
now ashamed? for the end of 
those things is death. 

22 But now being made free 
from sin, and become servants 


to God, ye have your fruit unto 


holiness, 
lasting life. 


and the end ever- 


23 For the wages of sin is 


death; but the gift of God is 
eternal life through Jé’sus christ 
our Lord. 


CHAPTER 7 
1 Limit of the law. 12 It is holy and 
just. 


vil 


¥ 


NOW ve not, brethren, (for 


I speak to them that know 
the law,) how that the law hath 
dominion over a man as long as" 
he liveth? 

2 For the woman which hath 
an husband is bound by the law 
to her. husband so long as he 
liveth; but if the husband be 
dead, she is loosed from the 
law of her husband. ~ 


3 So then if, while her hus= 


band liveth, she be married to 
another man, she shall be called 
an adulteress: but if her hus-= 
band be dead, she is free from 
that law; so that she is no 
adulteress, though she be mar=- 
ried to another man. 


> 
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye 


also are become dead to 


the 


law by the body of Christ; that 


ye should 


be married 
other, i 


to an- 
even to him who is. 


raised from the dead, that we 
should bring forth fruit unto 


God. 


5 For when we were in the 


flesh, the motions 
which. were by the law, 


of sins, 
did 


work in our members to bring 


forth fruit unto death. 


6 But now we are delivered 
from the law, that being dead 


wherein we were held; that we 


should serve,..in newness of 
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Law holy ana just © 


spirit, and not in the oldness of 
the letter. 

7 What shall we say then? 
Is the law sin? God forbid. 
Nay, I had not known sin, but 
by the law: for I had not known 
lust, except the law had said, 
Thou shalt not covet. 

8 But sin, taking occasion by 
the commandment, wrought in 
me all manner of concupiscence. 
For without the law sin was 
dead. 

9 For I was alive without the 
law once: but when the com- 
mandment came, sin revived, 
and I died. 

10 And the commandment, 
which was ordained to life, I 
found fo be unto death. 

11 For sin, taking occasion by 
the commandment, deceived me, 
and by it slew me. ‘ 

12 Wherefore the law is holy, 
and the commandment holy, 
and just, and good. 

13 Was then that which is 
good made death unto me? God 
forbid. But sin, that it might 
appear sin, working death in me 
by that which is good; that sin 
by the commandment might be- 
come exceeding sinful. 

14 For we know that the law is 
spiritual: but I am carnal, sold 
under sin. 

15 For that which I do I 
allow not: for what I would, 
that do I not; but what I hate, 
that do I. 

16 If then I do that which I 
would not, I consent unto the 
law that it is good. 

17 Now then it is no more 
ey uP it, but sin that aesticee 


13 3 For I know that in me 
(that is, in my flesh.) dwelleth 
no good thing: for to will is 
present with me; but how to 
perform that which is good 
find not. 

19 For the good that I would 
I do not: but the evil which I 
would not, that I do. 

20 Now if I do that I would 


I | death; 


ROMANS, & 


not, it is no more I that do it, 
but sin that dwelleth in me. 

211 find then a law, that, 
when I would do good, evil is 
present with me. 

22 For I delight in the law of 
God after the inward man: 

23 But I see another law in my 
members, warring against the 
law of my mind, and bringing 
me into captivity to the law of 
sin which is in my members. 

24 O wretched man that I am! 
who shall deliver me from the 
body of this death? 

25 I thank God through Jé’sus 
Christ our Lord. So then with 
the mind I myself serve the law 
of God; but with the flesh the 
law of sin. 


CHAPTER 8 125 
1 ue law Beh the Spirit. 17 God’s chil- 
dren. 26 The Spirit heips infirmity. 

28 The Christian's hope. 

HERE is therefore now no 

condemnation to them 
which are in Christ Jé’sus, who 
walk not after the flesh, but 
after the Spirit. 

2 For the law of the Spirit of 
life in Christ Jé’sus hath made 
me free from the law of sin and 
death. 

3 For what the law could not 
do, in that it was weak through 
the flesh, God sending his own 
Son in the likeness of sinful 
flesh, and for sin, condemned 
sin in the flesh: 

4 That the righteousness of the 
law might be fulfilled in us, who 
walk not after the flesh, but 
after the Spirit. 

5 For they that are after the 
flesh do mind the things of the 
flesh; but they that are after 
the Spirit the things of the 
Spirit. j 

6 For to be carnally minded 7s 
but. to be spiritually 
minded ts life and peace. i 

7 Because the carnal mind 7s 
enmity against God: for it is 
not subject to the law of Gods 
neither indeed can be. 


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ROMANS, 8 


8 So then they that are in the 
flesh cannot please God. 

9 But ye are not in the flesh, 
but in the Spirit, if so be that 
the Spirit of God dwell in you. 
Now if any man have not the 
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 

10 And if Christ be in you, the 
body is dead because of sin; but 
the Spirit is life because of 
righteousness. ’ 

11 But if the Spirit of him 
that raised up Jé’sus from the 
dead dwell in you, he that 
raised up Christ from the dead 
shall also quicken your mortal 
bodice by his Spirit that dwelleth 
in y 

12 Deherebore: brethren, we are 
debtors, not to the flesh, to live 
after the flesh. 

13 For if ye live after the 
flesh, ye shall die: but if ye 
through the Spirit do mortify 
ve deeds of the body, ye shall 

ve. 

14 For as many as are led by 


the Spirit of God, they are the | f 


sons of God. 

15 For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to 
fear; but ye have received the 
Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Ab’ba, Father. 

16 The Spirit itself beareth 
witnéss with our spirit, that we 
are the children of God: 

17 And if children, then heirs; 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs 
with Christ; if so be that we 
suffer with him, that we may be 
also glorified together. 

18 For I reckon that the suffer- 
ings of this present time are not 
worthy to be compared with the 
glory which shall be revealed 

us. 

19 For the earnest expecta- 
tion of the creature waiteth for 
the manifestation of the sons 
of God. 

20 For the creature was made 
subject to vanity, not willingly, 
but by reason of who hath 
subjected the same in hope, 

21 Because the creature itself 


Foreknowledge, predestination, and calling 


also shall be delivered from the 
bondage of corruption into the 
a liberty of the children 


22 For we know that the 
whole creation groaneth and 
travaileth in pain together until 
now. 


23 And not only they, but our- 


selves also, which ‘have the 


firstfruits of the Spirit, even we — 


ourselves groan within our- 
selves, 


waiting for the adop- 


tion, to wit, the redemption of — 


our body. 


24 For we are saved by hope: — 


but hope that is seen is not 
for what a man seeth, — 


hope: 
why doth he yet hope for? 


> 


25 But if we hope for that we — 
see not, then do we with patience © 


wait for if. 
26 Likewise the Spirit also 
helpeth our infirmities: 


for we © 


know not what we_ should 


pray for as we ought: 


but the 


Spirit itself maketh intercession — 


or us with groanings which 
cannot be uttered. 

27 And he that searcheth the 
hearts knoweth what is the 
mind of the Spirit, because he 


maketh intercession fot the saints © 


according to the will of God. 

28 And we know that all 
things work together for good 
to them that love God, to them 


5 ee te AE eI we ee hay 


who are the called according to — 


his purpose. 

29 For whom he did foreknow, 
he also did predestinate to be 
conformed to the image of his 


Son, that he mieht be the firstall 


born among many brethren. 

30 Moreover whom he did pre- 
destinate, them he also called: 
and whom he called, them he 
also justified: and whom he 
justified, them he also glorified. 

31 Wh 
these things? If God be for us, 
who can be against us? 

32 He that spared not his own 
Son, but delivered him up for/us 
ali, how shall he not with him 
also freely give us all things? 


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at shall we then say to — 


Paul’s sorrow for the Jews 


33 Who shall lay any thing to 
the charge of God’s elect? It is 
God that justifieth. 

34 Who is he that condemneth? 
It is Christ that died, yea rather, 
that is risen again, who is even 
at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us. 

35 Who shall separate us from 
the love of Christ? shall tribula- 
tion, or distress, or persecution, 
or famine, or nakedness, or 
peril, or sword? 

36 As it is written, For thy 
sake we are killed all the day 
long; we are accounted as sheep 
for the slaughter. 

37 Nay, in all these things 
we are more than conquerors 
through him that loved us. 

38 For I am persuaded, that 
neither death, nor life, nor 
angels, nor principalities, nor 
powers, nor things present, nor 
things to come, 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor 
any other creature, shall be 
able to separate us from the love 
of God, which is in Christ Jé’sus 
our Lord. 


126 CHAPTER 9 

1 Paul’s sorrow for the Jews. 14 The 
sovereignty of God. 18 Mercy upon 
whom he will. 24 On the calling of 
Jew and Gentile.’ 


SAY the truth in Christ, I lie 

not, my conscience also bear- 
ing me witness in the H6d/ly 
Ghost, 

2 That I have great heaviness 
and continual sorrow in my 
heart. i 

3 For I could wish that my- 
self*were accursed from Christ 
for my brethren, my kinsmen 
according to the flesh: 

4 Who are Is’ra-el-ites; to 
whom jpertaineth the adoption, 
and the glory, and the cove- 
nants, and the giving of the law 
and the service of God, and the 
promises; 

5 Whose are the fathers, and of 
whom as concerning the flesh 
Christ came, who is over all, 
God blessed for ever. A-mén’. 


ROMANS, 9 


6 Not as though the word of 
God hath taken none effect. 
For they are not all Is’ra-el, 
which are of Is’ra-el: 

7 Neither, becausei they are 
the seed of A’bra-ham, are they 
all children: but, In fsaac 
shall thy seed be called. 

8 That is, They which are the 
children of the flesh, these are 
not the children of God: but 
the children of the promise are 
counted for the seed. 

9 For this is the word of 
promise, At this. time will I come, 
and Sa’rah shall have a son. 

10 And not only this; but 
when Ré-béc’ca also had con- 
ceived by one, even by our 
father_I’saac; 

11 (For the children being not 
yet born, neither having done 
any good or evil, that the pur- 
pose of God according to elec- 
tion might stand, not of works, 
but of him that calleth;) 

12 It was said unto her, The 
elder shall serve the younger. 

13 As it is_ written, Ja’cob 
have I loved, but E’sau have I 


ate 

14 What shall we say then? 
Is there unrighteousness with 
God? God forbid. 

15 For he saith to Md’ses, I 
will have’ nercy on whom I will 
have mercy, and I will have 
compassion on whom I will have 
compassion. _— 

16 So then it is not of him 
that willeth, nor of him that 
runneth, but of God that sheweth 
mercy. i, 

17 For the scripture saith unte 
Pha’/raoh, Even for this same 
purpose have I raised thee up, 
that I might shew my power in 
thee, and that my name might 
be declared throughout all the 
earth. 

18 Therefore hath he mercy on 
whom he will have mercy, and 
whom he will he hardeneth. 

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, 
Why doth he yet find fault? 
For who hath resisted his will? 


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ROMANS, 10 


Z0 Nay but, O man, who art 
thou that repliest against God? 
Shall the thing formed say to 
him that formed if, Why hast 
thou made me thus? 

21 Hath not. the potter power 
over the clay; of the same lump 
to make one vessel unto honour, 
and another unto dishoncur? 

22 What if God, willing to 
shew his wrath, and to make his 
power known, endured with 
much longsuffering the vessels 
of wrath fitted to destruction: 

23 And that he might make 
known the riches of his glory on 
the vessels of mercy, which he 
had afore prepared unto glory, 

24 Even us, whom he hath 
called, not of the Jews only, but 
also of the Gén’tilesP 

25 As he saith also in O’see, 
I will call them my people, 
which were not my people; and 
her beloved, which was not 
beloved. 

26 And it shall come to pass, 

that in the place where it was 
said unto them, Ye are not my 
people; there shall they be 
called the children of the living 
God. 
27 E-sa’ias also crieth concern- 
ing Is’ra-el, Though the number 
of the children of Is’ra-el be as 
the sand of the sea, a remnant 
shall be saved: : 

28 For he will finish the work, 
and cut it short in righteousness: 
because a short work will the 
Lord make upon the earth. 

29 And as E-sa’ias said before, 
Except the Lord of Sab’a-dth 
had left us a seed, we had been 
as Sod’o-ma, and been made 
like unto Goé-m6r’rha. 

30 What shall we say then? 
That the Gén’tiles, which fol- 
lowed not after righteousness, 
have attained to righteousness, 
even the righteousness which is 
of faith. ; 

31 But Is’ra-el, which followed 
after the law of righteousness, 
hath not attained to the law of 
righteousness. 


Jew and Gentile called 


32 Wherefore? Because they 
sought it not by faith, but as it 
were by the works of the law. 
For they stumbled at that 
stumblingstone; 

33 As it is written, Behold, I 
lay in Si’én a stumblingstone 
and rock of offence: and who- 
soever believeth on him shall not 
be ashamed. 


CHAPTER 10 1278 
5 Of the law and faith. 11 Salvation 
is open to all believers. 
BRETHREN, my heart’s de- 
47 sire and prayer to God for 
Is’ra-el is, that they might be 
saved. 

2 For I bear them record that 
they have a zeal of God, but not 
according to knowledge. 

3 For they being ignorant of 
God’s righteousness, and going 
about to establish their own 
righteousness, have not sub- 
mitted themselves unto the right- 
eousness of God. . 

4 For Christ is the end of the 
law for righteousness to every 
one that believeth. 

5 For M6’ses describeth the 
righteousness which is of the 
law, That the man which doeth — 
those things shall live by them. — 

6 But the righteousness which © 
is of faith speaketh on this wise, — 
Say not in thine heart, Who 
shall ascend into heaven? (that 
is, to bring Christ down from 
above:) 

7 Or, Who shall descend into~ 
the deep? (that is, to bring up 
Christ again from the dead.) 

8 But what saith it? The word — 
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart: that is, the 
word of faith, which we preach; 

9 That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord Jé’sus, 
and shait believe in thine heart 
that God hath raised him from — 
the dead, thou shalt be saved. — 

10 For with the heart man be- 
lieveth unto righteousness; and 
with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. 


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Israel not cast off for ever 


11 For the scripture saith, 
Whosoever believeth on him 
shall not be ashamed. 
12 For there is no difference 
between the Jew and the Greek: 
for the same Lord over all is 
rich unto all that call upon him. 
13 For whosoever shall cail 
upon the name of the Lord shall 
be saved. 

14 How then shall they call on 
him in whom they have not be- 
lieved? and how shall they be- 
lieve in him of whom they have 
not heard? and how shall they 
hear without a preacher? 

15 And how shall they preach, 
except they be sent? as it is 
written, How beautiful are the 
feet of them that preach the 
gospel of peace, and bring glad 
tidings of good things! 

16 But they have not_ all 
obeyed the gospel. For E-sa’ias 
saith, Lord, who hath believed 


our report? 

17 So then faith cometh by 
hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. 


18 But I say, Have they not 
heard?. Yes verily, their sound 
went into all the earth, and their 
words unto the ends of the 
world. t 

19 But I say, Did not Is’ra-el 
know? First Md’ses saith, I 
will provoke you to jealousy by 
them that are no people, and 
ict a foolish nation I will anger 


20 But £-sa‘ias is very bold, and 
saith, I was found of them that 
gought me not; I was made 
manifest unto them that asked 
not after me. 

2i But to Is’ra-el he saith, All 
day long I have stretched forth 
my hands unto a disobedient and 
gainsaying people. 


128 CHAPTER 11 
1 Israel not cast off. 18 Gentiles may 
not boast. 26 Hope of Israel's con- 
version. 383 God’s judgments. 
SAY then, Hath God cast 
away his people? God forbid. 


ROMANS, 11 


For I also am an Is’ra-el-ite, of 
the seed of, A’bra-ham, of the 
tribe of Bén’ja-min. 

2 God hath not cast away his 
people which he foreknew. Wot 
ye not what the scripture saith of 
E-li’as? how he maketh inter- 
cession to God against Is’ra-el, 
saying, 

3 Lord, they have killed thy 
prophets, and digged down thine 
altars; and I am left alone, and 
they seek my life. 

4 But what saith the answer of 
God unto him? I have reserved 
to myself seven thousand men, 
who have not bowed the knee to 
the image of Ba’al. 

5 Even so then at this present 
time also there is a remnant ac- 
cording to the election of grace. 

6 And if by grace, then is if no 
more of works: otherwise grace 
is no more grace. But if it be of 
works, then is it no more grace: 
otherwise work is no more work. 

7 What then? is’ra-el hath 
not obtained that which he seek- 
eth for; ,but the election hath 
obtained it, and the rest were 
blinded 

8 (According as it is written, 
God hath given them the spirit’ 
of slumber, eyes that they 
should not see, and ears that 
they should not hear;) unto this 


ay. 

9 And Da’vid saith, Let their 
table be made a snare, and a 
trap, and a stumblingblock, anda 
recompence unto them: 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, 
that they may not see, and bow 
down their back alway. 

11 I say then, Have they stum- 
bled that they should fall? God 
forbid: but rather through their 
fall salvation is come unto the 
Gén/‘tiles, for to provoke them to 
jealousy. 

12 Now if the fall of them be 
the riches of the world, and the 
diminishing of them the riches of 
the Gén’tiles; how much more 
t | their fulness? EL a 

13 For I speak to you Gén’tiles, 


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ROMANS, 12 


inasmuch as I am the apostle of 
the Gén’tiles, I magnify mine 
office: 

14 If by any means I may pro- 
voke to emulation them which 
are my flesh, and might save 
some of them. 

15 For if the casting away of 
them be the reconciling of the 
world, what shall the receiving 
of them be, but life from the 
dead? 

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, 
the lump is also holy: and if the 
root be holy, so are the branches. 

17 And if some of the branches 
be broken off, and thou, being a 
wild olive tree, wert graffed in 
among them, and with them 
partakest of the root and fatness 
of the olive tree; 

18 Boast not against 
branches. But if thou boast, 
thou bearest not the root, but the 
rootthee. | 

19 Thou wilt say then, The 
branches were broken off, that I 
might be graffed in. 

20 Well; because of unbelief 
they were broken off, and thou 
standest by faith. Be not high- 
minded, but fear: 

21 For if God spared not the 
natural branches, fake heed lest 
he also spare not thee 

22 Behold ihoreiare the good- 
ness and severity of God: on 
them which fell, severity; but 
toward thee, goodness, if thou 
continue in his goodness: other- 
wise thou also shalt be cut off. 

23 And they also, if they abide 
not still in unbelief, shall be 
graffed in: for God is able to 
graff them in again. 

24 For if thou wert cut out of 
the olive tree which is wild by 
nature, and wert graffed con- 
trary to nature into a good olive 
tree: how much more shall 
these, which be the natural 
branches, be graffed into their 
own olive tree: 

25 For I would not, brethren, 
that ye should be ignorant of this 
mystery, lest ye should be wise 


God’s mercy 1s upon all 


in yourown conceits; that blind- 
ness in part is happened to is’- 
ra-el, until the fulness of the 
Gén/tiles be come in 

26 And so all is’ra-el shall be 
saved: as it is written, There 
shall come out of Si’6n the De- 
liverer, and shall turn away un- 
godliness from Ja’cob: 

For this 
unto them, when I 
away their sins. 

28 As concerning the gospel, 
they are enemies for your sakes: 
but as touching the election, they 
are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 

29 For the gifts and calling of 
God are without repentance. 

30 For as ye in times past have 
not believed God, yet have now 
obtained mercy through their un- 


shall take 


the | belief 


elief: 
31 Even so have these also now 
not believed, that through your 


mercy they also may obtain 


mercy 
32 For God hath concluded 
them all in unbelief, that he 
might have mercy upon all. , 
33 O the depth of the riches 
both of the wisdom and, 


edge of God! how unsearchable 


are his judements, and his ways 
oEse finding out! 


is my covenant 


knowl-— 


For who hath known the g 


mind of the Lord? or who hath 


been his counsellor? 

35 Or who hath first given to” 
him, and it shall be recompensed 
unto him again? 

36 F 
him, and to him, are all things: 


or of him, and through 


to whom be glory for ever. 


A-mén’. 


CHAPTER 12 129 
I Of God's mercies. 6 Attention to 
one’s calling. 9 On love and other 
— duties. 19 Revenge forbidden. 

~ 8ESEECH [you therefore, 
brethren, by the mercies of 
God, that ye present your bodies 
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable 
unto God, which is your reason= 

able service. ; 
2 And be not conformed to this 


210 


Duties of the Christian believer 


world: but be ye transformed 
by the renewing of your mind, 
that ye may prove what is that 
good, and acceptable, and per- 
fect, will of God. 

3 For I say, through the grace 
£iven unto me, to every man that 


is among you, not to think of 


himself more highly than he 
ought to think; but to think 
soberly, according as God hath 
dealt to every man the measure 
of faith. 

4 For as we have many mem- 
bers in one body, and all mem- 
bers have not the same office: 

So we, being: many, are one 
body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another. _ 

6 Having then gifts differing 
according to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, 
let us prophesy according te the 
proportion of faith; : 

7 Or ministry, let us wait on 
our ministering: or he that 
teacheth, on teaching; 

8 Or he that exhorteth, on ex- 
hortation: he that giveth, let 
him do it with simplicity; he 
that ruleth, with diligence; he 
that sheweth mercy, with cheer- 
fulness. 

9 Let love be without dissimu- 
lation. Abhor that which is 
evil; cleave to that which is 


good. 

10 Be kindly affectioned one to 
another with brotherly love: in 
honour preferring one another; 

11 Not slothful in business; 
fervent in spirit; serving the 
Lord; yor; 6 

12 Rejoicing ‘in hope; patient 
in tribulation; continuing instant 
in prayer; f 

13 Distributing to the necessity 
of saints; given to hospitality. 

14 Bless them which persecute 
you: bless, and curse not. 

15 Rejoice with them that do 
rejoice, and weep with them that 
weep. ; 

16 Be of the same mind one to- 
ward another. Mind not high 
things, but condescend to men of 


211 


ROMANS, 13 


low estate. Be not wise in your 
own conceits. 

Recompense to no man evil 
forevil. Provide things honest in 
the sight of all men. 

18 If it be possible, as much as 
lieth in you, live peaceably with 
all men. 

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not 
yourselves, but rather give place 
unto wrath: for it is written, 
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, 
saith the Lord. 

20 Therefore if thine enemy 
hunger, feed him; if he thirst, 
give him drink: for in so doing 
thou shalt heap coals of fire on 
his head. 

21 Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 


CHAPTER 13 130 
1 Of duties to rulers. 8 Love the fulfil- 
ment of the law. 11 Works of dark- 
ness. 
}EBe every soul be subject unto 
the higher powers. For 
there is no power but of God: 
the powers that be are ordained 
of God. 

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth 
the power, resisteth the ordinance 
of God: and they that resist 
shall receive to themselves dam- 
nation. 

3 For rulers are not a terror to 
good works, but to the evil. Wiit 
thou then not be afraid of the 
power? do that which is good, 
and thou shalt have praise of the 
same: a 

4 For he is the minister of God 
to thee for good. But if thou do 
that which is evil, be afraid; for 
he beareth not the sword in vain: 
for he is the minister of God, a 
revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. 

5 Wherefore ye must needs be 
subject, not only for wrath, but 
also for conscience sake. 

6 For for this cause pay ye 
tribute also: for they are God’s 
ministers, attending continually 
upon this very thing. 

7 Render therefore to all their 


ROMANS, 14 


dues: tribute to whom tribute is 
due; custom to whom custom; 
fear to whom fear; honour to 
whom honour. 

8 Owe no man any thing, but to 
love one another: for he that 
loveth another hath fulfilled the 


aw. 

9 For this, Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, 
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt 
not bear false witness, Thou 
shalt not covet; and if there be 
any other commandment, it 1s 
briefly comprehended in this say- 
ing, namely, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. | . 

10 Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbour: therefore love is the 
fulfilling of the law. 

11 And that, knowing the time, 
that} now it is high time to awake 
out of sleep: for now is our sal- 
vation nearer than when we be- 
lieved. , 

12 The night is far spent, the 
day is at hand: let us therefore 
cast off the works of darkness, 
and let us put on the armour of 


ght. 

13 Let us walk honestly, as in 
the day; notin rioting and drunk- 
enness, not in chambering and 
wantonness, not in strife and 
envying. 

14 But put ye on the Lord Jé’- 
sus Christ, and make not _pro- 
vision for the flesh, to fulfil the 
lusts thereof. 


131 CHAPTER 14 
1 On judging one another. 13 Take 
heed against giving offence. 
IM that is weak in the faith 
receive ye, but not to doubt- 
ful disputations. 

2 For one believeth that he 
may eat all things: another, 
who is weak, eateth herbs. 

3 Let not him that eateth de- 
spise him that eateth not; and 
let not him which eateth not 
judge him that eateth: for God 
hath received him. : 

4 Who art thou that judgest 
another man’s servant? to his 


About judging one another 


own master he standeth or fall- 
eth. Yea, he shall be holden up: 
for God is able to make him 
stand. 

5 One man esteemeth one day 
above another: another esteem- 
eth every day alike. Let every 
man be fully persuaded in his 
own mind. 

6 He that regardeth the day, 
regardeth if unto the Lord; and 
he that regardeth not the day, to 
the Lord he doth not regard it. 
He that eateth, eateth to the 
Lord, for he giveth God thanks; 
and he that eateth not, to the 
Lord he eateth not, and giveth 
God thanks. 

7 For none of us liveth to him- 
self, and no man dieth to himself. 

8 For whether we live, we live 
unto the Lord; and whether we 
die, we die unto the Lord: 
whether we live therefore, or die, 
we are the Lord’s. i 

9 For to this end Christ both 
died, and rose, and revived, that 
he might be Lord both of the 
dead and living. ; 

10 But why dost thou judge thy 
brother? or why dost thou set at 
nought thy brother? for we shall 
all stand before the judgment 
seat of Christ. | 

11 For it is written, As I live, 
saith the Lord, every knee shall 
bow to me, and every tongue 
shall confess to God. 

12 So then every one of us 
shall give account of himself to 


od. 

13 Let us not therefore judge 
one another any more: but judge 
this rather, that no man put a 
stumblingblock or an occasion to 
fall in his brother’s way. 

14 I know, and am persuaded 
by the Lord Jé’sus, that there is 
nothing unclean of itself: but 
to him that esteemeth any thing 
to be unclean, to him i¢ is unclean. 

15 But if thy brother be grieved 
with thy meat, now walkest thou 
not charitably. Destroy not him 
ae thy meat, for whom Christ 

1e e 


212 


_ Promises confirmed in Jesus Christ 


_ 16 Let not then your good be 


| 
| 


| evil spoken of: 


17 For the kingdom of God is 


_ not meat and drink; but right- 


eousness, and peace, and joy in 


; the H6’ly Ghost. 


18 For he that in these things 
serveth Christ is acceptable to 
God, and approved of men. 

19 Let us therefore follow after 
the things which make for peace, 
and things wherewith one may 
edify another. 

20 For meat destroy not the 
work of God. All things indeed 
are pure; but if is evil for that 
man who eateth with offence. 

21 Itis good neither to eat flesh, 
nor to drink wine, nor any thing 
whereby thy brother stumbleth, 
or is offended, or is made weak. 

22 Hast thou faith? have it to 
thyself before God. Happy is he 
that condemneth not himself in 
that thing which he alloweth. 

23 he that doubteth is 
damned if he eat, because he 
eateth not of faith: for whatso- 
ever is not of faith is sin. 


132 CHAPTER 15 


1 Patience with one another. 3 Christ 
the exemplar. 28 A promise to visit 
Spain. 

E then that are strong 
ought to bear the infirm- 

ities of the weak, and not to 
please ourselves. ; 
2 Let every one of us please his 


neighbour for his good to edifi- 


cation. 

3 For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written, 
The reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee fell on me. 

4 For whatsoever things were 
written aforetime were written 
for our learning, that we through 
patience and comfort of the 
scriptures might have hope. 


ROMANS, 15 
the Father of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ 


7 Wherefore receive 
other, as Christ also 
to the glory of God. 

8 Now I say that Jé’sus Christ 
was a minister of the circum- 
cision for the truth of God, to 
confirm the promises made unto 
the fathers: 

9 And that the Gén’tiles might 
glorify God for his mercy; asitis 
written, For this cause I will 
confess to thee among the Gén’- 
tiles, and sing unto thy name. 
_10 And again he saith, Re- 
joice, ye Gén’tiles, with his people, 

11 And again, Praise the Lord, 
all ye Gén’tiles; and laud him, 
all ye people. 

12 And again, E-sa’ias_ saith, 
There shall be a root of Jés’se, 
and he that shall rise to reign 
over the Gén’tiles; in him shall 
the Gén’tiles trust. 

13 Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believ- 
ing, that ye may abound in hope, 
through the power of the H6o/l¥ 
Ghost. 

14 And I myself also am per- 
suaded of you, my brethren, that 
ve also are full of goodness, 
filled with all knowledge, able 
also to admonish one another. 

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I 
have written the more boldly 
unto you in some sort, as putting 
you in mind, because of the 
grace that is given to me of God, 
_16 That I should be the min- 
ister of Jé’sus Christ to the Gén’- 
tiles, ministering the gospel of 
God, that the offering up of the 
Gén’tiles might be acceptable, 
being sanctified by the H6/ly 

host. 

17 I have therefore whereof I 
may glory through Jé’sus Christ 
in those things which pertain to 


ye one an- 
received us 


5 Now the God of patience and | God 


consolation grant you to be like- 
minded one toward another ac- 
cording to Christ Jé’sus: 


od. 
18 For I will not dare to speak 
of any of those things which 
Christ hath not wrought by me, 


6 That ye may with one mind|to make the Gén’tiles obedient, 
and one mouth glorify God, even | by word and deed, 
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ROMANS, 16 


19 Through mighty signs and 
wonders, by the power of the 
Spirit of God; so that from Jé- 
ru’sa-lém, and round about unto 
il-lyr’i-ctim, I have fully preach- 
ed the gospel of Christ. 

20 Yea, so have I strived to 
preach the gospel, not where 
Christ was named, lest I should 
build upon another man’s foun- 
dation: 

21 But as it is written, To 
whom he was not spoken of, they 
shall see: and they that have not 
heard shall understand. 

22 For which cause also I have 
been much hindered from com- 
ing to you. 

23 But now having no more 
place in these parts, and having 
a great desire these many years 
to come unto you; 

24 Whensoever I take my jour- 
ney into Spain, I will come to 
vou: for I trust to see you in my 
journey, and to be brought on 
my way thitherward by you, if 
first I be somewhat filled with 
your company. 

25 But now I go unto Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém to minister unto the saints. 

26 For it hath pleased them of 
Mac-e-do’ni-a and A-cha’ia to 
make a certain contribution for 
the poor saints which are at 
Jé-ru’sa-lém. 

27 It hath pleased them verily; 
and their debtors they are. For 
if the Gén’tiles have been made 
partakers of their spiritual things, 
their duty is also to minister 
unto them in carnal things. 

28 When therefore I have per- 
formed this, and have sealed to 
them this fruit, I will come by 
you into Spain. 

29 And I am sure that, when I 
come unto you, I shall come in 
the fulness of the blessing of the 
gospel of Christ. 

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, 
for the Lord Jé’sus Christ’s sake, 
and for the love of the Spirit, 
that ye strive together with me 
in your prayers to God for me; 

1 That I may be delivered 


Concluding advice and salutations 


from them that do not believe in 
Ja-de’a4; and that_my service 
which J have for Jé-ru’sa-lém 
may be accepted of the saints; 

32 That I may come unto you 
with joy by the will of God, and 
may with you be refreshed. 

33 Now the God of peace be 


with you all. A-mén’. 
CHAPTER 16 133 
1 Paul's concluding advice. 3 Saluta- 


tions. 17 Exhortation to unity. 


COMMEND unto you Phé’bé 

our sister, which is a servant 
of the church which is at Cén’- 
chre-a: i 

2 That ye receive her in the 
Lord, as becometh saints, and 
that ye assist her in whatsoever 
business she hath need of you: 
for she hath been a succourer of 
many, and of myself also. 

3 Greet Pris-cil’la and Aq’ui-la 
my helpers in Christ Jé’sus: 

4 Who have for my life laid 
down their own necks: unto 
whom not only I give thanks, but 
piso all the churches of the Gén’- 

es. 

5 Likewise greet the church 
that is in their house. Salute my 
wellbeloved E-p#n/’e-tus, who is 
the firstfruits of A-cha’ia unto 
Christ. | 

6 Greet Ma’ry, who bestowed 
much labour on us. , 

7. Salute An-dr6-ni’cus and Ji’= 
nia, my kinsmen, and my fellow- 
prisoners, who are of note among 
the apostles; who also were in 
Christ before me. : 

8 eS Am/pli-as my beloved in 
the Lord 

9 Salute tr’bane, our helper in 
Christ, and Sta’chys my beloved. 

10 Salute A-pél’lés approved in 
Christ. Salute them which are of 
Ar-is-to-bii’lus’ household. | 

11 Salute Hé-rd/’di-6n my kins- 
man. Greet them that be of the 
household of Nar-cis’sus, which 
are in the Lord. 

12 Salute Try-phé’na and Try- 
pho’sa, who labour in the Lord. 


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Warning against divisions 


1 CORINTHIANS, 1 


Salute the beloved Pér’sis, which | Jé’sus Christ be with you. 


laboured much in the Lord. 

13 Salute Ru’fus chosen in the 
Lord, and his mother and mine. 

14 Salute A-syn/cri-tis, Phlé’- 
| gon, Hér’mas, Pat’ro-bas, Hér’- 
més, and the brethren which are 
with them, . ‘ 

15 Salute Phi-l6l’o-gus, and 
Julia, Né’re-us, and his sister, 
and 0-lym’pas, and all the saints 
which are with them. } 

16 Salute! one another with an 
holy kiss. The churches of 
Christ salute you. 

17 Now I beseech you, breth- 
ren, mark them which cause 
divisions and offences contrary 
to the doctrine which ye have 
learned; and avoid them. 

18 For they that are such serve 
not our Lord Jé’sus Christ, but 
their own belly; and by good 
words and fair speeches deceive 
the hearts of the simple. | 

19 For your obedience is come 
abroad unto all men. I am glad 
therefore on your behalf: but yet 
I would have you wise unto that 
which is good, and simple con- 
cerning evil. 

20 And the God of peace shall 
bruise Sa’tan under your feet 
shortly. The grace of our Lord 


-men’, ih 

21 Ti-m06’the-tis my workfel- 
low, and Lu’cius, and Ja’son, 
and So-sip’a-tér, my kinsmen, 
salute you. 

22 I Tér’tius, who wrote this 
epistle, salute you in the Lord. 

23 Ga’ius mine host, and of 
the whole church, saluteth you. 
E-ras’tus the chamberlain of the 
city saluteth you, and Quar’tus a 
brother. 

24 The grace of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ be with you all. A-mén’. 

25 Now to him that is of power 
to stablish you according to my 
gospel, and the preaching of 
Jé’sus Christ, according to the 
revelation of the mystery, which 
was kept secret since the world 
began, f 

26 But now is made manifest, 
and by the scriptures of the 
prophets, according to the com- 
mandment of the everlasting 
God, made known to all nations 
for the obedience of faith: 

27 To God only wise, be glory 
through Jé’sus Christ for ever. 
A-meén’. 

Written to the Romans from Corinthus, 


and sent by Phebe servant of the 
church at Cenchrea. 


THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


CORINTHIANS 


134 CHAPTER 1 
1 The greeting. 10 Exhortation to 

, unity. 18 On preaching of the cross. 
AUL, called to be an apostle 

of Jé’sus Christ through the 
will of God, and Sés’the-nés our 

' brother, 

' 2 Unto the church of God which 
is at Cor’inth, to them that are 
sanctified in Christ Jé’sus, called 

to be saints, with all that in every 

‘place call upon the name of Jé’sus 
Christ our Lord, both theirs and 
ours: 

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, 
82 


from God our Father, and from 
the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

4 I thank my God always on 
your behalf, for the grace of God 
which is given you by Jé’sus 
Christ; 

5 That in every thing ye are 
enriched by him, in all utter- 
ance, and in all knowledge: 

Even as the testimony of 
Christ was confirmed in you: 

So that ye come behind in no 
gift; waiting for the coming of 
our Lord Jé’sus Christ: 

8 Who shall also confirm you 


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1 CORINTHIANS, 2 


unto the end, that ye may be 
blameless i in the day of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ. 

9 God is faithfule by whom ye 
were called unto the fellowship 
of his Son Jé’sus Christ our 


ord. 

10 Now I beseech you, breth- 
ren, by the name of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ, that ye all speak 
the same thing, and that there be 
no divisions among you; but 
that ye be perfectly joined to- 
gether in the same mind and in 
the same judgment. 

11 For it hath been declared 
unto me of you, my brethren, by 
them which are of the house of 
Chl6’é, that there are contentions 
among you. 

12 Now this I say, that every 
one of you saith, I am of ae 
and I of A-pdl’los; and I 
Cé’phas; and I of Christ. 

13 Is Christ divided? was Paul 
crucified for you? or were ye bap- 
tized in the name of Paul? _ 

14 I thank God that I baptized 
none of you, but Cris’pus and 
Ga’ius; 

15 Lest any should say that I 
ned baptized in mine own name. 

6 And I baptized also the 
Bh vcehold of Stéph’a-nas: be- 
sides, I know not whether I bap- 
tized any other. 

17 For Christ sent me not to 
baptize, but tg preach the gospel: 
not with wisdom of words, lest 
the cross of Christ should be 
made of none effect. 

18 For the preaching of the 
cross is to them that perish 
foolishness; but unto us which 
are saved it is the power of God. 

19 For it is written, I will 
destroy the wisdom of the wise, 
and will bring to nothing the 
understanding of the prudent. | 

20 Where is the wise? where is 
the scribe? where is the disputer 
of this world? hath not God 
made foolish the wisdom of this 
world? 

21 For after that in the wisdom 
of God the world by wisdom 


Exhortation to unity. Preaching Christ 


knew not God, it pleased God by 
the foolishness of preaching to 
save them that believe. 

22 For the Jews require a sign, 
andthe Greeks seekafter wisdom: 

23 But we preach Christ cruci- 
fied, unto the Jews a stumbling- 
block, and unto the Greeks fool- 
ishness; « 

24 But unto them which are 
called, both Jews and Greeks, 
Christ the power of God, and 
the wisdom of God. 

25 Because the foolishness of 
God is wiser than men; and the 
weakness of God is stronger than 
men. 

26 Foryesee yourcalling, breth- 
ren, how that not many wise 
men after the flesh, not many 
oe not many noble, are 


OT “But God hath chosen the 
abana things of the world to 
confound the wise; and God 
hath chosen the weak things of 
the world to confound the things 
which are mighty; 

28 And base things of the 
world, and things which are 
despised, hath God chosen, yea, 
and things which are not, to 
bring to nought things that are: 

29 That no flesh should glory 
in his a reset i 

30 But of him are ye in Christ 
Jé’sus, who of God is made unto 
us wisdom, and righteousness, 
pie sanctification, and redemp- 


or ‘That, according as it is 
written, He that glorieth, let 
him glory in the Lord. 


CHAPTER 2 135 

1 Paul’s method of preaching. 6 Wis- 
dom. 11 The spiritual man addressed. 

ND I, brethren, when I came 

to you, came not with ex- 

cellency of speech or of wisdom, 
declaring unto you the testimony 

of God. 

2 For I determined not to know 
any ing among you, save 
Jé’sus Christ, and him crucified. 

3 And Iwas with you in weak- 


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The wisdom of God 


ness, and in fear, 
trembling, . 

4 And my speech and my 
preaching was not with enticing 
words of man’s wisdom, but in 
demonstration of the Spirit and 
of power: 

5 That your faith should not 

stand in the wisdom of men, but 
in the power of God. « 
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom 
among them that are perfect: 
yet not the wisdom of this world, 
nor of the princes of this world, 
that come to nought: 

But we speak the wisdom of 
God in a mystery, even the hid- 
den wisdom, which God or- 
dained before the world unto our 
glory: , 

8 Which none of the princes of 
this world knew: for had they 
known if, they would not have 
crucified the Lord of glory. 

9 But as itis written, Eye hath 
not seen, nor ear heard, neither 


and in much 


have entered into the heart of 


man, the things which God hath 
prepared for them that love 


im. 

10 But God hath_ revealed 
them unto us by his Spirit: for 
the Spirit searcheth all things, 
yea, the deep things of God. 

For what man knoweth the 
things of a man, save the spirit 
of man which is in him? even so 
the things of God knoweth no 
man, but the Spirit of God. 

Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the 
spirit which is of God; that we 
might know the things that are 
freely given to us of God. 

- 13 Which things also we speak, 
not in the words which man’s 
wisdom teacheth, but which the 
H6'ly Ghost teacheth; compar- 
ing spiritual things with spiritual. 
14 But the natural man re- 
ceiveth not the things of the 
Spirit of God: for they are fool- 
ishness unto him: neither can 
he know them, because they are 
spiritually discerned. ES 
15 But he that is spiritual 


1 CORINTHIANS, 3 


Judgeth all things, yet he him- 


self is judged of no man. 

16 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord, that he may 
instruct him? But we have the 


mind of Christ. 


| CHAPTER 3 
2 Milk is fi for children. 


the only foundati 16 Men iL 
ation. en are t 
temples of God. r 


fee. I, brethren, could not 
~ speak unto you as unto 
Spiritual, but as unto carnal, even 
as unto babes in Christ, 

2 Ihave fed you with milk, and 
not with meat: for hitherto ye 
were not able fo bear it, neither 
yet now are ye able. 

3 For ye are yet carnal: for 
Whereas there is among you 
envying, and strife, and divi- 
sions, are ye not carnal, and walk 
as men? 

4 For while one saith, I am of 

Paul; and another, I am of 
A-pol’los; are ye not carnal? 
_5 Who then is Paul, and who is 
A-pol’los, but ministers by whom 
ye believed, even as the Lord 
gave to every man? 

6I have planted, A-pdl’los 
watered; but God gave the in- 
crease. 

7 So then neither is he that 
Planteth any thing, neither he 
that watereth; but God that 
giveth the increase. 

8 Now he that planteth and he 
that watereth are one: iand 
every man shall receive his own 
reward according to his own 
labour. 

9 For we are labourers to- 
gether with God: ye are God’s 
husbandry, ve are God’s building. 

10 According to the grace of 
God which is given unto me, asa 
wise masterbuilder, I have laid 
the foundation, and another 
buildeth thereon. But let every 
man take heed how he buildeth 
thereupon. 

11 For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which 
is Jé’sus Christ. 


136 


217 


1 CORINTHIANS, 4 


12 Now if any man build 
upon this foundation gold, silver, 
precious stones, wood, hay, 
stubble; 

13 Every man’s work shall be 
made manifest: for the day 
shall declare it, because it shall 
be revealed by fire; and the fire 
shall try every man’s work of 
what sort it is. 

14 If any man’s work abide 
which he hath built thereupon, 
he shall receive a reward. 

15 If any man’s work shall be 
burned, he shal! suffer loss: but 
he himself shall be saved; yet 
so as by fire. 

16 Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the 
Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

17 If any man defile the temple 
of God, him shall God destroy; 
for the temple of God is holy, 
which temple ye are. 

18 Let no man deceive him- 
self. If any man among you 
seemeth to be wise in this world, 
let him become a fool, that he 
may be wise. | 

19 For the wisdom of this world 
is foolishness with God. For it 
is written, He taketh the wise in 
their own craftiness. 

20 And again, The Lord know- 
eth the thoughts of the wise, that 
they are vain. 

_21 Therefore let no man glory 
in men. Forallthings are yours; 

22 Whether Paul, or A-pol’los, 
or Cé’phas, or the world, or life, 
or death, or things present, or 
things to come; all are yours; 

23 And ye are Christ’s; and 
Christ is God’s. 


| 137 CHAPTER 4 
1 Of ministers and stewards. 
ships of the apostles. 
Loe aman so account of us, as 
of the ministers of Christ, 
and stewards of the mysteries of 
God. ; 

2 Moreover it is required in 
stewards, that a man be found 
faithful. he 

3 But with me it is a very small 


10 Hard- 


Concerning ministers and stewards 


thing that I should be judged of 
you, or of man’s judgment: yea, 
I judge not mine own self. 

4 For I know nothing by my- 
self; yet am I not hereby justi- 
fied: but he that judgeth me is 
the Lord. : 

5 Therefore judge nothing be- 
fore the time, until the Lord 
come, who both will bring to light 
the hidden things of darkness, 
and will make manifest the 
counsels of the hearts: and 
then shall every man have 
praise of God. 

6 And these things, brethren, I 
have in a figure transferred to — 
myself and fo A-poi/los for your — 
sakes; that ye might learnin us — 
not to think of men above that 
which is written, that no one of 
you be puffed up for one against — 
another. 

7 For who maketh thee to 
differ from another? and what 
hast thou that thou didst not re- 
ceive? now if thou didst receive — 
it, why dost thou glory, as if thou © 
hadst not received 1t? J 

8 Now ve are full, now ye are — 
rich, ye have reigned as kings — 
without us: and I would to God © 
ye did reign, that we also might ; 
reign with you. 4 

9 For I think that God hath set 
forth us the apostles last, as it 
were appointed to death: for we 
are made a spectacle unto the 
world, and to angels, and to men. © 

10 We are fools for Christ’s — 
sake, but ye are wise in Christ; 
we are weak, but ye are strong; 
ye are honourable, but we are 
despised. x 

11 Even unto this present hour 
we both hunger, and thirst, and 
are naked, and are buffeted, and 
have no certain dwellingplace; 

12 And labour, working with 
our own hands: being reviled, 
we bless; being persecuted, we 
suffer it: ( 

13 Being defamed, we intreat: 
we are made as the filth of the 
world, and are the offscouring 0 
all things unto this day. 


218 


Evildoers to be shunned 


14 I write not these things to 
shame you, but as my beloved 
sons I warn you. 

15 For though ye have ten thou- 
sand instructors in Christ, yet 
have ve not many fathers: for in 
Christ Jé’sus I have begotten you 
through the gospel. - 

16 Wherefore I beseech you, be 

ye followers of me. 
17 For this cause have I sent 
unto you Ti-m06’the-is, who is 
my beloved son, and faithful in 
the Lord, who shall bring you 
into remembrance of my ways 
which be in Christ, as I teach 
every where in every church. 

18 Now some are puffed up, as 
though I would not come to you. 

19 But I will come to you 
shortly, if the Lord will, and will 
know, not the speech of them 
which are puffed up, but the 
power. : : 

20 For the kingdom of God is 
not in word, but in power. 

21 What will ye? shall I come 
unto you with a rod, or in love, 
and in the spirit of meekness? 


138 CHAPTER 5 
1 The shame of fornication. 7 The old 
leaven to be purged out. 
T is reported commonly that 
there is fornication among 
you, and such fornication as is 
not so much as named among 
the Gén’tiles, that one should 
have his father’s wife. 

2 And ye are puffed up, and 
have not rather mourned, that he 
that hath done this deed might be 
taken away from among you. 

3 For I verily, as absent in 
body, but present in spirit, have 
judged already, as though I were 
present, concerning him that 
hath so done this deed, 

4 In the name of our Lord Jé’- 
sus Christ, when ye are gathered 
together, and my spirit, with the 
power of our Lord Jé’sus Christ, 

5 To deliver such an one unto 
Sa’tan for the destruction of the 
flesh, that the spirit may be saved 
in the day of the Lord Jé’sus. 


i CORINTHIANS, 5, 6 


6 Your glorying is not good. 
Know ye not that a little leaven 
leaveneth the whole lump? 

7 Purge out therefore the old 
leaven, that ye may be a new 
lump, as ye are unleavened. For 
even Christ our passover is 
sacrificed for us: 

8 Therefore let us keep the 
feast, not with old leaven, nei- 
ther with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness; but with the un- 
leavened bread of sincerity and 
truth. 

9 I wrote unto you in an epistle 
not to company with fornicators: 

10 Yet not altogether with the 
fornicators of this world, or with 
the covetous, or extortioners, or 
with idolaters; for then must ye 
needs go out of the world. : 

11 But now I have written unto 
you not to keep company, if any 
man that is called a brother be a 
fornicator, or covetous, or an 
idolater, or a railer, or a drunk- 
ard, or anextortioner; with such 
an one nonottoeat. * 

12 For what have I to do to 
judge them also that are with- 
out? do not ye judge them that 
are within? 

13 But them that are without 
God judgeth. Therefore put 
away from among yourselves 
that wicked person. 


CHAPTER 6 139 

1 Against going to law. 9 Against sen- 

suality. 19 Our bodies are temples 
of the Holy Ghost. 

ARE any of you, having a 

matter against another, goto 

law before the unjust, and not 
before the saints? 

2 Do ye not know that the 
saints shall judge the world? and 
if the world shall be judged by 
you, are ye unworthy to judge the 
smallest matters? 

_3 Know ye not that we shall 
judge angels? how much more 
things that pertain to this life? 

4 If then ye have judgments of 
things pertaining to this life, set 
them to judge who are least es- 
teemed in the church. 


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1 CORINTHIANS, 7 


5 I speak to your shame. Is it 
so, that there is not a wise man 
among you? no, not one that 
shall be able to judge between 
his brethren? 

6 But brother goeth to law with 
brother, and that before the un- 
believers. 

7 Now therefore there is utterly 
a fault among you, because ye go 
to law one with.another. Why 
do ye not rather take wrong? why 
do yenotrather suffer yourselves 
to be defrauded? 

8 Nay, ye do wrong, and de- 
fraud, and that your brethren. 

9 Know ye not that the un- 
righteous shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God? Be not de- 
ceived: neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor 
effeminate, nor abusers of them- 
selves with mankind, 

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
extortioners, shall inherit the 
oo of God. 

1 And such were some of you: 
fk ye are washed, but ye are 
sanctified, but ye are justified in 
the name of the Lord Jé’sus, and 
by the Spirit of our God. 

12 All things are lawful unto 
me, but all things are not expe- 
dient: all things are lawful for 
me, but I will not re brought 
under the power of an 

13 Meats for the hate, and the 
belly for meats: but God shall 
destroy both it and them. Now 
the body is not for fornication, 
but for the Lord; and the Lord 
for the body. 

14 And God hath both raised 
up the Lord, and will also raise 
up us by his own power. 

15 Know ye not that your 
bodies are the members of Christ? 
shall I then take the members 
of Christ, and make them the 
members of an harlot? God 
forbid. 

16 What? know ye not that he 
which is joined to an harlot is one 
body? for two, saith he, shall be 
one flesh. 


Concerning marriage 


17 But he that is joined unto 
the Lord is one spirit. 

18 Flee fornication. Every sin 
that a man doeth is without the 
body; but he that committeth 
fornication sinneth against his 
own body. 

19 What? know ye not that — 
your body is the tempie of the 
Ho/ly Ghost which is in you, 
which ye have of God, and ye 
are not your own? 

20 For ye are bought with a 
price: therefore glorify God in 
your body, and in your spirit, 
which are God’s. : 


CHAPTER 7 140 
2_ Of arenas. * 3 Husband and wife. — 
85 Marrying and abstaining. 
OW concerning the things 
“ whereof ye wrote unto me: 
It is good for a man not to touch 
a woman. ; 

2 Nevertheless, fo avoid forni- 
cation, let every man have his 
own wife, and let every woman — 
have her own husband. . 

3 Let the husband render unto — 
the wife due benevolence: and — 
likewise also the wife unto the 
husband. 

4 The wife hath not power of 
her own body, but the husband: 
and likewise also the husband § 
hath not power of his own body, ‘ 
but the wife. 

5 Defraud ye not one the other, j 
except it be with consent for a 
time, that ye may give yourselves — 
to fasting and prayer; and come © 
together again, that Sa’tan tempt — 
you not for your incontinency. ! 

6 But I speak this by permis-_ 
sion, and not of commandment. 

For I would that all men 
were even as I myself. But 
every man hath his proper gift of — 
God, one after this manner, and 
another after that. 9 

8 I say therefore to the unmar- 
ried and widows, It is good for 
them if ey abide even as I. 

9 But if they cannot contain, 
let them marry: for itis better to 


marry than to burn. 


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Husbands and wives 


1 CORINTHIANS, 7 


10 And unto the married Icom-|Lord’s freeman: likewise also 


mand, yet not I, but the Lord, 
Let not the wife depart from her 
husband: 

11 But and if she depart, let her 
remain unmarried, or be recon- 
ciled to her husband: and let not 
the husband put away his wife. 

12 But to the rest speak I, not 
the Lord: If any brother hath a 
wife that believeth not, and she 
be pleased to dwell with him, let 

im not put her away. 

13 And the woman which hath 
an husband that believeth not, 
and if he be pleased to dwell with 
her, let her not leave him. 

14 For the unbelieving husband 
is sanctified by the wife, and the 
unbelieving wife is sanctified by 
the husband: else were your 
children unclean; but now are 
they holy. en 

15 But if the unbelieving depart, 
let him depart. A brother or a 
sister is not under bondage in 
such cases: but God hath called 
us to peace. 

16 For what knowest thou, O 
wife, whether thou shalt save 
thy husband? or how knowest 
thou, O man, whether thou shalt 
save thy wife? 

17 But as God hath distributed 
to every man, as the Lord hath 
called every one, so let him 
walk. And so ordain I in all 
churches. ‘ 

18 Is any man called being cir- 
cumcised? let him not become 
uncircumcised. Is any called in 
uncircumcision? let him not be 
circumcised. , 

19 Circumcision is nothing, 
and uncircumcision is nothing, 
but the keeping of the com- 
mandmentsofGod. i 

20 Let every man abide in the 
same calling wherein he was 
called. ; 

21 Art thou called being a 
servant? care not for it: but if 
thou mayest be made free, use it 
rather. ; : 

22 For he that is called in the 
Lord, being a servant, is the 


he that is called, being free, is 
Christ’s servant. 

23 Ye are bought with a price; 
be not ye the servants of men. 

24 Brethren, let every man, 
wherein he is called, therein 
abide with God. 

25 Now concerning virgins I 
have no commandment of the 
Lord: yetI give my judgment, as 
one that hath obtained mercy of 
the Lord to be faithful. 

_26 I suppose therefore that this 
is good for the present distress, 
I say, that it is good for aman so 


to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? 
seek not to be loosed. Art thou 
loosed from a wife? seek not a 


wife. 

28 But and if thou marry, thou 
hast not sinned; and if a virgin 
marry, she hath not sinned. 
Nevertheless such shall have 
trouble in the flesh: but I spare 


you. 

29 But this I say, brethren, the 
time is short: it remaineth, that 
both they that have wives be as 
though they had none: 

And they that weep, as 
though they wept not; and they 
that rejoice, as though they re- 
joiced not; and they that buy, as 
though they possessed not: 

31 And they that use this world, 
as not abusing it: for the fash- 
ion of this world passeth away. 

32 But I would have you with- 
out carefulness. He that is un- 
married careth for the things 
that belong to the Lord, how he 
may please the Lord: 

33 But he that is married 
careth for the things that are of 
the world, how he may please 
his wife. 

34 There is difference also be- 
tween a wife and a virgin. The 
unmarried woman careth for the 
things of the Lord, that she may 
be holy both in body and in 
spirit: but she that is married 
careth for the things of the world, 
how she may please her husband. 


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35 And this I speak for your 
own profit; not that I may cast a 
snare upon you, but for that 
which is comely, and that ye 
may attend upon the Lord with- 
out distraction. 

36 But if any man think that he 
behaveth himself uncomely to- 
ward his virgin, if she pass the 
flower of her age, and need so 
require, let him do what he will, 
he sinneth not: let them marry. 

37 Nevertheless he that stand- 
eth stedfast in his heart, having 
no necessity, but hath power over 
his own will, and hath so de- 
creed in his heart that he will 
_ keep his virgin, doeth well. 

38 So then he that giveth her 
in marriage doeth well; but he 
that giveth her not in marriage 
doeth better. 

39 The wife is bound by the 
law as long as her husband liv- 
eth; but if her husband be dead, 
she is at liberty to be married to 
whom she will; only in the Lord. 

40 But she is happier if she so 
abide, after my judgment: and I 
think also that I have the Spirit 
of God. 


141 
1 Of idolatrous meats. 
liberty. 
Ney as touching things of- 
fered unto idols, we know 
that we all have knowledge. 
Knowledge puffeth up, but char- 
ity edifieth. 

2 And if any man think that he 
knoweth any thing, he knoweth 
nothing yet as he ought to know. 

3 But if any man love God, the 
same is known of him. 

4 As concerning therefore the 
eating of those things that are 
offered in sacrifice unto idols, we 
know that an idol is nothing in 
the world, and that there is none 
other God but one. 

5 For though there be that are 
called gods, whether in heaven 
or in earth, (as there be gods 
many, and lords many,) 

6 But to us there is but one 


CHAPTER 8 
8 On Christian 


Idolatrous meats. Christian liberty 


God, the Father, of whom areall 
things, and we in him; and 
one Lord Jé’sus Christ, by 
oD are all things, and we by 


im. 
7 Howbeit there is not in 
every man that knowledge: for 
some with conscience of the idol 
unto this hour eat it as a thing 
offered unto an idol; and their 
conscience being weak is de- 
filed. 
8 But meat commendeth us 
not to God: for neither, if 
we eat, are we the better; nei- 
ther, if we eat not, are we the 
worse. : 

9 But take heed lest by any 
means this liberty of yours be-— 
come a stumblingblock to them 
that are weak. i 

10 For if any man see thee 
which hast knowledge sit at 
meat in the idol’s temple, shall 
not the conscience of him which 
is weak be emboldened to eat 
those things which are offered 
to idols; 

11 And through thy knowledge 
shall the weak brother perish, 
for whom Christ died? 

12 But when ye sin so against 
the brethren, and wound their 
weak conscience, ye sin against 
Christ. 

13 Wherefore, if meat make 
my brother to offend, I will eat 
no flesh while the world stand- 
eth, lest I make my brother to 
offend. 





142, 
17 His — 


CHAPTER 9 
1 Paul’s individual liberty. 
recompence for ministry. 
M I not an apostle? am I 
not free? have I not seen 
Jé’sus Christ our Lord? are not 
ye my work in the Lord? 4 
2 If I be not an apostle unto 
others, yet doubtless I am to 
you: for. the seal of mine — 
apostleship are ye in the Lord. 
3 Mine answer to them that do 
examine me is this, 
4 Have we not power to eat 
and to drink? 


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5 Have we not power to lead 
about a sister, a wife, as well 
as other apostles, and as the 
brethren of the Lord, and 
Cé’phas? : 

6 Or I only and Bar’na-bas, 
have not we power to forbear 
working? 

7 Who goeth a warfare any 
time at his own charges? who 
planteth a vineyard, and eateth 
not of the fruit thereof? or who 
feedeth a flock, and eateth not 
of the milk of the flock? 

8 Say I these things as a man? 
or saith not the law the same 
also? 

9 For it is written in the law 
of Mo’ses, Thou shalt not 
muzzle the mouth of the ox that 
treadeth out the corn. _Doth 
God take care for oxen? 

10 Or saith he it altogether for 
our sakes? For our sakes, no 
doubt, this is written: that he 
that ploweth should plow in 
hope; and that he that thresheth 
in hope should be partaker of 
his hope. 

11 If we have sown unto you 


spiritual things, is it a great|1 


thing if we shall reap your carnal 
things? 

12 If others be partakers of 
this power over you, are not we 
rather? Nevertheless we have 
not used this power; but suffer 
all things, lest we should hinder 
the gospel of Christ... 

13 Do ye not know that they 
which minister about holy things 
live of the things of the temple? 
and they which wait at the altar 
are partakers with the altar? 

14 Even so hath the Lord or- 
dained that they which preach 
the gospel should live of the 
gospel. 

15 But I have used none of 
these things: neither have I 
written these things, that it 
should be so done unto me: 


for it were better for me to die, | 
than that any man should make | 


my glorying void. 
16 For though I preach the 


1 CORINTHIANS, 9 


gospel, I have nothing to glory 
of: for necessity is laid upon 
me; yea, woe is unto me, if I 
preach not the gospel! 

_17 For if I do this thing will- 
ingly, I have a reward: but if 
against my will, a dispensation 
of the gospel is committed unto 
me. 

18 What is my reward then? 
Verily that, when I preach the 
gospel, I may make the gospel 
of Christ without charge, that 
I abuse not my power in the 
gospel. 

19 For though I be free from 
all men, yet have I made my- 
self servant unto all, that I 
might gain the more. 

20 And unto the Jews I be- 
came as a Jew, that I might 
gain the Jews: to them that 
are under the law, as under the 
law, that I might gain them 
that are under the law; 

21 To them that are without 
law, as without law, (being not 
without law to God, but under 
the law to Christ,) that I might 
gain them that are without 


aw; 

22 To the weak became I as 
weak, that I might gain the 
weak: I am made all things to 
all men, that I might by all 
means save some. 

23 And this I do for the gospel’s 
sake, that I might be partaker 
thereof with you. 

24 Know ye not that they 
which run in a race run all, but 
one receiveth the prize? So 
run, that ye may obtain. 

25 And every man that strivet 
for the mastery is temperate in 
all things. Now they do it to 
obtain a corruptible crown; but 
we an incorruptible. 

26 I therefore so run, not as 
uncertainly; so fight I, not as 
one that beateth the air: 

27 But I keep under my body, 
and bring it into subjection: 
lest that by any means, when I 
have preached to others, I my- 
self should be a castaway. 


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143 CHAPTER 10 
1 Against lust and idolatry. 24 Of 
regard for brethren. 31 Do all for 
God’s glory. 
OREOVER, brethren, I 
would not that ye should 
be ignorant, how that all our 
fathers were under the cloud, 
and all passed through the sea; 
2 And were all baptized unto 
Mo’ses in the cloud and in the 


sea; 
3 And did all eat the same 
spa uel meat; 

did all drink the same 
eoiiuat drink: for they drank 


Exnortation to righteous living 


able; but will with the tempta- 
tion also make a way to escape, 
that ye may be able to bear if. 

14 Wherefore, my dearly be- 
loved, flee from idolatry. 

15 I speak as to wise men; 
judge ye what I say. 

16 The cup of blessing which 
we bless, is it not the communion 
of the blood of Christ? The 
bread which we break, is it not 
the communion of the body of 
Christ? 4 

17 For we being many are one © 
bread, and one body: for we 
are all partakers of that one — 


of that spiritual Rock that fol-| bread 


lowed them: and that Rock 
was Christ. 

5 But with many of them God 
was not well pleased: for they 
were overthrown in the wilder- 
ness. 

6 Now these things were our 
examples, to the intent we should 
not lust after evil things, as 
they also lusted. 

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as 
were some of them; as it is 
written, The people sat down 
to mae and drink, and rose up 
to p 

8 Neither let us commit forni- 
cation, as some of them com- 
mitted, and fell in one day 
three and twenty thousand. 

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, 
as some of them also tempted, 


and were destroyed of serpents. | he? 


10 Neither murmur ye, as 
some of them also murmured, 
and were destroyed of the 
destroyer. 

11 Now all these things hap- 
pened unto them for ensamples: 
and they are written for our 
admonition, upon whom the 
ends of the world are come. 

12 Wherefore let him that 
thinketh he standeth take heed 
lest he fall. 

13 There hath no temptation 
taken you but such as is com- 
mon to man: but God is faith- 
ful, who will not suffer you to 
be tempted above that ye are 


18 Behold fs’ra-el after the — 
flesh: are not they which eat — 
Snares sacrifices partakers of the 
altar? 2 
19 What say I then? that the ; 
idol is any thing, or that which ~ 
is offered in sacrifice to idols is — 
any thing? i 

20 But J say, that the things © 
which the Gén’tiles sacrifice, 
they sacrifice to dea and not © 
to God: and I would not that — d 
ye should have fellowship with — 
devils. 3 

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of — 
the Lord, and the cup of devils: 
ye cannot be partakers of the i 
Lord’s table, and of the table 
of devils. ; 
_22 Do we provoke the Lord to 
jealousy? are we stronger than 


23 All things are lawful for 
me, but all things are not ex~ 7 
pedient: all things are lawful — 
for me, but all things edify not. — 

24 Let no man seek his own, : 
but every man another’s wealth. ' 

25 Whatsoever is sold in the 
shambles, that eat, asking no 
question for conscience sake: 

26 For the earth is the Lord’s, 
and the fulness thereof. 

27 If any of them that believe 
not bid you fo a feast, and ye be © 
disposed to 20; whatsoever is 
set before “you, eat, asking no 
question for conscience sake. 

28 But if any man say unto 





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you, This is offered in sacrifice 
unto idols, eat not for his sake 
that shewed it, and for con- 
science sake: for the earth is 
the Lord’s, and the fulness 
thereof: : 

29 Conscience, I say, not thine 
own, but of the other; for why 
is my liberty judged of another 
man’s conscience? 

30 For if I by grace be a par- 
taker, why am I evil spoken of 

for that for which I give thanks? 
31 Whether therefore ye eat, 
or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 
do all to the glory of God. | 

32 Give none offence, neither 
to the Jews, nor to the Gén’- 
tiles, nor to the church of God: 

33 Even as I please all men in 
all things, not seeking mine own 
profit, but the profit of many, 
that they may be saved. 


144 CHAPTER 11 


1 Reproof of methods of worship. 23 Of 
the Lord’s supper. 


BE ye followers of me, even 
as I also am of Christ. 

2 Now I praise you, brethren, 
that ye remember me in all 
things, and keep the  ordi- 
nances, as I delivered them to 


you. ; 

3 But I would have you know, 
that the head of every man is 
Christ; and the head of the 
woman is the man; and the 
head of Christ is God. 

4 Every man praying or proph- 
_esying, having his head covered, 
dishonoureth his head. 

5 But every woman that pray- 
eth or prophesieth with her 
head uncovered dishonoureth 
her head: for that is even all 
one as if she were shaven. 

6 For if the woman be not 
covered, let her also be shorn: 
but if it be a shame for a woman 
to be shorn or shaven, let her be 
covered. 

7 For a man indeed ought not 
to cover his head, forasmuch as 
he is the image and glory of 

T-15 


1 CORINTHIANS, 11 


God: but the woman is the 
glory of the man. 

For the man is not of the 
woman; but the woman of the 
man. — 

9 Neither was the man created 
for the woman; but the woman 
for the man, 

10 For this cause ought the 
woman to have power on her 
head because of the angels. 

11 Nevertheless neither is the 
man without the woman, neither 
the woman without the man, in 
the Lord. 

12 For as the woman is of the 
man, even so is the man also by 
the woman; but all things of God. 

13 Judge in yourselves: is it 
comely that a woman pray unto 
God uncovered? 

14 Doth not even nature itself 
teach you, that. if a man have 
long hair, it is a shame unto 


15 But if a woman have long 
hair, it is a glory to her: for her 
hair is given her for a covering. 

16 But if any man seem to be 
contentious, we have no such 
Custom: neither the churches of 

od. 

17 Now in this that I declare 
unto you I praise you not, that 
ye come together not for the 
better, but for the worse. 

18 For first of all, when ye 
come together in the church, I 
hear; that there be divisions 
among you; and I partly be- 
lieve it. 

19 For there must be also 
heresies among you, that they 
which are approved ‘may be 
made manifest among you. 

20 When ye come together 
therefore into one place, this is 
not to eat the Lord’s supper. 

For in eating every one 
taketh before other his own 
supper: and one is hungry, and 
another is drunken. 

22 What? have ye not houses 
to eat and to drink in? or 
despise ye the church of God, 
and shame them that have not? 


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What shall I say to you? shall 
I praise you in this? I praise 
you not. 

23 For I have received of the 
Lord that which also I delivered 
unto you, That the Lord Jé’sus 
the same night in which he was 
betrayed took bread: , 

24 And when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said, 
Take, eat: this is my body, 
which is broken for you: this 
do in remembrance of me. 

25 After the same manner also 
he took the cup, when he had 
supped, saying, This cup is the 
new testament in my _ blood: 
this do ye, as oft as ye drink if, 
in remembrance of me. 

26 For as often as ye eat this 
bread, and drink this cup, ye 
do shew the Lord’s death till 
he come. 

27 Wherefore whosoever shall 
eat this bread, and drink this 
cup of the Lord, unworthily, 
shall be guilty of the body and 
blood of the Lord. 

28 But let a man examine him- 
self, and so let him eat of that 
bread, and drink of that cup. 

29 For he that eateth and 
drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh damnation to himself, 
not discerning the Lord’s body. 

30 For this cause many are 
weak and sickly among you, 
and many sleep. 

31 For if we would judge our- 
selves, we should not be judged. 

32 But when we are judged, 
we are chastened of the Lord, 


that we should not be con- 


demned with the world. 

33 Wherefore, my _ brethren, 
when ye come together to eat, 
tarry one for another. 

34 And if any man hunger, let 
him eat at home; that ye come 
not together unto condemna- 
tion. And the rest will I set in 
order when I come. 


145 CHAPTER 12 


1 Of Heli gifts. 7 Their profit. 
e actual and spiritual body. 


12 


The Lord’s supper. 


Spiritual gifts 


OW concerning _ spiritual 
gifts, brethren, I would not 
have you ignorant. 

2 Ye know that ye were Gén’- 
tiles, carried away unto these 
dumb idols, even as ye were led. 

3 Wherefore I give you to 
understand, that no man speak- 
ing by the Spirit of God calleth 
Jé’sus accursed: and that no 
man can say that Jé’sus is the 
Lord, but by the H6/ly Ghost. 

4 Now there are diversities of 
gifts, but the same Spirit. 

And there are differences of 
administrations, but the same 
Lord. 

6 And there are diversities of 
operations, but it is the same 
God which worketh all in all. 

7 But the manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man to 
profit withal. 

8 For to one is given by the 
Spirit the word of wisdom; to 
another the word of knowledge 
by the same Spirit; | | 

9 To another faith by the 
same Spirit; to another the 
gifts of healing by the same 
Spirit; ; 

10 To another the working of 
miracles; to another prophecy @ 
to another discerning of spirits; 
to another divers kinds of 
tongues; to another the inter- 
pretation of tongues: 

11 But all these worketh that 
one and the selfsame Spirit, 
dividing to every man severally 
as he will. 

12 For as the body is one, and 
hath many members, and all the 
members of that one body, 
being many, are one body: s 
also is Christ. 

13 For by one Spirit are we 
all baptized i 
whether we b 








drink into one Spirit. 

14 For the body is not one 
member, but many 

15 If the foot shall say, Be- 
cause I am not the hand, I am 


free; and have been all made q 


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} 
) 


_ the body together, 
' more abundant honour to that 


ers, 


Members of the body. Charity 


not of the body; is it therefore 
not of the body? 

16 And if the ear shall say, Be- 
cause I am not the eye, I am 
not of the body; is it therefore 
not of the body? 

17 If the whole body were an 
eye, where were the hearing? 
If the whole were hearing, where 
were the smelling? 

18 But now hath God set the 


- Members every one of them in 


the body, as it hath pleased him. 
19 And if they were all one 
member, where were the body? 
20 But now are they many 


_ members, yet but one body. 


21 And the eye cannot say 


| unto the hand, I have no need 


of thee: nor again the head to 
the feet,,I have no need of 
you. 

22 Nay, much more _ those 
members of the body, which 
seem to be more feeble, are 
necessary: 

23 And those members of the 
body, which we think to be less 
honourable, upon these, we be- 
stow more abundant honour; 


and our uncomely parts have 
more abundant comeliness. 


24 For our comely parts have 
no need: but God hath tempered 
having given 


part which lacked: 
25 That there should be no 
schism in the body: but that 


' the members should have the 


same care one for another. 
26 And whether one member 


| suffer, all the members suffer 
| with 


it; or one member be 
honoured, all the members re- 
joice with it. 

27 Now ye are the body of 
Christ, and members in par- 
ticular. 

28 And God hath set some in 
the, church, first apostles, sec- 
ondarily prophets, thirdly teach- 
after that miracles, then 
gifts of healings, helps, govern- 


-mnents, diversities of tongues. 


29 Are all apostles? are all 


1 CORINTHIANS, 13 


prophets? are all teachers? cre 
all workers of miracles? 

30 Have all the gifts of healing? 
do all speak with tongues? do 
all interpret? 

31 But covet earnestly the best 
gifts: and yet shew I unto you 
a more excellent way. 


CHAPTER 13 146 
1 Gifts nothing without charity. 4 In 
praise of charity. 
HOUGH I speak with the 
tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I 
am become as sounding brass, 
or a tinkling cymbal. 

2 And though I have the gift 
of prophecy, and understand all 
mysteries, and all knowledge; 
and though I have all faith, so 
that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, I am 
nothing. 

3 And though I bestow all my 

goods to feed the poor, and 
though I give my body to be 
burned, and have not charity, it 
profiteth me nothing. 
_4 Charity suffereth long, and 
is kind; charity envieth not; 
charity vaunteth not itself, is 
not puffed up, 

5 Doth not behave itself un- 
seemly, seeketh not her own, is 
at easily provoked, thinketh no 
evil; 

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, 
but rejoiceth in the truth: 

Beareth all things, believeth 
all things, hopeth all things, en- 
dureth all things. 

8 Charity never faileth: but 
whether there be _ prophecies, 
they shall fail; whether there be 
tongues, they shall cease; wheth- 
er there be knowledge, it shall 
vanish away. : 

9 For we know in part, and 
Wwe prophesy in part. , 

10 But when that which is 
perfect is come, then that which 
is in part shall be done away. 

When was a child, I 
spake as a child, I understood 
as a child, I thought as a child: 


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but when I became a man, I 
put away childish things. 

12 For now we see through a 
glass, darkly; but then face 
to face: now I know in part; 
but then shali I know even as 
also I am known. : 

13 And now abideth faith, 
hope, charity, these three; but 
the greatest of these is charity. 


147 CHAPTER 14 
1 Prophecy preferable to speaking in 


tongues. 12 Both must be referred to 
edification. 34 Women forbidden to 
preach. 


OLLOW after charity. and 
desire spiritual gifts, but 
rather that ye may prophesy. 

2 For he that speaketh in an 
unknown tongue speaketh not 
unto men, but unto God; for no 
man understandeth him; how- 
beit in the spirit he speaketh 
mysteries. 

But he that prophesieth 
speaketh unto men fo edifica- 
tion, 


ort. 

4 He that speaketh in an un- 
known tongue edifieth himself; 
but he that prophesieth edifieth 
the church. 

5 I would that ye all spake 
with tongues, but rather that ye 
prophesied: for greater is he 
that prophesieth than he that 
speaketh with tongues, except 
he interpret, that the church 
may receive edifying. 

6 Now, brethren, if I come unto 
you speaking with tongues, what 
shall I profit you, except I shall 
speak to you either by revelation, 
or by knowledge, or by prophesy- 
ing, or by doctrine? 

7 And even things without life 
giving sound, whether pipe or 
harp, except they give a distinc- 
tion in the sounds, how shall it 
be known what is piped or 
harped? | f 

8 For if the trumpet give an 
uncertain sound, who shall pre- 
pare himself to the battle? 

9 So likewise ye, except ye 


and exhortation, and com-, 


Prophesying and speaking with tongues, 


utter by the tongue words easy 
to be understood, how shall it 
be known what is spoken? for 
ye shall speak into the air. 

10 There are, it may be, so 
many kinds of voices in the 
world, and none of them is 
without signification. 

11 Therefore if I know not the 
meaning of the voice, I shall be © 
unto him that speaketh a bhar- 
barian, and he that speaketh 
shall be a barbarian unto me. 

12 Even so ye, forasmuch as — 
ye are zcalous of spiritual gifts, 
seek that ye may excel to the 
edifying of the church. 

13 Wherefore let him that 
speaketh in an unknown tongue © 
pray that he may interpret. 

14 For if I pray in an unknown 
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but 
my understanding is unfruitful. 

15 What is it then? I will pray 
with the spirit, an will pray 
with the underctandete also: 
I will sing with the spirit, and 
I will sing with the under- 
standing also. a 

16 Else when thou shalt bless 
with the spirit, how shall he that 
occupieth the room of the un-— 
learned say A-mén’ at thy giv- 
ing of thanks, seeing he under- — 
standeth not what thou sayest? — 

17 For thou verily givest thanks © 
pee but the other is not edified. — 

I thank my God, I speak 
en tongues more than ye all: 

19 Yet in the church I had 
rather speak five words with my 
understanding, that by my voice 
I might teach others also, than — 
ten thousand words in an un- 
Rnown tongue. 

20 Brethren, be not children — 
in understanding: howbeit in — 
malice be ye children, but in 
understanding be men. 

21 In the law it is written,. 
With men of other tongues and 
other lips will I speak unto this 
people; and yet for all that will 
they not hear me, saith the Lord. 

22 Wherefore tongues are for 
a sign, not to them that believe, 


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but to them that believe not: | 
but prophesying serveth not for 
them that believe not, but for 
them which believe. 

23 lf therefore the whole church 
be come together into one place, 
and all speak with tongues, and 
there come in those that are un- 
learned, or unbelievers, will 
they not say that ye are mad? 

24 But if all prophesy, and 
there come in one that believeth 
not, or one unlearned, he is 
convinced of all, he is judged of 


25 And thus are the secrets of 
his heart made manifest; and 
so falling down on his face he 
will worship God, and report 
that God is in you of a truth. 

26 How is it then, brethren? 
when ye come together, every 
one of you hath a psalm, hath 
a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath 
a revelation, hath an interpreta- 
tion. Let all things be done 
unto edifying. 3 

27 If any man speak in an 
unknown tongue, let it be by 
two, or at the most by three, 
and that by course; and let one 
interpret. : 

28 But if there be no inter- 
preter, let him keep silence in the 
church; and let him speak to 
himself, and to God. 

29 Let the prophets speak two 
or three, and let the other judge. 

30 If any thing be revealed to 
another that sitteth by, let the 
first hold his peace. 

31 For ye may all prophesy 
one by one, that all may learn, 
and all may be comforted, 

32 And the spirits of the 
prophets are subject to the 
prophets. 

33 For God is not the author 
of confusion, but of peace, as 
in all churches of the saints. 

34 Let your women keep si- 
lence in the churches: for it is 
not permitted unto them to 
speak; but they are command- 
ed to be under obedience, as 
also saith the law. 


1 CORINTHIANS, 15 


35 And if they will learn any 

g, let them ask their hus- 
bands at home: for it is a shame 
for women to speak in the 
church. 

36 What? came the word of 
God out from you? or came it 
unto you only? 

37 If any man think himself 
to be a prophet, or spiritual, let 
him acknowledge that the things 
that I write unto you are the 
commandments of the Lord. 

38 But if any man be ignorant, 
let him be ignorant. 

39 Wherefore, brethren, covet 
to prophesy, and forbid not to 
speak with tongues. 

40 Let _things be done 
decently and in order. 


CHAPTER 15 148 


3 Christ's resurrection. 12 The resur- 
rection of all. 35 Certainty and 
manner thereof. 


OREOVER,;, brethren, I de- 

clare unto you the gospel 
which I preached unto you, 
which also ye have received, 
and wherein ye stand; 
_2 By which also ye are saved, 
if ye keep in memory what I 
preached unto you, unless ye 
have believed in vain. 

3 For I delivered unto you 
first of all that which I also 
received, how that Christ died 
for our sins according to the 
scriptures; 

4 And that he was buried, and 
that he rose again the third day 
according to the scriptures: 

5 And that he was seen of 
Cé’phas, then of the twelve: 

6 After that, he was seen of 
above five hundred brethren at 
once; of whom the greater part 
remain unto this present, but 
some are faJlen asleep. 

7 After that, he was seen of 
James; then of all the apostles. 

8 And last of all he was seen 
Of me also, as of one born out 
of due rcs 

0 For I am the least of the 
apostles, that am not meet to be 


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1 CORINTHIANS, 15. 


called an apostle, because [I 
persecuted the church of God. 

10 But by the grace of God I 
am what I am: and his grace 
which was bestowed upon me 
was not in vain; but I laboured 
more abundantly than they all: 
yet not I, but the grace of God 
which was with me. 

11 Therefore whether it were 
I or they, so we preach, and so 
ye believed. 

12 Now if Christ be preached 
that he rose from the dead, how 
say some among you that there 
is no resurrection of the 
dead? 

13 But if there be no resurrec- 
tion of the dead, then is Christ 
not risen: 

14 And if Christ be not risen, 
then is our preaching vain, and 
your faith is also vain. 

15 Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God; because we 
have testified of God that he 
raised up Christ: whom he 
raised not up, if so be that the 
dead rise not. 

16 For if the dead rise not, 
then is not Christ raised: 

17 And if Christ be not raised, 
your faith is vain; ye are yet 
in your sins. 4 

18 Then they also which are 
fallen asleep in Christ are 
perished. 

19 If in this life only we have 

ope in Christ, we are of all’men 
most miserable. 

20 But now is Christ risen 
from the dead, and become the 
firstfruits of them that slept. 

21 For since by man; came 
death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. 

22 For as in Ad’am all die, 
even so in Christ shall all be 


The resurrection of Christ 


Father; when he shall have put 
down all rule and all authority 
and power. 
25 For he must reign, till he 
rik! put all enemies under his 
eet. 4 
26 The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. ; 
27 For he hath put all things 
under his feet. But when he 
saith all things are put under 
him, it is manifest that he is 
excepted, which did put all 
things under him. , 
28 And when all things shall 
be subdued unto him, then shall 
the Son also himself be subject 
unto him that put all things 
under him, that God may be 
all in all. 
29 Else what shall they do 
which are baptized for the dead, 
if the dead rise not at all? why 
are they then baptized for the 
_30 And why stand we in 
jeopardy every hour? 
31 I protest by your rejoicing 
which I have in Christ Jésus 
our Lord, I die daily. ' 
32 If after the manner of men_ 
I have fought with beasts at 
Eph’e-stis, what advantageth it 
me, if the dead rise not? let 
us eat and drink; for to morrow 
we die. . 
33 Be not deceived: evil com- 
munications corrupt good man- 
ners. j 
34 Awake to righteousness, 
and sin not; for some have not 
the knowledge of God: I speak 
this to your shame. 
35 But some man will say, 
How are the dead raised up? 
and with what body do they 
come? 7 
36 Thou fool, that which thou 





made alive. ie sowest is not quickened, except — 
23 But every man in his own | it die: t 
order: Christ the firstfruits;} 37 And that which thou sow- 
afterward they that are Christ’s|est, thou sowest not that body 
at his coming. that shall be, but bare grain, it 
24 Then cometh the end, when|may chance of wheat, or of 
he shall have delivered up the | some other grain: , 
kingdom to God, even the! 38 But_God giveth it a body 
230 : 


The resurrection through Christ 


as it hath pleased him, and to 
every seed his own body. 

39 All flesh is not the same 
flesh: but there is one kind of 

flesh of men, another flesh of 
beasts, another of fishes, and 
another of birds. 

40 There are also celestial 
bodies, and bodies terrestrial: 
but the glory of the celestial is 
one, and the glory of the ter- 
restrial is another. 

41 There is one glory of the 
sun, and another glory of the 
moon, and another glory of the 
stars: for one star differeth 


_ from another star in glory. 


; 
; 


in weakness; 


42 So also is the resurrection 
of the dead. It is sown in cor- 
ruption; it is raised in incor- 
ruption: 

43 It is sown in dishonour; 
it is raised in glory: it is sown 
it is raised in 


| power: 


it is raised a_ spiritual 


44 It is sown a natural body; 
body. 
There is a natural body, and 


_ there is a spiritual body. 


45 And so it is written, The 


first man Ad’am was made a 


living soul; the last Ad’am was 


madea quickening spirit. 


46 Howbeit that was not first 
which is spiritual, but that 
which is natural; and afterward 
that which is spiritual,  —_> 

47 The first man is of the 
earth, earthy: the second man 


_ ts the Lord from heaven. 


48 As is the earthy, such are 
they also that are earthy: and 


as is the heavenly, such are they 


that flesh and 
— inherit 


_ also that are heavenly. 


49 And as we have borne the 
image of the earthy, we _ shall 
also bear the image of the 
heavenly. 

50 Now this I say, brethren, 
blood cannot 
the kingdom of, God; 
neither doth corruption inherit 


1 CORINTHIANS, 16 


sleep, but we shall all be 
changed, 

52 In a moment, in the twink- 
ling of an eye, at the last trump: 
for the trumpet shall sound, 
and the dead shall be raised in- 
corruptible, and we shall be 
changed. 

53 For this corruptible must 
put on incorruption, and is 


mortal must put on immor- 
tality. 
54 So when this corruptible 


shall have put on incorruption, 
and this mortal shall have put 
on immortality, then shall be 
brought to pass the saying that 
is written, Death is swallowed , 
up in victory. 

death, where is thy 
sting? O grave, where is thy 
victory? 
56 The sting of death is sin; 
and the strength of sin is the 


law 

Sy But thanks be to God, 
which giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jé’sus Christ. 
58 Therefore, my beloved breth- 
ten, be ye stedfast, unmove- 
able, always abounding in the 
work of the Lord, forasmuch as 
ye know that your labour is not 
in vain in the Lord. 


CHAPTER 16 
1 On relief of brethren. 10 Timothy 
commended. 16 Salutations. 
OW concerning the collec- 
tion for the saints, as I 
have given order to the churches 
of G4-la’tia, even so do ye. 

2 Upon the first day of the 
week let every one of you lay by 
him in store, as God hath 
prospered him, that there be no 
gatherings when I come. 

3 And when I come, whomso- 
ever ye shall approve by your 
letters, them will I send to 
bring your liberality unto Jé-ru’- 
sa4-lém. 

4 And if it be meet that I go 


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incorruption. | also, they shall go with me. 

51 Behold, I shew you aj 5 Now I will come unto you, 

mystery; We shall not all'!when I shall pass through 
83 231 


2 CORINTHIANS, 1 


Mac-e-do/ni-a: for I do pass 
through Mac-e-d0/’ni-a. 

6 And it may be that I will 
abide, yea, and winter with you, 
that ye may bring me on my 
journey whithersoever I go. 

7 For I will not see you now 
by the way; but I trust to tarry 
a while with you, if the Lord 


permit. a 

8 But I will tarry at Eph’e-sts 
until Pén’te-cést. 

9 For a great door and effec- 
tual is opened unto me, and 
there are many adversaries. 

10 Now if Ti-m6’the-us come, 
see that he may be with you 
without fear: for he worketh 
the work of the Lord, as I also do. 

11 Let no man therefore de- 
spise him: but conduct him 


forth in peace, that he may come | h 


unto me: for I look for him 
with the brethren. 
_12 As touching our brother 
A-pol/los, I greatly desired him 
to come unto you with the 
brethren: but his will was not 
at all to come at this time; but 
he will come when he shall 
have convenient time. f 

13 Watch ye, stand fast in the 
faith, quit you like men, be 
strong. F 

14 Let all your things be done 
with charity. 

15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye 


Admonitions and salutations | 


know the house of Stéph’a-nds, 
that it is the firstfruits of A-cha’- 
ia, and that they have addicted 
themselves to the ministry of 
the saints,) ; 

16 That ye submit yourselves 
unto such, and to every one that 
helpeth with us, and labour- 


e e 

17 I am glad of the coming of 
Stéph’a-nas and Fér-ti-na’tus 
and A-cha/i-cis: for that which 
was lacking on your part they 
have supplied. 

18 For they have refreshed my 
spirit and yours: therefore ac- 
knowledge ye them thatare such. 

19 The churches of A’sia salute 
you. Aq’ui-la and Pris-cil’la 
salute you much in the Lord, 
with the church that is in their 


ouse. 
20 All the brethren greet you. 
Greet ye one another with an 
holy kiss. 

21 The salutation of me Paul 
with mine own hand. 

22 If any man love not the 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, let him be 
A-nath’e-ma Mar’an-—a’tha. 

23 The grace of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ be with you. 

24 My love be with you all in 
Christ Jé’sus. A-mén’, 

The first eptstle to the Corinthians was 
written from Philippi by Stephanas, 


and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and 
Timotheus. 





THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


CORINTHIANS 


150 CHAPTER 1 
1 Paul comforts the brethren. 4 His 
own trials. 15 His visit withheld. 

AUL, an apostle of Jé’sus 
Christ by the will of God, 

and Tim/o-thy our brother, un- 

to the church of God which is 

at Cor’inth, with all the saints 

which are in all A-cha’ia: 

2 Grace be to you and peace 


from God our Father, and from 
the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

3 Blessed be God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, the Father of mercies, 
and the God of all comfort; 

4 Who comforteth us in all 
our tribulation, that we may be 
able to comfort them which are 
in any trouble, by the comfort 


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Comfort for the believers 


wherewith we ourselves are 
comforted of God. 

For as the sufferings of 
Christ abound in us, so our 
pousolation also aboundeth by 

rist. 

_6 And whether we be afflicted, 
it is for your consolation and 
salvation, which is effectual in 
the enduring of the same suffer- 
ings which we also suffer: or 
whether we be comforted, if is 
for your consolation and salva- 


tion. 

7 And our hope of you is sted- 
fast, knowing, that as ye are 
partakers of the sufferings, so 
ee ye be also of the consola- 

on. 

8 For we would not, brethren, 
have you ignorant of our trouble 
which came to us in A’sia, that 
| Wwe were pressed out of measure, 
above strength, insomuch that 
we despaired even of life: 

9 But we had the sentence of 

death in ourselves, that we 
should not trust in ourselves, 
but in God which raiseth the 
dead: 
- 10 Who delivered us from so 
| great a death, and doth deliver: 
in whom we trust that he will 
yet deliver us; 

11 Ye also helping together by 
_ prayer for us, that for the gift 
_ bestowed upon us by the means 
of many persons thanks may 
be given by many on our 
behalf. 1) 
12 For our rejoicing is this, 
_ the testimony of our conscience, 
that in simplicity and godly 
sincerity, not with fleshly wis- 

dom, but by the grace of God, 
we have had our conversation in 
the world, and more abundantly 
to you-ward. 

13 For we write none other 
things unto you, than what ye 
read or acknowledge; and I 
trust ye shall acknowledge even 
to the end; 

14 As also ye have acknowl- 
edged us in part, that we are 
your rejoicing, even as ye also 


2 CORINTHIANS, 2 


are ours in the day of the Lord 
Jé’sus, 

15 And in this confidence I 
was minded to come unto you 
before, that ye might have a 
second benefit; 

16 And to pass by you into 
Mac-e-do’ni-a, and to come 
again out of Mac-e-dé/ni-a unto © 
you, and of you to be brought on 
my way toward Ji-de‘a. 

17 When I therefore was thus 
minded, did I use lightness? or 
the things that I purpose, do I 
purpose according to the flesh, 
that with me there should be 
yea yea, and nay nay? 

18 But as God is true, our word 
toward you was not yea and nay. 

19 For the Son of God, Jé’sus 
Christ, who was preached among 
you by us, even by me and 
Sil-va’nus and Ti-mé’the-is, 
was not yea and nay, but in 
him was yea. 

20 For all the promises of 
God in him are yea, and in him 
A-mén’, unto the glory of God 
by us. 

21 Now he which stablisheth 
us with you in Christ, and hath 
anointed us, is God; 

22 Who hath also sealed us, 
and given the earnest of the 
Spirit in our hearts. 

23 Moreover I call God for a 
record upon my soul, that to 
spare you I came not as yet unto 
Cor’inth. 

24 Not for that we have 
dominion over your faith, but.- 
are helpers of your joy: for by 
faith ye stand. 


CHAPTER 2 151 
1 Paul's reasons for writing. 12 Why 
he went to Macedonia. 14 Happy 


success of Paul’s preaching in ali 
places. 
UT I determined this with 
myself, that I would not 
come again to you in heaviness. 
2 For if I make you sorry, who 
is he then that maketh me glad, 
but the same which is made 
sorry by me? 


233 


2 CORINTHIANS, 3 


3 And I wrote this same unto 
you, lest, when I came, I should 
have sorrow from them of whom 

ought to rejoice; having 
confidence in you all, that my 
joy is the joy of you all. 

4 For out of much affliction 
and anguish of heart I wrote 
unto you with many tears; not 
that ye should be grieved, but 
that ye might -know the love 
which I have more abundantly 
unto you. 

5 But if any have caused 
grief, he hath not grieved me, 
but in part: that I may not 
overcharge you all. ; 

6 Sufficient to such a man is 
this punishment, which was 
inflicted of many. e 

So that contrariwise ye 
ought rather to forgive him, and 
comfort, him, lest perhaps such 
a one should be swallowed up 
with overmuch sorrow. 

8 Wherefore I beseech you that 
ye would confirm your love 
toward him. : 

9 For to this end also did I 
write, that I might know the 
proof of you, whether ye be 
obedient in all things. | 

10 To whom ye forgive any 
thing, I forgive also: for if 
forgave any thing, to whom I 
forgave it, for your sakes forgave 
Zit in the person of Christ; 

11 Lest Sa’tan should get an 
advantage of us: for we are not 
ignorant of his devices. 

12 Furthermore, when I came 
“Yo Tro’as to preach Christ’s 
gospel, and a door was opened 
unto me of the Lord, 

13 I had no rest in my spirit, 
because I found not Ti’tus my 
brother: but taking my leave of 
them, I went from thence into 
Mac-e-d0’ni-a. 

14 Now thanks be unto God, 
which always causeth us to 
triumph in Christ, and maketh 
manifest the savour of his 
knowledge by us in every place. 

15 For we are unto God a 
sweet savour of Christ, in them 


Nae in Christ. 


J | through Christ to God-ward: 


Paul’s sufficiency is of God 


that are saved, and in them that 
perish: 
16 To the one we are the 
savour of death unto death; 
and to the other the savour of. 
life unto life. who is 
sufficient for these things? | 
7 For we are not as many, 
which corrupt the word of God: 
but as of sincerity, but as of 
God, in the sight of God speak 
L 


4 
CHAPTER 3 152 


1 On Paul's sufficiency. 12 The-gos- 
pel of life and liberty. ; 


D®? we begin again to com- 
mend ourselves? or need 
we, as some others, epistles of 
commendation to you, or letters 
of commendation from you? y 
_2 Ye are our epistle written 
in our hearts, known and read 
of all men: ; 
3 Forasmuch as ye are mani- 
festly declared to be the epistle 
of Christ ministered by us, 
written not with ink, but with 
the Spirit of the living God; 
not in tables of stone, but in 
fleshy tables of the heart. h. 
4 And such trust have 7 


5S Not that we are sufficient of 
ourselves to think any thing as_ 
of ourselves; but our suffi- 
ciency is of God; 

») Who also hath made us able 
ministers of the new testament; 
not of the letter, but of the 
spirit: for the letter killeth, 
but the spirit giveth life. - 5 

But if the ministration of 
death, written and engraven in 
stones, was glorious, so that 
the children of Is’ra-el could not 
stedfastly behold the face of 
Mo’ses for the glory of his 
countenance; which glory was 
to be done away: x 
8 How shall not the ministra- 
tion of the spirit be rather 
glorious? | 
9 For if the ministration of 
condemnation be glory, much 






@ 


234 


Paul’s sincerity and faithfulness 


more doth the ministration of 
righteousness exceed in glory. 

10 For even that which was 
made glorious had no glory in 
this respect, by reason of the 
glory that excelleth. 

11 For if that which is done 
away was glorious, much more 
that which remaineth is glorious. 
-12 Seeing then that we have 
such hope, we use great plain- 
ness of speech: ; 

13 And not as MOd’ses, which 
put a veil over his face, that the 
children of is’ra-el could not 
stedfastly look to the end of 
that which is abolished: 

14 But their minds were blind- 
ed: for until this day remaineth 
the same veil untaken away in 
the reading of the old testament; 
which veil is done away in 
Christ. 

15 But even unto this day, 
when Md’ses is read, the veil is 
upon their heart. 

16 Nevertheless when it shall 
turn to the Lord, the veil shall 
be taken away. 

17 Now the Lord is that 
Spirit: and where the Spirit of 
the Lord is, there is liberty. 

18 But we all, with open face 
beholding as in a glass the 
glory of the Lord, are changed 
into the same image from glory 
to glory, even as by the Spirit 
of the Lord. 


153 CHAPTER 4 


1 Of Paul's sincerity and faithfulness. 
7 Daily troubles and persecutions. 


HEREFORE seeing we have 
this ministry, as we have 
received mercy, we faint not; 

2 But have renounced the hid- 

den things of dishonesty, not 

walking in craftiness, nor han- 
dling the word of God deceit- 
fully; but by manifestation of 
the truth commending ourselves 

- to every man’s conscience in the 

sight of God. 

3 But if our gospel be hid,.it 

is hid to them that are lost: 


2 CORINTHIANS, 4 


4 In whom the god of this 
world hath blinded the minds 
of them which believe not, lest 
the light of the glorious gospel 
of Christ, who is the image of 
God, should shine unto them. 

5 For we preach not ourselves, 
but Christ Jé’sus the Lord; and 
ourselves your servants for 
Jé’sus’ sake 

6 For God, who commanded 
the light to shine out of darkness, 
hath shined in our hearts, to 
give the light of the knowledge 
of the glory of God in the face 
of Jé’sus Christ. 

7 But we have this treasure in 
earthen vessels, that the excel- 
lency of the power may be of 
God, and not of us. 

8 We are troubled on every 
side, yet not distressed; we are 
perplexed, but not in despair; 

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; 
cast down, but not destroyed; 

0 Always bearing about in 
the body the dying of the Lord 
Jé’sus, that the life also of 
Jé’sus might be made manifest 
in our body. 

11 For we which live are 
alway delivered unto death for 
Jé’sus’ sake, that the life also of 
Jé’sus might be made manifest 
in our mortal flesh. 

12 So then death worketh in 
us, but life in you. { 

13 We having the same spirit 
of faith, according as it is writ- 
ten, I believed, and therefore 
have I spoken; we also believe, 
and therefore speak; 

14 Knowing that he which 
raised up the Lord Jé’sus shall 
raise up us also by Jé’sus, and 
shall present us with you. 

15 For all things are for your 
sakes, that the abundant grace 
might through the thanksgiving 
of many redound to the glory 
of God. ! : 

16 For which cause we faint 
not; but though our outward 
man perish, yet the inward man 
is renewed day by day. - 

17 For our light affliction, 


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2 CORINTHIANS, 5 


which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more 
exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory; 

18 While we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at 
the things which are not seen: 
for the things which are seen are 
temporal; but the things which 
are not seen are eternal. 


154 CHAPTER 5 


1 The wherefore of Paui's labours. 
hrist’s ambassadors. 


OR we know that if our 

earthly house of this taber- 
nacle were dissolved, we have 
a building of God, an house not 
made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens. 

2 For in this we groan, ear- 
nestly desiring to be clothed upon 
with our house which is from 
heaven: 

3 If so be that being clothed 
we shall not be found naked. 

4 For we that are in this 
tabernacle do groan, being bur- 
dened: not for that we would 
be unclothed, but clothed upon, 
that mortality might be swallow- 
ed up of life. 

5 Now he that hath wrought 
us for the selfsame thing is God, 
who also hath given unto us 
the earnest of the Spirit. 

6 Therefore we are always 
confident, knowing that, whilst 
we are at home in the body, we 
are absent from the Lord: 

7 (For we walk by faith, not 
by sight:) 

8 We are confident, J say, and 
willing rather to be absent from 
the body, and to be present 
with the Lord. 

9 Wherefore we labour, that, 
whether present or absent, we 
may be accepted of him. 

10 For we must all appear be- 
fore the judgment seat of Christ; 
that every one may receive the 
things done in his body, accord- 
ing to that he hath done, whether 
it be good or bad. 


14 


Ambassadors for Christ 
11 Knowing therefore the terror 


of the Lord, we persuade men; — 
but we are made manifest unto — 


God; and I trust also are made 
manifest in your consciences. 


12 For we commend not our- — 


selves again unto you, but give 
you occasion to glory on our 
behalf, that ye may have some- 
what to answer them which 
glory in appearance, and not in 
heart. 

13 For whether we be beside 
ourselves, it is to od: or 


whether we be sober, it is for 


your cause. 


| 
A 


“bee 


14 For the love of Christ con-— 


straineth us; 


then were all dead: 

15 And that he died for all, 
that they which live should not 
henceforth live unto themselves, 
but unto him which died for 
them, and rose again. 


because we thus 
judge, that if one died for all, — 


16 Wherefore henceforth know 


we no man after the flesh: yea, 


though we have known Christ — 


after the flesh, yet now hence- 
forth know we _ him 
more. 

17 Therefore if any man be in 


Christ, he is a new creature: 
old things are passed away; 
behold, all things are become 


new. 


who hath reconciled us to him- 
self by Jé’sus Christ, and hath 
given to us 
reconciliation; 


19 To wit, that God was in 


Christ, reconciling the world un- 


to himself, not imputing their 
trespasses unto them; and hath ~ 
committed unto us the word of — 


reconciliation. 


20 Now then we are ambas- 


sadors for Christ, as though 


no- 


é h 
18 And all things are of God, 


the ministry of | 





God did beseech you by us: we ~ 


pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye — 
reconciled to God. z 
or he hath made him fo © 


21 F 
be sin for us, who knew no sin; 
that we might be made the 


righteousness of God in him. 


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Believers to be separate from unbelievers 


155 CHAPTER 6 


1 Proofs of Paul's faithfulness. 
Idolaters to be shunned. 


14 


E then, as workers to- 

gether with him, beseech 

you also that ye receive not the 
grace of God in vain. 

2 (For he saith, I have Beare 
eee a a time accepted, and i 
be day of salvation have | 

pacebured thee: behold, now is 
the accepted time; behold, now 
is the day of salvation.) 

3 Giving no offence in any 
thing, that the ministry be not 
blamed: ; ) 

4 But in all things approving 
ourselves as the ministers of 


God, in much patience, in 
afflictions, in necessities, in 
distresses, 


5 In stripes, in imprisonments, 
in tumults, in labours, in watch- 
ings, in fastings; 

6 By pureness, by knowledge; 
by longsuffering, by kindness, 
by the Hod’/ly Ghost, by love 
unfeigned, 

7 By the word of truth, by the 
power of God, by the armour of 
righteousness on the right hand 
and on the left, 

8 By honour and dishonour, 
by evil report and good report: 
as deceivers, and yet true; 

9 As unknown, and vet well 
known; as dying, and, behold, 
we live; as chastened, and not 
killed: 

10 As sorrowful, yet alway 
rejoicing; as poor, yet making 
many rich; as having nothing, 
and yet possessing all things. 

11 O ye Cé-rinth’i-ans, our 
mouth is open unto you, our 
heart is enlarged. 

12 Ye are not straitened in us, 
but ye are straitened in your 
own bowels. 

13 Now for a recompence in the 
same, (I speak as unto my chil- 
dren,) be ye also enlarged. 

14 Be ye not unequally yoked 
together with unbelievers: for 
what fellowship hath righteous- 


7 living God; 


2 CORINTHIANS, 6, 7 


ness with unrighteousness? and 
what communion hath light with 
darkness? 

15 And what concord hath 
Christ with Bé’li-al? or what 
part hath he that believeth with 
an infidel? 

16 And what agreement hath 
the temple of God with idols? 
for ye are the temple of the 
as God hath said, 
I will dwell in them, and walk 
in them; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 

17 Wherefore come out from 
among them, and be ye separate, 
saith the Lord, and touch not the 
unclean thing: and will 
receive you, 

18 And will be a Father unto 
you, and ye shall be my sons 
and daughters, saith the Lord 
Almighty. 


CHAPTER 7 156 


1 Exhortation to purity of life. 3 Paul’s 
comfort amid sorrow. 7 Of Titus’ 
mission. 

AVING therefore these 

promises, dearly beloved, 

let us cleanse ourselves from ail 

filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 

roe eune holiness in the fear of 
(0) e 


2 Receive us; we have wronged 
no man, we have corrupted no 
man, we have defrauded no man. 

3 I speak not this to condemn 
you: for I have said before, that 
ye are in our hearts to die and 
live with you. 

4 Great is my boldness of 

speech toward you, great is my 
glorying of you: I am filled 
with comfort, I am exceeding 
joyful in all our tribulation. 
_5 For, when we were come 
into Mac-e-dd/ni-a, our flesh 
had no rest, but we were 
troubled on every side; without 
were fightings, within were 
fears. 

6 Nevertheless God, that com- 
forteth those that are cast down, 
comforted us by the coming of 
Ti’tus; 

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2 CORINTHIANS, 8 


7 And not by his coming only, 
but by the consolation where- 
with he was comforted in you, 
when he told us your earnest 
desire, your mourning, your 
fervent mind toward me; so 
that I rejoiced the more. 

8 For though I made you sorry 
with a letter, I do not repent, 
though I did repent: for I 
perceive that the same epistle 
hath made you sorry, though it 
were but for a season. 

9 Now I rejoice, not that ye 
were made sorry, but that ye 
sorrowed to repentance: for ye 
were made sorry after a godly 
manner, that ye might receive 
damage by us in nothing. 

10 For godly sorrow worketh 
repentance to salvation not to 
be repented of: but the sorrow 
of the world worketh death. 

11 For behold this selfsame 
thing, that ye sorrowed after a 
godly sort, what carefulness it 
wrought in you, yea, what 
clearing of yourselves, yea, what 
indignation, yea, what fear, yea, 
what vehement desire, yea, what 
zeal, yea, what revenge! In all 


things ye have approved your- 
selves to be clear in this 
matter. 


12 Wherefore, though I wrote 
unto you, J did it not for his 
cause that had done the wrong, 
nor for his cause that suffered 
wrong, but that our care for you 
in the sight of God might appear 
unto you. - 

13 Therefore we were com- 
forted in your comfort: yea, and 
exceedingly the more joyed we 
for the joy of Ti’tus, because his 
spirit was refreshed by you all. 

14 For if I have boasted any 
thing to him of you, I am not 
ashamed; but as we spake all 
things to you in truth, even so 
our boasting, which JI made 
before Ti’tus, is found a truth. 

15 And his inward affection 
is more abundant toward you, 
whilst he remembereth the 
obedience of you all, how with 


Exhortation to help the poor 


el and trembling ye received 
im. 

16 I rejoice therefore that I 
have confidence in you in all 
things. 


CHAPTER 8 157 


1 Exhortation to give to the poor saints 
at Jerusalem. 8 The duty of giving. 
16 Commendation of Titus. 

Wi OREOVER. brethren, we 

do you to wit of the grace 
of God bestowed on the churches 
of Mac-e-dd’ni-a; 

2 How that in a great trial of — 
affliction the abundance of their 
joy and their deep poverty 
abounded unto the riches of 
their liberality. : 

3 For to their power, I bear — 
record, yea, and beyond their 
power they were willing of 
themselves; 

4 Praying us with much in- 
treaty that we would receive the 
gift, and take upon us the fel- 
lowship of the ministering to 
the saints. ; 

5 And this they did, not as we 
hoped, but first gave their own 
selves to the Lord, and unto us _ 
by the will of God. . 

6 Insomuch that we desired — 
Ti’tus, that as he had begun, so 
he would also finish in you the 
same grace also. 

7 Therefore, as ye abound in 
every thing, in faith, and utter- 
ance, and knowledge, and in all 
diligence, and in your love to 
us, see that ye abound in this 
grace also. 

8 I speak not by command- 
ment, but by occasion of the 
forwardness of others, and to 
prove the sincerity of your love. 

9 For ye know the grace of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, that, though 
he was rich, yet for your sakes 
he became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich. 

10 And herein I give my ad- 
vice: for this is expedient for 
you, who have begun before, not 
only to do, but also to be for- 
ward a year ago. 


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The duty of giving 


11 Now therefore perform the 

doing of it; that as there was a 
readiness to will, so there may 
be a performance also out of 
that which ye have. 
12 For if there be first a will- 
ing mind, if is accepted accord- 
ing to that a man hath, and not 
according to that he hath not. 

13 For J mean not that other 
men be eased, and ye burdened: 

14 But by an equality, that 
now at this time your abundance 
may be a supply for their want, 
that their abundance also may 


2 CORINTHIANS, 9 


our brethren be enquired of, 
they are the messengers of the 
churches, and the glory of 
Christ. 

24 Wherefore shew ye to them, 
and before the churches, the 
proof of your love, and of our 
boasting on your behalf, 


CHAPTER 9 

1 Why the brethren were sent. 
tiful alms urged. 

OR as touching the minis- 
tering to the saints, it is 
superfluous for me to write to 


158 
6 Boune- 


be a supply for your want: that] you 


there may be equality: . 
15 As it is written, He that 
had gathered much had nothing 
over; and he that had gathered 
little had no lack. 

16 But thanks be to God, 
which put the same earnest 
care into the heart of Ti’tus for 


you. 
17 For indeed he accepted the 
exhortation; but being more for- 
ward, of his own accord he went 
unto you. 
18 And we have sent with him 
the brother, whose praise is in 


the gospel throughout all the| in 


churches; 

19 And not that only, but who 
was also chosen of the churches 
to travel with us with this 
grace, which is administered 
by us to the glory of the same 
Lord, and declaration of your 
ready mind: 

20 Avoiding this, that no man 
should blame us in this abun- 
Sane, which is administered 

us: 

21 Providing for honest things, 
not only in the sight of the Lord, 
but also in the sight of men. 

22 And we have sent with 
them our brother, whom we 
have oftentimes proved diligent 
in many things, but now much 
more diligent, upon the great 
confidence which J have in you. 

23 Whether any do enquire of 
Ti’‘tus, he is my partner and 
fellowhelper concerning you: or 


2 For I know the forwardness 
of your mind, for which I boast 
of you to them of Mac-e-dd/ni-a, 
that A-cha’ia was ready a year 
ago; and your zeal hath pro- 
voked very many 

3 Yet have I sent the brethren, 
fx our boasting of you should 
be in vain in this behalf; that, 
as I said, ye may be ready: 

4 Lest haply if they of Mac-e- 
d0’ni-a come with me, and find 
you unprepared, we (that we 
say not, ye) should be ashamed 
in this same confident boast- 


g. 
5. Therefore I thought it neces- 
sary to exhort the brethren, that 
they would go before unto you, 
and make up beforehand your 
bounty, whereof ye had notice 
before, that the same might be 
ready, as a matter of bounty, 
and not as of covetousness. 

6 But this 7 say, He which 
soweth sparingly shall reap also 
sparingly; and he which soweth 
bountifully shall reap also boun- 
tifully. 

7 Every man according as he 
purposeth in his heart, so let 
him give; not grudgingly, or of 
necessity: for God loveth a 
cheerful giver. 

8 And God is able to make all 
grace abound toward you; that 
ye, always having all sufficiency 
in all things, may abound to 
every good work: 

9 (As it is written, He hath’ 


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2 CORINTHIANS, 10 


dispersed abroad; he hath given 
to the poor: his righteousness 
remaineth for ever. 

10 Now he that ministereth 
seed to the sower both minister 
bread for your food, and multi- 
ply your seed sown, and increase 
the fruits of your righteous- 
ness;) 

11 Being enriched in every 
thing to all bountifulness, 
causeth through us 
thanksgiving to God. 

12 For the administration of 
this service not only supplieth 
the want of the saints, but is 
abundant also by many thanks- 
Shan unto God; 

3 Whiles by the experiment 
of one ministration they glorify 
God for your professed subjec- 
tion unto the gospel of Christ, 
and for your liberal distribution 
unto. them, and unto all men; 

14 And by their prayer for 
you, which long after you for 
the exceeding grace of God in 


you. 
15 Thanks be unto God for 
his unspeakable gift. 


159 CHAPTER 10 


1 Paul’s spiritual might. 8 His pres- 
ence and letters. 12 He taxes them 
for reaching out themselves beyond 
their compass. 

OW I Paul myself beseech 
you by the meekness and 
gentleness of Christ, who in 
presence am base among you, 
but being absent am bold toward 


you: 
2 But I beseech you, that I 
may not be bold when I am 
present with that confidence, 
wherewith I think to be bold 
against some, which think of us 
as if we walked according to 
the flesh. f 

3 For though we walk in the 
flesh,we donot war after theflesh: 
4 (For the weapons of our war- 
fare are not carnal, but mighty 
through God to the pulling 
down of strong holds;) 

5 Casting down imaginations, 


Paul’s letters and boasting 


iand every high thing that ex- 


alteth itself against the knowl- 
edge of God, and bringing into 
captivity every thought to the 
obedience of Christ; 

6 And having in a readiness 
to revenge all disobedience, when 
your obedience is fulfilled. 

Do ye look on things after 
the outward appearance? 
any man trust to himself that 
he is Christ’s, let him of himself 
think this again, that, as he is 
Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s. 

8 For though I should boast 
somewhat more of our authority, 
which the Lord hath given us_ 
for edification, and not for your 
destruction, I should not be 
ashamed: | 

9 That I may not seem as if I 
would terrify you by letters. 

10 For his letters, say they, 
are weighty and powerful; but 
his bodily presence is weak, 
and his speech contemptible. 

11 Let such an one think this, 
that, such as we are in word by 
letters when we are absent, such 
will we be also in deed when 
we are present. 

12 For we dare not make 
ourselves of the number, or 
compare ourselves with some 
that commend themselves; but 
they measuring themselves by 
themselves, and comparing 
themselves among themselves, 
are not wise. 

13 But we will not boast of 
things without our measure, but 
according to the measure of the 
rule which God hath distributed 
to us, a measure to reach even 
unto you. 

14 For we stretch not our- 
selves beyond our measure, as” 
though we reached not unto you: 
for we are come as far as to 
you also in preaching the gospel 
of Christ: 

15 Not boasting of things with- 
out our measure, that is, of 
other men’s labours; but having 
hope, when your faith is in- 
creased, that we shall be en- 


240. 


Paul glories in his experiences 


larged by you according to our 
rule abundant 

16 To preach the gospel in the 
regions beyond you, and not to 
boast in another man’s line of 
things made ready to our hand. 

17 But he that glorieth, let 
him glory in the Lord. 

18 For not he that commend- 
eth himself is approved, but 
whom the Lord commendeth. 


160 CHAPTER 11 


1 As against false apostles Pau glories 
in himself. 23 His sufferings for the 
gospel. 

OULD to God ye could 
bear with me a little in 
my folly: and indeed bear 

with me. , 

2 For I am jealous over you 


with godly jealousy: for I have! Ch 


espoused you to one husband, 
that I may present you as a 
chaste virgin to Christ. 

3 But I fear, lest by any means, 
as the serpent beguiled Eve 
through his subtilty, so your 
minds should be corrupted from 
the simplicity that is in Christ. 

4 For if he that cometh preach- 
eth another Jé’sus, whom we 
have not preached, or if ye 
receive another spirit, which ye 
have not received, or another 


gospel, which ye have not 
with ir ye might well bear 
wi 


5 For I suppose I was not a 
whit behind the very chiefest 
apostles. 

6 But though 7 be rude in 
speech, yet not in knowledge; 
but we have been throughly 
made manifest among you in all 
things. ; 

7 Have I committed an offence 
in abasing myself that ye might 
be exalted, because I have 
preached to you the gospel of 
God freely? 

8 I robbed other churches, 
taking wages of them, to do you 
service. 

90 And when I was present with 
you, and wanted, I was charge- 


2 CORINTHIANS, 11 


able to no man: for that which 
was lacking to me the brethren 
which came from Mac-e-dé’ni-a 
supplied: and in all things I 
have kept myself from being 
burdensome unto you, and so 
will I keep myself. 

10 As the truth of Christ is in 
me,no man shall stop me of this 
boasting in the regions of 
A-cha‘ia. 

11 Wherefore? because I love 
you not? God knoweth. on 

12 But what I do, that I will 
do, that I may cut off occasion 
from them which desire occa- 
sion; that wherein they glory, 
they may be found even as we. 

13 For such are false apostles, 
deceitful workers, transforming 
Hpgetene into the apostles of 
rist. « 

14 And no marvel; for Sa’tan 
himself is transformed into an 
angel of light. 

15 Therefore if is no great 
thing if his ministers also be 
transformed as the ministers of 
righteousness; whose end shall 
be according to their works. 

16 I say again, Let no man 
think me a fool; if otherwise, 
yet as a fool receive me, that I 
may boast myself a little. 

17 That which I speak, I speak 
it not after the Lord, but as it 
were foolishly, in this confidence 
of boasting. 

18 Seeing that many glory 
after the flesh, I will glory also. 

19 For ye suffer fools gladly, 
seeing ye yourselves are wise. 

20 For ye suffer, if a man 
bring you into bondage, if a man 
devour you, if a man take of 
you, if a man exalt himself, if a 
man smite you on the face. 

21 I speak as concerning re- 
proach, as though we had been 
weak. Howbeit whereinsoever 
any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I 
am bold also. 

22 Are they Hé’brews? soam I. 
Are they Is’ra-el-ites? so am I. 
Are they the seed of A’bra-ham? 
so am I. 


241 


2 CORINTHIANS, 12 


23 Are they ministers of Christ? 
(I speak as a fool) I am more; 
in labours more abundant, in 
stripes above measure, in prisons 
more frequent, in deaths oft. 

24 Of the Jews five times re- 
ceived I forty stripes save one. 

25 Thrice was I beaten with 
rods, once was I stoned, thrice 
I suffered shipwreck, a night 
and a day Ihave been in the deep; 

26 In journeyings often, in 
perils of waters, in perils of 
robbers, in perils by mine own 
countrymen, in perils by the 
heathen, in perils in the city, in 
perils in the wilderness, in perils 
in the sea, in perils among false 
brethren; 

27 In weariness and painful- 
ness, in watchings often, in 
hunger and thirst, in fastings 
often, in cold and nakedness. 

28 Beside those things that are 
without, that which cometh upon 
me daily, the care of all the 
churches. 

29 Who is weak, and I am not 
weak? who is offended, and I 
burn not? 

30 If I must needs glory, I will 
glory of the things which con- 
cern mine infirmities. 

31 The God and Father of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, which is 
blessed for evermore, knoweth 
that I lie not. 


32 In Da-mas’cus the governor | 


under Ar’e-tas the king kept the 
city of the Dam/’as-cénes with a 
garrison, desirous to apprehend 
me: 


33 And through a window in a! 


basket was I let down by the 
wall, and escaped his hands. 


161 CHAPTER 12 
1 Paul commends his apostleship. 0 
Glory in infirmities. 11 His self- 


glory compulsory. 


T is not expedient for me 
doubtless to glory. I will 
come to visions and revelations 
of the Lord. 
21 knew a man in Christ 
above fourteen years ago, (wheth- 


Paul’s sufferings for the gospel 


er in the body, I cannot tell; or 
whether out of the body, I cannot 
tell: God knoweth;) such an one 
caught up to the third heaven. 

3 And I knew such a man, 
(whether in the body, or out of 
the body, I cannot tell: God 
knoweth;) 

4 How cee he was caught up. 
into paradise, and eard un-— 
speakable words, which it is not 
lawful for a man to utter. ; 

5 Of such an one will I glory: 
yet of myself I will not glory, 
but in mine infirmities. 

6 For though I would desire to ; 
glory, I shall not be a fool; for I : 
will say the truth: but now I 
forbear, lest any man should © 
think of me above that which he - : 
eee me fo be, or that he heareth 


of m 

7 And lest I should ih exalted 
above measure through the abun- 
dance of the revelations, there 
was given to me a thorn in ore 
flesh, the messenger of Sa’tan to 
buffet me, lest I should be exalted 
above measure. 

8 For this thing I besought the 
Lord thrice, that it might depart 
from me. 

9 And he said unto me, My 
grace is sufficient for thee: for 
my strength is made perfect in 
weakness. Most gladly there- 
fore will I rather glory in my 
infirmities, that the power of 
Christ may rest upon me. 

10 Therefore I take pleasure i ia 
infirmities, in reproaches, 
necessities, in persecutions, 
distresses for Christ’s sake: fn 
when I am weak, then am Tr 
strong. 

11 Iam become a fool in slory<i 
ing; ye have compelled me: forI 
ought to have been commended — 
of you: for in nothing am I be=— 
hind the very chiefest apostles, _ 
though I be nothing. 

12 Truly the signs of ant 
apostle were wrought among you — 
in all patience, in signs, and 
wonders, and mighty deeds. 

13 For what is it wherein ye 





Exhortation and salutation 


were inferior to other churches, 
except it be that I myself was 
not burdensome to you? forgive 
me this wrong. ; 

14 Behold, the third time Iam 
ready to come to you; and I will 
not be burdensome to you: for I 
seek not yours, but you: for the 
children ought not to lay up for 
the parents, but the parents for 

the children. 

15 And I will very gladly 
spend and be spent for you; 

though the more abundantly I 

love you, the less I be loved. 

16 But be it so, I did not 
burden you: nevertheless, being 
crafty, I caught you with guile. 

17 Did I make a gain of you 
by any of them whom I sent 

unto you? 

- 18 1 desired Ti’tus, and with 
him I sent a brother. Did Ti’tus 
make a gain of you? walked we 
not in the same spirit? walked 
- we not in the same steps? 

19 Again, think ye that we 
excuse ourselves unto you? we 
speak before God in Christ: 
but we do all things, dearly be- 
loved, for your edifying. 

20 For I fear, lest, when I 
come, I shall not find you such 
as I would, and that I shall be 
found unto you such as ye would 
not: lest there be _ debates, 
_envyings, wraths, strifes, back- 
_pitings, whisperings, swellings, 
_tumults: 
21 And lest,. when I come 
again, my God will humble me 
among you, and that I shall be- 
wail many which have sinned 
already, and have not repented 
of the uncleanness and forni- 
cation and lasciviousness which 
they have committed. 


162 CHAPTER 13 


1 Paul threatens obstinate sinners. 
Exhortation and prayer. 


HIS is the third time I am 

coming to you. In the 
mouth of two or three witnesses 
_ghall every word be established. 
2 I told you before, and fore- 


il 


2 CORINTHIANS, 13 


tell you, as if I were present, 
the second time; and being 
absent now I write to them 
which heretofore have sinned, 
and to all other, that, if I come 
again, I will not spare: 

3 Since ye seek a proof of 
Christ speaking in me, which 
to you-ward is not weak, but is 
mighty in you. 

4 For though he was crucified 
through weakness, yet he liveth 
by the power of God. For we 
also are weak in him, but we 
shall live with him by the 
power of God toward you. 

5 Examine yourselves, whether 
ye be in the faith; prove your 
own selves. Know ye not your 
own selves, how that Jé’sus 
Christ is in you, except ye be 
reprobates? 

6 But I trust that ye shall 
know that we are not reprobates. 

7 Now I pray to God that ye 
do no evil; not that we should 
appear approved, but that ye 
should do that which is honest, 
though we be as reprobates. 

8 For we can do _ nothing 
against the truth, but for the truth. 

9 For we are glad, when we 
are weak, and ye are strong: 
and this also we wish, even 
your perfection. 

10 Therefore I write these 
things being absent, lest being 
present I should use sharpness, 
according to the power which 
the Lord hath given me to edifi- 
cation, and not to destruction. 

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. 
Be perfect, be of good comfort, 
be of one mind, live in peace; 
and the God of love and peace 
shall be with you. 

12 Greet one another with an 
holy kiss. 

13 All the saints salute you. 

14 The grace of the Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the communion of the Ho’ly 
Ghost, be with you all. A-mén’. 


The second epistie to the Corinthians was 
written from Philippi, @ city of Mace 
_ donia, by Titus and Lucas. 


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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


GALATIANS 


163 CHAPTER 1 
8 Paul accurses false preachers. 
gospel is of God. 
AUL., an apostle, (not of men, 
neither by man, but by 
Jé’sus Christ,~and God the 
Father, who raised him from 
the dead;) 

2 And all the brethren which 
are with me, unto the churches 
of Ga-la’tia: 

3 Grace be to you and peace 
from God the Father, and from 
our Lord Jé’sus Christ, 

4 Who gave himself for our 
sins, that he might deliver us 
from this! present evil world, 
according to the will of God and 
our Father: 

5 To whom be glory for ever 
and ever. A-mén’. 

6 I marvel that ye are so soon 
removed from him that called 
you into the grace of Christ unto 
another gospel: 

7 Which is not another; but 
there be some that trouble you, 
and would pervert the gospel of 
Christ. 

8 But though we, or an angel 
from heaven, preach any other 
gospel unto you than that which 
we have preached unto you, let 
him be accursed. __ 

9 As we said before, so say I 
now again, If any man preach 
any other gospel unto you than 
that ye have received, let him 
be accursed. 

10 For do I now persuade 
men, or God? or do I seek to 
please men? for if I yet pleased 
men, I should not be the servant 
of Christ. 

11 But I certify you, brethren, 
that the gospel which was 
preached of me is not after man. 

12 For I neither received it of 
man, neither was I taught it, 
ne Py the revelation of Jé’sus 

S e 


11 His 


13 For ye have heard of my 
conversation in time past in the 
Jews’ religion, how that beyond 
measure I persecuted the church 
of God, and wasted it: 

14 And profited in the Jews’ 
religion above many my equals 
in mine own nation, being more 
exceedingly zealous of the tradi- 
tions of my fathers. 

15 But when it pleased God, 
who separated me from my 
mother’s womb, and called me 
by his grace, 

16 To reveal his Son in me, 
that I might preach him among 
the heathen; immediately I con- 
ferred not with flesh and blood: 

17 Neither went I up to Jé-ru’- 
sa-lém to them which were 
apostles before me; but I went 
into A-ra’bi-a, and _ returned 
again unto Da-mas’cus. 

18 Then after three years I 
went up to Jé-ru’sa-lém to see 
Pé’tér, 
fifteen days. 


and abode with him 


19 But other of the apostles 


saw I none, save James the 


Lord’s brother, 
20 Now the things which I 


write unto you, behold, before 


God, I lie not. 
21 Afterwards I came into the 
regions of Syr’i-a and Ci-li’cia; 


22 And was unknown by face 


unto the churches of Jua-d2’a 
which were in Christ: 


23 But they had heard only, | 


That he which persecuted us in 
times past now preacheth the 
faith which once he destroyed. 


24 And they glorified God in me. 


CHAPTER 2 

1 Why Paul went to Jerusalem. 16 Of 
justification by faith. 

"THEN fourteen years after I 

went up again to Jé-ru’sa- 

lém with Bar’na-bds, and took 


Ti’tus with me also. 
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2 And I went up by revelation, 
and communicated unto them 
that gospel which I preach 
among the Gén’tiles, but pri- 
vately to them which were of 
reputation, lest by any means I 
should run, or had run, in vain. 

3 But neither Ti’tus, who was 
with me, being a Greek, was 
compelled to be circumcised: 

4 And that because of false 
brethren unawares brought in, 
who. came in privily to spy out 
our liberty which we have in 
Christ Jé’sus, that they might 
bring us into bondage: 

To whom we gave place by 
subjection, no, not for an hour; 
that the truth of the gospel 
might continue with you. 

6 But of these who seemed to 
he somewhat, (whatsoever they 
were, it maketh no matter to me: 
God accepteth no man’s per- 
son:) for they who seemed fo 
be somewhat in conference 
added nothing to me: 

7 But contrariwise, when they 
saw that the gospel of the un- 
circumcision was committed 
unto me, as the gospel of the 
circumcision was unto Pé’tér; 

8 (For he that wrought effec- 
tually in Pé’tér to the apostleship 
of the circumcision, the same 
was mighty in me toward the 
Gén‘tiles:) 

9 And when James, Cé’phas, 
and John, who seemed to be 
pillars, perceived the grace 
that was given unto me, they 


gave to me and Bar’na-bas the |p 


right hands of fellowship; that 
we should go unto the heathen, 
and they unto the circumcision. 

10 Only they would that we 
should remember the poor; the 
eae which I also was forward 
to do. 

11 But when Pé’tér was come 
to An’ti-och, I withstood him to 
the face, because he was to be 
blamed. ; 

12 For before that certain came 
from James he did eat with 
the Gén’tiles: but when they 


GALATIANS, 3 


were come, he withdrew and 
separated himself, fearing them 
which were of the circumcision. 

13 And the other Jews dis- 
sembled likewise with him; in- 
somuch that Bir’na-bds also 
was Carried away with their 
dissimulation. 

But when I saw that they 
walked not uprightly according 
to the truth of the gospel, I 
said unto Pé’tér before them 
all, If thou, being a Jew, livest 
after the manner of Gén‘tiles, 
and not as do the Jews, why 
compellest thou the Gén’tiles to 
live-as do the Jews? 

15 We who are Jews by nature, 
and not sinners of the Gén’tiles, 

_16 Knowing that a man is not 
justified by the works of the 
law, but lby the faith of Jé’sus 
Christ, even we have believed 
in Jé’sus Christ, that we might 
be justified by the faith of Christ, 
and not by the works of the law: 
for by the works of the law 
shall no flesh be justified. 

_17 But if. while we seek to be 
justified by Christ, we ourselves 
also are found. sinners, is 
therefore Christ the minister of 
sin? God forbid. 

18 For if I build again the 


things which I destroyéd, 


make myself a transgressor. 

19 For I through the law am 
dead to the law, that I might 
live unto God. 

20 I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless I live; yet not I, 
ut Christ liveth in me: and 
the life which I now live in the 
flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. 

21 I do not frustrate the grace 
of God: for if righteousness 
come by the law, then Christ is 
dead in vain. 


CHAPTER 3 
Of justification by faith. 
FOOLISH Ga-la’tians, who 
hath bewitched you, that ye 


165 


245 


GALATIANS, 3 


should not obey the truth, be- 
fore whose eyes Jé’sus Christ 
hath been evidently set forth, 
crucified among you? 

2 This only would I learn of 
you, Received ye the Spirit by 
the works of the law, or by 
the hearing of faith? : 

3 Are ye so foolish? having 
begun in the Spirit, are ye now 
made perfect by«the flesh? 

4 Have ye suffered so many 
things in vain? if it be yet in 


vain. 

5 He therefore that minister- 
eth to you the Spirit, and work- 
eth miracles among you, doeth 
he it by the works of the law, 
or by the hearing of faith? 

6 Even as A’bra-ham believed 
God, and it was accounted to 
him for righteousness. 

Know ye therefore that they 
which are of faith, the same are 
the children of A’bra-ham. 

8 And the scripture, foreseeing 
that God would justify the 
heathen through faith, preached 
before the gospel unto A’bra-ham, 
saying, In thee shall all nations 
be blessed. 

9 So then they which be of 
faith are blessed with faithful 

A’bra-ham., 

10 For as many as are of the 
works of the law are under the 
curse: for it is written, Cursed 
is every one that continueth not 
in all things which are written 
in the book of the law to do 


em. 

11 But that no man is justified 
by the law in the sight of God, 
it is evident: for, The just shall 
live by faith. 

12 And the law is not of 
faith: but. The man that doeth 
them shall live in them. 

13 Christ hath redeemed us 
from the curse of the law, being 
made a curse for us: for it is 
written, Cursed is every one 
that hangeth on a tree: 

14 That the blessing of A’bra- 
ham might come on the Gén’- 
tiles through Jé’sus Christ; that 


Justification by faith 


we might receive the promise of 
the Spirit through faith. 

15 Brethren, I speak after the 
manner of men; Though it be 
but a man’s covenant, yet if 
it be confirmed, no man dis- 
annulleth, or addeth thereto. 

16 Now to A’bra-ham and his 
seed were the promises made. 
He saith not, And to seeds, as 
of many; but as of one, And to 
thy seed, which is Christ. 

17 And this I say, that the 
covenant, that was confirmed 
before of God in Christ, the law, 
which was four hundred and 
thirty years after, cannot dis- 
annul, that it should make the 
promise op none effect. | 
e18 For if the inheritance be 
of the law, it is no more of 
promise: but God gave if to 
A’bra-ham by promise. 

19 Wherefore then serveth the 
law? It was added because of 
transgressions, till the seed 
should come to whom the 
promise was made; and it was 
ordained by angels in the hand 
of a mediator. 

20 Now a mediator is not a 
mediator of one, but God is one. 

21 Is the law then against the 
promises of God? God forbid :. 
for if there had been a law given 
which could have given life, 
verily righteousness should have | 
been by the law. | 

22 But the scripture hath cone f 
cluded all under sin, that th the 
promise by faith of Jé’sus Christ 
might be given to them tad 
believe. 

23 But before faith came, we 
were kept under the law, ee 
up unto the faith which should 
afterwards be revealed. ! 

24 Wherefore the law was 
our schoolmaster fo bring us” 
unto Christ, that we might be 
justified by faith. 
25 But after that faith is come, — 
we are no longer under a school- 
master. 

26 For ye are all the children © 
of God by faith in Christ Jé’sus, — 





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| Ab’ba, 





Allegory of Agar and Sara, 


27 For as many of you as have 
been baptized into Christ have 
put on Christ. 

There is neither Jew nor 
Greek, there is neither bond 
nor free, there is neither male 
nor female: for ye are ail one 
in Christ Jé’sus. 

29 And if ye be Christ’s, then 


are ye A’bra-ham’s seed, and 


heirs according to the promise. 


166 CHAPTER 4 
1 Freedom from the law through Christ. 
24 Allegory of Agar and Sara. 
Now I say, That the heir, as 
long as he is a child, differ- 
eth nothing from a_ servant, 
though he be lord of all; 

2 But is under tutors and 
governors until the time ap- 
pointed of the father. 

3 Even so we, when we were 
children, were in bondage under 
the elements of the world: 

4 But when the fulness of the 
time was come, God sent forth 
his Son, made of a woman, 
made under the law, 

5 To redeem them that were 
under the law, that we might 
receive the adoption of sons. 

6 because ye are sons, 
God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into your hearts, crying, 
Father. 
erefore thou art no more 
a servant, but a son; and if a 
son, then an heir of God through 
Christ. 

8 Howbeit then, when ye 
knew not God, ye did service 
unto them which by nature are 
no. gods. 

9 But now, after that ye have 
known God, or rather are known 
of God, how turn ye again to 
the weak and beggarly ele- 
ments, whereunto ye desire 


' again to be in bondage? 


10 Ye observe days, and 


_ months, and times, and years. 


11 I am afraid of you, lest I 
have bestowed upon you labour 


in vain. 
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be 
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GALATIANS, 4 


as Iam; for Iam as ye are: 
a have not injured me at 
a 


13 Ye know how through in- 
firmity of the flesh I preached 
the gospel unto you at the first. 

14 And my temptation which 
was in my flesh ye despised not, 
nor rejected; but received me 
as an angel of God, even as 
Christ Jé’sus. 

15 Where is then the blessed- 
ness ye spake of? for I bear you 
record, that, if it had been 
possible, ye would have plucked 
out your own eyes, and have 
given them to me. 

16 Am I therefore become your 
enemy, because I tell you the 
truth ? 

17 They zealously affect you, 
but not well; yea, they would 
exclude you, that ye might 
affect them. 

18 But it is good to be zealously 
affected always in a good thing, 
and not only when I am present 
with you. 

19 My little children, of whom 
I travail in birth again until 
Christ be formed in you, 

20 I desire to be present with 
you now, and to change my 
voice; for I stand in doubt of 


you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to 
be under the law, do ye not hear 
the law? 

22 For it is written, that 
A’bra-ham had two sons, the 
one by a bondmaid, the other 
by a freewoman. 

23 But he who was of the bond- 
woman was born after the 
fiesh; but he of the freewoman 
was by promise. 

24 Which things are an alle- 
gory: for these are the two 
covenants; the one from tke 
mount Si’nai, which gendereth 
to bondage, which is A’gar. 

25 For this A’gir is mount 
Sinai in A-ra’bi-a, and answer- 
eth to Jé-ru’sa-lém which now 
is, and is in bondage with her 
children, 


GALATIANS, 5 


26 But Jé-ru’sé-lém_ which is 
above is free, which is the 
mother of us ail. 

27 For it is written, Rejoice, 
thou barren that bearest not; 
break forth and cry, thou that 
travailest not: for the desolate 


hath many more children than | he 


she which hath an husband. 

28 Now we, brethren, as I’saac 
was, are the children of promise. 

29 But as then he that was 
born after the flesh persecuted 
him that was born after the 
Spirit, even so if is now. 

30 Nevertheless what saith the 
scripture? Cast out the bond- 
woman and her son: for the 
son of the bondwoman shall not 
be heir with. the son of the free- 
woman. 

31 So then, brethren, we are 
not children of the bondwoman, 
but of the free. 


167 CHAPTER 5 
1 Of the Te ERE 13 Love the sum 
of the law. 22 Fruit of the Spirit. 
TAND fast therefore in the 
liberty wherewith Christ hath 
made us free, and be not en- 
pues again with the yoke of 
on 
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, 
feat if ye be circumcised, Christ 
shall profit you nothing. 

3 For I testify again to every 
man that is circumcised, that he 
is a debtor to do the whole law. 

4 Christ is become of no effect 
unto you, whosoever of you are 
justified by the law; ye are 
fallen from grace. 

5 For we through the Spirit 
wait for the hope of righteous- 
ness by faith. 

6 For in Jé’sus Christ neither 
circumcision availeth any thing, 
nor uncircumcision; but faith 
which worketh by love. 

7 Ye did run well; who did 
hinder you that ye should not 
obey the truth? 

8 This persuasion cometh not 
of him that calleth you. 


Concerning circumcision 


9 A little leaven leaveneth the 
whole lump. 

10 I have confidence in you 
through the Lord, that ye wiil 
be none otherwise minded: but 
he that troubleth you shall 
bear his judgment; whosoever 


e. 
11 And I, brethren, if I yet 
preach circumcision, why do I 
yet suffer persecution? then is 
the offence of the cross ceased. 
12 I would they were even 
cut off which trouble you. | 
13 For, brethren, ye have been 
called unto liberty; only use 
not liberty for an occasion to 
the flesh, but by love serve one 
another | 
14 Toe all the law is fulfilled in 
one word, even in this; Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. ‘ | 
15 But if ye bite and devour 
one another, take heed that ye 
be not consumed one of another. © 
16 This I say then, Walk in 
the Spirit, and ye shall not ful- 


» | fil the lust of the flesh. 


17 For the flesh lusteth against 
the Spirit, and the Spirit against 
the flesh: and these. are con-— 
trary the one to aoe other: so 
that ye cannot do the things © 
that ye would. 

18 But if ye be led of hel 
Spirit, ye are not under the law. 
19 Now the works of the flesh 
are manifest, which are these; 
Adultery, fornication, a : 

ness, lasciviousness, 

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatredil | 
variance, emulations, wrath, ; 
strife, seditions, heresies, 

21 Envyings, murders, drunk-— 
enness, revellings, and such like: 
of the which I tell you before, as - , 
I have also told you in time past, — 
that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom — 


of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, © 
gentleness, goodness, faith, 

23 Meekness, temperance; 
against such there is no law. 


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Mutual bearing of burdens 


24 And they that are Christ’s 
have crucified the flesh with the 
affections and lusts. 

25 If we live in the Spirit, let 
us also walk in the Spirit. 

26 Let us not be desirous of 
vain glory, provoking one an- 
other, envying one another. 


168 CHAPTER 6 
1 Mild dealings with brethren. 2 Mu- 
tual bearing of burdens. 14 Paul’s 
glory in Christ. 
RETHREN, if a man be 
overtaken in a fault, ye 
which are spiritual, restore 
such an one in the spirit of 
meekness; considering thyself, 
lest thou also be tempted. 

2 Bear ye one another’s bur- 
dens, and so fulfil the law of 
Christ. 

3 For, if a man think himself 
to be something, when 
nothing, he deceiveth himself. 

4 But let every man prove his 
own work, and then shall he 
have rejoicing in himself alone, 
and not in another. 

5 For every man shall bear 
his own burden. : 

6 Let him that is taught in 
the word communicate unto him 
that teacheth in all good things. 

7 Be not deceived; God is 
not mocked: for whatsoever a 
man soweth, that shall he also 


reap. A 

8 For he that soweth to his 
flesh shall of the flesh reap cor- 
ruption; but he that soweth to 
the Spirit shall of the Spirit 
reap life everlasting. 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 


he is/L 


GALATIANS, 6; EPHESIANS, 1 


9 And let us not be weary in 
well doing: for in due season 
we shall reap, if we faint not. 

10 As we have therefore oppor- 
tunity, let us do good unto all 
men, especially unto them who 
are of the household of faith. 

11 Ye see how large a letter I 
have written unto you with 
mine own hand. 

12 As many as desire to make 
a fair shew in the flesh, they 
constrain you to be circumcised; 
only lest they should suffer 
persecution for the cross of 
Christ. 

13 For neither they themselves 
who are circumcised keep the 
law; but desire to have you 
circumcised, that they may glory 
in your flesh. 

14 But God forbid that I should 
glory, save in the cross of our 
ord Jé’sus Christ, by whom 
the world is crucified unto me, 
and I unto the world. 

15 For in Christ Jé’sus neither 
circumcision availeth any thing, 
nor uncircumcision, but a new 
creature. 

16 And as many as walk 
according to this rule, peace be 
on them, and mercy, and upon 
the Iis’ra-el of God. 

17 From henceforth let no man 
trouble me: for I bear in my 
body the marks of the Lord 
Jésus. 

18 Brethren, the grace of our 


Lord Jé’sus Christ be with your 


spirit. A-meén’. 


Unto the Galatians written from Rome. 





THE APOSTLE TO THE 


EPHESIANS 


169 CHAPTER 1 

1 Salutation and thanksgiving. 4 Of 
election and adoption. 16 Prayer for 
a full knowledge of Christ. 

TVAUL, an apostle of Jé’sus 

FP Crist: by the will of God, 

to the saints which are at 


Eph’e-stis, and to the faithful 
in Christ Jé’sus: 


2 Grace be to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and from 
the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

3 Blessed be the God _ and 
Father of our Lord Jé’sus Christ, 


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EPHESIANS, 2 


who hath blessed us with all 
spiritual blessings in heavenly 
places in Christ: 

_ 4 According as he hath chosen 
‘us in him before the foundation 
of the world, that we should be 
holy and without blame before 
him in love: 

5 Having predestinated us un- 
to the adoption of children by 
Jé’sus Christ to himself, accord- 
ae to the good pleasure of his 
wi 

6 To the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hath 
made us accepted in the be- 
loved. 

7 In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins, according to 
the riches of his grace; 

8 Wherein he hath abounded 
toward us in all wisdom and 
prudence; 

9 Having made known unto 
us the mystery of his will, 
according to his good pleasure 
which he hath purposed in 
himself: _ 

10 That in the dispensation of 
the fulness of times he might 
gather together in one all 
things in Christ, both which are 
in heaven, and which are on 
earth; even in him: 

11 In_ whom also we have 
obtained an_ inheritance, being 
predestinated according to the 
purpose of 


own will: 

12 That we should be to the 
praise of his_ glory, who first 
trusted in Christ. . 

13 In whom ye also trusted, 
after that ye heard the word of 
truth, the gospel of your salva- 
tion: in whom also after that 
ye believed, ye were seaied 
ih that holy Spirit of promise, 

4 Which is the earnest of our 
par irc tn until the redemp- 
tion of the purchased posses- 
sion, unto the praise of his 


glory 
15 ; Wherefore I also, after I 


him who worketh all | a 
things after the counsel of his. 


Election and adoption 


heard of your faith in the Lord 
Jé’sus, and love unto all the 
saints, 

16 Cease not to give thanks 
for you, making mention of you 
in my prayers; 

17 That the God of_our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ, 


glory, may give unto you the 


the Father of — 


spirit of wisdom and revelation — 


in the knowledge of him:. 


18 The eyes of your under- | 


standing being enlightened; that — 
ye may know what is the hope © 
and what the — 


of his calling, 


riches of the glory of his in- © 


heritance in the saints, 


19 And what is the exceeding © 
greatness of his power to us- — 
according ~ 


ward who believe, 


Cer eo | 


to the working of his mighty © 


power, 

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 
when he raised him from the 
dead, and set him at his own 
right hand 
places, 

21 Far above all principality, 
and power, and might, and 
dominion, and every name that 
is named, not only in this world, 
but also in that which is to come: 

22 And 
under his feet, and gave him fo 
be the head over all things to 
the church, 

23 Which is his body, 
Se of him that filleth all in 


CHAPTER 2 


1 The natural state. 5 State of grace. 
10 Man made for good works. 


ND you hath he quickened, ~ 


in the heavenly 


hath put all things — 


170 © 


the — 


who were dead in tres- 


passes and sins; | 
2 Wherein in time past ye 


walked according to the course — 


of this world, according to the 


prince of the power of the air, q 
the spirit that now worketh in 


the children of disobedience: 
3 Among whom also we all 


had our conversation in times — 


past in the lusts of our flesh, 
1! Fulfilling the desires of the 


250 


Saved by grace through faith 


flesh and of the mind; and 
were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 

4 But God, who is rich in 
mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 

5 Even when we were dead in 

sins, hath quickened us _ to- 
gether with Christ, (by grace 
ye are saved;) 
-6 And hath raised us up to- 
gether, and made us sit together 
in heavenly places in Christ 
Jesus; 

7 That in the ages to come he 
might shew the exceeding riches 
of his grace in his kindness 
toward us through Christ Jé’sus. 

8 For by grace are ye saved 
through faith; and that not of 
yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

9 Not of works, lest any man 
should boast. 

10 For we are his workman- 
ship, created in Christ Jé’sus 
unto good works, which God 
hath before ordained that we 
should walk in them. 

11 Wherefore remember, that 
ye being in time past Gén’tiles 
in the flesh, who are called Un- 
circumcision. by that, which is 
called the Circumcision in the 
flesh made by hands; 

12 That at that time ye were 
without Christ, being aliens 
from the commonwealth of Is’- 
ra-el, and strangers from the 
covenants of promise, having 
no hope, and without God in 
the world: 

13 But now in Christ Jé’sus 
ye who sometimes were far off 
are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

14 For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and ha 
broken down the middle wall of 
pattition between us; . : 

15 Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances; for to make in him- 
self of twain one new man, so 
making peace; ; , 

16 And that he might reconcile 


th | by 


EPHESIANS, 3 


both unto God in one body by 
the cross, having slain the 
enmity thereby: 

17 And came and preached 
peace to you which were afar 
off, and to them that were nigh. 
as For eee ean we both 

ave access by one Spirit unto 
the Father. 

19 Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow-citizens with the 
rie and of the household of 

od; 

20 And are built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and 
prophets, Jé’sus Christ himself 
being the chief corner stone; 

21 In whom all the building 
fitly framed together groweth 
unto an holy temple in the Lord: 

22 In whom ye also are builded 
together for an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 


CHAPTER 3 171 


1 Of Gentile salvation. 3 The mystery 
made known by revelation. 4 
Prayer that the great love of Christ 
may be perceived. 


Ho this cause I Paul, the 
prisoner of Jé’sus Christ 
for you Gén’tiles, 

2 If ye have heard of the dis- 
pensation of the grace of God 
which is given me to you-ward. 

3 How that by revelation he 
made known unto me _ the 
mystery; (as I wrote afore in 
few words, 

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye 
may understand my knowledge 
in the mystery of Christ) 

5 Which in other ages was not 
made known unto the sons of 
men, as it is now revealed unto 
his holy apostles and prophets 
the Spirit; | 

6 That the Gén’tiles should be 
fellowheirs, and of the same 
body, and partakers of his 
promise in Christ by the gospel: 

7 Whereof I was made a 
minister, according to the gift 
of the grace of God given unto 
me by the effectual working of 
his power. 


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EPHESIANS, 4 


8 Unto me, who am less than 
the least of all saints, is this 
grace given, that I _ should 
preach among the Gén’tiles the 
unsearchable riches of Christ; 

9 And to make all men see 
what is the fellowship of the 
mystery, which from the begin- 
ning of the world hath been hid 
in God, who created all things 
by Jé’sus Christ: 

10 To the intent that now 
unto the principalities and pow- 
ers in heavenly places might be 
known by the church the mani- 
fold wisdom of God, 

11 According to the eternal 
purpose which he purposed in 
Christ Jé’sus our Lord: 

12 In whom we have boldness 
and access with confidence by 
the faith of 

13 Wherefore I desire that ye 
faint not at my tribulations for 
you, which is your ao 

14 For this cause I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, 

15 Of whom the whole family 
in heaven and earth is named, 

16 That he would grant you, 
according to the riches of his 
glory, to be strengthened with 
Rien by his Spirit in the inner 


a7 That Christ may dwell in 
your hearts by faith; that ye, 
prin rooted and grounded in 
Ovi 

18 May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the 
breadth, and length, and depth, 
and height; 

19 And to know the love of 
Christ, which passeth knowl- 
edge, that ye might be filled 
with all the fulness of God. 

20 Now unto him that is able 
to do exceeding abundantly 
above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that 
worketh in us, 

21 Unto him be glory in the 
church by Christ Jé’sus through- 
ontig all ages, world without end. 
-mén’ e 


Exhortation to unity 


CHAPTER 4 172 

1 Paul ezhorts to unity. 24 Putting on 

the new man. 29 Casting aside cor- 
rupt communication. 


THEREFORE, the prisoner 


of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the voca- 
tion wherewith ye are called, 


2 With all lowliness and meek- © 


ness, with longsuffering, for- 
bearing one another in love; 

3 Endeavouring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond 


of peace. 


4 There is one body, and one | 
Spirit, even as ye are called in — 


one hope of your calling; 

5 One Lord, one faith, one 
baptism 

6 One *God and Father of all, 
who is above all, and through 
all, and in you all. 


7 But unto every one of us is © 


given grace according to the 
measure of the gift of Christ. 
8 Wherefore he sai 


ae 


he ascended up on high, he led 
captivity captive, and gave gifts © 


unto men. 


9 (Now that he _ ascended, 
what is it but that he also de- — 
into the lower 


scended first 
parts of the earth? 


10 He that descended is the 


same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he 
might fill all things.) 


— 7 


11 And he gave some, apostles; © 


and some, prophets; and some, 
evangelists; 
and teachers; 
12 For the perfecting of the 
saints, 


and some, pastors 


for the work of the 


ministry, for the edifying of 


the body of Christ: 
13 Till we all come 


in the 


unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, 
unto a perfect man, unto the 
measure of the stature of the 


fulness of Christ: 

14 That we henceforth be no 
more children, tossed to and 
fro, and carried about with 
every wind of doctrine, by the 
sleight of men, and cunning 


252 


Exhortations to righteous living 


craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive; 

15 But speaking the truth in 
love, may grow up into him in 

things, which is the head, 
even Christ: 

16 From whom the whole body 
fitly joined together and com- 
pacted by that which every joint 
supplieth, according to the effec- 
tual working in the measure of 
every part, maketh increase of 
the body unto the edifying of 
itself in love. 

his I say therefore, and 
testify in the Lord, that ye 
henceforth walk not as other 
Gén’tiles walk, in the vanity 
of their mind, 

18 Having the understanding 
darkened, being alienated from 
the life of God through the 
ignorance that is in them, be- 
cause of the blindness of their 
heart: ce 

19 Who being past feeling 
have given themselves over unto 
lasciviousness, to work all un- 
cleanness with greediness. 

20 But ye have not so learned 
Christ; 

21 If so be that ye have heard 
him, and have been taught by 
him, as the truth is in Jé’sus: 

22 That ye put off concerning 
the former conversation the old 
man, which is corrupt according 
to the deceitful lusts; 

23 And be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind; 

24 that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created 
in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. t 

25 Wherefore putting away ly- 
ing, speak every man truth with 
his neighbour: for we are 
members one of another. | 

26 Be ye angry, and sin not: 
let not the sun go down upon 
your wrath: | 

27 Neither give place to the 
devil. 

28 Let him that stole steal no 
more: but rather let him labour, 
working with his hands the 


EPHESIANS, 5 


thing which is good, that he may 
have to give to him that needeth. 
29 Let no corrupt communica- 
tion proceed out of your mouth, 
but that which is good to the 
use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace unto the hearers. 
30 And grieve not the holy 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are 
sealed unto the day of redemption. 
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, 
and anger, and clamour, and 
evil speaking, be put away from 
you, with all malice: 

32 And be ye kind one to an- 
other, tenderhearted, forgiving 
one another, even as God for 
Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. 


CHAPTER 5 173 


1 A general exhortation. 22 On the 
relation of husband and wife. 


B= ye therefore followers of 
God. as dear children; 

2 And walk in love, as Christ 
also hath loved us, and hath 
given himself for us an offering 
and a sacrifice to God for a 
sweetsmelling savour. 

3 But fornication, and all un-. 
cleanness, or covetousness, let 
it not be once named among you, 
as becometh saints; 

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish 
talking, nor jesting, which are 
not convenient: but rather giv- 
ing of thanks. 

5 For this ye know, that no 
whoremonger, nor unclean per- 
son, nor covetous man, who is 
an idolater, hath any inheritance 
a ee kingdom of Christ and of 

od. 

6 Let no man deceive you 
with vain words: for because of 
these things cometh the wrath 
of God upon the children of 
disobedience. 

Be not ye therefore partakers 
with them. ‘ 

8 For ye were sometimes dark- 
ness, but now are ye light in the 
Lord: walk as_ children of 
light: 2 Tee 

9‘ (For the fruit of the Spirit is 


253 


EPHESIANS, 6 


in all goodness and righteousness 
and truth;) ; 

10 Proving what is acceptable 
unto the Lord. 5 

11 And have no _ fellowship 
with the unfruitful works of 
darkness, but rather reprove 
them. 

12 For it is a shame even to 
speak of those things which are 
done of them in secret. 

13 But all things that are re- 
proved are made manifest by 
the light: for whatsoever doth 
make manifest is light. 

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake 
thou that sleepest, and arise 
from the dead, and Christ shall 
give thee light. 

15 See then that ye walk cir- 
cumspectly, not as fools, but as 
wise, 

16 Redeeming the time, be- 
cause the days are evil. 

17 Wherefore be ye not un- 
wise, but understanding what 
the will of the Lord is. 

18 And be not drunk with 
wine, wherein is excess; but 
be filled with the Spirit; 

19 Speaking to -yourselves in 
psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, singing and making mel- 
ody in your heart to the 


ord; 

20 Giving thanks always for 
all things unto God and_ the 
Father in the name of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ; 

21 Submitting yourselves one 
to another in the fear of God. 

22 Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as 
unto the Lord. : 

23 For the husband is the head 
of the wife, even as Christ is the 
head of the church: and he is 
the saviour of the body. 

24 Therefore as the church is 
subject unto Christ, so let the 
wives be to their own husbands 
in every thing. ; 

25 Husbands, love your wives, 
even as Christ also loved the 
church, and gave himself for it; 

26 That he might sanctify and 


Parents and children 


cleanse it with the washing of 
water by the word, 

27 That he might present it to 
himself a glorious church, not 
having spot, or wrinkle, or any 
such thing; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 

28 So ought men to love their 
wives as their own bodies. 
that loveth his wife loveth 
himself. 

29 For no man ever yet hated 
his own flesh; . 
and cherisheth it, even as the 
Lord the church: 

30 For we are members of his 
body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 

31 For this cause shall a man 


He © 


but nourisheth — 


leave his father and mother, and © 


shall be joined unto his 
and they two shall be one flesh. 


wife, — 


32 This is a great mystery: but | 
I speak concerning Christ and — 


the church. 


33 Nevertheless let every one 


of you in particular so love his 
wife even as himself; 
wife see that she reverence her 
husband. 


CHAPTER 6 


and the © 


174 


1 Of parents and children. 5 Of serv- 


ants and masters. 
armour of a Christian to be put on. 
21 Commendation of Tychicus. 


13 The complete — 


HILDREN, obey your par- © 


ents in the Lord: for thisis — 


right. 


2 Honour thy father and moth- — 
er; which is the first command- — 


ment with promise; 


3 That it may be well with — 


thee, and thou mayest live long 
on the earth. 


4 And, ye fathers, provoke not 


your children to wrath: 


but — 


bring them up in the nurture — 


and admonition of the Lord. 
5 Servants, 
them 


ist; 

6 Not with eyeservice, as men- 
pleasers; but as the servants of 
Christ, doing the will of God 
from the heart; 


your heart, as unto Chr 


254 


be obedient to f 
that are your masters ac- — 
cording to the flesh, with fear — 
and trembling, in singleness of. 


The Christian’s armour 


7 With good will doing service, 
as to the Lord, and not to men: 

8 Knowing that whatsoever 
good thing any man doeth, the 
same shall he receive of the 
athe: whether he be bond or 
ree. 

9 And, ye masters, do the 
same things unto them, for- 
bearing threatening: knowing 
that your Master also is in 
heaven; neither is there re- 
spect of persons with him. 

Finally, my brethren, be 
strong in the Lord, and in the 
power of his might. 

11 Put on the whole armour 
of God, that ye may be able to 
stand against the wiles of the 
devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high 
places. 

13 Wherefore take unto you 
the whole armour of God, that 
ye may be able to withstand in 
the evil day, and having done 
all, to stand. ( 

14 Stand therefore, having your 
loins girt about with truth, and 
having on the breastplate of 
righteousness; : 

15 And your feet shod with 
the preparation of the gospel of 
peace; 3 

16 Above all, taking the shield 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 


PHILIPPIANS, 1 


of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
able to quench all the fiery darts 
of the wicked. 

17 And take the helmet of 
salvation, and the sword of the 
Spirit, which is the word of God: 

18 Praying always with all 
prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto 
with all perseverance and sup- 
plication for all saints: 

19 And for me, that utterance 
may be given unto me, that I 
may open my mouth boldly, to 
make known the mystery of the 
gospel, 

20 For which I am an ambas- 
sador in bonds: that therein 
I may speak boldly, as I ought 
to speak. 

21 But that ye also may know 
my affairs, and how I do, 
Tych’i-cts, a beloved brother 
and faithful minister in the 
Lord, shall make known to you 
all things: 

22 Whom I have sent unto you 
for the same purpose, that ye 
might know our affairs, and 
that he might comfort your 
hearts. 

23 Peace be to the brethren, 
and love with faith, from God 
the Father and the Lord Jé’sus 
Christ. 

24 Grace be with all them that 
love our Lord Jé’sus Christ in 
sincerity. A-mén’, 

Written from Rome unto the Ephesians 

by Tychicus. 


THE APOSTLE TO THE 


PHILIPPIANS 


175 _CHAPTER 1 
1 Puul’s thanks and love. 21 His mis- 
sion to glorify Christ. 

AUL and Ti-m6’the-ts, the 

servants of Jé’sus Christ, 

to all the saints in Christ Jé’sus 
which are at Phi-lip’pi, with the 
bishops and deacons: 


Grace be unto you, and 


peace, from God our Father, and 
from the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 
3 I thank my God upon every 


remembrance of you, 


4 Always in every prayer of 


mine for you all making request 


with joy, in 
5 For your fellowship in the gos- 


pel from the first day until now; 


255 


PHILIPPIANS, 2 


6 Being confident of this very 
thing, that he which hath be- 
gun a good work in you will 
perform it until the day of 
- Jé’sus Christ: | 

7 Even as it is meet for me to 
think this of you all, because I 
have you in my heart; inasmuch 
as both in my bonds, and in 
the defence and confirmation of 
the gospel, ye all are partakers 
of my grace. 

8 For God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you all in the 
bowels of Jé’sus Christ. 

9 And this I pray, that your 
love may abound yet more and 
more in knowledge and in‘all 
judgment; i 

10 That ye’ may approve things 
that are excellent; that ye may 
be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ; 

11 Being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by 
Jé’sus Christ, unto the glory 
and praise of God. 

12 But I would ye should un- 
derstand, brethren, that the 
things which happened unto me 
have fallen out rather unto the 
furtherance of the gospel; 

13 So that my bonds in Christ 
are manifest in all the palace, 
and in all other places; 

14 And many of the brethren 
in the Lord, waxing confident by 
my bonds, are much more bold 
to speak the word without_fear. 

15 Some indeed preach Christ 
even of envy and strife; and 
some also of good will: _ 

16 The one’ preach Christ of 
contention, not sincerely, sup- 
posing to add affliction to my 
bonds: 

_17 But the other of love, know- 
ing that I am set for the defence 
of the gospel. 

_18 What then? notwithstand- 
ing, every way, whether in pre- 
tence, or in truth, Christ is 
preached; and I therein do re- 
joice, yea, and will rejoice. 

19 For I know that this shall 
turn to my salvation through 


Paul’s mission to glorify Christ 


your prayer, and the supply of 
the Spirit of Jé’sus Christ, 

20 According to my earnest 
expectation and my hope, that 
in nothing I shall be ashamed, 
but that with all boldness, as_ 
always, so now also Christ shail 
be magnified in my body, wheth- 
er it be by life, or by death. 

21 For to me to live is Christ, 
and to die is gain. | 
22 But if I live in the flesh, 
this is the fruit of my labour: 
vet what I shall choose I wot 
not. | 
23 For I am in a strait he- 
twixt two, having a_ desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ; 
which is far better: : 
24 Nevertheless to abide in the 

flesh is more needful for you. 

25 And having this confidence, 
I know that I shall abide and 
continue with you all for your 
furtherance and joy of faith; 

26 That your rejoicing may be 
more abundant in Jé’sus Christ 
for me by my coming to you 
again. : 

27 Only let your conversation 
be as it becometh the gospel of 
Christ: that whether I come and 
see you, or else be absent, I may 
hear of your affairs, that ye | 
stand fast in one spirit, with one 
mind striving together for the 
faith of the gospel; 

28 And in nothing terrified by 
your adversaries: which is to 
them an evident token of per= 
dition, but to you of salvation, 
and that of God. 

29 For unto you it is given in 
the behalf of Christ, not only to 
believe on him, but also to suffer 
for his sake; J 

30 Having the same conflict 
which ye saw in me, and now 
hear fo be in me. 


‘ 

CHAPTER 2 176 
Exhortation to Moai?) through Christ’s 
example. 


F there be therefore any con- 
solation in Christ, if any 
comfort of love, if any. fellows 


256 


Christ’s example of humility and obedience 


ship of the Spirit, if any bowels 
and mercies, ; 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be 
likeminded, having the same 
love, being of one accord, of 
one mind. 

3 Let nothing be done through 
strife or vainglory; but in 
lowliness of mind let each 
esteem other better than them- 
selves. : 

4 Look not every man on his 
own things, but every man also 
on the things of others. | 

5 Let this mind be in you, 
which was also in Christ Jé’sus: 

6 Who, being in the form of 
God, thought it not robbery to 
be equal with God: 

But made himself of no 
reputation, and took upon him 
the form of a servant, and was 
made in the likeness of men: 

8 And being found in fashion 
asa man, he humbled himself, 
and became obedient unto 
death, even the death of the 
cross. 

9 Wherefore God also hath 
highly exalted him, and given 
him a name which is above every 
name: 

10 That at the name of Jé’sus 
every knee should bow, of 
things in heaven, and things in 
earth, and things under the 
earth; 

11 And that every tongue 
should confess that Jé’sus Christ 
is Lord, to the glory of God the 
Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as 
ye have always obeyed, not as in 
my presence only, but now much 
more in my absence, work out 
your own salvation with fear 
and trembling. ; 

13 For it is God which work- 
eth in you both to will and to 
do of his good pleasure. 

14 Do all things without mur- 
murings and disputings: 

15 That ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, 

T-17 


PHILIPPIANS, 2 


among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world; 

16 Holding forth the word of 
life; that I may rejoice in the 
day of Christ, that I have not 
run in vain, neither laboured in 


vain. 

17 Yea, and if I be offered up- 
on the sacrifice and service of 
your faith, I joy, and rejoice 
with you all. 

18 For the same cause also do 
ye joy, and rejoice with me. 

19 But trust in the Lord 
Jé’sus to send Ti-md’the-tis 
shortly unto you, that I also 
may be of good comfort, when 
I know your state. 

20 For I have no man like- 
minded, who will naturally care 
for your state. 

21 For all seek their own, not 
the things which are Jé’sus 
Christ’s. 

22 But ye know the proof of 

im, that, as a son with the 
father, he hath served with me 
in the gospel. 

23 Him therefore I hope to 
send presently, so soon as I 
shall see how it will go with me. 

24 But I trust in the Lord that 
I also myself shall come shortly. 

25 Yet I supposed it necessary 
to send to you E-paph-ro-di’tus, 
my brother, and companion in 
labour, and fellowsoldier, but 
your messenger, and he that 
ministered to my wants. 

26 For he longed after you all, 
and was full of heaviness, be- 
cause that ye had heard that he 
had been sick. 

27 For indeed he was sick 
nigh unto death: but God had 
mercy on him; and not on him 
only, but on me also, lest I 
should have sorrow upon sorrow. 

28 I sent him therefore the 
more carefully, that, when ye 
see him again, ye may rejoice, 
and that I may be the less sor- 
rowful. 

29 Receive him therefore in the 
Lord with all gladness; and 
hold such in reputation: 


237 


PHILIPPIANS, 3, 4 


30 Because for the work of j; 


Christ he was nigh unto death, 
not regarding his life, to supply 
your lack of service toward me. 


177 CHAPTER 3 


1 Paul warns against false teachers and 
Christ’s enemies. 15 Exhortation to 
decline the ways of carnal Christians. 


INALLY, my brethren, re- 

joice in the Lord. To write 
the same things to you, to me 
indeed is not grievous, but for 
you it is safe. 

2 Beware of dogs, beware of 
evil workers, beware of the 
concision. 

3 For we ate the circumcision, 
which worship God in the spirit, 
and rejoice in Christ Jé’sus, 
and have no confidence in the 
flesh. 

4 Though I might also have 
confidence in the flesh. If any 
other man thinketh that he hath 
whereof he might trust in the 
flesh, I more: ; 

5 Circumcised the eighth day, 
of the stock of is’ra-el, of the 
tribe of Bén’ja-min, an Hé’brew 
of the Hé’brews; as touching 
the law, a Phar’i-see; 

6 Concerning zeal, persecut- 
ing the church; touching the 
righteousness which is in the 
law, blameless. 


7 But what things were gain to | Ch 


me, those I counted loss for 
Christ. 

8 Yea doubtless, and I count 
all things but loss for the ex- 
cellency of the knowledge of 
Christ Jé’sus my Lord: for 
whom I have suffered the loss 
of all things, and do count them 
but dung, that I may win Christ, 

be found in him, not 
having mine own righteousness, 
Which is of the law, but that 
whic 
Christ, the righteousness which 
is of God by faith: 

10 That I may know him, and 
the power of his resurrection, 
and the fellowship of his suffer- 


h is through the faith of |p 


Warning against false teachers 


ings, being made conformable 
unto his death; 

11 If by any means I might 
attain unto the resurrection of 
the dead. 

12 Not as though I had already 
attained, either were already 
perfect: but I follow after, if 
that I may apprehend that for 
which also I am apprehended of 
Christ Jé’sus. ; 

13 Brethren, I count not my- 
self to have ay ae but 
this one thing J do, forgetting 
those things which are behind, 
and reaching forth unto those 
things which are before, 

14 I press toward the mark 
Aon the prize of the high calling 

God in Christ Jé’sus. 

°15 Let us therefore, as many 
as be perfect, be thus minded: 
and if in any thing ye be other- 
wise minded, God shall re- 
veal even this unto you. 

16 Nevertheless, whereto we 
have already attained, let us 
walk by the same rule, let us 
mind the same thing. 

17 Brethren, be followers to- 
gether of me, and mark them 
which walk so as ye have us 
for an ensample. 

18 (For many walk, of whom I 
have told you often, and now 
tell you even weeping, that they 
are Ay enemies of the cross of 
ris 

19 Whose end is_ destruction, 
whose God is their belly, an 
whose glory is in 
who mind earthly things.) | 

20 For our conversation is in 
heaven; from whence also we 
look 
Jé’sus Christ: 


their shame, — 


for the Saviour, the Lord 


21 Who shall change our vile — 
body, that it may be fashioned — 
like unto his glorious body, 
according to the working where- — 


y he is able even to subdue all 
things unto himself. 


CHAPTER 4 178 


1 Paul exhorts the brethren generally. 
_ 10 His joy at their liberality. ~~ 


258 


Exhortation and salutation 


HEREFORE, my brethren 

dearly beloved and longed 

for, my joy and crown, so stand 

fast in the Lord, my dearly be- 
loved. 

2 1 beseech Et-6’di-as, and 
beseech Syn’ty¥-ché, that they be 
of the same mind in the Lord. 

3 And I intreat thee also, true 
yokefellow, help those women 
which laboured with me in the 
sane with Clém’ént also, and 
with other my fellowlabourers, 
whose names are in the book 
of life. 

4 Rejoice _in the Lord alway: 
and again I say, Rejoice. 

5 Let your moderation be 

known unto all men. The Lord 
is at hand. 
_6 Be careful for nothing; but 
in every thing by prayer and 
supplication with thanksgiving 
let your requests be made known 
unto God. 

7 And the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, 
shall keep your hearts and 
minds through Christ Jé’sus. 

8 Finally, brethren, whatso- 
ever things are true, whatsoever 
things are honest, whatsoever 
things are just, whatsoever things 
are pure, whatsoever things are 
lovely, whatsoever things are of 
good report; if there be any 
virtue, and if there be any 
praise, think on these things. 

9 Those things, which ye have 
both learned, and received, and 


heard, and seen in me, do: and 


oC, God of peace shall be with 


710° But I rejoiced in the Lord 
greatly, that now at the last 


your care of ‘me hath flourished 


| 


again; wherein ye were also 
careful, but ye lacked oppor- 


tunity. 
11 Not that I speak in respect 
of want: for I have learned, in 


PHILIPPIANS, 4 


whatsoever state I am, there- 
with to be content. 

12 I know both how to be 
abased, and I know how to 
abound: every where and in all 
things I am instructed both to 
be full and to be hungry, both to 
abound and to suffer need. 

13 I can do all things through 
Christ which strengtheneth me. 

14 Notwithstanding ye have 
well done, that ye did com- 
municate with my affliction. 

15 Now ye Phi-lip’pi-ans know 
also, that in the beginning of 
the gospel, when I departed from 
Mac-e-do’/ni-a, no church com- 
municated with me as concern- 
ing giving and receiving, but ye 
only. 

16 For even in Thés-sa-lé- 
ni’ca ye sent once and again un- 
to my necessity. 

17 Not because I desire a gift: 
but I desire fruit that may 
abound to your account. 

18 But I have all, and abound: 
I am full, having received of 
E-paph-ro-di’‘tus the things 
which were sent from you, an 
odour of a sweet smell, a sacri- 
five acceptable, well pleasing to 


19 But my God shall supply 
all your need according to his 
riches in glory by Christ Jé’sus. 

20 Now unto God and our 
Father be glory for ever and 
ever. A-mén’. 

21 Salute every saint in Christ 
Jé’sus. The brethren which are 
with me greet you. 

2 All the saints salute you, 
chiefly they that are of Cz‘sar’s 
household 

23 The grace of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ be with you all. 
A-mén’. 


It was written to the Philippians=irom 
Rome by Epaphroditus. 7 


259 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 


THE APOSTLE TO THE 


COLOSSIANS 


179 CHAPTER 1 
1 Salutation. 14 The true Christ de- 
scribed. 23 Paul’s own minisiry. 


Pp* » an apostle of Jé’sus 
Christ by the will of God, 
and Ti-m6’the-ts our brother, 

2 To the saints and faithful 
brethren in Christ which are at 
C6-lés’sé: Grace be unto you, 
and peace, from God our Father 
and the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

3 We give thanks to God and 
the Father of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, praying always for you, 

4 Since we heard of your faith 
in Christ Jé’sus, and of the 
love which ye have to all the 
saints, SR): 

5 For the hope which is laid 
up for you in heaven, whereof 
ye heard before in the word of 
the truth of the gospel; 

_6 Which is come unto you, as 
it is in all the world; and 
bringeth forth fruit, as it doth 
also in you, since the day ye 
heard of it, and knew the grace 
of God in truth: 

7 As ye also learned of Ep’a- 
phras our dear fellowservant, 
who is for you a faithful minister 
of Christ; 

8 Who also declared unto us 
your love in the Spirit. 

9 For this cause we also, since 
the day we heard it, do not 
cease to pray for you, and to 
desire that ye might be filled 
with the knowledge of his will 
in all wisdom and _ spiritual 
understanding; 

10 That ye might walk worthy 
of the Lord unto all pleasing, 


being fruitful in every, good 
work, and increasing in the 
knowledge of God; 


11 Strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power, 
unto all patience and long- 
suffering with joyfulness; 


260 


' 12 Giving thanks unto the 


Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the in-— 
heritance of the saints in light: 

13 Who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and 
hath translated us into the 
kingdom of his dear Son: | 

14 In whom we have redemp-. 
tion through his blood, even the 
forgiveness of sins: 

15 Who is the image of the 
invisible God, the firstborn of 
every creature: : 

16 For by him were all things 
created, that are in heaven, and 
that are in earth, visible and 
invisible, whether they be 
thrones, or dominions, or princi- 
palities, or powers: all things 
were created by him, and for 


17 And he is before all things, 
and by him all things consist. 

18 And he is the head of the 
body, the church: who is the 
beginning, the firstborn from 
the dead; that in all things he 
might have the preeminence. : 

19 For it pleased the Father 
that in him should all fulness 
dwell; 

20 And, having made peace 
through the blood of his cross, 
by him to reconcile all things 
unto himself; by him, J say, 
whether they be things in earth, 
or things in heaven. : 

21 And you, that were some- 
time alienated and enemies in 
your mind by wicked works, 
yet now hath he reconciled 

22 In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you 
holy and unblameable and un- 
reproveable in his sight: 

23 If ye continue in the faith 
grounded .and settled, and be 
not moved away from the hope, 
of the gospel, which ye have 


| 


Exhortation to constancy in Christ 


heard, and which was preached 
_ to every creature which is under 
heaven; whereof I Paul am 
made a minister; 

24 Who now rejoice in my 
sufferings for you, and fill up 
that which is behind of the 
afflictions of Christ in my flesh 
for his body’s sake, which is 
the church: 

25 Whereof I am made a min- 
ister, according to the dispensa- 
tion of God which is given to me 
for you, to fulfil the word of 


od; 

26 Even the mystery which 
hath been hid from ages and 
from generations, but now is 
made manifest to his saints: 

27 To whom God would make 
known what is the riches of the 
glory of this mystery among the 
Gén’tiles; which is Christ in 
pet the hope of glory: 

8 Whom we preach, warning 
once man, and teaching every 
man in all wisdom; that we 
may present every man perfect 
in Christ Jé’sus: 

29 Whereunto I also labour, 
striving according to his work- 


ing, which worketh in me 
mightily. 
180 CHAPTER 2 


1 Paul exhorts them to be constant in 
Christ. 18 Of worshipping angels. 


OR I would that ye knew 

what great conflict I have 
for you, and for them at La-od- 
i-cé’a, and for as many as have 
not seen my face in the flesh; 

2 That their hearts might be 
comforted, being knit together 
in love, and unto all riches of 
the full assurance of under- 
standing, to the acknowledge- 
ment of the mystery of God, and 
of the Father, and of Christ; 

3 In whom are hid all the 
treasures of wisdom and knowl- 


edge 

4 nd this I say, lest any man 
should beguile you with enticing 
words. 


COLOSSIANS, 2 


5 For though I be absent in the 
flesh, yet am I with you in the 
spirit, joying and beholding vour 
order, and the stedfastness of 
your faith in Christ. 

6 As ye have therefore received 
Christ Jé’sus the Lord, so walk ye 
in him: 

7 Rooted and built up in him, 
and stablished in the faith, as ye 
have been taught, abounding 
therein with thanksgiving. 

8 Beware lest any man spoil 
you through philosophy and vain 
deceit, after the tradition of men, 
after the rudiments of the world, 
and not after Christ. 

9 For in him dwelleth all the 
Funes of the Godhead bodily. 

10 And ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all prin- 
cipality and power: 

11 In whom also ye are cir- 
cumcised with the circumcision 
made without hands, in putting 
off the body of the sins of the 
flesh by the circumcision of 
Christ: 

12 Buried with him in bap- 
tism, wherein also ye are risen 
with him through the faith of 
the operation of God, who hath 
raised him from the dead. 

13 And you, being dead in your 
sins and the uncircumcision of 
your flesh, hath he quickened 
together with him, having for- 
given you all trespasses; 

14 Blotting out the handwriting 
of ordinances that was against 
us, which was contrary to us, and 
took it out of the way, nailing it to 
his cross; 

15 And having spoiled princi- 
palities and powers, he made a 
shew of them openly, triumphing 
over them in it. 

16 Let no man therefore judge 
you in meat. or in drink, or in 
respect of an holyday, or of the 
a moon, or of the sabbath 

ays: 

17 Which are a shadow of 
things to come; but the body is 
of Christ. 

18 Let no man beguile you of 


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COLOSSIANS, 3 


your reward in a voluntary. 


humility and worshipping of 
angels, intruding into those 
things which he hath not seen, 
vainly puffed up by his fleshly 


mind, 

19 And not holding the Head, 
from which all the body by joints 
and bands having nourishment 
ministered, and knit together, 
fockeeee with the increase of 

od. : 

20 Wherefore if ye be dead with 
Christ from the rudiments of the 
world, why, as though living in 
the world, are ye subject to ordi- 
nances, 

21 (Touch not; 
handle not; 

22 Which all are to perish with 
the using;) after the command- 
ments and doctrines of men? 


taste not; 


23 Which things have indeed ajh 


shew of wisdom in will worship, 


The old man and the new 


these; anger, wrath, malice, 
blasphemy, filthy communication 
out of your mouth. 

9 Lie not one to another, seeing 
that ye have put off the old man 
with his deeds; 

10 And have put on the new 
man, which is renewed in 
knowledge after the i image of him 
that created 

11 Where there i is neither Greek 
nor Jew, circumcision nor uncir- 
cumcision, Bar-ba’ri-an, Scyth‘i- 
an, bond nor free: but Christ is 
all, and in all. 

12 Put on therefore, as the 
elect of God, holy and beloved, 
bowels of mercies, kindness, 
humbleness of mind, meekness, 
longsuffering; 

13 Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
ave a quarrel against any: even 
as Christ forgave you, so also 


and humility, and neglecting of | do ye 


the body; not in any honour to 
the satisfying of the flesh. 


181 CHAPTER 3 
1 Christ should be sought. 10 Exhorta- 
tion to put off the old man and put 
on Christ. 12 Of charity and other 
duties. 
F ye then be risen with Christ, 
seek those things which are 
above, where Christ sitteth on the 
right hand of God. 

2 Set your affection on things 
above, not on things on the earth. 

3 For ye are dead, and your 
life is hid with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ, who is our 
life, shall appear, then shall ye 
also appear with him in glory. 

5 Mortify therefore your mem- 
bers which are upon the earth; 
fornication, uncleanness, inordi- 
nate affection, evil concupiscence, 
and covetousness, which is idol- 
atry: 

6 For which things’ sake the 
wrath of God cometh on the 
children of disobedience: 

In the which ye also walked 
some time, when ye lived in them. 

8 But now ye also put off all 


14 And above all these things 
put on charity, which is the 
bond of perfectness. 

15 And let the peace of God 
rule in your hearts, to the which 
also ye are called in one body; 
and be ye thankful. 

16 Let the word of Christ dwell 
in you richly in all wisdom; 
teaching and admonishing one 
another in psalms and hymns and 
spiritual songs, singing with 
grace in your hearts to the Lord. 

17 And whatsoever ye do in | 
word or deed, do all in the name 
of the Lord Jé’sus, giving thanks 
to God and the Father by him. 

18 Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as it is 
fit in the Lord. 

19 Husbands, love your wives, 
and be not bitter against them. 

20 Children, obey your parents 
in all things: for this is well 
pleasing unto the Lord. 

21 Fathers, provoke not your 
children fo anger, lest they be 
discouraged. 

22 Servants, obey in all things 
your masters according to the 
flesh; not with eyeservice, as 


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Exhortation and salutation 


. menpleasers; but in singleness of 
heart, fearing God: ; 
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it 
heartily, as to the Lord, and not 
unto men; 
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye 
shall receive the reward of the 
inheritance: for ye serve the 
Lord Christ. 
25 But he that doeth wrong 
shall receive for the wrong which 
he hath done: and there is no 
- respect of persons. 


182 CHAPTER 4 
1 Paul exhorts them to be fervent in 
prayer. 10 Salutation and wishes. 
ASTERS, give unto your 
servants that which is just 
and equal; knowing that ye also 
have a Master in heaven. 
2 Continue in prayer, and 
watch in the same with thanks- 
- giving; 
3 Withal praying also for us, 
that God would open unto us a 
door of utterance, to speak the 
mystery of Christ, for which I 
am also in bonds: 
_ 4 That I may make it manifest, 
as I ought to speak. 


COLOSSIANS, 4 


of you. They shall make known 
unto you all things which are 
done here. 

10 Ar-is-tér’chus my fellow- 
prisoner saluteth you, and Mar’- 
cus, sister’s son to Bar’na-bas, 
(touching whom ye _ received 
commandments: if he come unto 
you, receive him;) 

NM And Jé’sus, which is called 
Jus’tus, who are of the circum- 
cision. These only are my fel- 
lowworkers unto the kingdom of 
God, which have been a comfort 
unto me. 

12 Ep’a-phras, who is one of 
you, a servant of Christ, saluteth 
you, always labouring fervently 
for you in prayers, that ye may 
stand perfect and complete in all 
the will of God. 

13 For I bear him record, that 
he hath a great zeal for you, and 
them that are in La-0d-i-cé’a, 
and them in Hi-e-rap’o-lis. 

14 Luke, the beloved physi- 
cian, and Dé’mas, greet you. 

15 Salute the brethren which 
are in La-6d-i-cé’a, and Nym’- 
phas, and the church which is in 
his house. 


5 Walk in wisdom toward 
them that are without, redeeming 
the time. 
- 6 Let your speech be alway 
with grace, seasoned with salt, 
that ye may know how ye ought 
to answer every man. 
: 7 All my state shall Tych’i-cis 
declare unto you, who is a be- 
loved brother, and a faithful 
minister and fellowservant in the 


16 And when this epistle is 
read among you, cause that it be 
read also in the church of the 
La-6d-i-cé’ans; and that ye like- 
wise read the epistle from La-6d- 
i-cé’a. 

17 And say to Ar-chip’pus, 
Take heed to the ministry which 
thou hast received in the Lord, 
that thou fulfil it. 

18 The salutation by the hand 
of me Paul. Remember my 
bonds. Grace be with you. 
A-mén’. 


ord: 
8 Whom I have sent unto you 
for the same purpose, that he 
might know your estate, and 
comfort your hearts; I 
9 With 0-nés’i-mius, a faithful 
and beloved brother, who is one 





Written from Rome to the Colossians by 
Tychicus and Onesimus. 





85 263 


THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


THESSALONIANS 


183 CHAPTER 1 


The Thessalonians ever remembered by 
Paul in prayer. 
Ppa and Sil-va’nus, and 
Ti-m6’the-us, unto | the 
church of the Thés-sa-l0’ni-ans 
which is in_God the Father and 
in the Lord Jé’sus Christ: Grace 
be unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and the Lord 
Jé’sus Christ 

2 We give thanks to God al- 
ways for you all, making men- 
tion of you in our prayers; 

3 Remembering without ceas- 
ing your work of faith, and 
labour of love, and patience of 
hope in our Lord Jé’sus Christ, in 
the sight of God and our Father; 

4 Knowing, brethren beloved, 
your election of God. 

For our gospel came not unto 
you in werd only, but also in 
power, and in ‘the Ho'ly Ghost, 
and in much assurance; as ye 
know what manner of men we 
were among you for your sake. 

6 And ye became followers of 
us, and of the Lord, having re- 
ceived the word in much afflic- 
tion, with joy of the Hé/ly Ghost: 

7 So that ye were ensamples to 
all that believe in Mac-e-d6/ni-a 
and A-cha‘ia. 

8 For from you sounded out 
the word of the Lord not only in 
Mac-e-d6’ni-a and A-cha‘ia, but 
also in every place your faith to 
God-ward is spread abroad; so 
that we need not to speak any 


thing. 

9 For they themselves shew of 
us what manner of entering in 
we had unto you, and how ye 
turned to God from idols to serve 
the living and true God; 

10 And to wait for his Son 
from heaven, whom he raised 
from the dead, even Jé’sus, 
which delivered us from the 
wrath to come. | 


CHAPTER 2 184 

1 How Paul preached. 13 How the 
word was received. 

OR yourselves, brethren, 


know our entrance in unto 
you, that it was not in vain: 

2 But even after that we had 
suffered before, and were shame- 
fully entreated, as ye know, at 
Phi-lip’pi, we were bold in our 
God to speak unto you the 
gospel of God with much con- 
tention. 

3 For our exhortation was not 
of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor 
in guile: 

4 But as we were allowed of 
God to be put in trust with the 
gospel, even so we speak; not as 
pleasing men, but God,. which 
trieth our hearts. | 

5 For neither at any time used 
we flattering words, as ye know, 
nor a cloke of covetousness; 
God is witness: 

6 Nor of men sought we 
glory, neither of you, nor vet 
of others, when we might have 
been burdensome, as the apos- 
tles of Christ. 

7 But we were gentle among 
you, even as a nurse cherisheth — 
her children: | 

8 So being affectionately de- 
sirous of you, we were willing 
to have imparted unto you, not 
the gospel of God only, but also 
our own souls, because ye were 
dear unto us. 

9 For ye remember, brethren, 
He labour and travail: for 
labouring night and day, be- 
cause we would not be charge- 
able unto any of you, we preache 
unto you the gospel of God. 

10 Ye are witnesses, and God 
also, how holily and justly and 
unblameably we behaved our- 
selves among you that believe: 

11 As ye know how we ex- 
horted and comforted and 


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Paul’s love for the Thessalonians 


charged every one of you, as a 
father doth his children, 

12 That ye would walk worthy 
of God, who hath called you 
unto his kingdom and glory. 

13 For this cause also thank 
we God without ceasing, be- 
cause, when ye received the 
word of God which ye heard of 
us, ye received if not as the 
word of men, but as-it is in 
truth, the word of God, which 
effectually worketh also in you 
that believe. 

14 For ye, brethren, became 
followers of the churches of 
God which in Ji-de’a are in 
Christ Jé’sus: for ye also have 
suffered like things of your own 
countrymen, even as they have 
of the Jews: 

15 Who both killed the Lord 
Jé’sus, and their own prophets, 
and have persecuted us; and 
they please not God, and are 
contrary to all men: 

16 Forbidding us to speak to 
the Gén’tiles that they might be 
saved, to up their sins 
alway: for the wrath is come 
upon them to the uttermost. 

17 But we, brethren, being 
taken from you for a short time 
in presence, not in heart, en- 
deavoured the more abundantly 
to see your face with great 
desire. 

18 Wherefore we would have 
come unto you, even I Paul, once 
and again; but Sa’tan hindered 


us. 

_19 For what is our hope, or 
joy, or crown of rejoicing? 
Are not even ye in the presence 
of our Lord Jé’sus Christ at his 
coming? 

20 For ye are our glory and joy. 


185 CHAPTER 3 


1 Paul testifies his love by sending 
Timothy. 10 Also by prayer. 
gs EEE ORE when we 

could no longer forbear, 
we thought it good to be left 
at Ath’éns alone; 


1 THESSALONIANS, 3 


2 And sent Ti-m6’the-ts, our 
brother, and minister of God, 
and our fellowlabourer in the 
gospel of Christ, to establish 
you, and to comfort you con- 
cerning your faith: 

3 That no man _ should be 
moved by these afflictions: for 
yourselves know that we are 
appointed thereunto. 

4 For verily, when we were 
with you, we told you before 
that we should suffer tribula- 
tion; even as it came to pass, 
and ye know. 

5 For this cause, when I could 
no longer forbear, I sent to know 
your faith, lest by some means 
the tempter have tempted you, 
and our labour be in vain. 

6 But now when Ti-m6’the-ts 
came from you unto us, and 
brought us good tidings of your 
faith and charity, and that ye 
have good remembrance of us 
always, desiring greatly to see 
us, as we also fo see you: 

7 Therefore, brethren, we were 
comforted over you in all our 
affliction and distress by your 
faith: 

8 For now we live, if ye stand 
fast in the Lord. 

9 For what thanks can we 
render to God again for you, 
for all the joy wherewith we joy 
for your sakes before our God; 

10 Night and day praying ex- 
ceedingly that we might see 
your face, and might perfect 
that which is lacking in your 
faith? ' 

11 Now God himself and our 
Father, and our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, direct our way unto 


you. 

12 And the Lord make you to 
increase and abound in love one 
toward another, and toward all 
men, even as we do toward you: 

13 To the end he may stablish 
your hearts unblameable in holi- 
ness before God, even our 
Father, at the coming of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ with all his 
saints. 


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1 THESSALONIANS, 4, 5 
186 CHAPTER 4 


1 Exhortation to various duties. 15 Of 
a Hea hg hd hu and second eh bed of 
ris 


URTHERMORE then we be- 
seech you, brethren, and 
exhort you by the Lord Jé’sus, 
that as ye have received of us 
how ye ought to walk and to 
please God, so ye would abound 
more and more. 

2 For ve know what com- 
mandments we gave you by the 
Lord Jé’sus. 

3 For this is the will of God, 
even your sanctification, that ye 
should abstain from fornication: 

4 That every one of you should 
know how to possess his vessel 
in sanctification and honour; 

5 Not in the lust of concupis- 
cence, even as the Gén’tiles 
which know not God: 

6 That no man go beyond 
and defraud his brother in any 
matter: because that the Lord 
is the avenger of all such, as we 
also have forewarned you and 


testified. 

7 For God hath not called us 
unto uncleanness, but unto 
holiness. 


8 He therefore that despiseth, 
despiseth not man, but God, 
who hath also given unto us 
his holy Spirit. : 

9 But as touching brotherly 
love ye need not that I write 
unto you: for ye yourselves are 
taught of God to love one 
another. é 

10 And indeed ye do it toward 
all the brethren which are in all 
Mac-e-dd/ni-a: but we beseech 
you, brethren, that ye increase 
more and more; 

11 And that ye study to be 
quiet, and to do your own 
business, and to work with your 
own hands, as we commanded 


you; 

12 That ye may walk honestly 
toward them that are without, 
and that ye may have lack of 
nothing. 

13 But I would not have you 


Christ’s coming and the resurrection 
to be ignorant, brethren, con- 


cerning them which are asleep, 


that ye sorrow not, even as 


others which have no hope. 

14 For if we believe that 
Jé’sus died and rose again, even 
so them also which sleep in 
Jé’sus will God bring with 

15 For this we say unto you 


by the ,word of the Lord, that we 


which are alive and remain unto 
the coming of the Lord shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. 

16 For the Lord himself shail 
descend from heaven with a 
shout, with the voice of the 
archangel, and with the trump 
of God: and the dead in Christ 
shall rise first: 


17 Then we which are alive : 


and remain shall be caught up 
together with them 


air: and so shall we ever be 
with the Lord. 

18 Wherefore comfort one an- 
other with these words. 


CHAPTER 5 


1 On Christ’s second coming. 6 Divers 
precepts. 23 Conclusion. 


UT of the times and the 


in the 
clouds, to meet the Lord in the 


187. 


seasons, brethren, ye have 


. need that I write unto you. 
2 For yourselves 


so cometh as a thief in the night. 


3 For when they shall say, 


Peace and safety; then sudden — 
A them, 7 
as travail upon a woman with 


destruction cometh upon 


child; and they shall not escape. 
4 But ye, brethr 


overtake you as a thief. 


5 Ye are all the children of | 
light, and the children of the — 
day: we are not of the night, 


nor of darkness. 


6 Therefore let us not sleep, 
but let us watch 


as do others; 
and be sober. 


know per-— 
fectly that the day of the Lord 


en, are not in ~ 
darkness, that that day should — 


7 For they that sleep sleep in | 


the night; and they that 


night. 


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co 
drunken are drunken in the 


Exhortation to Christian living 
8 But let us, who are of the 


2 THESSALONIANS, 1 


among yourselves, and to all 


day, be sober, putting on the 
breastplate of faith and love; 
and for an helmet, the hope of 
salvation. 

9 For God hath not appointed 
us to wrath, but to obtain salva- 
tion by our Lord Jé’sus Christ, 

10 Who died for us, that, 
whether we wake or sleep, we 
should live together with him. 

11 Wherefore comfort your- 
selves together, and edify one 
another, even as also ye do. 

12 And we beseech you, breth- 
ren, to know them which 
labour among you, and are over 
you in the Lord, and admonish 
you; 

13 And to esteem them very 
highly in love for their work’s 
sake. And be at peace among 
yourselves. 

14 Now we exhort you, breth- 
ren, warn them that are unruly, 
comfort the feebleminded, sup- 
port the weak, be patient to- 
ward ali men. 

15 See that none render evil 
for evil unto any man; but ever 
follow that which is good, both 


men. 
16 Rejoice evermore. 


_17 Pray without ceasing. 


18 In every thing give thanks: 
for this is the will of God in 
Christ Jé’sus concerning you. 

19 Quench not the Spirit. 

20 Despise not prophesyings. ° 

21 Prove all things; hold fast 
that which is good. 

22 Abstain from all appear- 
ance of evil. 

23 And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly; and J pray 
God your whole spirit and soul 
and body be preserved blame- 
less unto the coming of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ. | 

24 Faithful is he that calleth 
you, who also will do it. 

25 Brethren, pray for us. 

26 Greet all the brethren with 
an holy kiss. 

27 I charge you by the Lord 
that this epistle be read unto 
all the holy brethren. 

28 The grace of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ be with you. A-meén’. 


The first epftstle unto the Thessalonians 
was written from Athens. 


THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


THESSALONIANS 


188. _ CHAPTER 1 


1 Paul’s thanks for their faith, love, and 
patience. 4 He comforts them. 
AUL, and Sil-va’nus, and 

Ti-m6’the-tis, unto the 
church of the Thés-sa-l6’ni-ans 
in God our Father and the Lord 

Jé’sus Christ: 

2 Grace unto you, and peace, 
from God our Father and the 
Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

3 We are bound to thank God 
always for you, brethren, as it 
is meet, because that your faith 
groweth exceedingly, and the 
charity of every one of you all 
toward each other aboundeth; 

4 So that we ourselves glory 


in you in the churches of God 
for your patience and faith in 
all your persecutions and tribula- 
tions that ye endure: 

5 Which is a manifest token 
of the righteous judgment of 
God, that ye may be counted 
worthy of the kingdom of God, 
for which ye also suffer: 

6 Seeing it is a _ righteous 
thing with God to recompense 
tribulation to them that trouble 
you; 

7 And to you who are troubled 
rest with us, when the Lord 
Jésus shall be revealed from 
heaven with his mighty angels, 
8 In flaming fire taking venge- 


267 


2 THESSALONIANS, 2, 3 


ance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the 
gospel of our Lord Jé’sus Christ: 

9 Who shall be punished with 
everlasting destruction from the 
presence of the Lord, and from 
the glory of his power; 

10 When he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be 
admired in all them that believe 
(because our testimony among 
you was believed) in that day. 

11 Wherefore also we pray 
always for you, that our God 
would count you worthy of this 
calling, and fulfil all the good 
pleasure of his goodness, and 
the work of faith with power: 

12 That the name of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ may be 
glorified in you, and ye in him, 
according to the grace of our 
God and the Lord Jé’sus Christ. 


189 CHAPTER 2 
1 Exhortation to stedfastness. 7 Warn- 
ing against the wicked one. 

OW we beseech you, breth- 

ren, by the coming of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, and by our 
gathering together unto him, 

2 That ye be not soon shaken 
in mind, or be troubled, neither 
by spirit, nor by word, nor by 
letter as from us, as that the 
day of Christ is at hand. 

3 Let no man deceive you by 
any means: for that day shail 
not come, except there come a 
falling away first, and that man 
of sin be revealed, the son of 
perdition; 

4 Who opposeth and exalteth 
himself above all that is called 
God, or that is worshipped; so 
that he as God sitteth in the 
temple of God, shewing himself 
that he is God. 

5 Remember ye not, that, when 
I was yet with you, I told you 
these things? 

6 And now ye know what 
withholdeth that he might be 
revealed in his time. 

7 For the mystery of iniquity 


Exhortation to stedfastness 


doth already work: only he who 
now letteth will Le until he be 
taken out of the 

8 And then shalt that Wicked 
be revealed, whom the Lord 
shall consume with the spirit 
of his mouth, and shall destroy 
with the brightness of his 
coming: _ a. 

9 Even him, whose coming is 
after the working of Sa’tan with 
all power and signs and lying 
wonders, 

10 And with all deceivableness 
of unrighteousness in them 
that perish; because they re- 
ceived not the love of the truth, 
that they might be saved. 

11 And for this cause God 
shall send them strong delusion, 
that they should believe a lie: © 

12 That they might be 
damned who believed not the 
truth, but had pleasure in un- 
righteousness. 

13 But we are bound to give 
thanks alway to God for you, 
brethren beloved of the Lord, 
because God hath from the be- 
ginning chosen you to salvation 
through sanctification of the 
Spirit and belief of the truth: — 

14 Whereunto he called you 
by our gospel, to the obtaining of 
eee glory of our Lord Jé ‘sus 


15 Therefore, brethren, stand 
fast, and hold the traditions 
which ye have been taught, 
whether by word, or our epistle. 
16 Now our Lord Jé’sus Christ 
himself, and God, even our 
Father, which hath loved us, 
and hath given us everlasting 
consolation and good hope 
through grace, 

17 Comfort your hearts, andl 
stablish you in every good word 
and work. 


CHAPTER 3 190 


1 Paul asks their prayers. 6 Gives 
divers precepts. 16 Conclusion. 


INALLY, brethren, pray for 
us, that the word of the 


268 


the Lord touching you, that 
both do and will do the things 
which we command you. 


Paul gives various directions 


Lord may have free course, and 


be glorified, even as it is with 


you: 
2 And that we may be delivered 


from unreasonable and wicked 
men: for all men have no faith. 
3 But the Lord is faithful, who 
shall stablish you, and keep 
you from evil. ; 
4 And we have ‘confidence in 
that ye 


5 And the Lord direct your 


hearts into the love of God, and 


into the patient waiting for 


_ Christ. 


_ 6 Now we command you, breth- 


ren, in the name of our Lord 
- Jé’sus Christ, that ye withdraw 
yourselves from every brother 


that walketh disorderly, and not 
after the tradition which he 
received of us. 

7 For yourselves know how ye 
ought to follow us: for we be- 
haved not ourselves disorderly 
among you; 

8 Neither did we eat any man’s 
bread for nought; but wrought 
with labour and travail night 
and day, that we might not be 
chargeable to any of you: 

9 Not because we have not 
power, but to make ourselves 
an ensample unto you to follow 
us. 


1 TIMOTHY, 1 


10 For even when we were 
with you, this we commanded 
you, that if any would not 
work, neither should he eat. 

11 For we hear that there are 
some which walk among you 
disorderly, working not at all, 
but are busybodies. 

12 Now them that are such we 
command and exh 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, 
quietness they work, and eat 
their own bread. 

13 But ye, brethren, be not 
weary in well doing. 

14 And if any man obey not 
our word by this epistle, note 
that man, and have no company 
with him, at he may be 
ashamed. ; 

15 Yet count him not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a 
brother. 

16 Now the Lord of peace him- 
self give you peace always by 
all means. The Lord be with 
you all. 

17 The salutation of Paul with 
mine own hand, which is the 
token in every epistle: so I 
write. 

18 The grace of our Lord Jé’- 
sus Christ be with you all. 
A-mén’, 


The second eptsile to the Thessalonians 
was written from Athens. 





THE FIRST EPISTLE OF 


PAUL THE APOSTLE TO 


TIMOTHY 


191 CHAPTER 1 

1 Paul’s charge to Timothy. 5 Useand 
end of law. 11 Paul’s call. 

pr. an apostle of Jé’sus 
Christ by the command- 

ment of God our Saviour, and 

Lord Jé’sus Christ, which is 

our hope; 

2 Unto Tim’o-thy, my own 
son in the faith: Grace, mercy, 
and peace, from God our Father 
and Jé’sus Christ our Lord. 


3 As I besought thee to abide 
still at Eph’e-sus, when I went 
into Mac-e-dd/ni-a, that thou 
mightest charge some that they 
teach no other doctrine, 

4 Neither give heed to fables 
and endless genealogies, which 
minister questions, rather than 
godly edifying which is in faith: 
so do. 

5 Now the end of the com- 
mandment is charity out of a 


269 


1 TIMOTHY, 2 


pure heart, 
conscience, 
feigned: 

16 From which some having 
swerved have turned aside unto 
vain jangling; 

7 Desiring to be teachers of 


and of a_ good 
and of faith un- 


Paul an illustration of God’s grace 


wise God, be honour and glory 
for ever and ever. A-meén’. 

18 This charge I commit unto 
thee, son Tim/o-thy, according 
to the prophecies which went 
before on thee, that thou by 
them mightest war a good war- 


the law; understanding neither | fare 


what they say, nor whereof 
they affirm. 

8 But we know-that the law is 
good, if a man use it lawfully; 

9 Knowing this, that. the law 
is not made for a righteous man, 
but for the lawless and dis- 
obedient, for the ungodly and 
for sinners, for unholy and pro- 
fane, for murderers of fathers 
and murderers of mothers, for 
manslayers, 

10 For whoremongers, for them 
that defile themselves with man- 
kind, for menstealers, for liars, 
for perjured persons, and if 
there be any other thing that is 
contrary to sound doctrine; 

11 According to the glorious 
gospel of the blessed God, which 
was committed to my trust. 

12 And I thank Christ Jé’sus 

our Lord, who hath enabled me, 
for that he counted me faithful, 
putting me into the ministry; 

Who was before a blas- 
phemer, and a persecutor, and 
injurious: but I obtained mercy, 
because I did it ignorantly in 
unbelief. 

14 And the grace of our Lord 
was exceeding abundant with 
faith and love which is in 
Christ Jé’sus. 

15 This is a faithful saying, 
and worthy of all acceptation, 
that Christ Jé’sus came into 
the world to save sinners; of 
whom I am chief. 

16 Howbeit for this cause I 
obtained mercy, that in me first 
Jé’sus Christ might shew forth 

longsuffering, for a pattern 
to them which should hereafter 
believe on him to life everlast- 
ing 

17 Now unto the King eternal, 
immortal, invisible, the only 


19 Holding faith, and a good 
conscience; which some having 
put away concerning faith have 
made shipwreck: 

20 Of whom is Hy-me-n2’us 
and Al-éx-an’dér; whom I have 
delivered unto Sa’tan, that 
they may learn not to blaspheme. 


CHAPTER 2 192 


1 Of prayer and thanks for all. 9 
Woman’s attire and conduct. 
that, 


EXHORT _ therefore, 

first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giv- 
ing of thanks, be made for all 
men; 

2 For kings, and for all that 
are in authority; that we may 
lead a quiet and peaceable life 
in all godliness and honesty. 

3 For this is good and accept- 
able in the sight of God our 
Saviour; 

4 Who will have all men to 
be saved, and to come unto the 
knowledge of the truth. 

5 For there is one God, and 
one mediator between God and 
men, the man Christ Jé’sus; 

6 Who gave himself a ransom 
for all, to be testified in due 
time. 

7 Whereunto I am ordained a 
preacher, and an apostle, (I 
speak the truth in Christ, and 
lie not;) a teacher of the Gén’-— 
tiles in faith and verity. 

8 I will therefore that men 
pray every where, lifting up 
holy hands, without wrath and 
doubting. 

9 In like manner also, that 
women adorn themselves in 
modest apparel, with shame- 
facedness and sobriety; not 
with broided hair, or gold, or 
pearls, or costly array; 


270 


Concerning bishops and deacons 


10 But (which becometh wo- 
men professing godliness) with 
good works. 

11 Let the woman learn in 
silence with all subjection. 

But I suffer not a woman 
to teach, nor to usurp authority 
over the man, but to be in 
silence. | 

13 For Ad’am was first formed, 
then Eve. 

14 And Ad’am was not de- 
ceived, but the woman being 
deceived was in the transgres- 
sion. 

15 Notwithstanding she_ shall 
be saved in childbearing, if they 
continue in faith and charity 
and holiness with sobriety. 


193 CHAPTER 3 
2 Of the qualifications of bishops, 
deacons, and their wives. 15 Of the 
church and the blessed truth therein 
taught and professed. 
HIS is a true saying, If a 
man desire the office of a 
bishop, he desireth a good work. 

2 A bishop then must be blame- 
less, the husband of one wife, 
vigilant, sober, of good be- 
haviour, given to hospitality, apt 
to teach; ; 

3 Not given to wine, no 
striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 
but patient, not a brawler, not 
covetous; . 

4 One that ruleth well his own 

ouse, having his children in 
subjection with all gravity; 

5 (For if a man know not how 
to rule his own house, how shall 
he take care of the church of 
God?) ‘ : 

6 Not a_ novice, lest being 
lifted up with pride he fall into 
the condemnation of the devil. 

7 Moreover he must have a 
good report of them which are 


without; lest he fall into re- 
pepaeh and the snare of the 
evil. 


8 Likewise must the deacons 
be grave, not doubletongued, 
not given to much wine, not 
greedy of filthy lucre; 


1 TIMOTHY, 3, 4 


9 Holding the mystery of the 
faith in a pure conscience. 

10 And let these also first be 
proved; then let them use the 
office of a deacon, being found 
blameless. 

11 Even so must their wives be 
gtave, not slanderers, sober, 
faithful in all things. 

12 Let the deacons be the hus- 
bands of one wife, ruling their 
cnaeen and their own houses 
well. 

13 For they that have used 
the office of a deacon well pur- 
chase to themselves a good de- 
gree, and great boldness in the 
faith which is in Christ Jé’sus. 

14 These things write I unto 
thee, hoping to come unto thee 
shortly: | 

15 But if I tarry long, that thou 
mayest know how thou oughtest 
to behave thyself in the house of 
God, which is the church of the 
living God, the pillar and ground 
of the truth. 

16 And without controversy 
great is the mystery of godliness: 
God was manifest in the flesh, 
justified in the Spirit, seen of 
angels, preached unto the Gén’- 
tiles, believed on in the world, 
received up into glory. 


CHAPTER 4 194 


How Timothy shall meet false teaching. 


Neo” the Spirit speaketh ex- 
pressly, that in the latter 
times some shall depart from 
the faith, giving heed to se- 
ducing spirits, and doctrines of 
devils; |. Ale é 

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; 
having their conscience seared 
with a hot iron; 

3 Forbidding to marry, and 
commanding to abstain from 
meats, which God hath created 
to be received with thanksgiv- 
ing of them which believe and 
know the truth. 4 

4 For every creature of God is 
good, and nothing to be refused, 
if it be received with thanks- 
giving: ” 


271 


1 TIMOTHY, 5 


Of reproofs. Of widows 


5 For it is sanctified by the {and the younger men as breth- 


word of God and prayer. 

6 If thou put the brethren in re- 
membrance of these things, 
thou shalt be a good minister of 
Jé’sus Christ, nourished up in 
the words of faith and of good 
doctrine, whereunto thou hast 
attained. 

7 But refuse profane and old 
wives’ fables, and exercise thy- 
oa ary unto godliness. 

r bodily exercise profiteth 
tite: bit godliness is profitable 
unto all things, having promise 
of the life that now is, and of 
that whichis to come. | 

9 This is a faithful saying and 
worthy of all acceptation. 

10 For therefore we both labour 
and suffer reproach, because we 
trust in the living God, who is 
the Saviour of all men, specially 
of those that believe. 

11 These things command and 
teach. , 

12 Let no man despise thy 
youth; but be thou an example 
of the believers, in word, in 
conversation, in charity, in spirit, 
in faith, in purity. 

13 Till I come, give attendance 
to reading, to exhortation, to 
doctrine. 

14 Neglect not the gift that is 
in thee, which was given thee 
by prophecy, with the laying 
cn of the hands of the presby- 
ery. 

15 Meditate upon these things; 
give thyself wholly to them; 
that thy profiting may appear 
to all. 

16 Take heed unto thyself, 
aad unto the doctrine; continue 

n them: for in doing this thou 
ehatt both save thyself, and 
them that hear thee. 


195 


1 Rules for re ree Ss. 
Of SOF S ie uf 
health. 

EBUKE not an elder, but 
intreat him as a father; 


CHAPTER 5 


3 Of widows. 17 
3 Of Timothy’s own 


ren; 

2 The elder women as mothers; 
the younger as sisters, with all 
purity. 

3 Honour widows that are 
widows indeed. 

4 But if any widow have chil- 
dren or nephews, let them learn 
first to shew piety at home, and 
to requite their parents: for 
that is good and acceptable be- 
fore God. 

5 Now she that is a widow 
indeed, and desolate, trusteth 
in God, and continueth in sup- 
plications and prayers night 
and day 

6 But Yehs that liveth in vleas- 
ure is dead while she liveth. 

And these things give in 


charge, that they may be blame- | 


ess. 
8 But if any provide not for 
his own, and specially for those 
of his own house, he hath 
denied the faith, and is worse 
than an infidel. 

9 Let not a widow be. taken 
into the number under three- 


score years old, having been the 


wife of one man, 


10 Well reported of for good — 


works; if she have brought up 
children, if she have lodged 
strangers, if she have washed 
the saints’ feet, if she have re- 
lieved the afflicted, if she have 
diligently followed every good 


work. 
11 But the younger widows 


refuse: for when they have be- 


gun to wax wanton against 


Christ, they will marry; 


12 Having damnation, because — 
they have cast off their first 


faith. 
13 And withal they learn to 


be idle, wandering about from — 


house to house; and not only 
idle, but tattlers also and busy- 
bodies, speaking things which 
they ought not. ! 

14 I will therefore that the 
younger women marry, bear 


{ 


children, guide the house, give 
272 





Of elders and servants 


none occasion to the adversary 
to speak reproachfully. 

15 For some are already turned 
aside after Sa’tan. 

16 If any man or woman that 
believeth have widows, let them 
relieve them, and let not the 
church be charged; that it 
may felieve them that are 
widows indeed. 

17 Let the elders that rule well 
be counted worthy of double 


honour, especially they who 
labour in the word = and 
doctrine. 


18 For the scripture saith, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox 
that treadeth out the corn. 

And, The labourer is worthy of 
his reward. 

19 Against an elder receive not 
an accusation, but before two 
or three witnesses. 

20 Them that) sin! rebuke be- 
pote all, that others also may 
ear. 

21 I charge thee before God, 
and the Lord Jé’sus Christ, and 
the elect angels, that thou 
observe these things without 
preferring one before another, 
doing nothing by partiality. 

22 Lay hands suddenly on no 
man, neither be partaker of 
other men’s sins: keep thyself 
pure. 

23 Drink no longer water, but 
use a little wine for thy stom- 
_ach’s sake and thine often in- 
firmities. 

24 Some men’s sins are open 

beforehand, going before to judg- 
ment; and some men _ they 
follow after. 
25 Likewise also the good 
works of some are manifest be- 
forehand; and they that are 
otherwise cannot be hid. 


—~196 CHAPTER 6 

1 Of servants. 6 The gain of godliness. 

10 On love of money. 11 Advice to 

Timothy. : 

: ige as many‘servants as are 
under the yoke count their 


own masters worthy of all 


1 TIMOTHY, 6 


honour, that the name of God 
and his doctrine be not blas- 
phemed. 

2 And they that have believing 
masters, let them not despise 
them, because they are brethren; 
but rather do them service, be- 
cause they are faithful and be- 
loved, partakers of the benefit. 
These things teach and exhort. 

3 If any man teach otherwise, 
and consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ, and to the 
doctrine which is according to 
godliness; 

4 He is proud, knowing noth- 
ing, but doting about questions 
and strifes of words, whereof 
cometh envy, strife, railings, evil 
surmisings, : 

5 Perverse disputings of men 
of corrupt minds, and destitute 
of the truth, supposing that 
gain is godliness: from such 
withdraw thyself. 

6 But godliness with content- 
ment is great gain. 

7 For. we brought nothing 
into this world, and it is cer- 
tain we can carry nothing out. 

8 And having food and raiment 
let us be therewith content. 

9 But they that will be rich 
fall into temptation and a snare, 

and info many SOOHSE and hurt- 
ful lusts, which drown men in 

destruction and perdition. k 

10 For the love of money is 
the root of all evil: which while 
some coveted after, they, have 
erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with many 
SOrrows. 

11 But thou, O man of God, 
flee these things; and follow 
after righteousness, godliness, 
faith, love, patience, meekness. 

12 Fight the good fight of 
faith, lay hold on eternal life, 
whereunto thou art also called, 
and hast professed a good pro- 
fession before many witnesses. 

13 I give thee charge in the 
sight of God, who quickeneth 
all things, and before Christ 


273 


2 TIMOTHY, 1 


Paul’s exhortation to Timothy 


Fa fesga ead Ee ee Ey 
Jé’sus, who before P6n’ti-is|God, who giveth us richly all 


Pilate witnessed a good con- 
fession; 

14 That thou keep this com- 
mandment without spot, unre- 
bukeable, until the appearing 
of our Lord Jé’sus Christ: 

15 Which in his times he shall 
shew, who is the blessed and 
only Potentate, the King of 
kings, and Lord of lords; 

_16 Who only~ hath immortal- 
ity, dwelling in the light which 
no man can approach unto; 
whom no ‘man hath seen, nor 
can see: to whom be honour 
and power everlasting. A-mén’. 
_17 Charge them that are rich 
in this world, that they be not 
highminded, nor trust in un- 
certain riches, but in the living 


things to enjoy; 

18 That they do good, that! 
they be rich in good works, 
ready to distribute, willing to 
communicate; | 

19 Laying up in store for them- 
selves a good foundation against 
the time to come, that they may 
lay hold on eternal life. 

20 O.| Tim’o-thy, keep that 
which is committed to thy trust, 
avoiding profane and vain bab- 
blings, and oppositions of science 
falsely so called: 

21 Which some professing have 
erred concerning the faith. Grace 
be with thee. A-mén’. 

The first to Timothy was written from 


Laodicea, which is the chiefest city 
of Phrygia Pacatiana. 





THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO 


TIMOTHY 


CHAPTER 1 
to stir up the gift of 
in him. : 
AUL, an apostle of Jé’sus 
“Christ by the will of God, 
according to the promise of life 
which is in Christ Jé’sus, 

2 To Tim’o-thy, my dearly 
beloved son: Grace, mercy, and 
peace, from God the Father and 
Christ Jé’sus our Lord. 

3 I thank God, whom I serve 
from my forefathers with pure 
conscience, that without ceasing 
I have remembrance of thee in 
my prayers night and day; 

4 Greatly desiring to see thee, 
being mindful of thy tears, that 
I may be filled with joy; 

5 When I call to remembrance 
the unfeigned faith that is in 
thee, which dwelt first in thy 
grandmother Ld’is, and thy 
mother Et’nice; and I am per- 
suaded that in thee also. : 

6 Wherefore I put thee in 
remembrance that thou stir up 


197 


Timothy exhorted 
God 


the gift of God, which is in thee 
by the putting on of my hands. 

7 For God hath not given us 
the spirit of fear; but of power, 
and of love, and of asound mind. 

8 Be not thou therefore 
ashamed of the testimony of 
our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: 
but be thou partaker of the 
afflictions of the gospel accord- 
ing to the power of God; 

9 Who hath saved us, and 
called us with an holy calling, 
not according to our works, 
but according to his own pur- 
pose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jé’sus before 
the world began, 

10 But is now made manifest 
by the appearing of our Saviour 
Jé’sus Christ, who hath abol- 
ished death, and hath brought 
life and immortality to light 
through the gospel: i 

11 Whereunto I am appointed 
a preacher, and an apostle, an 
a teacher of the Gén’tiles, 


274 


1 Timothy exhorted to endurance. 


Exhortation to endurance 


12 For the which cause I also 
suffer these things: neverthe- 
less I am not_ashamed: for I 
know whom I have believed, 
and am persuaded that he is 
able to keep that which I have 
committed unto him against 
that day 

13 Hold fast the form of 
sound words, which thou hast 
heard of me, in faith and love 
which is in Christ Jé’sus. 

14 That good thing which was 
committed unto thee keep by the 
Ho/ly Ghést which dwelleth in 


us. 

15 This thou knowest, that 
all they which are in A’sia be 
turned away from me; of whom 
= Phy-gél/lus and Hér-m6g’e- 


mt The Lord give mercy unto 
the house of On-e-siph’o-rts; 
for he oft refreshed me, and 
was not ashamed of my chain: 

17 But, when he was in Rome, 
he sought me out very diligently, 
and found me. 

18 The Lord grant unto him 
that he may find mercy of the 
Lord in that day: and in how 
many things he ministered un- 
to me at Eph’e-sts, thou knowest 
very well. 


198 CHAPTER 2 


19 
The foundation of the Lord is sure. 
22 at to shun and what to follow. 


HOU therefore, my son, be 
strong in the grace that is 


in Christ Jé’sus. 


2 And the things that thou hast 


heard of me among many ite 
nesses, the same commit 


to faithful men, who shall te 


_ able to teach others also. 





3 Thou therefore endure hard- 
ness, as a good soldier of Jé’sus 
Christ. 

4 No man that warreth en- 
tangleth himself with the affairs 


_ of this life; that he may please 


him who hath chosen him to be 
a soldier. 


‘doth a canker: 


2 TIMOTHY, 2 


5 And if a man also strive for 
masteries, yet is he not crowned, 
except he strive lawfully. 

6 The husbandman that la- 
boureth must be first partaker 
of the fruits. 

7 Consider what I say; and 
the Lord give thee understand- 
ing in all things. 

8 Remember that Jé’sus Christ 
of the seed of Da’vid was 
raised from the dead according 
to my gospel: 

9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as 
an evil doer, even unto bonds; 
but the word of God is not 
bound. 

10 Therefore I endure all things 
for the elect’s sakes, that they 
may also obtain the salvation 
which is in Christ Jé’sus with 
eternal glory. 

11 It isa faithful saying: For 
if we be dead with him, we 
shall also live with him: 

12 If we suffer, we shall also 
reign with him: if we deny 
him, he also will deny us: 

13 If we believe: not, yet he 
abideth {faithful: he cannot 
deny himself. 

14 Of these things put them in 
remembrance, charging them 
before the Lord that they 
strive not about words to no 
profit, but to the subverting of 
the hearers. 

15 Study to shew thyself ap- 
proved unto God, a workman 
that needeth not to be ashamed, 
rightly dividing the word of 
truth. ; 

16 But shun profane and vain 
babblings: for they will increase 
unto more ungodliness. 

17 And their word will eat as 
of whom is 
Hy-me-nz’us and Phi-lé’tus; 

18 Who concerning the truth 
have erred, saying that the 
resurrection is past already; and 
overthrow the faith of some. 

19 Nevertheless the founda- 
tion of God standeth sure, hav- 
ing this seal, The Lord know- 
eth them that are his. And, Let 


275 


2 TIMOTHY, 3, 4 


every one that nameth the name 
of Christ depart from iniquity. 

20 But in a great house there 
are not only vessels of gold and 
of silver, but also of wood and 
of earth; and some to honour, 
and some to dishonour. 

21 If a man therefore purge 
himself from these, he shall be 
a vessel unto honour, sanctified, 
and meet for the master’s use, 
and prepared unto every good 
work. 

22 Flee also youthful lusts: 
but follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that 
call on the Lord out of a pure 


eart. 

23 But foolish and unlearned 
questions avoid, knowing that 
they do gender strifes. 

24 And the servant of the Lord 
must not strive; but be gentle 
unto all men, apt to teach, 
patient, 

25 In meekness instructing 
those that oppose themselves; 
if God peradventure will give 
them repentance to the acknowl- 
edging of the truth; 

26 And that they may recover 
themselves out of the snare of 
the devil, who are taken cap- 
tive by him at his will. 


199 CHAPTER 3 


ie togale of the last days foretold. 


imothy to stand by the scriptures. 
HIS know also, that in the 
last days perilous times 
shall come. 

2 For men shall?be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boast- 
ers, proud, blasphemers, dis- 
obedient to parents, unth ul, 
unholy, i 
3 Without natural affection, 
trucebreakers, false accusers, 
incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, se, 

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, 
lovers of pleasures more than 
lovers of God; ; 

5 Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away. 


of corrupt minds, 


Evils of last days foretold 


6 For of this sort are they 
which creep into houses, and 
lead captive silly women laden 
with sins, led away with divers 
lusts, : 

7 Ever learning, and never able 
to come to the knowledge of 
the truth. 

8 Now as Jan’nés and Jam’- 
brés withstood MO’ses, so do 
these also resist the truth: men 
: L reprobate 
concerning the faith, 

9 But they shall proceed no 
further: for their folly shall be 
manifest unto all men, as theirs 
also was. 

10 But thou hast fully known 
my doctrine, manner of life, pur- 
pose, faith, longsuffering, char- 
ity, patience, 

11 Persecutions, _ afflictions, 
which came unto me at An’ti- 
6ch, at i-cd’/ni-tm, at Lys’tra; 
what persecutions I endured: 
but out of them all the Lord 
delivered me. bd 12 

12 Yea, and all that will live 
godly in Christ Jé’sus sh 
suffer persecution. 

13 But evil men and seducers 
shall wax worse and worse, 
deceiving, and being deceived. 

14 But continue thou in the 

things which thou hast learned 
and hast been assured of, know- 
ing of whom thou hast learned 
them; 
15 And that from a child thou 
hast known the holy scriptures, 
which are able to make thee 
wise unto salvation through 
faith which is in Christ Jé’sus. 

16 All scripture is given by 
inspiration of God, and is profit- 
able for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in 
righteousness: 

17 That the man of God may 
be perfect, throughly furnished 
unto all good works. 


CHAPTER 4 200 
1 Paul further_exhorts and warns 
Timothy. 6 Nearness of his death. 

9 Instructions to Timothy. 


276 





Paul’s confidence of salvation 


CHARGE thee therefore be- 
fore God, and the Lord Jé’- 
sus Christ, who shall judge the 
quick and the dead at his appear- 
ing and his kingdom; 
_2 Preach the word; be instant 
in season, out of season; re- 
prove, rebuke, exhort with all 
longsuffering and doctrine. 
- 3 For the time will come when 
they will not endure sound 
doctrine; but after their own 
lusts shall they heap to them- 
selves teachers, having itching 
ears; 
4 And they shall turn away 
their ears from the truth, and 
shall be turned unto fables. 
- 5 But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work 
of an evangelist, make full 
proof of thy ministry. 

6 For I am now ready to be 
offered, and the time of my de- 
parture is at hand. 

7 I have fought a good fight, I 
have finished my course, I have 
kept the faith: ely ore 

8 Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crown of righteousness, 
which the Lord, the righteous 
| judge, shall give me at that day: 
and not to me only, but unto all 
them also that love his appear- 


ing. 

9 Do thy diligence to come 
shortly unto me: 

10 For Dé’mas hath forsaken 
me, having loved this present 
world, and is departed unto 
Thés-sa-lo-ni’ca; Crés’cens to 
ite ae Titus unto Dal-ma’- 
ia. 

11 Only Luke is with me. 
Take Mark, and bring him with 
thee: for he is profitable to me 
for the ministry. | 

12 And Tych’i-cus 
sent to Eph’e-sts. 


have I 


2 TIMOTHY, 4 


13 The cloke that I left at 
Tro’ads with Car’pus, when thou 


-comest, bring with thee, and the 


books, but especially the parch- 
ments. | 

14 Al-ex-an’dér the copper- 
smith did me much evil: the 
Lord reward him according to 
his works: ; 

15 Of whom be thou ware also; 
for he hath greatly withstood 
our words. 

16 At my first answer no man 
stood with me, but all men for- 


sook me: I pray God that it 
may not be laid to their 
charge. 


17 Notwithstanding the Lord 
stood with me, and strength- 
ened me; that by me the preach- 
ing might be fully known, and 
that all the Gén’tiles might hear: 
and I was delivered out of the 
mouth of the lion. ; 

18 And the Lord shall de- 
liver me from every evil work, 
and will preserve me unto his 
heavenly kingdom: to whom be 
glory for ever andever. A-mén’. 

19 Salute Pris’ca and Aq’ui-la, 
and the household of On-e- 
siph’o-rus. 

20 &-ras’tus abode at Cor’inth: 
but Trdéph’i-mus have I left at 
Mi-lé’tum sick. _ ° 

21 Do thy diligence to come 
before winter. Et-bi’lus greet- 
eth thee, and Pia’dens, and 
Li‘nus, and Clau’di-a, and all 


‘the brethren. 


22 The Lord Jé’sus Christ be 
with thy spirit. Grace be with 
you. A-men’. 


The second episile unto Timotheus, or- 
dained the first bishop of the church of 
the Ephesians, was written from 
Rome, when Paul was brought before 
Nero the second time, 


277 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 


TITUS 


201 CHAPTER 1 
1 Titus’ mission in Crete. 
and qualification of ministers. 

Evil teachers. 
part: a servant of God, and 

an apostle of Jé’sus Christ, 
according to the faith of God’s 
elect, and the acknowledging 
of the truth which is after 
godliness; : ; 

2 In hope of eternal life, which 
God, that cannot lie, promised 
before the world began; 

3 But hath in due times mani- 
fested his word through preach- 
ing, which is committed unto 
me according to the command- 
ment of God our Saviour; 

4 To Ti’tus, mine own son 
after the common faith: Grace, 
mercy, and peace, from God the 
Father and the Lord Jé’sus 
Christ our Saviour. 

5 For this cause left I thee in 
Créte, that thou shouldest set in 
order the things that are wanting, 
and ordain elders in every city, 
as I had appointed thee 

any be beeioes the 
husband of one wife, having 
faithful children not accused of | tr 
riot or unruly. 

For a bishop must be blame- 
less, as the steward of God; 
not selfwilled, not soon angry, 
not given to wine, no striker, 
not given to filthy lucre; 

8 But a lover of hospitality, a 
lover of good men, sober, just, 
HOM temperate; 

9 Holding fast the faithful 
word as he hath been taught, 
that he may be able by sound 
doctrine both to exhort and to 
convince the gainsayers. 

10 For there are many unruly 
and vain talkers and deceivers, 
specially they of the circum- 
cision: 

11 Whose mouths must be 
stopped, who subvert whole 


6 Choice 
il 


houses, teaching things which 
aa ought not, for filthy lucre’s 
sake. 

12 One of themselves, even 
a prophet of their own, said, 
The Cré’ti-ans are alway liars, 
evil beasts, slow bellies. 

13 This witness is true. Where- 
fore rebuke them sharply, that 
they may be sound in the faith; 

14 Not giving heed to Jew’ish 
fables, and commandments of 
men, that turn from the truth. 

15 Unto the pure all things are 
pure: but unto them that are 
defiled and unbelieving is noth- 
ing pure; but even their mind 
and conscience is defiled. 

16 They profess that they 
know God; but in works they 
deny him, being abominable, 
and disobedient, and unto every 
good work reprobate. 


CHAPTER 2 202 
Directions to Titus sor doctrine and 
conduct. 


Br speak thou the things 
which become sound doc- 


% > That the aged men be sober, 
grave, temperate, sound in faith, 
in charity, in patience. 


3 The aged women} likewise,’ 


that they be in behaviour as be- 
cometh holiness, not false ace 
cusers, not given to much wine, 
peaches of good things; 


at they may teach the 


young women to be sober, to 


love their husbands, to love 
their children, 

5 To be discreet, chaste, keep- 
ers at home, good, obedient to 
their own husbands, that the 
word of God be not blasphemed. 

6 Young men likewise exhort 
to be sober minded. 

In all things shewing thy- 
self a pattern of good works: in 


278 


Directions how and what to preach 


doctrine shewing uncorruptness, 
gravity, sincerity, 

8 Sound speech, that cannot 
be condemned; that he that is 
of the contrary part may be 
ashamed, having no evil thing 
to say of you. 

9 Exhort servants to be obedi- 

ent unto their own masters, and 
to please them well in all things; 
not answering again; 
- 10 Not purloining, but shewing 
all good fidelity; that they may 
adorn the doctrine of God our 
Saviour in all things. 

11 For the grace of God that 
bringeth salvation hath ap- 
peared to all men, ; 

12 Teaching us that, denying 
ungodliness and worldly lusts, 
we should live soberly, righteous- 
ly, and godly, in this present 
world; 

13 Looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appear- 
ing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jé’sus Christ; 

14 Who gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from 
all iniquity, and purify unto 
himself a peculiar people, zeal- 
ous of good works. 

15 These things speak, and ex- 
hort, and rebuke with all author- 
ity. Let no man despise thee. 


203 CHAPTER 3 
Titus further directed how and what to 
teach, and what not. 
UT them in mind to be sub- 
ject to principalities and 
powers, to obey magistrates, to 
be ready to every good work, 

2 To speak evil of no man, to 
be no brawlers, but gentle, 
shewing ali meekness unto all 
men. . 

3 For we ourselves also were 
sometimes foolish, disobedient, 
deceived, serving divers lusts 
and pleasures, living in malice 
and envy, hateful, and hating 
one another. 


86 


TITUS, 3 


4 But after that the kindness 
and love of God our Saviour 
toward man appeared, 

5 Not by works of righteous- 
ness which we have done, but 
according to his mercy he saved 
us, by the washing of regenera- 
tion, and renewing of the Hd/ly 
Ghost; 

6 Which he shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jé’sus Christ cur 
Saviour; 

7 That being justified by his 
grace,we should be made heirs ac- 
cording to the hope of eternal life.. 

8 This is a faithful saying, 
and these things I will that thou 
affirm constantly, that they 
which have believed in God 
might be careful to maintain 
good works. These things are 
good and profitable unto men. 

9 But avoid foolish questions, 
and genealogies, and conten- 
tions, and strivings about the 
law; for they are unprofitable 
and vain. 

10 A man that is an heretick 
after the first and second ad- 
monition reject; 

11 Knowing that he that is 
such is subverted, and sinneth, 
being condemned of himself. 

12 When I shall send Ar’te- 
mas unto thee, or Tych’i-cis, 
be diligent to come unto me to 
Ni-cop’o-lis: for I have de- 
termined there to winter. 

13 Bring Zé’nas the lawyer and 
A-pdl’los on their journey dili- 
gently, that nothing be wanting 
unto them. 

14 And let ours also learn to 
maintain good works for neces- 
sary uses, that they be not 
unfruitful. : 

15 All that are with me salute 
thee. Greet them that love us 
in the faith. Grace be with you 
all. A-mén’. 

It was written to Titus, ordained the first 


bishop of the church of the Cretians, 
from Nicopolis of Macedonia. 


_ 279 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 


PHILEMON 


204 


1 Paul's joy in Philemon’s love. 9 For- 
giveness asked for Onesimus. 


AUL, a prisoner of Jé’sus 
Christ, and_Tim/o-thy our 


brother, unto Phi-lé’mon_ our 
dearly beloved, and _ fellow- 
labourer, 


2 And to our beloved Ap’phi-a, 
and Ar-chip’pus our fellow- 
soldier, and to the church in 
thy house: 

3 Grace to you, and peace, 
from God our Father and the 
Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

4 I thank my God, making 
mention of thee always in my 
prayers, 

5 Hearing of thy love and 
faith, which thou hast toward 
the Lord Jé’sus, and toward all 
saints; jonk 

6 That the communication of 
thy faith may become effectual 
by the acknowledging of every 
good thing which is in you in 
Christ Jé’sus. : 

7 For we have great Joy and 
consolation in thy love, because 
the bowels of the saints are 
refreshed by thee, brother. | 

8 Wherefore, though I might 
be much bold in Christ to enjoin 
thee that which is convenient, 

9 Yet for love’s sake I rather 
beseech thee, being such an one 
as Paul the aged, and now also 
a prisoner of Jé’sus Christ. 

10 I beseech thee for my son 
6-nés/i-mtis, whom I have be- 
gotten in my bonds: 

11 Which in time past was to 
thee unprofitable, but now profit- 
able to thee and to me: i 

12 Whom I have sent again: 
thou therefore receive him, that 
is, mine own bowels: 

13 Whom I would have re- 
tained with me, that in 


thy ' 
280 


stead he might have ministered 
unto me in the bonds of the . 
gospel: | 

14 But without thy mind would 
I do nothing; that thy benefit 
should not be as it were of 
necessity, but willingly. 

15 For perhaps he therefore 
departed for a season, that thou 
shouldest receive him for 
ever; 

16 Not now as a servant, but 
above a servant, a brother be- 
loved, specially to me, but how 
much more unto thee, both in 
the flesh, and in the Lord? 

17 If thou count me therefore 
a partner, receive him as my- 


self. 

18 If he hath wronged thee, or 
oweth thee ought, put that on 
mine account; 

19 I Paul have written if with 
mine own hand, I will repay it: 
albeit I do not say to thee how 
thou owest unto me even thine 
own self besides. 

20 Yea, brother, let me have 
joy of thee in the Lord: refresh 
my bowels in the Lord. 

21 Having confidence in thy 
obedience I wrote unto thee, 
knowing that thou wilt also do 
more than I say. 

22 But withal prepare me also 
a lodging: for I trust that 
through your prayers I shall be 
given unto you. 

23 There salute thee Ep’a- 
phris, my fellowprisoner in 
Christ Jé’sus; 

24 Mar’cus, 
Dé’mas, Lvw’cas, 
labourers. & 

28 The grace of our Lord jéq 
sus Christ be with your spirit. 


Ar-is-tar’chus, - 
my fellow- 


A-mén’. 


written from Rome to Philemon, by 
Onesimus a servant, 


THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 


HEBREWS 


205 CHAPTER 1 


Christ, in person Bae veep preferred to 
ang 


OD, who at sundry times 

and in divers manners 
spake in time past unto the 
fathers by the prophets, 

Hath in these last days 
spoken unto us by his Son, 
whom he hath appointed heir 
of all things, by whom also he 
made the worlds; 

3 Who being the brightness of 
his glory, and the express image 
of his person, and upholding all 
things by the word of his power, 
when he had by himself purged 
our sins, sat down on the right 
hand of the Majesty on high; 

4 Being made so much better 
than the angels, as he hath by 
inheritance obtained a more ex- 
cellent name than they. 

5 For unto which of the angels 
said he at any time, Thou art 
my son, this day have I begotten 
thee? And again, I will be to 
him a Father, and he shall be 
to me a Son? 

6 And again, when he bring- 
eth in the ee SONS into the 
world, he saith, And let all the 
angels of God worship him. 

7 And of the angels he saith, 
Who maketh his angels spirits, 
and his ministers a flame of fire. 

8 But unto the Son he saith, 
Thy throne, O God, is for ever 
and ever: a sceptre of righteous- 
ness is the sceptre of thy king- 


om. 
‘9 Thou hast loved righteous- 


heavens are the works of thine 


ands: 

11 They shall perish; but 
thou remainest; and they all 
shall wax old as doth a garment; 

12 And as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be 
changed: but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

13 But to which of the angels 
said he at any time, Sit on my 
right hand, until I make thine 
enemies thy footstool? 

14 Are they not all ministering 
spirits, sent forth to minister for 
them who shall be heirs of 
salvation? 


CHAPTER 2 206 


1 We ought to be obedient to Jesus 
Christ. 14 Why Christ assumed 
human nature. 


HEREFORE we ought to 

give the more earnest heed 

to the things which we have 

heard, lest at any time we should 
let them slip. 

2 For if the word spoken by 
angels was stedfast, and every 
transgression and disobedience 
received a just recompence of 
reward; 

3 How shall we escape, if we 
neglect so great salvation; which 
at the first began to be spoken 
by the Lord, and was confirmed 
unto us by them that heard him; 

4 God also bearing them wit- 
ness, both with signs and 
wonders, and with divers mira- 
cles, and gifts of the Hd/ly 
Ghost according to his own 


ness, and hated iniquity; there-| wi 


fore God, even thy God, hath 
anointed thee with the oil of 
gladness above thy fellows. 

10 And, Thou, Lord, in the 
beginning hast laid the founda- 
tion of the earth; and the 


5 For unto the angels hath he 
not put in subjection the world 
to come, whereof we speak. 

6 But one in a certain place 
testified, saying, What is man, 
that thou art mindful of him? 


281 


HEBREWS, 3 


or the son of man, that thou 
visitest him? ¢ : 

7 Thou madest him a little 
lower than the angels; thou 
crownedst him with glory and 
honour, and didst set him over 
the works of thy hands: | ; 

8 Thou hast put all things in 
subjection under his feet. For 
in that he put all in subjection 
under him, he left nothing that 
is not put under him. But now 
we see not yet all things put 
under him. 

9 But we see Jé’sus, who was 
made a little lower than the 
angels for the suffering of 
death, crowned with glory and 
honour; that he by the grace of 
God should taste death for 
every man. ; 

10 For it became him, for 
whom are all things, and by 
whom @re all things, in bringing 
many sons unto glory, to make 
the captain of their salvation 
perfect through sufferings. | 

11 For both he that sanctifieth 
and they who are sanctified are 
all of one: for which cause he 
is not ashamed to call them 
brethren, ‘ 

12 Saying, I will declare thy 
_nmame unto my brethren, in the 
midst of the church will I sing 
praise unto thee. : 

13 And again, I will put my 
trust in him. And again, 
hold I and the children which 
God hath given me. 

14 Forasmuch then as_ the 
children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also himself like- 
wise took part of the same; 
that through death he might 
destroy him that had the power 
of death, that is, the devil; 

15 And deliver them who 
through fear of death were all 
their lifetime subject to bondage. 

16 For verily he took not on 
him the nature of angels; but 
he took on him the seed of 
A’bra-ham. f 

17 Wherefore in all things it be- 
hoved him to be made like unto 


282. 


Be-. 


Christ better than angels or Moses 


his brethren, that he might be a 
merciful and faithful high priest 
in things pertaining to God, to 
make reconciliation for the sins 
of the people. | 
18 For in that he himself hath 
suffered being tempted, he is 
able to succour them that are 
tempted. 4 


CHAPTER 3 207 

1 Christ is more worthy than Moses. 7 
He ought so to be more regarded. 
HEREFORE, holy breth- 

ren, partakers of the 
heavenly calling, consider the” 
Apostle and High Priest of our 
profession, Christ Jé’sus; 
2 Who was faithful to him that 
appointed him, as also M6’ses” 
was faithful in all his house. —_— 
3 For this man was counted 
worthy of more glory than 
Mo’ses, inasmuch as he who 
hath builded the house hath 
more honour than the house. 
4 For every house is. builded 
by some man;_but he that built 
all things is God. oe 
5 And MO’ses verily was faith- 
ful in all his house, as a servant, 
for a testimony of those things 
which were to be spoken after; © 
6 But Christ as a son over his 
own house; whose house are. 
we, if we hold fast the con- 
fidence and the rejoicing of the 
hope firm unto the end. , 
7 Wherefore (as the Ho/ly 
Ghést saith, To day if ye will 
hear his voice, 5 
8 Harden not your hearts, as 
in the provocation, in the day of 
temptation in the wilderness: — 
9 When your fathers tempted 
me, proved me, and saw my 
works forty years. oe 
10 Wherefore I | was grieve 
with that generation, and said, 
They do alway err in their 
heart; and they have not known 
my ways: q 
11 So I sware in my wrath, 
They shall not enter into my 


rest.) ; 
Take heed, brethren, lest 













12 


Christ better than Joshua 


there be in any of you an evil 
heart of unbelief, in departing 
from the living God. 

13 But exhort one another 
daily, while it is called To day; 
lest any of you be hardened 
through the deceitfulness of sin. 

14 For we are made partakers 
of Christ, if we hold the begin- 
ning of our confidence stedfast 
unto the end; 

15 While it is said, To day if 
ye will hear his voice, harden 
not your hearts, as in the prov- 
ocation. 

16 For some, when they had 
heard, did provoke: howbeit not 
all that came out of E’sypt by 
MO’ses. 

17 But with whom was he 
grieved forty years? was it not 


with them that had sinned, 
whose carcases fell in the 
wilderness? 


18 And to whom sware he that 
they should not enter into his 
rest,but to them that believed not? 

19 So we see that they could 
not enter in because of unbelief. 


208 CHAPTER 4 


1 The rest of believers is attained by 
faith. 12 Power of God’s word. 
We must go boldly to the throne of 
grace. 

ET us therefore fear, lest, a 
promise being !eit us of 
entering into his rest, any of 

My should seem to come short 

of it. 

2 For unto us was the gospel 
preached, as weil as unto them: 
but the word preached did not 
profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard i. 

3 For we which have believed 
do enter into rest, as he said, 
As I have sworn in my wrath, 
if ee shall enter into my rest: 

although the works were finished 
fran the foundation of the world. 

4 For he spake in a certain 
place of the seventh day on this 
wise, And God did rest the 
seventh day from all his works. 

5 And in this place again, Ii 
they shall enter into my rest. 


HEBREWS, 4, 5 


6 Seeing therefore it remaineth 
that some must enter therein, 
and they to whom it was first 
preached entered not in because 
of unbelief: 

7 Again, he limiteth a_certain 
day, saying in Da’vid, To day, 
after so long a time; as it is 
said, To day if ye will hear his 
voice, harden not your hearts. 

8 For if Jé’sus had given them 
rest, then would he not after- 
were have spoken of another 

ay. 

9 There remaineth therefore a 
rest to the people of God. 

10 For ne that is entered into 
his rest, he also hath ceased 
from his own works, as God did 
from his. 

11 Let us labour therefore to 
enter into that rest, lest any man 
fall after the same example of 
unbelief. 

12 For the word of God is 
quick, and powerful, and sharp- 
er than any twoedged sword, 
piercing even to the dividing 
asunder of soul and spirit, and 
of the joints and marrow, and is 
a discerner of the thoughts and 


6 | intents of the heart. 


13 Neither is there any creature 
that is not manifest in his sight: 
but all things are naked and 
opened unto the eyes of him with 
whom we have to do. 

14 Seeing then that we have a 
great high priest, that is passed 
into the heavens, Jé’sus the 
Son of God, let us hold fast our 
profession. 

15 For we have not an high 
priest which cannot be touched 
with the feeling of our infirm- 
ities; but was in all points 
tempted like as we are, yet 
without sin. 

16 Let us therefore come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace 
to help in time of need. 


CHAPTER 5 209 


Authority and honour of Christ’s priest- 
hood. 


233 


HEBREWS, 6 


OR every high priest taken 

from among men is ordained 
for men in things pertaining to 
God, that he may offer both 
gifts and sacrifices for sins: 

2 Who can have compassion on 
the ignorant, and on them that 
are out of the way; for that he 
himself also is compassed with 
infirmity. 

3 And by reason hereof he 
ought, as for the people, so also 
for himself, to offer for sins. 

4 And no man taketh this hon- 
our unto himself, but he that is 
called of God, as was Aar’on. 

5 So also Christ glorified not 
himself to be made an hig 
priest; but he that said unto 
him, Thou art my Son, to day 
have I begotten thee. | 

6 As he saith also in another 
place, Thou art a priest for ever 
after the order of Mél-chis’e-déc. 

7 Who in the days of his flesh, 
when he had offered up prayers 
and supplications with strong 
crying and tears unto him that 
was able to save him from death, 
and was heard in that he feared; 

8 Though he were a Son, yet 
learned he obedience by the 
things which he suffered; 

9 And being made perfect, he 
became the author of eternal sal- 
vation unto all them that obey 


im; 

10 Called of God an high priest 
after the order of Mél-chis’e-déc. 

11 Of whom we have many 
things to say, and hard to be 
uttered, seeing ye are dull o 
hearing. : 

12 For when for the time ye 
ought to be teachers, ye have 
need that one teach you again 
which be the first principles o 
the oracles of God; and are be- 
come such as have need of milk, 
and not of strong meat. 

13 For every one that useth 
milk is unskilful in the word of 
righteousness: for he is a babe. 

14 But strong meat belongeth to 
them that are of full age, even 
those who by reason of use have 


Christ superior to Aaron 


their senses exercised to dis- 
cern both good and evil. 


CHAPTER 6 210 

1 Paul exhorts not to fa 
faith. 13 God is sure his renee 
HEREFORE | leaving the 
_principles of the doctrine of 
Christ, let us go on unto perfec- 
tion; not laying again the foun- 
dation of repentance from dead 
works, and of faith toward God, 
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, 
and of laying on of hands, and 
of resurrection of the dead, and 

of eternal judgment. 

3 And this will we do, if God 


h | permit. 


4 For it is impossible for those 
who were once enlightened, and 
have tasted of the heavenly gift, 
and were made partakers of the 
H6/ly Ghost, 

5 And have tasted the good 
word of God, and the powers of 
the world to come, 

6 If they shall fall away, to re- 
new them again unto repentance; 
seeing they crucify to themselves 
the Son of God afresh, and put 
him to an open shame. 

7 For the earth which drinketh 
in the rain that cometh oft upon 
it, and bringeth forth herbs meet 
for them by whom itis dressed, 
receiveth blessing from God: 

8 But that which beareth thorns 
and briers is rejected, and is nigh 
unto cursing; whose end is to be 
burned. 

9 But, beloved, we are per- 


f | suaded better things of you, and 


things that accompany salvation, 
though we thus speak. 

10 For God is not unrighteous 
to forget your work and labour 


f| of love, which ye have shewed 


toward his name, in that ye 
have ministered to the saints, 
and do minister. 

11 And we desire that every 
one of you do shew the same 
diligence to the full assurance of 
hope unto the end: ; 

12 That ye be not slothful, but 
followers of them who through 


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Christ’s priesthood after order of Melchisedec 


faith and patience inherit the 
promises. 

13 For when God made promise 
to A’bra-ham, because he could 
swear by no greater, he sware 
by himself, , 

14 Saying, Surely blessing I 
will bless thee, and muitiplying I 
will multiply thee. 

15 And so, after he had pa- 
tiently endured, he obtained the 
promise. 

16 For men verily swear by the 
greater: and an oath for con- 
firmation is to them an end of all 
strife. 

17 Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to shew unto the 
heirs of promise the immutabil- 
ity of his counsel, confirmed iti by 
an oath: 

18 That by two immutable 
things, in which it was impossible 
for God to lie, we might have a 
strong consolation, who have 
fied for refuge to lay hold upon 
the hope set before us: 

19 Which hope we have as an 
anchor of the soul, both sure and 
stedfast, and which entereth into 
that within the veil; 

20 Whither the forerunner is 
for us entered, even Jé’sus, made 
an high priest for ever after the | t 
oe of Mél-chis LOY 


21 1 CHAPTER 7 


1 Christ is a priest ae the order of 
Melchisedec. 11 More’ excellent 
than Aaron’s priesthood. 


HEBREWS, 7 


the Son of God; abideth a priest 
continually. 

4 Now consider how great this 
man was, unto whom even the 
patriarch A’bra-ham gave the 
tenth of the spoils. 

5 And verily they that are of 
the sons of Lé’vi, who receive the 
office of the priesthood, have a 
commandment to take tithes of 
the people according to the law, 
that is, of their brethren, though 
they come out of the loins of 
A’bra-ham: 

6 But he whose descent is not 
counted from them received 
tithes of A’bra-ham, and blessed 

m that had the promises. 

7 And without all contradiction 
the less is blessed of the better. 
here men that die receive 
but there he receiveth 
them, of whom it is witnessed 
that he liveth. : 

9 And as I may so say, Lé’vi 
also, who receiveth tithes, payed 
tithes in A’bra-ham. 

10 For he was yet in the loins of 
his father, when Mél-chis’e-déc 
met him. 

11 If therefore perfection were 
by the Lé-vit/i-cal priesthood, 
(for under it the people received 

the law.) what further need was 
there that another priest should 
rise after the order of Mél-chis’e- 
déc, and not be called after the 
order of Aar’on? 

12 For the priesthood being 
changed, there is made of neces- 
sity a change also of the 


OR this Mél-chis’e-déc, king | law 


of Sa’lem, priest of the most 
high God, who met A’bra-ham 
returning ‘from the slaughter of 
the kings, and blessed him; 
£2 To whom also A’bra-ham 
gave a tenth part of all; first 
being iby interpretation King of 
righteousness, and after that also 
one of Sa’lem, which is, King of 


3 a Without father, without 
mother, without descent, having 
neither beginning of days, nor 
end of life; but made like unto 


13 For he of whom these things 
are spoken pertaineth to another 
tribe, of which no man gave at- 
tendance at the altar. 

14 For it is evident that our 
Lord sprang out of Ji’da; of 
which tribe M6’ses spake ,noth- 
ing concerning priesthood.* 

15 And it is yet far more evi- 
dent: for that after the similitude 
of Mél-chis’e-déc there ariseth 
another priest, 

16 Who is made, not after the 
law of a carnal commandment, 


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but after the power of an endless 


ife. 

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of 
Mél-chis’e-déc. 

18 For there is verily a disan- 

nulling of the commandment 
going before for the weakness 
and unprofitableness thereof. 
' 19 For the law made nothing 
perfect, but the bringing in of a 
better hope did; by the which 
we draw nigh unto God. 

20 And inasmuch as not with- 
out a oath he was made 
pries 

ZT For those priests were made 
without an oath; but this with 
an oath by him that said unto 
him, The Lord sware and will 
not repent, Thou art a priest fcr 
ae an the order of Mél-chis’e- 

déc: 

22 By so much was Jé’sus 
made a surety of a better testa- 
ment. 

23 And they truly were many 
priests, because they were not 
suffered to continue by reason of 
death: 

24 But this man, because he 
continueth ever, hath an un- 
changeable priesthood. 

25 Wherefore he is able also to 
save them to the uttermost that 
come unto God by him, seeing he 
ever liveth to make intercession 
for them. 

26 For such an high priest be- 
came us, who is holy, harmless, 

undefiled, separate from sinners, 
and made higher than the 
heavens; 

27 Who needeth not daily, as 
those high priests, to offer up 
sacrifice, first for his own sins, 
and then for the people’s: for 
this he did once, when he offered 
up himself. 

28 For the law maketh men 
high priests which have infirmity; 
but the word of the oath, which 
was since the law, maketh the 
Son, who is consecrated for 
evermore. 


New covenant better than old 
CHAPTER 8 212 


The new and better covenant supersedes 


é€ oid. 
OW of the things which we 
have spoken this is the sum: 
We have such an high priest, 
who is set on the right hand of 
the throne of the Majesty in the 
heavens; 

2 A minister of the sanctuary, 
and of the true tabernacle, which 
the Lord pitched, and not man. 

3.For every high priest is or- 
dained to offer gifts and sacri- 
fices: wherefore if is of necessity 
that this man have somewhat 
also to offer. 

4 For if he were on earth, he 
should not be a priest, seeing that 
there are priests that offer gifts 
according to the law: 

5 Who serve unto the example 
and shadow of heavenly things, 
as Mdé’ses was admonished of 
God when he was about to make 
the tabernacle: for, See, saith 
he, that thou make all things ac- 
cording to the pattern shewed to 
thee in the mount. 

6 But now hath he obtained a 
more excellent ministry, by how 
much also he is the mediator of a 
better covenant, which was 
established upon better promises. 

7 For if that first covenant had 
been faultless, then should no 
place have been sought for the 
second. 

8 For finding fault with them, 
he saith, Behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, when I will make 
a new covenant with the house of 
is’ra-el and with the house of — 
Ja’dah: : 

9 Not according to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers in — 
the day when I took them by the 
hand tolead them out of the land 
of E’éypt; because they continued 
not in my covenant, and I re- 
garded them not, saith the Lord. 

10 For this is the covenant that 
I will make with the house of 
Is’ra-el after those days, saith the 
Lord; I will put my laws into 
their mind, and write them in 


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Christ’s sacrifice better than those of the law 


their hearts: and I will) be to 
them a God, and they shall be to 
me a people: 

11 And they shall not teach 
every man his neighbour, and 
every man his brother, saying, 
Know the Lord: for all shall 
know me, from the least to the 
greatest. 

12 For I will be merciful to their 
unrighteousness, and their sins 
and their iniquities will I remem- 
ber no more. 

13 In that he saith, A new 
covenant, he hath made the first 
old. Now that which decayeth 
and waxeth old is ready to vanish 
away. 


213 CHAPTER 9 


1 Description of the rites and bloody 
sacrifices of the law. 11 Their infe- 
riority to the sacrifice of Christ. _ 


HEN verily the first covenant 

had alsojordinances of di- 

vine service, anda worldly sanc- 
tuary. 

2 For there was a tabernacle 
made; the first, wherein was the 
candlestick, and the table, and 
the shewbread; which is called 
the sanctuary. | ; 

3 And after the second veil, the 
tabernacle which is called the 
Holiest of all; 

4 Which had the golden censer, 
and the ark of the covenant over- 
laid round about with gold, 
wherein was the golden pot that 
had manna, and Aa@r’on’s rod 
that budded, and the tables of 
the covenant; | 

5 And over it the cherubims of 
glory shadowing the mercyseat; 
of which we cannot now speak 
particularly. 

6 Now when these things were 
thus ordained, the priests went 
always into the first tabernacle, 
accomplishing the service of God. 

7 But into the second went the 
high priest alone once every 
year, not without blood, which he 
offered for himself, and for the 
etrors of the people: BAe 
8 The Hd’ly Ghost this sig- 


HEBREWS, 9 


nifying, that the way into the 
holiest of all was not yet made 
manifest, while as the first taber- 
nacle was yet standing: 

9 Which was a figure for the 
time then present, in which were 
offered both gifts and sacrifices, 
that could not make him that did 
the service perfect, as pertaining 
to the conscience; 

10 Which stood only in meats 
and drinks, and divers washings, 
and carnal ordinances, imposed 
on them until the time of refor- 
mation. 

11 But Christ being come an 
high priest of good things to 
come, by a greater and more per- 
fect tabernacle, not made with 
hands, that is to say, not of this 
building; 

12 Neither by the blood of goats 
and calves, but by his own blood 
he entered in once into the holy 
place, having obtained eternal 
redemption for us. 

13 For if the blood of bulls and 
of goats, and the ashes of an 
heifer sprinkling the unclean, 
SaaS to the purifying of the 

esi: 

14 How much more shall the 
blood of Christ, who through the 
eternal Spirit offered himself 
without spot to God, purge your 
conscience from dead works to 
serve the living God? 

15 And for this cause he is the 
mediator of the new testament, 
that by means of death, for the 
redemption of the transgressions 
that were under the first testa- 
ment, they which are called 
might receive the promise of eter- 
nal inheritance. 

16 For where a testament is, 
there must also of necessity be 
the death of the testator. 

17 For a testament is of force 
after men are dead: otherwise it 
is of no strength at all while the 
testator liveth. 

18 Whereupon neither the first 
testament was dedicated with- 
out blood. 

19 For when M6’ses had spoken 


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HEBREWS, 10 


every precept to all the people ac- 
cording to the law, he took the 
blood of calves and of goats, with 
water, and scarlet wool, and 
hyssop, and sprinkled both the 
book, and all the people, 

20 Saying, This is the blood of 
the testament which God hath 
enjoined unto you. 


21 Moreover he sprinkled with 
blood both the tabernacle, and all 


the vessels of the ministry. 
22 And almost all things are by 


the law purged with blood; and 


without shedding of blood is no 
remission. 


23 It was therefore necessary 


that the patterns of things in the 


heavens should be purified with 


these; but the heavenly things 
themselves with better sacrifices 
than these. 


24 For Christ is not entered 
into the holy places made with 
hands, which are the figures of 


the true; but into heaven itself, 


now to appear in the presence of 


God for us: 


25 Nor yet that he should offer 
high priest 
entereth into the holy place every | 1 


himself often, as the 


year with blood of others; 
26 For then must he often have 


suffered since the foundation of 


the world: but now once in the 
end of the world hath he appeared 


to put away sin by the sacrifice of 


himself. 

27 And as itis appointed unto 
men once to die, but after this the 
judgment: . 

28 So Christ was once offered 
to bear the sins of many; and 
unto them that look for him shall 
he appear the second time with- 
out sin unto salvation. 


214 CHAPTER 10 


1 Sacrifices of the law ineffective. ~10 
Christ’s sacrifice all-effective. 19 Ex- 
hortation to hold fast the faith. 


Ho the law having a shadow 


of good things to come, and 


not the very image of the things, 
can never with those sacrifices 


which they offered year by year 





Sacrifices of the law ineffective 


continually make the comers 
thereunto perfect. 

2 For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered? because that 
the worshippers once purged 
should have had no more con- 
science of sins. j 
3 But in those sacrifices there 
is a remembrance again made of 
sins every year. 

4 For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should 
take away Sins. 

5 Wherefore when he cometh 
into the world, he saith, Sacri- 
fice and offering thou wouldest 
not, but a body hast thou pre- 
pared me: : 

6 In burnt offerings and sacri=- 


fices for sin thou hast had no 


pleasure. 

7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in 
the volume of the book it is writ- 
ten of me,) to do thy will, O 


od. 

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice 
and offering and burnt offerings 
and offering for sin thou would- 
est not, neither hadst pleasure 
therein; which are offered by the 


aw; 

0 Then said he, Lo, I come to 
do thy will, O God. He taketh 
away the first, that he may estab- 
lish the second. 

10 By the which will we are 
sanctified through the offering of 
a body of Jé’sus Christ once for 
all. 
11 And every priest standeth 
daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, 
which can never take away sins: 

12 But this man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins for 
ever, sat down on the right hand 
of God; : 

13 From henceforth expecting 
till ce enemies be made his foot- 
stool. 

14 For by one offering he hath 
perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. r E 
15 Whereof the Hé/ly Ghost 
also is a witness to us: for after 
that he had said before, ” 


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Exhortation to hold fast. 


16 This is the covenant 
will make with them after those 
days, saith the Lord, I will put 
my laws into their hearts, and in 
their minds will I write them; 

17 And their sins and iniquities 
will I remember no more. 

18 Now_ where remission of 
these is, there is no more offering 
for sin. 

19 Having therefore, brethren, 
boldness to enter into the holiest 
by the blood of Jé’sus, _ 

20 By a new and living way, 
which he hath consecrated for 
us, through the veil, thatis to say, 
his flesh; : ; 

21 And having an high priest 
over the house of God; 

22 Let us draw near with a true 
heart in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled from 


an evil conscience, and our 
bodies washed with pure 
water. 


23 Let us hold fast the pro- 
fession of our faith without 
wavering; (for he is faithful that 
promised; ) 

24 And let us consider one an- 
other to provoke unto love and to 
good works: 

25 Not forsaking the assem- 
bling of ourselves together, as the 
manner of some is; but exhorting 
one another: and so much the 
more, as ye see the day ap- 
proaching. 

26 For if we sin wilfully after 
that we have received the knowl- 
edge of the truth, there remaineth 
no more sacrifice for sins, ; 

27 Buta certain fearful looking 
for of judgment and fiery in- 
dignation, which shall devour the 
adversaries. 

28 He that despised M6’ses’ 
law died without mercy under 
two or three witnesses: ; 

' 29 Of how much sorer punish- 
ment, suppose ye, shall he be 
thought worthy, who hath trod- 
den under foot the Son of God, 
and hath counted the blood of 
the covenant, wherewith he was 
sanctified, an unholy thing, and 

T-19 


HEBREWS, 11 


that I| hath done despite unto the Spirit 


of grace? 

30 For we know him that hath 
said, Vengeance belongeth unto 
me, I will recompense, saith the 
Lord. And again, ‘The Lord 
shall judge his people. 

_31 it is a fearful thing to fall 
into the hands of the living God. 

32 But call to remembrance the 
former days, in which, after ye 
were illuminated, ye endured a 
great fight of afflictions; 

33 Partly, whilst ye were made 
a gazingstock both by reproaches 
and afflictions; and partly, whilst 
ye became companions of them 
that were so used. 

34 For ye had compassion of 
me in my bonds, and took joy- 
fully the spoiling of your goods, 
knowing in yourselves that ye 
have in heaven a better and an 
enduring substance. 

35 Cast not away therefore your 
confidence, which hath great re- 
compence of reward. 

36 For ye have need of pa- 
tience, that, after ye have done 
the will of God, ye might receive 
the promise. 

37 For yet a little while, and 
he that shall come will come, 
and will not tarry. 

38 Now the just shall live by 
faith: but if any man draw back, 
my soul shall have no pleasure in 

im. 

39 But we are not of them who 
draw back unto perdition; but of 
them that believe to the saving of 
the soul. * 


CHAPTER 11 215 

1 Of faith. 6 Without faith, God is not 
pleased. 7 Fruits thereof. 

OW faith is the substance of 

things hoped for, the evi- 
dence of things not seen. : 

2 For by it the elders obtained a 
good report. 

3 Through faith we understand 
that the worlds were framed by 
the word of God, so that things 
which are seen were not made of 
things which do appear. 


289 


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4 By faith A’bél offered unto 
God a more excellent sacrifice 
than Cain, by which he obtained 
witness that he was righteous, 
God testifying of his gifts: and 
by it he being dead yet speaketh. 

5 By faith E’noch was trans- 
lated that he should not see 
death; and was not found, be- 
cause God had translated him: 
for before his translation he had 
this testimony, that he pleased 


od. 

6 But without faith it is im- 
possible to please him: for he 
that cometh to God must believe 
that he is, and that he is a re- 
warder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

7 By faith N6é’ah, being warned 
of God of things not seen as yet, 
moved with fear, prepared an 
ark to the saving of his house; 
by the which he condemned the 
world, and became heir of the 
righteousness which is by gia 

8 By faith A’bra-ham, when he 
was called to go out into a place 
which he should after receive for 
an inheritance, obeyed; and he 
went out, not knowing whither 
he went. ; 

9 By faith he sojourned in the 
land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dweiling in _taber- 
nacles with I’saac and Ja’cob, 
the heirs with him of the same 
promise: 

10 For he looked: for a city 
which hath foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God. 

11 Through faith also Sa’ra 
herself received strength to con- 
ceive seed, and was delivered of 
a child when she was past age, 
because she judged him faithful 
who had promised. 

12 Therefore sprang there even 
of one, and him as good as dead, 
so many as the stars of the sky in 
multitude, and as the sand which 
is by the sea shore innumerable. 

13 These all died in faith, not 
having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, an 
were persuaded of them, and em- 


Examples of faith 


braced them, and confessed that 
they were strangers and pilgrims 
on the earth. 

14 For they that say such things 
declare plainly that they seek a 
country. 3 

15 And truly, if they had been 
mindful of that country from 
whence they came out, they might 
have had opportunity to have 
returned. 

16 But now they desire a better 
country, that is, an heavenly: 
wherefore God is not ashamed 
to be called their God: for he 
hath prepared for them a city. 

i7 By faith A’bra-ham, when 
he was tried, offered up I’saac: 
and he that had received the 
promises offered up his only be- 
gotten son, 

18 Of whom it was said, That 
in i’saac shall thy seed be called: 

19 Accounting that God was 
able to raise him up, even from 
the dead; from whence also he 
received him in a figure. 

20 By faith I’saac blessed Ja’- 
cob and E’sau concerning things 
tocome. | 

21 By faith Ja’cob, when he 
was a dying, blessed both the 
sons of Jd’seph; and wor- 
shipped, leaning upon the top of 
his sta 

22 By faith Jé’seph, when he 
died, made mention of the de- 
parting of the children of Is’ra-el; 
and gave commandment con- 
cerning his bones. 

23 By faith Mo’ses, when he 
was born, was hid three months 
of his parents, because they saw 
he was a proper child; and they 
were not afraid of the king’s 
commandment. 

24 By faith Mo’ses, when he 
was come to years, refused to be 
called the son of Pha’radh’s 


daughter; 


25 Choosing rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin 
for a season; 

26 Esteeming the reproach of 
Christ greater riches than the 


290 


_ Exhortation to patience and godliness 


treasures in E’gypt: for he had 


respect unto the recompence of/d 


the reward. 

27 By faith he forsook &’éypt, 
_ not fearing the wrath of the king: 
for he endured, as seeing him 
_ who is invisible. 

28 Through faith he kept the 
passover, and the sprinkling of 
blood, lest he that destroyed the 
firstborn should touch them. 


29 By faith they passed through | * 


the Red sea as by dry land: 
which the E-gyp’tians assaying to 
do were drowned. 

30 By faith the walls of Jér’i- 
cho fell down, after they were 
compassed about seven days. 

31 By faith the harlot Ra’hab 
perished not with them that be- 
lieved not, when she had received 
the spies with peace. 

32 And what shall I more say? 
for the time would fail me to tell 
of Géd’e-on, and of Ba’rak, and 
of Sam/’son, ‘and of Jéph’tha-é; 
of Da’vid also, and Sam/u-el, 
and of the prophets: 

33 Who through faith subdued 
kingdoms, wrought righteous- 
ness, obtained promises, stopped 
the mouths of lions, 

34 Quenched the violence of 
fire, escaped the edge of the 
Sword, out of weakness were 
made strong, waxed valiant in 
fight, turned to flight the armies 
of the aliens. 

35 Women received their dead 
raised to life again: and others 
were tortured, not accepting de- 
liverance; that they might ob- 
tain a better resurrection: 

36 And others had trial of cruel 
mockings and scourgings, yea, 
moreover of bonds and imprison- 
ment: 

37 They were stoned, they 
Were sawn asunder, were tempt- 
ed, were slain with the sword: 
they wandered about in sheep- 
skins and goatskins; being desti- 
tute, afflicted, tormented; 

38 (Of whom the world was not 
worthy:) they wandered in des- 


HEBREWS, 12 


erts, and in mountains, and in 
ens and caves of the earth. 
39 And these all, having ob- 
tained a good report through 
faith, received not the promise: 
od having provided some 
better thing for us, that they 
without us should not be made 
perfect. . 


CHAPTER 12 216 
1 An exhortation to faith, patience, and 
godliness. 5 The Lord’s chastenings. 

27 What this word signifies. 

UV HEREF ORE seeing we also 

are compassed about with 
so great a cloud of witnesses, let 
us lay aside every weight, and the 
sin which doth so easily beset us, 
and let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us, 
2 Looking unto Jé’sus_ the 
author and finisher of our faith; 
who for the joy that was set be- 
fore him endured the cross, 
despising the shame, and is set 
down at the right hand of the 
throne of God. 

3 For consider him that en- 
dured such contradiction of sin- 
ners against himself, lest ye 
be wearied and faint in your 
minds. 

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto 
blood, striving against sin. 

nd ye have forgotten the 
exhortation which speaketh unto 
you as unto children, My son, 
despise not thou the chastening 
of the Lord, nor faint when thou 
art rebuked of him: 

6 For whom the Lord loveth he 
chasteneth, and scourgeth every 
son whom he receiveth. | | 

7 If ye endure chastening, God 
dealeth with you as with sons; 
for what son is he whom the 
father chasteneth not? ; 

8 But if ye be without chastise- 
ment, whereof all are partakers, 
then are ye bastards, and not. 
sons. 

9 Furthermore we have had fa- 
thers of our flesh which corrected 
us, and we gave them reverence: 
shall we not much rather be in 


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HEBREWS, 13 


subjection unto the Father of 
spirits, and live? | 

10 For they verily for a few 
days chastened us after their 
own pleasure; but he for our 
profit, that we might be par- 
takers of his holiness. 

11 Now no chastening for the 
present seemeth to be joyous, but 
grievous: nevertheless afterward 
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of 
righteousness unto them which 
are exercised thereby. 

12 Wherefore lift up the hands 
which hang down, and the feeble 
knees; ! 

13 And make straight paths for 
your feet, lest that which is lame 
be turned out of the way; but 
let,it rather be healed. 

14 Follow peace with all men, 
and holiness, without which no 
man shall see the Lord: 

15 Looking diligently lest any 
man fail of the grace of God; 
lest any root of bitterness spring- 
ing up trouble you, and thereby 
many be defiled; ; 

16 Lest there be any fornicator, 
or profane person, as E’sau, who 
for one morsel of meat sold his 
birthright. 

17 For ye know how that after- 
ward, when he would have in- 
herited the blessing, he was re- 
jected: for he found no place of 
repentance, though he sought it 
carefully with tears. é 

18 For ye are notcome unto the 
mount that might be touched, 
and that burned with fire, nor 
unto blackness, and darkness, 
and tempest, 

19 And the sound of a trumpet, 
and the voice of words; which 
voice they that heard intreated 
that the word should not be 
spoken to them any more: 

20 (For they could not endure 
that which was commanded, And 
if so much as a beast touch the 
mountain, it shall be stoned, or 
thrust through with a dart: | 

21 And so terrible was the sight, 
that MOo’ses said, I exceedingly 
fear and quake:) | 


Sinat and Zion contrasted 


22 Butye are come unto mount 
Si’6n, and unto the city of the 
living God, the heavenly Jé-ru’- 
s4-lém, and to an innumerable 
company of angels, 

23 To the general assembly and. 
church of the firstborn, which are 
written in heaven, and to God 
the Judge of all, and to the 
spirits of just men made perfect, 

24 And to Jé’sus the mediator 
of the new covenant, and to_ the 
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh 
better things than that of A’bél. 

25 See that ye refuse not him 
that speaketh. For if they es- 
caped not who refused him that 
spake on earth, much more shall 
not we escape, if we turn away 
from him that speaketh from 
heaven: 

26 Whose voice then shook the 
earth: but now he hath promised, 
saying, Yet once more I shake 
not the earth only, but also 
heaven. t 

27 And this word, Yet once 
more, signifieth the removing of 
those things that are shaken, as 
of things that are made, that 
those things which cannot be 
shaken may remain. . 

28 Wherefore we receiving a 
kingdom which cannot be moved, 
let us have grace, whereby we 
may serve God acceptably with 
reverence and godly fear: 

29 For our God is a consuming 


fire. . 
CHAPTER 13 217 


1 Divers admonitions as to charity. _ 10 
Confessing Christ. 16 Giving alms. 
20 Conclusion. 


ET brotherly love continue. 

2 Be not forgetful to en- 
tertain strangers: for thereby 
some have entertained angels 
unawares. , 

3 Remember them that are in 
bonds, as bound with them; and 
them which suffer adversity, as 
being yourselves also in the body. 

4 Marriage is honourable in all, 
and the bed undefiled: but 
whoremongers and adulterers 
God will judge. 


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Jesus Christ the true altar 


5 Let your conversation .. be 
without covetousness; and be 
content with such things as ye 
have: for he hath said, I will 
never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 So that we may boldly_say, 
The Lord is my helper, and I will 
not fear what man shall do unto 


me. 

7 Remember them which have 
the rule over you, who have 
spoken unto you the word of 
God: whose faith follow, con- 
sidering the end of their conver- 
sation. 

8 Jé’sus Christ the same yes- 
terday, and to day, and for ever. 

9 Be not carried about with 
divers and strange doctrines. 
For it is a good thing that the 
heart be established with grace; 
not with meats, which have not 
profited them that have been oc- 
cupied therein. 

10 We have an altar, whereof 
they have no right to eat which 
serve the tabernacle. 

11 For the bodies of those 
beasts, whose blood is brought 
into the sanctuary by the high 
priest for sin, are burned without 
the camp. 

12 Wherefore Jé’sus also, that 
he might sanctify the people with 
his own blood, suffered without 
the gate. 

13 Let us go forth therefore un- 
to him without the camp, bearing 
his reproach. 

14 For here have we no con- 
tinuing city, but we seek one to 


come. 

15 By him therefore let us offer 
the sacrifice of praise to God 
continually, thatis, the fruit of our 


lips giving thanks to his name. | 


HEBREWS, 13 


16 But to do good and to com- 
municate forget not: for with 
such sacrifices God is well 
pleased. 

17 Obey them that have the. 
rule over you, and submit your- 
selves: for they watch for your 
souls, as they that must give ac- 
count, that they may do it with 
joy, and not with grief: for that 
is unprofitable for you. 

18 Pray for us: for we trust we 
have a good conscience, in all 
things willing to live honestly. 

19 But I beseech you the rather 
to do this, that I may be restored 
to you the sooner. 

20 Now the God of peace, that 
brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jé’sus, that great 
shepherd of the sheep, through 
the blood of the everlasting 
covenant, 

21 Make you perfect in every 
good work to do his will, work- 
ing in you that which is well- 
pleasing in his sight, through 
Je’sus Christ; to whom be 
glory for ever and = ever. 
A-mén’. 

22 And I beseech you, brethren, 
suffer the word of exhortation: 
for 1 have written a letter unto 
you in few words. 

23 Know ye that our brother 
Tim’o-th¥ is set at liberty; with 
whom, if he come shortly, I will 


see you. 

24 Salute all them that have the 
rule over you, and all the saints. 
They of it’a-ly salute you. ' 

25 Grace be with you all. 
A-mén’. 

q Written to the Hebrews from Italy 

by Timothy. ~ 


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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 


JAMES 


218 CHAPTER 1 


1 Rejoicing under the cross. 5 Of pa- 
tience. On hearkening to and 
doing the word. 

AMES, a servant of God and 
of the Lord Jé’sus Christ, to 
the twelve tribes which are 

scattered abroad, greeting. 

2 My brethren, count it all joy 
when ye fall into divers temp- 
tations; | ‘ i 

3 Knowing this, that the trying 
of your faith worketh patience. 

4 But let patience have her per- 
fect work, that ye may be perfect 
and entire, wanting nothing. 

5 If any of you lack wisdom, 
let him ask of God, that giveth 
to all men liberally, and up- 
braideth not; and it shall be 
given him. | : 

6 But let him ask in faith, 
nothing wavering. For he that 
wavereth is like a wave of the 
sea driven with the wind and 
tossed. 

7 For let not that man think 
that he shall receive any thing of 
the Lord. 

8 A double minded man is un- 
stable in all his ways. 

9 Let the brother of low degree 
rejoice in that he is exalted: 

10 But the rich, in. that he is 
made low: because as the 
flower of the grass he shall pass 
away. . 

11 For the sun is no sooner 
risen with a burning heat, but it 
withereth the grass, and the 
flower thereof falleth, and the 
grace of the fashion of it perish- 
eth: so also shall the rich man 
fade away in his ways. 

12 Blessed is the man that en- 
dureth temptation: for when he 
is tried, he shall receive the 
crown of life, which the Lord 
aes promised to them that love 

im. 


13 Let no man say when he is 
tempted, I am tempted of God: 
for God cannot be tempted with 
evil, neither tempteth he any 
man: : 

14 But every man is tempted, 
when he is drawn away of 
own lust, and enticed. 


his | 


: 


’ 


15 Then when lust hath con- | 


ceived, it bringeth forth sin: 
and sin; when it is finished, 
bringeth forth death. 

16 Do not err, 
brethren. 

17 Every good gift and every 
perfect gift is from above, and 
cometh down from the Father 
of lights, with whom is no 
variableness, neither shadow of 
turning. i 

18 Of his own will begat he 


my beloved 


us with the word of truth, that 


we shoul 
fruits of his creatures. 
19 Wherefore, my 


d be a kind of first- 
beloved © 


brethren, let every man be swift © 
to hear, slow to speak, slow to 


wrath: 


20 For the wrath of man work- : 
eth not the righteousness of God. 


21 Wherefore 
filthiness and 
naughtiness, 


lay apart all 
superfluity of 
and receive with 


meekness the engrafted word, 


which 
souls. 


is able to save your 


22 But be ye doers of the word, 


and not hearers only, deceiving 
your own selves. 

23 For if any be a hearer of 
the word, and not a doer, he is 
like unto a man beholding his 
HA face in a glass: 


man he was. 

25 But whoso looketh 
the perfect law of liberty, and 
continueth therein, he being not 


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into — 


ee 


For he beholdeth himself, — 
and goeth his way, and straight- — 
way forgetteth what manner of — 


Of faith and works 


a forgetful hearer, but a doer of 
the work, this man shall be 
blessed in his deed. 

26 If any man among you 
seem to be religious, and bridleth 
not his tongue, but deceiveth his 
own heart, this man’s religion 
is vain. 

27 Pure religion and undefiled 
before God and the Father is 
this, To visit the fatherless and 
widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from 
the world. 


219 CHAPTER 2 | 


1 Respect rich and poor alike. 
faith without works. 


Y brethren, have not the 

faith of our Lord Jé’sus 
Christ, the Lord of glory, with 
respect of persons. 

2 For if there come unto your 
assembly a man with a gold 
ring, in goodly apparel, and 
there come in also a poor man in 
vile raiment; 

3 And ye have respect to him 
that weareth the gay clothing, 
and say unto him, Sit thou here 
in a good place; and say to the 
poor, Stand thou there, or sit 
here under my footstool: | 

4 Are ye not then partial in 
yourselves, and are become 
judges of evil thoughts? 

5 Hearken, my beloved breth- 

ren, Hath not God chosen the 
poor of this world rich in faith, 
and heirs of the kingdom 
which he hath promised to 
them that love him? 
"6 But ye have despised the 
poor. Do not rich men oppress 
you, and draw you before the 
judgment seats? 

7 Do not they blaspheme that 
worthy name by the which ye 
are called? — 
gif ye fulfil the royal law 
according to the scripture, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself, ye do well: 

© But if ye have respect to 
persons, ye commit sin, and are 

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14 Of 


JAMES, 2 


convinced of the law as trans- 
gressors. 

10 For whosoever shall keep 
the whole law, and yet offend 
in one point, he is guilty of all. 

11 For he that said, Do not 
commit adultery, said also, Do 
not kill. Now if thou commit no 
adultery, yet if thou kill, thou 
art become a transgressor of 
the law. 

12 So speak ye, and so do, as 
they that shall be judged by the 
law of liberty. 

13 For he shall have judgment 
without mercy, that hath shewed 
no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth 
against judgment. 

14 What doth it profit, my 
brethren, though a man say he 
hath faith, and have not works? 
can faith save him? 

15 If a brother or sister be 
naked, and destitute of daily 
food, 

16 And one of you say unto 
them, Depart in peace, be ve 
warmed and filled; notwith- 
standing ye give them not those 
things which are needful to the 
body; what doth it profit? 

17 Even so faith, if it hath not 
works, is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou 
hast faith, and I have works: 
shew me thy faith without thy 
works, and I will shew thee my 
faith by my works. 

19 Thou believest that there is 


one God; thou doest well: 
the devils also believe, and 
tremble 


20 But wilt thou know, O vain 
man, that faith without works 
is dead? eye ightce 

21 Was not A’bra-ham our 
father justified by works, when 
he had offered I’saac his son 
upon the altar? 

22 Seest thou how faith 
wrought with his works, and by 
works was faith made perfect? 

23 And the scripture was ful- 
filled which saith, A’bra-ham 
believed God, and it was 1m- 
puted unto him for righteous- 


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ness: and he was called the 
Friend of God. 

24 Ye see then how that by 
works a man is justified, and 
not by faith only. 

25 Likewise also was not Ra’- 
hab the harlot justified by works, 
when she had received the 
messengers, and had sent them 
out another way? 

26 For as the body without the 
spirit is dead, so faith without 
works is dead also. 


220 CHAPTER 3 
i On rash reproof. 5 The tongue to be 
bridled. 13 Wisdom of mildness. 
Y brethren, be not many 
masters, knowing that we 
shall receive the greater con- 
demnation. 

2 For in many things we 
offend all. If any man offend 
not in word, the same is a per- 
fect man, and able also to 
bridle the whole body. 

3 Behold, we put bits in the 
horses’ mouths, that they may 
obey us; and we turn about 
their whole body. 

4 Behold also the ships, which 
though they be so great, and are 
driven of fierce winds, yet are 
they turned about with a very 
small helm, whithersoever the 
governor listeth. 

Even so the tongue is a little 
member, and boasteth great 
things.] Behold, how great a 
matter a little fire kindleth! 

6 And the tongue is a fire, a 
world of iniquity: so is the 
tongue among our members, 
that it defileth the whole body, 
and setteth on fire the course of 
he Oh and it is set on fire of 

e 

7 Forevery kind of beasts, and 
of birds, and of serpents, and of 
things in the sea, is tamed, and 
hath been tamed of mankind: 

8 But the tongue can no man 
tame; if is an unruly evil, full 
of deadly poison. 

9 Therewith bless we God, 
even the Father; and therewith 


Concerning the tongue 


curse we men, Which are made 
after the similitude of God. 

10 Out of the same mouth 
proceedeth blessing and cursing. 
My brethren, these things ought 
not so to be. 

1i Doth a fountain send forth 
at the same place sweet water 
and bitter? 

12 Can the fig tree, my breth- 
ren, bear olive berries? either a 
vine, figs? so can no fountain 
both yield salt water and fresh. 

13 Who 
endued with knowledge among 
you? let him shew out of a good 
conversation his works with 
meekness of wisdom. 

14 But if ye have bitter envy- 
ing and strife in your hearts, 
glory not, and lie not against 
the truth. 

15 This wisdom descendeth 


is a wise man and 


not from above, but is earthly, — 


sensual, devilish. 


16 For where envying and 
strife is, there 7s confusion and 


every evil work. 

17 But the wisdom that is 
from above is first pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be 
intreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, 
and without hypocrisy. 

18 And the fruit of righteous- 
hess is sown in peace of them 
that make peace. 


CHAPTER 4 221 


1 On strife against the passions. 13 
Being mindful of life’s uncertainty, 
commit all to God. 


ROM whence come wars and 
fightings among you? come 
they not hence, even of your 
lusts that war in your members? 
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye 


kill, and desire to have, and can- © 
not obtain: ye fight and war, © 


yet ye have not, because ye 
ask not. 

3 Ye ask, and receive not, 
because ye ask amiss, that ye 
may consume if upon your lusts. 

4 Ye adulterers and adulter- 
esses, know ye not that the 
friendship of the world is enmity 


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Oppression by the rich. Exhortations 


with God? whosoever therefore 
will be a friend of the world is 
the enemy of God. 

5 Do ye think that the scrip- 
ture saith in vain, The spirit 
that dwelleth in us lusteth to 
envy? 

6 But he giveth more grace. 
Wherefore he saith, God_ re- 
sisteth the proud, but giveth 
_ grace unto the humble. 

Submit yourselves therefore 
to God. Resist the devil, and 
he will flee from you. 

8 Draw nigh to God, and he 
will draw nigh to you. Cleanse 
your hands, ye sinners; and 
purify your hearts, ye double 
minded. 

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and 
weep: let your laughter be 
turned to mourning, and your 
joy to heaviness. 

10 Humble yourselves in the 
sight of the Lord, and he shall 
lift you up. 

11 Speak not evil one of an- 
other, brethren. He that speak- 
eth evil of his brother, and 
judgeth his brother, speaketh 
evil of the law, and judgeth the 
law: but if thou judge the law, 
thou art not a doer of the law, 
but a judge. ) 

12 There is one lawgiver, who 
is able to save and to destroy: 
who art thou that judgest an- 
other? 

13 Go to now, ye that say, To 
day or to morrow we will go 
into such a city, and continue 
there a year, and buy and sell, 
and get gain: 

14 Whereas ye know not what 
shall be on the morrow. For 
what is your life? It is even a 
vapour, that appeareth for a 
little time, and then vanisheth 


away. 
15 For that ye ought to say, 
If the Lord will, we shall live, 
and do this, or that. 
16 But now ye rejoice in your 
boastings: all such rejoicing is 


I, . 
7 Therefore to him that 


JAMES, 5 


knoweth to do good, and doeth 
it not, to him it is sin. 


CHAPTER 5 


1 Oppressions of the rich. 
under afflictions. 
adversity. 

O to now, ve rich men, 
A weep and howl for your 
miseries that shall come upon 


222 


7 Patience 
13 Prayer in 


you. 
,2 Your riches are corrupted, 
and your garments are moth- 
eaten. 

3 Your gold and silver is 
cankered; and the rust of them 
shall be a witness against you, 
and shall eat your flesh as it 
were fire. Ye have heaped 
treasure together for the last 


ays. 

4 Behold, the hire of the 
labourers who have reaped down 
your fields, which is of you kept 
back by fraud, crieth: and the 
cries of them which have reaped 
are entered into the ears of the 
Lord of sab’a-oth. 

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on 
the earth, and been wanton; ye 
have nourished your hearts, as 
in a day of siaughter. 

6 Ye have condemned and 
killed the just; and he doth not 
resist you. 

7 Be patient therefore, breth- 
ren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. Behold, the husbandman 
waiteth for the precious fruit of 
the earth, and hath long patience 
for it, until he receive the early 
and latter rain. | c 

8 Be ye also patient; stablish 
your hearts: for the coming o 
the Lord draweth nigh. | 

9 Grudge not one against an- 
other, brethren, lest ye be, con- 
demned: behold, the judge 
standeth before the door. 

10 Take, my _ brethren, the 
prophets, who have spoken in 
the name of the Lord, for an 
example of suffering affliction, 
and of patience. 

11 Behold, we count them 
happy which endure. Ye have 


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heard of the patience of Job, 
and have seen.the end of the 
Lord; that the Lord is very 
pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

But above all things, my 
brethren, swear not, neither by 
heaven, neither by the earth, 
neither by any other oath: but 
let your yea be yea; and your 
nay, nay; lest ye fall into con- 
demnation. « 

13 Is any among you afflicted? 
let him pray. Is any merry? let 
him sing psalms. 

14 Is any sick among you? let 

him call for the elders of the 
church; and let them pray over 
him, anointing him with oil in 
the name of the Lord: 
'15 And the prayer of faith 
shall save the sick, and the Lord 
shall raise him up; and if he 
have committed sins, they shall 
be forgiven him. 


Lessons of Job and Elias 


16 Confess your faults one to 
another, and pray one for an- 
other, that ye may be healed. 
The effectual fervent prayer 
of a righteous man availeth 
much. _ 

17 E-li’as was a man subject 
to like passions as we are, and 
he prayed earnestly that it 
might not rain: and it rained 
not on the earth by the space of 
three years and six months. 

18 And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her 
fruit. 

19 Brethren, if any of you do 
err from the truth, and one con- 
vert him; . , : 

20 Let him know, that he which 
converteth the sinner from the 
error of his way shail save a 
soul from death, and shall hide 
a multitude of sins. 


THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 


PETER 


223 CHAPTER 1 


1 Blessing for spiritual graces. 
hortation to godliness. 


pee an apostle of Jé’sus 
Christ, to the strangers 
scattered throughout Pon’tus, 
Ga-la’tia, Cap-pa-d6’ci-a, A’sia, 
and Bi-thyn/i-a, 

2 Elect according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, 
through sanctification of the 
Spirit, unto obedience and 
sprinkling of the blood of Jé’- 
sus Christ: Grace unto you, and 
peace, be multiplied. 

3 Blessed be the God _ and 
Father of our Lord Jé’sus Christ, 
which according to his abun- 
dant mercy hath begotten us 
again unto a lively hope by the 
resurrection of Jé’sus Christ 
from the dead, é 

4 To an inheritance incorrupt- 
ible, and undefiled, and that 
fadeth not away, reserved in 
heaven for you, 


13 Ex- 


5 Who are kept by the power 
of God through faith unto salva- 
tion ready to be revealed in the 
last time. Nag 

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, 
though now for a season, if 
need be, ye are in heaviness 
through manifold temptations: 

7 That the trial of your faith, 
being much more precious than 
of gold that perisheth, though 
it be tried with fire, might be 
found unto praise and honour 
and glory at the appearing of 
Jé’sus Christ: 

8 Whom having not seen, ye 
love; in whom, though now 
ye see him not, yet believing, ye 
rejoice with joy unspeakable 
and full of glory: 

9 Receiving the end of your 


faith, even the salvation of 
your souls. : 
10 Of which salvation the 


prophets have enquired and 
searched diligently, who proph- 


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Christ the chief corner stone 


esied of the grace that should 
come unto you: 

11 Searching what, or what 
manner of time the Spirit of 
Christ which was in them did 
signify, when it testified before- 
hand the sufferings of Christ, 
and the glory that should follow. 

12 Unto whom it was re- 
vealed, that not unto 
selves, but unto us they did 
minister the things, which are 
now reported unto you by them 
that have preached the gospel 
unto you with the Hd’/ly Ghost 
sent down from heaven; which 
eines the angels desire to look 
into. 

13 Wherefore gird up the loins 
of your mind, be sober, and hope 
to the end for the grace that is 
to be brought unto you at the 
revelation of Jé’sus Christ; 

14 As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according 
to the former lusts in your 
ignorance: 

15 But as he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation; 

16 Because it is written, Be ye 
holy; for I am holy. 

17 And if ye call on the Father, 
who without respect of persons 
judgeth according to every man’s 
work, pass the time of your 
sojourning here in fear: 

18 Forasmuch as ye know that 
ye were not redeemed with 
corruptible things, as silver and 
gold, from your vain conversa- 
tion received by tradition from 
your fathers; : 

19 But with the precious blood 
of Christ; as of a lamb without 
blemish and without spot: 

20 Who verily was _ foreor- 
dained before the foundation of 
the world, but was manifest in 
these last times for you, | : 

21 Who by him do believe in 
God, that raised him up from 
the dead, and gave him glory; 
that your faith and hope might 
be in God. i 

22 Seeing ye have purified 


them- |e 


1 PETER, 2 


your souls in obeying the truth 
through the Spirit unto un- 
feigned love of the brethren, see 
that ye love one another with a 
pure heart fervently: 

23 Being born again, not of 
corruptible seed, but of inccr- 
ruptible, by the word of God, 
which liveth and abideth for 


ver. 

24 For all flesh is as grass, 
and all the glory of man as the 
flower of grass. The grass 
withereth, and the flower thereof 
falleth away: 

25 But the word of the Lord 
endureth for ever. And this is 
the word which by the gospel is 
preached unto you. 


CHAPTER 2 224 
6 Christ the chief corner stone. 13 An 
exhortation to obedience. 18 Duty of 


servants. 21 Christ our example. 


HEREFORE laying aside 

all malice, and all guile, 

and hypocrisies, and envies, and 
all evil speakings, 

2 As newborn babes, desire 
the sincere milk of the word, 
that ye may grow thereby: 

3 If so be ye have tasted that 
the Lord is gracious. 

4 To whom coming, as unfo a 
living stone, disallowed indeed 
of men, but chosen of God, and 
precious, 

5 Ye also, as lively stones, 
are built up a spiritual house. 
an holy priesthood, to offer up 
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable 
to God by Jé’sus Christ. | 

6 Wherefore also it is con- 
tained in the scripture, Behold, 
I lay in Si’6n a chief corner stone, 
elect, precious: and he that be- 
lieveth on him shall not be con- 
founded. ‘ 

7 Unto you therefore which be- 
lieve he is precious: but unto 
them which be disobedient, the 
stone which the builders dis- 
allowed, the same is made the 
head of the corner, ; 

8 And a stone of stumbling, 
and a rock of offence, even to 


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them which stumble at the 
word, |being disobedient: where- 
unto also they were appointed. 

9 But ye are a chosen genera- 
tion, a royal priesthood, an 
holy nation, a peculiar people; 
that ye should shew forth the 
praises of him who hath called 
you out of darkness into his 
marvellous light: 

10 Which in.time past were 
not a people, but are now the 
people of God: which had not 
obtained mercy, but now have 
obtained mercy. 

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech 
you as strangers and pilgrims, 
abstain from fleshly lusts, which 
war against the soul; 

12 Having your conversation 
honest among the Gén‘tiles: 
that, whereas they speak against 
you as evildoers, they may by 
your good works, which they 
shall behold, glorify God in 
the day of visitation. 

13 Submit yourselves to every 
ordinance of man for the Lord’s 
sake: whether it be to the king, 
as supreme; 

14 Or unto governors, as unto 
them that are sent by him for 
the punishment of evildoers, and 
for the praise of them that do well. 

15 For so is the will of God, 
that with well doing ye may put 
to silence the ignorance of foolish 
men: : 

16 As free, and not using your 
liberty for a cloke of malicious- 
ness, but as the servants of God. 

17 Honour all men. Love the 
brotherhood. Fear God. Hon- 
our the king. f 

18 Servants, be subject to 
your masters with all fear; not 
only to the good and gentle, but 
also to the froward. ; 

19 For this is thankworthy, if 
a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering 
wrongfully. 

20 For what glory is i, if, 
when ye be buffeted for your 
faults, ye shall take it Sai AB 
but if, when ye do well, 


Husbands and wives 


suffer for it, ye take it patiently, 
this is acceptable with God. 

21 For even hereunto were ye 
called: because Christ also ate 
fered for us, leaving us 
example, that ye should follow 
his steps: 

22 Who' did no sin, neither 
was guile found in his mouth: 

23 Who, when he was re- 
viled, reviled not again; when 
he suffered, he threatened not; 
but committed himself to him 
that judgeth righteously: 

24 Who his own self bare our 
sins in his own body on the 
tree, that we, being dead to 
sins, should live unto righteous- 
hess: by whose stripes me 
were healed. 

25 For ye were as sheep going 
astray; but are now returned 
unto the Shepherd and Bish 
of your souls. 


Servants. 


: 


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CHAPTER 3 
1 Duties of husbands and wives. 8 Of 
unity and love. 19 Benefits of Christ 
toward the old world. 


j kine ye wives, be in 
subjection to your own 
husbands; that, if any obey not 
the word, they also may with- 
out the word be won by the 
ee chen of the wives; | 
ile they behold your chaste 
Bt ates coupled with fear. 

3 Whose adorning let it not be 
that outward adorning of plait- 
ing the hair, and of wearing of 

gold, or of putting on of apparel; 

4 But let it. be the hidden man 
of the heart, in that which is not 
corruptible, even the ornament 
of a meek and quiet spirit, 
which is in the sight of God of 
great price. } 

5 For after this manner in the 
old time the holy women also, 
who trusted in God, adorned 
themselves, being in subjection 
unto their own husbands: 

6 Even as Sa’ra obeyed A’bra- 
ham, calling him lord: whose 
daughters ye are, as long as ye 


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any amazement. 

7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell 
‘with them according to knowl- 
edge, giving honour unto the 
wife, as unto the weaker vessel, 
‘and as being heirs together of 
the grace of life; that your 
prayers be not hindered. 

"g Finally, be ye all of one 
‘mind, having compassion one 
of another, love as brethren, be 
pitiful, be courteous: | 4 

“9 Not rendering evil for evil, 
or railing for railing: but con- 
_trariwise blessing; knowing that 
ye are thereunto called, that ye 

should inherit a blessing. 5 
10 For he that will love life, 
and see good days, let him re- 

frain his tongue from evil, and 
his lips that they speak no guile: 

11 Let him eschew evil, and 
do good; let him seek peace, 
and ensue it. 

12 For the eyes of the Lord are 
over the righteous, and his ears 
are open unto their prayers: 
but the face of the Lord is 
against them that do evil. 

13 And who is he that will 
harm you, if ye be followers of 
that which is good? 

14 But and if ye suffer for 
righteousness’ sake, happy are 
ye: and be not afraid of their 
terror, neither be troubled; 

15 But sanctify the Lord God 
in your hearts: and be ready 
always to give an answer to 
every man that asketh you a 

- reason of the hope that is in you 
with meekness~and fear: 

16 Having a good conscience; 
that, whereas they speak evil of 
you, as of evildoers, they may 
be ashamed that falsely accuse 
your good conversation in Ch 





rist. 

17 For it is better, if the will of 
God be so, that ye suffer for 
well doing, than for: evil 
doing. 

18 For Christ also hath once 
suffered for sins, the just for 
the unjust, that he might bring 
us to God, being put to death in 


1 PETER, 4 


eal ASE i el A a STE 
do well, and are not afraid with | the flesh, but quickened by the 


pirit: 

19 By which also be went 
and preached unto the spirits in 
prison; 

20 Which sometime were dis- 
obedient, when once the long- 
suffering of God waited in the 
days of Ndé’ah, while the ark 
was a preparing, wherein few, 
that is, eight souls were saved by 
water. 

21 The like figure whereunto 
even baptism doth also now 
save us (not the putting away 
of the filth of the flesh, but the 
answer of a good conscience 
toward God,) by the resurrec- 
tion of Jé’sus Christ: 

22 Who is gone into heaven, 
and is on the right hand of 
God; angels and authorities 
and powers being made subject 
unto him. 


CHAPTER 4 226 


1 Exhortation to godliness. 12 Comfort 
against persecution. 


ORASMUCH then as Christ 

hath suffered for us in the 
flesh, arm yourselves likewise 
with the same mind: for he 
that hath suffered in the flesh 
hath ceased from sin; 

2 That he no longer should live 
the rest of his time in the flesh 
to the lusts of men, but to the 
will of God. 

3 For the time past of our life 
may suffice us to have wrought 
the will of the Gén’tiles, when 
we walked in lasciviousness, 
lusts, excess of wine, revellings, 
banquetings, and abominable 
idolatries: F 

4 Wherein they think it strange 
that ye run not with them to the 
same excess of riot, speaking 
evil of you: 

5 Who shall give account to 
him that is ready to judge the 
quick and the dead. 

6 For for this cause was_ the 
gospel preached also to them 
that are dead, that they might be 
judged according to men in 


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the flesh, but live according to 
God in the spirit. 

7 But the end of all things is 
at hand: be ye therefore sober, 
and watch unto prayer. 

8 And above all things have 
fervent charity among your- 
selves: for charity shall cover 
the multitude of sins. 

9 Use hospitality one to an- 
other without grudging. 

10 As every“ man hath re- 
ceived the gift, even so minister 
the same one to another, as good 
stewards of the manifold grace 
of God. 

11 If any man speak, let him 

speak as the oracles of God; if 
any man minister, lef him do it 
as of the ability which God 
giveth: that God in all things 
may be glorified through Jé’sus 
Christ, to whom be praise and 
dominion for ever and ever. 
A-mén’. 
* 12 Beloved, think it not strange 
concerning the fiery trial which 
is to try you, as though some 
strange thing happened unto 
you: 

13 But rejoice, inasmuch as 
ye are partakers of Christ’s 
sufferings; that, when his glory 
shall be revealed, ye may be 
glad also with exceeding joy. 

14 If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye; 
for the spirit of glory and of 
God resteth upon you: on their 
part he is evil spoken of, but on 
your part he is glorified. 


15 But let none of you suffer | ti 


as a murderer, or as a thief, or 
as an evildoer, or as a busybody 
in other men’s matters. 

16 Yet if any man suffer as 
a Chris’tian, let him ‘not be 
ashamed; but let him glorify 
God on this behalf. 

17 For the time is come that 
judgment must begin at the 
house of God: and: if i¢ first 
begin at us, what shail the end 
be of them that obey not the 
gospel of God? | 

18 And if the righteous scarce- 


Exhortation to elders and congregations 


ly be saved, where shall the un- 
godly and the sinner appear? 

19 Wherefore let them that 
suffer according to the will of 
God commit the keeping of 
their souls to him in well doing, 
as unto a faithful Creator, 


CHAPTER 5 227 


1 Exhortation to elders and congrega- 
tions. 8 All to be sober and watchful. 


ff peas elders which are among 
you I exhort, who am also 
an elder, and_ a witness of the 
sufferings of Christ, and also a 
partaker of the glory that shall 
be revealed: 

2 Feed the flock of Ged 
which is among you, taking the 
oversight therec*, not by con- 
straint, but willingly; not for 
filthy lucre, but of a ready 
mind; _ 

3 Neither as being lords over 
God’s heritage, but being en- 
samples to the flock. 

4 And when the chief Shep- 
herd shall appear, ye shall 
receive a crown of glory that 
fadeth not away. 

5 Likewise, ye younger, sub- 
mit yourselves unto the elder. 
Yea, all of you be subject one 
to another, and be clothed with 
humility: for God resisteth the 
proud, and giveth grace to the 
humble. 

6 Humble yourselves therefore 
under the mighty hand of God, 
that he may exalt you in due 


me: 
7 Casting all your care upon 
him; for he careth for you. 

8 Be sober, be vigilant; he- 
cause your adversary the’ devil, 
as a roaring lion, waiketh about, 
seeking whom he may devour: 

9 Whom resist stedfast in the 
faith, knowing that the same 
afflictions are accomplished in 
your brethren that are in the 
world. 

10 But the God of all grace, 
who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory by Christ Jé’sus. 


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after that ye have suffered a 


-minion for 


while, make you perfect, stab- 
lish, strengthen, settle you. 

11 To him be glory and do- 
ever and = ever. 


-A-meén’, 


12 By Sil-va’nus, a faithful 
brother unto you, as I suppose, 
I have written briefly, exhort- 
ing, and testifying that this is 


2 PETER, 1 


the true grace of God wherein 
ye stand. 

13 The church that is at 
Bab’y-lon, elected together with 
you, Saluteth you; and so doth 
Mar’cus my son. 

14 Greet ye one_another with 
a kiss of charity. Peace be with 
you all that are in Christ Jé’sus. 
A-men’. 


THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF 


PETER 


228 CHAPTER i 


5 Hxhortation to faith and good works. 
16 The promises of the gospel. 


VMON PE’TER, a servant 

and an apostle of Jé’sus 
Christ, to them that have ob- 
tained like precious faith with 
us through the righteousness of 
God and our Saviour Jé’sus 
Christ: 

2 Grace and peace be multiplied 
unto you through the knowledge 
of God, and of Jé’sus our Lord, 

3 According as his divine power 
hath given unto us all things 
that pertain unto life and godli- 
ness, through the knowledge of 
him that hath called us to 
glory and virtue: | 

4 Whereby are. given unto us 
exceeding great and precious 
promises: that by these ye 
might be partakers of the divine 
nature, having escaped the cor- 
ruption that is in the world 
through lust. Se 

5 And beside this, giving all 
diligence, add to your faith 
virtue; and to virtue knowl- 
edge; 

6 And to knowledge temper- 
ance; and to temperance pa- 
tience; and to patience sgod- 
liness; 4 

7 And to godliness brotherly 
kindness; and to _ brotherly 
kindness charity. . : 

& For if these things be in you, 


and abound, they make you 
that ve shall neither be barren 
nor unfruitful in the knowledge 
of our Lord Jé’sus Christ. 

9 But he that lacketh these 
things is blind, and cannot see 
afar off, and hath forgotten that 
he was purged from his old 
sins. 

10 Wherefore the rather, breth- 
ren, give diligence to make your 
calling and election sure: for if 
ye do these things, ye shall 
never fall: 

il For so an entrance shall be 
ministered unto you abundantly 
into the everlasting kingdom of 
our Lord and Saviour Jé’sus 
Christ. 

12 Wherefore I will not be 
negligent to put you always in 
remembrance of these things, 
though ye know them, and be 
established in the present truth. 

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long 
as I am in this tabernacle, to 
stir you up by putting you in re- 
membrance; 

14 Knowing that shortly I 
must put off this my tabernacle, 
even as our Lord Jé’sus Christ 
hath shewed me. 

15 Moreover I will endeavour 
that ye may be able after my de- 
cease to have these things always 


in remembrance. 


16 For we have not followed 
cunningly devised fables, when 


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we made known unto you the 
power and coming of our Lord 
Jé’sus Christ, but were eye- 
witnesses of his majesty. 

17 For he received from God 
the Father honour and glory, 
when there came such a voice 
to him from the excellent glory, 
This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased. 

18 And this voice which came 
from heaven we heard, when we 
were with him in the holy 
mount. 

19 We have also a more sure 
word of prophecy; whereunto 
ye do well that ye take heed, as 
unto a light that shineth in a 
dark place, until the day dawn, 
and the day star arise in your 
hearts: F 

20 Knowing this first, that no 
prophecy of the scripture is of 
any private interpretation. 

21 For the prophecy came not 
in old time by the will of man: 
but holy men of God spake as 
they auch moved by the H6’/ly 

6s 


229 CHAPTER 2 


2 Of false teachers. 3 Their impiety 
and punishment. 9 The godly shail 
be delivered. 


UT there were false proph- 

ets also among the people, 
even as there shall be false 
teachers among you, who privily 
shall bring in damnable heresies, 
even denying the Lord that 
bought them, and bring upon 
themselves swift destruction. 

2 And many shall follow their 
pernicious ways; by reason of 
whom the way of truth shall be 
evil spoken of, 

And through covetousness 
shall they with feigned words 


make merchandise of you: whose. 


judgment now of a long time 
lingereth not, and their damna- 
tion slumbereth not. 

4 For if God spared not the 
angels that sinned, but cast 
them down to hell, and de- 


Concerning false teachers 


livered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judg- 
ment; 

5 And spared not the old 
world, but saved N6’ah the 
eighth person, a preacher of 
righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the un- 
godly; . 

6 And turning the cities of 
Séd’om and Gd-moér’rha into 
ashes condemned them with an 
overthrow, making them an 
ensample unto those that after 
should live ungodly; 

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of 
the wicked: 

8 (For that righteous man 
dwelling among them, in seeing 
and hearing, vexed his righteous 
soul from day to day with their 
unlawful deeds;) 

9 The Lord knoweth how to 
deliver the godly out of tempta- 
tions, and to reserve the unjust 
unto the day of judgment to be 
punished: 

10 But chiefly them that walk 
after the flesh in the lust of un- 
cleanness, and despise govern- 
ment. Presumptuous are they, 
selfwilled, they are not afraid to 
speak evil of dignities. 

11 Whereas angels, which are 
greater in power and might, 
bring not railing accusation 
against them before the Lord. 

12 But these, as natural brute 
beasts, made to be taken and 
destroyed, speak evil of the 
things that they understand not; 
and shall utterly perish in their 
own. corruption; 

13 And shall receive the re- 
ward of unrighteousness, as 
they that count it pleasure to 
riot in the day time. Spots they 
are and blemishes, sporting 
themselves with their own de- 
ceivings while they feast with 
you; 

14 Having eyes full of adul- 
tery, and that cannot cease from 
sin; beguiling unstable souls: 
an heart they have exercised 


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with covetous practices; cursed 
children: 

15 Which have forsaken the 
right way, and are gone astray, 
following the way of Ba’laam 
the son of B6é’sér, who loved the 
wages of unrighteousness; 

_16 But was rebuked for his 
iniquity: the dumb ass speaking 
with man’s voice forbad the 
madness of the prophet. 

17 These are wells without 
water, clouds that are carried 
with a tempest; to whom the 
mist of darkness is reserved for 
ever. 

18 For when they speak great 
swelling words of vanity, they 
allure through the lusts of the 
flesh, through much wanton- 
ness, those that were clean 
escaped from them who live in 


error. 
-19 While they promise them 
liberty, they themselves are the 
servants of corruption: for of 
whom a man is overcome, of 
the same is he brought in bond- 


age. 
20 For if after they have 
escaped the pollutions of the 
world through the knowledge of 
the Lord and Saviour Jé’sus 
Christ, they are again entangled 
therein, and overcome, the latter 
end is worse with them than 
the beginning. 
21 For it had been better for 
them not to have known _ the 
way of righteousness, than, 
after they have known 7f, to turn 
from the boly commandment 
delivered unto them. 

22 But it is happened unto 
them according to the true 
proverb, The dog is turned to 
his own vomit again; and the 
sow that was washed to her 
wallowing in the mire. 


230 CHAPTER 3 
1 Certainty of Christ’s coming. _8 Final 
warning to the godly. 10 Last day 
described. 
HIS second eristle, beloved, 
I now write unto you; in 


‘men count slackness; 


2 PETER, 3 


both which I stir up your pure 
minds by way of remem- 
brance: Lo 

2 That ye may be mindful of 
the words which were spoken 
before by the holy prophets, 
and of the commandment of 
us the apostles of the Lord and 
Saviour: | 

3 Knowing this first, that 
there shall come in the last days 
scoffers, walking after their own 
lusts, 

4 And saying, Where is the 
promise of his coming? for 
since the fathers fell asleep, all 
things continue as they were 
from. the beginning of the 
creation. 
_5 For this they willingly are 
ignorant of, that by the word 
of God the heavens were of old, 
and the earth standing out of 
the water and in the water: 

6 Whereby the world that 
then was, being overflowed with 
water, perished: 

7 But the heavens and the 
earth, which are now, by the 
same word are kept in store, re- 
served unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of 
ungodly men. 

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant 
of this one thing, that one day is 
with the Lord as a_ thousan 
years, and a thousand years as 
one day. 

9 The Lord is not slack con- 
cerning his promise, as some 
but is 
longsuffering to us-ward, not 
willing that any should perish, 
but that all should come to re- 
pentance. 

10 But the day of the Lord 
will come as a thief in the night; 
in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, 
and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat, the earth also and 
the works that are therein shall 
be burned up. 

11 Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to 


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Fellowship and communion with God 


be in all holy conversation and | dom given unto him hath written 


godliness, ( 

12 Looking for and hasting 
unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being 
on fire shall be dissolved, and 
the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat? ; 

13 Nevertheless we, according 
to his promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth, where- 
in dwelleth righteousness. . _ 

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing 
that ye look for such things, be 
diligent that ye may be found 
of him in peace, without spot, 
and blameless. 

15 And account that the long- 
suffering of our Lord is salva- 
tion; even as our beloved brother 
Paul also according to the wis- 


unto you; : : : 

16 As also in all his epistles, 
speaking in them of these 
things; in which are some things 
hard to be understood, which 
they that are unlearned and 
unstable wrest, as they do also 
the other scriptures, unto their 
own destruction. 

_17 Ye therefore, beloved, see- 
ing ye know these things before, 
beware lest ye also, being led 
away with the error of the 
wicked, fall from your own 
Stedfastness. _ ; 

18 But grow in grace, and in 
the knowledge of our Lord and 
Saviour Jé’sus Christ. To him 
be glory both now and for ever. 
A-men’, 





THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 


JOHN 


231 CHAPTER 1 


1 Of fellowship and communion with 
God. 5 Walking in the light. 
peer which was from the 
beginning, which we have 
heard, which we have seen with 
our eyes, which we have looked 
upon, and our hands have 
handled, of the Word of life; 

2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen if, and bear 
witness, and shew unto you 
that eternal life, which was 
with the Father,!and was mani- 
fested unto us;) 

3 That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you, 

at ye also may have fellow- 
ship with us: and truly our 
fellowship is with the Father, 
and with his Son Jé’sus Christ. 

4 And these things write we 
ae you, that your joy may be 
ull. 


5 This then is the message 
which we have heard of him, 
and declare unto you, that God 


is light, and in him is no dark- 
ness at all. 

6 If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in 
darkness, we lie, and do not 
the truth: 

7 But if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, we have 
fellowship one with another, and 
the blood of Jé’sus Christ his 
Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no 
sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
the truth is not in us. 

9 If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us 
our sins, and to cleanse us from. 
all unrighteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not. 
sinned, we make him a liar, 
and his word is not in us. 


CHAPTER 2 232 


1 Christ the propitiation for sins. 18 
Warning against seducers. 


Mi: little children, these things 
write I unto you, that ye 


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Christ the propitiation for sins 


sin not. And if any man sin, 
we have an advocate with the 
Father, Jé’sus Christ the right- 
-eous: 

2 And he js the propitiation 
for our sins: and not for ours 
only, but also for the sins of 
the whole world. 

3 And hereby we do know 
that we know him, if we keep 
his commandments. 

4 He that saith, I know him, 
and keepeth not his command- 
ments, is a liar, and the truth is 
not in him. 

5 But whoso keepeth his word, 
in him verily is the love of God 
perfected: hereby know we 
that we are in him. 

6 He that saith he abideth in 
him ought himself also so to 
walk, even as he walked 

7 Brethren, I write no new 
commandment unto you, but an 
old commandment which ye 
had from the beginning. The 
old commandment is the word 
which ye have heard from the 
beginning. 

8 Again, a new commandment 
I write unto you, which thing is 
true in him and in you: be- 
cause the darkness is past, and 
the true light now shineth. 

9 He that saith he is in the 
light, and hateth his brother, is 
in darkness even until now. 

10 He that loveth his brother 
abideth in the light, and there is 
poe occasion of stumbling in 


iL ‘But he that hateth his 
brother is in darkness, and 
walketh in darkness, and know- 
eth not whither he goeth, be- 
cause that darkness hath blinded 
his eyes. | 

12 I write unto you, littie chil- 
dren, because your sins are for- 
given you for his name’s sake. 

13 I write unto you, fathers, be- 
cause ye have known him that 
is from the beginning. I write 
unto you, young men, because 
ye have overcome the wicked 
one. I write unto you, little 


1 JOHN, 2 


children, because ye have known 
the Father. 

14 I have written unto you, 
fathers, because ye have known 
him that is from the beginning. 
I have written unto you, young 
men, because ye are strong, and 
the word of God abideth in you, 
and ye have overcome the 
wicked one. 

15 Love not the world, neither 
the things that are in the world. 
If any man love the world, 
the love of the Father is not in 


im. 

16 For all that is in the world, 
the lust of the flesh, and the 
lust of the eyes, and the pride of 
life, is not of the Father, but is 
of the world. 

17 And the world passeth away, 
and the lust thereof: but he that 
doeth the will of God abideth 
for ever. 

18 Little children, it is the 
last time: and as ye have heard 
that antichrist shall come, even 
now are there many antichrists; 
whereby we know that it is the 
last time. 

19 They went out from us, but 
they were not of us; for if they 
had been of us, they would no 
doubt have continued with us: 
but they went out, that they 
might be made manifest that 
they were not all of us. 

20 But ye have an unction 
from the Holy One, and ye 
know all things. 

21 I have not written unto you 
because ye know not the truth, 
but because ye know it, and 
that no lie is of the truth. 

22 Who is a liar but he that 
denieth that Jé’sus is the Christ? 
He is antichrist, that denieth the 
Father and the Son. 

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, 
the same hath not the Father: 
[but] he that acknowledgeth the 
Son hath the Father also. 

24 Let that therefore abide in 
you, which ye have heard from 
the beginning. If that which ye 
have heard from the beginning 


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shall remain in you, ye also 
shall continue in the Son, and 
in the Father. 

25 And this is the promise 
that he hath promised us, even 
eternal life. 

26 These things have I written 
unto you concerning them that 
seduce you. 

27 But the anointing which ye 
have received of him abideth in 
you, and ye need not that any 
man teach you: but as the same 
anointing teacheth you of all 
things, and is truth, and is no 
lie, and even as it hath taught 
you, ye shall abide in him. 

28 And now, little children, 
abide in him; that, when he shall 
appear, we may have confidence, 
and not be ashamed before him 
at his coming. 

29 If ye know that he is 
righteous, ye know that every 
one that epeth righteousness is 
born of him 


233 CHAPTER 3 

1 The love of God toward us. 
hortation to brotherly love. 

EHOLD, what manner of 

love the Father hath be- 

stowed upon us, that we should 

be called the sons of God: there- 

fore the world knoweth us not, 

because it knew him not. 

2 Beloved, now are we the 
sons of God, and it doth not 
yet appear what we shall be: 
but we know that, when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him; 
for we shall see him as he is. 

3 And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, 
even as he is pure. 

4 Whosoever committeth sin 
transgresseth also the law: for 
sin is the transgression of the 


11 Ex- 


aw. 

5 And ye know that he was 
manifested to take away our 
sins; and in him is no sin. 

6 Whosoever abideth in him 
sinneth not: whosoever sinneth 
hath not seen him, neither 
known him. 


The love of God 


7 Little children, let no man 
deceive you: he that doeth 
righteousness is righteous, even 
as he is righteous. 

e that committeth sin is of 
the devil: for the devil sinneth 
from the beginning. For this 
purpose the Son of God was 
manifested, that he might de- 
stroy the works of the devil. 

9 Whosoever is born of God 
doth not commit sin; for his 
seed remaineth in : and he 
cannot sin, because he is born 
of God. 

10 In this the children of God 
are manifest, and the children of 
the devil: whosoever doeth not 
righteousness is not of God, 
neither he that loveth not his 
brother. 

11 For this is the message that 
ye heard from the beginning, 
that we should love one another. 

12 Not as Cain, who was of 
that wicked one, and slew his 
brother. And wherefore slew 
he him? Because his own works 
were evil, and his  brother’s 
righteous. 

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if 
the world hate you. 

14 We know that we have 
passed from death unto life, be- 
cause we love the brethren. He 
that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. 

15 Whosoever hateth his broth- 
er is a murderer: and ye know 
that no» murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in him. 

16 Hereby perceive we the love 
of God, because he laid down his 
life for us: and we ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. 

17 But whoso hath this world’s 
good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels 
of compassion from. him, how 
dwelleth the love of God in him? 

18 My little children, let us not 
love in word, neither in tongue; 
but in deed and in truth. 

19 And hereby we know that 
we are of the truth, and_ shall 
assure our hearts before him. 


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20 For if our heart condemn 
us, God is greater than our 
heart, and knoweth all things. 

21 Beloved, if our heart con- 
demn us not, then have we 
confidence toward God. 

22 And whatsoever we ask, 
we receive of him, because we 
keep his commandments, and 
do those things that are pleasing 
in his sight. 

23 And this is his command- 
ment, That we should believe on 
the name of his Son Jé’sus 
Christ, and love one another, as 
he gave us commandment. 

24 And he that keepeth his 
commandments dwelleth in 
him, and he in him. And here- 
by we know that he abideth in 
us, by the Spirit which he hath 
given us. 


234 CHAPTER 4 
1 Make test of the spirits. 7 Love of 
God and one another. 
ELOVED, believe not every 
spirit, but try the spirits 
whether they are of God: be- 
cause many false prophets are 
gone out into the world. 

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit 
of God: Every spirit that con- 
fesseth that Jé’sus Christ is 
come in the flesh is of God: 

3 And every spirit that con- 
fesseth not that Jé’sus Christ is 
come in the flesh is not of God: 
and this is that spirit of anti- 
christ, whereof ye have heard 
that it should come; and even 
now already is it in the world. 

4 Ye are of God, little children, 
and have overcome them: be- 
cause greater is he that is in you, 
than he that is in the world. 

5 They are of the world: 
therefore speak they of the world, 
the world heareth them. 

6 We are of God: he that 
knoweth God heareth us; he 
that is not of God heareth not 
us. Hereby know we. the spirit 
of truth, and the spirit of error. 

7 Beloved, let us love one an- 
other: for love is of God; and 


1 JOHN, 4 


every one that loveth is born of 
God, and knoweth God. 

8 He that loveth not knoweth 
not God; for God is love. 

9 In this was manifested the 
love of God toward us, because 
that God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world, that we 
might live through him. 

10 Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to be the pro- 
pitiation for our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, 
we ought also to love one an- 
other. 

12 No man hath seen God at 
any time. If we love one an- 
other, God dweileth in us, and 
his love is perfected in us. 

13 Hereby know we that we 
dwell in him, and he in us, be- 
cause he hath given us of his 
Spirit. 

14 And we have seen and do 
testify that the Father sent the 
Son to be the Saviour of the 
world. 

15 Whosoever shall confess 
that Jé’sus’ is the Son of God, 
God dwelleth in him, and he in 


od. 

16 And we have known and 
believed the love that God hath 
to us. God is love; and he that 
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, 
and God in him. 

17 Herein is our love made 
perfect, that we may have bold- 
ness in the day of judgment: 
because as he is, so are we in 
this world. 

18 There is no fear in love; 
but perfect love casteth out fear: 
because fear hath torment. He 
that feareth is not made perfect 
in love. 

19 We love him, because he 
first loved us. 

20 If a man say, I love God, 
and hateth his brother, he is a 
liar: for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, how 
can ae love God whom he hath 
not seen? ; 

21 And this commandment 


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1 JOHN, 5 


have we from him, That he who 
loveth God love his brother also. 


235 CHAPTER 5 


1 Love of God is to keep his command- 


ments. 7 The_ three Spirits of 
witness. 14 God will hear prayer. 
HOSOEVER believeth 


that Jé’sus is the Christ 
is born of God: and every one 
that loveth him that begat loveth 
him also that is begotten of him. 

2 By this we know that we 
love the children of God, when 
we love God, and keep his com- 
mandments. . 

3 For this is tne love of God, 
that we keep his command- 
ments: and his commandments 
are not grievous. 

4 For whatsoever is born of 
God overcometh the world: and 
this is the victory that over- 
cometh the world, even our faith. 

5 Who is he that overcometh 
the world, but he that believeth 
that Jé’sus is the Son of God? 

6 This is he that came by 
water and blood, even Jé’sus 
Christ: not by water only, but 
by water and blood. And it is 
the Spirit that beareth witness, 
because the Spirit is truth. 

7 For there are three that bear 
record in heaven, the Father, 
the Word, and the H6’ly Ghost: 
and these three are one. 

8 And there are three that bear 
witness in earth, the spirit, and 
the water, and the blood: and 
these three agree in one. 

9 If we receive the witness of 
men, the witness of God is 
greater: for this is the witness 
of God which he hath testified 
of his Son. 

10 He that believeth on the 
Son of God hath the witness in 
himself: he that believeth not 
God hath made him a liar; be- 


Exhortation to the love of God 


cause he believeth not the record 
that God gave of his Son. 
11 And this is the record, that 


God hath given to us eternal — 


life, and this life is in his Son. 


12 He that hath the Son hath 


life; 
Son of God hath not life. 
13 These things have I written 


unto you that believe on the 


name of the Son of God; _ that 


ye may know that ye have 


eternal life, and that ye may 
pestis on the name of the Son of 


and he that bath not the : 


i4 ‘And this is the confidence 


that we have in him, that, if we © 
ask anything according to his 


will, he heareth ts: 
And if we know that he 
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we 


know that we have the petitions - 


that we desired of him 

16 If 
sin a sin which is not unte 
death, he shall ask, and he 
shall give him life for them that 
sin not unto death. There isa 
sin unto death: 
that he shall pray for it. 

17 All unrighteousness is sin: 
and there is a sin not unto death. 

18 We know that whosoever 
is born of God sinneth not; 
but he that is begotten of God 
keepeth himself, and that wicked 
one toucheth him not. 

19 And we know that we are 
of God, and the whole world 
lieth in wickedness. 

20 And we know that the Son 
of God is come, and hath given 
us an understanding, that we 
may know him that is true, and 
we are in him that is true, even 
in his Son Jé’sus Christ. This 
is the true God, and eternal 


ife. 
21 Little children, keep your- 
selves from idols. A-mén’. 


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any man see his brother 


I do not say 


THE SECOND EPISTLE OF 


JOHN 


236 


An exhortation to the elect lady and her 
children. 


4 Ras elder unto the elect lady 
and her children, whom I 
love in the truth; and not I 
only, but also all they that have 
known the truth; : 

2 For the truth’s sake, which 
dwelleth in wus, and shall be 
with us for ever. 

3 Grace be with you, mercy, 
and peace, from God the Father, 
and from the Lord Jé’sus Christ, 
the Son of the Father, in truth 
and love. 

41 rejoiced greatly that, I 
found of thy children walking 
in truth, as we have received a 
commandment from the Father. 

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, 
not as though I wrote a new 
commandment unto thee, but 
that which we had from the be- 
ginning, that we love one an- 
other. . 

6 And this is love, that we 
walk after his commandments. 
This is the commandment, That, 
as ye have heard from the be- 
ginning, ye should walk in it. 


7 For many deceivers are en- 
tered into the world. who con- 


fess not that Jé’sus Christ is 


come in the flesh. This is a de- 
ceiver and an antichrist. 

8 Look to yourselves, that we 
lose not those things which we 
have wrought, but that we re- 
ceive a full reward. 

9 Whosoever _transegresseth, 
and abideth not in the doctrine 
of Christ, hath not God. He 
that abideth in the doctrine of 


Christ, he hath both the Father . 


and the Son. 

10 If there come any unto you, 
and bring not this doctrine, 
receive him not into your 
house, neither bid him God 
speed: 

11 For he that biddeth him 
God speed is partaker of his evil 
deeds. 

12 Having many things to 
write unto you, I would not 
write with paper and ink: but 
I trust to come unto you, and 
speak face to face, that our 
joy may be full. 

13 The children _of thy elect 
sister greet thee. A-mén’. 





THE THIRD 


EPISTLE OF 


JOHN 


237 


1 Gaius commended for piety and 
charity. 12 Demetrius’ good report. 


HE elder unto the well- 
beloved Ga’‘ius, whom 
love in the truth. 

2 Beloved, I wish above all 
things that thou mayest prosper 
and be in health, even as thy 
soul prospereth. 

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when 
the brethren came and testified 
of the truth that is in thee, even 
as thou walkest in the truth. 


°4 J have no greater joy than to 
hear that my children walk in 


truth. 
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully 
whatsoever thou doest to the 


I | brethren, and to strangers; 


6 Which have borne witness of 
thy charity before the church: 
whom if thou bring forward on 
their journey after a godly sort, 
thou shalt do well: 

7 Because that for his name’s 
sake they went forth, taking 
nothing of the Gén’tiles. 

8 We therefore ought to re- 


88 311 


JUDE 


ceive such, that we might be 
fellowhelpers to the truth. 

9 I wrote unto the church: but 
Di-6t’re-phés, who loveth to have 
the preeminence among them, re- 
ceiveth us not. 

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will 
remember his deeds which he 
doeth, prating against us with 
malicious words: and not con- 
tent therewith, neither doth he 
himself receive the brethren, and 
forbiddeth them that would, and 
casteth them out of the church. 

11 Beloved, follow not that 
which is evil, but that which is 


Contending for the faith 


good. He that doeth good is of 
God: but he that doeth evil hath 
not seen God. 

12 Dé-mé'tri-ts hath good re- 
port of all men, and of the truth 
itself: yea, and we also bear 
record; and ye know that our 
record is true. 

13 I had many things to write, 
but I will not with ink and pen 
write unto thee: 

14 But I trust I shall shortly 
see thee, and we shall speak 
face to face. Peace be to thee. 
Our friends salute thee. Greet 
the friends by name. 





THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 


JUDE 


238 


Exhoriation to Bae contend for the 


aith. 
UDE, the servant of Jé’sus 
Christ, and brother of James, 
to them that are sanctified by 
God the Father, and preserved 
in Jé’sus Christ, and called:' 
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, 
and love, be multiplied. 
3 Beloved, when I gave all 
diligence to write unto you of 
the common salvation, it was 


needful for me to write unto} fir 


you, and exhort you that ye 
should earnestly contend for the 
faith which was once delivered 
unto the saints. " 

4 For there are certain men 
crept in unawares, who were 
before of old ordained to this 
condemnation, ungodly men, 
turning the grace of our God 
into lasciviousness, and deny- 
ing the only Lord God, and our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ. i 
5 I will therefore put you in 
remembrance, though ye once 
knew this, how that the Lord, 
having saved the people out of 
the land of E’éypt, afterward 
destroyed them that believed 
not. 


6 And the angels which kept 
not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath 
reserved in everlasting chains 
under darkness unto the judg- 
ment of the great day. 

7 Even as Sdéd’om and Gé-) 
mor’rha, and the cities about 
them in like manner, giving 
themselves over to fornication, 
and going after ‘strange flesh, 
are set forth for an example, - 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 


e. 
8 Likewise also these (filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of 
dignities. 

9 Yet Mi’chaél the archangel, 
when contending with the devil 
he disputed about the body of 
MO’ses, durst not bring against 
him a railing accusation, but 
said, The Lord rebuke thee. 
10 But these speak evil of 
those things which they know 
not: but what they know 
naturally, as brute beasts, in 
those things they corrupt them- 
selves. 

11 Woe unto them! for they 
have gone in the way of Cain, 
and ran greedily after the error 


312 


Salutation to the seven churches 


of Ba’laam for reward, and per- 
ished in the gainsaying of Co’ré. 

12 These are spots in your 
feasts of charity, when they 
feast with you, feeding them- 
selves without fear: clouds they 
are without water, carried about 
of winds; trees whose fruit 
withereth, without fruit, twice 
dead, plucked up by the roots; 

-13 Raging waves of the sea, 
foaming out their own shame; 
wandering stars, to whom is 
reserved the blackness of dark- 
ness for ever. 

14 And E/néch also, the 
seventh from Ad’am, prophesied 
of these, saying, Behold, the 
Lord cometh with ten thousands 
of his saints, 

15 To execute judgment upon 
all, and to convince all that are 
ungodly among them of all their 
ungodly deeds which they have 
ungodly committed, and of all 
their hard speeches which un- 
godly sinners have spoken 
against him 

16 These are murmurers, com- 
plainers, walking after their own 
lusts; and their mouth speaketh 
great swelling words, having 
men’s persons in admiration 
because of advantage. 


REVELATION, 1 


| 17 But, beloved, remember ye 
the words which were spoken 
before of the apostles of our 
Lord Jé’sus Christ; 

18 How that they told you 
there should be mockers in the 
last time, who should walk after 
their own ungodly lusts. 

19 These be they who separate 
themselves, sensual, having not 
the Spirit. 

20 But ye, beloved, building 
up yourselves on your most holy 
faith, praying in the Hd/ly 

host, 

21 Keep yourselves in the love . 
of God, looking for the mercy of 
our Lord Jé’sus Christ unto 
eternal life. 

22 And of some have compas- 
sion, making a difference: 

23 And others save with fear, 
pulling them out of the fire; 
hating even the garment spotted 
by the flesh. : 

24 Now unto him that is able 
to keep you from falling, and to 
present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with 
exceeding joy, ; 

25 To the only wise God our 
Saviour, be glory and majesty, 
dominion and power, both now 
and ever. A-mén’. 


THE REVELATION 


OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE 


239 CHAPTER i 
1 Salutation to the seven churches. 7 
Of Christ’s coming. 14 Glory of his 
power and majesty. 
HE Revelation of Jé’sus 
Christ, which God gave 
unto him, to shew unto his 
servants things which must 
shortly come to pass; and he 
sent and signified if Py his angel 
unto his servant John 
2 Who bare record of “ie word 
af God, and of the testimony of 
Jé’sus Christ, and of all things 
that he saw. 


3 Blessed is he that readeth, 
and they that hear the words of 
this prophecy, and keep those 
things which are written therein: 
for the time is at hand. 


4 TOHN to the seven churches 
which are in A’sia: Grace 
be unto you, and peace, 

from him which is, and which 
was, and which is to come; and 
from the seven Spirits which are 
before his throne; 

5 And from Jé’sus_ Christ, 

who is the faithful witness, and 


313 


REVELATION, 2 


Glory of Jesus Christ 


SO 

the first begotten of the dead, | furnace; and his voice as the — 
and the prince of the kings of | sound of many waters. | : 
16 And he had in his right hand — 


the earth. Unto him that loved 
us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, _. 

6 And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father; 
to him be glory and dominion 
for ever and ever. A-men’. | 

7 Behold, he cometh with 
clouds; and : 
him, and they also | which 
pierced him: and all kindreds 
of the earth shall wail because 
of him. Even so, A-mén’. 

8 I am Al’pha and O-mé’ga, 
the beginning and the ending, 
saith the Lord, which is, and 
which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty. 

9 I Jéhn, who also am your 
brother and companion in tribu- 
lation, and in the kingdom and 
patience of Jé’sus Christ, was in 
the isle that is called Pat’mos, 
for the word of God, and for the 
testimony of Jé’sus Christ. 

10 I was in the Spirit on the 
Lord’s day, and heard behind 
_me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 
11 Saying, I am Al’pha and 
6-mé’za, the first and the last: 
and, What thou seest, write in a 
book, and send if unto the 
seven churches which are in 
A’sia; unto Eph’e-stis, and unto 
Smyr’na, and unto Pér’ga-més, 
and unto Thy-a-ti’ra, and unto 
Sdr’dis, and unto Phil-a-dél’- 
phi-a, and unto La-6d-i-cé’a. . 

12 And I turned to see the 
voice that spake with me. And 
being turned, I saw seven golden 
candlesticks; 

13 And in the midst of the 
seven candlesticks one like unto 
the Son of man, clothed with a 
garment down to the foot, and 
girt about the paps with a golden 
girdle. 

14 His head and his hairs were 
white like wool, as white as 
snow; and his eyes were as a 
flame of fire; 

15 And his feet like unto fine 

brass, as if they burned in a 


every eye shall see 


seven stars: and 


| 


out of his — 


mouth went a sharp twoedged — 


sword: and his countenance 


was as the sun shineth in his — 


strength. 
17 And when I saw him, I fell 
at his feet as dead. And he laid 


his right hand upon me, saying — 


unto me, Fear not; 


first and the last: 


I am the > 


18 J am he that liveth, and was 


dead; and, behold, I am alive for 
evermore, A-mén’; and have 
the keys of hell and of death. 


19 Write the things which thou — 


hast seen, and the things which 


are, and the things which shall — 


be hereafter; 

20 The mystery of the seven 
stars which thou sawest in my 
right hand, and the seven golden 
candlesticks. The seven stars 
are the angels of the seven 
churches: and the seven can- 
diesticks which thou sawest are 
the seven churches. 


CHAPTER 2 240 


Messages to the angels of the churches. 


NTO the angel of the church 

/ of Eph’e-stis write; These 
things saith he that holdeth the 
seven stars in his right hand, who 
walketh in the midst of the seven 
golden candlesticks; 

2 I know thy works, and thy 
labour, and thy patience, and 
how thou canst not bear them 
which are evil: and thou hast 
tried them which say they are 
apostles, and are not, and hast 
found them liars: 

3 And hast borne, and hast pa- 
tience, and for my name’s sake 
hast laboured, and hast not 
fainted. 

4 Nevertheless I have some- 
what against thee, because thou 
hast left thy first love. 

Remember therefore from 
whence thou art fallen, and re- 
pent, and do the first works; or 
else I will come unto thee quickly, 


314 


Messages to the churches 


and will remove thy candlestick 
out of his place, except thou re- 


pent. 

6 But this thou hast, that thou 
hatest the deeds of the Nic-o- 
1a’i-tanes, which I also hate. 

7 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches; To him that over- 

cometh will I give to eat of the 
tree of life, which is in the midst 
of the paradise of God. 

8 And unto the angel of the 
church in Smyr’na write; These 
things saith the first and the 
last, which was dead, and is 
alive; 

9 I know thy works, and tribu- 
lation, and poverty, (but thou art 
rich) and J know the blasphemy 
of them which say they are 
Jews, and are not, but are the 
synagogue of Sa’tan. 

10 Fear none of those things 
which thou shalt suffer: behold, 
the devil shall cast some of you 
into prison, that ye may be tried; 
and ye shall have tribulation ten 
days: be | fai 
death, and I will give thee a 
crown of life. 

11 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches; He that overcom- 
eth shall not be hurt of the 
second death. 

12 And to the angel of the 
church in Pér’ga-mos_ write; 
These things saith he which hath 
the sharp sword with two 
edges; 

13 Iknow thy works, and where 
thou dweliest, even where Sa’- 
tan’s seat is: and thou holdest 
fast my name, and hast not 
denied my faith, even in those 
days wherein An’ti-pas was my 
faithful martyr, who was slain 
among you, where Sa’tan dwell- 


eth. 

14 But I have a few things 
against thee, because thou hast 
there them that hold the doctrine 
of Ba’laam, who taught Ba’lac to 
cast a stumblingblock before the 
children of is’ra-el, to eat things 


thou faithful unto | fir 


REVELATION, 2 


sacrificed unto idols, and to 
commit fornication. 

15 So hast thou also them that 
hold the doctrine of the Nic-o- 
la’i-tanes, which thing I hate. 

16 Repent; or else I will come 
unto} thee quickly, and will fight 
against them with the sword of 


my mouth. 

17 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches; To him that over- 
cometh will I give to eat of the 
hidden manna, and will give him 
a white stone, and in the stonefa 
new name written, which no man 
knoweth saving he that receiveth 


it. 

18 And unto the angel of the 
church in Thy-a-ti’ra write; 
These things saith the Son of 
God, who hath his eyes like unto 
a flame of fire, and his feet are 
like fine brass; 

19 I know thy works, and 
charity, and service, and faith, 
and thy patience, and thy works; 
and the last to be more than the 


st. 

20 Notwithstanding I have a 
few things against thee, because 
thou sufferest that woman Jéz’- 
e-bél, which calleth herself a 
prophetess, to teach and to seduce 
my servants to commit fornica- 
tion, and to eat things sacrificed 
unto idols. 

21 And I gave her space to 
repent of her fornication; and 
she repented not. 

22 Behold, I will cast her into a 
bed, and them at commit 
adultery with her into great 
tribulation, except they repent of 
their deeds. 

23 And I will kill her children 
with death; and all the churches 
shall know that I am he which 
searcheth the reins and hearts: 
and I will give unto every one of 
you according to your works. 
*24 But unto you I say, and unto 
the rest in Thy-a-ti’ra, as many 
as have not this doctrine, and 
which have not known the 
depths of Sa’tan, as they speaks 


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REVELATION, 3 


I will put upon you none other 
burden. | 

25 But that which ye have al- 
ready hold fast till I come. 

2 he that overcometh, 
and keepeth my works unto the 
end, to him will I give power 
over the nations: 

27 And he shall rule them with 
arod of iron; as the vessels of a 
potter shall they be broken to 
shivers: even as Ireceived of my 


ather. 

28 And I will give him the 
morning star. 

29 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 


241 CHAPTER 3 


1 Messages to the angels of the churches 
of Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodi- 
cea. 20 Christ stands at the door 
and knocks. 


ND unto the angel of the 
church in Sdar’dis write; 
These things saith he that hath 
the seven Spirits of God, and the 
seven stars; I know thy works, 
that thou hast a name that thou 
livest, and art dead. 

2 Be watchful, and strengthen 
the things which remain, that are 
ready to die: for Ihave not found 
thy works perfect before God. 

3 Remember therefore how thou 
hast received and heard, and 
hold fast, and repent. If there- 
fore thou shalt not watch, I will 
come on thee as a thief, and thou 
shalt not know what hour I will 
come upon thee. 

4 Thou hast a few names even 
in Sdr’dis which have not de- 
filed their garments; and they 
shall walk with me in white: 
for they are worthy. 

5 He that overcometh, the same 
shall be clothed in white raiment; 
and I will not blot out his name 
out of the book of life, but I will 
confess his name before my Fa- 
ther, and before his angels. __ 

6 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 


Messages to the churches 


7 And to the angel of the church 
in Phil-a-dél’phi-a write; These 
things saith he that is holy, he © 
that is true, he that hath the 
key of Da’vid, he that openeth, 
and no man shutteth; and 
shutteth, and no man openeth; 

8 I know thy works: behold, I 
have set before thee an open 


door, and no man can shut it: © 


for thou hast a little strength, — 
and hast kept my word, and hast 
not denied my name. ; 

9 Behold, I will make them of © 
the synagogue of Sa’tan, which 
say they are Jews, and are not, 
but do lie; behold, I will make 
them to come and worship before 
thy feet, and to know that I have 
loved thee. 

10 Because thou hast kept the 
word of my patience, I also will 
keep thee from the hour of temp- 
tation, which shall come upon all 
the world, to try them that dwell 
upon the earth. . 

11 Behold, I come_ quickly: 
hold that fast which thou hast, 
that no man take thy crown. 

12 Him that overcometh will I 
make a pillar in the temple of my 
God, and he shail go no more 
out: and I will write upon him 
the name of my God, and the 
name of the city of my, God, 
which is new Jé-ru’sa-lém, 
which cometh down out of heaven 
from my God: and J will write 
upon him my new name. : 

13 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 

14 And unto the angel of the 
church of the La-6d-i-cé’ans 
write: These things saith the 
A-mén’, the faithful and _ true 
witness, the beginning of the 
creation of God; 

15 I know thy works, that thou 
art neither cold nor hot: I would 
thou wert cold or hot. 

16 So then because thou art 
lukewarm, and neither cold nor 
hot, I will spue thee out of my 
mouth. 

17 Because thou sayest, I am 


316 


Vision of the rainbowed throne 


rich, and increased with goods, 
_ and have need of nothing; and 

knowest not that thou art 
wretched, and miserable, and 
poor, and blind, and naked: 

18 I counsel thee to buy of me 
gold tried in the fire, that thou 
mayest be rich; and white 
raiment, that thou mayest be 
clothed, and that the shame 
of thy nakedness do not appear; 
and anoint thine eyes with eye- 
salve, that thou mayest see. 

19 As many as I love, J rebuke 
and chasten: pe zealous there- 
fore, and repen 

20 Behold, I tai at the door, 
and knock: if any man hear my 
voice, and open the door, I will 
come in to him, and will sup with 
him, and he with me. 

21 To him that overcometh 
will I grant to sit with me in my 
throne, even as I also overcame, 
and am set down with my Father 
in his throne. 


22 He that hath an ear, let him | i 


hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 


242 CHAPTER 4 


2 John sees the throne of God in heaven. 
4 Four and twenty elders. 6 The 
four beasts. 10 The elders worship 
him that sat upon the throne. 


FTER this I looked, and, be- 
old, a door was opened in 
heaven: and the first voice which 
heard was as it were of a 
trumpet talking with me; which 
said, Come up hither, and I will 
shew thee things which must be 
hereafter. 

2 And immediately I was in the 
spirit: and, behold, a throne was 
set in heaven, and one sat on the 
throne. 

3 And he that sat was to look 
upon like a jasper and a sardine 
stone: and there was a rainbow 
round about the throne, in sight 
like unto an emerald. 

4 And round about the throne 
were four and twenty seats: and 
upon the seats I saw four and 


REVELATION, 4, 5 


twenty elders sitting, clothed in 
white raiment; and they had on 
their heads crowns of gold. 

5 And out of the throne pro- 
ceeded lightnings and thunder- 
ings and voices: and _ there 
were seven lamps of fire burning 
before the throne, which are the 
seven Spirits of God. 

6 before the throne there 
sea of glass like unto 
crystal: and in the midst of the 
throne, and round about the 
throne, were four beasts full of 
eyes before and behind. 

7 And the first beast was tike a 
lion, and the second beast like a 
calf, and the third beast had a 
face as a man, and the fourth 
beast was like a flying eagle. 

8 And the four beasts had each 
of them six wings about him; 
and they were full of eyes within: 
and they rest not day and night, 
saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God Almighty, which was, and 


was a 


is, and is to come. 

90 And when those beasts give 
glory and honour and thanks to 
him that sat on the throne, who 
liveth for ever and ever, 

10 The four and twenty elders 
fall down before him that sat on 
the throne, and worship him that 
liveth for ever and ever, and cast 
their crowns before the throne, 
saying, 

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
receive glory and honour and 
power: for thou hast created all 
things, and for thy pleasure they 
are and were created. 


CHAPTER 5 243. 


The sealed book which only the Lamb is 
worthy to open. 


ND I saw in the right hand of 
him that sat on the throne a 
book written within and on the 
backside, sealed with sevenseals. 
2 And I saw a strong angel pro- 
claiming with a loud voice, Who 
is worthy to open the book, and 
to loose the seals thereof? j 
3 And no man in heaven, norin 


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earth, neither under the earth, 
was able to open the book, neither 
to look thereon. 

4 And I wept much, because no 
man was found worthy to open 
and to read the book, neither to 
look thereon. 

5 And one of the elders saith 
unto me, Weep not: behold, the 
Lion of the tribe of Ji’da, the 
Root of Da’vid, hath prevailed to 
open the book, and to loose the 
seven seals thereof. 

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the 
midst of the throne, and of the 
four beasts, and in the midst of 
the elders, stood a Lamb as it 
had been slain, having seven 
horns and seveneyes, which are 
the seven Spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth. 

7 And he came and took the 
book out of the right hand of him 
that sat upon the throne. 

8 And when he had taken the 
book, the four beasts and four 
and twenty elders fell down be- 
fore the Lamb, having every one 
of them harps, and golden vials 
full of odours, which are the 
prayers of saints. 

9 And they sung a new song, 
saying, Thou art worthy to take 
the book, and to open the seals 
thereof: for thou wast slain, and 
hast redeemed us to God by thy 
blood out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and people, and nation; 

10 And hast made us unto our 
God kings and priests: and we 
shall reign on the earth. 

11 And I beheld, and I heard 
the voice of many angels round 
about the throne and the beasts 
and the elders: and the number 
of them was ten thousand times 
ten thousand, and thousands of 
thousands; | 

12 Saying with a loud voice, 
Worthy is the Lamb that was 
slain to receive power, and riches, 
and wisdom, and strength, and 
honour, and glory, and blessing. 

13 And every creature which is 
in heaven, and on the earth, and 
under the earth, and such as are 


The sealed book and the Lamb 


in the sea, and all that are in 
them, heard I saying, Blessing, 
and honour, and glory, and 
power, be unto him that sitteth 
upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb for ever and ever. q 

14 And the four beasts said, 
A-mén’. And the four and 
twenty elders fell down and wor- 
shipped him that liveth for ever 
and ever. 


CHAPTER 6 244 


The opening of the seals in order. 


ND I saw when the Lamb 

opened one of the seals, and 

I heard, as it were the noise of 

thunder, one of the four beasts 
saying, Come and see. 

And I saw, and behold a 

white horse: and he that sat on 

im had a bow; and a crown 
was given unto him: and he 
went forth conquering, and to 
conquer. 

3 And when he had opened the 
second seal, I heard the second 
beast say, Come and see. 

there went out another 
horse that was red: and power 
was given to him that sat thereon 
to take peace from the earth, and 
that they should kill one another: 
and there was given unto him a 
great sword. 

5, And when he had opened the 
third seal, I heard the third beast 
say, Come and see. And I be- 
held, and lo a black horse; and 
he that sat on him had a pair of 
balances in his hand. 

6 And I heard a voice in the 
midst of the four beasts say, A 
measure of wheat for a penny, 
and three measures of barley for 
apenny; and see thou hurt not 
the oil and the wine. 

7 And when he had opened the 
fourth seal, I heard the voice of 
the fourth beast say, Come and 


see, 

8 And I looked, and behold a 
pale horse: and his name that 
sat on him was Death, and Hell 
followed with him. And power 
was given unto them over the 


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Opening of seats. 
fourth part of the earth, to kill 


Sealing God’s servants 


REVELATION, 7 


AND after these things I saw 


_ with sword, and with hunger, and 
with death, and with the beasts 
of the earth. 


9 And when he had opened the | th 


fifth seal, I saw under the altar 
the souls of them that were slain 
for the word of God, and for the 
testimony which they held: 

1 they cried with_a loud 
voice, saying, How long, O Lord, 
holy and true, dost thou not judge 


and avenge our blood on them! h 


that dwell on the earth? 

11 And white robes were given 
unto every one of them; and it 
was said unto them, that they 
should rest yet for a little season, 
until their fellowservants also 
and their brethren, that should be 
killed as they were, should be 
fulfilled. © 
_ 12 And I beheld when he had 
- opened the sixth seal, and, lo, 
there was a great earthquake: 
and the sun became black as 
sackcloth of hair, and the moon 
became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell 
unto the earth, even as a fig tree 
casteth her untimely figs, when 
she is shaken of a mighty wind. 

14 And the heaven departed as 
a scroll when it is roJled together; 
and every mountain and island 
were moved out of their places. 

15 And the kings of the earth, 
and the great men, and the rich 
men, and the chief captains, and 
the mighty men, and every bond- 
man, and every free man, hid 
themselves in the dens and in the 
rocks of the mountains; ‘ 

16 And said to the mountains 
and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us 
from the face of him that sitteth 
on the throne, and from the 
wrath of the Lamb: ; 

17 For the great day of his 
wrath is come; and who shall 
be able to stand? 


245 CHAPTER 7 


1 Sealing of the servants of God. 9 The 
number sealed. 14 Their robes were 
washed in the blood of the Lamb. 


four angels standing on the 
four corners of the earth, holding 
the four winds of the earth, that 
e wind should not blow on the 
po nor on the sea, nor on any 
ree. 

2 And I saw another angel as- 

cending from the east, having the 
seal of the living God: and he 
cried with a loud voice to the four 
angels, to whom it was given to 
urt the earth and the sea, 
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, 
neither the sea, nor the trees, till 
we have sealed the servants of 
our God in their foreheads. 

4 And I heard the number of 
them which were sealed: and 
there were sealed an hundred 
and forty and four thousand of 
all the tribes of the children of 
Is’ra-el. 

5 Of the tribe of Ji’da were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Reu’ben were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 
Gad were sealed twelve thou- 
sand. ‘ 

6 Of the tribe of A’sér were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Néph’tha-lim were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 
Ma-nas’sés were sealed twelve 
thousand. 

7 Of the tribe of Sim’e-on were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Lé’vi were sealed twelve 
thousand. Of the tribe of Is’sa- 
char weresealedtwelve thousand. 

8 Of the tribe of Zab’u-lon were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Jd’seph were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 
Bén’ja-min were sealed twelve 
thousand. 

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a 
great multitude, which no man 
could number, of all nations, 
and kindreds, and people, and 
tongues, stood before the throne, 
and before the Lamb, clothed © 
with white robes, and palms in 
their hands; : 

10 And cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Salvation to our God 


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REVELATION, 8 


which sitteth upon the throne, 
and unto the Lamb. 

11 And all the angels stood 
round about the throne, and 
about the elders and the four 
beasts, and fell before the throne 
on their faces, and worshipped 


od, 

12 Saying, A-mén’: Blessing, 
and glory, and wisdom, and 
thanksgiving, and honour, and 
power, and might, be unto our 
God for ever and ever. A-mén’. 

13 And one of the elders an- 
swered, saying unto me, What 
are these which are arrayed in 
white robes? and whence came 
they? 

14 And I said unto him, Sir, 
thou knowest. And he said to 
me, These are they which came 
out of great tribulation, and have 
washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the 
Lamb. 

15 Therefore are they before the 
throne of God, and serve him day 
and night in his temple: and he 
that sitteth on the throne shall 
dwell among them. 

16 They shall hunger no more, 
neither thirst any more; neither 
shall the sun light on them, nor 
any heat. 

17 For the Lamb which is in the 
midst of the throne shall feed 
them, and shall lead them unto 
living fountains of waters: and 
God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. 


246 CHAPTER 8 
1 Opening the seventh seal. 2 The 
angels and their trumpets. 6 What 


followed the soundings. 

ND when he had opened the 

seventh seal, there was Ssi- 

lence in heaven about the space 
of half an hour. 

2 And I saw the seven angels 
which stood before God; and to 
them were given seven trumpets. 

3 And another angel came and 
stood at the altar, having a 
golden censer; and there was 
given unto him much incense, 
that he should offer i¢ with the 


320 


The seven angels and their trumpets 


prayers of all saints upon the 
golden altar which was before the 
throne. 

4 And the smoke of the in- 
cense, which came with the 
prayers of the saints, ascended up 
before God out of the angel’s 
hand. 

5 And the angel took the censer, 
and filled it with fire of the altar, 
and cast it into the earth: and — 
there were voices, and thunder- ~ 
ings, and lightnings, and an 
earthquake. 1 

6 And the seven angels which 
had the seven trumpets prepared 
themselves to sound. 

7 The first angel sounded, and — 
there followed hail and fire — 
mingled with blood, and they — 
were cast upon the earth: and 
the third part of trees was burnt © 
up, and all green grass was burnt — 


up. 

8 And the second angel sound- 
ed, and as it were a great moun- 
tain burning with fire was cast — 
into the sea: and the third part — 
of the sea became blood; ae 

9 And the third part of tie 
creatures which were in the sea, © 
and had life, died; and the third — 
part of the ships were destroyed. — 

10 And the third angel sounded, — 
and there fell a great star from — 
heaven, burning as it were a 
lamp, and it fell upon the third 
part of the rivers, and upon the - 
fountains of waters; 

11 And the name of the star is © 
called Wormwood: and the 
third part of the waters became — 
wormwood; and many men died © 
of the waters, because they were > 
made bitter. 

12 And the fourth angel sound-— 
ed, and the third part of the sun - 
was smitten, and the third part 
of the moon, and the third part 
of the stars; so as the third part 
of them was darkened, and the 
day shone not for a third part of 
it, and the night likewise. 

13 And I beheld, and heard an 
angel flying through the midst of 
heaven, saying with a loud voice, - 


The four angels of the Euphrates 


Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters 
of the earth by reason of the other 
voices of the trumpet of the three 
angels, which are yet to sound! 


247 CHAPTER 9 


1 After the fifth angel sounds, a star 
falls from heaven. 12 Sounding of 
the sixth trumpet. 
let loose from their bonds. 


ND the fifth angel sounded, 
and I saw a star fall from 
heaven unto the earth: and to 
him was given the key of the 
bottomless pit. 

2 And he opened the bottomless 
pit; and there arose a smoke out 
of the pit, as the smoke of a great 
furnace; and the sun and the air 
were darkened by reason of the 
smoke of the pit. 

3 And there came out of the 
smoke locusts upon the earth: 
and unto them was given power, 
as the scorpions of the earth 
have power. 

4 And it was commanded them 
that they should not hurt the 
grass of the earth, neither any 
green thing, neither any tree; 
but only those men which have 
Hence seal of God in their fore- 

eads. 

5 And to them it was given that 
they should not kill them, but 
that they should be tormented 
five months: and their torment 
was as the torment of a scorpion, 
when he striketh a man. 

6 And in those days shall men 
seek death, and shall not find it; 
and shall desire to die, and death 
shall flee from them. 

And the shapes of the locusts 
were like unto horses prepared 
unto battle; and on their heads 
were as it were crowns like gold, 
and their faces were as the faces 


of men. : 

8 And they had hair as the hair 
of women, and their teeth were 
as the teeth of lions. 

9 And they had breastplates, as 
it were breastplates of iron; and 
the sound of their wings was as 

T-21 


14 Four angels H 


REVELATION, 9 


the sound of chariots of many 
horses running to battle. 

10 And they had tails like unto 
scorpions, and there were stings 
in their tails: and their power 
was to hurt men five months. 

11 And they had a king over 
them, which is the angel of the 
bottomless pit, whose name in the 
Hé’brew tongue is A-bad’don, but 
in the Greek tongue hath his 
name A-p0ol’/ly¥-6n. 

12 One woe is past: and, be- 
hold, there come two woes more 
hereafter. 

13 And the sixth angel sounded, 
and I heard a voice from the four 
horns of the golden altar which is 
before God, 

14 Saying to the sixth angel 
which had the trumpet, Loose the 
four angels which are bound in 
the great river Ei-phra’tés. 

15 And the four angels were 
loosed, which were prepared for 
an hour, and a day, and a month, 
and a year, for to slay the third 
part of men. 

16 And the number of the 

army of the horsemen were two 
hundred thousand thousand: 
and I heard the number of them. 
' 17 And thus I saw the horses in 
the vision, and them that sat on 
them, having breastplates of fire, 
and of jacinth, and brimstone: 
and the heads of the horses were 
as the heads of lions; and out of 
their mouths issued fire and 
smoke and brimstone. ‘ 

18 By these three was the third 
part of men killed, by the fire, 
and by the smoke, and by the 
brimstone, which issued out of 
their mouths. So ; 

19 For their power is in their 
mouth, and in their tails: for 
their tails were like unto ser- 
pents, and had heads, and with 
them they do hurt. 

20 And the rest of the men 
which were not killed by these 
plagues yet repented not of the 
works of their hands, that they 
should not! worship devils, land 
idols of gold, and silver, and 


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REVELATION, 10, 11 


brass, and stone, and of wood: 
which neither can see, nor hear, 
nor walk: 

21 Neither repented they of 
their murders, nor of their sor- 
ceries, nor of their fornication, 
nor of their thefts. 


248 CHAPTER 10 
a ae strong angel and the book. 9 

John eats the book. 
ND I saw another mighty 
angel come down from 
heaven, clothed with a cloud: 
and a rainbow was upon his 
head, and his face was as it were 
the sun, and his feet as pillars of 


fire: 

2 And he had in his hand a 
little book open: and he set his 
right foot upon the sea, and his 
left foot on the earth, 

3 And cried with a loud voice, 
as when a lion roareth: and 
when he had cried, seven thun- 
ders uttered their voices. 

4 And when the seven thunders 
had uttered their voices, I was 
about to write: and I heard a 
voice from heaven saying unto 
me, Seal up those things which 
the seven thunders uttered, and 
write them not. L 

nd the angel which I saw 
stand upon the sea and upon 
the earth lifted up his hand to 
heaven, : i 

6 And sware by him that liveth 
for ever and ever, who created 
heaven, and the things that 
therein are, and the earth, and 
the things that therein are, and 
the sea, and the gs which are 
therein, that there should be 
time no longer: 

7 But in the days of the voice 
of the seventh angel, when he 
shall begin to sound, the mystery 
of God should be finished, as he 
hath declared to his servants the 
prophets. : j 

8 And the voice which I heard 
from heaven spake unto me 
again, and said, Go and take 
the little book which is open in 
the hand ‘of the angel which 


The angel and the little book 


standeth upon the sea and upon 
the ear 

9 And I went unto the angel, 
and said unto him, Give me the 
little book. And he said unto me, 
Take it, and eat it up; and it 
shall make thy beily bitter, but it 
shall be in thy mouth sweet as 
honey. 

10 and I took the little book out 
of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; 
and it was in my mouth sweet as 
honey: and as soon as I had 
rage it, my belly was bitter. 

11 And he said unto me, Thou 
must prophesy again before 
many peoples, and nations, and 
tongues, and kings. 


CHAPTER 11 


3 The two witnesses prophesy. 
Sounding of the seventh trumpet. 


15 


ND there was given me a 


reed like unto a rod: and 
the angel stood, saying, Rise, 
and measure the temple of God, 


and the altar, and them that 


worship therein. : 

2 But the court which is with- 
out the temple leave out, and 
measure it not; for it is given 
unto the Gén’tiles: and the holy 


city shall they tread under foot 


forty and two months. 

3 And I will give power unto 
my two witnesses, and they 
shall prophesy a thousand two 
hundred and threescore days, 
clothed in sackcloth 

4 These are the two olive trees, 
and the two candlesticks stand- 
ing before the God of the earth 

And if any man will hurt 


them, fire proceedeth out of their — 


mouth, and devoureth their ene- 
mies: 
them, he must in this manner be 
killed. 

6 These. have power to shut 
heaven, that it rain not in the 
days of their prophecy: and 


have power over waters to turn © 


them to blood, and to smite the 


earth with all plagues, as oftenas — 


they will. 
7 And when they shall have 


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249 


| 
| 


and if any man will hurt — 


Seventh trumpet. 


finished their testimony, the 
beast that ascendeth out of the 
bottomless pit shall make war 
against them, and shall over- 
come them, and kill them. 

8 And their dead bodies shail 

lie in the street of the great city, 
which spiritually is called Sdd’- 
om and E’gypt, where also our 
Lord was crucified. 
_9 And they of the people and 
kindreds and tongues and na- 
tions shall see their dead bodies 
three days and an haif, and shall 
not suffer their dead bodies to be 
put in graves. aoe 
- 10 And they that dwell upon 
the earth shall rejoice over them, 
and make merry, and shall send 
gifts one to another; because 
_ these two prophets tormented 
_ them that dwelt on the earth. 

11 And after three days and an 
half the Spirit of life from God 
entered into them, and they 
stood upon their feet; and great 
fear fell upon them which saw 


em. 

12 And they heard a great voice 
from heaven saying unto them, 
Come up hither. 
cended up to heaven in a cloud: 
and their enemies beheld them. 

13 And the same hour was 
there a great earthquake, and the 
tenth part of the city fell, and in 
the earthquake were slain of men 
seven thousand: and the rem- 
nant were affrighted, and gave 
glory to the God of heaven. 

14.The second woe is past; 
and, behold, the third woe com- 
eth quickly. . 

15 And the seventh angel 
sounded; and there were great 
voices in heaven, saying, The 
kingdoms of this world are be- 
come the kingdoms of our Lord, 
and of his Christ; and he shall 
reign for ever and ever. 

d the four and twenty 
elders, which sat before God on 
their seats, fell upon their faces, 
and worshipped God, 

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, 
O Lord God Almighty, which 


Woman clothed with sun 


And they as- 


REVELATION, 12 


art, and wast, and art to come; 
because thou hast taken to thee 
thy great power, and hast reigned. 

18 And the nations were angry, 
and thy wrath is come, and the 
time of the dead, that they should 
be judged, and that thou should- 
est give reward unto thy servants 
the prophets, and to the saints, 
and them that fear thy name, 
small and great; and shouldest 
Soetsor them .which destroy the 
earth. 

19 And the temple of God was 
opened in heaven, and there was 
seen in his temple the ark of his 
testament; and there were light- 
nings, and voices, and thunder- 
ings, and an earthquake, and 
great hail. 


CHAPTER 12 250 
1 Of the woman clothed with the sun. 
9 The great red dragon. 

Ake there appeared a great 
wonder in heaven; a wom- 

an clothed with the sun, and the 
moon under her feet, and upon 
her head a crown of twelve stars: 

2 And she being with child 
cried, travailing in birth, and 
pained to be delivered. 

3 And there appeared another 
wonder in heaven; and beholda 
great red dragon, having seven 
heads and ten horns, and seven 
crowns upon his heads. 

4 And his tail drew the third 
part of the stars of heaven, and 
did cast them to the earth: and 
the dragon stood before the wom- 
an which was ready to be de- 
livered, for to devour her child as 
soonasitwasborn. . 

5 And she brought forth a man 
child, who was to rule all na- 
tions with a rod ofiron: and her 
child was caught up unto God, 
and fo his throne. : 

6 And the woman fled into the 
wilderness, where she hath a 
place prepared of God, that they 
should feed her there a thousand 
two hundred and threescore days. 

7 And there was war in heaven: 
Mi’chaéi and his angels fought 


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REVELATION, 13 


against the dragon; and the 
dragon fought and his angels, 

8 And prevailed not; neither 
was their place found any more in 
heaven. 

9 And the great dragon was 
cast out, that old serpent, called 
the Deév’il, and Sa’tan, which 
deceiveth the whole world: he 
was cast out into the earth, and 
his angels were cast out with him. 

10 And I heard-a loud voice say- 
ing in heaven, Now is come sal- 
vation, and strength, and the 
kingdom of our God, and the 
power of his Christ: for the ac- 
cuser of our brethren is cast 
down, which accused them be- 
fore our God day and night. 

11 And they overcame him by 
the blood of the Lamb, and by the 
word of their testimony; and 
they loved not their lives unto the 
death. 

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heav- 
ens, and ye that dwell in them. 
Woe to the inhabiters of the 
earth and of the sea! for the devil 
is come down unto you, having 
great wrath, because he know- 
eth that he hath but a short time. 

13 And when the dragon saw 
that he was cast unto the earth, 
he persecuted the woman which 
brought forth the man child. 

14 And to the woman were 
given two wings of a great eagle, 
that she might fly into the wil- 
derness, into her place, where she 
is nourished for a time, and 
times, and half a time, from the 
face of the serpent. 

15 And the serpent cast out of 
his mouth water as a flood after 
the woman, that he might cause 
her to be carried away of the 
flood. 

16 And the earth helped the 
woman, and the earth opened 
her mouth, and swallowed up the 
flood which the dragon cast out 
of his mouth. 

17 And the dragon was wroth 
with the woman, and went to 
make war with the remnant of 
her seed, which keep the com- 


The great-red dragon 


mandments of God, and have 
the testimony of Jé’sus Christ. 


CHAPTER 13 


2518 


1 The beast to which the dragon gives 


his power. 
beast. 


18 The number of the 


ND I stood upon the sand of 


C& the sea, and saw a beast 
rise up out of the sea, having 


seven heads and ten horns, and © 


upon his horns ten crowns, and 
upon his heads the name of 
blasphemy. 


2 And the beast which I saw 
was like unto a leopard, and his > 
feet were as the feet of a bear, 


and his mouth as the mouth of a 
lion: and the dragon gave him 


his power, and his seat, and great 


authority. 


3 And I saw one of his heads as — 


it were wounded to death; and 
his deadly wound was healed: 


and all the world wondered — 


after the beast. 
4 And 
dragon which 


they worshipped the 
gave power unto — 


the beast: and they worshipped — 


the beast, saying, Who is like 
unto the beast? who is able to 
make war with him? 

And there was given unto 
him a mouth speaking great 
things and blasphemies; and 
power was given unto him to 
continue forty and two months. 
6 And he opened his mouth in 


blasphemy against God, to blas- 


pheme his name, and his taber- 


nacle, and them that dwell in — 


heaven. 


7 And it was given unto him to — 


make war with the saints, and to 
overcome them: and power was 
given him over all kindreds, and 
tongues, and nations. 

8 And all that dwell upon the 


earth shall worship him, whose - 


names are not written in the book 
of life of the Lamb slain from 
the foundation of the world. 
9 If any man have an ear, let 
him hear. 

10 He that leadeth into cap- 
tivity shall go into captivity: he 


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The Lamb on Mount Sion 


that killeth with the sword must 
be killed with the sword. Here 
is the patience and the faith of the 
saints. 

11 And I beheld another beast 
coming up out of the earth; and 
he had two horns like a lamb, and 
he spake as a dragon. 

i2 And he exerciseth all the 
power of the first beast before 
him, and causeth the earth and 
them which dwell therein to wor- 
ship the first beast, whose deadly 
wound was healed. 

13 And he doeth great won- 
ders, so that he maketh fire 
come down from heaven on the 
earth in the sight of men, 

14 And deceiveth them that 
dwell on the earth, by the means 
of those miracles which he had 
power to do in the sight of the 
beast; saying to them that dwell 
on the earth, that they should 
make an image to the beast, 
which had the wound by a sword, 
and did live. 

15 And he had power to give 
life unto the image of the beast, 
that the image of the beast should 
both speak, and cause that as 
many as would not worship the 
image of the beast should be 
killed. 

16 And he causeth all, both 
small and great, rich and poor, 
free and bond, to receive a mark 
in their right hand, or in their 
foreheads: 

17 And that no man might buy 
or sell, save he that had the mark, 
or the name of the beast, or the 
number of his name. 

18 Here is wisdom. Let him 
that hath understanding count 
the number of the beast: for itis 
the number of a man; and his 
number is Six hundred three- 
score and six. 


252 CHAPTER 14 
1 The Lamb and his company. 8 Fall 
of Babylon. 20 Vintage and wine- 
press of God’s wrath 
ND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb 
stood on the mount Si’on, 
and with him an hundred forty 


REVELATION, 14 


and four thousand, having his 
Father’s name written in their 
foreheads. 

2 And I heard a voice from 
heaven, as the voice of many 
waters, and as the voice of a 
great thunder: and I heard the 
voice of harpers harping with 
their harps: 

3 And they sung as it were a 
new song before the throne, and 
before the four beasts, and the 
elders: and no man could learn 
that song but the hundred and 
forty and four thousand, which 
were redeemed from the earth. 

4 These are they which were 
not defiled with women; for 
they are virgins. These are they 
which follow the Lamb whither- 
soever he goeth. These were 
redeemed from among men, 
being the firstfruits unto God 
and to the Lamb. 

5 And in theirmouth was found 
no guile: for they are without 
fault before the throne of God. 

6 AndI saw another angel fly in 
the midst of heaven, having the 
everlasting gospel to preach unto 
them that dwell on the earth, and 
to every nation, and kindred, and 
tongue, and people, ; 

7 Saying with a loud voice, 
Fear God, and give glory to him; 
for the hour of his judgment is 
come: and worship him that 
made heaven, and earth, and 
the sea, and the fountains of 
waters. 

8 And there followed another 
angel, saying, Bab’y-lon is fallen, 
is fallen, that great city, because 
she made all nations drink of the 
wine of the wrath of her forni- 


cation. ; 

9 And the third angel followed 
them, saying with a loud voice. 
If any man worship the beast and 
his image, and receive his mark 
in his forehead, or in his hand, 

10 The same shall drink of the 
wine of the wrath of God, which 
is poured out without mixture 
into the cup of his indignation; 
and he shall be tormented with 


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REVELATION, 15, 16 


Seven angels with seven last plagues 





fire and brimstone in the presence 
of the holy angels, and in the 
presence of the Lamb: 

11 And the smoke of their tor- 
ment ascendeth up for ever and 
ever: and they have no rest day 
nor night, who worship the beast 
and his image, and whosoever 
receiveth the mark of his name. 

12 Here is the patience of the 
saints: here are they that keep 
the commandments of God, and 
the faith of Jé’sus. 

13 And I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Write, 
Blessed are the dead which die 
in the Lord from henceforth 
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they 
may rest from their labours; and 
their works do follow them. 

14 And I looked, and behold a 
white cloud, and upon the cloud 
one sat like unto the Son of man, 
having on his head a golden 
crown, and in his hand a sharp 
sickle. 

15 And another angel came out 
of the temple, crying with a loud 
voice to him that sat on the cloud, 
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: 
for the time is come for thee to 
reap; for the harvest of the 
earth is ripe. 

16 And he that sat on the cloud 
thrust in his sickle on-the earth; 
and the earth was reaped. 

17 And another angel came out 
of the temple which is in heaven, 
he also having a sharp sickle. 

18 And another angel came out 
from the altar, which had power 
over fire; and cried with a loud 
cry to him that had the sharp 
sickle, saying, Thrust in thy 
sharp sickle, and gather the 
clusters of the vine of the earth; 
for her grapes are fully ripe. 

19 And the angel thrust in his 
sickle into the earth, and gathered 
the vine of the earth, and cast 7t 
into the great winepress of the 
wrath of God. 

20 And the winepress was 
trodden without the city, and 
blood came out of the winepress, 
even unto the horse bridles, by 


the space of a thousand and six 
hundred furlongs. 


CHAPTER 15 253 


1 The seven angels with the seven last 
plagues. 3 Song of the victors. 7 
The seven vials of wrath. 

ND I saw another sign in 
heaven, great and marvel- 
lous, seven angels having the — 
seven last plagues; for in them — 
is filled up the wrath of God. 
2 And I saw as it were a sea of — 
glass mingled with fire: and — 
them that had gotten the victory 
over the beast, and over his 


~ |image, and over his mark, and ~ 
*! over the number of 


his name, 
stand on the sea of glass, having — 
the harps of God | 

3 And they sing the song of — 
MO’ses the servant of God, and 
the song of the Lamb, saying, © 
Great and marvellous are thy 
works, Lord God Almighty; — 
just and true are thy ways, thou 
King of saints. 

4 Who shall not fear thee, O 
Lord, and glorify thy name? for 
thou only art holy: for all na- 
tions shall come and worship 
before thee; for thy judgments — 
are made manifest. 

5 And after that I looked, and, — 
behold, the temple of the taber- 
nacle of the testimony in heaven 
was opened: 

6 And the seven angels came 
out of the temple, having the 
seven plagues, clothed in pure 
and white linen, and having their 
Dae girded with golden gir- 

es. 

7 And one of the four beasts 
gave unto the seven angels seven 
golden vials full of the wrath of 
God, who liveth for ever and ever. 

8 And the temple was filled 
with smoke from the glory of 
God, and from his power; and 
no man was able to enter into the 
temple, till the seven plagues of 
the seven angels were fulfilled. 


CHAPTER 16 254 


1 The angels pour out the vials of wrath. 
15 Christ comes as a thief. 


326 


Seven angels pour out vials 


ND I heard a great voice out 

of the temple saying to the 

seven angels, Go your ways, and 

pour out the vials of the wrath of 
God upon the earth. 

2 And the first went, and poured 
out his vial upon the earth; and 
there fell a noisome and griev- 
ous sore upon the men which 
had the mark of the beast, and 
upon them which worshipped his 
image. 

3 And the second angel poured 
out his vial upon the sea; and it 
became as the blood of a dead 
man: andevery living soul died 
in the sea. 

4 And the third angel poured 
out his vial upon the rivers and 
fountains of waters; and they 
became blood. 

5 And I heard the angel of the 
waters say, Thou art righteous, 
O Lord, which art, and wast, 
and shalt be, because thou hast 
judged thus. 

6 For they have shed the blood 
of saints and prophets, and thou 
hast given them blood to drink; 
for they are worthy. 

7 And I heard another out of 
the altar say, Even so, Lord God 

ighty, true and righteous are 
thy judgments. 

8 And the fourth angel poured 
out his vial upon the sun; and 
power was given unto him to 
scorch men with fire. 

9 And men were scorched with 
great heat, and blasphemed the 
name of God, which hath power 
over these plagues: 
repented not to give him glory. 

10 And the fifth angel poured 
out his vial upon the seat of the 
beast; and his kingdom was full 
of darkness; and they gnawed 
their tongues for pain, 

11 And blasphemed the God of 
heaven because of their pains and 
their sores, and repented not of 
their deeds. 

12 And the sixth angel poured 
out his vial upon the great river 
Eu-pbra’tés;. and the water 
thereof was dried up, that the 

89. 


and they |f 


REVELATION, 17 


way of the kings of the east 
might be prepared. 

13 And I saw three unclean 
spirits like frogs come out of the 
mouth of the dragon, and out of 
the mouth of the beast, and out 
of the mouth of the false prophet. 

14 For they are the spirits of 
devils, working miracles, which 
go forth unto the kings of the 
earth and of the whole world, to 
gather them to the battle of that 
great day of God Almighty. 

15 Behold, I come as a thief. 
Blessed is he that watcheth, and 
keepeth his garments, lest he 
walk naked, and they see his 


shame. 

16 And he gathered them to- 
gether into a place called in the 
Hé’brew tongue Ar-ma-géd’don. 

17 And the seventh angel 
poured out his vial into the air; 
and there came a great voice out 
of the temple of heaven, from 
the throne, saying, It is done. 

18 And there were voices, and 
thunders, and lightnings; and 
there was a great earthquake, 
such as was not since men were 
upon the earth, so mighty an 
earthauake, and so great. 

19 And the great city was di- 
vided into three parts, and the 
cities of the nations fell: and 
great Bab’y-lon came in remem- 
brance before God, to give unto 
her the cup of the wine of the 
fierceness of his wrath. 

20 And every island fled away, 
and the mountains were not 


ound. 
21 And there fell upon men a 
great hail out of heaven, every 
stone about the weight of a 
talent: and men blasphemed 
God because of the plague of the 
hail; for the plague thereof was 
exceeding great. 


; CHAPTER 17 255 
‘.The woman arrayed in purple and 
“scarlet. 14 Victory of the Lamb. 
ND there came one of the 
seven angels which had the 
seven vials, and talked with me, 


327 


REVELATION, 18 


Babylon the great 


PSI PLT CA TST TSF CW EEE RT RELY EES OT UGA IE 
saying unto me, Come hither; I|he cometh, he must continue q 


will shew unto thee the judgment 
of the great whore that sitteth 
upon many waters: | 

2 With whom the kings of the 
earth have committed fornica- 
tion, and the inhabitants of the 
earth have been made drunk with 
the wine of her fornication. 

3 So he carried me away in the 
spirit into the wilderness: and I 
saw a woman sit upon a scarlet 
coloured beast, full of names of 
blasphemy, having seven heads 
and ten horns. 

4 And the woman was arrayed 
in purple and scarlet colour, and 
decked with gold and precious 
stones and pearls, having a 
golden cup in her hand full of 
abominations and filthiness of 
her fornication: 

5 And upon her forehead was a 
name written, MYSTERY, BAB’Y- 
LON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER 
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA- 
TIONS OF THE EARTH. 

6 And I saw the woman 
drunken with the blood of the 
saints, and with the blood of 
the martyrs of Jé’sus: and 
when I saw her, I wondered 
with great admiration. 

7 And the angel said unto me, 
Wherefore didst thou marvel? 
I will tell thee the mystery of the 
woman, and of the beast that 
carrieth her, which hath the 
seven heads and ten horns. 

8 The beast that thou sawest 
Was, and is not; and _ shall 
ascend out of the bottomless pit, 
and go into perdition: and they 
that dwell on the earth shall 
wonder. whose names were not 
written in the book of life from 
the foundation of the world, 
when they behold the beast that 
was, and is not, and yet is. 

9 And here: is the mind which | 
hath wisdom. The seven heads 
are seven mountains, on which 
the woman sitteth. 

10 And there are seven kings: 
five are fallen, and one is, and the 


short space. ; 

11 And the beast that was, and 
is not, even he is the eighth, and 
is of the seven, and goeth into 
perdition. 

12 And the ten horns which 
thou sawest are ten kings, which 
have received no kingdom as yet; 
but receive power as kings one 
hour with the beast. 

13 These have one mind, and 
shall give their power and 
strength unto the beast. 

14 These shall make war with 
the Lamb, and the Lamb shall 
overcome them: for he is Lord 
of lords, and King of kings: and 
they that are with him are called, 
and chosen, and faithful. 

15 And he saith unto me, The 
waters which thou sawest, where 
the whore sitteth, are peoples, 
and multitudes, and nations, and 
tongues. 

16 And the ten horns which 
thou sawest upon the beast, 
these shall hate the whore, and 
shall make her desolate and 
naked, and shall eat her flesh, 
and burn her with fire. 

17 For God hath put in their 
hearts to fulfil his will, and to 
agree, and give their kingdom 
unto the beast, until the words 
of God shall be fulfilled. 

18 And the woman which thou 
sawest is that great city, which 
reigneth over the kings of the 


earth. 
CHAPTER 18 ' 256 


2 Babylon is fallen. _9 Lamentations. 
20 Rejoicings of the sainis. 


bMS after these things I saw 
another angel come down 
from heaven, having great power; 
and the earth was lightened 
with his glory. 

2 And he cried mightily with a 
strong voice, saying, Bab’y-lon — 
the great is fallen, is fallen, and 
is become the habitation of 
devils, and the hold of every foul — 
spirit, and a cage of every un- 
clean and hateful bird. 


other is not yet come; and when! 3 For all nations have drunk 
328 . 


Fall of Babylon the great 


of the wine of the wrath of 


her fornication, and the kings 
of the earth have committed for- 
nication with her, and the mer- 
chants of the earth are waxed 
rich through the abundance of 
her delicacies. 

4 And I heard another voice 
from heaven, saying, Come out 
of her, my people, that ye be not 
partakers of her sins, and that ye 
receive not of her plagues. 

5 For her sins have reached 
unto heaven, and God hath re- 
membered her iniquities. 

6 Reward her even as she re- 
warded you, and double unto her 
double according to her works: 
in the cup which she hath filled 
fill to her double. 

How much she hath glorified 
herself, and lived deliciously, so 
much torment and sorrow give 
her: for she saith in her heart, I 
sit a queen, and am no widow, 
and shall see no sorrow. 

8 Therefore shall her plagues 
come in one day, death, and 
mourning, and famine; and she 
shall be utterly burned with fire: 
for strong is the Lord God who 
judgeth her. 

9 And the kings of the earth, 
who have committed fornication 
and lived deliciously with her, 
shall bewail her, and lament for 
her, when they shall see the 
smoke of her burning, 

10 Standing afar off for the fear 
of her torment, saying, Alas, 
alas that great city Bab’y-lon, 
that mighty city! for in one hour 
is thy judgment come. | 

11 And the merchants of the 
earth shall weep and mourn over 
her; for no man buyeth their 
merchandise any more: 

12 The merchandise of gold, 
and silver, and precious stones, 
and of pearls, and fine linen, and 
purple, and silk, and scarlet, and 
all thyine wood, and all manner 
vessels of ivory, and all manner 
vessels of most precious wood, 
and of brass, and iron, and 
marble, 


REVELATION, 18 


13 And cinnamon, and odours, 


and ointments, and frankincense, 
and wine, and oil, and fine flour, 
and wheat, and beasts, and 
sheep, and horses, and chariots, 
and slaves, and souls of men. 

14 And the fruits that thy soul 
lusted after are departed from 
thee, and all things which were 
dainty and goodly are departed 
from thee, and thou shalt find 
them no more at all. 

15 The merchants of these 
things, which were made rich by 
her, shall stand afar off for the 
fear of her torment, weeping and 
wailing, 

16 And saying, Alas, alas that 
great city, that was clothed in 
fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, 
and decked with gold, and pre- 
cious stones, and pearls! 

17 For in one hour so great 
riches is come to nought. And 
every shipmaster, and all the 
company in ships, and sailors, 
and as many as trade by sea, 
stood afar off, 

18 And cried. when they saw 
the smoke of her burning, saying, 
wnat city is like unto this great 
city! 

19 And they cast dust on their 
heads, and cried, weeping and 
wailing, saying, Alas, alas that 
great city, wherein were made 
rich all that had ships in the sea 
by reason of her costliness! for 
in one hour is she made desolate. 

20 Rejoice over her, thou heav- 
en, and ye holy apostles and 
prophets; for God hath avenged 
you on her. 

21 And a mighty angel took up 
a stone like a great millstone, and 
cast it into the sea, saying, Thus 
with violence shall that great 
city Bab’y-lon be thrown down, 
and shall be found no more at all. 

22 And the voice of harpers, 
and musicians, and of pipers, and 
trumpeters, shall be heard no 
more atallin thee; and nocrafts- 
man, of whatsoever craft he be, 
shall be found any more in thee; 
and the sound of a millstone 


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REVELATION, 19 


Hallelujah chorus. 


Marriage of the Lamb 


shall be heard no more at all in| linen, clean and white: for the 


thee; 

23 And the light of a candle 
shall shine no more at all in 
thee; and the voice of the bride- 
groom and of the bride shall be 
heard no more at all in thee: for 
thy merchants were the great 
men o{ the earth; for by thy 
sorceries were all nations de- 
ceived. 

24 And in her was found the 
blood of prophets, and of saints, 
and of all that were slain upon 
the earth. 


257 CHAPTER 19 


1 God is praised in heaven for his judg- 
ments. 7 Marriage of the Lamb. 

ND after these things I heard 

a great voice of much people 

in heaven, saying, Al-le-li’ia; 

. Salvation, and glory, and hon- 

our, and power, unto the Lord 
our God: } 

2 For true and righteous are his 
judgments: for he hath judged 
the great whore, which did cor- 
rupt the earth with her fornica- 
tion, and hath avenged the blood 
of his servants at her hand. | 

3 And again they said, Al-le- 
lti/ia. And her smoke rose up 
for ever and ever. 

4 And the four and twenty 
elders and the four beasts fell 
down and worshipped God that 
saton the throne, saying, A-mén’; 
Al-le-liia. 

5 And a voice came out of the 
throne, saying, Praise our God, 
all ye his servants, and ye that 
fear him, both small and great. 

6 And I heard as it were the 
voice of a great multitude, and as 
the voice of many waters, and as 
the voice of mighty thunderings, 
saying, Al-le-lt’ia: for the Lord 
God omnipotent reigneth. | 

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, 
and give honour to him: for the 
marriage of the Lamb is come, 
and his wife hath made herself 
ready. 

8 And to her was granted that 
she should be arrayed in fine 


fine linen is the righteousness of 
saints. . 

9 And he saith unto me, Write, 
Blessed are they which are called — 
unto the marriage supper of the 
Lamb. And he saith unto me, 
These are the true sayings of God. : 

10 And I fell at his feet to 
worship him. And he said unto 
me, See thou do it not: I am 
thy fellowservant, and of thy 
brethren that have the testimony 
of Jé’sus: worship God: for the 
testimony of Jé’sus is the spirit of — 
prophecy. ’ 

11 And I saw heaven opened, 
and behold a white horse; and 
he that sat upon him was called 
Faithful and True, and in 
righteousness he doth judge and 
make war. ) 

12 His eyes were as a flame of — 
fire, and on his head were many — 
crowns; and he had a name > 
written, that no man knew, but 
he himself. 

13 And he was clothed with a © 
vesture dipped in blood: and his 
name is called The Word of God. 
_14 And the armies which were 
in heaven followed him upon 
white horses, clothed in fine 
linen, white and clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth 
a sharp sword, that with it he 
should smite the nations: and 
he shall rule them with a rod 
of iron: and he treadeth the 
winepress of the fierceness and 
wrath of Almighty God. 

16 And he hath on his vesture 
and on his thigh a name written, 
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF 
LORDS. 

17 And I saw an angel standing 
in the sun; and he cried with a 
loud voice, saying to all the fowls 
that fly in the midst of heaven, 
Come and gather yourselves to- 
gether unto the supper of the 
great God; 

18 That ye may eat the flesh of 
kings, and the flesh of captains, 
and the flesh of mighty mien, and 
the flesh of horses, and of them 


330 


Satan bound. Gog and Magog 


that sit on them, and the flesh of 
all men, both free and bond, both 
small and great. 

19 And I saw the beast, and 
the kings of the earth, and their 
armies, gathered together to 
make war against him that sat on 
the horse, and against his army. 

20 And the beast was taken, 
and with him the faise prophet 
that wrought miracles before 
him, with which he deceived 
them that had received the mark 
of the beast, and them that wor- 
shipped his image. These both 
were cast alive into a lake of fire 
burning with brimstone. 

21 And the remnant were slain 
with the sword of him that sat 
upon the horse, which sword 
proceeded out of his mouth: and 
ey ts fowls were filled with their 

esh. 


258 CHAPTER 20 
2 Satan bound for a thousand years. 6 
The first resurrection. 12 The last. 
ND Isaw an angel come down 
from heaven, having the 
key of the bottomless pit and a 
great chain in his hand. 

2 And he laid hold on the 
dragon, that old serpent, whichis 
the Dév’il, and Sa’tan, and bound 

a thousand years, 

3 And cast him into the bottom- 
less pit, and shut him up, and 
set a seal upon him, that he 
should deceive the nations no 
more, till the thousand years 
should be fulfilled: and after 
that he must be loosed a little 
season. 

4 And I saw thrones, and they 
sat upon them, and judgment 
was given unto them: and / saw 
the souls of them that were be- 
headed for the witness of Jé’sus, 
and for the word of God, and 
which had not worshipped the 
beast, neither his image, neither 
had received his mark upon their 
foreheads, or in their hands; and 
they lived and reigned with 
Christa thousand years. | 

5 But the rest of the dead lived 


REVELATION, 20 


not again until the thousand 
years were finished. This is the 
first resurrection. 

6 Blessed and holy is he that 
hath part in the first resurrec- 
tion: on such the second death 
hath no power, but they shall be 
priests of God and of Christ, and 
shall reign with him a thousand 
years. 

7 And when the thousand years 
are expired, Sa’tan shali be 
loosed out of his prison, 

8 And shall go out to deceive 
the nations which are in the four 
quarters of the earth, Gog and 
Ma’gog, to gather them together 
to battle: the number of whom 
is as the sand of the sea. 

And they went up on the 
breadth of the earth, and com- 
passed the camp of the saints 
about, and the beloved city: and 
fire came down from God out of 
heaven and devoured them. 

10 And the devil that deceived 
them was cast into the lake of 
fire and brimstone, where the 
beast and the false prophet are, 
and shall be tormented day and 
night for ever and ever. 

11 And I saw a great white 
throne, and him that sat on it, 
from whose face the earth and 
the heaven fled away; ‘and there 
was found no place for them. 

i2 And I saw the dead, smail 
and great, stand before God; 
and the books were opened: and 
another book was opened, which 
is the book of life: and the dead 
were judged out of those things 
which were written in the books, 
according to their works. 

13 And the sea gave up the dead 
which were in it; and death and 
heli delivered up the dead which 
were in them: and they, were 
judged every man according to 
their works. 

14 And death and hell were 
cast into the lake of fire. This is 
the second death. 

15 And whosoever was _ not 
found written in the book of life 
was cast into the lake of fire. 


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REVELATION, 21 
250 CHAPTER 21 


1 A new heaven and earth. 

heavenly Jerusalem. 

ND I saw a new heaven and 

a new earth: for the first 

heaven and the first earth were 

passed away; and there was no 
more sea. 

2 And I John saw the holy city, 
new Jé-ru’sa-lém, coming down 
from God out of heaven, prepared 
as a bride adorned for her hus- 


10 The 


3 And I heard a great voice out 
of heaven saying, Behold, the 
tabernacle of God is with men, 
and he will dwell with them, and 
they shall be his people, and God 
himself shall be with them, and 
be their God. 

4 And God shall wipe away all 
tears from theireyes; and there 
shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall 
there be any more pain: for the 
former things are passed away. 

5 And he that sat upon 
throne said, Behold, I make all 
things new. he said unto 
me, Write: for these words are 
true and faithful. 

6 he said unto me, It is 
done. Iam Al’pha and 0-mé’ga, 
the beginning and the end. 
will give unto him that is athirst 
of the fountain of the water of life 
freely. 

7 He that overcometh shall in- 
herit all things; and I will be 

s God, and he shall be my son. 

3 But the fearful, and unbe- 
lieving, and the abominable, and 
murderers, and whoremongers, 
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and 
all liars, shall have their part in 
the lake which burneth with fire 
and brimstone: which is the 
second death. 

9 And there came unto me one 
of the seven angels which had 
the seven vials full of the seven 
last plagues, and talked with me, 
saying, Come hither, I will shew 
thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 

10 And he carfied me away in 
the spirit to a great and high 


The new Jerusalem 


mountain, and shewed me that 

great city, the holy Jé-ru’sd-lém, 

pperee e out of heaven from 
od, 

11 Having the glory of God: 
and her light was like unto a 
stone most precious, even like a 
jasper stone, clear as crystal; 

12 And had a wall great and 
high, and had twelve gates, and 
at the gates twelve angels, and 
names written thereon, which are 
the names of the twelve tribes of 
the children of Is’ra-el: 

13 On the east three gates; on 
the north three gates; on the 
south three gates; and on the 
west three gates. 

14 And the wall of the city had > 
twelve foundations, and in them 
the names of the twelve apostles — 
of the Lamb. | 

15 And he that talked with me - 
had a golden reed to measure the. 
city, and the gates thereof, and 
the wall thereof. 

16 And the city lieth foursquare, 
and the length is as large as the 
breadth: and he measured the 
city with the reed, twelve thou- 
sand furlongs. The length and 
the breadth and the height of it 
are equal. 

And he measured the wall 
thereof, an hundred and forty 
and four cubits, according to the 
measure of a man, that is, of the 


angel. 

18 And the building of the wall 
of it was of jasper: and the city 
was pure gold, like unto clear 
glass. 

19 And the foundations of the 
wall of the city were garnished 
with all manner of precious 
stones. The first foundation was 
jasper; the second, sapphire; the 
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, 
an emerald; 

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the 
sixth, sardius; the seventh, 
chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the 
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a 
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a 
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 

21 And the twelve gates were 


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River and tree of life 


twelve pearls; every several gate 
was of one pearl: and the street 
of the city was pure gold, as it 
were transparent glass. 

22 And I saw no temple there- 
in: for the Lord God Almighty 
and the Lamb are the temple of it. 
_ 23 And the city had no need of 

the sun, neither of the moon, to 


shine in it: for the glory of God | b 


did lighten it, and the Lamb is the 
light thereof. 

24 And the nations of them 
which are saved shall walk in the 
light of it: and the kings of the 
earth do bring their glory and 
honour into it. 

25 And the gates of it shall not 
be shut at all by day: for there 
shall be no night there. 

26 And they shall bring the 
glory and honour of the nations 
into it. 

27 And there shall in no wise 
enter into it any thing that defil- 


eth, neither whatsoever worketh | h 


abomination, or maketh a lie: 
but they which are written in the 
Lamb’s book of life. 


260 CHAPTER 22 
1 River and tree of life. 5 God the light 
of the city. 13 The Alpha and Omega. 
ND he shewed me a pure 
river of water of life, clear as 
crystal, proceeding out of the 
throne of God and of the Lamb. 

2 In the midst of the street of it, 
and on either side of the river, 
was there the tree of life, 
which bare twelve manner of 
fruits, and yielded her fruit every 
month: and the leaves of the tree 
were for the healing of the na- 
tions. 

3 And there shall be no more 
curse: but the throne of God and 
of the Lamb shall be in it; and 
his servants shall serve him: 

4 And they shali see his face; 
and his name shail be in their 
foreheads. ; 

5 And there shall be no night 
there; and they need no candle, 
neither light of the sun; for the 
Lord God giveth them light: and 
they shall reign for ever and ever. 


REVELATION, 22 


6 And he said unto me, These 
sayings are faithful and true: 
and the Lord God of the holy 
prophets sent his angel to shew 
unto his servants the things 
which must shortly be done. 

7 Behold, come quickly: 

blessed is he that keepeth the 
a of the prophecy of this 
ook. 
8 And I John saw these things, 
and heard them. And when I 
had heard and seen, I fell down 
to worship before the feet of the 
angel which shewed me these 
things. 

9 Then saith he unto me, See 
thou do it not: for I am thy fel- 
lowservant, and of thy brethren 
the prophets, and of them which 
keep the sayings of this book: 
worship God. 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal 
not the sayings of the prophecy 
of this book: for the time is at 


and. 

11 He that is unjust, let him 
be unjust still: and he which is 
filthy, let him be filthy still: and 
he that is righteous, let him be 
righteous still: and he that is 
holy, let him be holy still. 

12 And, behold, I come quickly; 
and ‘my reward is with me, to 
give every man according as his 
work shall be. E. 

13 ~I am Al’pha and O-mé’ga, 
the beginning and the end, the 
first and the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do 
his commandments, that they 
may have right to the tree of life, 
and may enter in through the 
gates into the city. 

15 For without ere dogs, and 
sorcerers, and whoremongers, 
and murderers, and idolaters, 
and whosoever loveth and mak- 
eth a lie. 

16 I Jé’sus have sent mine 
angel to testify unto you these 
things in the churches. I am 
the root and the offspring of 
Da’vid, and the bright and morn- 


ing star. ; 
17 And the Spirit and the bride 


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REVELATION, 22 


say, Come. And let him that 
heareth say, Come. And let 
him that is athirst come. And 
whosoever will, let him take the 
water of life freely. — 

18 For I testify unto every man 
that heareth the words of the 
prophecy of this book, If any 
man shall add unto these things, 
God shali add unto him the 
plagues that are _written in this 


ook: 
19 And if any man shall take 
THE END OF THE 


Invitation and warning 


away from the words of the book 


of this prophecy, God shall take 
away his part out of the book of 
life, and out of the holy city, and 
from the things which are written 


in this book. 


20 He which testifieth these 
things saith, Surely I come 


quickly. A-mén’. Even so, 
come, Lord Jé’sus. ? 
21 The grace of our Lord 


Jé’sus Christ be with you all. 


A-men’, 


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